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firedude replied to Bnechis's topic in National And InternationalHere's one study about consolidation of 10 southern Westchester FD's: http://www.larchmontgazette.com/2009WP/2009graphics/firereport.pdf E-911 Center Consolidation Study: http://www.usfa.fema.gov/pdf/efop/efo33158.pdf From: http://www.pace.edu/dyson/research-and-resource-centers/academic-centers-and-institutes/michaelian-institute/michaelian-institute-and-westchester-fire-chi If I'm correct, there are several NYS laws that prevent consolidation. From: http://www.nyslocalgov.org/pdf/Fire_Protection_in_NYS.pdf
firedude replied to Bugler83's topic in Upcoming Events & TrainingAll the Parades (and other Fire Dept Events) that I am aware of have already been posted to the Emtbravo.net calendar. A few upcoming Parades: Bedford Hills: Saturday May 18th Pleasantville: Friday May 31st Yorktown: Wednesday June 26th Mamaroneck Tuesday July 2nd Mahopac: Thursday July 11th South Salem: Wednesday August 7th WCVFA (To be held in Rye Brook/Port Chester this year) Sunday September 22nd
firedude replied to x635's topic in Westchester CountyThe Open Houses are part of RecruitNY (run by FASNY). So far, there are 13 departments in Westchester, 9 departments in Putnam and 3 in Rockland participating Full list: http://www.recruitny.org/opendoors.php
New Rochelle I-95 SB (IAO Exit 16) MVA with Fire and explosions. All Lanes were shut and have now been reopened.
Earlier, Bedford Hills has a large brush fire. Mutual aid from Katonah (Mini Attack) and Mt. Kisco (Engine). Bedford Village Engine relocated to Bedford Hills HQ
firedude posted a topic in Incident AlertDate: 1/15/13 Time: 10:11 District: Katonah Fire District – Hydrant District Location: 23 South Road (X Cottage Pl) Units on Scene: [Katonah FD: 2211, 2213, E115, E116, E117, R17], [Bedford Hills FD: 2031, 2033, E199, TL57], [Mount Kisco FD: 2281, U13 (FAST)], [WCDES: Bat 16, 1405], Bedford Police, NYSEG, Bedford Building Dept. Units on Standby: [Goldens Bridge FD: 2141, E140] Frequency: 46.26, Fire 16, EMS 16 Weather Conditions: 33 Degrees, Mostly Cloudy Reporters: firedude Description: Working structure fire; 1.5 Story wood frame with heavy smoke from the roof, 2 L/S/O 10:11 Katonah dispathed to 23 South Rd for a reported structure fire 10:14 BPD Car 31 on scene with heavy smoke from the roof 10:15 Katonah re-dispatch 10:18 2211 requesting BHFD 1+1 to scene, Bedford hills toned out 10:18 Car 2031 on scene reporting 10-75 10:20 10-75 dispatch, Bedford Hills 1+1 (Already enroute), Mt. Kisco FAST, KBHVAC, Bat 16, 45M3 10:22 Car 2031 reports 40x30 1.5 story wood frame 10:23 Goldens Bridge requested to relocate one engine 10:27 Bat 16 reports 1 L/S/O, 1 backup being stretched, requesting C&O and Utilities 10:28 Goldens Bridge re-dispatch 10:31 Bat 16 reports primaries are negative, fire is darkening down 10:35 Car 2213 reports main body of fire is k/d, checking for extension 10:44 Car 2211 reports fire is under control 11:05 Car 2281 reports Mt Kisco units clear Lohud Article: http://www.lohud.com/article/20130115/NEWS02/301150079/Katonah-house-fire-extinguished?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Frontpage
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firedude replied to firedude's topic in Westchester CountyNow that the deadline has passed, has there been any changes in dispatching agencies?
firedude posted a topic in Incident AlertDate: 01/04/2013 Time: 06:42 (6:42am) District: Continental Village FD Location: IAO Putnam Road and Strang Lane Units on scene: [Continental Village FD: 2131, E231, E232, R39, MA23], [Garrison FD: 15-1-1, 15-2-2, 15-4-1], [Putnam Valley FD: 24-1-2, 24-2-2, 24-4-1], [Mohegan Lake FD: 2262, E257], [Peekskill FD: R134 (FAST), 39M1], [Buchanan FD: 2551, U12 (Cascade)], [Peekskill EMS: 75B4], [WCDES: Bat 17, C & O Zone 4, 1404], Con Ed, NYSP Frequency: 46.26, Fire 17, EMS 17, Putnam 911, NYSP, FG Weather Conditions: 25 Degrees, Clear Reporters: firedude Description: 2 story wood frame, 1st story fully involved, 2 L/S/O, hydrant IFO house Continental Village FD Article and Photos: http://www.continentalvillagefd.org/apps/public/news/newsView.cfm?News_ID=79 LoHud Article:http://www.lohud.com/article/20130104/NEWS02/301040086/1-found-dead-after-house-fire-Continental-Village?odyssey=mod|breaking|text|Frontpage LoHud Photos: http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/gallery?Avis=BH&Dato=20130104&Kategori=NEWS&Lopenr=301040101&Ref=PH Peekskill Patch Article (with photos): http://peekskill.patch.com/articles/fatal-fire-in-cortlandt-manor#photo-12806542 Cortlandt Daily Voice: http://cortlandt.dailyvoice.com/news/man-found-dead-cortlandt-house-fire Newsday/News 12 Article (with video): http://newyork.newsday.com/westchester/cortlandt-manor-fire-kills-58-year-old-man-1.4405556?qr=1 Putnam County News and Recorder Article: http://www.pcnr.com/news/2013-01-02/Front_Page/Man_dies_in_Continental_Village_fire.html 06:42 Continental Village dispatched to area of Putnam Road and Strang Lane for a reported structure fire 06:44 Car 2131 responding, single caller who reported flames from the house, unknown house # 06:49 Car 2131 on location reporting working structure fire, requesting Peekskill FAST, 1 Engine from Garrison and 1 Engine from Putnam Valley to scene 06: 51 Peekskill FAST dispatched 06:54 Car 2131 reporting possibly 1 person still inside, requesting Mohegan engine to scene 06:55 Mohegan Lake FD dispatched for 1 engine and Bat 17 to scene 06:59 Peekskill FAST retone 07:01 Buchanan FD Cascade dispatched to scene 07:01 Car 2131 reports 2 story wood frame, 1st story fully involved, exterior operations, 2 L/S/O, requesting Con ed to scene 07:03 Peekskill FAST retone 07:05 E257 inquiring if they need to pick up water source, 2131 requesting pick up hydrant on Strang Lane 07:12 Car 2131 requesting, Buchanan Cascade and tanker from Putnam Valley FD to scene 07:13 Car 2131 requesting C and O to scene, Putnam 911 contacted for tanker, C and O Z4 dispatched 07:20 Car 2131 reports 1 fatal on scene, all mutual aid enroute or on scene 07:28 Cause and Origin Zone 5 dispatched to landline/respond 07:45 Bat 17 reports command Post set up at Putnam X Highland Dr, 60 reports 5 C&O members enroute
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If / switch statement in qlikview expressionGordon Savage Sep 14, 2011 12:15 PM (in response to mace2011)
How about using a MAPping file in the script?
Re: If / switch statement in qlikview expressionStefan Wühl Sep 14, 2011 12:18 PM (in response to mace2011)
Hi mace2011,
what you are doing wrong?
Hm, I think you probably don't want to use subfield (this is for splitting up strings with given delimiter as 2. parameter), you could replace subfield with one of the match functions (e.g. wildmatch() ) instead.
I think a closing bracket is missing (but probably only in your copy in the post).
I would recommend doing the matching in the script, since it is static (you always want to do that, not depending on selection / input).
You could do this in the scipt using your above expression and an AS Fieldname statement.
(SALESPERSON and VAARREF are both fields, right?)
You could probably replace your nested ifs with a pick() function (like a switch statement).
Or, (I think this is what I would do), use a mapping table and applymap to map your different names.
Hope this helps,
Re: If / switch statement in qlikview expressionmace2011 Sep 15, 2011 3:25 AM (in response to mace2011)
Thanks a lot for your answers!
I'm afraid I'm not very good at SQL and do not know how to create a mapping table, but I will look for information on it.
Is there any good resource to find the formulas and syntax that Qlikview uses? I was not aware of the wildmatch-function, but I am sure you are right.
Also, the formula is like this, I forgot to change some things:
=if(subfield(SALESPERSON,'John'),'John Doe',if(subfield(SALESPERSON,'Alex'),'Alex Anderson','unknown')))
Re: If / switch statement in qlikview expressionGoran Korsgren Sep 15, 2011 4:39 AM (in response to mace2011)
Hi Mace
The first place to look for formulas and syntax is "F1" (or menu Help->Contents) when you are in QV.
This gets you into the QlikView Help file where you have a decent help.
Do that and search for "String functions"
You can also download the QV reference manual from the download area and read!
It goes into more detail.
Re: If / switch statement in qlikview expressionGordon Savage Sep 15, 2011 4:59 AM (in response to mace2011)
Mapping is very straightforward - take a look at this:
[Man Map]: MAPPING LOAD [Manufacturer From], [Manufacturer To] FROM .... MAP [Manufacturer] USING [Man Map]; [Main Table]: LOAD [Manufacturer], ... FROM .... UNMAP [Manufacturer];
The [Man Map] table source is a 2 column source (e.g. an xls) that holds the values to look for ([Manufacturer From]) and what they should be replaced by ([Manufacturer To]). Its then turned on for a field named [Manufacturer] using the MAP statement, the table [Main Table] has this field name and so it gets applied here and then finally the mapping gets turned off (UNMAP). Thats it! A table created using MAPPING LOAD is automatically dropped at the end of the script so [Man Map] doesnt even need to be dropped in the code!
Re: If / switch statement in qlikview expressionmace2011 Sep 15, 2011 6:36 AM (in response to Gordon Savage)
So grateful for your help, but there is something I don't get here...
I'm using a select * from [Table] to load data, where the table is part of an ODBC data connection. Where am I supposed to put this in the script when I am also using mapping? If I use LOAD * from [TABLE] it tells me that it can not open the file [TABLE] (makes sense because it isnt a file...)
Secondly, it tells me that it can not open the xls-file I created with the values. Is there something I forgot?
Sorry for these beginner questions, I find the qlikview way of loading data quite complex and I am very thankful for your help.
Re: If / switch statement in qlikview expressionGordon Savage Sep 15, 2011 7:09 AM (in response to mace2011)
I dont use SQL connections but I believe that if you use a preceding load statement that should do it:
[Main Table]:
(SQL statement here)
so it just slots in as my earlier example.
If it doesnt allow you to open the xls containing your from/to mappings try creating the statement in the script with the 'Table Files...' wizard in case you have typos or something in your existing statement.
If / switch statement in qlikview expressionmace2011 Sep 15, 2011 10:14 AM (in response to mace2011)
Thank you, that works!


