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Fire Smarts selected by the Fire Protection Bureau, Washington State Fire Marshal's Office, to instruct the 2017 fire sprinkler training courses throughout the State of Washington.
Continuing its tradition and commitment to professionalism in the fire sprinkler industry, the Washington State Fire Marshal's Office will again be conducting a variety of fire sprinkler training sessions throughout the State in 2017. Fire Smarts, LLC has been selected for its expertise in the NFPA standards and experience delivering NFPA training solutions to create and instruct these training sessions throughout the year.
"Fire Smarts is the sole contractor used in 2014 and 2015 to provide instruction for all classes offered," said Chief Deputy State Fire Marshal Daniel E. Johnson. "Fire Smarts submitted a bid that was considered very fair in terms of price, included instruction for all classes and provided one point of contact to coordinate with. We have received numerous positive comments on the instructors and training provided by Fire Smarts."
These sessions are designed to provide continuing education to the authority agencies and those in the sprinkler industry responsible for the design, installation and maintenance of fire sprinkler systems. In addition, Fire Smarts is an ICC Preferred Provider for training so many of these training sessions will be approved for International Code Council (ICC) continuing education units (CEU).
"Fire Smarts is honored to work with the Washington State Fire Marshal's Office to present the fire sprinkler courses again in 2017," said Ryan J. Smith, President of Fire Smarts, LLC. "Our extensive knowledge of the NFPA standards, our ability to create custom training programs and our top-rated instructors is a perfect fit to meet the State's fire protection training needs."
To view the upcoming training courses, dates and locations, please visit http://www.wsp.wa.gov/fire/licensing.htm#training
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About Fire Smarts, LLC: Fire Smarts, LLC is a nationally recognized provider of fire protection education and training services. With specialized expertise in the NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) standards the company's team of internationally recognized instructors create and deliver custom fire suppression and fire alarm training solutions for building and fire officials, contractors and business organizations internationally. Fire Smarts is a Preferred Provider with the International Code Council (ICC) to deliver approved training programs for CEU's toward ICC Certifications.


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Nimrod (Variation No. 9 from Enigma Variations)
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Composed by Edward Elgar (1857-1934). Arranged by John Jay Hilfiger. Brass Ensemble - Quartet; Masterworks; Part(s); Quartet; Score. Eighth Note Publications. Form: Variations. Masterwork Arrangement; Romantic. 10 pages. Published by Eighth Note Publications (AP.81-BQ41127).
Item Number: AP.81-BQ41127
"Nimrod" (Variation No. 9 from Enigma Variations) is one of Elgar's most popular creations. It is often performed as a stand-alone piece and has been transcribed for all kinds of musical ensembles. The present edition makes this work available to brass quartets.

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ANZA – With the end of the year quickly approaching, many people are beginning to think of a new year's resolution. Some people want to put more of an effort into living a healthier lifestyle, run a marathon or even write a book. Two teachers at Hamilton K-8 School refused to wait for the New Year to accomplish one of their goals, which was to get their books published.
Jackie Neypes is a kindergarten through first-grade teacher at Hamilton. Neypes has always been interested in writing. Her book, "Just Indian," was published in April 2016. "Just Indian" is a story about a Native American boy who is struggling with negative stereotypes and how he overcomes this adversity.
Neypes said the story came from a series of dreams she had about Whale Beach, Tahoe. She is a registered Washoe tribe member and wanted to use this story to help bring traditional stories into the modern era. The book won first place in cultural diversity from the Royal Dragonfly Awards and a bronze medal in the Moonbeam Awards in the children's Mind-Body-Spirit/ Self Esteem category.
Neypes, a former Hamilton graduate, said she hopes students can take a lot away from her book and her experience in getting it published. She teaches her students to not give up and to not let little things get in their way or slow them down.
Kris Wood is a fourth-grade teacher at Hamilton School. Wood's book, "From Cage to Couch," was published in October 2016. The book describes Wood and her husband's journey in adopting various animals in a year. The main animal discussed in the book is a beagle named Chief that was used previously for animal testing, and their journey to rehabilitate him giving him a forever home. Wood said the process was challenging because they had to teach Chief simple tasks such as eating from a bowl.
They adopted Chief from The Beagle Freedom Project after he and about 40 beagles were rescued from a closing laboratory in Spain and were shipped to the U.S. Wood said the experience has taught her many things like compassion, patience and even the importance of research on animal testing.
Wood said the process of completing the book was challenging. It was sent to many publishers, and after four years, it was finally published. Wood said there was a point that she felt like giving up and even stopped sending it out. However, she knew she wanted to get her story out for informational purposes and to inform people about The Beagle Freedom Project. She is so thankful for the nonprofit and for what it has done that she is donating 10 percent of her book profits to the animal rescue program.


