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Happy birthday Ruth Page!
Ruth Page (22 March 1899 – 7 April 1991) was an American ballerina and choreographer who rose to international prominence after establishing herself as a formidable dancer in Chicago. She made her professional debut on Broadway and danced with Anna Pavlova in South America, then settled in Chicago as the lead dancer of the Ravinia Opera. Page founded the Chicago Opera Ballet and later opened the Ruth Page Foundation for Dance, dedicated to fostering young talent in the performing arts. It is now known as the Ruth Page Center for the Arts.
As a young dancer in New York, Page studied under the famed Russian dancer and choreographer Adolph Bolm, once a collaborator in Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Page toured South America with Anna Pavlova, and then joined Bolm's Ballet Intime. In 1919, Page danced the lead role in Birthday of the Infanta, choreographed by Bolm. The pair also appeared in an experimental dance film in 1922, Danse Macabre, directed by Dudley Murphy.
'Danse Macabre' (1922) with Ruth Page and Adolph Bolm
After a Broadway debut, Page returned to Chicago as the principal dancer in Adolph Bolm's Allied Arts Ballet. She would go on to become the principal dancer and choreographer for the Ravinia Opera Company, and direct several ballets of her own. At the height of her fame, Ruth danced for Emperor Hirohito of Japan at his coronation, and performed in the Soviet Union. During her honeymoon, she danced with Diaghilev's company, and Balanchine is said to have created his first works for an American, specifically for Page: "Etude" and "Polka."
Bolero at Ravinia (HIghland Park, IL), 1928
In 1934, she completed choreography for "Hear Ye, Hear Ye," a ballet about a murder trial, scored by Aaron Copland. She is perhaps most remembered for creating the choreography for "Frankie and Johnny," which has since been revived many times by many dance companies.
"Federal Ballet" at the Great Northern Theatre. Frankie and Johnny. (Choreography by Ruth Page and Bentley Stone). Federal Theatre Project.
In addition to choreographing several of Vladmir Rosing's state centennial performances, including "The Kansas Story" (1961). Her global success led to the Chicago Opera Ballet to be known as Ruth Page's International Ballet. Within this company, she first staged an elaborate production of "The Nutcracker" that remains an annual event in Chicago. After she retired, she established the Ruth Page Foundation, which became the Ruth Page Center for the Arts, an ongoing school dedicated to performance arts. Her biography, Page by Page, was published in 1978.
Ruth Page (left) and Harald Kreutzberg in Bacchanale, Chicago, c. 1934.
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If you know your chart you will know yourself and how to time your success. I have written about election astrology and charts which are picking a good or excellent moment to start a project or promote yourself. That can be used by itself, on its own. You can also layer charts. You can choose a period of time that is particularly favorable to your chart and then pick a favorable moment. Examples are: choose the month that your protected 10th house is activated, choose your strongest Firdaria planetary period, or Jupiter and Venus transits to important points in your chart.
Transits are easiest. All you have to do is look up what the planets are doing for the next few months in an ephemeris. Pick the days that Jupiter or Venus join with one of your chart angles or your chart's Sun, Jupiter, or Venus.
For me this year I know that my Firdaria planetary period is my Sun. So any transits to my Sun or any election charts that include an emphasis on my Sun are beneficial to me particularly. Jupiter is about to go retrograde and it will, for the second time, form a favorable aspect to my Sun. This will last about a week and half. During that week and half I can find a good election chart, or favorable moment, to promote myself or start something new. Doing this improves my chances of success. Again in August Jupiter will be back to my Sun, I can use that period of time to look up an election chart to use for continuing my project or starting a new one.
Jupiter is in Libra right now until October 2017. If you have any planets, your Rising sign, or your Midheaven in 13-29 degrees Libra, Aquarius or Gemini you can use that to help build success. Jupiter will be retrograde Feb 6 – June 9, 2017. Benefits won't be as strong, but still beneficial.
Venus is in Aries now until June 5, 2017. Same goes with Venus, if you have planets, your Rising sign or Midheaven in Aries, Leo or Sagittarius you can use that to help build success. Venus will be retrograde March 4- April 14, 2017. Benefits won't be as strong, but still beneficial.
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SOA Watch Delegation documents suffering, family separation and death at the border
U.S. militarization of our the Mexico border has claimed 5,000 lives since the late 1990s. Over $18 billion were spent last year to keep predator drones, 22,000 armed border guards, bombardier aircraft, black hawk helicopters, sophisticated surveillance systems, and 651 miles of steel wall at the border. This has pushed migrants - often fleeing the dire consequences of US economic policy - to take the only remaining passage north: the deadly Sonora desert. It is that desert that has claimed the majority of these 5,000 lives through dehydration, dysentery, hypothermia, and sheer exhaustion. The Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill that the Senate will debate this week only exacerbates this deadly situation, mandating billions of dollars to exponentially increase border militarization before putting anyone on the path to citizenship.
I read those statistics before I went with 16 SOA Watch activists to the border. Before I followed Steve into the Sonora desert to drop water on migrant trails, before I watched Olga call her coyote to hear he delivered her son to his home in New York, before I conversed with Pedro and tried not to stare at his missing leg - left under the Bestia train, before I stood at the wall with Jose Antonio's mother and wondered why the Border Patrol pumped so many bullets into his young body if he was on the Mexican side.
After this experience, I came to see the urgency of engaging the SOA Watch movement to resist the militarization of our border and its deadly consequences. I invite you to read the story of Maria and Jose and others below so that, together, we can try to make some difference. That can mean taking one minute to email your Senators and your Representative to say no to more border militarization, reaching out to immigrants in your own community, or joining us at the Stewart Immigration Detention Center during the SOA Watch vigil weekend.
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Maria's roommates from the shelter in Nogales, Mexico, carried her gently into the room where members of our SOA Watch Border delegation had gathered to share with some of the migrants recently deported to Mexico. After five days traversing Arizona's Sonora desert, her frail and swollen legs had given out, and she was unable to walk. Next to her sat Sofia, able to walk -barely -but with large black and purple bruises on her arms from six days of iv fluids. She had been helicoptered out of the desert in an unconscious state. Both wore shy smiles that seemed to contrast the reality they had just lived. Or maybe not. Maybe they revealed an awareness of the sheer miracle of just being alive.
The desert had taken the power out of Maria's legs, but it did not claim her spirit. Nor did the 651-mile steel Border wall, nor the 18 billion dollars spent yearly by the US government to militarize the border. Maria informed us that once the swelling goes down and her knees are able to again carry her 100-lb body, she would be trying to cross the desert once more. READ MORE..
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Signing to Visible Noise in 2013 to release reissues of double EP bundle KINGDOM andFOUR WALLS ARE HOME, lead track ANTIDOTES perked up the ears of BBC Introducing landing airplay from Fearne Cotton, Zane Lowe, Huw Stephens, Greg James and Scott Mills. Further backing landed PEASANT'S KING a sub-headlining slot on the BBC Introducing stage at 2013's Reading and Leeds. Widespread praise for their feel-good performance landed supports to Twin Atlantic, Catfish and the Bottlemen and Gabrielle Aplin. VEVO also invited PEASANT'S KING to showcase their previous single PROMISED LAND on their hotly anticipated talent platform DSCVR.
