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Orlando RAP 2018 crew has ask us to provide up to 5 volunteers per day again this year for the show APRIL 6-7-8. The way this works is they request helpers for each of the three days of the show and if you help all day, as a thank you get 1 entry ticket for the show, occasional they have donuts, coffee, and lunch for the staff, first come first serve and 1 staff tee shirt to keep. Sizes will be requested later.
If you can only help a half day each day and want to enter the show the other half, that is ok but you must secure a second person to cover the other half and your responsible for them. Each person would then have to work HALF of both days as partners to get the thank you tickets and shirts.
Occasionally, if we CAN NOT fill full day slots, you can work a morning only, which is when most help is needed, we can then grant afternoon entry to the show. Max two per day on that option I think as we need to cover the doors all day somehow at a minimum. If you have any questions just ask and I'll try and accommodate. This is A GREAT SHOW, DONT MISS IT.
First come first serve below. I'll be there all three days one way or the other to assist, and will not count my self in the count.
Friday April 6th 10-4/6pm -jobs will be filling thousands of gift bags and as needed jobs with set up. no shirts
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3 Chris O gift bags duty
4 Simer after school is out 3:30 till 8 gift bags duty
5 Rick massa
6 jim28fl alternate as needed
Saturday April 7th 10-6 pm =Day one of show- jobs will include as needed front door and side door duties and handing out gift bags at start of show/crowd control. get staff shirt and tickets.
1 Chris O all day as needed XXL
2 Chip W L
3 Jason half day L
5 jim28fl Alternate L
SUNDAY April 8th 10-6 pm =Last day of show jobs will include as needed front door and side door duties and handing out gift bags at start of show/crowd control. Assist break down of show. get staff shirts and tickets.
1 Chris O all day as needed XXL
2 Tucker L or XL
3 Jason half day
5 Rad man maybe half day XL ???
6 jim28fl Alternate
Please note that if you are attending the show as a attendee at any point, you may not participate in the raffle event unless you change out of a staff shirt and posses in hand an entry ticket like everyone else. Basically you must posses a valid entry ticket if you win something in the raffle.


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Captain's ReportSYLVAN MIRAGE SIGNATURE 8522By Capt. Ron SvobodaPontoon boats are relatively simple craft, yet their popularity over the last few years has exploded. Builders are adding innovative features, increasing luxury and installing high horsepower propulsion. Sylvan is one such builder and offers a wide variety of models that deliver a range of great features and attributes. The model that caught my eye is their top of the line Signature 8522. As I was standing at the edge of a dock watching the deluxe version of the 22 foot Mirage pontoon clip across the lake at an amazing speed. I said to the Sylvan rep that we need to test that boat, next thing I know we are doing hot laps around the lake in the 8522 and recording top end speeds of almost 42 mph. Pushing the 2,200 pound platform is a single Evinrude E-Tec outboard with 150 ponies of two-stroke, fuel injected fun. But the motor is not the only part of the boat that gets credit for such performance, it's the logs. Most pontoon boats that can achieve this mark on the speedo have to use three tubes (AKA a tri-toon). But the engineers at Sylvan came up with a way to provide the necessary hydrodynamic lift required with only two tubes. All this adds up to a party platform that does more than entertain and supply space for bodies, it can pull a bevy of water toys including pulling water skiers with confidence. The absence of the third log also boils down to significant cost savings for you the consumer.This boat is not just fast, it is very luxurious. Built with premium materials and craftsmanship the Signature series is top notch. Plush lounges abound on the 8522 and all of them provide extensive storage space under the thickly padded cushions. Recessed stereo speakers and cup holders are strategically placed in the backs of the lounges, ensuring everyone is hydrated and grooving. The builder even found some room under one of the seats to install a flip-out changing compartment that can also be used with a portable toilet. The 8522 is slated as a rear-entry model which means that the stern offers a small area to board the boat from. This area is also set-up to be used as a swim platform, complete with a sturdy swim ladder that is fixed to the starboard side transom. So as if you didn't have enough choices out there for your next boat, Sylvan only makes the decision harder by offering a machine that really seems to have it all. I'd add a grill, the full camper enclosure and then call it my second home.
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Tuesday, May 28, 2013
There's Klingons on the Starboard Bow, Starboard Bow, Starboard Bow
Kirk: [gestures at the console] Where they went.
[Saavik punches in the coordinates to the transporter console and steps onto the pad]
McCoy: What if they went nowhere?
