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An 2-year Awareness and Action Project co-funded by UNDP/GEF SGP
STOP Project
[ Background | Objectives | Methodology | Materials | Comments | Results | Post Project Workshop | Diary of Events ]
Malaysia has gone through rapid industrial development. Malaysia is presently one of the leading countries in South-east Asia for carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (5.45 metric tones per capita). Statistically, the highest contributor of CO2 emission in this country is transportation (40.5%), followed by industrial (38.6%) and finally resident and commercial (13.1%).
Hence, there is an urgent need for Malaysians to curb further emissions from all sectors, including the transport and urban household sectors. If the demand for energy and electricity continues to rise unabated, we may see the increase of coal-fired power plants which will result in even higher levels of CO2 emissions.
Greenhouse Gas emissions are growing in Malaysia due to the high energy usage in the Transport Sector. Until very recently, transport has been an overlooked (and often times, grossly under estimated) contributor to Greenhouse Gas emissions in Malaysia.
During the post-Merdeka period, and even until the 1980s, walking to school was a way of life. Owning and riding a bicycle was considered a status symbol of sorts for school-going children. Being driven to school by your parent was a luxury which few children enjoyed.
In the mid 1980s, public transport seems to have been pushed into the back seat. Coincidentally, at this juncture, the Malaysian National Car project was launched. The Federal Government instituted the consolidation of public bus companies in the Klang Valley area, while the speedy (but notoriously unsafe) pink Mini buses were taken off the roads of Kuala Lumpur.
Changes were also made to the issuance of taxi permits whereby only companies, and not individuals, could apply for and receive new permits. Today, the private car has become an integral part Malaysian life. A quick check of
advertisements for the latest real estate development project (be it a commercial property, landed property, apartments and condominium) and one's attention will be drawn to the number of parking bays available for occupants and/or visitors. Some condos go as far as to emphasise that among the facilities provided includes 3 car parks for every property unit. In Malaysia, and in most developing countries, the private car is not just King of the Road, it is also King off the Road.
The Federal Highway can also be described as the 'largest car park in Malaysia'. A quick visual survey will show that a majority of vehicles are of single occupancy – just the driver with no passengers. Please try to bear in mind that each litre of fuel combusted emits about 2.5 kg of CO2. One can only imagine the amount of CO2 and other pollutants which are released during the (paradoxically named) 'rush hour' jams.
Sustainable Transport Option Project (STOP) is a project managed by CETDEM and co-financed by SGP GEF Malaysia.
The objective of this project is to create awareness among urban Malaysian to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions through sustainable transport options.
6 locations had been identified as locations to carry out the project:
a. Kuala Lumpur and Shah Alam, 2 cities within the Klang Valley, where local communities and NGOs were to engaged either directly or through the local government – Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL) and Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam (MBSA).
b. Georgetown, Johor Baharu, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching, where commercial and industrial entities were targeted.
We had targeted to recruit 600 participants from Corporations and 100 participants from Community Component.
1. Survey of "Good Driving Practices" and "Vehicle Maintenance"
The purpose of this survey was to formulate a tested and proven user friendly list of good driving practices and vehicle maintenance which optimise efficiency and minimise fuel consumption.
The companies that participated in the survey were:
Metro Driving Academy
1. Metro Driving Academy, a driver education institution; and,
2. Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd, a vehicle manufacturer with a local assembly plant.
2. Survey of Public Transport
A survey of public transport information was conducted to have a better understanding of the various forms of public transport available in the different regions of Malaysia.
Although the survey seems to be concentrated in the Klang Valley, this is purely because of the number of organisations involved in public transport within this locality. Sabah and Sarawak were also included in this fact finding exercise.
The agencies and companies that responded were:
a. Government:
- Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board / Lembaga
- Perlesenan Kenderaan Perdagangan (Sabah),
- Kementerian Pembangunan Usahawan dan Korporat
- Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board / Lembaga
- Perlesenan Kenderaan Perdagangan (Sarawak).
- Kementerian Pembangunan Usahawan dan Korporat
- Lembaga Sungai-Sungai Sarawak
- Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam
- Jabatan Alam Sekitar (Sabah)
Taman Bahagia LTR Station
b. Private Companies:
- KL STAR RAIL Sdn Bhd
- Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTM)
- Rangkaian Pengangkutan Integrasi Deras (RAPID)
3. Signing-up Participants
STOP briefings were organised for project participants in the Klang Valley and at major towns of Shah Alam, Nilai, Cyberjaya and Seberang Prai (Pulau Pinang).
Corporate Partners
a. Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang Sdn Bhd
PBAPP Head Office in Seberang Prai
Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang Sdn Bhd (PBAPP) had committed to co-organise the STOP Project as part of their Corporate Social Responsibilities to their staff. 34 staff joined the project.
b. DIGI Telecommunication Sdn Bhd
DIGI Telecommunication Sdn Bhd had adopted the STOP Project at corporate level, promoting it as "DIGI's Deep Green STOP project", as part of their Corporate Social Responsibilities to their staff. Deep Green is a programme initiated by DIGI on 2007/2008. The purpose of this programme is to incorporate green technology in their corporate operation as well as inculcate green culture among the staff.
c. Shell (Cyberjaya)
d. ICI Paints (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
The launch of the STOP Project was originally scheduled for late August but was deferred to September or October, and was finally fixed for the morning of 24th November 2009, and held at their factory premises in Nilai.
Click to enlarge: 26th November 2009 – Utusan Malaysia
Community Participation
a. Community of Shah Alam
CETDEM had been co-operating with Majlis Bandaraya Shah Alam (MBSA) in organising STOP project with the community in Shah Alam. Although 22 residents from Shah Alam community had committed to join this project, unfortunately we did not get any response (in terms of completed forms) from them even after follow-up calls/correspondences.
b. Community of Subang Jaya
CETDEM had approached the Subang Jaya residents in mid 2009, but this did not bear much fruit.
c. Community around Klang Valley
Through the efforts of Project Intern Stanley Mah, and other efforts (personal approach) we have signed up 26 participants (PJ – 17; Klang – 4; Shah Alam – 1; KL – 4).
The following are available in English and Bahasa Malaysia, unless specified:
1. User Manual
Information gathered from the 2 surveys conducted were incorporated. A very important section the basic guidelines on how best to conduct the audit on transport usage. Recording sheets for the project participants is included in this section. The User's Manual was revised to include a section that serves as a guide to future Project Coordinators.
User Guide
2. Booklet
A concise 8-page publication based on the User Manual.
3. Posters
Catchy and effective theme posters on sustainable transport
4. Flyer: An introduction to Transport and Climate Change
3 sets of single sheet [printed on both sides] educational (for raising awareness and action oriented) pamphlets have been designed along 3 different areas covering the topic of the project.
One of the pamphlets focused on the relationship between transport and climate change.
5. Interactive CD
The interactive CD contains information regarding sustainable transport, sustainable options available, and extras such as 10 video interviews with Mr Gurmit Singh (CETDEM Chairman) complete with transcript and a video gallery of transportation scenes. Other features included here are planning tools, journey planner, CO2 emissions calculator and a quiz.
6. Powerpoint Presentations.
2 powerpoint presentations were prepared:
a. Overview for prospective collaborators/partners
- introduction to climate change and contribution of human activities
- CETDEM's previous projects related to Climate Change
- Introduction to STOP
b. Climate Change and Tranportation: What is YOUR Action?
- Global warming and climate change
- Energy & transport
- STOP & what is expected of participants
- Demonstration on use of interactive CD
- Information on CETDEM and activities
7. T-shirts
T-shirt design
A t-shirt was designed and printed as a 'moving advertisement' to promote sustainable transport.
8. Banner/buntings
2 different sets of 4 banners each were developed. 1 set serves to promote Sustainable Transport while the 2nd set links Transport Usage and Climate Change. These banners have been distributed to participating companies and can be used for awareness and outreach purposes.
9. Calendar 2011 (English only)
Calendar Cover
A wall calendar consisting of 6 photographs (each photograph is linked to 2 months) was printed as an incentive gift for committed participants, to also encourage Malaysians to opt for a more Sustainable modes of Transport, such as walking, cycling, Public Transport and car-pooling.
Mr. Lim Kok Chin:
Have benefitted from the STOP project as it is a timely reminder on sustainable transport options by keeping daily transport records and reviewing our mode of transport. The filling of the forms on a daily basis for car usage could be reduced to just computing the km travelled per month by recording the beginning and end month km reading, while other transport options to be recorded on the day it happens, such as carpooling, LRT, bus, walking etc. At the end of month there should be some remarks by the participants regarding their transport options and usage. On a collective basis, for companies, the coordinator should summarise the results on a monthly basis.