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Cubs nearly no-hit by Pirates' Burnett
Cubs fans at Wrigley Field got their first look at the post-trade deadline Cubs on Tuesday, and it wasn't pretty.
The Cubs' offense was shut down by A.J. Burnett, who allowed his only hit of the night to pinch hitter Adrian Cardenas with two outs in the eighth inning. The Pirates defeated the Cubs 5-0.
The Cubs' extended their MLB-best streak of avoiding being no-hit to 7,441 games. The Cubs haven't had it happen since Sandy Koufax did it in 1965.
Cardenas said he had spent the game on the bench, studying the pitcher.
"I had faced him before," Cardenas said. "I was able to get that hit, and it was great, but it was very short-lived because we lost. To break up the no-hitter here at our place, that's something you don't want to be a part of."
Although the Cubs lost four veterans to trades over the previous 24 hours, Cubs manager Dale Sveum wouldn't attribute the flat offense to a post-trade deadline slump.
"I think it's just a case of Burnett's had a heck of a year," Sveum said. "A couple balls, without the wind, might've been home runs. But he pitched a heck of a game. You've got to give him a lot of credit for having tremendous command of the curveball."
Pirates manager Clint Hurdle had similar praise for Burnett.
"He was just so efficient, pinpoint command," Hurdle said. "He pitched the left-handers so extremely well tonight. That's one of the best games I've seen pitched, ever."
Casey Coleman, who was tabbed to start after the Cubs dealt Ryan Dempster to the Texas Rangers shortly before the 3 p.m. trade deadline, surrendered a grand slam to Pirates second baseman Neil Walker in the first inning. It was all the offense the Pirates needed.
"It was a long day waiting for the deadline to see what would happen, but at the same time, I was ready to go," Coleman said. "I knew there was a really good chance he was getting traded. The first inning, two infield hits, and then I kind of lost my concentration. That one bad pitch pretty much summed it up."
Cardenas, Coleman and catcher Welington Castillo were called up from Triple-A Iowa on Tuesday to replace the traded Reed Johnson, Paul Maholm and Geovany Soto. The Cubs will call up one more pitcher today to take Dempster's roster spot as the rebuilding Cubs continue to get younger.
Second baseman Darwin Barney left the game after being hit by a pitch in the back of his helmet in the eighth inning, but said he felt fine afterward.
The Cubs and Pirates face off in a rubber match at 1:20 p.m. today. Travis Wood will take the mound for the Cubs.


