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Getting Back to Basics: In-Service Training
by Mike Goetz, PCI #063T/EMSCI #003
Seattle Police Department
In-service training for bicycles should be as common as other in-service training, like firearms training, Emergency Vehicle Operations Course, legal updates, and defensive tactics. Yet many public safety bike units have no regularly scheduled training to ensure that riders maintain their skills.
It can be argued that each time you ride on duty, you are practicing the basics of the riding skills you've already learned. But is that enough? Not really.
Periodic in-service training helps riders maintain the level of competence necessary to ensure a strong and effective bike unit. It will also help keep lesser-used skills sharp, and help satisfy liability issues.
Why is continuous training important?
Liability – You are liable for everything you do in the performance of your official duties. Your agency is liable for everything you do within the scope of your duties. If you are given an assignment for which you are not properly trained, the department is liable. Creating an in-service training program is like taking out an insurance policy for yourself and your department.
Skill Maintenance – There is truth in the saying "use it or lose it." Remember, muscle memory requires the same action to be performed three to five thousand times to be automatic. In order to develop the ability to concentrate on the threats and opportunities in the landscape while your body handles the bike nearly unconsciously, you need to practice your learned skills on a daily basis.
Skill Evaluation - Periodic skills evaluations are important in all aspects of public safety training. A high percentage of injuries to public safety riders result from doing something incorrectly or lacking the necessary skill level to be effective. If riders' performance is evaluated on a regular basis, corrections can be made and skills improved before an accident occurs.
Skill Development – Every public safety cyclist can improve his or her skill level. Everyone should strive to be just a little better; that can only be achieved through continual practice. This can mean improving existing skills or it can mean learning something new. It can also mean an opportunity to put various skills together or training that allows the rider to experience something in a controlled environment (mock scenes) rather than on duty for the first time.
Designing a training program
To create a periodic in-service regimen, pick a set of basic standards for your riders that reflect their job responsibilities on the bike. Formalize them with a written lesson plan(s) and use them as a benchmark. You want to ensure that all riders can meet or exceed these standards by developing your riders, not lowering your standards.
Periodic training can be built into each work day or week, or whenever is most appropriate and effective for the unit. If possible, take advantage of departmental training days to incorporate bike work into the schedule. Contact neighboring agencies to include their riders into your sessions or vice-versa.
Finding topics for your in-service training is no harder than scanning the IPMBA conference manual. There are at least twenty different in-service training topics discussed in detail. This is also a selling point you can use with your administrators when seeking approval to attend all the national conferences. The training you bring back from a conference is extremely valuable to your in-service efforts.
Don't overlook community resources. Often, local cycling groups, bike shops, hospitals and universities, and specialized equipment manufacturers can offer valuable training opportunities in areas such as fitness, nutrition, maintenance and repair.
It is very important to have credible people teaching your in-service training. IPMBA resources can be found in most areas of the country. Tap them to help you provide high-quality training. Use the online IPMBA Instructor search at http://www.ipmba.org to locate instructors; even if you do not need a full-fledged certification course, you can still contact them for training ideas and assistance – that's why they're there.
If your department relies on you to facilitate and/or teach the in-service training and you are not a certified IPMBA Instructor, you or another member of your unit should seriously consider becoming one – for reasons of effectiveness, safety, and liability. The IPMBA Instructor Certification course is the benchmark training that has created the strongest, most skilled cadre of public safety cycling instructors in the world. Courses are offered 3-5 times per year around the country, including during the annual IPMBA Conference.
Train hard, train smart, train often…and have fun!
©2004 IPMBA. This article first appeared in the Summer 2004 issue of IPMBA News.


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Tuesday, 19 May 2009
The Final Preparations
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- Anonymous19 May 2009 at 06:30
I agree, as usual, with every thing you said in your post. I think reprising One in full studio version is a great idea but we don't know of course what Simon Fuler's choice is. I'll be voting! Lets wish us all a victory for Adam!ReplyDelete
I can't believe that I'm only just now discovering this blog, on the day of the finals. It's amazing to read posts on pretty much everything I've been thinking in my head, only with the care to write it out. Thank you for helping all of us to cope with our shared obsession!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous19 May 2009 at 21:24
Hi there. I'm sad to see the end of this wild ride with Adam. Never in my life have I been so gripped by a performer. It has turned me inside out. I've got my black nail polish on and my phones ready for tonight. 4 hours of power voting from someone who never even watched this show much before. Thank you again for giving voice to our obsession, and keep writing... we'll keep visiting. ConnieReplyDelete
Rumor has it Adam's personal choice is an acapella version of 'Mad World'. The blogs that are reporting this hint Adam is, of course, fabulous. Evidently the music director (Ricky Minor) attended a round table discussion on all thing Idol and let slip one of the contestants will be performing acapella. Coupled with other reports that Adams doing 'Mad World' (and promises there will be a twist) seems to confirm it. This is genius if it's true. It will galvanize the audience – and hopefully prompt anyone influenced by final performances alone to vote. According to Reuters - Kara DioGuardi penned the coronation song ('No Boundaries'). She's a decent writer (she had a hand in composing Pink's 'Sober') – so this may be good for Adam. Both finalists will have to sing it tonight. No word on producer Simon Fuller's choice.ReplyDelete
Unfortunately - there's been additional kerfuffle over Adam's being gay or not. One of our worst right-wing talk show hosts went after Adam hammer and tongs last night (Bill O'Reilly). He framed it as Christianity vs. godlessness (Kris v Adam) – but it was mostly an excuse to trot out Adam's 'Burning Man' photos. He had some hack writer on who'd written an article on how Christian singers don't get enough credit on Idol. Crap all around from stupid people. I'm not sure it will make a difference one way or another. To Kris's everlasting credit, he's rejected all that in a recent interview (he and Adam are really good friends). All we can do now is vote and hope for the best.
I've really loved your analysis, BYW. I hope you plan to continue blogging about Adam. I know I'll be following his career with a great deal of interest and anticipation. Like you – I'm not ready for the withdrawal. I look forward to seeing Adam every week. I guess we'll all have to search diligently for any snippet of Adam lore available. It will be months before Idol releases Adam's first CD. *SIGH* I miss him already.


