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Poet Laureate of the Blogosphere + guest blogging
Until midnight tonight, you can vote
. Of course, I am a little miffed not to have even been nominated, but I would guess there are something like 8,000 poets blogging -- to judge from a few blogrolls like Ron Silliman's -- so really I'm only disappointed it comes down to a few bloggers I don't follow, except Ron Slate.
I'm conducting my own little poll here. If you avidly follow a poet blogger, please mention it in a comment. This is a small sample, meaningful only to those of us who read and write here.
Speaking of which, I'm thinking of inviting some guest blog here at Rocket Kids. If you have a topic to propose, I'm all ears.

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Treasurer/Public Trustee
Treasurer/Public Trustee
Pam Mills
Kit Carson County Treasurer's Office
251 16th Street, Suite 204
Burlington, CO 80807
Office Phone: (719) 346-8434 ext. 311 Office Fax: (719) 346-5238
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Kit Carson County Forecloses List: Forclosure Chart updated 6-7-2019
The County Treasurer, is responsible for the collection and distribution of property taxes to the taxing authorities (school districts, cities/towns, the county and special districts). Other duties of the Treasurer include receiving monies from the other county departments, maintaining correct and proper accounting of all monies and investing the County's financial resources.
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2016 Updated Advertising list 11/10/17
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The Treasurer of Kit Carson County also serves as the Public Trustee. The Public Trustee is responsible for processing foreclosures and releasing deeds of trust. Foreclosure sales are held on Wednesday's at 10:00 A.M.. in the Treasurer's office. Bids for all sales must be received by noon on the Monday preceding the weekly scheduled Wednesday sale. Sales are often continued and sale dates do change. If a bid is received by the Monday noon cutoff, it will be posted that Monday afternoon on the link below.


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And on Sunday I went to my first panel, Comics Alliance: Hire This Woman. This was moderated by Janelle Asselin and the other panelists included Barbara Kesel, Jody Houser and October Crifasi. It was a lot of fun; these ladies are mighty impressive so I was very honored to be there. Can't wait to do another one!


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I was emailed this excerpt from an HBR article recently:
Before trying to pursue a significant goal, especially a professional one, it's important to assess whether you have the ability to achieve it. Consider two things:
- Do you have the required core capacities: knowledge, skills, and personal characteristics?
- Are your capacities as good as or better than those of other people with the same goal?
If you answer no to either question, you should consider revising your goal. If you answer yes to both, make sure you're not succumbing to one of these five common fallacies:
- The hard-work fallacy: Believing that determined effort will compensate for your shortcomings
- The smarts fallacy: Thinking that general intelligence translates into specific skills
- The magnification fallacy: Assuming that your particular talent is somehow more special than your peers'
- The passion fallacy: Believing you're good at things just because you really enjoy them or because they are immensely important to you
- The "wishing will make it so" fallacy: Convincing yourself that success (for you, anyway) will be easy
So this is an interesting concept, but it feels a little bit like the cold-reading of self-help business writing, because it could apply to everything, but it could also apply to nothing. The inverse of those conditions are also truisms, right? Don't measure yourself against other people in order to gauge your success; everyone is different. If you wait until you are absolutely sure of all conditions for success before starting, you will never start anything, so start before you're ready. (That second one is a big thing in programming – start a project before you know what you're doing, and learn as you go.)
I mean, think about what the inverse of one of those "common fallacies" would actually say: "Determined effort is no guarantee for success". "Being intelligent does not necessarily mean you have skills". "Your unique skill set is actually not unique". "You're might suck at things even if you really love them and try really hard." They might be more "realistic"–whatever that means–but those types of thoughts are all also oftentimes symptoms that someone is, well, clinically depressed.
And while it's true that clinical depression has been linked with a more harsh worldview that does indeed take into account these fallacies, it's certainly no way to live. These rules also neglects the "risk assessment" portion of decision making – sure, nothing is a guarantee, but what are the chances I'll succeed, even though I'm not unique or skillful and only have hard work and passion? Well, that depends on your definition of success, but I would say they're not too terrible, especially if you are privileged enough that you have free time to read HBR articles (or know what HBR is). Hard work (which assumes that you are able-bodied in a way that's suited for the work you need to do) and passion (which often translates into perseverance) are harder to come by than you'd think.
Plus, maybe someone else has the same goal and has more absolute "capacity", but that doesn't mean it's a zero sum game. Maybe both of you can succeed in similar measures, or that someone else might get a better version of that goal (Ubisoft instead of Zynga if you're both game devs) without knocking you off your rail. Since both of you have a mix of different types of capacity, even if theirs is "objectively" better than yours, there will be specific circumstances where one trait will be more important than another, and vice versa (e.g. sometimes personal characteristics like eagerness to learn will outweigh absolute technical skills). It's not like capacity is a raw score from 0-100 – it's a mix of a variety of interacting factors that are difficult to predict.
Those "fallacies" also ignore the halo effect – confident people seem like they know what they're doing, so people believe in them more. There's a reason "fake it 'till you make it" is a popular mantra. In many instances, being deluded about your chances for success actually is not a bad trait to have, as long as it doesn't preclude you from learning things you don't know.
TL;DR: Success is large; it contains multitudes.


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The resort offers various modern Thai-styled rooms (superior, deluxe pool and suites) with full amenities in the heart of Patong Beach. Three large swimming pools, complete with swim-up bars are the perfect panacea for post-op, water/cocktail-loving souls.
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There are 6 dining options (some open air; 1 is Italian), 6 bars and 10 outdoor pools, plus a fitness center and a spa with a rooftop hot tub. Bask in the serenity and allow the staff to cater to your post surgery needs and recovery.
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About Robert & Gretchen Osgood
ROBERT E. OSGOOD, the third dean of Johns Hopkins SAIS, was a highly respected expert in foreign policy and the author of several significant texts on international relations. He played a key role at SAIS for 25 years until his death in 1986. His former students loved him for his wit, his elegant writing, and his enduring wisdom in things personal and professional. He was SAIS' director of American Foreign Policy and co-director of Security Studies, but perhaps his most valuable contribution to SAIS was his role in developing what has been called the "SAIS approach," the analysis of policy based on strong theoretical and historical concepts. He also launched the Master of International Public Policy for mid-career professionals. Outside of his involvement with SAIS, Dr. Osgood was named director of the Washington Center for Foreign Policy Research in 1967, served in 1969-70 on the U.S. National Security Council, and was a member of the Secretary of State's Policy Planning Council from 1983 to 1985. Bob was a revered mentor to generations of SAIS students, both while they were studying and afterwards.