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The second season of Marvel's "Jessica Jones" will debut later this week, but fans looking for spoilers should check out these pulp-style tributes to each episode.
In honor of the show, Netflix commissioned 13 female artists to create pulp-style covers for each episode.
Each "cover" features something that happens in each episode, as well as its director and screenwriter.
Observers will notice something "super-empowering" about each cover: All the directors this season are women.
Episode 201: "AKA Start at the Beginning"
Artist: Stephanie Hans
Episode 202: "AKA Freak Accident"
Artist: Jen Bartel
Episode 203: "AKA Sole Survivor"
Artist: Elizabeth Torque
Episode 204: "AKA God Help the Hobo"
Artist: Kate Niemczyk
Episode 205: "AKA The Octopus"
Artist: Colleen Doran
Episode 206: "AKA FaceTime"
Artist: Erica Henderson
Episode 207: "AKA I Want Your Cray Cray"
Artist: Audrey Mok
Episode 208: "AKA Ain't We Got Fun"
Artist: Joyce Chin
Episode 209: "AKA Shark in the Bathtub, Monster in the Bed"
Artist: Jenny Frison
Episode 210: "AKA Pork Chop"
Artist: Amy Reeder
Episode 211: "AKA Three Lives and Counting"
Artist: Ema Lupacchino
Episode 212: "AKA Pray for My Patsy"
Artist: June Brigman
Episode 213: "AKA Playland
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The Futurologists.
Ten Gutenberg moments at the same time.
In science, the Gutenberg moment marks a technological milestone: more than half a millennium ago, Johannes Gutenberg's printing press helped spread and decentralise human knowledge. Fast-forward a few centuries and we face around ten Gutenberg moments happening at the same time. Or so Yuri van Geest, Dutch ambassador and double alumnus of Silicon Valley's Singularity University and co-founder of Quantified Self Europe and Amsterdam, postulates. He is referring to ground-breaking technologies that revolutionise our lives today – advances like neuro technology, artificial intelligence of drones and robots, DNA printing or open source hardware and mobility solutions.
Convergence of man and machine.
This open-minded approach makes Yuri a perfect fit for the top selection of speakers, makers, hackers and entrepreneurs who grace the first ever two-day MaketechX conference at Berlin's Platoon Kunsthalle venue. Visionaries to the core, they represent a social and scientific subset who have recognised the potential of new technologies and aim to improve our quality of life by using them in creative ways. Among them: Mercedes-Benz's Alexander Mankowsky who scours the world for future social or technological trends and feeds these inspirations back into the development and design of new and novel vehicle concepts.
With their advanced and progressive expertise both researchers fan the creative flames of associated designers and engineers, often with a focus on the looming convergence of man and machine. Reason enough to introduce these two pioneers – and invite them to pit their wits against each other.
Inspiration technology.
Any discussion of the future usually involves technological advances. What's so inspiring about technology?
Yuri: What I find so inspiring about technology is just how fast things seem to change – and the repercussions these changes might bring. Technology is becoming increasingly precise. Naturally you have to keep risks and ethical questions in mind, but generally speaking, we profit from technological advances – both as individuals and as a society.
Alexander: I find it inspiring to spot a good fit of technological and social innovations. Ideally, people would start to make connections between social and technical innovations on their own. Take the iPhone: Everyone loves it, but it would be boring without all those people specialising in the development of creative apps.
The next big step will involve bringing the digital to the physical realm. Via robotics, for example. At Mercedes-Benz, we are already working on this next wave of technology.
From users to makers.
MaketechX puts a spotlight on this particular transformation – from users to makers. What's your take on this movement?Yuri: It's all about reconnecting with your childhood. I've always loved playing with Lego. And now we can manufacture far more complex things. The digital realm is incredibly fluid and endlessly reproducible, which makes it ephemeral by nature. When you manufacture something physical on the other hand, using a 3-D or 4-D printer or a couple of switches, this can be a fulfilling and grounding experience. Something that can't quite be achieved via purely digital means. It's more unique, authentic and human.
Globalisation tsunami.
Alexander: And many young people, especially the avant-garde, are no longer content with pure consumption. Why should creative freedom be restricted to the digital realm? What we see here and now is more and more people empowering themselves to create stuff by themselves.
Innovation arises from the connection of people from different disciplines who don't yet know each other. In view of today's globalisation tsunami we need something to hold onto, something we can explore together.
Living in Transit.
Alexander, you focus on the issue of mobility. What trends or developments do you find especially exciting at the moment?
Alexander: Without a doubt: autonomous driving, embedded in robotic advances. It's a truly revolutionary technology because it not only affects the car itself, as a means of transport, but also the question of urbanisation. Urbanisation is an issue since urban space is becoming increasingly scarce and mobility has to compete for space. At Mercedes-Benz, we are currently considering concepts under the umbrella term Living in Transit.
This is all about the car as a place of retreat when you are on the move, but also about how cars can release resources back to the city. That will change the world as we know it.
The car as a software company.
Yuri: I would have to agree – it's a ground-breaking invention! But I would also like to mention another future mobility trend: automotive brands are no longer just hardware manufacturers, but increasingly also software companies. The car of the future will feature an operating system and apps, developed not only by the manufacturer, but also by hackers, developers and start-ups. Just like Facebook or Twitter, there will be thousands of developers flanking the brand who turn the vehicle into a platform. That will raise the bar and help set new benchmarks.
Alexander: I have to admit that I remain sceptical when it comes to the car as an open source platform. Right now, a car is the technologically most advanced object we can own. A completely open platform is very hard to achieve considering the sheer number of processes going on inside.
And we are aiming for aesthetic cohesion. I think that aesthetics will play an increasingly important role while technological advances continue to broaden our design options.
The agony of choice.
So, the question remains: What kind of future do you envision?Alexander: Some futurologist institutes talk of centrally controlled mobility. People are supposed to get from A to B as efficiently and sustainably as possible. Well, I am all for the environment, but I would also like to have a choice. As a futurologist for Mercedes-Benz I would like to give people the choice to pick their own form of transport without restricting their access to aesthetics, individuality and luxury.
Inner piece.
Yuri: I think our future society will revolve around self-knowledge and identity. If and when we know and understand ourselves better, when we are aware of our innate motivations and skills, we will find it a lot easier and fulfilling to pursue our tasks in life. This is best achieved by continuous questioning and exploring diversity. We also need this expertise to keep up with the sheer speed of global change. If we are not in tune with ourselves, we will fall behind in this new world. But we have the means and technologies to achieve all this.
Thank you very much for this discussion!
Together with Fab Lab Berlin MaketechXlab supports pioneering smart tech and prototyping projects. Any tech head with a great idea can apply to use the mobile MaketechXlab, which includes a refitted Mercedes-Benz Viano and a <100Mbit/s Telekom hotspot.


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Stan (full name: Smilin' Stan S. Stanman) is one of the most frequently recurring characters in the Monkey Island series, having made appearances in all five games. He is a famously sleazy salesman who has run a number of disreputable businesses within the Tri-Island Area. Though he is never well-liked or particularly successful, Stan is eternally upbeat and confident.
Throughout his numerous cameos in the series, Stan's appearance has remained fairly constant. He is a tall, broad-shouldered man with an overbearing manner. He wears an oversized check jacket and a wide-brimmed hat. When he's talking, he waves his arms about rapidly. When he's listening, he taps his foot impatiently.
His jacket is a recurring visual gag seen throughout the series. Whenever Stan flails his arms around hysterically the check-pattern on his jacket remains stationary. This was originally because of technical restrictions but has since become a standard part of his appearance. (In fact, many people playing Tales of Monkey Island who had not played the earlier games complained that their version had a "glitch", not realizing that this was part of Stan's costume.)
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The Secret of Monkey IslandEditar
When we first meet Stan he is running a used shipyard on Mêlée Island. He has apparently been there some time: all the other characters of the island know him by reputation, and some years ago he sold Herman Toothrot a ship to sail to Monkey Island. With a stolen credit note Guybrush is able to fool Stan into selling him this same ship, now in such a state of disrepair it is literally falling apart.
At the climax of the game LeChuck chases Guybrush to Stan's shipyard. While Guybrush is trapped inside the Grog Machine Stan shows up, greets LeChuck, and launches into his sales pitch. LeChuck punches him into the ocean.
Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's RevengeEditar
In the second game, Stan has moved onto a new business, Stan's Previously-Owned Coffins, located on Booty Island. As he says to Guybrush, he decided to get into a business where unsatisfied customers were less likely to complain. Stan also owns Stan's Kozy Krypts, which has space for burial in a crypt in the Scabb Island cemetery, or, as it is referred to by Stan, the "Scabb Island Internment Park".
As Rapp Scallion is buried inside this crypt, Guybrush needs to steal the key from Stan's shop. To accomplish this he asks Stan to demonstrate the virtues of one of his display coffins, which Stan does enthusiastically, leaping inside to demonstrate the leg room. While Stan is inside Guybrush closes the lid and nails it shut. He then takes the key and leaves Stan shut in the coffin.
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While Guybrush is on Blood Island, he gets himself buried in a crypt. He escapes his casket, only to hear a thumping noise from a nearby coffin. When Guybrush opens the coffin, none other than Stan is inside. Surprisingly Stan has no trace of anger towards Guybrush, instead proclaiming that the experience was the best time of his life, giving him plenty of time to think about the things that really matter. He then launches into a fully-formed sales pitch about the need for life insurance, and hands Guybrush a business card. The two of them are still trapped inside the crypt, but Stan reveals that it is one of his Kozy Krypts, and tells Guybrush how to get out.
When Guybrush returns later, Stan has converted the crypt into a functioning office, with his old coffin now serving as a desk. His establishment is named "Mutual of Stan". Guybrush buys a life insurance policy off him for Captain Blondebeard's gold tooth, and cashes it in using a death certificate from the Goodsoup family.
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Stan gets out of the life insurance business because too many customers were coming back from the dead to claim their policies; he relocates to Jambalaya Island, where he opens Stan's Real Estate Emporium, a business selling time-share real estate. Because Guybrush is able to stay awake throughout his three hour sales pitch (thanks to some grogacchino), Stan rewards him with a coupon for a free Monkey Mug meal at Planet Threepwood. Stan also reveals that he had tried to work for Ozzie Mandrill but Ozzie wouldn't even give him an interview.
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In "Launch of the Screaming Narwhal", Joaquin D'Oro mentions having purchased a treasure map from a salesman with a plaid jacket and wildly flailing arms. It is later revealed that the treasure map was pre-owned, further reinforcing the implication that the salesman was Stan (whose name was also mentioned as "Smilin' Stan" labeled on his "Young Miss Mini-Bombs - All the Punch of Larger Mini-Bombs, Packed into a Smaller Package for Petite Pirate Hands").
In "The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood", Stan appears on Flotsam Island, having set up a legal business where the Keelhauler Gazette used to be. He acts as a prosecutor in the case against Guybrush, while selling memorabilia of the trial on the side, one of which Guybrush uses to have one of the charges against him dropped. He also takes part in the trial against LeChuck and the Voodoo Lady, this time working on the defense. The Pox-infected Elaine also acquires a treasure map from him, which—as with D'Oro—no longer leads to any treasure.
Although Guybrush tells Stan "no hard feelings" for the various criminal and civil charges in the courtroom, Guybrush does manage to get a measure of revenge by having a group of vicious moths shred Stan's trademark jacket.
In "Rise of the Pirate God", when Guybrush asks the Treasure Hunter of the Crossroads for the ingredients in the Diet of the Senses, the Treasure Hunter mentions hearing "a tiny voice around here saying 'It's free, dry brush, scrap wood, my trees - try it!'", while unaware that it is actually the voices of the Pyrite Parrots repeating, "It's me. Guybrush Threepwood, Mighty PiratePlantilla:TM!" and thinking that "it might have been ol' Stan implanting subliminal messages in me head to buy some out of season shrubberies".
A Partial List of Stan-Owned BusinessesEditar
- Main article: Stan-Owned Businesses
- Stan's Kozy Krypts
- Stan's Casual Crosses
- Stan's Previously-Owned Coffins
- Stan's Previously-Owned Restaurant Supply
- Stan's Previously Owned Vessels
- Mutual of Stan
- Stan's Real Estate Emporium
- StanTech (sellers of Voodoo-Enhanced Asbestos)
- Stan's Courtroom Souvenir Emporium
Voice actorsEditar
He was voiced by Pat Pinney in The Curse of Monkey Island. Like Elaine Marley, his voice actor changed for his second voiced appearance in the fourth game. In this game he was voiced by Pat Fraley, who also voiced George the Scumm Bar dart player.
In "The Trial and Execution of Guybrush Threepwood", he was voiced by Gavin Hammon. Pinney returned to voice Stan in The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition and, more recently, Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge.
- Stan is one of only five characters (the others being Guybrush, Elaine, LeChuck and the Voodoo Lady) to have made an appearance in all five Monkey Island games.
- Stan has a meal named after him at Planet Threepwood: Stan's Budget Baloney Sub. It's four pieces of baloney, ham, and turkey, smothered in three types of cheese, on rye bread. It is not popular.
- Stan's philosophy "Neither a borrower nor a lender be" is a quote from Shakespeare's Hamlet, Prince of Denmark.
- In the PS3 version of Tales, after Guybrush finds Stan's Young Miss Mini-Bombs in the Flotsam Jungle in Chapter 1, he can return to the town of Flotsam and repeatedly throw both lit and unlit mini-bombs at Reginald Van Winslow and the Screaming Narwhal prior to repeatedly throwing the Pyrite Parrot atop the Ancient Portal in order to earn the player a "Bats Right, Throws Lame" bronze trophy (a spoof on the idiom "Bats right, throws left") in the "PlayStation Network Trophy Achievements". In Chapter 4, Guybrush can ask Stan if he'd like to browse for the beard toy, the LeChuck doll, and other items and even ask for Stan's jacket both during and after trial in order to earn the player a "Schlock Shopper Supreme" silver trophy.
Game appearancesEditar
- The Secret of Monkey Island and Special Edition (first appearance)
- Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge and Special Edition
- The Curse of Monkey Island
- Escape from Monkey Island
- Plantilla:Tales (Mentioned only)
- Plantilla:Tales
- Plantilla:Tales (Mentioned only)
Memorable QuotesEditar
From StanEditar
- "I'd stand on my head to make you a deal."
- "It's a good thing ol' Stan always keeps a few spare jackets in the back office, or I'd be defending my clients in the altogether! Say, that's not a bad idea... 'Stan S. Stanman, Naked Attorney-At-Law! You've got nothing to hide, and neither does he!'"
About HimEditar
- "Just when my opinion of the legal profession couldn't get any lower, along comes Stan..." —Guybrush Threepwood