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First of all, and God protect and preserve me, but I am now on Twitter @aptshadow . Please boost my following if you're a fellow sufferer. I may occasionally say something amusing, or at least make snarky comments on things other people have said (1).
Secondly, and far more excitingly…
The Adrian Tchaikovsky Short Story Collection is coming!
Who knows, perhaps the first of many. Or at least several. Let's stay optimistic. This collection in the Newcon Press Imaginings series has a whole bundle of my short work, some of which has been seen elsewhere, some of which is just crawling into the light of day for the first time, blinking at the sun and wondering if this whole evolution lark is seriously worth it.
This collection includes:
Feast and Famine (published in Solaris Rising 2), Good Taste (Now I Lay Me Down to Reap), The Dissipation Club (Dead But Dreaming 2) along with the Shadows of the Apt story, The Sun of the Morning (Deathray magazine) and The Artificial Man (originally published in the long-defunct Xenos mag, and one of my first published pieces from years back). Plus, never before seen (though sometimes read) stories, Care (about looking after ageing parents in unusual circumstances), 2144 and All That (the unexpected sporting opportunities of time travel), Rapture (When Religion attacks), The God Shark (pretty much what it says on the tin) and one of my all time personal favourite pieces of writing, the Beagle-esque The Roar of the Crowd. Not to play the salesman too much, but as well as hopefully being just the thing for anyone who likes my writing, if you happen to have a friend who's interested, but is a little intimidated by a 10 book series, this seems like a grand starting point, doesn't it?
The volume will be available in a limited edition run of hardbacks, and also in e-book form, and it will be available direct from Newcon (probably the most conscientious way to obtain it) and also on Amazon and the usual outlets. Current wisdom suggests it will be out mid-August, i.e. not quite in time for Nine Worlds, which is annoying.
I'll post a more targetted link to the Newcon site as soon as they bring up the book there. And while you're over there, you should check out some of their other books, all good stuff.
(1) In the ecosystem of the conversationalists I am, frankly, a scavenger. Or possibly a parasite.


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"A Great Time to Celebrate" by Joan Y. Edwards
Last Friday, January 11th, was my birthday. I thought it was going to be an ordinary birthday. However, it wasn't. It was a great time to celebrate. First, my friend, Linda Andersen, wrote a blog post in my honor because I love ducks and wrote Flip Flap Floodle. Thank you, Linda: http://lindamartinandersen.wordpress.com/2013/01/11/a-duck-is-a-duck-is-a-duck-the-duck-test/
At 10:00 a.m. I went to our Savvy Wordsmiths Writing Group meeting at the Fort Mill, SC library. I am co-facilitator. My plan was to present a mini-workshop, "Power Up the Positive and Kick Out the Negative Beliefs to Reach Your Goals." When I got there, there were 7 balloons towering over my chair. About 4 people trickled in. I asked Becky Shillington, the other Co-Facilitator, if I should begin because it was 5 minutes after ten. She said, "Wait a few more minutes. I think I saw a few others coming."
What I didn't know was that when I went into the library to ask if the door upstairs was open, their were about 7 Savvy members in there signing my card. They had to duck down quickly below the desk area so I wouldn't see them. They told me afterwards.
I had no idea that there were more surprises. I thought the balloons was the surprise. They gave me a real surprise party. Oh my goodness! Not only were there balloons galore. There were cupcakes and water with designer labels on them. Plus there were cards and presents. I love butterflies. Most of the gifts had to do with butterflies. Butterfly feeders, Butterfly shaped containers with little notes saying how I inspire them and encourage them. Laura Colvin, even painted a picture for me that she named "Hope."
The people in the Savvy Wordsmiths group have touched my heart since its beginning on April 30, 2010. We started with about 6 members. We now have 20. They like my writing. They believe in my work. They like for me to teach them lessons. They listen to me. They give advice. They encourage me. They teach me mini-lessons, too. That was gift enough for me. Yet they went even farther for my birthday. They even lit a cupcake and sang "Happy Birthday."
After the meeting, we went to Six Pence Pub and they treated me to lunch and a dessert with a candle, too. Thank you, Savvy Wordsmiths for the Surprise Birthday Party filled with love and friendship.
When I got back home, I took pictures of all the gifts from the Savvy Wordsmiths and wrote down who gave them to me so I could write thank you notes. I opened a present Linda Andersen sent me little duckies to put in my bath water and a net loofah with a ducky implanted in it.
Even you, my blog readers celebrated with me. When I checked the computer, I discovered that my blog hit 40,000 readers around noon on January 11th. Hip Hip Hooray for you and me. Thank you for the nice birthday present. You give a great gift every day that you visit my website, blog, phone, or email me.