GRETCHEN A. OSGOOD spent 24 years working for the Public Health Service, which became a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She wrote articles on nursing and government management of nursing for professional journals. Among them was a survey of federal nursing priorities for the 1980s. Among her professional memberships, she was a past president of the District of Columbia League for Nursing and served on its board until her death. She was a recipient of the Public Health Service's Superior Service Award and the American Academy of Nursing's President's Award for deepening understanding of the profession. Gretchen Anderson was a Minneapolis native, a 1943 graduate of Smith College in Northampton, Mass., and a 1946 graduate of Johns Hopkins University's nursing school. She received a master's degree in supervision in public health nursing from Boston University's nursing school in 1950. She spent nine years as an associate nursing director at the University of Illinois's research and education hospitals in Chicago before settling in the Washington area in 1962. In 1946, she married Robert E. Osgood, who became a dean of Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies. After his death in 1986, she endowed a professorship and a student fellowship, both in her husband's name, and also gave money toward summer internships, all at SAIS. She had no immediate survivors.


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Thief hilariously fails to hide large stolen item
Police in Northamptonshire, England are searching for a man who might be the most confident thief of all time.
They shared a photo of a man failing miserably to conceal a Venetian blind that he allegedly tried to steal.
It's pretty funny.
Though you can barely tell that part of the item is tucked into his pants, the portion that is sticking out of the back of his hoodie is hard to miss.
Sadly, wearing a hoodie far above your head just isn't something considered fashionable. Or normal.
According to a police report, security caught on immediately because of his poor disguise (and all that extra weight sicking out of his shirt probably slowed him down a little.)
He dumped the blind near the store. Sadly, authorities note, the blind was damaged in the process.
As was the alleged thief's ego, probably.
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APTOS (CBS SF) — A 14-foot great white shark has been spotted off the coast of Aptos, according to the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office.
Deputies and California State Parks rangers said the shark was seen about 20 yards off the coast near the Seascape and Rio Del Mar beaches, and said it does not appear to be aggressive.
Fliers have been posted discouraging beachgoers from swimming or surfing in the area.
The sighting comes on the heels of an incident in which a shark attacked a kayak near Pleasure Point in Santa Cruz County the morning of July 7.
The kayaker, a 52-year-old Fremont man who was fishing about a quarter-mile from shore, fell out of the kayak but was rescued by a nearby boater and wasn't injured.
He told the sheriff's office he was in 40-foot-deep water near a kelp bed when the shark lifted up his kayak and attacked the front end.
The man estimated that the shark was 14 to 18 feet long but said he wasn't sure what type of shark it was, according to the sheriff's office.
Sheriff's spokeswoman April Skalland said it is not clear whether the two sightings were of the same shark, but said it is likely that the shark that attacked the kayak was a great white.
"It sounds like a great white to me," she said. "They are in our waters. They usually stay out past the kelp beds, but it's not unusual for them to come closer in."
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September 8, 2017
CACI Honors Patriot Day 2017
The morning of September 11, 2001 was the worst of times that brought out the best in Americans and people around the world. The deadliest attack on American soil since Pearl Harbor was a resounding call to action – we rallied together and proclaimed that terrorism would never defeat us. Patriot Day gives us the opportunity to mourn for those whose lives were lost, to support their families, to honor the valor of the first responders who selflessly risked their lives in innumerable rescue missions, and to recommit to being ever vigilant of the freedoms we fight to keep as Americans, here and around the world.
CACI employees played important roles during the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. They helped in the rescue efforts at the Pentagon, their expertise kept the communications running at the State Department, and they stood side by side with first responders in the rubble of the World Trade Center in Manhattan. Their integrity and courage were shining examples of who we are as a company and as a nation.
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Wow is all I can say! I am extremely humbled and honored that my blog has been nominated twice now for the Liebster Award. This time by fellow blogger and a veteran Winkandasmile =) Go check her sight out, she is a disabled veteran fighting to help other veterans in any way she can! She posts and makes amazing cupcakes with her company, some that leave your mouth watering just looking at the picture 😉
Here are the questions she gave me:
1. Why/How did you become a blogger? I've heard about blogging before and decided one day that it would be a great way for me to start to spread awareness of combat veterans and their families as well as gather my thoughts for my book 'Why Heroes Hide'
2. Why did you pick your particular subject to blog about? I chose this subject because it is very dear to my heart. The military/veteran lifestyle intrigues me and those people involved hold a special place in my heart. Don't ask me why, I wasn't born a military brat or anything, it's just what God placed in my heart. We all have our passions. This specific subject I chose because it is the closest to my heart and being married to my husband who is a combat veteran with PTSD it is the part of this world I know best.
3. Do you or have you participated in Random Acts of Kindness? How do/did you feel afterwards? I have volunteered, given to causes (for example the orphanage in Honduras that our home church sponsors, and done other things that called out to me. I always feel like I could do more! But helping people, especially when I don't HAVE to, makes me feel good. It's a psychologically and Biblically backed truth that helping others feel good makes you feel good!
4. Who is your hero and why? One of my heroes is definitely my husband. I look up to him every day and truly admire what he's done for myself, his family, and our country.
5. Have you ever gone through a very traumatic event? How did you or are you dealing with it? I haven't gone through any "one-time" kinda traumatic event in my life. At least nothing I feel that's been worse than the average life. However; my childhood could be deemed "traumatic" by psychologists standards. My mother has a lot of mental illnesses and I grew up with her using me as an emotional leaning post. Telling me things kids my age never should hear like how she wished my father was dead sometimes. (He wasn't a bad guy but they pushed each others buttons and I don't remember them ever liking or loving each other…they fought everyday in high volumes). Anyways, it's made it so my heart is full of quite a bit of resentment for her, I can't be emotional or physical with her very well, and I don't even like positive emotion from her. I love my mother but it's caused damage, some that with the help of my husband and sometimes counselors I'm slowly realizing and learning to deal with. Not necessarily related but I also have suffered an eating disorder since I was 14 years old and while that's not a traumatic event it is certainly life altering.