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NEW YORK — Forty years after founding Rolling Stone, Jann Wenner still prides himself on a keen sense for what's on the cutting edge of pop culture.
So you might be not believe what medium excites the chairman and president of Wenner Media most in this era of revolutionary new options on broadband and cellphones.
Wenner — who helped launch writers Hunter S. Thompson and Tom Wolfe and photographer Annie Leibovitz — still likes old-fashioned, ink-and-paper magazines.
"What does the magazine do better than any other medium?" he asks. "It does photography better. It does layouts better. It does long reads better. You can have a point of view. And if you do those things well, you'll have an audience that's loyal and steady — and the advertisers will follow."
Wenner, 61, has good reason to be upbeat. His privately held company is one of publishing's most intriguing success stories.
Gross ad sales at his three magazines, including Us Weekly and Men's Journal, collectively were up 19% to nearly $674 million last year, according to Publishers Information Bureau data. (The total includes sales commissions that the company doesn't collect.)
And this year is off to a strong start. Gross ad sales at the three magazines were up 20%, to $135.8 million, in the first quarter vs. the same period last year.
"It's a tough environment out there," Wenner says. "In the last 20 years we've had cable TV and now the Internet. That makes the overall competition tougher than ever for people's share of mind and attention."
Wenner, who helped found the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, says he has thrived by trusting his gut. Instead of basing editorial and business decisions on readership surveys or financial reports, he considers what he likes and — as important — what would be fun.
The result is sometimes choices that would baffle traditional business strategists.
"Here's what I've done wrong," Wenner says. "We have three magazines with much different audiences, different formats, different publishing frequencies and they all have different printers. I never thought about those things until after the fact."
He defied conventional business wisdom on other occasions by rejecting opportunities to expand his magazine empire or diversify into other realms.
For example, around 1981 he turned down an offer to merge Rolling Stone with MTV in exchange for 25% of the company.
"If I had done that deal, I wouldn't have had any enjoyment, and I would have sold the stock," he says. "I would never have had the foresight to say, 'I should hold the stock because someday Sumner Redstone will build this up and it will be worth $3 billion.' So I don't regret that. I would not have thrived under an enterprise like MTV."
As it worked out, he says, he still has plenty of time for his four children, and to ski and travel.
His job also has non-financial perks: He flew to Amsterdam to interview Bob Dylan for Rolling Stone's anniversary issue. (Wenner took his magazine's name from Dylan's 1965 classic Like a Rolling Stone.)
That's why he scoffs at frequent speculation that he's gearing up to sell Wenner Media, which doesn't have an heir apparent. "Why would I sell? I've got the most enjoyable job, and I'm having the greatest time doing it."
His desire for control occasionally may seem excessive. For example, he insists on neat desks.
"I think if you've got a messy office, you must have a messy mind," he says. "If I walk down the hallway of the company I own, this is the way I want it to look. And I think it makes a good environment for everybody."
No question, Wenner's having a ball being a celebrity executive — one whose name frequently shows up in gossip columns. Gossip also is paying off handsomely for his company with the success of Us Weekly, a bimonthly he bought in 1986 and converted to a weekly in 2000 to take on Time Warner's People and American Media's Star.
"Nobody had ever competed with those two," he says. "Star was still in scandal mode. People was running stories about nuns falling down wells and Cher and Elizabeth Taylor. Meanwhile, this new generation is coming along with new style, new attitudes. And we tapped it."
Us now accounts for about 60% of Wenner Media's revenue after two years of about 35% annual ad sales growth, and 19% growth in the first quarter of 2007. Circulation, at 1.75 million, is up 106% since late 2001. Total readership is up 192% to 11.1 million, according to Mediamark Research.
Few predicted it would be such a hit. Industry watchers also scratched their heads in 2001 when Wenner sold half of the magazine to Disney for $30 million — an odd development considering the entertainment giant had just dumped its magazine assets, including Fairchild Publications and Los Angeles Magazine.
"That had a few people thinking I was insane," former Disney CEO Michael Eisner says. "It was only because of Jann. Solely and completely. And I liked the idea (of competing) in what was perceived to be a decaying industry. Now that I think about it, it was probably pretty stupid."
He can laugh now. Last year Wenner bought back Disney's share in the magazine for $300 million. "It turned out unbelievable — probably the biggest increase in value of anything Disney's ever done, except for maybe the overall corporation," says Eisner.
Meanwhile, Wenner has kept Rolling Stone growing by balancing articles that appeal to college students with those for baby boomers. In addition to the stories about pop music, he says, both groups key into the magazine's sharp-edged coverage of politics and current events.
"It presents serious news in a more compelling way," he says. "The interpretation and deeper look into what's important to the country at large — that discussion is taking place more in Rolling Stone than it has in Time magazine for the last five or six years."
He's also optimistic about Men's Journal, which has been growing steadily but not as quickly as Wenner's other magazines. The company plans an ad campaign to promote its attention to adventurous lifestyles, as opposed to fashion and fitness.
Wenner's even starting to warm up to the Internet. He plans to add a social networking feature to RollingStone.com, which now offers news, reviews and audio or other supplements to the magazine's features.
Meanwhile, Us recently introduced a video channel on its site and on Eisner's Veoh.com.
"Scanning the Internet, looking for information, bits and pieces — it's great. You can skip around," Wenner says. "But it's like: 57 channels and there's nothing on. And reading is not going away."


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Summer is here which means it's now time to catch up with products I got since last fall. The good thing about lipgloss blogging is that I never need to not use it before taking the acceptable glamor shot.
Tarina Tarantino was a plastic dolly-looking brand that was once available at Sephora. The quality is similar to an average one from drugstore (which means it's not something I pick up at normal retail).
Back in fall while I was wandering around city before a concert(a good chunk of my makeup were obtained this way), I stopped by a TJ maxx (The one at 57th Street and 8th Ave has wonderful beauty section where you can find Sephora brands that are freshly discontinued/heavily discounted and sheet mask that are...at regular retail ) and I ended up with a cute new toy. I think it was around 5 bucks, which in retrospect wasn't that great of a deal anyway.
The Gem Lip Gloss is a generic jelly gloss that's somewhat plumping and moisturizing (I suppose most lip gloss are). There is nothing remarkable with the formula, it feels like Wet n Wild with the lack of interesting nuance or texture. There is a candy watermelon scent which didn't get on my nerve.
Vanity looks like a punchy pink in the tube, it pulls clear fuchsia on me. Thw wear wasn't remarkable or bad. Overall it's kind of meh and I suppose I would be happy with it if it was 3 bucks.


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does anyone want to skate. i fancy starting up again...
My ex boyfriend still skates around the NFT.
Still thinks he is 15.
I actually have a soft spot for skaters, having had a few crushes on one when I was actually a rather young girl.
I'll come watch.
no thanks.
I'm too old for this shit !
Go on then.
I'll have to dig my board out though.
girl skateboarders
Don't laugh.
it's more of a snigger
because girl skateboarders were always a bit shit.
though last time i checked there were some were reaalllyy good, like vanessa torres.
ah, but could you do it whilst going along?
thats the test of a true skater.
i managed a kickflip once, just once though.
impressive, i couldn't do
anything whilst going along, i was pretty shit. :(
I would if
I wasn't so rubbish at it.
g'wan russ
let's start a skateboard crew!
but seriously, if anyone's interested in having a little muck about then we should sort some dop shit out. i haven't touched my board for 5 years or so. but i'm at my parents house now so i could take it back to london.
i'm going to have a quick go now and then i'll come back and tell you my skill level. haha.
it's tempting....
my board is in a shed somewhere. I do miss my skating 'crew'. I'm actually compiling a skate mixtape (THPS2 music) at the moment, how odd.
i can still ollie going along, and i also managed a switch frontside. but that is it! haha. i'm so shit now!
that's still better than me!
I could nosestall on kerbs, and sort of boardslide (once) and manual for about a second. Most of my ollies looked like my profile pic. :S
my prime (1st year of uni) i was able to do 10+ flip trick varieties, favourites being 360 flip and nollie heelflip.
now i'm scared of ollieing up a curb...
it's heartbreaking... but i want to get back into it.
i wish i could
but i live in a very hilly village, and i'm shit at it.
watching the RAD tour of eastern europe on channel 5 made me want to grab one of my brothers boards and hit the streets this morning.
one of my housemates used to say
that whenever he thought he was wasting his life he'd look at skaters and feel better because at least his hobbys were more productive that theirs.
I just remember it being painful from all the falling over.
i used to be a proper sk8er boi groupie
me and my chums used to hang out at the skate-park in winchside all the time.
Ha, you = me
Spent my formative teenage years hanging around with the skater booois "under the bridge" (I think chunty will know where I mean). They were gorgeous! Ah,those were the days!
im still a sucker for the whole skater/rocker boy thing.
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UN chief warns Syria on chemical weapons
Syria has begun loading nerve gas agents into aerial bombs, NBC says
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday urged Syria's regime against using its stockpile of chemical weapons, warning of "huge consequences" if Bashar Assad resorts to such weapons of mass destruction.
Ban also suggested that he would not favour an asylum deal for the Syrian leader as a way to end the country's civil war and cautioned that the United Nations doesn't allow anyone "impunity."
"I again urge in the strongest possible terms that they must not consider using this kind of deadly weapons of mass destruction," Ban told The Associated Press, speaking on the sidelines of a climate conference in Qatar.
"I have warned that if in any case this should be used, then there will be huge consequences. And they should be accountable," he said of the Syrian regime.
Ban's comments came as NBC News, quoting unidentified U.S. officials, reported the Syrian regime has begun to load the precursor chemicals to make the nerve agent Sarin into bombs that could be dropped from Syrian fighter-bombers.
Chemical stockpile
Syria is believed to have hundreds, if not thousands, of tons of chemical agents, including mustard gas, a blistering agent, and the more lethal nerve agents Sarin and VX, experts say.
Damascus has said it would not use such weapons on his own people even if it had them. Syria is party to the 1925 Geneva Protocol banning chemical weapons in war.
U.S. intelligence has seen signs that Syria is moving materials inside chemical weapons facilities recently, though it is unsure what the movement means. Still, U.S. officials said the White House and its allies are weighing military options should they decide to secure Syria's chemical and biological weapons.
CNN reported Wednesday that U.S. military and intelligence officials are consulting with Syria's neighbours — Turkey, Israel and Jordan — about what to do if it looks as if Assad is about to launch a chemical attack on his own people.
In Qatar, the UN chief was asked about the potential for an asylum deal that would remove Assad from power. The Syrian president vowed in an interview with Russia Today last month that he would never be forced into exile and that he would "live and die in Syria."
"Whoever commits [a] gross violation of human rights must be held accountable and should be brought to justice. This is a fundamental principle," Ban said.
Fighting intensifies
Ban's warnings came as fighting around the Syrian capital, Damascus, was closing in on Assad's seat of power.
Clashes between rebels and regime troops have intensified in the suburbs ringing the city in recent weeks. The area has been a stronghold of predominantly Sunni Muslim rebels who are fighting to topple Assad's regime, dominated by Alawites, an offshoot Shia group.
The increased pressure of the opposition fighters on the capital has raised worries that Assad or his forces will resort to desperate measures, perhaps striking neighbours Turkey or Israel, or using chemical weapons.
Syria's uprising began with peaceful protests in March 2011 and later escalated into a civil war that the opposition says has killed more than 40,000 people. So far, both sides have refused international calls for a negotiated solution.