Around 5:00 p.m. I left to go eat supper with my daughter, Lorrie, and her family at Monterrey's Mexican Restaurant in Matthews, NC. The people at the restaurant brought me a big sombrero to wear while they sang, "Happy Birthday." It's very shady under a sombrero. My younger daughter, Mollie, had to work late, so she and her family came in as we were leaving. Lorrie bought tickets for both of us to go to see the musical "Sister Act" at Oven's Auditorium for my birthday. That was fun, fun, fun. After the play, we sat in my car in her driveway talking away.
I got home after midnight. It was a fantastic day. My celebration wasn't over. I celebrated on Saturday and Sunday, too.
My husband, Carl and I went to the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, NC. On Sunday, my daughter, Mollie invited us over for a special Ohana, Hawaiian grilled chicken, to celebrate my birthday and my granddaughter, Kylie's birthday, too.
That was indeed a great time to celebrate. Thank you to each of you who made my 73rd birthday a wonderful day to remember. You warm my heart and fill me with joy! My cup is filled with happiness.
Celebrate you.
Never Give Up
Joan Y. Edwards
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Exercise 0-8
Is this a valid program? why or why not?
#include <iostream> int main{} { // This is a comment that extends over several lines // by using // at the beginning of each line instead of using /* // or */ / to delimit comments. std::cout << "Does this work?" << std::endl; return 0; }
Yes. This is a valid C++ Program.
Line comment starts the comment by beginning the line with the //. Whatever follows is a comment, as long as within the same line. The
Once a new line is created, the // is required at the beginning to start another comment.
You can also use the line comment in the middle of a line (so the first part of the line is not a comment, and the second part is a comment). It looks something like this:
std::cout << "Hello World!" << std::endl; // this is a comment
What I sometimes do is to try out writing the code in an IDE like Code::Block. The auto syntax highlighting within the IDE should give us hints whether the parts in the code are comment or not, indicated by the different colour highlighting. (I would not rely 100% on this though. But it is a good and quick guide I've found).


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'Business is not an end in itself.It is only a means to an end.'Explain the social responsibilities of Indian business in light of this stataemnt.This Question related to Economic Enviroment of India
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i. Public Image - The activities of business towards the welfare of the society earn goodwilland reputation for the business. The earnings of business also depend upon the publicimage of its activities. People prefer to buy products of a company that engages itselfin various social welfare programmes. Again, good public image also attracts honestand competent employees to work with such employers.
ii. Government Regulation - To avoid government regulations businessmen shoulddischarge their duties voluntarily. For example, if any business firm pollutes theenvironment it will naturally come under strict government regulation, which mayultimately force the firm to close down its business.
iii. Survival and Growth -Every business is a part of the society. So for its survival andgrowth, support from the society is very much essential. Business utilizes the availableresources like power, water, land, roads, etc. of the society. So it should be the responsibility of every business to spend a part of its profit for the welfare of thesociety.
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With increasing focus on profitability, more and more ecommerce sites have turned to Affiliate Marketing to drive sales & pay performance based commissions April 15th, 2016
Whether your company is small or in the Fortune 500 list, you'd love to have an arrangement where a partner sends you qualified traffic, and you only pay them if and when a sale actually happens on your site. That is exactly what Affiliate Marketing is. CashKaro.com is one such affiliate website and we work with 1000+ ecommerce sites to drive sales to them. We get paid commission for every sale we drive. However, the commission rate is set by the retailer partner and it is usually set at a cost that is much lower than the retailer's cost of customer acquisition on other channels. Moreover, on channels like Google for example, you would first pay to get clicks – only a few people from those who land on your site will actually shop – so between browsing and actually shopping, the funnel keeps getting narrower and your cost of actually generating that sale keeps getting higher. Here is why retailers are more than happy to pay commissions to a partner like CashKaro.com, because they are only paying if a sale is generated. If budgets need to be cut, Affiliate Marketing is the last channel to get affected because it is performance based and will help acquire sales at 25-30% of the cost you would incur on other channels.
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Today, almost every top Indian e-commerce store has an affiliate program. In India this paradigm shift happened in the last 2-3 years, when advertisers started testing this channel and discovered that affiliates provide twice the returns in comparison to other digital marketing campaigns. Some e-commerce players run in-house affiliate campaigns like Flipkart, Amazon, Snapdeal while others like Paytm, Jabong prefer to run their campaigns through affiliate networks like Optimise, Payoom, Komli, iCubesWire and DGM. In developed markets like UK and USA, merchants get 10-20% of their total revenue from affiliate channel. In fact recently, Nitin Agarwal, AVP Marketing of Shopclues.com commented that 'Performance marketing helps us keep customer acquisition cost low' and at another instance he indicated that the affiliate channel drives about 20% of Shopclues' sales.