Mr. Chang Hong Yun:
This project makes us conscious of the amount of pollution we create from the transportation we use and makes us think more about saving. It created awareness but people may not be able to make significant changes towards usage and consumption. One is constrained by many external factors – lack of good public transport system is one. Throughout the period of study, constant reminder to record the mileage is needed.
Ms. Gan Soo Mei: I
The project should be continued and publicized in the media to create more awareness and hopefully more volunteers to step forward. The data format should perhaps be simplified, with data collected on weekly basis for breakdown on modes of sustainable transport and mileage travelled, while car mileages are only required at beginning and end of month, and requesting for footnotes on purpose as and when travel pattern changes. I would also like to commend CETDEM for taking on and completing the project , despite so many setbacks.
Ms. Betty Yeap:
I find it meaningful to be involved in the STOP project, as I managed to make some positive impacts in my daily life. However, I found the daily recording of the mode and distance of travelling can be tedious. I suggest that for future projects, we should involve more public/participants from different walks of life, and also increase publicity efforts so that more awareness is spread to the general public.
Ms. Chew Swee Sian:
Although I was not consciously aware I was saving the environment, I always try to walk or use public transport whenever possible, as it is cost-saving, and more convenient. If you want to educate and make the public more aware of the environment, of course it is worthwhile continuing with STOP. People have to be constantly reminded to love the environment. Get more people involved and the world will be a better and cleaner place to live in.
Participant X:
Walking in the city is also very unpleasant due to the shortage of tree canopy cover – it is not like Singapore's Orchard Road. My efforts to cycle were also difficult as the roads are not conducive to cycling – dangerous and also the drain grates are designed to make cyclists trip and kill themselves. LRT management also does not allow bicycles to be carried up trains for connecting transport. Let's remodel Petaling Jaya into Pedalling Jaya!
1-day Seminar
CETDEM organised a 1-day Sustainable Transport Seminar on 24 November at Hotel Armada Petaling Jaya. This was the one and only occasion we were able to bring together the individual participants as well as representatives from the participating corporates. This event also served as the Official Closing Ceremony of the STOP project.
This event was a forum for CETDEM to gather the respective stakeholders (who include the 4 corporate collaborating organisations, individual STOP participants). Unfortunately the Ministry of Transport, Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment and GEF SGP Malaysia were unable to attend the Seminar due to unavoidable circumstances.
"Why the concern about Sustainable Transport" was presented by Mr Gurmit Singh, CETDEM Chairman. TRANSIT representative, En Zulkarnain Hamzah then spoke on the "Current Status of Public Transport in Malaysia". The Project Coordinator gave an overview of the Project.
Each Project Liaison Officer from PBAPP, ICIPM and Digi gave a short presentation of their participation. The Individual participants were then given an opportunity to share their personal experience of being part of the project. There was an overall feeling that the data collection exercise was rather tedious, but everyone who shared noted that it was a very meaning and productive activity in the long run.
The Project Coordinator and Project Officer then shared the outcome of the STOP Project, based on the data submitted by the participants. The findings were presented in the form of graphs comparing travel distance by various modes of transport – within a company and between companies and also compared with Individuals as a group.
Souvenirs of Calendar 2011 were presented to the all the participants. The company representatives were also
handed 2 sets of the educational banners for their use at company organised environmental related events.
Project Extension
The STOP Project was originally designed as an 18-month project. However, due to unavoidable, circumstances the project went slightly beyond 2 years. CETDEM applied to the co-funder for an extension which was was approved.
Click to Enlarge: SHELL Cyberjaya transport usage
Click to Enlarge: DIGI transport usage
Click to enlarge: Comparison between companies (on car usage)
Click to Enlarge: Comparison between companies (on car pooling)
Post Project
Post Project Workshop
After consultations with the Project Co-financer, it was decided that a Post Project Workshop be held as a project sustainability activity. It was felt that some follow-up action was necessary to make the STOP Project materials known to a larger audience, as well as to share on the results of the project to a fresh group of possible project adopters. Organisations (Public, Private and NGOs) were invited to the Workshop to learn about the STOP Project, and to consider taking up the Project as one of their own Social Responsibility activity.
The objective of the Post-Project Workshop:
- to share the educational materials and findings of the STOP Project;
- invite workshop participants to adopt STOP as their organisation's activity;
- offer ideas on how to motivate their staff to participate in STOP.
The half day workshop was held on Friday, 24th June 2011 at Hotel Armada Petaling Jaya.
16 participants from 9 organisations took part in the workshop. Mr Gurmit Singh (CETDEM Chairman), Mr Anthony Tan (CETDEM Executive Director cum STOP Project Coordinator) and Encik Muhammad Zulkarnain Hamzah (TRANSIT Group) acted as resource people for the workshop.
Mr Gurmit Singh addressing the participants
The participants were invited to confer with their management on the possibility of their organisation adopting STOP as their own. Since the STOP Project had officially ended in 2010 and co-financing by SGP GEF Malaysia would end with this workshop, it was suggested that organisations interested to adopt STOP should contact CETDEM to discuss the financial aspect of running the project with CETDEM offering to provide resource persons for talks and project advisers.
Workshop participants listening to the presentations. In the back ground are the 8 banners produced for STOP
Although the educational materials are not copyrighted, however, CETDEM requested that any reproduction of materials must also carry credit to CETDEM and GEF SGP Malaysia for developing these materials, which include the brochures, booklets, posters, banners and interactive CDs.
Diary of Events
Date Event 1 Oct 2008 Project Begins 4 Dec Meeting with Managing Director of the Metro Driving Academy Sdn Bhd Jan-April 2009 Development of Educational Materials 13 May Briefing for staff of Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang (PBAPP), Seberang Prai, Penang
STOP Project Officer speaking with participants
14 July Briefings at D`House (DIGI Headquarter) at The Studio and 1 teleconference was done with the DIGI's Johor Bahru and Penang branches 10 Nov Briefing at Shell Cyberjaya 13 Nov Briefing at Shell Head Office, Damansara 24 Nov Briefing during the project launch at ICI Paints (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd plant in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan 7 May 2010 Briefing for Shah Alam community 24 June 1st Briefing for General Public at OFCC Section 19 26 June 2nd Briefing for General Public at OFCC Section 19 6 Aug Debriefing Session with Private Companies 7 Aug Debriefing Session with Individuals
Discussion with participants
24 Nov 1-day Sustainable Transport Seminar at Hotel Armada Petaling Jaya and Official Closing Ceremony
Mr Gurmit presenting souvenirs
31 Dec Project Ends 24 June 2011 Post Project Workshop


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Our work at Newark Park
The National Trust is a champion for conservation, tourism and community. As a major local attraction most of our work is made possible through extensive volunteering most of which come from the local area. The aim is to increase participation and a sense of local ownership with both supporters and the general public as a whole.
People power
- We have over 101 volunteers
- We host local events and markets
- We offer internships and work opportunities
- We work closely with various community groups
- We help to showcase local artistic talent through our exhibitions
- We buy locally to support small businesses
- We involve people in their local heritage
Precious paper
The King family decorated much of the house in William Morris paper, however the dining room is the only place where it survives. The ceiling paper was hand blocked, designed in 1881 and put up in 1898 (it is the same paper used in the banqueting hall at St James' Palace in London). In 2007 the National Trust gave this special wallpaper its first ever clean and repair.
Building conservation
- Conservation and repair of our unusual carved stone gateposts
- Structural maintainance of our garden buildings
- Restoration of glass in the great east window
- Regular condition and conservation reports
- Conservation cleaning
- Victorian glass windows removed and Tudor style windows reinstated
- Stables re-roofed
Repairs to ancient gates and walls
With the help of local National Trust supporter groups we cleaned and restored a number of outstanding carved gate posts around the estate.
Estate management for the future
Following a new conservation management plan conducted this year, we have great plans for the future conservation of our stretch of the Cotswold AONB.
Sustainable biodiversity
We do our best to encourage biodiversity in our landscape. Recently nesting boxes have been placed to stimulate the habitation of dormice, various birds and our large population of lesser horseshoe bats.
Care of our countryside
- Garden maintenance
- Protection of our landscape for local wildlife
- Stabilisation of the rock garden cliff and paths
- Care of the woods, to promote sustainable growth and protected vistas
- Encourage the use of organic farming on our estate
- Encourage knowledge and interest in the outdoors

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Mother of three Kourtney Kardashian has a FANTASTIC body – but since the reality star started hooking up with the Justin Bieber, Kourtney has been feeling a little insecure and has started a GRUELING diet and exercise regime to get her fighting fit for 2016!