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By request, the Afro-rock of Daniel Owino Misiani and the "acid-rock" Hank Williams albums are back up.
As a delightful addendum to the avant-'tard Tin Huey album we posted last week, a thoughtful Maniac (thank you, sir!) has sent us 4 more sides from the indie days of these Ohio oddballs. The "Breakfast With The Hueys" 7" from 1978 features an early version of the album's "Squirm You Worm," minus Chris Butler, who apparently hadn't joined the band yet.
The "English Kids" 7" from 1980 doesn't sound anything like the album or the other single. It's straight-ahead '77-style punk and power-pop.
Tin Huey - 2 singles
Killed By Death posted a single by Butler as "The Waitresses," tho singer Patty Donahue had not yet joined. It's really quite strange!
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AT&T launching Windows Phone 7 devices on November 8th
Three devices from LG, HTC, ans Samsung coming
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AT&T is partnered with Microsoft at their launch event today, and Ralph de la Vega announced that three devices will be coming starting on November 8th. The first device that will be launching on November 8th is the Samsung Focus, a phone boasting a Snapdragon CPU, 8GB onboard storage, and Samsung's Super AMOLED screen.
A couple weeks later, the HTC Surround and the LG Quantum will be released. The Surround is a media-centered phone with a 5MP camera, and two Dolby Surround Sound speakers, and 16GB of onboard storage. The Quantum will be the device for QWERTY keyboard fanatics and also has 16GB of onboard storage. All three devices will be priced at $199.99 with contract.
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We love Ticino - the Italian part of Switzerland. We've already been three times this summer and I'm guessing we will go back at least four more times before the cooler days of fall arrive. This weekend was a special trip because Zach's friend Jeehae, a professional women's golfer, was playing in a European tour tournament in Ascona. Unfortunately the weather was not very cooperative this past weekend. Fridays round was cut short by rain and Saturdays round was completely rained out. We trekked to the course in the rain on Saturday when we arrived, hung out with Jeehae in the players tent until we learned they wouldn't be playing, and then headed back into town for the afternoon. We waited out the rain at a little restaurant with the company of a pizza, a prosciutto salad and a bottle of Ticino merlot. Thankfully the rain stopped around six and we were able to take a walk around town and then up into the hills. I've spent a lot of time complaining about the lack of cheddar in the land of cheese. The funny thing is that I never really looked for it. It's true that they don't sell Cracker Barrel or Cabot in the cheese section, but I did find some in the speciality cheese section of Globus. Cheddar a specialty cheese? Certainly not in the states. I wonder if they have American cheese, each slice individually wrapped in plastic, hiding somewhere in the speciality cheese case.
I poured myself a glass of Ticino merlot in honor of our trip to Ascona. I'm not one to buy merlot or order it in a restaurant, but both Zach and I really love the merlot from the Ticin. I wouldn't be surprised if you couldn't buy it outside of Switzerland, but if you see it it's definitely worth a try.
I've never been to Hawaii, but Ascona had the humid-jungle quality that I imagine Hawaii to have. The rain brought in a heavy, wet air that settled over the town and made everything glisten under the low, rolling clouds. On our walk up the hill we walked through what could certainly be considered jungle-like overgrowth. We came across this little house on our way back down to town. Wonderfully jungly and summery and perfectly suited for a glass of merlot at sunset.


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Mortgage Intelligence is targeting a flexible mortgage scheme will help council house owners buy their property.
The new mortgage offers borrowers with no rent arrears or CCJ's a five year fixed-rate of 7.25 per cent with free evaluation and free booking. Consumers with rent arrears and up to three 3 CCJ's will be offered a standard variable rate of 9.25 per cent.
The Right to Buy Scheme allows consumers to borrow 95 per cent of the open market value of the home and offers a discounted price calculated in accordance with the number of years they have lived there.


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A memorial service will be held Monday for Joseph Harris, a University of California political scientist who invented the Harris Votamatic voting machine.
Mr. Harris, 88, died Wednesday in his Berkeley home.
He patented the Harris Votamatic in 1962. The device allows votes, recorded on punch cards, to be tallied by computer.
Mr. Harris helped organize the Institute of Governmental Studies at the University of California at Berkeley.


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Regarding the desirability or not of economic growth policies, an article in the latest issue of Ecological Economics (Environment versus growth — A criticism of "degrowth" and a plea for "a-growth", by Jeroen C.J.M. van den Bergh) came as a pleasant surprise:
If one accepts that GDP (growth) is not a robust, reliable indicator of social welfare (progress) then the only solution is to ignore it and as a result be completely indifferent about GDP growth. GDP growth is good in some periods or for some countries, but unconditional growth is not a wise aim. GDP growth is not generally necessary or sufficient for progress. Neither is GDP degrowth necessary or sufficient for sustainability. Correlations between GDP and welfare or between GDP and environmental impact are not constant and fixed over time. One can therefore not exclude the possibility of "dirty GDP degrowth" or a degrowth which hardly reduces environmental impact.Instead of a policy of shrinking the economy van der Bergh advocates changing the composition of production and consumption by taxing activities with negative environmental externalities. He also wants government to allow "a flexible labor market that allows for part-time work contracts", to limit advertising of luxury goods and to sponsor technological research. I doubt the usefulness of the latter two proposals, but overall van der Bergh's position is very sensible.
In defence of degrowth is Giorgos Kallis's response to van der Bergh. It hurts to read it.


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Opening Day is so close we can almost smell it. In just two days, the Twins will be at the Rogers Centre, kicking off a three-game series against the Toronto Blue Jays. Then it's off to the Big Apple for four games against the New York Yankees before the boys are welcomed home to their spruce-free ballpark to take on the Oakland Athletics on April 8.
This has me day dreaming of the real-live-crack-of-the-bat that actually counts.
So obviously, it's time to predict who will hit the Twins' first home run of the season. The rules are simple: the first person to guess the correct tater-masher wins. The winner will receive a prize to be determined, likely some kind of sweet Twins merchandise like a travel mug or a sippy cup, or whatever you prefer to drink out of. Or muffins. Of course, we'll play this game again for the Home Opener, then maybe one more time when Jim Thome is closer to joining the 600 Club. It'll be fun.
Speaking of things to eat, there are some new foods to scarf down as well this season at Target Field: Turkey to Go, Walk a Taco, Minneapple Pie, Hebrew National hot dogs, and two more Kramarczuk's sausages, one with wild rice inside of it. Yummy. Also, Lift Bridge Brewery from Stillwater, Minnesota was added to the local brews. Delicious!
Other things to look forward to/reflect upon:
Twins offseason underwhelms, therefore I am. [Very Well Then Twins]
That's a record. [MSP Business Journal]
What a Wonderful World. [Gapers Block]
Fan's guide to the Twins home opener. [Blair Reynolds]
Joe Mauer and Troy Polamalu: super pretty hair. [Babes Love Baseball]
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Theodore Schmidt is a fictional character from the Showtime original series Queer as Folk.
Brief StoryEdit
Ted begins the series as an accountant. Ted is a few years older than his friends and was portrayed as having difficulty in finding sexual partners or building a romantic relationship. His earliest attempt, with a younger man named Blake, ends with Ted in a coma from an overdose of GHB. After recovering he meets Blake again and they start a relationship. Blake is still using and Ted checks him into rehab, but Blake disappears.
After Ted loses his job for viewing pornography at work, he turns his expertise in pornography into an online business, creating the website "JerkAtWork.net" (originally "JerkAtWork.com" but changed between seasons). At around the same time he starts a romantic relationship with best friend Emmett Honeycutt. Ted's business is shut down following a crackdown, when it's found that his assistant, who does not perform on the site, is underage. To avoid jail time, Ted surrenders all of the profits from the site. Disconsolate, Ted turns to drugs, especially crystal meth. His drug use and newly-discovered interest in anonymous sex parties leads him to lose Emmett as a boyfriend. After hitting bottom (stealing from Melanie and Lindsay's son's trust fund to pay his way to a circuit party), Ted checks himself into rehab. There he meets Blake again, who's become a counselor. After Ted finishes rehab he and Blake get romantically involved again but it ends shortly thereafter.
Ted takes a job as the chief financial officer of Brian Kinney's new advertising agency. During this time, Ted's friendship with Brian is more stable and united. He takes on new responsibilities (including making advertising pitches) and grows in confidence, but is still insecure about his ability to keep a romantic relationship. He undergoes extensive plastic surgery (with no obvious results) and for a time bleaches his hair blonde. In the final two episodes, Ted becomes involved with yet another man who suddenly shows signs of Borderline personality disorder. Ted breaks up with him and, while on a ski trip with Emmett, reunites with Blake. The final scenes of the series show Ted and Blake dancing together in the restored Babylon, and then eventually with the rest of his friends.