6. How do you feel about our current military soldiers and our veterans? I could talk all day about the subject! I wish more people in this country would REALLY honor and care for them and at least try to understand what they go through. They're truly my biggest passion =)
7. If you could help one group of people, who would it be? And why? I would work to help veterans (especially wounded and combat), military personnel, and their families. It's what I hope to do with a degree in psychology someday and in any other way I can.
8. If you could go back in time and change any part of your life, would you? If yes, what would you change? There are certainly a lot of mistakes and things I would change. I would probably take more advantage of my high school years and even some of my early adult years before I met my husband. I would care less about a lot of things and care more about others!
9. What's the biggest thing you've learned about yourself through blogging? I have learned that when I really put my mind to it I can write and explain what I really mean. I've also learned through others kind words that the issue I talk about and the lifestyle I've married into with my husband really is challenging and I'm not just being a big baby when I get stressed out about it sometimes.
10. Would you still blog even if you had no followers? Why? Yes. While I would love as many followers and readers as I can, ones that really want to listen, if I had none I would still blog because it is still helping me gather my thoughts and practice writing as well as providing me a safe outlet when I need it.
Again thank you so much for nominating me =) and thank you to all my readers for following and listening!


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It's getting to be that time.
That is, at some point next week
all the frantic rushing about
will be over. The parties will have ended.
The crowds will have gone home.
And what we'll have left will be that little piece of Christmas
That may not be seen with the eye.
The part about Peace and Thanksgiving and Goodwill to All Men


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With all the crying going on in that thread, I bet they thought I forgot about them. Baaaaaaw!
Page saved because we know of Becky's historical revisionism. She'll DELETE FUCKING EVERYTHING. (Edit: She already has)
But you know me... I'm a mortimer snerd! It's a conspiracy! It's blackmail! It's all one big hate machine and everyone is out to get you and your shitcan board with all of the intolerance contained therein! You never stopped to consider why people protested you, only that they did... and you didn't like it!!!
As long as you acted in a manner which was fair and just, I guess it's ok.
What it is... is just (serious) business, really. Nothing personal.
Hope this helps, Becky. Just wanted you to know I still love you... and I can troll you any time I want. :-)


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I awoke to the sound of my alarm yesterday and was reminded of a feeling I haven't had in years. I was feeling like the 8-year-old little boy who would wake up on Saturday morning, jump out of bed in his footed pajamas, and head straight to the tv for his favorite Saturday morning cartoons. Then sadly, present day reality slammed me back to earth as I realized I needed to get ready for work.
I find it disheartening that television has lost that Saturday morning ritual. Just about as disheartening as me having to work on Saturdays to make a living. Now though, with television networks that are dedicated to a lineup of 24 hour a day cartoons, I guess there is no need for that Saturday crack of dawn custom. It seems to take away from the specialness of the cartoons. Now , not to sound like the old-timer with his "I use to walk to school 10 miles uphill both ways in snow up to my butt" story's, but just to give you an idea of how things have changed.
When I was a young boy there weren't 500 channels on the tv to watch, there was 1. So cartoon watching was a rare thing. Usually, I would come home from school and there would be an hour of cartoons, like maybe Popeye and Tom and Jerry, or maybe Bugs Bunny and Friends. Also,remember, when I was 8, there were no video games. I think Pong might have existed, but none of us could afford something like that back then. There also were no home computers and the internet was just an infant and few people even knew about it. So this made Saturday mornings even that much more prized. They would play cartoons from 6am to noon meaning 6 hours of pure enjoyment. A very precious time that still brings a smile to my face when I think of it.
The current generations have very little of an understanding of how such small things as Saturday morning cartoons were so valuable. If you are one of those younger generation, just try to hold on to your memories of being young. Because life will quickly move on, and before you know it, you've grown up and are working Saturdays to keep your family fed. The future has hit, everything has changed, and you might wake up one morning to realize I miss it.


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Obama Administration Official to Serve Alongside AmeriCorps Members at Curt Gowdy State Park
Washington, DC—Patrick A. Corvington, CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, will meet with Cheyenne, WY Mayor Richard Kaysento discuss ways that service is addressing local challenges.
Corvington will also host a community dialogue with 40 area nonprofit leaders to discuss the agency's five-year strategic plan and new vision to drive greater impact toward solving national and local problems – from unemployment to student achievement.
More than 129,400 Wyoming residents volunteer, and contribute $320.2 million worth of service to the local economy to address local needs. This year, the Corporation will commit over $3.4 million to support 31 national service projects led by the agency's programs – AmeriCorps, Senior Corps and Learn and Serve America. These projects engage more than 2,500 volunteers in service that strengthen communities and foster civic engagement.
Corvington will conclude his visit by participating in a service project at Curt Gowdy State Park, building a new bike trail alongside AmeriCorps members and volunteers from the University of Wyoming's freshmen class. As a result of AmeriCorps' work, the park's bike trail has received the prestigious designation of "Epic" from the International Mountain Biking Association.
Below is a schedule of events. All times Mountain Standard Time.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
WHAT: Corvington hosts a community dialogue with area nonprofits to discuss how national service is helping to tackle local challenges and the future direction of the federal agency. Mayor Richard Kaysen will also attend the dialogue.
WHEN: 10 a.m.
WHERE: Herschler Building
Conference Room B-63
122 West 25th Street
Cheyenne, WY 82001
WHAT: Corvington participates in an AmeriCorps service project at Curt Gowdy State Park
WHEN: 2 p.m.
WHERE: Curt Gowdy State Park
County Road 106
Contact Tim Sowecke (970.319.5411) or Patrick Galliizzi (307-640-1947) for specific directions.