Why is Kourtney Feeling SO Insecure?
Sources say although Kourtney is extremely flattered that she has the attention of the "Prince of Pop" but she's well aware of the 15 YEAR AGE DIFFERENCE between her and Justin. After having three children Kourtney can sometimes feel tired and run down and wants to keep up with Bieber!
Isn't it usually the public trying to "keep up" with the Kardashians?
Kourtney is also worried after seeing Justin's jaw – dropping reaction to ex girlfriend Selena Gomez's flawless figure in her sexy new video for "Hands To Myself."
Kourtney knows Justin will always have a soft spot for Selena, but seeing Selena's tight abs made Kourtney get serious about her fitness regime! Kourtney has a stunning figure and after three children she certainly has a body most woman would die for!


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Tuesday, December 27, 2011
To Train Up A Child? Or To Beat The Shit Out of Him?
I just don't understand some people. The idea that children need to be tamed like they're wild beasts who will end up worshipping the devil if you don't beat them senseless (under the pretense of "spanking") just makes me crazy. Combining religion and child-rearing advice is a recipe for abuse, whether it's making children think that "god" is watching them when they do wrong to hitting children because some book written 2,000 years ago "instructs" parents to do so---I will never understand.
In the hands of the narcissistic parent, the kind of "advice" doled out by Dobson and the two morons in this link becomes dangerous.
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Isn't this from the same people that insist god loves you. He won't hesitate to drop kick you into an ever lasting lake of fire, but he will do it with love.
- December 27, 2011 at 11:41 PM
- Pronoia Agape said...
When I first encountered Ezzo, Dobson, the Pearls and their ilk, I couldn't believe this was real.
This has nothing to do with MY Christ, who said "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."
People who deliberately and coldly hurt innocent little children in their God's name are Satanists in my book.
- December 28, 2011 at 4:43 AM
- Claire said...
Those books aren't subtle, either, with their anti-child advice. You can't read very far into them without having a very clear idea of how dehumanized a concept of children the authors have. Only a very, very broken person could possibly read them and think "this is what I should do, this feels right." I pity those parents (including my mother) for not having better emotional resources or better interpersonal connections available to them as parents. I condemn them for not figuring out their own baggage and fixing it instead of bludgeoning their children with it.
The Pearls and Dobson both stretch my anti-censorship ideals to the extreme. I don't want to deny these authors the ability to publish their works, but I wish it were harder for them to find a publisher unethical enough to print it and a bookstore careless enough to sell it. I wish this stuff were rare and hard to find, instead of available in piles of 10 copies each on the B&N shelves.
- December 28, 2011 at 5:03 PM
- pinkpearl said...
I think that people who advocate *against* corporal punishment tend to miss a key issue and this makes their advocacy less effective. They argue that corporal punishment doesn't work to actually improve a child's behaviour, that it causes psychological distress that may last a lifetime, not to mention physical trauma. All of that is true and an excellent rationale for NOT spanking children.
But. Abusive and especially narcissistic parents DON'T CARE about what corporal punishment does to the kid. The spankings and beatings are ONLY about the abusive parent's needs (for control, for an outlet, to feel powerful, whatever). So telling abusive parents that they are doing lasting harm to their kids won't work. Some of them may even WANT to hurt their kids.
WIth people like this, a different approach is needed. Shame, jail time, etc might work in some cases. Mostly the only sure way to protect the kids is to remove them from the abuse altogether or set up cameras in every part of the house. I'm not kidding.
- January 1, 2012 at 7:32 PM
That book, and others like it, are spectacularly vomit-inducing.
- January 6, 2012 at 7:36 AM
- Sue Botchie said...
Spanking a child for playing in traffic and beating a child for spilling a glass of water are two different things. Please don't blame Scripture for reprobate monsters and dad-duhs.
- July 29, 2013 at 4:35 PM
- Sweetness said...
Sue Botchie: There are many of us who know that hitting a child for ANY reason is wrong and cruel, not to mention lazy. And if you are feeling judged about your religious beliefs, perhaps you should tell someone who gives a shit.
- September 13, 2013 at 9:43 AM


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KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Great to be back. Media Day is always kind of the signifier of the starting of the season, that football is upon us. That's exciting. I brought two players with me today. Two of the big guys up front, both fifth-year seniors, Filipo Mokofisi, a defensive tackle, and Salesi Uhatafe, our offensive linemen. Both those guys have been in the program a long time, done everything right. Leka is in a Graduate program, already earned his bachelor's degree, and Filipo will earn his bachelor's degree in December. So couple guys that have been instrumental to our success at Utah.
Excited about this season. Had three pretty good seasons the last three years, but fallen just short in each of those years. Got to find a way to get over the hump and try to win a Pac-12 South Championship. We'll see what happens this year.
Took a big hit with our senior class talent-wise, and a couple underclassmen that declared. We had eight drafted players and eight signed free agent contract players, so 16 of our roughly 20 scholarship players that graduated are in NFL camps right now. So lot of work to do replacing those guys.
But we feel we've recruited the right way the last several years, lot of young players coming up through the ranks, ready for their opportunity to show what they can do, so we'll see what happens.
So, questions?
Q. Coach, you're the longest tenure in the Pac-12 as a head coach?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Yeah, can you believe that?
Q. I can't believe it honestly because you look like you're five years old. But that being said, what has been the key to your success at Utah?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Good players. Recruiting the right way is what it's all about at this level. We've had a group of assistant coaches that have done a great job targeting the right guys, bringing the right guys into the program. I think that's been manifested the last few years, and how you're doing recruiting-wise shows how you're moving on to the next level. And that's been the real key. That is the key to longevity and success in college football. 80 percent is tied to recruiting.
Q. Having Darren Carrington in as a transfer, what went into that decision, and what do you think he might be able to offer you?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: It's always a tough decision when you're talking about a player that you're going to add to your program that potentially has a checkered past. You have to make a decision based on all the information you can gather. Based on the athlete's attitude. You know, is he remorseful? Does he understand that he's done some stupid things and ready to put it behind him and move on? There is so much that goes into it. It's a judgment call. You're not always right. But I feel in this case it was the right thing to do to give Darren another opportunity.
Now, he is not cleared to practice or even compete. There are still hurdles to go through. He's on campus right now, and we're hoping that things get worked out. But there are some hurdles he has to get over before everything is a done deal.
Q. You've played against him?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Yeah, we played against him. Caught the winning touchdown against us.
Q. Yeah, what can you do?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: He's a terrific talent on the field. One of the common denominators that came back from all the people I talked to about Darren was his fierce, competitive drive on the field, on the practice field. He's just a guy that is the ultimate competitor. Brings a toughness to that receiver position that will help us out.
Q. What did he do or say that made you that made you make the decision and decide it wasn't going to be a risk for you guys?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Well, I think I spent a lot of time talking to him, his parents, coaches that I know that have had direct contact with him, guys that I really trust. You know, it was very apparent that he'll be the first to admit that he's done some dumb things, made some bad decisions. But he's got the right attitude right now. He's bound and determined to put this behind him, move forward. Try to have a successful senior year, and then hopefully have a chance to move on to the next level.
Q. What are the hurdles you are facing with him?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: No, it's more conference hurdles, NCAA guidelines and things that have to happen, waivers and just paperwork things that have to all be in order before he's good to go.
Q. So you feel confident?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: We hope it will happen, yeah. We're confident that it will happen. But it's never a done deal until it's a done deal.
Q. Has he been on a tight leash at all?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Sure, you treat players how they deserve to be treated, so with his missteps in the past, that's definitely puts him on a shorter leash. No doubt about it.
Q. What do you think about the change in two-a-day practice?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: I don't like it. I think it was fine the way it was. What you've got to do now to make up for those two-a-day practices that you don't get anymore is come in a week earlier, which makes it five full weeks before you play a game. Five full weeks of fall camp which is too long in my opinion. Four weeks was too long, but five weeks is bordering on ridiculous.
But to get those 29 practices in, you have to move it up a week in order to have the time to do that.
Q. What do you think about early signing day?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: I think it's a positive for us. I know a lot of coaches are not high on it. But for our situation at Utah, I think it gives us more clarity earlier in the process, and I view it as a positive for us individually.