Kirk: Then this will be your big chance to get away from it all.
--from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
This is an overdue post, since I'd been playing the game for well over six months now, but I thought I'd use a quote from The Original Series movies to sum up my feelings of Star Trek Online.
When you think that you've got the MMO style down pat, a game throws you for a bit of a curve. STO is definitely not the same MMO that you're used to seeing. Oh, there's a toon that is the center of your universe --whether it be Federation, Klingon, or Romulan*-- but the gameplay is a bit different than the standard theme park MMOs out there.
For starters, there's your starship. Yes, you get to captain your own starship, and judging by the plethora of starships that hang around the Sol Starbase, the starship you pilot is the e-peen of STO. to be honest, I felt pretty humbled in my tiny Centaur Class starter ship being surrounded by all of these other ships.
Unlike The Old Republic, your starship is integral to the game. In fact, you could say that's the difference between the two games in a nutshell: The Old Republic is a Space Opera about you as a character, while Star Trek Online is about you as a starship captain.
STO is set in the Next Gen universe, and the Romulans home planet of Romulus has exploded. (Sound familiar to you reboot fans?) The Klingon Empire decided it was time for a land grab** and broke its alliance with the Federation to expand its territory. Therefore, the stage was set for two factions: Federation and Klingon. STO added the Romulan faction within the past few weeks to spice things up, but I think it's too early to tell how things are going.
The Federation's intro questline starts you off with needing to beam down to a planet's surface to save some colonists from the Borg. (What, you thought they weren't going to be here?) You're introduced to movement and fighting as a leader of an away team, and then you're beamed back onto the ship where the captain didn't survive an attack. You're in charge, so you learn a bit about how your ship moves, interacts, and attacks/defends in space while teaming up with a lot of other ships to beat off the Borg.
Now, that all sounds like pretty standard MMO fare, but things begin to deviate a bit when you report in to Starfleet. You're given command of your first ship and you have your first officer as a member of your staff, but you quickly find out that quests are designed differently in STO than the traditional theme park model. The standard model is to daisy chain a series of quests together, forming a questline, but in STO a single quest may or may not spawn subquests --which are required, which is different than the Bonus quests in TOR-- and the single quest itself is in reality several quests all wrapped together. STO pretty much eliminated the quest turn-in format by going with one long quest instead.
And that's just the format.
There are several different types of STO quests: the straight ahead "talk to someone and acquire a quest" variety, the "Admiral hails you and assigns you a quest" type, the random "world boss" incursion type (like, say, the Borg popped up in a region of space and all ships available in the quadrant are summoned to fight them off), the PvP variety (which appears when you get close to a PvP area), and "explore strange new worlds" variety, which you're never sure what you're going to get.
That last quest type is a new idea, and it caters to the Star Trek universe.
As any old time trekkie will tell you, the whole point of the Enterprise being out there was to explore uncharted space. There are specific regions in the galactic map where a player can go and investigate various anomalies out in space.*** Sometimes these anomalies yield planets and other adventures, sometimes they're pretty mundane. At first I thought these areas were like the materials rich areas in Age of Conan, but I quickly learned that you can have plenty of adventures exploring. Oh, and some of those adventures can last as long as, say, a full clear of Stratholme in WoW.
A lot of quests will strictly be limited to you interacting with things on your starship, but other ones will have you beaming down as head of an away team of up to five people. Your officers will accompany you if you want them to, but any extra slots are filled with the traditional Red Shirt cannon fodder. By the way, you can equip your officers with good equipment too, much like the companions in TOR.****
Fights, encounters, and other interactions with the world will yield skill points, and you train by turning in those skill points for better skill rankings. Yes, you do have levels too, and that governs your rank and what ships you can captain (and what skills you can train), but skill training itself is vitally important. Make sure you train as much as you can.
As a starship captain, you also have to take care of your crew. While you don't have companion stories like you do in TOR --the difference in focus between the two MMOs again-- you train your crew, make sure they are properly geared, and when the time comes, you can promote them too. I presume at some point they may leave your ship, and if that happens you have other officer candidates to choose from.*****
This only scratches the surface of the game itself, because it can be as complex as you want it to be. Sure, when a fight is happening you turn into a button masher, but the rest of the game is pretty expansive.
The game is very true to the Star Trek universe, and for those trekkies who want to play around in an MMO, STO is very much built for them. Yes, I'd have preferred TOS myself, but going with Next Gen made sense because more people are used to the Next Gen universe. There's also that little matter of TOS being boxed in the timeline by both ST:E and Next Gen, so if STO wants to expand the Trek universe, it can by going with Next Gen.