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So, to preface this post, (which may turn out really long, but also really awesome) I tell about how, this last Sunday we had a combined Sunday school, during which we discussed emergency preparedness. One of the topics discussed was earthquakes. Most everyone who lives along the Wasatch Front has probably heard that we're right on a major fault line and that we're due for a big earthquake here really soon. This train of thought, plus everyone saying what to do in the case of an earthquake, got me wondering, "What would I do if there was an earthquake in Provo?" And, being me, the obvious answer that came to mind was, "Grab some gear, put my machete on my back, put on my Indiana Jones hat, and go out and help people!" That being said, I present the following. I know that I'm not an amazing writer, and I'm afraid that character depth and coherence may be a little lacking. It may also have a few typos, since it's possible that I lost my stomach for proofreading after I wrote my history capstone. However, it's a way for me to live out, at least in some form, my delusion of grandeur, and that's why I'm writing it. I'm sharing it because I just wanted to. Oh, and one final disclaimer: I have done absolutely zero research on this, so I will say right now that if this isn't true to life, or even ridiculous in any way, don't worry about it. It's fiction for goodness sakes! That being said, I present to you [Insert Awesome Title Here].
As the dust began to settle, Cliff Chandler crawled out from under his desk, feeling thankful at the moment for a few things. One of them was the fact that today was his day off. He had read that driving during an earthquake was not desirable. The second he felt as he looked at the chunks of ceiling that had crushed his desktop computer. He was thankful that he had a sturdy desk. Cliff was also thankful that he was awesome, but he was thankful for that all the time, so he didn't give that one much thought. Looking around his house, he was also glad to see that the majority of it was standing. There were a few advantages to living in an old house, one of which was that they definitely don't build them like they used to. Looking outside through his broken window, Cliff saw cracks in the pavement on the street and several cars that had jostled into each other, steam coming out from under a few hoods. He was no earthquake expert, but he was guessing the one that had just struck was "The Big One" that middle school teachers had been threatening their students with for years. The apartment complex across the street was still standing, but two of its stairwells had fallen down.
Cliff dove back under his desk as the ground began shaking again and then stopped as suddenly as it had started. Having never lived through a large earthquake before, the idea of aftershocks had been just that: an idea. Now, he realized, they were definitely a reality, and one to keep in mind. Unfortunately, Cliff had other things on his mind at the moment. Pulling his cell phone out of his pocket, he was astounded when the call to his parents in Idaho went through. He had always heard that cell towers would be knocked down in an earthquake, and then, even if they survived, the network would be overloaded. Apparently that was an exaggeration. "I guess Verizon really is the nation's most reliable wireless network!" Cliff said to himself as he listened to his parents' phone ringing. However, being true to form, his parents didn't answer. So, he left a message on their answering machine. "You've probably heard about the earthquake in Provo by now," he said, voice shaky at first but growing stronger as he spoke more. "Well, you don't need to worry about me, I'm good. I love you!" He figured he'd get crap for such a short message later, but that was enough to let his parents know that he was safe.
His next call he had to try several times before the phone started ringing. However, when he heard a familiar woman's voice say, "Cliff?" from the person on the other side, he breathed a sigh of relief. "Ashley?" he asked,. "Are you all right?"
The response his best friend gave lessened his feeling of relief. "That's hard to say," she said. "What if I were to tell you that I'm pinned under something really heavy and I'm pretty sure that one of my legs is broken?" Cliff could hear the strain in her voice now, and even through his renewed worry, he had to make note of Ashley's attempt at humor. There was a reason they were such good friends.
"I would tell you to call 911." Cliff said. "I'd imagine you've tried that already, though, right? Unless this really is just a hypothetical situation."
"It didn't go through," Ashley said, "And unfortunately it isn't hypothetical. I daresay emergency services are overloaded right now."
Cliff could hear in her voice that she was close to tears. Cliff had a strong protective instinct, and hearing that made it kick into overdrive. He could hear his voice becoming more and more steady as resolve began to fill him. "Keep trying 911!" he said into the phone, "And don't move! I'm going to come over there and see what I can do for you!"
"Be careful!" Ashley told him. "Who knows what it's like out there!"
"Hey," Cliff said, "They don't call me Captain Danger for nothing!"
"No one calls you that, Cliff."
"Well, after today, they will!" Cliff responded, trying hard to communicate confidence that he didn't actually feel. "Hang in there and I'll see you soon!" They said goodbye and Cliff closed his phone and returned it to his pocket. He had been planning on calling his other friends, but they would have to wait. He re-emerged from under his desk, wary of further aftershocks, and stepped over chunks of the ceiling to his gear closet. Once again, Cliff was thankful that he was awesome. He had spent the last summer canyoneering, and he kept his gear right in his house.
He pulled out his backpack and looked inside. There was his climbing harness, as well as the 100 foot static rope that he had borrowed from his friend, Gavin. He decided to leave those in there, because he might need them. He wasn't sure what kind of havoc the earthquake had wreaked on Provo, but a rope and a harness rarely went amiss. To go along with those was about 50 feet of tubular webbing for anchor construction. Cliff left that, too. He was also glad that he had been too lazy to empty out his hydration bladder after his last trip. It was about 2/3 full, giving him two liters of water. There were also a couple random left-over granola bars and half a pack of jerky. Closing his backpack and swinging it up onto his shoulders, he saw his machete in the back of the closet. He had bought it on his mission, more for a joke than anything, as he had served in Oregon, and had never really used it. However, as it caught his eye, he decided to take it, just in case. Also, even in this moment when Ashley's safety was on the line, he knew it would make him look really cool. He stuck the machete, still in its sturdy canvas sheath, between his backpack and back, and it felt solid there, with the handle sticking up over his left shoulder.
As he walked toward the door, he grabbed his Indiana Jones hat and put it on his head. If I'm going to look cool, I might as well go all the way! Cliff thought that way a lot. However, his exit onto the street wasn't nearly as dramatic as he had suspected. The awning over his front steps had collapsed, and he had to push it out of the way. He looked toward his car, which, surprisingly enough, looked okay. However, he looked at the streets and the cars that were there, none of which were moving, and decided he'd better walk. Ashley lived across town, and he didn't want to waste time trying to get through blocked roads. Turning east, Cliff set himself a speedy pace. He had always been a strong hiker, and he walked to work every day. It should take about half an hour to get over there. Only half an hour. Then I can be there with her, and hopefully do something to help.