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February 2, 2014
Johnson to the point
So many graduating prep talents require time to develop the strength, body and focus necessary for collegiate competition. All this plus the requisite skills. Such won't be the case for Granada High and Lakeshow 2015 talent Kameron Johnson, and this will make the junior's recruiting process fascinating to watch.
An East Bay Athletic League First team honoree as a sophomore and the most valuable player in a recent tournament held at Cloverdale High, the 6-foot-1, 190 pound Johnson has already posted 27 points against California plus 24 versus slow-it-down De La Salle this season. But that's not what he holds as his best skill:
"I would say my [basketball] IQ and my strength. I'm 190 pounds and can post up my opponent." That strength also helps him in finishing on dribble-drives.
Asked to what does he attribute his court smarts to, Johnson said, "my father [Mike Johnson, who coaches on the girls side at Granada] has about a two hundred basketball DVDs." It's been a combination of watching those skill development and strategy visuals plus "I can get in the gym a lot."
But Johnson's versatility and willingness to do whatever it takes to put his team in the best position for success has also contributed to his court savviness.
He was positioned at the point as a freshman. As a sophomore, Granada was small so Johnson played the post until late in game and then he would revert to being the one. This season, it's been a combination of time at both shooting guard and point.
Johnson has also often played up. He's been a Granada varsity performer since his freshman year and his summer/spring involvement has often been against upper division opponents. With the latter, a lot of losses resulted early on but it was a philosophy of 'to be your best, play the best' and going up against Stanley Johnson, Elliott Pitts, Shon Briggs was a learning experience. His alignment with Lakeshow promoted "playing against the best competition he's ever faced," Mike Johnson said. All of a sudden, Rick Pitino, Mike Montgomery, Roy Williams and Buzz Williams were in the stands checking out talent.
Lakeshow Coach Joe Fuca offer this on his court leader: "Kameron has taken the best route to becoming a premier point guard. Over the the three years he has been with Lakeshow, he has shown he can be a dominant scorer, inside post player, strong defensive player, and a physical rebounder. He is one of the areas strongest point guards physically and he will have a great AAU season this spring. Kameron is a big reason why the Lakeshow 2015 class has been ranked nationally for the last two years. He has been a true leader on the court in big wins over other nationally-ranked teams like Dream Vision, Utah Pump N Run, Oakland Soldiers, and Double Pump Elite. When the team needs a big shot, Kameron usually comes up with it. As he moves into the point gaurd slot this spring, it will great to see him go for his true college position. Kameron is currently being recruited by several DI schools in the Big West, WCC, and Mountain West. The best thing about Kameron is his character because he has a strong work ethic and he is has a great attitude when the chips are down and the going gets rough."
What's interesting about both Johnson's currently being in the realm of basketball is that hoops wasn't necessarily the best sport of either when they started out.
"My Dad played baseball, football and basketball and was best at baseball and football. When I started out, I was better at baseball through the seventh grade. I wasn't that good at basketball."
The younger Johnson played as a pitcher and outfielder but a requirement of chastity solely to baseball participation away from the high school ranks soured Johnson on the diamond participation and he diverted his attention to hoops.
He cites his father as one of his biggest basketball influences but also another intriguing hoops figure.
"I played earlier for the DI All Stars and Damon Harge was the coach. His son, Damon Harge Jr., played and he wasn't good at all. But he worked really hard. He motivated me." Harge Jr. now is one of the top rated prospects in the 2018 class.
A query regarding his best moment on the court was answered with "when I was a freshman against Amador Valley. The game went into overtime and they were up by one with four seconds left. A teammate threw me the ball but I had to reach behind me to catch it. I was near midcourt and drove hard for a layin. I swear I did it with one dribble." Granada won that one 58-57.
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"We will create an American Film Institute, bringing together leading artists of the film industry, outstanding educators and young men and women who wish to pursue the 20th-century art form as their life's work,"
President Lyndon B. Johnson - September 29th, 1965
Notable Alumni
Amy Heckerling - Cluless, Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Jonathan Levine - 50/50, THe Wackness
David Lynch - Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead
Terrence Malick - The Tree of Life, The Thin Red Line, Days of Heaven, Badlands
Darren Aranofsky - Black Swan, The Wrestler, The Fountain, Requiem for a Dream
I admire Darren Aronofsky and his ability to tell such a wide variety of stories. I particularly respond to The Wrestler and find the transformation of Randy stunning and heartbreaking. Aronofsky's character study of this man is perfection.
- Mia Niebruegge, Director, SNOWPLOW
Pieter Jan Bruegge - Heat, The Insider
Stuart Cornfeld - Tropic Thunder, The Big Year
Anne Garefino - South Park
Eric Watson - Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain
Philip Lee - The Dark Knight, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Philip Lee is the type of Producer who sees an action line in a script and doesn't ask, "Is this necessary?", but asks, "How can we make this even better?" When Christopher Nolan wanted to flip a semi-truck end-over-end, Lee put together a team that not only did it safely, but made it a visual spectacle for a captivated audience. Alongside Christopher Nolan, Philip Lee put together a team that could make anything possible. That is the kind of producing I long to do, and have begun doing with the brilliant team on SNOWPLOW.
Joshua Valle, Producer, SNOWPLOW
Caleb Deschanel - The Natural, The Right Stuff
Robert Elswit - There Will Be Blood, Good Night and Good Luck
Janusz Kaminski - Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List
Matthew Libatique - Straight Outta Compton, Black Swan, Cowboys and Aliens
Wally Pfister - The Dark Knight Trilogy, Inception
Rachel Morrison - Fruitvale Station, Cake, Dope
Rachel Morrison, by far one of my favorite cinematography alumni from AFI, does not only inspire me as a female cinematographer who has found success despite the glaring odds, but more importantly as an artist who has provided the perfect eye into each story world that she has encountered -
Favienne Howsepian, Cinematographer, SNOWPLOW
Paul Schrader - Taxi Driver, Raging Bull
Scott Silver, The Fighter, 8 Mile
Dawn Prestwich - The Killing, Carnivale
John Shiban - Breaking Bad, The X-Files
Brad Falchuk - American Horror Story, Glee, Nip/Tuck
Brad Falchuck has found success in writing and producing great television across genres, and is at the forefront of what's next. I'm a huge fan of AMERICAN HORROR STORY and know that when he's attached to a project it's going to be binge-worthy TV.
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Jonathan Alberts - Like Crazy, Pedro
Victor DuBois - The Last Samurai, Grey's Anatomy
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Another year down. Another maple queen contest over. More memories made for big girls, little girls and boys, parents, family, friends and those behind the scenes putting the contest together.
Saturday night was the 57th annual Pa. Maple Queen Scholarship Pageant at the Meyersdale Area High School auditorium. I think the Edwards clan has been involved in some way for 20 or more of those years.
The first contest I attended was when my sister competed for Meyersdale's maple princess in 1972-73. I don't remember much about it, except that she made her gown for both her promenade and for her talent.
I thought that was it, she was in the queen's court and I'd be able to see her in the parade and other maple festival events. I didn't understand that she was competing to be Meyersdale's representative to the queen's contest which involved representatives from all the schools in the county.