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Brew Review : New Belgium Brewing Brasserie Dieu Du Ciel Heavenly Feijoa Tripel
Brew Review : New Belgium Brewing Brasserie Dieu Du Ciel Heavenly Feijoa Tripel
Country: United States
Distillery: New Belgium Brewing
Bottler: New Belgium Brewing
Distillation Date: January, 2013
Style: Tripel
Bottling Date: Unknown
Alcohol: 9.4% ABV
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Every now and then I will go out of my way and 'read a book by its cover' so to speak and grab a beer I may not normally gravitate towards but that has some 'cool' or 'fun' packaging. The ( wait for this name… ) New Belgium Brewing BRasserie Dieu Du Ciel Heavenly Feijoa Tripel fits right into this category. The large bottle carries this 'chaotic' scene of cars, buildings and bicycles with wings and although not much information was given about the brew on the bottle – I figured what the hell, it looks cool.
Taken from their site – "Heavenly Feijoa Tripel combines Dieu du Ciel!'s love of hibiscus flowers with New Belgium's passion for strange and worldly fruit. Feijoa, also known as pineapple guava, has a sweet, aromatic flavor, which makes the aroma of Heavenly Feijoa Tripel luscious and tropical. The beer has Belgian yeast and Nelson Sauvin hops, combining to make a sweet fruit taste, mild spicy tones and a sharp bite. Hibiscus adds a cranberry tartness and an ambrosial quality to the color." Onto the damn review!
Quite a bit of carbonation in this one – the dense white head rests on top of the light amber brew that seems to catch the light as you look through it. When sipping, a heavy and thorough lacing resides on the glass giving it a bit more dimension.
I'm blowing the whistle early on this one – I took 2 sips and I poured it out. The flavors were so sweet, bitter and strong that I couldn't drink it. Fucking… sucked…
I did not like this beer. I like the packaging but I will never 'read a book by the cover' again because – I got burned. I know some people like it – obviously since they are still selling them but I hated it. I only took 2 sips and an hour later my stomach STILL hurt… I couldn't even imagine drinking a full glass yet alone a bottle. End of story – Not a fan and not recommended…
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Touch Interface which seems to buzzing out days. And with that happening how can sony stay behind? Mike Abary of Sony recently confirmed that Sony is going to release VAIO with a touchscreen.
It will come accompanied by a Windows 7, which is obvious choice because of it's Touch-Screen friendly interface. Probably there could also be a Playstation Network Integration! The product will be launched somewhere after the OS launch.
The Prices have not been confirmed. Also along with that we aren't sure if the TouchScreen is going to be available for Laptops or Desktops.


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a year of us | day 105
day 105 He picked loose petals from the vase between bites of leftover dumplings. +++++ I'm giving this yearlong project a spin. Undoubtedly, I will fall and pick up again. Knowing this makes it easier. Still, I plan to show up to record a short photo and story of my day. You're welcome to join me. I'd love it really. We can give each other high fives and geek out with a hashtag (#ayearofus), not because everyone is doing it, but because we're doing it, together. Showing up every damn day to make this creative habit real.


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St. Pete Police Dept. detective makes it his mission to honor city's first chief
St. Petersburg's police chief should have been going home. Instead, Chief James Mitchell was working the downtown streets.
St. Petersburg's police chief should have been going home. Instead, Chief James Mitchell was working the downtown streets.
Chris Archer pitched eight shutout innings Wednesday night and Logan Morrison, Rickie Weeks Jr., and Colby Rasmus homered for the Tampa Bay …
In cuffs and ready for the trip to jail, Jessica Watson, 31, is accused of crashing her SUV off of Highway 41 in Spring Hill.
A man died Wednesday when the pressure from a damaged fire hydrant pinned him down following a crash, troopers said.
A hiker missing in Montana for nearly a week has been rescued.
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Exception handling¶
This document concerns every package except azure-servicebus and azure-servicemanagement-legacy
This document covers the exceptions that you can get from the Azure SDK for Python, and will help you decide what is worth retrying or what is a critical failure, depending on your application.
Every exception related to the service content will be referenced in the docstring of the method. For instance, for this
create_or_update operation
you can see that you might receive a
Where the service team provides no specific sub-classing, the basic exception you can expect from an operation is
In some situations however, the exceptions are specialized by package (see azure-batch package which uses
If a specialized exception is used, it will always be a sub-class at some level of
Whether you should retry the same query or not for these exceptions depends on the service and the error content and cannot be generalized on this article.