Half an hour, unfortunately, turned out to be a very conservative time estimate. As he turned the corner from his house onto the street heading east, he saw something that didn't present much of an obstacle, but which seemed to show a measure of the damage to the city. Of the two iconic smokestacks of the Provo City Power Plant, only one was still standing, and that slightly askew. The other one was laying down, having fallen in a southwest direction, crushing part of the power building and part of a house on the other side of the small park on the corner. Well, that explains why my lights didn't turn on, Cliff thought as he picked his way through someone's back yard and around the top of the fallen smokestack. Around him, he saw people coming out of their houses to survey the damages. Some were calling for help, but Cliff tuned them out. He had an objective. Getting around the smokestack, he resumed his steady pace, stepping over and around random pieces of rubble that littered the sidewalk and street.
Five minutes later, Cliff stood at the edge of what had once been University Avenue. In its place, a crack had opened up in the ground, barring Cliff's progress. Looking up and down the street he didn't see an end to it. Well, this will drastically change the dynamic of traffic flow in town, he thought. The crack was approximately fifty feet deep and twenty-five feet across, and many cars were visible at the bottom. University Avenue was the busiest street in Provo. Many cries for help were issuing from the crack. Can I really just pass all of these people by? Cliff took off his backpack and pulled out his rope and harness. I just need a Tyrolean Traverse. It's just a really big pothole. However, as he started pulling on his harness, he cries for help grated on his nerves. Sometimes, he thought, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one. (Turns out that Star Trek can be inspiring!) Ashley will understand. Pulling out his phone, he texted Ashley and told her he was on his way and to hang in there. The text didn't send immediately. Apparently phone towers were getting more overloaded. Then he tied a sling made of webbing around a nearby tree, tied his rope to it, and tossed the end down into the chasm, being careful not to hit anyone. Ropes were heavy, and Cliff had learned from experience that it was unpleasant to get hit on the head by a falling one. Cliff rappelled quickly. A fifty foot rappel was easy for him, and he was at the bottom of the crack and standing on the roof of a car in seconds. In fact, it was a familiar car. Down here the cries for help were louder and they echoed slightly. Interspersed among the cries were moans of pain. However, Cliff was focused on the black Honda Civic he was standing on. The car was tilted at a 45 degree angle, and moving up to the drivers side, he looked in the window. The airbag had gone off, but Cliff could clearly see his friend and roommate Andrew Jones in the drivers seat, unconscious, bleeding slightly from a small head wound.
Holy crap, Cliff thought, pounding on the window. Why are all of the people important to me getting hurt here? "Andrew!" he yelled, "Wake up!" Inside, Andrew started to stir, moaning slightly. Straddling the door, Cliff pulled on the handle and managed to get the door open a crack. Putting his fingers under the edge of the door, Cliff pulled with all of his strength, managing to get the door open.
"Cliff?" Andrew asked groggily, slowly taking in Cliff's climbing harness, machete, and backpack and seeing the rope going up to the edge of the chasm behind him. "What the heck are you doing here? What happened?"
"There will be time to explain that later, Jones," Cliff said, offering his hand. "Are you alright? Ashley's in trouble, and if I'm going to do any good here, I'm going to need your help. Also, why didn't you ask, 'How come you look like a total bad-A?'"
Andrew smiled in spite of himself. "Slipped my mind," he replied. He was starting to move experimentally. "I think I'm alright, but I'll be feeling this in the morning." Andrew took Cliff's hand and pulled himself out of the car. Aside from the blood on his head, he looked fine. "Oh," he added, "and you look ridiculous."
"Alright then," Cliff said. "I need to get you out of here, and then I need to get to Ashley's house. But I can't just leave all of these people stuck down here. I'm going to ascend this rope and then pull you up. Then I'm going to need you to use the rope to pull more people out."
"Right," Andrew said. "While you're going up I'll check on some of these other people." Both Cliff and Andrew knew some first aid from their time as boy scouts. That had been several years ago, but the basics of first aid were easy to remember. As Andrew turned to leave, Cliff turned back to the rope. Ascending ropes was always really annoying, but at least he had a pretty flat wall to go up. He used a piece of thin accessory cord that was hanging from his harness to tie a knot around the rope that wouldn't slide when weighted, but would when he took his weight off of it, leaving a long loop for his foot. Then he used another length of cord to tie the same knot, attaching this one to the belay loop of his harness with a spare carabiner. That being done, Cliff began the laborious process of ascending.
About five minute later, he dragged himself over the edge of the crack, gasping for breath. Being fat never made ascending any easier. Cliff gulped water from his backpack, then, after taking a couple minutes to catch his breath, he pulled up the end of the rope, tied a loop in the bottom, and tossed it back down. "Andrew!" He yelled, "sit in that loop and hold on!" Cliff quickly rigged a haul system using carabiners and started pulling Andrew, who had come from helping a couple people two cars behind him, up to the edge of the chasm. When Andrew finally came up over the lip, Cliff's arms were burning.
"You're going to want to pull some more uninjured people up first to help you pull others," Cliff told Andrew as he got to his feet, putting the rope aside. "Pulling it up by yourself is really hard on your arms. Now, I need to use that rope, and then this big old hole in the ground is all yours."
Another of the fun things that Cliff had hanging from his harness was called an Ibis hook. He tied that securely to the end of the rope and started spinning it around in a circle next to him. About twenty-five feet across he thought. I have plenty of rope, but can I make the toss? And if I even make the toss will it hook to something? Cliff's first toss made it across, but didn't come near anything the hook could attach to. He had his eye on a fallen tree, hoping there would be a branch the hook would go around. His second and third tosses didn't make it across the chasm. Growling angrily at himself, Cliff set his feet and prepared for his fourth toss. He had to get to Ashley, and fast! She hadn't texted him back, and Cliff could only hope for the best. Once again using all his strength, and thinking it might not be the last time he did that today, Cliff flung the rope across the chasm. The hook fell among the branches of the fallen tree and caught. Pulling the rope tight, Cliff gave it a couple firm tugs. It gave a little bit back and forth, and he could see a sturdy-looking branch on the tree moving slightly. "That'll have to be good enough," he said to Andrew. Putting a carabiner on the sling that was still tied around the tree, Cliff ran the rope through it and pulled it tight. Handing the end to Andrew, he said, "Hold this while I go across."
"Cliff, that's crazy!" Andrew said. "You don't know if that tree will hold!"