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There's no mistaking that you need to leverage your data to gain a competitive advantage. We hear it from the analysts, experts and those who have been there and know what the power data can do.
Some Attivio folks flew to the annual Gartner BI event last week to take the pulse of Business Intelligence, data discovery, and data democratization. We wanted to hear the latest from Gartner thought leaders and the several thousand data practitioners. In the opening keynote, there were 5 key takeaways. I'd like to zero in on numbers 2 and 3.
In a recent blog post about data exploration, Forrester's Boris Evelson discusses Tableau's recent acquisition of HyPer. He notes that HyPer addresses Tableau's previous lack of in-memory data exploration capability.
According to the latest evidence, The US Treasury estimates that over $300 billion in money laundering flows through casinos annually. The two leading sources of funds, fraud or drug trafficking, account for just over $64 billion alone. Recently, officials at the federal Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) – the agency responsible for monitoring casino operator compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970- have stepped up their AML compliance rhetoric and activity. And they're not alone.
Occasioned by the announcement of a consent order with Florida bank Gibraltar Private Bank and Trust, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (or, OCC) announced two significant updates to its policies and procedures for calculating civil money penalties for non-compliance or persistent, uncorrected BSA/AML compliance. The OCC took the opportunity to call-out failures in the Gibraltar response to earlier orders - setting clearly tougher expectations for under-performing or unresponsive compliance programs.
Two or three years ago, when Big Data had started to gain serious traction in large enterprises, there was a rush to hire data scientists. Of course, disagreement reigned about what credentials made a true data scientist. Wonky math geeks were a good place to start. The rush to hire data scientists echoed the trend some decades earlier when investment firms hired quants right out of college and put them in the basement to create trading algorithms.
One thing was clear though. Data scientists were scarce and expensive.
Most chief executives have dreamed of leadership that permeates their organizations at every level. Yet to have that, every decision maker from the C-suite down would need data. And they fear that such data democratization may invite anarchy.
Despite that fear, their dream persists, and for good reason. Organizations with democratized data tend to have more buy-in, people at all levels take more responsibility, and their ideas are more relevant, with a greater chance of real impact. They feel stronger loyalty. Overall, there's just plain smarter decision making.
Despite Gartner's observation that 41% of organizations are unsure if their Big Data ROI will be positive or negative, they remain keenly interested in investing in Big Data technology so as to take advantage of data-driven use cases in an effort to improve predictions and forecasts, exploit IoT opportunities, identify new products and services, and improve operational efficiency.
Another fiscal year has come to a close, and we at Attivio have never been more excited about what's to come. Our entry into the Big Data market is filling a void that enterprises struggle with every day.
We understand that data is a strategic asset that, when made accessible to everyone in the organization, can lead to smarter, faster decisions, pushing past the competition in ways that didn't seem possible.
Enterprise search is back in the news—with a twist. Companies that really want to accelerate their results with BI and Big Data are looking to enterprise search as a way to help business analysts quickly find the data they need. Note that I said "data," not information. Enterprise search has always been thought of as a way to find unstructured content in file shares like SharePoint. But now, it's being applied to strucutured data as well. And if a search solution can combine data with unstructured content so much the better.