The space graphics are great, and the planetary graphics are good too --on a par with TOR-- but the toon facial graphics are, well, very similar. The faces all have a similar, distinctive look, and while it's not bad per se, that sameness can get to you after a while. And I also have to admit that I expect my crew to come and talk to me from time to time, but this isn't TOR.
STO's biggest positive is that it remains true to the Trek universe but allows you inside to feel like you're really a part of your faction. The Leonard Nimoy vocal commentary is a big win too.
It's yet another F2P offering out there, and one worth a look if you want to scratch that Star Trek itch.
*Romulans are a brand new third faction to the STO MMO. I haven't made a Romulan character yet, so I can't say much more than that. However, you can't miss all the Romulan ships out and about in space.
**Or whatever you'd call it in space. Territory grab sounds so.... sanitized.
***Examining anomalies themselves is like farming mats in most other MMOs, but with a twist. You're given a set amount of time to match the waveform that pops up on screen, and if you do you get bonus materials. You can in turn use those materials to craft items. There's an entire questline associated with Memory Alpha to learn how to craft items.
****Both you and your officers can train as well, and you'd better take advantage of that opportunity as much as you can.
*****I haven't gotten that far enough in the game to find out, but for the character that I expect to leave for her own command I've already got her replacement in the pipeline. (EtA: This doesn't happen unless you dismiss your officers. See the comment below.)
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- AnonymousMay 29, 2013 at 4:59:00 AM EDT
Just the small comment on your personel leaving: it does not happen automatically. You build up your crew and if you are all happy with them, you can keep them forever.ReplyDelete
If you are unhappy with one of them, you of course can dismiss them, and if i remember correctly, they then leave "for another assignment", but i am not absolutely certain if it was worded that way. The usual reason why captains dismiss most of their first crew is that at some time you want to optimize the traits on your crew. (Additionally, you might get all the "special" bridge officers from mission and stuff and don't want to buy even more bridge officer slots, so clearing up some unused slots might be in order. )
So, don't be afraid of loosing your crew, and you don't need to prepare for that, either, but prepare to perhaps let some go for other assignments to make room for people with traits tailored to your needs, instead of running with any random traits your first officers brought along.Replies
That's actually kind of disappointing.Delete
I've grown used to the concept of my companions having their own ideas and opinions on things courtesy of TOR, so the fact that they'd stick around forever if I let them is a bit of a let down from that area.
Actually, in the past there was talk about being able to promote your first officer to a captain position, which you'd get to play as a new character.Delete
I have no idea if they are actually going hrough with this, but it was mentioned by the devs.
@Chris-- Now THAT would be a very cool idea. You could create your own legacy in an organic fashion.Delete


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husbutler necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 66 diseños de 26 diseñadores freelance.
We provide services to peoples houses - inside and outside.We take care of every need of the house owner. We're skilled builders and repair men and will do maintainence of houses and properties primary for private house owners.
We take care of all tasks for opening up a house for the summer, to repair broke items, do lawnmoving etc.
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The typically cottage or house owner who can't/won't take care of their property ranging from the small summer house to the high end apartment.
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At the end of last month, Channel 4 spokeswoman Danielle Dascalos told us that Leigh was just one of several candidates and had yet not been offered the position that would replace Molly Hughes.
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Today's featured quilt is this happy and lively quilt, "Pixie Stixs."
Tell us about your quilt.
Pixie Stixs was the result of our STLMQG challenge. We played a game where we ripped fabric in half and passed it to our neighbor; resulting in 5 different fabrics in the end. The challenge was to create something with the majority of the fabrics. After playing around with the prints for a while, I got the idea to create these "blade-like" strips. While this quilt is simple in its design, it was difficult to insert the "blades" into the white background and with each strip, I learned how to make the task easier. Composing Pixie Stixs was a study in trying something new.
What do you consider when composing a quilt?
I wish I could say that I had some secret to composition, but I use the typical design conventions such as scale, negative space, etc. What I do try and do is "listen" to the design along the way. A design might start one way on paper and when I start working with fabric, things usually change. Throughout the process I'm continually assessing and editing both the design and my fabric choices. My best advice is that you can't be afraid to try something new and even start over if you aren't feeling it.
Tell us about yourself and your quilty history.