For instance, an update to a SQL Database might be refused because you have another underlying operation (in this case you can retry); or a create request can be refused
because your selected name does not meet the pattern enforced by the server (in this case retry will never work). Use the error and response attributes of
CloudError to decide.
All these operations can also raise this set of generic exceptions that are defined in the
msrest.exceptions module:
AuthenticationError: password invalid/expired, etc. Retry will likely not work.
ClientRequestError: requests library raised an exception (connection error, mostly HTTP level issues). Retry may work, though unlikely if your base_url is incorrect.
DeserializationError: unexpected RestAPI answer. Retry will likely not work. Please create an issue on Github if you see this exception.
HttpOperationError: bad HTTP status code from Azure. See inner exception to decide if it's worth retrying.
SerializationError: unable to serialize your request. Your Python code didn't respect the expected model. Retry will never work. Please create an issue on Github if you see this exception and are 100% your parameters are correct.
TokenExpiredError: please renew your credentials. Likely retry with new credentials will be ok.
ValidationError: client side check of your request failed. Fix your parameters with expected value. For instance, you didn't respect the regexp for the account name. This will never work on retry.
Asynchronous operation¶
An asynchronous operation is an operation that returns an
create_or_update). Using this kind of operation
usually requires two lines:
async_poller = client.network_security_groups.create_or_update(myparameters)
result = async_poller.result()
or, if this asynchronous operation is not returning a result:
async_poller = client.network_security_groups.create_or_update(myparameters)
Our recommendation is to surround both of the statements with the necessary try/except. More precisely, the first call might fail on the initial call and the second one might fail during polling the status of the operation
Old versions of the packages never failed on the first call, but this behavior was replaced by the one described and you should follow this pattern even for old packages.
Raw operation¶
All operations accept a raw=True parameter to indicate that the method must return the requests.Response instance directly.
All the above exceptions are still applicable, except for
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GGCF 15th Anniversary
As we celebrate our 15th Anniversary, the Garden Grove Community Foundation is proud to have successfully continued its mission to enrich the community of Garden Grove with programs and events that offer entertainment, enhancement, and something for the entire family. Our summer concert series has become one of the centerpieces of the Foundation's activities, with more than 15,000 music lovers enjoying last year's shows.
To help support our mission, the Foundation is seeking a one time donation of "$15 for 15 years," which will help continue Foundation programs such as the concerts and the inspirational Food for Thought Luncheon. This is a great way to give back to your community and enhance the quality of Garden Grove. To make a donation via Pay Pal, please click Donate below:
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About the Garden Grove Community Foundation
In 1998, members of the Garden Grove City Council, community, and business leaders came together with a common goal: to create an organization that would enhance the quality of life for Garden Grove residents and businesses. Out of their efforts came the Garden Grove Community Foundation (GGCF). Founded as a 501 (c)3 non-profit organization, the Foundation helped to create a better image of Garden Grove, regionally, showcasing this community's unique features, its diversity, and economic progress.
The founding Board Members for the GGCF worked to lay the groundwork for a program to support the mission and goals of the organization.
The program, originally named Renaissance
Garden Grove, provided free summer concerts and Food for Thought programs to the community. In 2005, the Renaissance Garden Grove name was replaced with the GGCF name to avoid confusion and establish a permanent identity in the community.
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The 2013 GGCF/Chamber Golf Classic returns for an ninth year of fun and exciting tournament competition. The charity Golf Classic is used as a major fundraiser by both organizations to maintain and expand current programs for the residents and the business community.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Title Sponsor ($5,000)
Company name/logo on four teen signs and tournament banner, special mention at dinner event, name/logo on publicity materials, company name and logo on GGCF website, and two foursomes with player packets.
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2013 Free Summer Concert Series
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A Drop in the Bucket
All Garden Grove residents can now support the Garden Grove Community Foundation (GGCF) by having a pre-designated line item added to their water bill. Donating through your water bill will help continue Foundation programs such as the popular Summer Concert Series and the inspirational Food for Thought Luncheon. This is a great way to give back to your community and enhance the quality of life in Garden Grove.
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The site at Maisy was lay hidden and buried for over 60 years. It was re-discovered, bought and then dug out again… to allow people to see this huge site as it was when the Germans lived there. It is unique among the Normandy sites. Nowhere else can you enter so many German trenches, only Maisy Battery and Longues sur Mer have original Gemran guns in place for visitors to get a real idea of what was defending the coast against the Allies… but the digging had to begin somewhere. It started with a group of grassy and bushy fields and now has transformed back into one of the most visited Normandy WW2 sites.
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Date: Sunday, November 8, 2015
Time: 2:00 pm
Where: Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, 1515 SW 10th Ave
All members are invited to join us for our annual membership meeting. Light refreshments will be served. The election of officers and board members will be held. We will review the accomplishments of KCFS for the year and discuss our future plans.