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Did your childhood dreams include jumping into a tub of mashed potatoes or flinging yourself down a chocolate syrup-coated slide on Nickelodeon's "Double Dare"? If so, here's your chance to cross that dream off your bucket list, complete with host Marc Summers running the show.
On Sunday, Summers hosts ComedySportz's "Improvised Double Dare," a live, comedic game show inspired by the beloved '80s and '90s program where teams of kids competed in trivia quizzes and messy physical challenges for fabulous prizes. "I always like to put myself in dangerous and unfamiliar situations and this would be one of those," Summers said by phone. "So I'm just going to have fun."


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Don't Panic
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is smart, if not earth-shattering, fun.
If you've been feeling bludgeoned by the cults of J.R.R. Tolkien and G.W. Lucas, you'll find the cult of Douglas Adams a happy tonic. Adams' pithy 1979 novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is like Star Wars rewritten by P.G. Wodehouse with a liberal dose of Monty Python. (There are, of course, some physics and philosophy folded into the mix, but it's nothing you need to worry about unless you're writing a doctoral thesis and/or have a lot of time on your hands.) Hitchhiker's is above all a quintessential English comedy of understatement, in which the more cosmic the scale, the more niggling the complaints. Getting a proper cup of tea, getting past an ossified bureaucrat who won't budge without a form of the proper color, getting through (with a fixed smile) an excruciating poetry reading. … No matter their shape, language, or number of eyes, these antagonists are terribly English. What gives the story some emotional heft is the compulsion of its ordinary-bloke protagonist, Arthur Dent, to say, "Sir, I exist" to a disorderly, indifferent universe.
Adams wrote Hitchhiker's first as a radio play, but it's a natural movie, too—for English actors steeped in England's unshakable tolerance for absurdity. Hollywood is another kettle of kippers. And there was the rub for poor Adams, who always dreamed of seeing Hitchhiker's on the big screen. English film executives didn't have the money, and American film executives didn't get the joke—or, if they got it, didn't think the American multiplex crowd would go along. Lost in what must have seemed a universe of Vogons masquerading as hipsters, Adams died (at the age of 49) before seeing the green light.
The project that survived him, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Disney), is an extremely pleasant, consistently amusing diversion that is never as uproarious as you might hope. But don't panic, as the Guide would say. In a pinch, it will do.
With a screenplay credited to Adams and Karey Kirkpatrick (who pruned, embellished, and reshaped Adams' original script), the picture opens with narration by "the Guide," Stephen Fry—the perfect voice, with a Wildean fatalism about the ridiculousness of it all. One of the filmmakers' best moves is to illustrate Fry's galactic history lessons with elegant little instruction-manual cartoons, and to end the overture with a lyrical vision of dolphins rising up into space to the cheerful ditty "So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish"—the title of a Hitchhiker's sequel and the catchiest number of its kind since the Pythons' "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life."
Martin Freeman (the lovelorn Tim in the original BBC The Office) plays Arthur Dent, who wakes up to discover massive bulldozers preparing to demolish his house to make way for a bypass. The workmen are implacable in their assertion that Arthur ought to have taken action "at the appropriate time." But the team is quickly superceded in importance by the arrival of massive Vogon ships preparing to demolish Earth to make way for a bypass. They are implacable in their assertion that earthlings ought to have taken action "at the appropriate time."
Arthur discovers that his best mate, Ford Prefect (Mos Def!), is not an unemployed actor from Guildford but an alien from the vicinity of Betelgeuse; and that the obnoxious idiot (Sam Rockwell) who seduced the woman of his dreams, Trisha McMillan (Zooey Deschanel), with the line, "Wanna see my spaceship?" is Zaphod Beeblebrox, president of the galaxy, and does, in fact, have a spaceship. It's stolen, however: a super-duper prototype with an "Improbability Drive" that makes spatial leaps based on statistically unlikely (but poetically just) coincidences. (You could think of Dickens' narratives as having unacknowledged Improbability Drives.) Arthur and Ford thumb a ride, and thereby hangs—or hurtles through hyperspace—a tale.
The novel's rambling plot now becomes a Holy-Grail-ish quest to find … well, best not to give away too many sight gags, which are the film's most reliable sources of amusement. The Vogons—bent over, bloated yet desiccated, almost literally the bowels of the English bureaucracy—are rubbery creatures from the Jim Henson workshop: wonderful disgusting blobs. A new character, Zaphod's jealous rival Humma Kavula (John Malkovich), is a torso on expandable clickety tentacles, the perfect visual correlative for the actor's fey-squid delivery. The paddles on the Vogon planet that pop up and whack the heroes in the face when they make the mistake of having an idea are like a delirious marriage of Orwell and the Three Stooges. And those Dada-collage Improbability Drive montages! The artificiality makes it clear that we're watching a parody, while the scale and inspiration infuse the parody with awe. The mix of the mundane and the otherworldly is sublime.
But if the director, music-video whiz Garth Jennings, can knock you silly with a visual punch line, he can't get the timing of a verbal one. He doesn't trust the long take; he chops up scenes and loses the extra, awkward beat that great English comedy demands. Often, the movie is frantic when it needs to be deadpan and slack when it needs some farcical urgency. Freeman is perfectly cast as Arthur, with the right doughy abashment. But he stays inside himself, and his scenes have no snap.
I like Freeman: This is not, if you'll pardon the expression, an earth-shattering criticism. It's a quibble. But the quibbles add up. A key sequence revolving around a computer called Deep Thought—among the book's most hilarious for that English overstatement/understatement thing—is simply not funny. Its programmers/high priests are young girls who don't have the necessary stammer when they pose the question on the meaning of "Life, the universe, and everything." As the computer's voice, the great Helen Mirren isn't too sharp, either. So, the comic fulcrum of the whole enterprise is a non-event.
Two of the American actors work out fine. Ford Prefect really should be English, but the brilliant Mos Def knows how to lighten and dry out his readings the way a smart English comic would. The radiantly pretty Zooey Deschanel plays Tricia, aka Trillian, with what I can only describe as a hyper-alert spaciness. She's right on the nerd-goddess nexus: Wowza. Rockwell makes a good entrance as Zaphod—a toss of the long blond hair, a wink, a point—but it's a one-joke character. Well, that's not quite true. For reasons too complicated to explain, he has a second head with a more aggressive personality: two jokes. But then he loses No. 2 and goes back to just the one joke, now bled dry.
Speaking of just one joke, casting the wearily epicene Alan Rickman as the voice of the depressive robot Marvin (embodied by Warwick Davis with a huge, round, featureless silver head) must have seemed a slam-dunk. But that joke gets old more quickly than Rockwell's. When his lines fall flat, it's not bad, exactly—just, like Marvin, kind of sad.
Hitchhiker's is running out of fuel when Bill Nighy putters onto the screen like a modest Obi-Wan Kenobi. As Slartibartfast, he designs worlds instead of knocking them down, and he's the airiest Creator imaginable, with eyes at once enchanted and world-weary, and with that snorty little laugh (a Nighy trademark) for punctuation. Nighy's rueful grace makes him—not Arthur—the ideal mascot for this movie. When he says his favorite thing is designing "the fiddly bits" around fjords, the illogic of the universe seems blessed, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is actually transporting.