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Tyler uses the framework of the investigation to communicate something about the human condition. We are, he shows us, more than just a name, a social security number, a height, weight, shoe size, eye color. We strive to connect, to be understood—and Beckett wants to understand the victim of this terrible crime. He inventories the dead man's shopping cart, which contains all his earthly possessions.
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text: So Microsoft does Listen .. Okay, here is another suggestion! Posted on 6/22/2007 @ 11:12 AM in #Non Techie by Sahil Malik | Feedback | 3726 views A couple of years back, I had bitched about how MS technology is getting too fast and complex, and to help us developers out, it would really help if pre-configured virtual images were available. This was such a popular suggestion that it got a huge number of approvals from the developer community, and frankly a lot of attention from within MSFT. Now of course, like any good idea gaining popularity, the MS Drones came by and marked my issue as "Won't Fix", and the reason cited was "Licensing Implications". But, it didn't end there. Looks like, over time, they did actually implement that. Look at all the Virtual Images available. (Via Angus Logan). The way they did this was, they invented a process to "time bomb" software, so licensing was no longer an issue. So, here is another suggestion. Extend that time bomb mechanism, so parties other than Microsoft can play. I should be able to create a solution based on MSFT technologies, and hand over a VHD for the world to play. This would be incredibly useful for books, trailware, trainings, and a number of other scenarios.


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I've been busying myself these past two days building a lightbox. The design's by David from Strobist.
I used my desk lamp and the camera's flash as light sources but it wasn't very good. It'd have been much easier if I had more lights and maybe thinner tracing paper.
Everybody loves Scotch tape.
This apple is making its way down my digestive tract as we speak.
Yeah, I don't have that many trinkets in my room.
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I built a lightbox
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- Raymond said...
I like how you used IndoMie's box to build it :D I might build one myself once I get really really bored since I've got a couple of boxes laying around the kitchen area.
- June 3, 2009 at 10:53 PM
- cheahwey said...
Make sure you get a bigger box! Haha, it's kinda cramp in there, limits the items you can put in.
- June 4, 2009 at 1:07 AM
- Gzhang said...
So cool! Tempted to make one!
- June 4, 2009 at 7:42 PM
- cheahwey said...
Well you could, if you'd just take a teeny tiny break from your AIESEC stuff (I presume its your aiesec activities?).
- June 5, 2009 at 3:14 PM
- Gzhang said...
AIESEC doesn't hog ALL my time.
I'm just lazy. Heh.
Still working on getting the flash though.
- June 6, 2009 at 12:51 AM
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1. A big surprise
With the college hockey season now winding down and the NCAA tournament slated to start in just eight days, I figure this is a good time to look at the season enjoyed by the Flames' various prospects in the NCAA, with a bit more of a focus on the notable ones. This feeling, though, is precipitated largely by one person, who I never expected: Mark Jankowski.
The simple fact is that I now have significant reason to believe that the kid has figured out how to be an effective college hockey player. In his last 15 games, he has 12 points (5-7-12) after posting the same number (7-5-12) in his previous 21. That may not sound like a lot, but it's a difference between 0.8 points per game and .57.
And not that points are the end-all stat when it comes to evaluating players. And in fact, the points have maybe been a longer time coming. You might recall that I went to a game around the end of November in which he didn't even record a shot attempt. That was his 14th game of the year, more than 40 percent of the way through the NCAA regular season of 34 games, and at that time he had just 23 shots, which is sad, especially because of the general softness of the competition he faced in that time. He also suffered a stretch of five games out of eight in which he didn't have a single one.
But since then, he's ripped off 50 shots in 22 games, boosting his rate from 1.6 a night to nearly 2.3 That's an increase of almost 50 percent, and it's very encouraging to see. Of course, I'm still not sure that's first-round pick material, but at the same time, it's not nothing, and he still needs to bulk up. Providence has at least one or two more games this season (a miracle would have to happen for them to not-make the NCAA tournament), but if Jankowski can build on this stretch-run performance over the summer and into next year, the pick might end up not quite being the disaster it has been to this point.
2. Another big surprise
You might have heard over the past several months that Johnny Gaudreau went on something of a scoring run, in which he got a point in 31 straight games to tie a record set by Paul Kariya more than 20 years ago.
Well the streak, and Boston College's hopes of winning the Hockey East title, came to an end this weekend as the Eagles lost a best-of-three series to Notre Dame, which has now beaten them in three of their five meeting this year, all of which were in Boston. Before that, though, Gaudreau went off on Saturday night to even force the Game 3 in which his streak was snapped, ripping off a 2-2-4 line in terrifying fashion, which you can see here:
I want the power play puck movement on his first goal to ask me to the Sadie Hawkins Day dance. Four points. All of them pretty nice.
He will, though, have nearly two weeks off to think about what caused the Eagles' crashout and the end of his streak (namely that their defense got smoked by Notre Dame for most of the weekend, in which they allowed 13 goals, and that the Irish physically punished him every time he got the puck in Games 1 and 3, forcing him to the outside and keeping him more or less at bay). Of course, any time you can say that you rendered a player largely ineffective by holding him to just five points in three games, then I guess you have a pretty special player on your hands anyway.
He finished his 37-game league season at 32-37-69, 29-32-61 of which came during that streak over 31 games from Nov. 1 to March 15.
3. Another consideration
One might want to point out, too, that Billy Arnold, who runs the pivot on Gaudreau's line and is perhaps the best defensive forward in the entire country, is on a little streak of his own, picking up four assists on the weekend after being held off the scoresheet for the previous three games. His shot totals have been a little more underwhelming than even Jankowski's early in the year, as he has just nine in his last nine games, which isn't good enough. Of course, his job is to give it to Gaudreau or Kevin Hayes and let them go to work, which is why only 12 of his 48 points this season are goals.
With that having been said, he is at best a defensive forward prospect, so production shouldn't really be his primary concern to begin with. Especially because, as a fourth-year player, he's going to the pros regardless.
The good news for Flames fans is that he'll probably have some company. After all the will-he/won't-he talk that's gone on for much of the season, the general consensus among many plugged-in experts both in Boston and across the continent is that Gaudreau will sign when the Eagles' season officially ends in the NCAA tournament. I think they can still win it all.
4. Gillies' return to form
In much the same way that Jankowski had problems early in the season, Jon Gillies had some real difficulties in the middle of it. You might recall that after World Juniors, he saw his save percentage slip from .941 to .926 in just 11 games (during which he suffered 32 goals against), which tells you how bad things got. Providence, not surprisingly, went 3-6-2 in those games.