Q. You talked about some of the guys you've lost. Where do you think you are in terms of rebuilding the offensive line and back field?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: I think we got a good start on it in spring ball. We came away with a good idea who those five offensive linemen will be. Secondary-wise, we got a good start there as well. Although we had two or three guys coming in right now that weren't there in spring that could factor in. But the bottom line at those two positions, very short on experience, but the talent level is there. So it's up to us as coaches to get the right guys out there and get them up to speed.
Q. Can you tell us a little bit about Troy Taylor? It seems a couple years ago he was coaching Jake Browning?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: He was a couple years ago coaching Jake Browning.
Q. Can you give us any insights?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: There is no inefficiency with Jake. He's the complete package. But I've been watching Troy a lot of years. My nephew played for him at Folsom High School. My brother who is on our staff now, when his nephew got there, he said, you've got to look at this guy. This guy is phenomenal as a coach. The schemes, the way he handles the players, his approach to the game is unbelievable. So I started watching him, was very impressed. Still it was high school, so I was a little bit skeptical there.
When Troy went on to Eastern Washington and had the same success there that he had in high school, I was sold at that point, and that's when we pulled the trigger and brought him on board.
Q. How is it different with the offense he's bringing?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Heavier throw element to what we are doing. Little different route structures, little different read progression for the quarterbacks, very simplistic in how he coaches quarterbacks. He's got a great track record. Not only is he a good offensive schemer at putting things together there, but just tutoring and mentoring and developing at the quarterback position has been a strong suit for him.
Q. Talk a little bit about Troy. I imagine his reaction —
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Troy Williams?
Q. Troy Williams. With a guy who wants to throw the ball, I'm guessing he's excited?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Very excited as were the receivers, as was really the whole offense. He was very well received. Spring ball was very positive, very productive, and the players are excited about the direction we're going with the offense and the attitude.
Q. How is Troy Williams, the quarterback, progressing?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Progressing well. He had an outstanding spring, as did the other two behind him, Tyler Huntley and Cooper Bateman, came out of spring one, two, three, in that order. Tight enough race that those three guys will continue to get reps at least for the first week or two in fall camp, and then we have to make a decision to get things pared down to the two guys who are going to be getting all the reps and the one guy who is going to be the guy.
Q. Can you expand on why the early signing day may be beneficial?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Well, you've got a guy that maybe has a Utah offer or a Alabama interest, and December, or whatever, 20th comes along and we say, hey, we've got a scholarship for you now or we're going to move on, you can wait and roll the dice and see if something else materializes, a lot of guys are going to take the bird in the hand concept.
So I think it's an earlier indicator for us where we stand with a kid, how strongly he feels about us. I think it's going to make things a lot clearer. Because the commitments, they change. They commit, decommit, recommit. It's such a — there are so many unknowns and so much uncertainty in that, this will provide a much clearer picture where you stand. At least on December 20th, it's almost like you have two milestones now, December 20th, who can you get in the boat and get signed up, then you know what you have to do December 20 to February 1.
Q. Is Kyle Fulks going to be a full participant when you start up tomorrow?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Like health-wise? He was completely cleared about a month and a half ago, so he's good to go.
Q. What went into the decision for the timeframe?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: He played tackle in high school, and we lost both our tackles last year with Garett Bolles moving on and Sam Tevi. You look at getting your best five guys out there. And we think the best five guys are the guys we have labeled as the starters, obviously. And he is the best fit at the tackle position. He's a guy that's taken reps at tackle periodically throughout his career at Utah, so it's not foreign to him.
Like I said, he played there in high school. He's got the most length, other than Jackson Barton, of any of the candidates, and that's a big thing at tackle. Your wing span, and how you can — you know, your length to ride guys around the edge of the defense. And with Jordan Agasiva, a highly touted JC recruit that we got, more suited to play guard, it seemed like a natural to make that switch.
Q. How much is tempo part of Taylor's offense?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: It's a part, but it's not the end-all, be-all. And what you're going to see a lot of is not fast tempo until we've made the initial first down or two in a drive and then pick up steam as the drive lengthens. One of the worst things you can do is have a 25-second three-and-out, and your defense is right back on the field.
That's Troy's philosophy. That's not something I'm trying to convince him of. He's fully in tune with that. And as a head coach in high school, he's aware of not stressing the defense any more you have to. So there will be times we're going as fast as anybody in the country, but typically and most predominantly early in drives, a little more methodical.
Q. Do you have to adjust defensively to those change in styles?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Yeah, and that's more difficult as a defense to adjust to teams that go at all speeds than a team that's going at one speed all the time. So I think that works to our advantage.
Q. When Colorado came into the league, they designated you as rivals. I think the last four or five games have been down to one score.
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Been very competitive.
Q. Is there something organic that's growing into that game and becoming a little more —
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: I don't want to say it's a rivalry yet because it doesn't have that feel. We have all the respect in the world for those guys. They do a great job. Hopefully the feeling is mutual. To me, the term "rivalry" is some sort of bad blood. Some sort of rift, I guess you could say. I don't feel that with those guys. We respect them, like I said, and they're a great program.
But as far as any bitterness or, you know, something that transpired in the game that really upset you and you want to get back, that type of deal, I don't think you can manufacture a rivalry. I think it's got to happen naturally, and hasn't happened yet in my estimation.
Q. Being that last game of the season, though, it comes down to somebody winning the Pac-12 South. Do you like having that kind of game at the end of the season like that?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Yeah, sure. Geographically you think you could have the makings for a rivalry, the closest to each other as far as the rest of the conference, the timing of the game being the last game of the year. Everything's in place for it to become a rivalry, but I just don't feel it should be termed a rivalry at this point in time.
Q. Given all the competition you have at several different positions, especially running back, do you think TJ Green could come in and make an impact out of high school?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Yeah, he was certainly a dynamic player in high school and did a lot of good things. How those players, especially a high school player, adjusts to the speed of the game and complexity of the game at the next level, not everybody adjusts the same and in the same timeframe.
So I'll give you a lot better answer in about four days of what we think of TJ as far as his readiness to contribute. But he certainly is a talent. We wouldn't recruit him if we didn't think he was a big-time talent.
Q. You're the last team that beat USC. What challenges does Sam present to you this year?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Yeah, tons of challenges. The guy is incredible as far as his skill set to play the position. He's got everything. The size, the arm strength, the mobility, the pocket presence. He seems to be a great decision-maker.
So, yeah, we caught him on his first start. We were able to get the win. But he is one of the best, if not the best, quarterbacks in the country, in my opinion. And we've got several of the best quarterbacks in the country in our conference here that we've got to face.
And he's got a great supporting cast. Don't forget about that. They're loaded. They've got players at every position. So that will be a big challenge for us.
Q. Flip that, what kind of challenge does your quarterback present?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Yeah, last year we were pretty pedestrian on offense. Is that the right way to use "pedestrian"? So we weren't scary or potent as far as capability. Now, we'll hammer you and we could hammer the ball down just about everybody's throat, but it's proven not to be enough. You've got to be more prolific in the throw game. We've got to be more efficient and productive than we were last year. That's why we brought Taylor back in, is to give that a shot in the arm.
Q. Now that Utah has been in the league going on seven years, as you look back on that time, what was the biggest challenge of building a program in this conference?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Recruiting, getting the team up to speed, I guess you could say. When we first joined the league, we felt really good in the line of scrimmage and we were matched up well at the line of scrimmage from day one. At the perimeter we were way behind, and I think we've closed that gap. And we're not a done — we're not a finished product. We're still a work in progress. But we have come miles in that regard as far as team speed, team athleticism overall.
Q. When did that shift?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: When we got in the Pac-12, I'm going to tell you right now, I say it every year, percentage-wise, probably 80 percent of our team, we don't get — if we're not in the Pac-12, if we're a Mountain West, a non-P5 team, and so every year that's just built on. I think you've seen that in the NFL production too. The guys we've had drafted, it just increases each year. This year is a high water mark. That's going to be difficult to duplicate every year. But you've seen a trend of more talent come to the program. And the best barometer that I know to determine how well you're recruiting is how many guys you're sending on to the next level. That's probably the best indicator as far as just a raw data that you can look at.
Q. Various teams have won the South and haven't been able to maintain that. Is that a commentary on the competition?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Yeah, very balanced. Everyone's won it but us. That's very well known. Since we've joined the league, with Colorado winning it last year, we're the last two teams that haven't won the South. I think that speaks to the level — I hate the word "parity," but balance in the South. People take turns beating each other up in the South.
I think that's taken a toll. Does anybody know, has the South won the championship game? Yeah, I think we've had so much competition amongst ourselves that we've been pretty beaten up throughout the year.