"I don't have a choice," Cliff said dramatically. "Well, maybe I do, but I've always wanted to say that. Besides, do you see a better way across this thing?"
Andrew shook his head reluctantly. "Be careful, then."
"Yeah, that's the standing order," Cliff said. Andrew pulled the rope tight, then wrapped it around himself and sat down. Cliff took a short loop of webbing and attached it to his belay loop, then put a carabiner through the end. He put the carabiner on the rope and locked it. "Here I go," he said nervously. Then he moved to the edge of the crack and stepped out into space.
Cliff had done Tyrolean Traverses before, but never this high. It had always been over potholes maybe ten feet deep. However, his resolve to get to and help Ashley helped him as he pulled himself hand over hand along the rope. He did his best not to look down at the people still at the bottom of the chasm. Andrew will help them, he thought, and kept moving.
When he finally arrived at the other side, Cliff detached the hook from the tree. He hesitated, then took off his harness, tied it to the rope and threw it across to Andrew. "Use that if you need it!" he yelled across the chasm. Andrew knew how to wear a climbing harness and he knew how to rappel. "I'll see you later!" Then he turned and started walking toward Ashley's house again, his backpack still on his back, but considerably lighter.
A couple blocks later, Cliff saw an apartment building that had partially collapsed. Gathered around it and poking through the rubble were several people, probably the previous tenants. As he walked past, still keeping his brisk pace, Cliff smelled something familiar, but which he did not like. Gas. Natural Gas. And a lot of it. Running to the group of about twenty people, Cliff yelled, "Clear off! Don't you smell the gas? This place could go up any minute!" The people just stared at him, apparently they were in shock. Also, Cliff thought, the fact that he looked like a complete bad-A might have something to do with it. Cliff started to move among them, pushing them into motion, moving them away from the fallen building. It took a minute, but he soon had the entire group moving down the block.
Back in the rubble, Steve the mouse was in a good mood. He didn't know what had made the ground go all movey earlier, or had it been a long time ago? Steve, being a mouse, didn't have much of a sense of time. However, he did like the way the building was set up now. All of these piles of things made for lots of places to hide, and the people weren't even in here anymore! Steve didn't like people. They always yelled and threw things at him when they saw him. But, here in all of these big and small pieces of things, he didn't have to worry about people. He could also smell food, and he was moving in that direction. Steve smelled something else, too, a strong smell, but he could smell the food through it, and he wanted the food.
As he wandered along, leaving small pawprints in the dust, Steve saw a small round thing that seemed to be coming out of the ground. The funny, strong smell that he had been smelling was coming from that. Steve didn't spare it much more than a glance. He was after the food he smelled. As he walked by, his tail knocked into something larger and flatter and shinier but also round that had been balanced precariously on its side. The touch from his tail was all it took to knock the thing over. The second thing that was round hit the first thing that was also round but not as big, and Steve, who had stopped to watch (Steve loved watching things fall) only saw a small flash, followed by a much larger flash, before he never saw anything again.
A block and a half away, still herding people, Cliff felt the shockwave from the explosion. Later, he would tell his friends that he didn't look at it, because cool guys don't look at explosions. However, he definitely did, and watched as a fireball enveloped what was left of the apartment building, and, unbeknownst to Cliff, Steve. All of the people he had been herding away turned around to look, too. With that, Cliff figured that his work here was done, and kicked himself into a run. It was only a few more blocks to Ashley's house, and he hoped that she was still okay. She has to still be okay!
Ashley's house was near Kiwanis Park, one of Cliff's favorite places to go in Provo. As he walked up, he saw that two of the walls and the roof had fallen in, and that the other two walls didn't look too long for this world. He ran to the open side of the house, shouting Ashley's name.
"I'm here!" came the pained, but still strong response. Ashley was in what had been the living room. She was laying on the floor, pinned, as she had said, at the torso by a large piece of the wall with rubble on top of it. While Ashley was a tough girl, Cliff probably couldn't have lifted the weight that was on top of her, at least not from her position. She smiled when she saw him. "Well, I'm happy to see you!"
"Likewise," Cliff, said, not able to repress a smile despite the trouble Ashley was in. "So, how did you manage this?"
"Oh, shut up," she said. "Are you going to get this mess off of me or not?" Cliff took off his backpack and machete. He gave Ashley a drink of water and then, working quickly, started clearing the debris off the top of the piece of wall, which was mostly intact.
With all the rubble cleared off, he said, "Well, right now I'm wishing I went to the gym more frequently. Or ever. Here goes nothing." Bending his knees, Cliff grabbed the wall next to where it was sitting on Ashley and started to lift. Slowly, the wall moved upward until it was at his chest height. "I don't think I can get it any higher!" he said in a strained voice. "Can you move out from under it?"
"Maybe." Ashley set her face determinedly and started dragging herself out from under the fallen wall. Tears fell from her eyes as she moved her left leg, the lower part of which was bent at an awkward angle, but she didn't make a sound.
Cliff's muscles were tiring fast. He had never held something this heavy for such a long time. He didn't know that he had the ability to hold something this heavy for as long as he had already, and Ashley was only halfway out from under the wall. Gathering his will, he focused on the task of holding his arms in place and not letting them drop as Ashley slowly moved backward. Finally, both her feet cleared the space where the wall had been. Cliff stepped back and finally let go of the wall. As it crashed to the ground, he fell as well, arms and most of his body shaking. He turned his head and smiled at Ashley.
"Well, that could have gone worse," he said. "Now all we have to do is make you a splint and get you to the hospital, if that's still standing."
"Sounds like a walk in the park!" she said.
"You don't know that half of it," Cliff replied. Then, despite everything, they both started laughing.
Okay, so that's a pretty good conclusion, right? I could have gone on. I am a little disappointed that I never got to use my machete, but maybe I'll make another installment with looters who try to beat us up when we see them stealing from a store or something. I would have put it in this one, but it was starting to get pretty long, so I decided against it. So, that's all I've got. I hope you all enjoy reading it as much as I liked writing it, because I'm not going to lie, I felt pretty awesome. :) I'll finish this post, as usual, with an awesome picture of me.
This is Captain Danger out.