Since then, though, he's built it back up to a very respectable .930, and the Friars have won six straight (a game in which he allowed three goals on 33 shots to lowly UMass Amherst, included in the 11-game slump, was a 4-3 win). During those last five games, he's conceded just eight times on 158 shots (.952).
That's more like it, and that's why Providence could be very dangerous indeed in both the Hockey East and NCAA tournaments.
5. And the rest…
The Flames of course have a few other, less notable, NCAA prospects. For example, there's John Gilmour, who I think has had a fine second season on the Providence blue line. He had 5-13-18, which is not an insignificant number, but more impressive is his 67 shots on goal. That's only 56th in the NCAA among defensemen, but I'd imagine few guys in his neighborhood had as little in the way of time on ice as he did (not that the stat is officially tracked in college hockey). Pretty much every time I've seen him this year, I've walked away not-unimpressed.
Michigan State second-year forward Matt DeBlouw might only have four points (and 13 games in which he did not appear), but two of those points have come in his last three games, and against teams that aren't exactly pushovers: Michigan and Wisconsin. He will need to up his shot rate, though; he only has 29 in 22 appearances. I'd say he's a largely inconsequential player for the Spartans, which is maybe what you expect from a seventh-round pick.
Finally, there's Colgate's Tim Harrison, who has likewise underwhelmed as a first-year forward. Like DeBlouw, he has no goals, only five assists, and 24 SOG in 32 games played. At least you can say he's probably still learning the game, and he doesn't have the skills on the puck that a player like Jankowski brings to the table if nothing else. At 6-foot-3 and 193 pounds at just 20 years old, though, Calgary probably loves him, because Calgary loves size.


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Here is the video Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker released today. He's running on his record. And he does have a record.
Walker is a good man. Unfortunately, he is not electable, IMO.
If he makes it through the primary, he has my vote.
Unless we find out he was born in Kenya or something.
Speaking of 'not electable' – I'll be voting for SenSanders – assuming he lasts until next spring.
We Dems seem to have a choice of the old, the older and the oldest.
LOL srdem ! I say let 2016 be Trump v. Sanders, a sort of a "sh*t or get off the pot" conundrum by letting voters vote for Capitalism v. Socialism once and for all. !!
One likey. :)
Who do you think IS electable Girly ?
LOL! My composite would be someone with Romney's distinguished good looks; Ted Cruz's IQ; Fiorina's business acumen; Trump's immigration policies, and someone willing to tear Hillary the Hispanderer into shreds for her phoniness, her wide-eyed baby talk, her lies, her greedy, money-grubbing activities, and her imperialistic dismissal of the rules of law.
So far, I'm not coming up with anyone who can meet the challenge. We are on the brink of a third world electorate now…it may be too late to overcome the damage created by Obama.
It's his bald spot, isn't it? (wink, wink).
I never noticed a bald spot, lol. He just lacks that certain air of confidence, inspiration, and overall leadership qualities. I can't visualize him at a G8 meeting, for instance. He's a 'regional' guy…an good at what he does.
Girly, I totally respect that opinion. Something to think about for sure.
I was a Carter Peanut in 1976 (I still have the "gold plated" peanut necklace he gave to his volunteers). He WAS a GOVERNOR and a VETERAN and well liked in GEORGIA.
From that experience, I'm still keeping my powder dry. Carter was a miserable failure, until Obama, one of the worst Presidents EVAH !
I really like the thought of a Walker/Cruz ticket, but it may take a Trump to fix the MESS Obama is leaving us.
I'd feel worse if Walker colorded in his bald spot or say, combed fluffy hair over it.
My response to Girly is in mod.
Unfortunately, there is no perfect candidate. I will vote for whomever is still standing when November 2016 rolls around, but I would be happy to vote for Walker. He's irritated the libs, the unions, and tenured college professors…..works for me!
I have no problem with Walker since he does annoy the liberals. AND, that's a good thing :D
Remember, he was recalled and won again.
No confidence, why try ?
Hillary must have a real problem with Walker as in her "speech" today, she mentioned Walker by name.
I'm leaning to Walker although not quite there yet. I'm still cogitating.
I saw that too EO.
Alinsky tactics on display.
Thread is getting skinny.
This is to Girly1.
Someone strong on domestic policies, to reverse the damage Obama has inflicted on the Country.
Someone who is a strong SoS, not the puss we have now.
Someone that is going to put our Military back where it belongs, where it is an honor to serve our Nation.
Someone that will de-indoctrinate the public school system and rid this Country of common core.
Your composite is right on the money.
In a few weeks, the first debate will be on stage.
I hope they don't reduce themselves to a chattering bunch of fools.
All of the people that you mentioned are impressive.
Egos permitting, they would make one hell of a cabinet, hopefully determined to reverse every EO Obama put his pen to.
Rant off,….Well said Girly.
….except we can't have a composite.
Just thought of something, AFVet. It might be the first time in history that we need co-Presidents: One to govern, and one to devote all of his time reversing Obama's mess.
Walker/Cruz or Walker with somebody with solid foreign policy/military experience would work for me. Walker understands how to get things done within the government.
However, after 8 years of Obama, our already tarnished system has been thoroughly corrupted — on the right and on the left — and we will not get good people like Walker.
I like what he has accomplished, and what he stated.
I would appreciate all of them being as bold as Trump. All of them now!
Save our Country, and our Constitution, and our freedom!
OT,….Rush just said that Obama has commuted 48 sentences of prisoners BEFORE he visits the prison in Oklahoma.
Possibly foretelling what he will do just before he exits office ?
Edit,…46 prisoners.
Here is some of Obummers illegals. WaPost:
"Three teenage reputed members of the MS-13 street gang were ordered held without bail Friday on charges they forced a 16-year-old into a wooded area of a Long Island golf course, where two of them took turns raping her while the third stood as a lookout."
Fair housing rule is on the books per Obama.
Didn't go through congress.
Suburbia, watch out.
I don't have a link yet.
Heard it on Rush.
Citizens worked hard for those houses.
No one in my family expected anyone to hand anything to them to purchase a home.
I cannot afford a home on a wonderful beach. Do I contact the government and give a sad story of being deprived. NO!
His fair housing will not included his future home.
Forced integration! This is going to cause nightmares of untold proportions.
We already have it here in southern Mexifornia…section 8 is wreaking havoc on the Westside. Newly arrived illegals are flooding the designated Section 8 apts all over town!
Right now, the coastal and hillside areas are exempt- but not for long.
There go our property values!
President Walker would be fantastic, no matter what some of you would say. At least he is sane, which is more than could be said for some candidates.
I don't think anyone here has tuned Walker out of the race, by any means. He's battle-tested, at least on a regional level, and is obviously bright and has his head in the right place.
For whatever deficiencies he (or any other President) has, well, that's why we have a Cabinet, and the President can invite the very best minds in the country to help him make the best decisions possible.
I'm still watching at this point, and haven't made any decision on anyone. Though I must admit there are some candidates that trouble me.