Q. You've arguably been the most consistent throughout the time, too.
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Yeah, I guess you could say that. The last three years, for sure, we've been able to maintain a pretty competitive balance — not balance, but competitive situation in that conference — division. I guess it's division, South Division.
Q. Kind of off topic here, but hot topic nationally, the coaching staff sizes, that something you'd like to see more regulation on?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: You're talking about non-coaching personnel? That would be great to see regulation on that. There are some schools where they have a recruiting department where they have 20 guys and they're all making $100 grand a year or more. And that's not fair. What is fair? People have bigger stadiums, bigger buildings, bigger budgets. So there's nothing really fair in the truest sense, but I think it would help if there was some regulating of non-football personnel, what you could have. Because right now it's way out of whack. You have some teams that have it all and some teams that have nothing in that regard.
Q. Have you heard discussions?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Yeah, that seems to be a topic, we're going to limit it to six non-coaching personnel or eight or whatever the number is. But any way you slice it, it's not going to be equal. Because if you get eight, we're going to pay our eight $300 grand a year, you're going to barely struggle to give them a couple thousand a month. So it will never be a completely level playing field. But I think it makes sense to try to level it at least a little bit.
Q. Have you tried to get creative in that regard?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Very creative in that regard. Very creative. We're doing our best to try to keep up. We've made a lot of progress in that area. I guess the benchmark school is Alabama. You look at what they have, supposedly — haven't been there firsthand — but in their recruiting department, it's a full-blown — it's almost like its own entity. It's a corporation of its own. But I'm all for the tenth coach, I can tell you that. Adding that tenth coach this January, I think that's a positive thing.
Q. How will that change things?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: It won't be a dramatic change. But it gives guys an opportunity to coach at a Division I level and gives the players more. I think our ratio might be as low as any sport as far as coach-to-player ratio, so that will help to balance that out a little bit.
Q. What are you hearing by your stadium expansion?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: I'm hearing that things are on track and progressing. Nothing is a done deal still, and, again, until the actual construction takes place, you never know for sure. But I think it's being well received. Eight straight years of sellouts sure doesn't hurt our argument for it. But you want to be careful not to overbuild because you don't want a bunch of empty seats in your stadium. So there is a balance you have to strike there. It seems to be in the low 50s is a good number in the Pac-12. That seems to be a targeted number that makes sense. So we'll see what happens.
Q. Sam Darnold was talking again today about after the first couple of series last year in the Utah game he realized he could play.
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: I knew he could play before that. I watched him in high school. We were his first offer out of high school. Ask him who offered you first in high school, and he better say us.
Q. I think he may have.
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Anyway, what was your question?
Q. Just the idea that you say you knew already?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: We knew he was a tremendous athlete. We were very surprised that he hadn't gotten his opportunity prior to our game. I had not been at their practice to see what's going on, and I'm not criticizing anybody, but we knew he was a very talented kid.
Q. Can you talk about the quality of running backs in this conference this year?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Coming up this season?
Q. Yeah.
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Yeah, there seems to be a bunch of good backs every year. Quarterback seems to be the premier position in this league, if you look at what the Pac-12 is known for. We've had our own run of thousand-yard rushers. We've got Armand Shyne this year who we really like.
But I haven't really, off the top of my head — who is coming back? USC has a couple of really good ones coming back. So there is definitely talent in that position in this league. But there is talent at every position, in my opinion.
Q. Can you talk about Phillip Lindsay from Colorado?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Tremendous back, great runner, quick, fast, makes you miss, and he was a big part of their success last year. Huge reason, yeah. Is he a senior yet, I hope?
Q. Yes.
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Thank goodness. Yeah, we were hoping he was coming out last year.
Q. He's pretty good.
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Yeah.
Q. You talk about the quarterback as well. You saw Sefo for the last several years, but Steven Montez —
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Yeah, huge arm, big arm. Is he 6'5? Big kid. He's got a cannon. He looks like he's got a lot of upside.
Q. That game, it seems we always ask about that rivalry, supposedly rivalry. But it keeps getting better every year. That game is always within a touchdown. It meant a lot last year. Is it exciting to see that sort of rivalry develop and that game mean so much?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Yeah, I think if you're playing for a chance to win it in November, that's great. We've been in that situation for a few years now. We were in that situation in year one. We haven't gotten over that hump. But at the same time, if you're not winning in September and October, November doesn't matter. You've got to win — in order to make November important, you've got to win in September, October — you've got to win every month, that's the bottom line.
So right now we've not been able to win every month. We've had a couple good months and not so good Novembers. A lot of that is scheduling. You play the Huskies, and Colorado in the last month, that's, you know — that is a factor.
Q. I know you've been asked about Darren a little bit, and maybe I'm late to the party, but have you been able to sit down and have some conversations with him?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: Oh, yeah, extensive. Him and his parents. We've done our homework on Darren. We've talked to everybody that we think would have valuable input in that situation. Guys that we trust, guys that I trust. You know, made the decision after all was said and done that the kid was worthy of a second chance. Has the right attitude and right mentality for that.
Again, I keep saying, it's not a done deal. He's not been cleared to practice or compete for us. That's still in the works. We're hoping that happens. We expect it to happen, but it hasn't happened yet. So if, in fact, he gets cleared and he's able to be on our team and compete, we think he's going to be an integral part of the offense.
Q. What was his message to you?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: That he screwed up. He understands that. He did some dumb things. Put himself in bad situations, very bad situations. I'm very — I've had strong feelings about some of the things he did. At the same time, you help get a kid get back on track, get his life back in order and open up opportunities for him. I don't think you kick a kid to the curb because he made a mistake or two. Unless he's got no remorse and doesn't care.
There is so much to — his state of mind and a player's state of mind in that situation to me is one of the real keys. They could probably fool you and tell you what you want to hear. That's what you've got to decipher as a coach, is he being sincere.
Q. Did you talk to Willie?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: No, I don't have a relationship with Coach Taggart, but I've talked to coaches that were with Darren for four years at Oregon and had some great insight.
Q. So his paperwork, would it involve any graduate transfer?
KYLE WHITTINGHAM: No, pretty much the same process you'd go through with any graduate transfer. Although, being inner-conference puts a different spin on it. Very similar to what we went through — well, not us, but what USC went through with Stevie Tu'ikolovatu, trying to get him ready. Yep.


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This is where I think out loud about Life, the Universe and Everything. I consider life an adventure and this is part of mine whether I'm ranting on politics or taking you on a ramble through Kay's World.
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Thursday, Thursday Ramblings
The battle with the plumbing is continuing. Dan (my landlord) will be camped here most of the day -- again. I hope it finally gets fixed. It's frustrating and horrendously inconvenient which means I'll get nothing done!!! Sigh. At least, I have an excuse -- for a change. (Eyes rolling)
Last night around 11 o'clock Michelle called and told me to close my doors and windows! It seems that a guy who was out taking a walk was held up at gunpoint by two armed pedestrians near us. Scary. Her brother Jeff was out on their porch with a taser -- I guess he was watching for them. I wouldn't mess with him. It's weird. I've always felt safe here but today I feel less so and hope this isn't the beginning of a trend. Word this morning is that the cops were patrolling all night. The guys on our beat right now are pretty good. I (almost) feel sorry for anyone who decides to hold me up. I rarely carry cash. Yeah, I'm a slave to my debit card.
I think that the earthquake in Virginia took us all off guard. We actually had a little one in my part of Ohio in 1997. It was disconcerting because we aren't famous for that. I suppose Virginians are equally perplexed.
I hope all y'all on the Eastern Seaboard are battening down the hatches for Irene the terrible and I hope she decides to take a turn and head out to sea.
Here are Matt Taibbi and Bill Maher laying out the truth about the Fed in a little over a minute:
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On the Maher video; again he hits the nail on the head. As a public employee retiree we are constantly being assailed for our "luxury" pensions. But that money had been invested in Wall Street. So why is the public bashing the victims and not the crooks who basically took from OUR cookie jar?ReplyDelete
Maher was right, of course, and shares my opinion... most of our fellow citizens are basically stupid!
Kay -- Just keep your car and house locked all the time. I live out in the country and I lock everything up even when I am here. Recently a policeman told me that a small dog is a good watch dog to have -- robbers don't like to attract attention with a barking dog. You might want to consider the possibility.== barbaraReplyDelete
Robert: Because they watch Faux News? I envy those with good pensions but don't hate them. My ex-husband and I felt that my staying at home was best so that's what I did. I have minimal regrets and do the best I can with what little I have to work with. A COLA raise on my SS would be nice but the GOP hates old ladies. I manage as well as I can but groceries shouldn't be a luxury item for anyone.ReplyDelete
My late father-in-law was fond of saying that the average man was awfully damned average. I think you would have liked him.