As a child I was surrounded by arts and crafts and thanks to my mom I was no match for the power of fabric. As a youngster thought I would be an architecht or engineer, but fabric entered my life and I studied fashion design. At a very young age, I was a wannabe quilter, turned sewist. Now I consider myself a sewist turned modern quilter and for once feel like it's not just a hobby anymore, it's truly a part of who I am.
Kristy is the founder, president and enthusiastic member of the St. Louis Modern Quilt Guild and like many of us feels that the MQG has changed her life. Kristy blogs at St Louis Folk Victorian you can see more of her work on Flickr.


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The field Project Description is always soo hard for me to fill up because i could tell a Roman about it but i am sure noone would reals pages long of a descriptions maybe it would be funny or amusing because of my english mistakes hahahahah :) but anyway i try my best to keep it short and intense everyone can ask me then specifik questions wich i would loove to explain :)
well… Couture doesn`t mean always Beadings and Corsettings and huuge skirts :D it can be also a really quite one with the touch of something special by using beautiful fabriks in different techniques to make something unseen and sew it up like its a texture of the fabrik like no hand touched…
well this is what i do…. :D i hope u like it
Material Notes
for this dress i used a cotton Chanel like fabrik and for the detailings i used guess what??? Silk Organza of course :D the beldt is made uo from a Pure Silk
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Feb 20, 2013, 02.22 PMby ariation
THis is lovely! The sleeves are wonderful! and the details too…….Simple couture!
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Feb 20, 2013, 03.45 PMby TheAtelierHauteCouture
Thank U :)
Yess its Simple and chic:)
Feb 20, 2013, 12.20 PMby kisses
Like the shape of the sleeve. I would really like to know how you got it to shape that way. A tutorial would be very benefical
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Feb 20, 2013, 03.45 PMby TheAtelierHauteCouture
:D thank u i thing i did a pretty well job by doing theese sleeves :D as soon as i endet up my new Collection by the 5th mai i will do a tutourial i promis :)
Feb 20, 2013, 08.21 AMby martinK
I like the shape of the sleeves, special detail!
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Feb 20, 2013, 03.44 PMby TheAtelierHauteCouture
Thank u :D
Feb 19, 2013, 10.25 PMby Mary Athey
This is just gorgeous on you. I just adore the sleeves. Did you use a.pattern x
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Feb 19, 2013, 10.58 PMby TheAtelierHauteCouture
Rhank u i am soo happy that u love it:)
by the way this is my client so its actually not me in this picture:)
when i get enough requests i can try to make a tutourial about theese sleeves:)
i never do use finished pattern only if it is something really special :) i do for each dress and client a new pattern block :)
Feb 19, 2013, 10.22 PMby perilsp
Beautifully fit.
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Feb 19, 2013, 10.56 PMby TheAtelierHauteCouture
Thank U
Like my all other dresses is the fit the most important part of my designs :)
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WASHINGTON -- A spike in American imports of consumer goods, autos and other products led to a sharp increase in the U.S. trade deficit in November from the prior month, the government said Friday.
One immediate implication of the unexpectedly big widening of the trade deficit, to a seven-month high of $48.7 billion, is that the U.S. economic growth rate for last year's fourth quarter is likely to be marked lower, probably closer to a measly 1% annual rate.
Yet the latest trade report may not be as bad as it looks. For one thing, the jump in imports of consumer products -- cellphones, pharmaceuticals, diamonds, clothes -- could indicate stronger demand and spending by Americans. Also, some of the imports include such things as Apple iPhones and iPads, which are assembled in China but whose value is largely retained in the U.S.
Further complicating November's trade figures from the Commerce Department is the apparent effect from Superstorm Sandy, which disrupted port activity on the East Coast in late October. The stronger imports might have included some catch-up in November because ships couldn't dock in the immediate aftermath of the devastating storm.


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2011 Deloitte Volunteer IMPACT Survey Finds that Millennials Seek Career Benefits from Volunteerism Efforts
While we were out in New Orleans at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service, the good folks at Deloitte put out the latest update in their annual Volunteer IMPACT Research Series, and we're delighted to share some of the findings with you.
Each year Deloitte's Volunteer IMPACT Research series explores a different facet of the relationship between workplace volunteering and corporate interests. (You can see reports from the entire series here.) The 2011 survey was commissioned to explore the connection between workplace volunteerism activities, employee engagement, and Millennials.