You know Walker is REALLY REALLY good when the president of the AFL-CIO sends out a one sentence letter to his members: Scott Walker is a national disgrace. Love it.
I agree.
In the end, I think we'll be looking at either a Bush/Walker ticket, or Walker/Rubio.
Don't want Bush…and he'll lose anyway because of his last name. I hope Walker rises to the top.
'Washington … 68 square miles surrounded by reality". HA


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Passion Expires
The fire burns bright, your motivation peaks, and your curiosity is at new heights. Are you executing? Passion is a human emotion that drives us to act. Passion is the fire starter and the immediate fuel to execute. Like everything in this world, passion will expire. It might last a week, a year, or a century but your interests will change and your passion will fade. Don't over analyze and miss out on an experience because our life is filled with regrets from things we didn't do, not the things we did and failed.
Right now, the season is changing and the warmer weather is upon us. Our motivation levels are increasing proportionally to the length of the days. I am writing this to make people act upon that thought that keeps them distracted at work. The thought that keeps coming back no matter what you try to adjust your focus.
Currently, my biggest passion surrounds cycling and athletics. The cycling passion drives every decision in my life. It drives how I eat, how I feel, how I spend money. I don't try to subdue this passion. I use it to pull me through those tough training sessions and those long rides. When it comes to the weekend there are only two things I want to do; spend time with my beautiful wife and ride my bike.
Asking yourself if something is a passion might seem silly but determining on if it is a true passion or just an interest can be tough. Don't confuse passion with a strong interest. Interests are what fill the gaps between the times you can execute on your passion. Passion elicits are physical response when you think about it. Your heart rate elevates, your palms start to sweat, you get an excited and nervous buzz. Act on these feelings because passion turns into love. Love is that candle burn that never dies.
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I like doing actual plays, but I don't actually have the time to do them, so he's a long overdue post mortem recap of my Deadlands: The Devil's Own campaign, the one in which we playtested the Hexslinger and new Harrowed rules from Stone and a Hard Place.
I've been a Deadlands guy for years, first as a player and then a Marshal, but I'd never ran what felt like a real campaign before, instead feeling more like we would get started, get an adventure or two in, then something would interrupt and we were done. Well, I had decided I wanted to focus more on playing campaigns with an ending, especially with how Necessary Evil turned out for us, I had been running Deadlands for the group, using mostly canned modules (Night Train, Murder on the Hellstromme Express, etc), when I got the offer to playtest some of the material from Stone and a Hard Place (namely the Harrowed rules and Hexslinger rules). The problem with this? No Harrowed, no Hucksters acting like Hexslingers and no desire to start all over with new PCs. The solution? Flip the whole game on its ear.
Our posse:
Texas Ranger James "Jim" Bowie Travis - Grandson of Lt. Colonel William B. Travis, who died in the Alamo alongside Jim Bowie, James Bowie Travis is big, loud and proud Texan who backs down from pretty much nothing. He has been assigned to keep an eye on an Indian carrying a US Marshal's badge...
Lana - Seemingly a hooker, she's actually a Pinkerton Agent, ordered to spy on this Texas Ranger seen in the company of an Indian said to be carrying the badge of a missing US Marshal. She carries a sword with her, the best thing her Daddy ever gave her.
Tontchay - Former Cherokee Shaman and former Deputy of missing US Marshal "Ugly" Joe Kidd. Convinced The Marshal was still alive, Tontchay was dead set on freeing him from Hell.
Professor Mathias - An NPC Snake Oil Salesman that the group (Travis) had pressed into service. He had been developing something of a rapport with Lana.
I started the new campaign with a seemingly innocent adventure after the end of Murder on the Hellstromme Express, with the group finding a young Texas Ranger staked up in the wild and left to die. They later encountered a small Indian village which had been sacked and brutalized. Professor Mathias was stunningly assassinated and the posse exchanged fire, hitting the assailant. Their only clue as to what had happened was a stationary Steam Wagon. Looking to pin down this path of brutality,they made their way into a small town called Saint's Hollow, where they met a man named Elias Nash Nash runs Saint's Hollow, and they had captured a young woman....a witch named Cleora Whately. They had claimed she had brought a plague of famine on the town, and she was to be executed within the day. When the well meaning posse intervened, they came face to face with Nash's friend, US Marshal Jeremiah Lowry. They released Whatley to the posse's custody and the group departed, looking for the bad men, led by the criminal known as "El Propio Diablo", or "The Devil's Own". The group had to split, because of how rough the terrain was being on the Steam Wagon, and Lana and Travis took one road, with Whately in tow, while Tontchay and Lowry took another.
The Steam Wagon ground to a halt, with weeds and plants locking the wheels in place. Travis and Lana got bushwhacked by a motley crew, including a scary Indian Shaman, and the Steam Wagon even exploded, sending Travis down. Lana was killed by a blindfolded swordsman, while Travis was stalked by a Mexican carrying a Bowie Knife...that he claimed was Jim Bowie's knife, which he himself used at the Alamo when he killed Bowie! Then he stabbed Travis in the chest.
Tonchay and Lowry came to a bridge and Tontchay tried to cross it when he spotted a large albino. The wagon started rushing towards him and he managed to leap on it, but then the bridge came loose and he went crashing to his death.
Yes, I set out to kill my party. I did it knowing they were all coming back...but I had to work hard to screw Tontchay. Lana and Travis came back Harrowed and I ran them through their Nightmare Scenario (like it was recommended in Deadlands Classics), essentially giving them a series of choices that determined what the balance was between their soul and the manitou. Tontchay wandered through the Hunting Grounds, led by his totem spirit (a wolf) into a spirit manifestation that blended elements from various Indian Tribes, and convened with a towering chief...as well as Doc Holliday. The Chief explained they had managed to save Tontchay by "cheating", because the bad guys had "cheated" first (this is a reference to Deadlands canon that folks who played through the Heart of Darkness adventure will get). The Chief explained that Tontchay was a pretty poor Shaman, but he was a great killer, who was becoming outgunned in this war...and Holliday taught him secrets of Hexslinging. Oh, Tontchay also found a skull at the site where Marshal Kidd made his last stand in The Hunting Grounds.
Like I said, ham fisted, but I needed a Hexslinger and some Harrowed to test these rules, and my group didn't mind.
Upon emerging in the land of the living, they were informed by The Prospector that their killers were led by El Propio Diablo - The Devil's Own. No one knew much about the guy, except that the SOB had been active at least since the Alamo and had been killing ever since. And he's apparently unkillable. Turns out, my guys wanted to kill the guy(s) that killed them.
As they started seeking out the bastards that killed them, the skull went missing. Along the way, they found the aftermath of an attack by a Hangin' Judge. They tracked the skull to a group of outlaws led by a Harrowed (I got to use the Burrow power on them here), but found it had been sold to an "interested party". They wound up attacked by the Hangin' Judge but prevailed, with Travis counting coup and getting his guns (which became his signature for the rest of the campaign, I swear). At the end of the adventure, their camp was invaded by the flesh and blood Marshal Kidd, holding the skull and claiming to have a fractured memory.