Barbara: I do that mostly but I don't have AC and like fresh air. I'm pretty careful and my neighbors and I are vigilant. All we can do pay attention. I can't afford a dog.
Gosh be safe Kay, I have these three big barking dogs that I'm sure are a deterrent in Denver, haven't heard a peep out of them down here in WC. Oh I take that back the old girl knows when she gets fed and gets snacks and she is a pest till she gets what she wants. She's always with 5 minute either side of the hour to remind us. When she's gone I'll need a watch!ReplyDelete
I am a believer in pepper spray to carry if one has to be out and about during the hours that are not so safe. Easy to carry and better to use than a gun when one might be wrong about the threat. At the house, of course, I have a loaded gun always. It's easier to be sure someone is meaning bad by me if they already broke into the house. I do expect things to get worse and hear about it pretty near everywhere.ReplyDelete
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HIM: Hurry up. I told you to be ready.
ME: And I told you, you are not putting in money in bank account, food on my table or no you know what in my you know where… so I do NOT take orders from you.
HIM: Okay… I could have lived my life without hearing that… you disgust me on every level.. now let's go. I'm driving because you drive like a bitch, which makes sense because you are SUCH A BITCH.
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HIM: Okay. And don't you DARE post this on Facebook.
ME: I would never do that. Tell me.
HIM: Alright. You remember Josslin that I met at the Promenade?
ME: The singer?
HIM: Yeah. Well she bought me a pair of body tech boxer briefs..
ME: What's wrong this woman is she nuts or just extremely masochistic… who in the hell wants to see you in body tech boxer briefs…
HIM: I have a great body.
ME: No you don't. Now the Brad, the thoracic surgeon that lives at the corner… HE has a GREAT body.
HIM: Yeah but he's gay. Just get in and let's go..I'm in a hurry… I have patients to see.
ME: Not until you tell me why this an emergency.
HIM: Okay, I have a date with Josslin tonight, and she wants me to wear the body tech boxer briefs…and I can't
ME: Why not?
HIM: Cause there's lipstick all over them. And I can't get it out.
ME: So, she should be neater.
HIM: It's not her lipstick.
ME: Hmmm… what do I want from you for saving you from this?
HIM: Don't try and exploit this situation. And don't tell anybody about this.
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HIM: What the fuck is this. I have to get to the office.
ME: Must be serious, there's two ghetto birds.
HIM: what's a ghetto bird?
ME: Police helicopter.
HIM: This is bullshit. (He drives in the center turn lane until he reaches a black female cop… with VERY short hair and NO make-up… I'm guess she can lick an envelope after it's in the mailbox)
HER: What do you think you're doing?
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HIM: Is that all? Listen we're doctors…
HER: So???
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Neighborhood Matching Fund Hosts Free Workshops for Community Groups
The Neighborhood Matching Fund (NMF), a program of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, is hosting workshops for community groups interested in learning about the city's popular Small and Simple Projects Fund. The Small and Simple Projects Fund provides matching awards of up to $25,000 to neighborhood groups for community-building projects.
Each workshop provides an overview of the Neighborhood Matching Fund, the qualities of a good project, and the application process and requirements. To RSVP, call (206) 233-0093 or go online at surveymonkey.com/r/ZHM36BJ.
The workshop dates are:
To learn about the Fund, visit seattle.gov/neighborhoods/neighborhood-matching-fund/small-and-simple-projects-fund. The deadline for applications is 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5, but be sure to register now to apply. This is the last opportunity to apply to the Small and Simple Projects Fund this year.
The Neighborhood Matching Fund (NMF) Program awards matching funds for projects initiated, planned, and implemented by community members. Its goal is to build stronger and healthier neighborhoods through community involvement and engagement. Every award is matched by a neighborhood's contribution of volunteer labor, donated materials, in-kind professional services, or cash.
Mayor announces new actions to expand enrollment in Utility Discount Program
Utility bills will be cut in half for thousands more low-income Seattle families under a new plan to simplify enrollment in the City's Utility Discount Program (UDP) for those who live in subsidized housing or receive nutrition assistance. The average discount for UDP-enrolled customers is more than $800 a year.
Under a new partnership with the Washington State Housing Finance Commission (WSHFC), any individual or family who lives in a subsidized apartment with income requirements that also meet UDP income eligibility will be automatically enrolled in the utility discount. Residents will be informed on Sept. 1.
The new partnership is an agreement will share the addresses of units that fall into the UDP eligibility range so the occupants can be auto enrolled. Residents' names or other personal information will not be shared. The income of these renters is already verified annually.
Up to 5,000 utility customers may benefit from this change. Units that include a federal utility credit would not be eligible.
To ease the application process for other customers, those already enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will no longer be required to provide income verification. Beginning Sept. 1, City staff will now have the ability to verify the customer's income through SNAP's Washington Connection database. An estimated 8,500 SNAP recipients in Seattle are eligible to apply for utility discounts through this simplified approach.
The income limit for SNAP is at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level, which falls within UDP income requirements. The City will conduct random audits of up to 10 percent of enrollees to ensure continued income eligibility.
For lower-income customers who qualify, Seattle's Utility Discount Program offers 50 percent off public utilities bills and 60 percent off city light bills. Nearly 18,000 customers are currently enrolled (an increase of nearly 4,000 since January 2014), but many more are eligible and have not signed up. Murray has set a goal of 28,000 customers enrolled in UDP by the end of 2018.
The income limits for the utility discounts is 70 percent of state median income: $31,000 a year for an individual and $60,000 for a family of four.
Additional details and information on how to enroll for the Utility Discount Program are available at http://www.seattle.gov/humanservices/benefits/udp.htm.
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute and Seattle Parks and Recreation Present 'Snow White and the Seven'
The Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute (LHPAI) and Seattle Parks and Recreation presents the Teen Summer Musical extravaganza, Snow White and the Seven: Each One, Teach One, featuring 80 youth ranging from seven to 18 years old, Aug. 20 through 23 at the Seattle Repertory Theatre. Tickets are $8 for youth (12 and under) and $10 for adults.
Set in both America and Africa and inspired by the fairy tale of Snow White, Snow White and the Seven: "Each One, Teach One," follows the heartfelt desire of an African-American girl determined to make a connection with her traditional heritage. Her journey takes many turns both wonderful and worrisome as she discovers the beauty of herself and her African homeland. The show will have seven performances (Aug. 20-22: shows daily at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Aug. 23: one show at 3 p.m.). All performances are at the Seattle Repertory Theatre and tickets are available online at brownpapertickets.com. Prior to the show opening, the cast will perform excerpts from the musical at the Rainier Valley Culture Fest Weekend in Columbia City on August 15.
Snow White and the Seven: "Each One, Teach One" has been rehearsed onsite at LHPAI and is an original play written and directed by Isiah Anderson, Jr., of Seattle Parks and Recreation. The original music was written by renowned Seattle singer/songwriter Michelle Lang who engages creative materials from her R&B, Hip Hop, Jazz, and Gospel roots, with traditional African genres. Professional dancer/choreographer Tyrone Crosby brings an innovative blend of dance styles to the show's choreography.
City to Sell Parcel to Affordable Housing Developer
This week the Seattle City Council approved Mayor Ed Murray's legislation to sell a smaller City-owned parcel to allow the construction of affordable housing by a private developer. The proceeds of the sale will be used to build even more affordable housing elsewhere in Seattle.
The City of Seattle owns a 7,200-square-foot parcel at 6th and Yesler. Stream Real Estate intends to build a 140-unit apartment building on the property and adjacent parcels. For the next 50 years, all units in the new building must be affordable to households earning less than 80 percent of area median income.
The sale price for the City-owned parcel is approximately $1.4 million – fair market value. That revenue will be used by the City's Office of Housing to support additional affordable housing development.
New Tool Created to Track Enforcement of Worker Protection Laws
This week Mayor Ed Murray, along with the City Council and the newly-created Office of Labor Standards (OLS), unveiled a website that allows the public to track enforcement of Seattle's minimum wage, paid sick and safe leave, wage theft, and job assistance ordinance. The dashboard compiles data collected by OLS and presents the information in a digestible format.