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Sage Gold Grade Thickness Model-High Grade Zones-Clavos
May 3, 2017 (Source) — Sage Gold Inc. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:SGX) has completed a Grade times Thickness model for the Clavos gold deposit located 32 kms east north east in the prolific East Timmins Gold Camp. The purpose of this analysis is to determine plunge trends for the higher grade gold mineralization within the Clavos gold system. An outcome of this work is that a number of high grade intersections are proximal to primary structures below the 300 metre level controlling the lens geometry. These uncut assays in these intersections were drilled by Kinross and previously reported by United Tex Sol Mines Inc. and include the following as reported in press releases:
KC 99-131- 94.6g/t over 9.6 metres uncut – (press release September 21, 1999)
KC 99-137- 61.59g/t over 3 metres uncut (press release November 17, 1999)
KC 99- 155W- 85.15g/t over 3.2 metres uncut (press release March 2, 2000)
These holes are assumed to be reported as drill core lengths.
The development of the grade thickness model as detailed below has led to a re-interpretation of the potential plunge directions and controls on the gold mineralization at Clavos. The majority of the higher grade composites occur below the 300 meter level below and adjacent to the mine infrastructure. The intersection of the high angle back thrust faults with the low angle imbricate thrust faults are within reach of drill stations on the 225, 285 and 300 levels. The model also provides vectors to potential new gold plunge directions higher in the Clavos deposit such as at the 100 metre east level. Underground definition drilling will commence on May 7th on the 100 metre east level. Further underground drilling will follow from the 225 level to fill in up plunge from KC99-137 and from the 285 and 300 levels to test up plunge from KC99-131 and 155W.
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Nigel Lees, President and CEO commented, "This modeling will provide Sage with the analytical framework to more precisely target underground definition, exploration and resource drilling. The exercise of plotting grade times width across the Clavos deposit has yielded higher grade plunge trends that will potentially outline additional resources. We are looking forward to the commencement of our underground drill program and expect to be drilling these higher grade zones next month."
Sage has recently completed a compilation of the surface and diamond drilling assay database focusing on the gold mineralization by computing composite weighted average grades over core lengths for the major gold zones specified in the 2012 NI 43-101 resource estimation report as well as sub-zones not included in this report. The drill database includes holes which have been previously disclosed by previous operators such as those quoted above and holes which are in the drill database. This data comprised 569 surface diamond drill holes for all of the Clavos area drilling totalling 126,894 m for an average drill hole length of 225 m. A total of 837 underground drill holes with a combined length of 64,225 m and an average length of 77 m were also provided. The Clavos area drilling spans a strike length of 3.3 km covered by 171 geological cross-sections spaced from 15 metres to 30 metres apart. A total of 30,836 surface drilling assays and 13,912 underground drilling assays.
Composite intervals were based on a minimum cut-off grade of 2.75 g/t over a minimum true width of 1.2 metres. Grade capping was set at 90 g/t affecting 29 assays. An allowance of 2 metres for internal dilution was employed factoring in the stockwork and replacement veining style of gold mineralization. True widths were calculated by applying a 30% correction factor to the assay core lengths.
A total of 499 grade (grams) / true width (m) composites were manually calculated from the surface drilling database. The composites having a grams x m product greater than 30 total 46.
A typical example of some of the high grade composites are the historic holes KC99-131, 155W, KC00-176 and 159 which were drilled by Kinross exploring the property in 1999 and 2000. Please note that drill holes KC99-131,137,155W as originally reported above have been cut to 90g/t and are reported as true widths.
The table below is a sampling of some of the higher grade composites.
A total of 515 grade (grams) / true width (m) composites were manually calculated from the underground drilling database. The composites having a grams x m product greater than 30 total 70. Refer to the Sage website – www.sagegoldinc.com – longitudinal plot of the grade thickness model.
Since the four major mineralized vein systems are stratabound in nature and located proximal to the steeply dipping Pipestone Thrust Fault, a longitudinal projection of the centroids of the composite intervals for each hole was projected to a vertical WEST/ EAST plane. The grade estimation parameters employed a search radius of 60 metres selecting 13 nearest grade composite by Inverse Distance Squared method in 3D, then plotting and contouring the values on a 2D longitudinal section where the drill holes pierce the section. The G X M product was contoured in colour ranges set at 5 to 8; 8 to 13; 13 to 21; 21 to 34; 34 to 55; 55 to 89; > 89.
The grade / thickness geological model reveals six major structures cross-cutting the main mine stratigraphy and the Pipestone Thrust Fault. The orientation and arrangement of these structures also displays a remarkable symmetry with structural lineaments interpreted from airborne magnetics. In a regional context, four of these arcuate structures exhibit the habit of imbricate thrust faults facing to the southeast. They conform with right lateral strike-slip deformation during the later stages of the D2 deformation compressional juxtaposing the Kidd-Munro ultramafic assemblage with the Davidson-Tisdale felsic volcanics. The imbricate thrust faults have orientations varying from 55 degrees to 70 degrees and transect the grade / thickness model at shallow angles to the west. A conjugate series of four back thrust faults with orientations at Az 150 degrees steeply crosscut the longitudinal section facing to the east. These faults served as important fluid corridors enhancing gold enrichment processes.
The geological, modeling computations and interpretations of this news release has been reviewed and approved by Sage's consulting geologist, Peter Hubacheck, P. Geo, who is a Qualified Person ("QP") as defined in National Instrument 43-101. Len MacKenzie, P.Geo. guided the geologic modeling of the grade / thickness exercise.
About Sage Gold
The Company is a mineral exploration and development company which has primary interests in near-term production and exploration properties in Ontario. Its main properties are the Clavos Gold property, 100% owned, in Timmins and the 100% owned Onaman property and other exploration properties in the Beardmore-Geraldton Gold Camp. Technical reports and information relating to the properties can be obtained from the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (SEDAR) website at www.sedar.com and www.sagegoldinc.com.
Sage currently plans to complete a reserve estimate and a pre-feasibility study on the Clavos property. In the event that a production decision is made that is not based on a feasibility study of mineral reserves demonstrating economic and technical viability prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101, readers are cautioned that there is increased uncertainty and higher risk of economic and technical failure associated with such a production decision.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT: Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. This news release may contain forward looking information and the Company cautions readers that forward looking information is based on certain assumptions and risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations of the Company included in this news release. This news release includes certain "forward-looking statements", which often, but not always, can be identified by the use of words such as "believes", "anticipates", "expects", "estimates", "may", "could", "would", "will", or "plan". These statements are based on information currently available to the Company and the Company provides no assurance that actual results will meet management's expectations. Forward-looking statements include estimates and statements with respect to the Company's future plans, objectives or goals, to the effect that the Company or management expects a stated condition or result to occur.
Since forward-looking statements are based on assumptions and address future events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Actual results relating to, among other things, results of exploration, metallurgical processing, project development, reclamation and capital costs of the Company's mineral properties, and the Company's financial condition and prospects, could differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements for many reasons such as, but are not limited to: failure to identify mineral resources; failure to convert estimated mineral resources to reserves; the preliminary nature of metallurgical test results; delays in obtaining or failures to obtain required governmental, environmental or other project approvals; political risks; uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future; changes in equity markets, inflation, changes in exchange rates; fluctuations in commodity prices; delays in the development of projects; capital and operating costs varying significantly from estimates and the other risks involved in the mineral exploration and development industry; and those risks set out in the Company's public documents filed on SEDAR. This list is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect any of the Company's forward-looking statements. These and other factors should be considered carefully and readers should not place undue reliance on the Company's forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that the assumptions and factors used in preparing the forward-looking information in this news release are reasonable, undue reliance should not be placed on such information, which only applies as of the date of this news release, and no assurance can be given that such events will occur in the disclosed time frames or at all. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, other than as required by law.
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Yesterday I met Jason (Chollaball) for some SoMo fun and brought out my new Iron Horse 6point for its maiden voyage. Ya...I bought it 2 weeks ago and yesterday was the first chance I had to put some mileage on it. Nothing like buying a bike...and then not getting to ride it because of 2 weeks of business travel.
The bike is 100% out of the box...meaning it has the heavy ass DT-Swiss wheelset and 2.5 Maxxis Minion 2-ply tires. As it sits it weighs 36 lbs.
Oh...it also has Crank Bros Acid pedals on it, which have that little Eggbeater-thingy inside the middle of a smallish platform pedal. I've never ridden Eggbeaters before...but I figured "how different can it be"? Boy was I wrong.
We started our journey climbing up 24th/Mormon. Immediately it felt *really* strange having that 160mm Lyrik slack-angled pogo-stick poking out front. It made the front really tall...and hard to control. Plus the short-ish top tube combined with the really short 60mm stem made it hard to wrestle the nose of the bike down. My typical "sit and spin" method of getting up a climb on my 29'er Hei Hei was totally inappropriate.
So....I dabbed...popped wheelies...and generally made a huge ass of myself as we climbed. To make matters worse, on 3 occasions my left foot got stuck in the eggbeater-thingy and would not release from the pedal, so down on my side I went with the bike in the air...putting a few nice scratches in the paint (yay!) and crunching my knee and elbow (boo).
Plus, those 2.5 Minions were HEAVY. Wow. I could literally feel those suckers turning over and over.
Towards the top I finally figured out how to best position my weight to keep the nose down yet still have enough traction in the rear. I have a feeling it will take some more practice on the bike to figure it out. Bottom line is that I cannot ride this bike uphill like I ride my other bikes. FWIW - the DW-Link suspension really does a nice job keeping the rear end bob free. It's just all those weird slack angles and added weight that threw me off.
When we finally got to the top of Buena Vista and turned around, that is when the party started. Wow...can this sucker rail downhill. It's totally solid. On some of the stunts that make my other bikes shake and rattle...this thing just totally soaked it up. Even the waterfall felt like child's play.
It's been a long time since I've ridden down to the 24th St parking lot on Mormon and the last times I never made it. This time I rode all the stunts (had to back up and retry on one when I crashed into the back of Jason)...and as I got closer to the bottom of the hill, I got into a groove with how the bike wanted to play and was rolling over everything like it was flat.
All in all it was a very fun ride down but not so much fun going up. I am hoping that by replacing the crap wheelset with the Stans/Hopes I have on order and ditching those boat-anchor 2.5's with single-play 2.35's, I can lighten it up somewhat and still have plenty of DH prowess. I will save the 2.5's for the really gnarly stuff.
I didn't take any pics of the bike before we started, but here's a pic of it when I originally assembled it. The only difference between then and now are the dozens of new scratches.