The group was attacked by a militia and Kidd, seemingly paralyzed with fear, did not participate. The group tracked the militia to Saint's Hollow. Elias Nash, looking emaciated, told them he had seen no militia, and the posse - being stalked by rats in Saint's Hollow - departed. They found an old fort, where Walter Barrington, leader of the militia, opened fire on them with his Steam Cannon arm. Tontchay drew a bead and shot him down while Travis moved in on the fort. Travis and Lana got into a battle with The Albino, and Travis killed him with the Hangin' Judge's guns. When they, along with Kidd, found Barrington, Kidd suddenly drew down on him and shot him to death, including a blast to the brainpan. He showed off the mark on Barrinton and The Albino, a Devil's Mark binding them to El Propio Diablo. Inside the fort, they found a painting of El Propio Diablo and eleven other beings, as well as a pair of disembodied eyes floating overhead. They recognized Barrington and The Albino in the picture, but were a bit nervous at seeing what appeared to be a ghost and a werewolf among the crowd.
The group met with Agency operative Louis Valance, who sent Lana into Sioux territory with a steam wagon to meet Sitting Bull. Along the way, the group was warned by a hostile Sioux band not to go near the territory, but were not attacked. Travis began seeing a strange hound (a Gabriel Hound) on the periphery of things, and he knew it was having an effect on him. As the group tried to gain an audience with the Indian leaders, they were put on edge when El Propio Diablo and Black Foot Death arrived. Tontchay, having clearly gone "Kemosabe", was the odd man out against Black Foot Death. They also got unnerved at seeing Black Foot Death walk along the ground..,and plant's dying. Wovoka met with Tonchay and told him that The Ghost Dance brought him back. Travis lost control of his manitou while on watch, and as he came to, Crazy Horse and a group of braves had appeared at camp. Crazy Horse and Travis brawled to a standstill, until weird demon snakes ripped through reality and the two sides had to fend them off. Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull ultimately refused to commit soldiers to either side of the conflict, though. The posse left, dejected, and found themselves at Satan's Garden...where they were ambushed by Propio Diablo, Black Foot Death and Ravenites...but a Sioux War Band joined in the fight! As the posse was getting the upper hand (I ran this with Mass Combat, which the group loved, though Kidd took a nasty shot and Lana nearly got burned alive...or dead or whatever), gatling fire ripped through the battlefield, killing some Ravenites, but particularly taking out Sioux. The posse found Marshal Lowry and Louis Valance "rescuing" them, and even Travis (to my complete surprise) snapped off on them! Travis and Tontchay took Lana's body and the wounded Kidd and headed across Sioux Territory for Deadwood!
I totally hammed up the Deadwood episode, drawing on time watching the show. Lana and Kidd were recovering in Doc Cochran's tent while Al Swearengen made the acquaintance of Tontchay and Travis. He hired Tontchay and Travis to help his man Dan Dority escort an appraiser out on inspect a plot, while Lana recovered in the Doc's tent in time to kill an assassin. Lana joined Tonchay and Travis, but the group came under attack by Japanese assassins, led by a wicked one named Komodo, one of El Propio Diablo's gang! They fought to a stalemate in the wild, and it eventually spilled back into Deadwood, where Tontchay nearly blew up Komodo and killed himself as his dynamite exploded more powerfully than it should have! Travis, Kidd (who seemed non-plussed at his friend's death) and Lana departed Deadwood, leaving Tontchay in Swearengen's hands to be buried, but Tontchay's wolf refused to leave his side. Their exit was facilitated by Swearengen, who smuggles opium in and out via Iron Dragon and used his connections to get them through Sioux territory.
The next episode saw Travis, Kidd and Lana on an Iron Dragon train with a Chinaman named Jubei and a fancy gunslinger named Creighton Kennedy. Jubei is another PC played by Tontchay's player. The PCs all met up and interracted, and they met other folks on the train, namely a strange, old woman name Agatha and a European named Valentine (who had more than a little bit of Simon Belmont going on). Agatha explained to Travis that he had been cursed by a witch (who he immediately figured out was Cleora Whately), and that's why the hound was following him. Then I flipped everything on its ear with violence. The Iron Dragon crew began attacking the posse one at a time, the result of the disembodied Ethan St. Prince possessing them and hopping person to person. Soon the train was under full fledged assault by El Propio Diablo, Black Foot Death, the blind Spaniard that killed Lana named Javier Cervantes, the ghostly gunslinger Mason Garrett, the massive werewolf and even Komodo emerged from the guts of Travis, where he had been hiding in an ashen form. Jubei managed to kill the werewolf, and was shocked and saddened to discover that it was his old friend Spencer Smythe (former PC in one of our games). The posse figured out that Cervantes was being fed info by his raven familiar and killed it, effectively neutralizing him. Black Foot Death used magic to spirit him away. El Propio Diablo was rattled when Creighton Kennedy managed to shoot Black Foot Death in the head and kill him! Valentine fought Mason Garrett but couldn't stop him for good. Travis discovered the futility of fighting El Propio Diablo, who could not be harmed, but he backed off before he lost too many men...but not before Lana temporarily lost control of her manitou and nearly gutted Jubei! Travis spotted the hound and tried to chase it, while Kennedy feverishly worked to save his friend and Lana met with the wounded Agatha, who told her to kill her and take her Sight! As the dust settled, Kennedy departed with Jubei, leaving Kidd, Travis and Lana with the wreckage of the train. Kidd finally agreed to have a drink with Travis and offered up his own hooch...and as Travis and Lana drank it, they were startled to discover their manitous taking control of them, while Kidd explained that he has his own Devil's Mark!
Seems like we actually took a week or two break in there in real life, so it's a good place to cap this post off, as this thing is getting much larger than I intended.


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A long ramble through rolling grasslands arrives at a popular swimming, fishing, and picnicking site. This exposed route begins with a steady, 2-mile, 920-foot ascent on a path through oak woodlands. You arrive at Dinosaur Ridge and its 360-degree views, follow wide service roads along a rolling ridgetop, pass through cattle-grazed lands with little shade, and then descend to Cull Creek. From Cull Canyon Regional Recreation Area, hikers can continue on a shadier trail past residential areas.
If you're looking for a challenging hike that takes you off the beaten path, then look no further. This was the missing link in the east bay portion of the Bay Area Ridge Trail. If you're working on hiking the entire ridge, then check out the adjacent trails - Macdonald Trail to Proctor Gate and Garin to Don Castro via High Ridge Loop Trail.
I started at the Proctor Staging area so as to pick up where I left off from one of the aforementioned trails. But you can do an abridged version of this hike by starting at the Chabot Staging area, which will shorten it by 3 miles. If you've already hiked on Brandon Trail, you're not going to miss anything on Willow View Trail except for a bunch of spider webs from the lack of hikers, so starting at Chabot Staging area can be a good option. And you'll be in the EBMUD watershed for part of this hike, so make sure to have a permit.