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Metra and Chicago Transit Authority rail service appeared to be running reasonably well this morning despite the Arctic temperatures, although some weather-related switching problems were reported.
The CTA said there were minor delays on its Blue Line. Service was running normally on the rest of the system, the agency said on its Web site.
Metra said it was experiencing some problems on its Metra Electric Blue Island, BNSF and Southwest Service Lines. For up-to-date information, see Metra's Web site.One Metra problem that did not carry over to the morning rush hour was the two-car derailment of an Amtrak train at Union Station Wednesday afternoon that substantially delayed servive on the Burlington Northern Sante Fe, Heritage Corridor and Southwest Service Lines.


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Planning is an important part of envisioning the future of Larimer. The Larimer Vision to Action plan, based on the community's vision for the neighborhood, informs and directs the decisions that are made in Larimer. See summaries of community planning meetings here.
Plans and Documents
Larimer/East Liberty Choice Neighborhoods Planning Timeline
Larimer Vision to Action Plan (Phase 1 Report)
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Perkins Eastman; Jackson / Clark Partners, Kingsley Association; Viridian W-ZHA, LLC; Zimmerman Volk Associates, Inc.; SciTek Consultants, Inc.
Publication Date: August, 2012
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Larimer Vision Plan
A market-based land use vision for the neighborhood of Larimer.
Publication Date: November 2010
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Interim Larimer Vision Plan Documents (2009)
Two interim documents were made in 2009 during the process of completing the 2010 Larimer Vision Plan.
Interim Larimer Vision Plan 2 10.22.2009 (click to download)
Interim Larimer Vision Plan 1 (click to download)
Larimer Community Plan (2008)
Beginning in the Fall of 2007, over 125 residents, business owners, community organizations and partners in the Larimer neighborhood provided leadership and input to create a community plan.
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Planning for a Sustainable Larimer (2009)
Additional documents on the Planning for a Sustainable Larimer report prepared by Shawn Westcott for the URA and Jackson/Clark Partners. Click on the links below to download files in pdf format.
Planning for a Sustainable Larimer — Full Report (129 pages)
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What is Naturopathic Medicine?
Naturopathic doctors (ND) are licensed as primary care doctors in the State of California. NDs practice as independent primary care general practitioners, with the ability to diagnose and treat medical conditions, perform physical exams, and order laboratory testing. Many health care consumers specifically choose NDs as their primary care providers.
Naturopathic medicine blends centuries-old natural, non-toxic therapies with current advances in the health and human systems, covering all aspects of family health from prenatal to geriatric care. Naturopathic medicine concentrates on whole-patient wellness; the medicine is tailored to the patient and emphasizes prevention and self-care. Naturopathic medicine attempts to find the underlying cause of the patient's condition rather than focusing solely on symptomatic treatment. Naturopathic physicians cooperate with all other branches of medical science, referring patients to other practitioners for diagnosis or treatment when appropriate.
The 6 Principles of Naturopathic Medicine
1. Vis Medicatrix Naturae: The Healing Power of Nature. Our bodies have such a powerful, innate instinct for self-healing. By finding and removing the barriers to this self-healing—such as poor diet or unhealthy habits—naturopathic physicians can nurture this process.
2. Tolle Causam: Identify and treat causes. Naturopathic physicians understand that symptoms will only return unless the root illness is addressed. Rather than cover up symptoms, they seek to find and treat the cause of these symptoms.
3. Primum Non Nocere: First, do no harm. Naturopathic physicians follow three precepts to ensure their patients' safety:
- Use low-risk procedures and healing compounds—such as dietary supplements, herbal extracts and homeopathy—with few or no side effects.
- When possible, do not suppress symptoms, which are the body's efforts to self-heal. For example, the body may cook up a fever in reaction to a bacterial infection. Fever creates an inhospitable environment for the harmful bacteria, thereby destroying it. Of course, the naturopathic physician would not allow the fever to get dangerously high.
- Customize each diagnosis and treatment plan to fit each patient. We all heal in different ways and the naturopathic physician respects our differences.
4. Docere: Doctor as Teacher. Naturopathic medicine believes that doctors must be educators, as well as physicians. That's why naturopathic physicians teach their patients how to eat, exercise, relax and nurture themselves physically and emotionally. They also encourage self-responsibility and work closely with each patient.
5. Tolle Totum: Treat the whole person. We each have a unique physical, mental, emotional, genetic, environmental, social, sexual and spiritual makeup. The naturopathic physician knows that all these factors affect our health. That's why he or she includes them in a carefully tailored treatment strategy.
6. Principiis Obsta: Sero Medicina Curatui: Prevent illness. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" has never been truer. Proactive medicine saves money, pain, misery and lives. That's why naturopathic physicians evaluate risk factors, heredity and vulnerability to disease. By getting treatment for greater wellness, we're less likely to need treatment for future illness.
Your initial visit includes a comprehensive intake with a detailed history, current supplement analysis, and physical exam. Appropriate conventional or other specialized laboratory testing may be ordered at that time. A treatment plan with a discussion of lab results, diet, nutrition and other health recommendations will follow on a separate visit. Please allow up to 90 minutes for this first visit. An optimal course of treatment requires a thorough understanding of your health history.
- Physically bring all of the medications and supplements that you take with you to the visit (not just a list). This includes any over-the-counter medications, hormones, vitamins, minerals, and/or herbs that you currenlty or occasionally take.
- Copies of any laboratory work that you have had done in the last year or so.
- The intake form is online through our patient portal: Power2Patient. When you scheduled your appointment you should have received an email with login information. Please complete before the day of your appointment so the doctor can review your history. Otherwise we will need to reschedule you.
The intake form is online through our patient portal: Power2Patient. When you scheduled your appointment you should have received an email with login information. Please complete before the day of your appointment so the doctor can review your history. Otherwise we will need to reschedule you.