"The public needs to be able to see how the new Office of Labor Standards is working effectively to ensure workers are paid and treated fairly under Seattle's strong labor laws," Mayor Murray said. "This new tool allows employers and workers to access readily-available data to show the progress we're making with enforcing our labor standards and historic minimum wage increase, and where we still need to improve."
Councilmember Nick Licata said, "This dashboard helps bring to light that employees are being denied wages in Seattle. I'm heartened to know that workers have access to these statistics and that there's a City agency dedicated to investigating and remedying the situation."
As of June 2015, the dashboard shows that City has responded to over 3,500 employer and 800 employee questions about Seattle's labor standards. Since the beginning of the year, OLS has opened 72 new investigations and closed 47 cases.
OLS encourages questions about the dashboard and Seattle's labor standards, including reports of violations, by email ([email protected]), phone (206-684-4500) and walk-in appointments at the downtown office (810 Third Avenue, Suite 750 Seattle, WA 98104). Information about Seattle's labor standards can be found at www.seattle.gov/laborstandards.
Bellevue Asks Residents and Businesses to Reduce Water Use
The City of Bellevue is asking residents and businesses to voluntarily reduce their water use by 10 percent, in partnership with the city's own conservation efforts. This comes as the city has activated its water shortage response – the result of a historically low snowpack, followed by a historically hot, dry summer, and higher than average water use. If the water supply conditions do not improve, mandatory reductions may be introduced.
Bellevue's water shortage response went into effect July 27 when it joined its water provider, Cascade Water Alliance, as part of a larger regional response by Seattle Public Utilities, Tacoma Water and the City of Everett. The response plan has four stages: advisory, voluntary, mandatory, and emergency curtailment. Currently, Bellevue, which gets its water from the Seattle system, is in the voluntary stage.
The City is relying on the support and cooperation of all water users to conserve the available water supply. Demand needs to be reduced by 10 percent. Customers are responsible for determining how they will meet this goal. Water waste is not allowed. If everyone cooperates, we may avoid imposing more stringent restrictions at a later date. In addition to meeting the essential water needs of customers, meeting the needs of fish and other environmental concerns is a priority.
Ways to save water:
More water conservation tips can also be found on the City of Bellevue website: http://www.bellevuewa.gov/water_conservation.htm.
The City of Bellevue is also taking steps to reduce its own water use. These include the following:
Bellevue Parks is cutting back on irrigation by 25 percent. Other examples of water-saving measures include:
Bellevue Utilities will limit routine maintenance activities that use water until October or November when fall rains are likely to return. This includes flushing of water mains to remove accumulated sediment and minerals. Utilities continuously monitors the water supply to ensure its safety.
Other actions to be taken at city facilities, include:
Find more Seattle and Portland area events on our Community Calendar.


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Microsoft has officially flipped on the Outlook.com switch, marking a significant change in the companys email strategy. Soon, Hotmail will be a thing of the past and Outlook.com will be the service that Microsofts online email subscribers use. Outlook.com is just the latest change that has come to Microsofts ecosystem and includes everything from Windows 8 launching in October to improved versions of Office and Windows Phone.
But for now, the focus should be on Outlook.com. After all, it marks a major shift for Microsoft, and could dramatically impact how Microsofts customers interact with their email. Outlook.com offers the same basic features as Hotmailsending and receiving emailsbut it comes with so many interesting features and backend strategies that current and potential users should know more about how it works.
Read on to learn more about Outlook.com.
1. Hotmail is dead
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With the launch of Outlook, Hotmail users can all but kiss goodbye their former service. Eventually, Hotmail will be discontinued in favor of Outlook.com, meaning an era is officially ending. So, get ready for it.
2. Its a new design
One of the nice things about Outlook.com is that it delivers an all-new look that should help users easily navigate through emails. The service comes with a clean look, streamlined navigation and overall looks much nicer. Thats important as Microsoft attempts to keep customers using its service.
3. Get ready for the land grab
According to some reports, users are grabbing all kinds of email addresses from the Outlook.com domain, including some that nabbed possible aliases for Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and co-founder Bill Gates. Those looking to sign up for Outlook that dont have Hotmail accounts now should act quickly to get their own preferred address.
4. Slide shows are built-in
Since sharing photos has become a popular exploit for email users, Microsoft has built a slide show feature into Outlook.com. Its a nice addition that will appeal to many folks who commonly share photos over email.


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The excited phone call came from my friend, Professor G. Whiz, who's the most famous inventor you've never heard of.
"It's almost ready," he burbled. "The greatest invention of the 21st century. The thing that will liberate mankind."
Sounds impressive, Professor, I said. What is it?
"You know all of today's advances in electronic communications? The iPhone, the iPad, the iDunno, the GoogleGadget, whatever?"
Of course. They're ubiquitous. Everywhere you go, you see people holding a little box in their mitts and staring at it. Or walking around with one plugged in their ears. Or both. Have you come up with yet another...


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The early years of the scientific revolution, humanity's first poke at addressing the real world sans our traditional superstitious blinders, were not nearly so wholly embraced with the urgency we might today expect. Seventeenth century medicine was still informed exclusively by the work of Galen, second century Greek polymath, whose interpolations and extrapolations of monkey anatomy were the source of his ideas on what goes on within the human body. Fifteen hundred years' worth of medical doctors were taught by rote memorization our inner workings, and haughty defences of Galen over the new era of inquiry were proudly lauded by the entrenched medical establishment. They never bothered to – never believed they'd need to – examine actual human bodies.
This was a time when the hypothesis of the Four Humours reigned supreme. Our health was simply a matter of the balance between black bile, blood, phlegm, and yellow bile, and the solution to just about every ailment was either a bloodletting, or a purging by emetic or laxative. While the Four Humours were associated with different organs – spleen, heart, brain and liver– their presence was detectable through an observation of settled blood after draining. The dark colour of clotted blood formed the base, followed by a thin layer of red, unclotted blood, a thin layer of white blood cells, and finally the clear plasma on top.
Galen had hypothesized a source for blood, and his wisdom went unquestioned until the early seventeenth century. While today we accept that human bodies recirculate blood, and that it originates in our bones, Galen made the claim that ours is instead an open-ended system. Food goes in; we digest it in the stomach; it gets passed to the liver, where it is converted to blood; it passes next to the furnace of the heart; there, it is incinerated, and we breathe out the waste.
Although disreputable to locate and examine cadavers, it was still undertaken on occasion throughout medical history. The problem with blood research is that it requires a living person from start to finish. Blood clots very quickly, and the flow of blood has a tendency to cease altogether in the absence of a beating heart. The messy work of bloodletting, of trepanation or amputation almost never fell to the doctors, themselves. Poorly trained barber-surgeons were instead the prime practitioners of limb-cutting, which they performed in between clients waiting for simple hair trimmings.
Circulatory systems in animal species were well known, but it was thought that humans were far too impressive, far too close to our angelic ancestry, to be so poorly designed. It was not until 1627 that the English physician William Harvey announced the existence of the human circulatory system. This new knowledge, and the questions that now arose concerning the validity of Galen's work, prompted medical researchers both official and amateur to consider the heretofore imponderable of blood transfusion. Could it be a miracle cure, even better than bloodletting itself?
The English were the first to explore transfusion, and concentrated on animal species as they worked, but the goal for all involved was to determine its beneficence as a medical procedure. The French academies of science and medicine, most especially the royally approved academy at the University of Paris, held out far longer than the English in questioning Galen, and were still reluctant to consider blood transfusions at all for nearly forty years.
These men were aware of the clotting problems of blood, but not about the existence of different blood groups, or their incompatibility even among the same species. The first tests involved animals, mostly the dogs and pigs that ran wild through pestilential city streets, and researchers were all too eager to experiment with cross-species tests in addition to single-species transfusions. Some tests proved successful. Others killed both patients. Among the many questions surrounding transfusions were not just its capacity to help one creature, but more philosophical questions like "Will the transfused patient now take on the characteristics of its supplier? Is it now a chimera? Will the dog turn into a chicken if it survives the procedure?" Important questions, to be sure, and not out of step with the credulous minds of even the most learned classes of seventeenth century.
"No matter", thought the French doctor Jean-Baptiste Denis, "I want to be the first to perform a human transfusion. To be on the safe side, I'll use the blood of a lamb." Here is where Holly Tucker's Blood Work: A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution really begins, and where it ends. The trial of Denis, enthusiastic provocateur and possible murderer, rang the death knell for transfusion experiments in France, and soon the rest of the world.