This trail will start at Anthony Chabot Regional Park, take you through the Cull Canyon Regional Recreational Area, and then finish at Don Castro Regional Recreational Area. It's great how these regional trails connect everything together. You'll see a lot of activity close to the parks and then nobody in between. I crossed one person walking his dog on Rampage Peak Trail and then I didn't see another soul for about 4 miles until I got close to Cull Canyon. The people I encountered were just as surprised as I was to see another person.
Most of the trail is shaded, which is perfect for those hot summer days when the temps are in the triple digits on the other side of the Dublin grade. The only parts where you are exposed are along the steep Dinosaur Ridge fire trail and on a few sections after you exit Cull Canyon. And it's well marked and easy to follow, which is great because Chabot to Garin doesn't show up at all on the All Trails map layer.
You're going to work your way through open space, deep forest, recreational and residential areas. It was July, so there were a lot of people picnicking and swimming at Cull Canyon and Don Castro. There is a tunnel that you'll go through underneath Columbia Drive that is impassable during the rainy season, so you'll have to go over the road in the winter. There are also a few stream crossings north of Cull Canyon where you'll have to hop over some rocks. All in all, it was a great four hour adventure and my longest hike yet since I moved to the Bay Area.


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BE GOOD TOO REVISITED: The EPIRB Question, Why She Didn't Sink, What Happened to Gunther, and a Shameless Book Plug
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There has been much less furor online about the rediscovery of the Alpha 42 catamaran Be Good Too (hull no. 1) on a beach in Scotland than there was when we abandoned her three years ago. Which is a good thing for sure. I was disappointed to see, however, that Gregor Tarjan of Aeroyacht, formerly president of Alpha Yachts, has seized on the boat's reappearance to again malign her crew. If you take a moment to read his full rant here, you'll see his primary accusation, the "worst" thing that happened, was this: "The crew DID NOT leave the activated EPIRB aboard to mark the 40' vessel for other mariners. BE GOOD TOO would for 3 years represent a deadly threat to other small boat sailors."Write comment (2 Comments)


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September 7, 2013
I'm pretty sure you still remember Dutch male model Laurens Foronda. (Oh...I so really love Dutch guys.)
He's like one of the most handsome male models I've ever seen in my entire life. No joke. No exaggeration. As in. Swear. Super.
As mentioned before in my previous posts about him, I first saw him in the Greenbelt TV ad a few months back when I was watching a movie in, where else, Greenbelt. The same TV ad is also currently being played on ETC in case you wanna check it out. I couldn't find it on YouTube, though. Unfortunately.
Anyhow, I had the chance to finally meet him in person last month. Just imagine my joy, delight and excitement!
I know. I'm just really so shallow. But that's Laurens Foronda for crying out loud. One of my biggest crushes lately. Teehee!
The show was about to end when this guy in blue who kinda looked like Clark Kent walked past me and stood near where I was seated.
I tried to stare at him for a little while. That nose. That chin. That forehead. Those cheekbones. Those eyes.
No doubt. It's Laurens Foronda!
And so when I had the chance....
I posed for a photo with him. Teehee! Don't mind my nose. It's big. I know. Just take a look at my hair. It's swayed to my right. An indication that I was feeling quite giddy that night...with his right hand on my right shoulder....Ahihihihihihihi!!! *Kilig much!!!*
And since I was just alone that night and I had no one with me who could take a full body photo of me with Laurens....
I just thought of taking random photos of him....
With random people....
His back....
Oh, gosh...look at his arms!!!
What I love about Laurens is that he's really nice to his fans and admirers. I never really thought that he was that accommodating.
Gosh...look at his jaw line. I'm in love! Teehee! CHOZ!
Hay, Laurens...
Goodbye, Laurens....
I never got to see him again after that.
Oh, wait. I think I still kinda saw him outside the venue but he was kinda smoking and he was with his friends. I didn't wanna disturb him anymore. I just stared at him from a far...as I walked away...from...him....
CHOZ! Drama much!
Hay, Laurens....
Well...I was happy. More than happy. I just really hope, though, that I'd get to see him again. Soon. In some other shows.
The 2013 Cosmo Bachelor Bash, perhaps?
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Newborn Twins: Louie and Evelyn
These twins are so beautiful, so appreciated, so well cared for, and, above all, so very loved. Having only had one baby at a time, I can hardly imagine the work that comes with two, yet Megan and Chris are embracing every second and tackling every challenge together. They are an incredible team that just added two tiny, precious members. Meet Louie and Evelyn, 10 day old bundles of wonderful.


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A Child of the '60s Visits Legoland
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When they celebrated the opening of the long-awaited Freedom Tower recently, participants were treated to former New York City police officer Daniel Rodriguez belting out "America the Beautiful." This was just one highlight of the ceremony honoring those who helped...


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The development of virtual worlds about which we regularly communicate is a part of the more global process of the massive integration of digital technology in our reality.
This new reality we are moving towards, where the border between the virtual and reality will become less and less discernable, is sometimes referred to as the metaverse.
In the spring of 2007, a group of experts, researchers and players in the field of virtual worlds published a remarkable study on this subject : the metaverse roadmap overview. The authors identify four leading trends which, through their convergence, lead us to the metaverse:
. Virtual Worlds
. the mirror worlds, the digital reproduction of reality (Cf. Google Earth)
. enhanced reality : the integration of the digital in the real world, for example via enhanced reality glasses (you walk in an Antique site and thanks to these glasses you have a completed view of the buildings instead of the ruins)
. lifelogging, which consists of recording all the events of one's life on a digital medium.
You will find here the support materials from a talk I gave on this subject at the summer university of a consulting company. In addition to the 4 trends of the Metaverse Roadmap, you will find some elements concerning another change I believe is fundamental: the notion of the enhanced body (exoskeletons, cyborgs and brain-computer links) where, here again, the visions of science-fiction writers are confirmed.
To finish with this theme of the metaverse and immersion, here is a video in which a system for measuring brain waves makes it possible for a person to move his avatar in Second Life mentally:
There are many surprises in store for us.
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The Metaverse : Towards the Integration of the Digital world in Our reality
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Best whishes from Reperes
Happy new year, and please see the film below to discover our wishes for 2008.
Happy New Year 2008
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Understanding and mobilizing the consumer 2.0 via communitiesFor approximately two years at Repères we have been engaged in the process of updating the tools used in market research. Our objective is to look for better ways of accompanying our clients, in a context in which society is undergoing major changes: traditional tools are less and less able to provide an accurate picture of reality today, whereas new approaches, previously inconceivable for technical and budgetary reasons, now provide access to a wealth of new and highly relevant information.| View | Upload your own
Among these new approaches, we are investing especially in all the "collaborative" techniques which represent a change of position within our profession. The citizen consumer is moving from the status of respondent to that of participant.