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WASHINGTON – There was President Donald Trump, in the middle of his Mar-a-Lago resort, conferring with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on decisions with national security implications over iceberg wedge salads. The Florida club members snapped photos and posted them to Facebook with detailed narratives about what they were seeing.
"HOLY MOLY !!! It was fascinating to watch the flurry of activity at dinner when the news came that North Korea had launched a missile in the direction of Japan," Richard DeAgazio wrote on his public Facebook page.
Welcome to the social media presidency — and all of the security and ethical challenges it poses.
DeAgazio also posed for a photo with a man whom he said carries the "nuclear football" for the president. He's since deleted his account, but not before CNN and other news outlets wrote about what seemed to be an open-air situation room — based on his and other social media accounts. Trump was conducting national security business in an area accessible to the public. DeAgazio did not respond to requests for comment from The Associated Press.
Democrats quickly pointed to the security risks the scene at Mar-a-Lago seemed to pose. Trump spent much of his campaign hammering opponent Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server to conduct business while she was secretary of state — something Trump said was not nearly secure enough.
"There's inconsistency all over the place in terms of how much Donald Trump raised national security on the campaign trail and how he is now operating as president," said Brian Fallon, who was Clinton's campaign spokesman. "And there's hypocrisy from congressional leaders who demagogued this issue, constantly accusing Hillary Clinton of doing something that was far less egregious than this very conspicuous departure from security protocols."
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi wrote on Twitter, "There's no excuse for letting an international crisis play out in front of a bunch of country club members like dinner theater."
The White House did not respond to requests for comment.
There's also an ethical component: Mar-a-Lago memberships now cost $200,000. Some of that money makes its way back to the president, since he has stepped away from operating his businesses but not given up his financial stake. That means those who can afford it get special access to Trump, since he has dubbed Mar-a-Lago his "Winter White House" and now traveled there two weekends in a row for official duties.
"This is all a symptom of Donald Trump continuing to comingle his business ventures with his official government duties," Fallon said. "He's trying to make Mar-a-Lago more of a destination for paying members and paying diners by bringing state visitors there."
After working through the details of their joint response to North Korea, the two world leaders stepped into a wedding being held on Trump's Palm Beach, Florida, property. A guest shot a minute-long video of Trump's impromptu speech, which was then shared with New York Magazine.
"I said to the prime minister of Japan, I said, 'Come on, Shinzo, let's go over and say hello," Trump says on the video. "It's an honor to be with you, and you really are a special, beautiful couple."
The groom, Carl Henry Lindner IV, is the son of the chief executive of American Financial Group. The elder Lindner gave $100,000 last fall to two super PACs supporting Trump.
At the wedding, the video showed, the president kissed the bride on the cheek and encouraged the guests to get back to dancing.
AP White House Correspondent Julie Pace contributed to this report.


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A Rothbury artist was invited to provide five of her original works as prizes for this year's Northumberland National Park awards.
Landscape painter Lynda Taylor, who runs the village's Crown Studio Gallery, said: "When I was approached by the Northumberland National Park, I didn't hesitate and immediately said a big 'yes' to the request.
"The National Park includes so many of my favourite places, that I was confident that I already had a fair selection of pieces for them to choose from.
"But as I tend to paint places in surrounding Coquetdale most often, I also felt that I needed a few more paintings of Redesdale and The Hadrian's Wall area to give a broader selection.
"So I got busy with my paintbrushes to create a few more works of key places."
Her work was whittled down to the best five paintings, which were then signed by Lynda and framed, before being given out at last week's awards ceremony.