Too much was being done too soon, both for the technology itself, and the often rigidly dogmatic, superstitious society of the time. A cautionary tale, perhaps, and from both sides of the issue. While we certainly need to know as much as we can about a new medicine or procedure before we jump in with human trials, we also have to be willing to challenge our firmly held myths and legends, and put those to the test, too.


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The amblings of a wandering mind. The subject is determined by where that mind has gone just prior to opening up this page.
Monday, November 11, 2013
Salute to Veterans 2013
All around us are people walking through their normal days and nights. We smile as we pass in a crowd or a doorway and sometimes we make small talk. Sometimes we strike up a conversation with a total stranger because we find ourselves waiting for something or someone in a common space. We may learn during our small talk that our partner is a veteran of our Armed Forces. I hope you take a moment of your free time to say "thanks" because every veteran is owed that personal message and so much more.
I write a tribute every year to our veterans because I am eternally grateful and impressed by their sacrifices. I am constantly humbled by their responses which range from, tears to a simple statement of how they would do it again or what a honor it was to serve. "Really?" is what comes to my mind. How incredibly special are these men and women who give up 2 to 20 years of their private lives to serve our country and then feel honored to have done so? They are the bravest of the brave and the best of the best. They require our respect and our service until the end of their days. The physically wounded should never have another financial woe as long as they live and should receive the best available medical care always. Those with psychological injuries should never again wonder how to hold a job or how to survive or where to live. They should be taken care of by the Veteran's Health Care providers without cost or question. We, citizens who have never served, should be footing that bill without hesitation. Our government is long overdue making these things happen without years of red tape and rejections. Anything anytime for any veteran, that should be the motto and the business plan. I, for one, pray for that day to come sooner rather than later. We owe these amazing people that and much more.
I cannot change the government programs. I cannot make life on easy street a reality for those veterans who are not able to afford their homes or their medical needs. I am not a wealthy woman. I am a writer with a giant soft spot for all who have given so much for my country and their own. I am a strong believer that people can make change when change is needed by talking, writing and sharing ideas and then voting for people who will begin the change process. Let's do that. Let's change our veterans programs. Let's take care of our best. They took care of us. It's our turn now.
On this Veterans Day, 2013, I'd humbly offer my own thank you and my deepest appreciation for all you gave, whatever it was, it was more than I gave. I'd like to offer my prayers for your future to be nothing but good days and restful nights. I pray for your families who welcomed you home and that your life be filled with love and respect from all who salute you as you live your post-service days in peace. A peace you helped to secure. A country you represented and protected is your home sweet home and I wish you nothing but good all the days of your life.
Signing your life over to the USA is a completely non-selfish act and an act only a handful of our citizenry undertakes. You are the few and the proud, even if you aren't a Marine. You are the bravest of the brave and you are all that you could be and you did fly high or sailed with anchors aweigh. I am so thankful and I am so proud of each and every one of you.
With the freedom you helped secure, I salute each of you. I admire each of you. I humbly and sincerely thank each of you.
Walk proudly and share with those around you the fact that you proudly served and give us a chance to shake that hand, buy that drink or lunch. Yes, give us a chance to really thank you.
Jo Heroux
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Thanks to you for commemorating our Veteran's today!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 11, 2013 at 5:12 PM
A beautiful, heart felt tribute. Thank you for this.. <3ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousNovember 12, 2013 at 12:12 PM
Very well written Jo. You have done an excellent job of expressing my feelings for me. My prayer is not only for God to bless all our military, (past and present), but that we as a nation support those who have served.ReplyDelete
A beautiful heart felt tribute to our armed forces. Bless all of them that gave so much to insure our freedom and to keep us safe. People don't do near enough to uplift these special, courageous people. ♥ReplyDelete
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Try something new from our exotic meat and fish ranges
Exotic Meat and fish are becoming more commonplace and have grown to become extremely popular in recent years. And it`s easy to understand why. Exotic meat and seafood such as ostrich and tiger prawns have a low fat content and are also high in protein - as well as being deliciously flavoursome.
Discovering something new is always an exciting moment, and because we love to explore new and interesting flavours and textures, it means you can too. From the Australian Outback and the plains of South Africa, to the warm waters of South East Asia - we`ve managed to bring to you a range of exotic meat and fish that`s more than just a little special.
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Look out for the Kezie Foods and Arctic Royal brands, and tuck into melt-in-the-mouth Scallops, richly flavoured Kangaroo Burgers or a premium 5 star rated Wagyu Burger. Or explore the authentic tastes of the orient with our Kanikama Luxury Sushi Collection.
Enjoy the journey with our range of exotic meat and fish.


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All About Apollo E-cig Batteries
Apollo offers a variety of battery models and it can be confusing to decide on the one that is right for you. Each model is designed to cater to specific user preferences. Follow this helpful guide to learn more about the differences and benefits of each battery.
What is mAh?One extremely important factor to consider when choosing which battery is right for you is the mAh. mAh stands for Milliamps Hour and it refers to the strength or capacity of a battery. Think of it like a car's gas tank... The mAh tells you how large your battery's tank is, which directly affects how long the battery lasts between charges. The higher the number, the longer the battery will last. A variety of factors affect how long your battery lasts, including how often you puff and how long your drags are, but a higher mAh will always yield a longer battery life.
What is Voltage?Voltage is the measure of power coming out of the battery. The majority of batteries have a standard 3.7 voltage rating. Voltage varies slightly based on how much charge is in the battery (3.3V - 4.2V), but the average voltage at any given time is 3.7. Voltage, along with resistance, is a major factor in the quality of your vapor. Users who are familiar with how voltage affects the quality of their vapor tend to prefer Variable Voltage devices, which allow them to control and adjust the voltage of their e-cig depending on their preferences. Variable Voltage e-cigs are recommended for experienced users.
Manual vs AutomaticEcig batteries are available in 2 styles: Manual or Automatic. You can easily tell the difference between the styles because Manuals have a physical button on the e-cig and Automatics do not. An Automatic battery does not need to be turned on or off, it is simply activated by the user inhaling on it. Manual batteries may or may not need to be turned on or off, but must notably need to have the button pressed while inhaling to active the production of vapor.
Batteries have a limited lifetime which is dependent on a variety of things. On average, a battery may last up to a year before it needs to be replaced. Below are some tips on how to use your battery properly to maximize vapor production and lifespan.
Don't Over-Tighten
Be careful not to over-tighten any clearomizer or tank onto your battery. Over-tightening a clearomizer can cause the center pin to depress too much, which can cause your battery to short. Apollo's batteries are designed with a spring-loaded center pin to help minimize this issue, however, it's best to only screw a clearomizer on until it's "finger tight," meaning you just begin to feel resistance. Keep in mind clearomizers only need to touch the battery's center pin for them to work properly, so over-tightening does not improve the performance or create a better connection. Over-tightening can also strip the threading on your battery, which is not covered under warranty.
Power Down
Make sure to turn your battery off when not in use. Doing so will prevent accidental activation. Accidentally pushing the button while the battery is not being used drains the charge and can damage an attached clearomizer.
Protect Your Battery
When your battery is not in use, please make sure to keep it in a safe place. Avoid putting your battery in your pocket or bag while the clearomizer is attached, as doing so can apply pressure to where your battery connects to the clearomizer. This pressure can eventually lead to your battery's connection breaking, exposing wires and stripping threads. Keep in mind that your battery is powered by a Lithium-Ion rechargeable battery. Do your best to keep your battery at room temperature, as excessive heat can shorten the battery's lifespan. As with any electronic device, please protect your battery from being dropped or otherwise sustaining any large impact. We always recommend keeping your battery in a protective case when not in use.
Use it Regularly
Your battery is powered by a lithium ion cell and is meant to be used on a daily basis. Similar to a cell phone, your battery should be drained at least once a month, in addition to being charged to 100% at least once a month. When your battery is removed from the charger it should be allowed to drain at least 20% before being put back on the charger, and the battery should be allowed to charge at least 20% before being removed from the charger. Following these rules will significantly extended the lifespan of the lithium ion battery. The best way to ensure healthy battery care is to keep multiple batteries in rotation.


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Clegg Ivey crashed in from 4-yards away in the second overtime to give Altamonte Springs Lake Brantley a 7-0 upset victory over Sanford Seminole in freshmen football Tuesday night.
In other freshman action Lake Mary remained unbeaten with a 12-6 victory over Kissimmee Osceola.
''It's a case of us not being as bad as our record (3-4),'' Lake Brantley Coach Kevin Carpenger said. ''Our kids were at a high emotional level. I was surprised we maintained our intensity for the entire game.''