Hence, on the occasion of the last SEMO trade show, Emilie Labidoire, in charge of Repères Communautés, and I presented a series of collaborative approaches aimed at the following:
. mobilising consumers and involving them in designing the offer:
- co-designing, namely by using the Second Life platform,
- a concept test under the form of a collaborative blog, with 60 to 80 respondents alternating during a fortnight between collective exchanges and individual questionnaires
- a prototype test via the Home Use Blog, previously mentioned in this blog
. but also at gaining a better understanding of consumers via the creation of Virtual Communities of Interests, making it possible for a company to get a better understanding of its target and to continuously exchange with this target in a real spirit of partnership.
In addition to this new position as a "participant", clearly in line with that of the consumer-citizen today (Cf. the book, "Génération participation" by Thierry Maillet), the strong point of these approaches is that they are based on new time frames: We are no longer working with 15-minute quantitative questionnaires or 3-hour focus groups, but with a collaborative experience over one or two weeks (collaborative concept test, Home Use Blog) or even several months (Communities), thus providing a definite opportunity for ideas to ripen and for the experience to be integrated. Another important aspect is the advantage of asynchronous communication limiting leading effects (each participant integrates the opinions of the others, but with a "distance" which enables him or her to evaluate these opinions and to preserve his or her individuality) and also makes it possible for the respondent to express himself/herself in a very personal way.
At Repères, we are continuing to develop and experiment with these collaborative methods which hold great promise, naturally for general consumer issues but also in the field of BtoB (for example: the development of a co-design protocol with certain key customers, or the creation and moderation of communities of retailers…)
In short, we are fortunate to be working in a fascinating profession offering a host of new prospects!Permalink Categories: Co-creation, Home Use Blog, Second Life 0 comments
The Home Use Blog at Pangborn
With the Danone Research team we had the pleasure of being invited to speak at the prestigious Sensory Science Symposium Pangborn, which was held in Minneapolis in August.
On this occasion, Michel Rogeaux and I had the opportunity of presenting the Home Use Blog to the scientific community involved in the field of sensory studies and consumer tests.
As a reminder, the Home Use Blog is a protocol by which consumers test an innovation and exchange impressions in a community blog during the entire experience. This dual immersion of the product experienced by each respondent and within a community proves to be an extremely rich source of information and insight. At the same time, the possibility for the project team of monitoring the test day by day allows for a great deal of adaptability and is very motivating.
This approach is also highly flexible: Since November 2006, when we presented the methodology for the first time at SEMO with Danone Research, we have had the opportunity of using Home Use Blog (for Danone and for other manufacturers) in a great variety of configurations:
. in different countries, over varying periods of time (with a project in the very short term for a HUB during 3 months).
. by combining the Home Use Blog with other approaches, for example by organising at the end of the blog a Focus Group with the participants face-to-face to work in a more creative manner on the elements of the product mix.
In a nutshell, we are convinced that this method will become firmly established as part of marketing research practises in product development processes. The enthusiastic response on the part of the participants at the Pangborn conference backed us up in our conviction.
You will find here the slides of the Home Use Blog presentation at Pangborn.Permalink Categories: Co-creation, Home Use Blog 0 comments
Results of the Jardin des Halles Competition
Joshua Culdesac and Piper Pitney are the winners of the competition "Call for collective design for the Jardin des Halles" initiated by the association Accomplir, the agency Pourquoitucours and Repères. The jury found the creative approach in the design of the Garden of Islands proposed by Joshua Piper especially appealing.
The garden proposed by Yaox Bruner awarded the "public prize" following the votes of the Repères Second Life panel:
Lastly we would like acknowledge the quality of the proposals of all the participants, which may be seen during the whole summer on the Repères Second Life Islandor on video youtube.
This competition was principally aimed at accompanying the Accomplir Association in its fight against the project selected by the Paris City Hall. The objective was not to create the future Jardin des Halles but to prove that other designs were possible which associated creativity and compliance with certain spécifications. The final objective of the members – volunteers – of the association Accomplir being to convince the Paris City Hall to abandon the project and to launch an official competition for the garden.
We do not yet know what will be the outcome of this process but it is clear that Accomplir has made a clear statement in favour of its case thanks to Second Life; the association has benefited from wide media coverage enabling it to express its views (articles in Le Parisien, Paris Obs, Matin Plus, Lemonde.fr, lexpress.fr , BBCnews) ...And has effectively countered any criticism as to its alleged support of the status quo or rejection of innovation.
As for Repères, our action as a sponsor of this competition has enabled us to validate once again the relevance of Second Life as a platform for co-design, even for Real Life uses.Permalink Categories: an Expanding Reality, Co-creation, Second Life 1 comment


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Eclipse Viewing Safety
On Monday, August 21st we will experience a solar eclipse. This is when the moon covers the sun. In our area we will experience over a 90% coverage of the sun. While this is an exciting event, it is also a time to be cautious.
The eclipse will begin a little after 9:00am and peak at 10:23am. It will end at approximately 11:45am. During the eclipse, looking directly at the sun can be dangerous without proper precautions such as wearing ISO certified eclipse glasses.
Please be extra cautious during this time and please be sure to educate those around you in order to avoid potential eye damage.
Athletic Director, Matt Tait will be sending out a message to coaches regarding student athletes who will be on campus during the time of the eclipse.
Below are some resources to help plan for safe viewing:
- Eclipse 101
- NASA livestream of eclipse
- Get Ready for the 2017 Solar Eclipse (NASA video)
- Watching the Friendly Skies (NASA safety video)
- How to Make a Pinhole Projector (NASA video)
- Eclipse Time Tool: http://time.com/4882923/total-solar-eclipse-map-places-view/


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Executive Team
James A. Deal
James A. Deal
Chief Executive Officer
James A. Deal (Jim), founder of Compassus, serves as Chief Executive Officer. Deal has worked in the health care services industry for more than 40 years. He began his career in the investor-owned hospital business as a regional executive. Subsequently, as the CEO of multiple healthcare companies, Deal led the creation of a national network of diabetes treatment centers, was instrumental in leading, developing and operating the first 16 at-risk disease/care management contracts in the U.S., grew a regional high-end medical imaging business into a multi-regional provider, and led the restructuring, refinancing and growth of an organization focused on high quality medical care and attendant cost of treating the frail elderly.
Ten years ago, Deal founded Compassus in partnership with Cressey & Company, a Chicago-based private equity firm. In 2014, he led the re-capitalization of Compassus when Formation Capital and Audax Private Equity replaced Cressey & Company as the company's financial partners. Compassus has since evolved into the nation's third-largest hospice provider and most recently expanded its services to include a range of out-patient post-acute care, including home health, palliative care and hospice. Compassus, with more than 4,500 colleagues and associated physicians, has more than 165 locations in over 30 states.
Deal serves on the Board of Directors of AmSurg / Sheridan (AMSG), a leading national physician services provider and the leading physician office-based ambulatory surgery provider. He previously served on the Board of Directors for MedCath, the leading operator of cardiac specialty hospitals.