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Brand consultancy for SMEs opens in Cape Town
Nelon, a creative and brand management consultancy, has been launched in Cape Town by business consultant, Chris Nel. "As a serial entrepreneur, I understand how challenging and overwhelming it can be to grow your small business, which is why I am excited to launch Nelon specifically aimed at SMEs," he says.
"Often you're spending so much time on the daily grind, working in your business, that you lose focus on driving your business, the important aspects of working on your business and keeping up-to-date on trends in the field of your business. We partner with SMEs to best determine a plan of strategy and rollout, and to showcase what the collaborative consultancy can do; through our independent team of experts we are able to offer all business marketing functions."
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Paul Cook is Managing Director of Positive Feedback, which owns the TagMan tag management product that was a recent winner of an Econsultancy Innovation Award.
TagMan makes it easier for companies to implement web analytics and can reduce de-duplication, which is a growing concern for many e-commerce and marketing teams.
We interviewed Paul to find out more about the thorny issue of de-duplication…
Is the de-duplication problem based around client-side ignorance? With the growth in e-commerce maybe the issue has been hidden?
Yes, client ignorance has been part of the problem although this seems to have changed over the last six months. I think there has been an assumption that figures were being de-duplicated when in reality de-duplication has only been across a limited number of channels.
Certainly the growth of e-commerce has meant that for many this has been seen as an acceptable problem in the greater scheme of things as there were other priorities. As budgets have tightened it is now rising up the agenda.
How big a problem is it?
Well in certain sectors it's a massive issue. Our research showed that it is typically between 10% and 20% but can often be 30% or more. Where people are using a CPA model this translates to almost £400m in mis-attributed sales or the best part in £50m in mis-attributed commission payments.
However, given that such a substantial amount of money is spent on CPC advertising the true figure is a lot higher. Once you add this channel 40% of respondents to our survey admitted they were not de-duping paid search.
Why haven't the networks dealt with the problem of de-duplication?
The networks do deal with the problem but only within the media they are responsible for. It is rare that a single provider will be responsible for affiliates, paid search and display and so duplication remains for any channel not being tracked by the primary marketing tracking solution, which is normally the third party ad server.
Why haven't client companies (retailers, travel firms, banks) been quicker to react to the issue?
The resounding answer to this was that they look to their media agencies to address this issue for them, believing that the solutions in place were sufficient for the time being. Now that budgets are tight they are starting to look at things in more detail and are having to devote head-space to this issue in order to better account for their marketing spend.
I know of at least one major brand that has more conversions from their marketing figures than they have sales on their site so whilst it makes them look good it's been an issue that has been on the bottom of their to-do list for a while. The current economic climate has meant this is now something they feel they need to dedicate time to.
What is the worst client case you have seen, in terms of duplicate payments, or downright shoddy tracking?
Well, clients are obviously coy about precise numbers but the above case is certainly the worst I've come across. Other retailers have said that marketing appears to account for over half their sales which they again suspect is down to the figures. It's a difficult issue to tackle as to a certain extent you need to come clean on past figures, hence we find a greater appetite when people switch jobs as they want to make a fresh start and do not have responsibility for past inaccuracies when the numbers were reported in good faith.
Has the affiliate industry been overhyped due to some fundamental problems with tracking? Are firms counting sales via this channel that actually come from paid search, or other marketing channels?
This is not an affiliate marketing issue: duplication exists right across the online marketing spectrum. However because affiliates and other CPA channels are remunerated based on the numbers there is clearly an incentive to get these numbers right first.
In some instances affiliates may be underpaid because conversions are being incorrectly attributed to other channels when a simplistic last click wins approach is applied. We are seeing a number of clients go for a 'first click wins' approach.
From a commission payment perspective, it may be more a case that commission is not being given to the right affiliate and that there is a feeling that these things even themselves out over time. However, certain types of affiliate may be overpaid due to their popularity immediately prior to conversion so understanding the path to conversion is important. One particular area that springs to mind is voucher code sites.
Who is usually responsible for spotting de-duplication within a company?
Ultimately it should be the marketing director as they have a view across all channels. Traditionally we speak to the affiliate or performance marketing manager as they can see the direct savings that would pay to implement a solution like TagMan.
How does TagMan help deal with the de-duplication issue?
We provide a single solution that can track all channels, including display as well as both paid and natural search. We provide reports that show the precise path to conversion so that marketers can better understand what influence activity is having and when. Duplication is removed by only serving the conversion pixel for the channel that should be credited with the conversion so if multiple channels or networks cookie a person within the conversion window they will not both claim the commission.
We allow companies to track CPA payments, analyse duplication and assess the impact of activity that is in the path to conversion but did not achieve first/last click. The next step will be to allow the sale to be credited to multiple suppliers based on an attribution model with TagMan writing out the conversion pixels with the correct amount for each partner.
How can marketers figure out that they might have a problem? What are the telltale signs?
Marketers will generally have a good idea that the figures are a little flattering and be aware of discrepencies between their primary tracking system. Anyone that does not track all of their online marketing through one platform will have an issue and the greater their activity is accross the main channels the greater the problem will be.
Many marketers may be measuring the problem through their web analytics platform but are powerless to do anything about it because the conversion tags are not served conditionally.
To what degree do these issues arise from affiliate marketing fraud?
The short answer is not at all. With proper de-duplication in place affiliate marketing fraud will only effect the results within the affiliate channel and can not skew figures accross other channels.
A major benefit of our path-to-conversion datafeed is that you can see detailed information about each marketing event that could help identify fraudulent affiate marketing, if this is an issue. The companies we have spoken to are far more concerned about paying multiple affiliates more fairly than they are beating fraudsters.


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Sports fans in the Indian subcontinent will be spoilt for choice after Indian Premier League (IPL) rights holder Multi Screen Media (MSM) and sports broadcaster ESPN announced plans on Wednesday to launch new channels and foray into digital market.
ESPN, a Walt Disney unit, exited India in 2012 after a split with Rupert Murdoch-owned Star TV, which owns the rights to cricket-crazy India's home international matches and domestic tournaments, excluding the annual IPL Twenty20 competition.
As part of the "long-term" deal, Sony Corp-owned MSM will rebrand its sports channel KIX as SONY ESPN and the two broadcasters will also launch new channels in the coming months.