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Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife CROW, Sanibel, Florida
3883 Sanibel-Captiva Road, Sanibel, Florida 33957| Map |
The Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) treats over 4,000 patients each year. Founded by Shirley Walter in 1968, the facility has continued to thrive, assisting animals including sea turtles, a variety of birds, rodents and other wildlife. The Healing Winds Visitor Education Center features interactive educational displays, live webcams into the patient rehabilitation rooms and a variety of wildlife presentations and tours throughout the year. Families will want to be sure to check out the nature and wildlife boat tours as well as behind-the-scenes clinic tours for a full experience of what it's like to work at the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife.
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Address: 3883 Sanibel-Captiva Road, Sanibel, Florida 33957| Map
Phone: 239 472 3644
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This report contains an overview of waste management, blight and property issues, including litter, illegal dumping, vacant lots and buildings, abandoned cars, graffiti, and recycling in the City of Pittsburgh.
The Clean Pittsburgh Commission's vision for Pittsburgh is to be recognized as one of America's cleanest cities. We see Pittsburgh as a place where images of a dirty steel town are those of our past. Our City's government and its citizens are dedicated to making Pittsburgh a cleaner and greener place.
Highlights from this report include:
- 20,000+ volunteers participated in spring and fall Redd Ups;
- Over 2,500 tons of litter and debris from streets, vacant lots, and illegal dumps were removed by citizens, Public Works, and special Redd Up Crews;
- Recycling programs saved the city over $387,000 in landfill costs and generated $869,000 in income;
- More greening programs reduced blight, revitalized vacant lots, and involved neighborhood residents
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I have collaborated with Southern Sqweeze since the inception of their brand and their hand drawn logo four years ago. It's Chattanooga's first organic, all-natural, cold-pressed, juice bar and raw, vegan restaurant. I continue to work with them to create their packaging, signage, menus, collateral and wall murals along with the design of their restaurants, food products and website. They have recently opened a second location and I look forward to their continued growth.
Scope: Creative Direction, Branding, Logo Design, Packaging, Illustration, Interior Design
Based in Bozeman, Montana, the Alpen Reel Company lives and breathes the fly fishing lifestyle. They approached me about designing their brand with one thing in mind. The Alpen Reel is the only reel that couples the handcrafted artistry of old with the ground-breaking technology of the future.
Scope: Branding, Logo Design
We were approached to create a name and brand for consumers looking for better and accessible dental care. Bold Dental is the dental service organization that provides the ultimate dental experience. As the creative lead on this project, we created a friendly and approachable brand that is unique in the industry. bolddental.com
Scope: Naming, Branding, Logo Design, Icon Design, Environmental Design, Packaging
First Data is the innovative leader in the payment industry and hosts a conference every year for integrated commerce solutions. They wanted to make this year all about connections with breakout sessions, panel discussions and meeting peers within the industry. I created the visual design for the logo and identity system to be used at the conference.
Scope: Branding, Logo Design, Environmental Design
Various brand identities created for clients throughout the years.
As Brand Manager of Bellhops, I was responsible for their complete rebrand. As the business evolved, their look, tone and mission needed to mature yet keep their fun culture and uniqueness intact. We created a mission statement, brand guidelines, photography, a pattern library, icons, training video animations, advertising campaigns and various videos that supported the mission of people "lives moving forward". Photography by Jack Parker
Scope: Branding, Icon Design, Environmental Design, Video
As the lead creative, Red Kap wanted to refocus their efforts on the people that were wearing their products and to tell more of their stories. A redesign of their website, custom icons and advertising campaign was created that focused on mechanics and their personality and history who were "Garage Born".
Scope: Art Direction, Design, Web Design, Icon Design, Illustration
Bernina is a front runner in innovative sewing technology. They are a family owned Swiss company and leaders in product design. As the lead creative, we moved the design from craft to concentrate more on the machines and accessories by using dramatic photography, brand colors and unique headlines. I concepted and worked with Carl Caldwell of Skypunch Studios to produce the sewing machine orchestra presented at their annual trade show. Photography by Grant Dotson.
Scope: Art Direction, Design, Website Design
As lead creative, I created an outdoor campaign developed for Southern Honda Powersports, the largest Honda Powersports dealership in the nation. By playing off the headline "Like Nowhere Else on Earth", the design breaks the boundaries for the billboard campaign.
Scope: Art Direction, Design
I redesigned Playa Grande Inn's logo and website that included a custom reservation system and surfboard rentals. The client was looking for a unique logo and a friendly approach to the website while improving functionality. The idea was to show the beautiful Costa Rica surroundings, activities and the friendly atmosphere of the Inn.
Scope: Logo Design, Website Design
As Associate Creative Director, we created an iconic campaign to "Ask for Blue" based on the longevity and history of the brand that included advertising, digital ads and microsite. BlueCare needed a complete overhaul of their website. The project began with a complete audit of the original 150-page website, which was condensed to about 90 pages. The user paths for both members and providers have been completely redesigned to offer a better experience and making important topics easy to locate. bluecare.bcbst.com
Scope: Creative Direction, Design, Website Design
The Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga improves lives in the Chattanooga community by serving as a bridge between non-profits and the resources needed to establish and sustain quality programs and services. We developed a brand, campaign and website to bring awareness the importance of the CFGC and how "We Are Greater" as a community. cfgc.org
Scope: Art Direction, Design
With the redesign of the tourist destination, Navy Pier was wanting to draw interest with their 100 year anniversary approaching. With a new identity designed by Pentagram, we developed an advertising campaign to promote the concept of "A Whole New ExPIERience". As lead creative, I was responsible for the look of the campaign and was able to create a headline or two.
Scope: Art Direction, Design
Adamia Therapeutic Repair lotion uses macadamia oil, which is most like skin's natural oils. As lead creative, the design is a balance of nature and science. adamiaskin.com
Scope: Art Direction, Logo Design, Website Design
I designed the identity for FAVE, a custom programming, family-friendly IPTV. The logo mimics the buttons on a remote control with vibrant colors to convey the family friendliness. The website was built with a customized e-commerce platform that integrates with FAVE's programming and product providers. The custom platform also updates the backend reporting and CRM that manages FAVE customers' data.
Scope: Art Direction, Logo Design, Website Design
An uncommon eatery, Common Good Cafe is a restaurant and store concept to bring healthy, farm to table foods, plants and unique gifts all in one location. I designed this identity to have an old world take and a tropical feel.
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...traveling with us to Vancouver were a bunch of my bloggy buddies! Ok, well, not in person, but their products went with us.
There was Carrie's Spiced Apple soap, Trisha's Winter Wonderland soap and lipbalm (as well as her Crantini soap that she kindly gifted to my sister), Joanna's Champagne Road Wash, Elizabeth G's Dreamsicle lipbalm, and also her cute-as-pie purse, seen here exhausted after daily use in Vancouver:I hope you ladies had fun with me, vicariously!
After our return home, one of our first meals was this lovely plateful - clockwise from top: chanterelle mushrooms from our yard, sauteed in butter; the last of our previous year's green beans cooked with our homemade sun-dried tomato paste; a slice of terrific pizza from Pizza X; our own tomatoes topped with dh's homemade tzatziki made with our own cucumbers.
After we got home, we had to go pick up the materials for ds#1's biology lab course from Meg, so she and I exchanged our pay-it-forward swap gifts. You will not believe the works of art she made! Meg does the most gorgeous leather crafts, and she made me a set of stunning coasters:Each coaster has a different flower, and she even wrote what each flower is on the back of the coaster:Take a look at the wonderful detailing:Many, many thanks, Meg!
I've enjoyed the swap/gifting thing so much I'm thinking I'll have to do it again. Maybe I can organize something like the Christmas gift exchange that kids often do in their classes. Those who are interested can sign up, and I can pair names up by pulling 2 out of a hat at a time...that way, we'd only each have one swap partner and don't have to scramble to make 12 gifts or something. Any thoughts on that, anyone?
I'm looking forward to a moderately quiet week this week. What about you? Any fun plans?
"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be." ~ Douglas Adams