It is time to renew your membership and the meeting is a great opportunity to do so, so bring your checkbook.
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Please do consider making a donation. We have been trying to increase the number of teachers who can afford to attend the state science teachers convention by providing scholarships for teachers. One scholarship costs $280 to pay for a teacher's registration, room and board for three days of professional development.
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As we wrote back in September (see our article here), 13-year-old Skipton songstress Niamh Mirfield has been nominated for best song in the Best of British Unsigned Music Awards. And, as of yesterday, the (electronic) voting booths are open, so we're urging all Skiptonites to cast their votes for Niamh!
All you have to do is visit the Best of British website here, select the tick-box and click the submit button.
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- Family Tree Quilted Pillow The Family Tree Quilted Pillow is hands down one of the most stunning, unforgettable quilted pillow patterns you'll ever see. Using both applique and piecing techniques, make a piece of home decor that will completely steal the show.
- Floral Pillow Cover A Floral Pillow Cover is a great way to add brightness to any room. Floral prints are so warm and inviting. If you want to learn how to sew pillow shams, this basic quilt tutorial will cover all of the bases.
- Flower Garden Pillow Case Prepare to become enchanted by this adorable Flower Garden Pillow Case pattern. Through a fascinating material mix of free applique patterns, cottony scrap quilt material, and pretty springtime design, this free flower garden quilt pattern turns out
- Free-form Log Cabin Pillow Log cabin quilt designs may seem traditional, but this Free-form Log Cabin Pillow is anything but old-fashioned! This modern take on log cabin quilt patterns uses wonky piecing and a contrast between gray and orange fabrics to update the pattern.
- Geometric Throw Pillow with Lapped Zip Back Follow some step-by-step photos to learn how to quilt this Geometric Throw Pillow with Lapped Zip Back. There are even some simple diagrams on how to make the quilt block for the DIY pillow. You'll need some fabric scraps, two fat quarters...
- Giant Economy Block Pillow Journey back to simpler times and create a gorgeous DIY pillow with a classic beginner block with this Giant Economy Block Pillow. Made in beautiful and cheerful spring colors, this quilted pillow tutorial comes with a free pattern hand-out that you
- Harlequin Pillow Tutorial Create this gorgeous Harlequin Diamonds Pillow Cover as the newest addition to your collection of quilted home decor. Sewing pillows will be a snap once you check out this helpful tutorial about using an Accuquilt Cutter to cut diamond quilt patterns
- Hello Spring Strippy Pillow Cover As the seasons change, welcome the blooming flowers and chirping birds with the addition of the Hello Spring Strippy Pillow Cover to your home decor. The fun of strip quilt piecing is as easy as follow this tutorial on this fantastic jelly roll quilt
- Home State Pillow Tutorial Show off your state pride with this charming DIY quilted pillow tutorial! This tutorial for how to make a state pillow uses improv piecing and raw-edge applique
- Homespun Patchwork Rag Pillow Making quilted pillows is a great way to practice your rag quilting skills! The Homespun Patchwork Rag Pillow uses a vibrant mix of homespun fabrics to create these fun and homey quilted toss pillows.
- How to Make a Patchwork Pillow If you're brand new to quilting and patchwork, free patchwork pillow patterns like this one are a great place to start. The How to Make a Patchwork Pillow tutorial will get you familiar with piecing squares and adding a border to quilt tops.
- How to Make a Quilted Pillow Cover This video tutorial for How to Make a Quilted Pillow Cover will have you questioning why you never made one before. A DIY pillow makes a thoughtful gift, too.
- Indie Chic Pillow Case Once you have created a fabulous Indie Chic Circle Quilt for your family room, use the remaining summer-themed scraps to easily create a matching Indie Chic Pillow Case. Follow this tutorial to learn the 6 easy steps for making your lemon yellow scra
- Invisible Zipper Pillow Cover Want to make a classy-looking pillow cover without revealing the metallic zipper? Try this Invisible Zipper Pillow Cover.
- Kaleidoscope Quilt Block Pillow This tutorial on making homemade pillow patterns shows you how to use a cute block pattern to create a cushion. The block pattern provided uses HST to create a geometric look that looks lovely sewn up in bright colors.
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This week's row2k Interview is with Sarah Megan Thomas, Executive Producer (and writer, and star) of the upcoming film BACKWARDS. The film, shot on location in Philadelphia, follows the story of an Olympic hopeful who fails to make the Olympic team, but finds herself and a love interest--hey, this is the movies--when she starts coaching a high school team on the Schuylkill.