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"The Wolverine's" large supporting cast has been relatively silent leading up to the film's premiere, but a quartet of actors have made their voices heard in the newest issue of Total Film. A few quotes from the magazine found their way online via Comic Book Movie, and they indicate that a trio of capable and deadly women are ready to give Logan some fierce competition and/or assistance. We previously got a candid look at two of the actresses, courtesy of director James Mangold's Twitter feed; now read what they have to say about their characters.
Svetlana Khodchenkova plays the deadly Viper in the film, a character that's given everyone from Captain America to the Avengers and the X-Men trouble since her debut in 1969. "Viper doesn't really have many people that she cares about, most of them she just uses for her own purpose," Khodchenkova explains. One of her most famous co-conspirators has also found his way into "The Wolverine": Silver Samurai, played by Will Yun Lee.
If we're going in order of most-trouble-making to least-trouble-making, then Yukio falls squarely in the middle of these three women. The character, played by Rila Fukushima, debuted in the Chris Claremont and Frank Miller mini-series that inspired this film; she's also a bit of a wild card. "My character's very physical," Fukushima says. "Yukio and Wolverine have a lot in common. She really takes care of him and he also cares about her." This goes hand-in-hand with the character's role in the comics, as she goes from being an assassin sent to kill Wolverine to one of his greatest allies.
Odds are that Tao Okamoto's Mariko Yashida will give Wolverine a totally different kind of trouble. Mariko and Wolverine begin a star-crossed romance, despite her being the daughter of a crime lord. According to Okamoto, Mariko's taken on a bit of an edge for this film. "She's no pushover, either. She does some karate and knife throwing." This sounds like a great addition to an already well-respected character (she's a bonafide Chris Claremont and John Byrne creation, something that X-Men fans take seriously).
Playing Mariko's father, the crime boss Shingen Yashida, is Hiroyuki Sanada. Sanada gave Total Film a tease about one of the films action sequences, saying "There's a big fight scene between them. It's the famous claws versus samurai swords." We hope that samurai sword is made of adamantium, otherwise it doesn't sound like that fair of a fight.
The first trailer for "The Wolverine" is coming soon, so get ready to see these actors in action.
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August 2017
Loved it! Tour guides were great! It is a long drive so make sure you take something to entertain yourself on the bus, or a pillow to have a nap also pack a jacket, the bus is always cold
May 2017
Highly recommend, long day but its worthy, nice bus guide, amazing and pro cruis crew, unforgettable experience!!!
April 2016
The sailing part of the tour was fantastic, and I'd highly recommend a day out on the water to appreciate the tropical feel of the Keys. However, I was expecting a bit more from the bus tour down to Key West - it was basically a shuttle service that stopped at McDonalds and dropped you at the wharf to then go find the snorkeling tour. I only had 50mins before and after the snorkeling trip, which wasn't really enough time to see or do anything else. As a result, I don't feel like I know much about Key West from the experience apart from walking past the many t-shirt shops and bars. Snorkeling trip - 5 out of 5, bus trip just a 1 I'm afraid.
June 2015
The coral wasn't great. There were barely any fishes in the water to look at but key west was nice. The bus ride is super long so get comfy.
March 2015
Tour was as described. I snorkeled off of the shores of Key West. The waves were pretty rough but enjoyable nonetheless. The staff on the "Marquesa" was awesome. Lots of fun and very safety conscious. The only thing is the day was super long. I left at 6 am and returned at 9:30 pm. Be prepared for a long day. However, it was absolutely worth it.
October 2014
Good organizing, there were enought time for snorkelling, place is beautiful++. Worth it definitelly. It was one of the best trip I have ever had. Highly recommended!
September 2014
Everything about this trip was wonderful, the long but comfortable drive over to Key West watching the scenery, Key West itself with the quaint galleries and shops with plenty of place to stop for a bite to eat and drink. The snorkelling trip was enjoyable. the best part of the trip was eating in the restaurant by the harbour.
If there is one thing to try it was the tuna, it was to die for, and lets not forget the trip just would not be worth it if you did not try the Key Lime Pie, there was even a gluten free version.
The trip back was just as nice with the views also.
August 2013
Best vacation ever!!!! Two South African girls taking on Maimi for a week was the best idea in the world. We wanted to stay!
June 2011
A great day that cost surprisingly little. Great weather, nice bus ride (long), a little time to eat lunch in Key West, then a trip in the catamaran. Snorkeling was fun and plenty of time available, then drinks and a great cruise back to port. Time to see the sunset, then back on the bus and let the driver deal with the drive back in the dark, while we watch a movie.
The highlight of my trip to Miami.
January 2017
Bien. Viaje muy largo pero ya te lo esperas.
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If you're looking for a 3BR home in or around Greenville, you may find these states interesting. First off, Simpsonville's 29681 ZIP code is the king of 3BR homes, with a market-leading 133 units available, while just across 385, the 29680 ZIP code has 91 more listings for sale.
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text: You are here: Home UW Medicine Sleep Center Preparing for your Overnight Sleep Study UW Medicine Sleep Center Page ContentGeneral InformationIf you need to cancel for any reason, call 206.744.4999 a minimum of 72 hours in advance to avoid incurring any charges. The office (206.744.4999) is open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday – Friday. Sleep studies take place 7 days per week. If you have an emergency or are late the night of your sleep study, please call 206.744.3068. This phone is staffed after 7 p.m. The night staff does not have the ability to schedule appointments, help with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices (for sleep apnea) or order and refill prescriptions. Please do not leave messages meant for day staff on this phone, as the day staff may not get the messages in a timely manner to patients. If sleepiness has been a problem while driving or doing other potentially hazardous activities, we advise you to avoid those activities until your sleepiness has been resolved with treatment. If you are on oxygen, please bring enough to last at least two hours. Where to GoThe UW Medicine Sleep Center at Harborview is located on the fourth floor of the Ninth and Jefferson Building, 908 Jefferson St. Patients should plan to arrive at 7:30 p.m. You can wait in the Ninth and Jefferson building lobby until 7:30 p.m. when the lab opens. Parking is available under the building with access to the garage from Terry Avenue between James and Jefferson Streets. Take the elevator to the lobby. The security guard will escort you to the sleep institute. Patients arriving after 9 p.m. will need to park in View Park Garage or along the street. A staff member will check you in and settle you into your bedroom. The StudyYour technologist will explain all procedures that will be completed for your study. It will take approximately one hour to apply the sensors. Procedures will include the following: Electrodes will be placed on your scalp, temple and chin to monitor brainwaves and muscle movement during sleep. A snore sensor will be placed on your neck. Electrocardiogram (EKG) wires will be attached to monitor your heart. Two belts will be placed on your abdomen to monitor breathing. Two leads will be placed on your legs to monitor movement. An oxygen sensor will be placed on your finger to monitor oxygen levels throughout the night. An air sensor will be placed by your nose to monitor your breathing during the night. These sensors do not limit your mobility in bed, and are not obtrusive. If you have questions, please call our office during business hours 206.744.4999. Throughout the study, the technologist will be available and may be summoned by an intercom device to assist you at any time. Patients may be disconnected, with assistance, from the monitoring equipment anytime throughout the night if they need to use the bathroom or get up out of bed. Your study will be completed by 6 a.m., and you will be free to bathe and depart at this time. Checkout time is no later than 7:00 a.m. If a CPAP or BiPAP machine may be used during the study, the technologist will explain that process to you during a trial demonstration before bedtime. No-Smoking FacilityYou will not be permitted to smoke at any time, either after checking into the sleep lab or during your study. If this will cause you difficulty during your stay, please discuss nicotine replacement options with your primary care physician. You may want to start your nicotine replacement at least 12 hours before your sleep study. Special NeedsTechnologists in the sleep lab are not nurses and cannot provide help with medications, nutrition, mobility or personal hygiene. If you require ANY assistance with daily activities or tasks, please call our office one week prior to the study so appropriate arrangements can be made. Preparing for Your Sleep StudyDo not consume any caffeine (coffee, tea, cocoa or chocolate) after noon the day of your test. Do not take any naps. Maintain your regular daytime schedule. Your hair should be clean, as electrodes will be placed on your scalp. Clean hair means washed the day of the study. Please do not use hairspray, gel or other hair care products, or you will need to wash your hair prior to starting the study. Please do not wear make-up. If this is not practical, be prepared to remove your make-up when you arrive. Men, unless you have a beard, please arrive clean-shaven. If you have a beard, we can work around it, but stubble can be difficult to work with in the lab. Hairpieces and hair weaves must be removed. (We must be able to get to your scalp to do the test). Please eat dinner before arriving. 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You will be contacted several weeks after your sleep study in order to continue the next step in your health care. Possible outcomes from participating in the study include: a CPAP titration study, a follow-up appointment, a CPAP or BiPAP machine ordered for home use. If a CPAP or BiPAP machine is ordered for you, a homecare company will contact you to arrange machine set-up. Please call our office at 206.744.4999 if you have any additional questions.


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Canoeing is an affordable and exciting vacation opportunity for families. The combination of traversing waterways and stealing away from daily life can be purely exhilarating. However, canoe trips necessitate early planning and accurate gear. The following information is helpful for planning a safe canoe trip that is also enjoyable.
Safety First
According to the United States Coast Guard, more than 250,000 rivers are present throughout the United States. This provides a vast number of options for families who desire a novel vacation idea. Whether choosing to stay near home or wishing to travel to another part of the country, canoeing is an ideal way to embark on an adventure.
A critical first step in choosing which river is ideal for your family's trip is to plan. Determine the surroundings in which you are most comfortable and then research those rivers that meet such criteria. Once a river has been decided upon, regard the area in which you will be and familiarize yourself with it. For example, if you opt for a river that is far from town and mingled with dense forest, plan for such an environment.
Necessary Equipment
After the planning comes the packing. Canoe trips require more than a sack lunch and map of the river to be navigated. The list that follows encompasses a number of items required to safeguard your family during their excursion.
- Water-proof first aid kit that can be purchased already-assembled from a variety of retailers. Included within this kit should be, at a minimum, bandages, burn ointment, anti-bacterial cream, medication for insect bites and pain relievers.
- Water bottle for each member of the canoe party and subsequent jugs of fresh water.
- Warm nylon jacket for each person.
- Duct tape that can be used for repairs of the canoe or related equipment.
- Dry plastic bags for storing additional clothing and gear.
- Knife and heavy-duty rope.
- Extra paddle.
- Map and compass.
In addition to these items, each person also needs to have a personal flotation device (PFD) to wear during the actual trip. It is not sufficient to have the PFD in the canoe, but rather it needs to be worn. Many rivers are deceiving in appearance: they look shallow but in fact have rapid currents. Properly fitting PFDs are also important so as to remain secure against the body and promote easy movement.
Canoe Attire
The correct gear is just one element of safe canoeing. Clothing is another important consideration. Although persons are usually tempted to wear them, jeans are actually a canoeing hazard in and of themselves. Persons cannot swim sufficiently in jeans, and they may chafe the skin if they become wet. Instead, long nylon pants are more comfortable and can withstand various elements. Lightweight, long-sleeved shirts with a chamois blend are also optimal.
Shoes are absolutely essential for each person. Sandals do not provide adequate protection when one must walk through water and/or mud. Wetsuit boots are the best choice because they are waterproof; such footwear also safeguards against sharp objects, tree branches and rocks.
Canoeing Hazards
Caution should be exercised at all times while enjoying a canoe trip. This is for one primary reason: water hazards can occur at any time. For example, tree stumps are prolific in many lakes and rivers. These can disrupt the movement of a canoe and even tip it. Be weary of these and maneuver around them with slow and smooth paddle strokes.
Hazards exist outside of the canoe as well. Water lilies and razor-grass both pose serious threats to swimmers. Long grass along riverbanks creates the perfect grounds for snakes to hide. Finally, weather conditions should also be heeded: lightning can quickly turn an aluminum paddle into a lightning rod. Similarly, too much sun exposure can also be harmful. Canoes should be stocked with sunscreen, hats and sunglasses to minimize the risk of sunburns. A cord is helpful for securing sunglasses to the body.
Canoeing provides an uninhibited view of the outdoors as well as a sense of unity with nature. These are qualities quite unlike those of more mainstream vacations. Keep your family safe during your next canoe trip with the tips provided here. This will ensure future vacations in which the outdoors is aptly enjoyed.