Deal earned a Master's of Public Administration in Health Services Administration from the University of Arizona and a Bachelor's of Business in Economics from Western Illinois University.
Russ Adkins
Russ Adkins
Senior Vice President
General Counsel
Russ Adkins joined the company as senior vice president and general counsel of Compassus in 2013. Prior positions include vice president, legal, for MModal Inc., a leading global outsource provider of clinical documentation technology and services; and associate general counsel and then vice president, legal, for Spheris Inc. Prior to joining Spheris, he practiced law for several private law firms, with a practice focused on general business, corporate, and commercial matters.
Adkins received a Masters in Law from New York University School of Law and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Louisville School of Law. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from Murray State University.
Kurt Merkelz, M.D.
Kurt Merkelz, M.D.
Senior Vice President
Chief Medical Officer
Kurt Merkelz, M.D., was named senior vice president and chief medical officer of Compassus in 2017. He previously served as medical director for the Compassus program serving Houston, Texas.
Dr. Merkelz leads the company's quality and clinical initiatives, ensuring the delivery of quality patient outcomes and increased access to end-of-life care in all our services.
Throughout his career, Dr. Merkelz has focused on caring for older adults. His perseverance in raising industry benchmarks for quality hospice care earned him the R. Sean Morrison, M.D., Award for Outstanding Achievement in Hospice Physician Leadership.
He received his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center and completed residencies in family medicine and geriatric medicine at the University of Cincinnati. Following his residency at the University of Cincinnati, he became assistant director of the international health program.
Dr. Merkelz is triple-board certified in hospice and palliative care medicine, family practice and geriatrics.
Bradley Wear
Bradley Wear
Executive Vice President
Chief Financial Officer
Brad Wear joined Compassus as chief financial officer in 2018. Wear has more than 20 years of experience as a chief financial officer within the healthcare industry.
Prior to joining Compassus, Wear served as chief financial officer for several healthcare companies including US Anesthesia Partners; SHPS, Inc.; I-trax/CHD Meridian (now Walgreens); Qualifacts Systems; Breathe America/DigiChart, Inc.; and REN Corporation. While at SHPS, Inc., Wear also served as interim operations leader for the Carewise Health subsidiary and was responsible for restructuring the organization to create empowerment, visibility and accountability among team members.
Wear is a certified public accountant and received his bachelor's degree in accounting from Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado. He resides in Gallatin, Tennessee, with his wife of more than 30 years.
Jeff Mongonia
Jeff Mongonia
President, Eastern Division
Jeff Mongonia joined Hospice Compassus in 2015 as President, East Division. Mongonia is a highly accomplished health care management executive with more than 20 years of industry experience and consistently proven ability to increase sales, market share, productivity and profitability while reducing expenses.
Prior to Hospice Compassus, Mongonia served as Senior Vice President of Field Operations for American HomePatient, Inc., a national home healthcare provider of medical products and services, having previously held the positions of Area Vice President, Mid-Atlantic, and Vice President of Operational Initiatives. Before American HomePatient, he was Area Manager, Ohio, for Lincare, Inc., another national home healthcare provider of respiratory supplies and services.
Mongonia has held memberships in the Ohio Association of Medical Equipment Suppliers, in which he served as a member of the Board; the Council for Quality Respiratory Care; and the Northeast Indiana Continuity of Care organization, in which he served as president. He graduated Summa cum Laude from Indiana Wesleyan University with a B.S. in Business Management.
Corina Tracy
Corina Tracy
Executive Vice President
Chief Operating Officer
Corina Tracy serves as executive vice president and chief operating officer for Compassus. Since 2003 she has held various leadership positions with the company, including director of clinical services, executive director, regional director of operations, and senior vice president of clinical services. Prior to joining Compassus, Tracy served as clinical manager for St. Luke's Hospice in Cedar Rapids, and hospice liaison for Genesis Medical Center Hospice in Davenport, Iowa. She also directed a free medical clinic in Iowa that recruited physicians, nurses, spiritual leaders, and pharmacists to volunteer their time and services to assist the poor in the community.
Tracy is an End-of-Life Nursing Educator and held the designation as a Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse for many years. She currently serves on the Regulatory Committee of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization and is a member of Leadership Health Care, an initiative of the Nashville Health Care Council. She is pursuing her Master's in Business Administration at Upper Iowa University.
Dennis Wade
Dennis Wade
Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Organizational Development
Dennis Wade is senior vice president of human resources and organizational development for Compassus. In his role, Wade is responsible for all human resources functions, including recruitment and retention, compensation and benefits, and colleague relations and development.
Wade has more than 30 years of experience in human resources and a proven track record of creating colleague-centric business strategies that focus on culture, engagement and retention. Prior to Compassus, Wade served as executive vice president and chief human resources officer of Corizon Health, where he was responsible for the administration of personnel policies, programs, compensation and benefits for more than 12,000 employees in 27 states.
A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Wade received his bachelor's degrees in Business and Psychology from Birmingham-Southern College.


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It is an untold story in many ways, all 30 NBA teams have volunteer chaplains who hold prayer circles with players who wish to observe their religious beliefs before every pro basketball game.
Calling the services a "spiritual ankle-taping," a recent piece in The New York Times highlights some of the volunteers who serve players' religious needs from coast to coast.
Former player Andrew Lang, for instance, caters to the needs of players at Philips Arena before every Atlanta Hawks home game.
Lang, who retired from the NBA in 2000 after a twelve-year career, played with the Hawks from 1993 to 1996
"As a player, if I was open in the post, it was, 'Hey, let's go!'" Lang told the Times. "Those days are over. You have to be patient with these young men. It's their time, their choice. It's for their enrichment. You have to accept that, sometimes, you have to wait."
Atlanta is just one of the 30 NBA teams with pregame chaplains. For some it is a ritual never to be missed.
Draymond Green of the Golden State Warriors says that almost half the team engages in a service before each game. "It's a little different than just sitting there, reading some Bible verses by yourself, as opposed to getting the word with others and really studying and praying together," he said.
Visiting teams also make use of the home team's chapels and volunteer chaplains. Lang noted that when the Orlando Magic recently visited Philips Arena, nearly the whole team joined him at his pregame service.
The paper did note that there is some opposition to the pregame services, mostly by coaches—most of whom wanted to remain anonymous for fear of criticism. Some coaches feel that the pregame services are a distraction for players.
But it seems that the services enjoy a solid place in the NBA, especially give the fact that every team now features its own chapel service open to all coaches and players.
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2015 FNB Super Bowl
January 30, 2015
To gear up for Sunday's game, we've been busy perfecting our paper football skills. This week, employees were divided into 24 teams and played their way through a strenuous bracket system in an attempt to make it to the playoffs.
The competition was heated this morning during the 2015 FNB Super Bowl championship game. Congratulations to Josh for winning this year's title!