In addition to giving us a "behind-the-scenes" look at the making of the film, Thomas tells us that the film's release will be tied to the success of their Facebook campaign: the more "likes" the film's Facebook page receives, the more cities they will be add to the film's domestic release this fall--so head over to www.facebook.com/backwardsthefilm and "Like" the page if you want it to come to a "theater near you."
Okay, enough with the previews; on to the show:
row2k: What is your background in rowing, and how did you get into filmmaking?
Sarah Megan Thomas: I started rowing in high school -- in 8th grade actually. Growing up in the Philadelphia area, I would often see rowers out practicing on the Schuylkill River and rowing looked like such a cool sport. As soon as I had the opportunity to learn how to row, I jumped at the chance. I rowed at Shipley School and, later, at Williams College. My high school boat had the opportunity to row at Henley, where, by defeating the Welsh National Team, we made it to the finals. That was probably the highlight of my rowing experience.
In terms of filmmaking, I have been interested in movies for as long as I can remember. I was a theatre major in college and did my post-graduate work in acting in London. After working in plays, commercials, and independent features, a few years ago, I decided that I wanted to make a film myself. Working in the industry, I knew the basics about filmmaking, but I definitely learned a ton "on the job" while producing "BACKWARDS."
Do you prefer the acting or the producing and why?
SMT: To be honest, I love them both. It is really hard to choose since they are so different. Producing involves more multitasking and a broader focus (raising money, budgeting, hiring and managing personnel, looking at the "market" for the film, casting, etc), while acting revolves around creating one role to play in the larger story. Producing one film often takes years, while acting in one film rarely takes more than several months. I will say that I find producing more stressful because you bear the responsibility for the entire project! But, as a Producer, I also have a lot more control over the project as a whole: to create something I am passionate about and see my vision through. That said, there is nothing quite like the rush of performing a great scene!
row2k: How did the script come together? It is a romantic film, with rowing as its backdrop; did it start out differently (perhaps as more of a straight rowing film, or was it more of a romance story into which you later weaved the rowing)?
SMT: The script for BACKWARDS evolved as I worked on it over a one year period.
Originally, the script started as a sports film. I had this idea that I wanted to tell the story of an athlete who almost makes it to the Olympics, but ultimately doesn't get there. Rarely in a sports film do we see that storyline. I wanted to explore how that must feel; to give up so much in life and get that far, but not make it. To me, this is a theme that pretty much everyone can relate to on one level or another -- what happens when you have worked as hard as you can to achieve your dream, whatever that dream may be, and it doesn't work out as planned?
Since I was a rower, the natural sport to choose for the story was rowing! I thought a film would be a great medium to showcase the beauty of the sport to the non-rowing public.
As I continued working on the script, I decided I needed to add an element that made BACKWARDS more than a rowing film, because, for a film to succeed financially, it needs to have a broader market than any one sport. That is when I started to built up the romance element between Abi and Geoff (the two lead characters). We all know, romance sells!
In the end, I like to call BACKWARDS a "sports romance" (although technically that is not a genre). While there are many exciting race sequences and training montages to please the hard core athlete/rower, the film is also a romance on many levels. A traditional boy-girl romance, but also, in the broader sense, the romance of dreaming and striving to be in the Olympics.
row2k: What were some of the challenges in creating the rowing scenes?
SMT: Wow - there were so many!! In low budget film-making, time is money, so we did not have a lot of time to shoot the rowing sequences (the racing sequences were shot in one afternoon). So we had to get things right quickly. To do so, we mostly used real rowers. But still, getting all the necessary shots in a short amount of time was by far our biggest challenge.
Also, there is the obvious challenge of trying to shoot on the water. In many cases we mounted the camera onto the boat(s). There is a shot in the film of Abi, the lead character, rowing in a single. To get that shot, our Director of Photography mounted the RED camera onto the single, and I had to basically go for a row with the camera. We all know how key balance is in rowing, especially in a single. Try rowing with an extremely expensive camera (which is on loan) tied to the front of the boat. Then add in the fact that it was October and windy! I almost tipped twice!
row2k: Was it hard to schedule shoots around all the regular rowing activity in PHL?
SMT: Actually, it was incredibly easy. It was early August, and we would shoot in the middle of the day when it was very hot, so the water was empty. Most importantly, we had the support of the entire rowing community in Philadelphia (special thanks to our Rowing Coordinator, Tony Schneider, who expertly managed the rowing aspects of the film). Everyone was amazing, and really rallied around the film. The Stotesbury Regatta even let us shoot B-Roll footage of the entire two day event. In between races, a motorboat carrying our Director and Director of Photography went down the race course filming the crowds. The challenge in the editing room was to find crowd shots where people weren't waving to the camera--many people waved at the camera, often at the end of a shot, ruining the entire shot. This happened over and over and over again. Finally, we had to use a megaphone several times and ask the crowd to kindly not look directly into the camera. I think we ended up with 2 useable shots where no one was waving or staring at the camera.
row2k: What did you have to do in order to make the rowing in the film realistic?