In collaboration with MSM, ESPN will start a multisport website and app, which will provide coverage of cricket, football, tennis, the NBA and several other sports.
"It brings together two of the most respected brands in the media world," Prasana Krishnan, vice president and business head of sports for MSM, told Reuters.
"It will be a combined portfolio of their expertise in sports coverage and our reach and penetration and market position we bring in this particular territory.
"I see it as a win-win combination from a sports fan's perspective."
Besides broadcasting the popular IPL and the NBA, MSM also holds rights for the Rugby World Cup, Euro 2016, the Under-17 World Cup to be held in India, soccer leagues such as Spanish La Liga, the Serie A and the FA Cup and the Australian Open tennis.
"Currently we are starting off with rebranding SONY KIX as the first SONY ESPN channel. We will follow it up with hi-deck versions and more channels," Krishnan said.
"It will be rolled out over a period of time."


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2014 has been a big year for customer service, and we've been delivering our take on it every step of the way. As the year draws to a close, we decided to round up our most popular posts to see what content has received the most interest. The answers might end up surprising you.
Month: December 2014
Coca-Cola Ditches Voicemail for Text at HQ
One of America's biggest corporations is shaking up its internal communications.
Coca-Cola employees are being encouraged to text one another to increase productivity, rather than make outgoing calls and leaving messages. If anyone tries leave a message for a colleague, they're stopped by an automated message encouraging them to try alternative forms of communication.
Year End Review: Customer Service in 2014
When you think of customer service in 2014, chances are the first thing your mind jumps to is the horrific Comcast service call. But 2014 was actually a great year for customer service: omnichannel service picked up steam, customers had more ways to solve problems than ever, and contact centers started implementing new, useful channels.
Are Patients Texting Your Practice?
It's not uncommon to find a OneReach team member wearing a bright blue t-shirt with the words "Can I Text Your Business" in big block letters on the front of it. My colleague and I were both wearing them at the International Customer Managment Institute conference in San Diego a couple months ago, when a woman who manages a contact center said- "No, you can't!" from across the way. While that may seem like a pretty normal statement, the ensuing conversation brought a couple key elements into focus for us both.
Continue reading Are Patients Texting Your Practice?
5 Holiday Customer Service Tips
The holidays can be a stressful time for your customers: they've got gifts to buy, lights to string up, and people to fight off before they grab the last half-price flat screen TV. If you work in customer service, you're well-versed in the frantic frenzy during the holidays. And, with business booming during the winter months, you've also got more to do and less time than you can shake a candy cane at.
OneReach Content Featured in "ICMI's Most Beloved Articles of 2014"
OneReach was recently recognized in "ICMI's Most Beloved Articles of 2014," a yearly round-up that highlights the most buzzworthy and popular articles published on the contact center resource site. Co-written with Leslie O'Flavahan, "6 Strategies for Writing Great Texts to Customers" was ranked the 6th most beloved article of 2014.
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7 Reasons Your Contact Center Needs Cloud-Based SaaS
People often get criticized for having their head in the clouds, but for your contact center, there's no better place to be. Over 65% of businesses are already using cloud-based applications, and 46% of contact centers planned to move their contact center to the cloud by mid-2015.
One of the best reasons to do so is cloud-based SaaS. This technology is a pretty big deal because now it's easier than ever for companies to get business done in a timely and cost-effective manner. Under the cloud SaaS model, contact centers can essentially "rent" the software they need to use on a subscription basis. The "cloud" part is exactly what it sounds like–instead of downloading software directly on a computer, contact centers can access the software they need anywhere, anytime.
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How to Give Your Healthcare Communications a Boost
Having observed dozens of providers and staff members in their natural work environment, we have seen and heard a lot. But some of the personal stories that we've heard are hard to forget and worth sharing. These stories shed light on the truth about healthcare communications and the workflows of these dedicated, and often over-worked, staff members.
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5 More Benefits of Business Texting
We've spoken before about how awesome texting can be for your business: it's brief but to the point, and cheaper without skimping on the essentials.
Still, a lot of businesses find it hard to get things right over texting, or to even get things going at all. Some are worried about adding a new channel, and still others are worried if texting is the right new channel to add.
Navigating the Customer Experience with Journey Maps
How can you provide the best customer experience without knowing your customer? Short answer: you can't. Luckily, you have tools that can guide you on your way to provide the best customer experience, like the journey map.
Journey maps help companies identify what tasks a customer wants to accomplish, what the emotional highs and lows of their journey are, and the best way to help them accomplish their goals.
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Our Small Business Snapshot series features photos that represent, in just one image, what the small businesses we feature are all about. Jon Neff, co-founder and vice president of outdoor gear retailer Grand Trunk, explains how this image represents his business.
We all have a curiosity about far-off places. Every journey outward eventually reaches its newly discovered horizon before our compass points us back to the familiar. When we expand our understanding of the world we inhabit, we expand our appreciation of the places we call home. That's why we created Grand Trunk — to be able to carry pieces of home with us into the unknown.
Named for the Grand Trunk Road, a fascinating ancient route that brought people and worlds together long before there were airplanes, Grand Trunk offers an award winning line of gear and accessories for travel and outdoor adventure. Our adventure began when my co-founder, Kevin Kaiser, and I met while backpacking through Thailand in 2001. Although from different walks of life, we found common ground through a shared sense of adventure and love for exploring new places.
Founded in 2002 as The Travel Hammock, with a simple slogan, "to keep people off the ground," the brand has since evolved to offer a complete line of hammocks, shelters and travel accessories engineered from the outside-in, born of experience on the road. Grand Trunk's mission is to elevate your experience by making travel and outdoor recreation more comfortable, convenient and enjoyable so you can focus on the adventure at hand.
Hammocking is lifestyle activity that brings people together. This photo features our new ONEMADE collection is the culmination of our renowned hammock line. This hammock is an expression of our ambition to include as many people as possible with the joy of getting outside and staying there a while.
We're seeing a lot more players getting into the hammock game. This has pushed us to innovate our collection by introducing American-made products, which are not only of the highest quality, but also serve to bolster the recovering manufacturing industry in this country. The Grand Trunk journey has been a combination of chance, opportunity and the urge to be the best.