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David & Leonor - October 7, 2017
Posted Tuesday October 10th by Jen Angel
Now that we've moved entirely to event planning, we'll be posting some photos and summaries!
Last weekend we had the pleasure of working with David & Leo, as the Day-of coordinator for their wedding reception. They chose a lovely venue - The Potrero Hill Neighborhood House in San Francisco - that was new to us! What a lovely building, with a gorgeous view of downtown San Francisco and the bay. The staff were extremely friendly and helpful, and the venue has lights, tables, and chairs so no need to rent. The included small kitchen and back room were also very helpful, along with the plentiful street parking (what??? street parking in San Francisco??).
Personally we loved that David & Leo used their favorite books as part of the centerpieces/table numbers. So classy!
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New direction for Aid & Abet
Posted Sunday March 6th 2016 by Jen AngelAfter ten years of working with radical authors and organizations on media, publicity, and tour management, this fall Aid & Abet will begin focusing exclusively on event management for the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Founder Jen Angel & team have decades of experience organizing successful, well-executed events from a two-hour seminar to a five day conference or a two week training - plus weddings, […] Keep reading
Starhawk to tour the US in February and March 2016
Posted Thursday October 15th 2015 by Jen AngelStarhawk will be touring the US with her new book, City of Refuge, the sequel to The Fifth Sacred Thing during February and March 2016! Is it possible, in these times of social and environmental meltdown, to envision a positive future? Popular culture abounds with post-Apocalyptic disaster stories, but offers us few images of a positive outcome of the human story here on earth. Yet […] Keep reading
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Posted Sunday February 1st 2015 by Jen AngelAfter a long break, we're pleased to announce a new book tour we are working on! All organizing is science fiction. A world where everyone has a home, a great education, community based transformative justice, nourishing food to eat and clean water to drink, where we are in right relation to the planet, to each other, where are free to be and love ourselves as […] Keep reading
New Titles from New Internationalist Press
Posted Monday June 30th 2014 by Mike McKeeFor more than four decades, the UK-based New Internationalist magazine has produced radical content in a not-for-profit operating model. More recently, the cooperative has garnered notoriety for its publishing of books. This month we want to let you know about two New Internationalist titles dealing with environmental activism and economic justice. Rainbow Warriors: Legendary Stories from Greenpeace Ships stands apart from other books documenting the organization's […] Keep reading


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Droga5's London office has hired Chris Watling as the agency's first head of production starting this July. Watling joins Droga5 London after 10 years with BBH London working across campaigns for Axe, The Guardian, Weetabix, British Airways, Audi and Barnados among others.
In 2015, Watling became the managing director for BBH's in-house studio, Black Sheep Studios, where he worked on projects such as music videos for The Last Shadow Puppets and the short film "Home" starring Jack O'Connell. The film premiered at SXSW 2016 and will launch as part of UNHCR's Refugee Week in June. Watling's hire also follows the recent appointments of Droga5 London staff, including Chris Chapman as design director and James Broomfield as strategy director.
Barkley has appointed Kyle Jones as group creative director. Jones joins Barkley from Venables Bell & Partners in San Francisco, where he worked on Audi and Reebok. He has also served as group creative director at TraceyLocke in Dallas, working on the Simpsons Kwik-e-Marts for 7-Eleven, when 7-Elevens became Kwik-e-Marts to promote "The Simpsons Movie." Prior to that, Jones worked on the Microsoft, Dominos, and Kraft accounts at Crispin Porter & Bogusky.
Carlos Ricque, formerly based in DigitasLBi's New York office, will now lead the agency's creative team in San Francisco as senior vice president, creative. His team won a Grand Prix for "Take it from a Fish" for Astrazeneca, as well as a Silver and a Bronze for its related films at the 2015 Cannes Lions, and he was a juror at the 2016 Cannes Lions festival. Ricque began his career writing tray-liner copy for a fast food restaurant. He developed his skills while working on online and offline campaigns for clients including Coca-Cola, Panama Tourism, Delta Airlines and Verizon.
Minneapolis agency Adventure Advertising has added Mike Fetrow as executive creative director and equity partner. Fetrow, whose advertising career spans more than 20 years, has arrived from Fetrow Ryan & Partners, a firm he co-founded in 2015 following his advertising career in the Minneapolis area. His portfolio includes national campaigns for Cadillac, Holiday Inn Express, Saucony and Buffalo Wild Wings, among others. He previously served as executive creative director for Olson and Colle+McVoy, creative director for Space 150 and group creative director for Fallon.
Omelet has promoted Dena Gonzalez to partner and head of business planning and delivery, a newly-created position. Gonzalez will continue in her role as the agency's vice president of project management and will continue to oversee that department. Before joining Omelet, Gonzalez served as head of production at Animax Entertainment, where she created animation, digital content, and production services for clients including Disney, Ty Inc., AOL, ESPN, MTV, and Nickelodeon. Gonzalez began her career in animation, gaming, and digital content.
Standard Time, a content and design studio, has made several promotions and added new members to its small team. Spencer Somers has been promoted to creative director. Somers joined Standard Time in 2012 as a copywriter and most recently served as an associate creative director at the agency. Amy Marek, previously a freelancer at the agency, has been hired as production head in charge of the agency's in-house production and post production division, as well as broadcast. She began her career at The Martin Agencyand has also worked at Camp+King.The agency also hired Ashley Jones as associate creative director. The Canadian native has spent most of her career in New York, including at the design firm RoAndCo and as art director at Partners & Spade. Her brand experience includes Warby Parker, Target, Moda Operandi, and Etsy and she recently led the rebrand for Peloton Cycle. Standard Time also elevated Sara Karnowski to account director to lead both client side management and project management departments.


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Inspired by John Lennon's "Give Peace a Chance", this new extra soft girls raglan tee is perfect for your littlest peace warrior princess. We re-designed our boys raglan for a more girl approved style! Pairs well with jeans, bell bottoms, leggings or puffy and fluffy tutu's! This tee is a part of our Lyric Culture collection. Made in the USA!
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"Give Peace a Chance" is a song written by John Lennon, and performed with Yoko Ono in Montreal, Canada. Released as a single in 1969 by the Plastic Ono Band on Apple Records, it is the first solo single issued by Lennon, released when he was still a member of the Beatles, and became an anthem of the American anti-war movement during the 1970s. It peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 on the British singles chart.


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If the recent reports are accurate, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira will take on Tito Ortiz in a light-heavyweight feature at UFC 128 (March 19th, Newark). Lil' Nog will be looking to bounce back after Ryan Bader handed him his first loss in three-and-a-half years at UFC 119. Meanwhile, Ortiz hasn't tasted victory in over four years. (Seriously. We can't believe he's still around either.) Despite the career tailspin of the HBBB, Nogueira isn't taking him lightly. As he tells our Brazilian correspondent Brian D'Souza:
"I think he's a very tough guy. He's an ex-champion, he [was] undefeated for many years. I think he's a very good wrestler…he has very good Muay Thai. I think he's dangerous, but I'm gonna do my best for sure. I want to make a better fight from last time. I've had two or three fights with wrestling guys, I think I've proven my wrestling…I want to do a very good fight with Tito. I can do better."
Nogueira also discusses his new gym in San Diego, and his training partner Anderson Silva's upcoming bout with Vitor Belfort. It will not surprise you to discover that Lil' Nog has his money on the Spider.
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On Saturday night, a stylish crowd gathered at Brian Bantry's Wainscott house for a Carolina Herrera-sponsored screening of Renee Zellweger's latest flick, "My One and Only."
Based on George Hamilton's 1950's adolescence, the film features Zellweger as the actor's mother, an eccentric flirt who takes her teenage sons on a cross-country road trip in search of a rich husband.
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Not that that's necessarily a bad thing, at least according to the star. "I would say [my character] is an opportunist and a cunning person," said Zellweger." "[But] when you consider the kind of opportunities that were out there for women at the time, she didn't have a whole lot to negotiate with. She's a survivor."
Hamilton (who apologized to photographers for arriving "unusually sunburned") was moved by Zellweger's potrayal. "I'm usually too slick to cry," said the actor. "But when I saw Renee [onscreen], I did."
After credits rolled, revelers, including Marc Jacobs, Jon Bon Jovi, Tory Burch, Lisa Airan, Yigal Azrouel and Nacho Figueras with pregnant wife Delfina headed over to East Hampton eatery The Blue Parrot, where Zellweger is a part-owner, for margaritas and chips and salsa.