SMT: We worked really hard to make the rowing in BACKWARDS realistic. Being a rower myself, that was a top priority. That said, there were times when the technical logistics of making a film and telling a story made it impossible to have everything one hundred percent accurate.
To make the film realistic, we used as many experienced rowers as we could, including National Team rowers in the Olympic sequences. In the high school sequences, 95% of everyone you see in a boat is an accomplished rower. The biggest hurdle was casting the two lead high school girls in the film who compete in a double. In addition to needing these two girls to row, they also needed to be good actors as they are in numerous scenes in the film. We auditioned many rowers and many actresses with no rowing experience for the parts. Ultimately, we cast one real rower, and gave her acting lessons, and cast one actress, and spent time training her as a rower. In the end, it really worked out well.
Also, we shot real races at the Stotesbury Regatta and were able to cut some of the footage from these real races into the film. This added realism to the film that would have been impossible to create on set.
row2k: Did you get the established actors out rowing at all? What was their impression of the sport?
SMT: Yes! James Van Der Beek really wanted to go out in a boat and row while he was shooting (he plays the role of Geoff. "Dawson's Creek" lovers will remember him as Dawson on the hit show). We took him out in a quad and he had a lot of fun. We even did some power 10's!
James does not have any rowing scenes where his character has to row. He plays an Athletic Director, who has rowed in the past. So, for him, we got him out in a boat really more for fun -- and he had a blast!
row2k: How about the non-actor rowing folks; how did you train them to become actors on short notice?
SMT: This was tricky. We did hire an acting coach who worked with our non-actor high school lead for several sessions. The most important thing with acting for the camera is to be natural. The camera will pick up if you are "acting." So we encouraged the non-actor rowing folks to just be themselves -- they are rowers, so just row! And breathe. Relax and breathe when the camera rolls!
row2k: Was there anything that just did not come off as planned (i.e. major outtakes, bloopers, unexpected intrusions of real life in the scenes filmed at public regattas)?
SMT: In terms of something not going off as planned -- that definitely happened:
There is one scene in the film where the four main characters jump into the Schuylkill River after a win. We had to get this shot in one take, since more than one take would be prohibitively expensive. In a big budget film there would have been many takes and for each take, all four characters would need new clothes and a redo of hair and makeup. Since time is money on set (not to mention the expense of buying numerous dry duplicates of the same outfits), we simply had to get this shot in one take -- stressful, to say the least.
In addition, it was the last shot of the day and our last day on set at that location. We had to get the shot with the right amount of daylight to match the scene that comes before it and were running behind. As soon as the camera was in place and we were ready to shoot, major storm clouds rolled in. We all looked at each other, and were like, "It's now or never." The three girls jumped in first.
Then, James Van Der Beek did an unexpected cannonball into the water. He didn't come up for a good 5 seconds and we were all worried he hit the bottom and was hurt!! And we still needed James to shoot for another week (not to mention we would not have wanted him hurt of course)!! Luckily he was fine, But, then, as soon as he popped up, there was a huge burst of lightening! We all rushed out of the water. Thank god we got the shot. A few minutes later and we would not have been able to get it.
As a side note -- before all this happened, everyone was a little nervous about jumping into the Schuylkill River. To make the actors feel comfortable, our director jumped in first! Nice guy!
In terms of unexpected intrusions of real life at the regattas: filming movies and races often don't mix. One poor quad starting up the river for a major race ran into our crew's motorboat. It all worked out okay in the end, but there was a lot of angst and jitters until the situation was resolved.
Also, a walkie talkie was lost somewhere in the depths of Schuylkill (and you just don't know how expensive walkie talkies are until you have to replace one).
row2k: Any other interesting story in terms of "the making of" the film?
SMT: One is how we shot a scene in the film where the two lead girls stand up in the boat -- as a trust exercise. Well, we couldn't have the girls stand up in the boat and say their lines without the risk of them flipping the boat. Since one camera was mounted onto the double, if they were to flip the boat, the very expensive camera would be ruined! In order to get the shot, two kind crew members, waded into the cold Schuylkill water, chest high, and held the boat at each end as the scene was shot, which took hours. Perhaps this is how Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio felt when they were shooting in water in "Titanic!"
BACKWARDS will be distributed internationally as well as domestically, opening in multiple cities in the US this fall. In addition, BACKWARDS will have a presence at both Dad Vail and Stotesbury this month, and Thomas invites folks at those regattas to come and visit their booth/tent to say hello.
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