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Currently thousands of good-time hungry people are assembling for the weekend that is Sasquatch, and I could not be any more bummed about it. For the first time in 5 years, I, sadly, am not among them.
It's pretty difficult for me to write those words (especially because for the first time since I've been going, my boy Ty Segall will be there, sludging out with Fuzz), but work and financial obligations have left it impossible for me to join in on the fun this year. And by fun I mean MOST FUN THING THAT WILL HAPPEN IN 2015.
An exaggeration, you may think to yourself? Hardly. In fact, over the course of the last five phenomenally awesome Squatches, I've only found myself not having fun once, and that was because Mayer Hawthorne was on the stage, inappropriately acting like the most important guy in the world. And ya know, come to think of it, I was still definitely having a good time at that moment, despite his bro-iness. Because Sasquatch is a non-stop zone of euphoria. It's nearly impossible to lose the smile from your face while you're Gorge-side, from the second you join the miles-long car line into camping til the "it's too damn bright outside!" morning you drag yourself out of George, WA, five days later.
And this year's gonna be better than ever. With everyone from St. Vincent to Schoolboy Q to Robert flippin' Plant showing up, fans are gonna get washed over with beautiful music from every genre out there. So why not savor what I'm missing out on by creating the playlist to end all playlists?!
Behold, samplings from every band I know I'd be jamming/freaking out to this weekend. It's by far the longest musicboots playlist ever compiled, but that's extremely fitting, considering the festival (and its enormous offering of delicious music) it's based on.
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The Whatsapp calling features is finally here for everyone: and we really mean everyone this time. The most eagerly-anticipated Android feature we've seen in a long time is now rolling out everywhere – without any WhatsApp call "invitation" required. This is the moment when you finally, honestly, really get WhatsApp voice calls on your phone.
How to enable WhatsApp voice calls
Be warned that there is a WhatsApp calling scam doing the rounds. Read up, be wary and spread the word.
The latest version of WhatsApp, v2.12.19 is the one you've been waiting for: it does not require someone with WhatsApp call feature already activated to call you.
All you need to do is hit up the WhatsApp website and download v2.12.19. You will need to have Unknown Sources enabled in your device's security settings first though (don't forget to turn Unknown Sources off again afterwards), but then all you do is install the downloaded app and you'll see the three tab view below with the ability to make and receive WhatsApp calls. Once you receive a call from someone with WhatsApp calls, you'll see three tabs.
If you're not so keen on allowing Unknown Sources, you can still use the old route with the latest version in the Play Store, which is currently v2.12.5.
The process remains the same as before:
You'll get a detailed call log and can now make calls yourself.
The calls tab will show you a detailed call log and in any chat with a WhatsApp contact you'll find that the dialer icon at the top now makes calls direct via WhatsApp and not the regular dialer. We've tested the latest version with several phones and they all worked first try, so it looks like the wait is finally over and WhatsApp voice calls are here for everyone.
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Officially Go West is an unincorporated association of volunteers. It is rooted in the The Committee for Agriculture and Rural Life in the Diocese of Worcester, England. (From 2015 the Chaplaincy became the Committee) It was set up in 2002 when the countryside was recovering from a disastrous outbreak of foot and mouth. It set out to see if the rich history and heritage of church and countryside could be used to benefit the rural community socially and economically and contribute to better understanding between town and country.
Since 2002 Go West has been active in the Teme Valley in the west of England and in the borderlands of Wales. Go West volunteers piloted 'Stories from the Stones' in the Teme Valley from 2005-2007 with £50k from the Heritage Lottery Funding and volunteer activity valued at £120k. Three primary schools and over 100 volunteers were involved. Ongoing development was made possible with funding from the Elmley Foundation: Go West has responded to its recommendation that to spread the activity more widely a partner should be found. Since then Go West has worked in partnership with Worcester Diocesan Board of Education and churches in the Pershore area.
Stories from the Stones project asked the question "if the walls of our ancient churches could speak what stories would they tell? Discovering the stories is fundamental to the work of the Heritage Knights. Heritage Knights now work to help children and their families and friends to discover the stories in the stones.
Go West was set up to help encourage visitors back to the countryside after the disastrous effects of Foot and Mouth in 2001. Volunteers coined the phrase 'wonder as you wander' as they hoped to encourage more people to think about the heritage of the countryside They started to look for ways that would help visitors to discover more about the places they were visiting.
Fourteen years on and the phrase 'wonder as you wander' still underpins the way Go West volunteers, called HERITAGE KNIGHTS, look at the world. Their mission is to help others to be HERITAGE DETECTIVES and they have devised a way to do this. They use Wonder Points/Wonder Cards and Timelines.
Much of the work of the Heritage Knights is directed at children. It is not easy for any of us to 'people' the past but story, literature, costumed role play and reenactment can all help. We use a band of fictitious medieval characters to help. Arthur de Caldicot and his friends, created by by Kevin Crossley-Holland for his 'Arthur' trilogy, help us ground and focus the activities of young heritage detectives. Young heritage detectives are encouraged to ask the question
Could Arthur have seen this?
Then they need to address the follow up question:
How do you know?
Members of the Management Group
Sandy Marchant: Honorary Project Director
Peter Walker: Historian
Doug Whitakker: Sound engineer
Derek Starkey: Heritage walks consultant
Bob Marchant: Treasurer
Go West calls on the services of other volunteers as and when needed.
Chief story teller Robin Sharples
Church buildings specialist Tim Bridges
1. Supporting and improving the local economy. Go West contributes to the visitor economy and is a member of Discover Worcestershire. It runs a promotional web site for the Teme Valley, is developing an Online Open Churches Gazetteer for Worcestershire and will be developing a new a site to promote Stories from the Stones, Heritage Quests, and associated training facilities. A critical mass of downloadable Heritage Quests will constitute a new visitor attraction for Wychavon.
2. Developing skills and lifelong learning. Heritage Quests fire curiosity and inquisitiveness and help to develop imagination. Heritage Detectives who wonder as they wander will learn to observe, to record and problem solve; they will discover more about timelines and chronology, they will learn from buildings, photographs and documents - inside and outside the classroom.
3. Developing Housing that meets local needs. Go West can play no direct part here.
4. Reducing health inequalities and promoting healthy lifestyles. Go West can play a small part here. Its activities encourage people to explore the countryside on foot. Quests have been and can be developed around themes like harvest, food and farming.
5. Supporting older people. Many of the people who volunteer to become Heritage Knights are likely to be older people, they in turn will work with others with a lifetime of experience in the parish. The collecting of photographs, the recording of oral history, storytelling and working with young people all contribute to the valuing of older people and the contribution they can make to society. Relationships that develop may help to strengthen care in the community.
6. Providing positive activities for young people. The way Heritage Quests develop and are implemented will depend on the interests and involvement of many different groups of people in the community. Ideally they will involve all age groups and always include the local church as a historic building. In the Wychavon pilot parish of Norton-juxta-Kempsey, children from the local First School will hone their detective skills at a special session in and around the church and then contribute to the development of a Community Quest for families where they will take the lead! These young Heritage Detectives will later move on to the Middle School in Drakes Broughton and then to the High School in Pershore each time deepening their skill and their awareness of the heritage around them.
7. Supporting people to play an active role in their community and to take responsibility for improving their lives. Wychavon wants to support the concept of volunteering. Go West offers a new opportunity for volunteering, its Project Director is an experienced volunteer with over 30 years experience in organizations such as The Citizen's Advice Bureau, the National Trust, a Cathedral and in her own local church where she is a Church warden and in running heritage projects. The successful deployment of volunteers requires sensitivity and an understanding of rewards and motivations, the commitment of time and conflicting pressures. This is probably an area where Go West will have its greatest challenges but possibly its most significant rewards.


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Red Couch Stories isn't a production factory and nothing we do is cookie-cutter. Our philosophy is to walk alongside our clients, help them understand what their true narrative is, and help them discover the unexpected angles and approaches to their unique story. Our work stands out because no two clients are the same, and we've had the privilege and honor to focus on the stories that truly matter and make a difference. Our philosophy, guided by our mission to serve, aligns with our core values as an integrated, multi-disciplinary team.
Our Mission
Our mission is to be a steward of stories that impact brands, reputations, and lives. Our work seeks to educate, create value, inspire, and have a lasting impact. We provide the best approach to telling your organization's story through integrating the disciplines of communication, marketing, public relations, and advertising.
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We are a nimble and agile team with in-house expertise that can address the holistic and diverse communication and marketing needs for our clients. We are an integrated team of compassionate, credible, creative, and dedicated professionals that continually strive for leading edge service that focuses on the holistic needs of our clients. We have a strong work ethic and are passionate about our industry and our commitment towards ethically serving our clients' needs and interests. Red Couch Stories is committed to our mission and philosophy and will provide the best service to our clients through integrating the disciplines of communication, marketing, public relations, and advertising.
Our Story
Founded by Laura Archbold and Shawn Fagan, Red Couch Stories is based out of Rochester, MN, just a short drive south of Minneapolis. Laura and Shawn describe themselves as recovering journalists, both having spent time in the news business (Laura - television news, Shawn - newspaper and magazine environments). Individually, their work has taken them down the path of agency, non-profit, and corporate communication worlds to now small business owners with a passion to tell stories that serve a greater purpose.
Although long in the works before Red Couch Stories officially formed in early 2014, Laura and Shawn's world of public relations and portrait photography began together nearly 8 years earlier. Each worked independently, but at times would collaborate through their individual businesses - Encore Public Relations and Fagan Studios. It was through a mutual friend and non-profit cause that brought them together to produce a film that would be shown at a fundraising event. The result was magic in process and end product, raising awareness and exceeding the fund-the-need goal for the cause.
Our story continues to unfold as our team has traveled the world with clients helping their stories come to life, and has been blessed to be a part of over $100M in capital campaigns, annual giving, and cause-related initiatives. Our clients range from big and small, start-ups, non-profits, and Fortune 500 companies. We have a passion for corporate social responsibility, faith-based, and cause-related stories that make the world a better place.


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As promised, I have a beautiful new piece of filet crochet to share with you today! I went at a much slower pace with this one and it was very relaxing. This is the Grand Lilies doily from Hass Design.
It's quite a bit smaller than the Leipzig doily and much less complicated. This design was nothing but open and filled squares with very few increases and decreases and I definitely recommend it if you're just starting out. I used a size 7 hook and #10 thread and I think it came out well. It'll look even better once I've blocked it but I need to get some blocking board and starch.
I highly recommend Hass Design for filet crochet patterns. They're very reasonably priced, absolutely gorgeous, and supporting an independent designer is always a win. They also have crochet-alongs so you can learn filet crochet – that's how I learned, years ago!
I've got something of a surprise for next week that I'm extremely excited about. It was a surprise to me as well. See you then!