Using indicators such as workplace satisfaction, pride and loyalty, they compared the responses of Millennials who frequently volunteer against those who infrequently or never volunteer. Specifically, the survey targeted employed adults, ages 21 – 35. Further, the survey explored key barriers and drivers to participation in volunteer programs.
The 2011 data show that, in stark contrast to those Millennials who rarely or never volunteer through company-sponsored programs, those who do frequently get involved in nonprofit service are more likely to be proud, loyal and satisfied employees. What's more, Millennials who frequently volunteer are nearly twice as likely to be "very satisfied" with the progression of their career — and two times more likely to rate their corporate culture as "very positive" as compared to those who rarely or never volunteer (56% versus 28%).
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At a time when this and other studies reveal that one-third of Millennials are considering other job opportunities, Deloitte's findings offer a strong argument for making volunteerism a business priority. Companies that view their volunteer programs as strategic assets and factor community involvement into their business planning may have a distinct advantage when it comes to engaging this civic-minded generation of workers.
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Settlement Music School's new Willow Grove Branch, located at 318 Davisville Road, is inaugurating a dance program for four to eight-year-olds starting this month. "We are pleased to offer dance instruction for the first time, now that we have a handsome new space that features a sprung-wood floor and beautiful natural light," explained branch director Marsha Hogan.
Settlement's only suburban branch previously was located on the Alverthorpe Manor in Jenkintown. The new Willow Grove Branch opened on Monday, Jan. 3.
No one is more familiar with the new facility and Settlement's project to build it than Chestnut Hill resident Joseph Waz, a senior executive with Comcast and chairman of Settlement's central board of directors. Speaking of the new facility, he said, "It's a thing of beauty. Our architect George von Scheven did wonderful work. Most of the studios are flooded with natural light, as is the dance studio with its huge skylight. We maintain a fine set of facilities around the city and region, but here we have the luxury of a new building with all the modern amenities. And the Leonard Mellman Performance Hall is a gem, with a wonderful outdoor terrace for receptions and entertaining.
"And the real strength of Settlement is its sense of community. There are endless opportunities for group and ensemble playing and for public performance. As someone who took private music lessons for many years in my youth, I can now really appreciate just how important those interactions are to your growth."
Svetlana Lutz, who has taught dance in the Cheltenham and Wissahickon neighborhoods since 2008, will be teaching the dance program at Settlement's new Willow Grove Branch.
"Dance can be a key element in the intellectual and physical development of children," she explained. "Through dance movement, they will become flexible, gain muscle strength, coordination and motor skills. Games and children's dances, which this class includes, will help them to develop imagination and self-confidence. Proper body alignment, according to the Russian school, musicality, basic dance steps and the sequence of the steps will help to develop memorization skills."
For anyone interested in signing up for the new dance program at Settlement Music School's Willow Grove Branch, contact branch coordinator Caitlin Fitzgerald at 215-320-2633.
Mt. Airy Conductor
West Mt. Airy's Jeri Lynne Johnson will conduct the Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra in a program entitled "Burleigh, Brahms & Dvorak: A New Musical World," Saturday, Feb. 19, 7:30 p.m., in the Independence Seaport Museum Theater, 211 S. Columbus Boulevard at Penn's Landing. The program features Brahms' "Tragic" Overture, Henry Thacker Burleigh's "Deep River" and "Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?" and Dvorak's Symphony No. 9, "From the New World." Mezzo Tracie Luck will be the guest soloist.
"This is a truly special concert for the Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra," explained Johnson. "The largest piece on the program is the monumental Ninth Symphony of Dvorak. All the pieces selected truly reflect my philosophy of creating deeper connections between countries, cultures and communities through music, and showing how a multitude of musical and cultural influences led to this great work.
"We open with Brahms' 'Tragic' Overture," she continued, "a composer who greatly influenced Dvorak's ideas about classical form in his later symphonies. The Black History Month connection in the program is a set of orchestrated songs by Erie, Pennsylvania, native Henry Thacker Burleigh. This African American singer, arranger and composer created the foundation for a truly American style of classical music. His work uncovering, documenting and performing works of African Americans and Native Americans helped the great Czech composer Antonin Dvorak (who toured the United States visiting communities of Czech immigrants) create a new melodic language that sounds uniquely American and 'From the New World.'"
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Ward: "You sank my Battleship."
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Raina: "Have you ever heard of Steve Rogers? No. But Captain America, now he's on the news, On a lunchbox, on a poster on the wall."
Simmons: "And he plays a lot of Minecraft where he plays a rather nasty mob."
Fitz: "Is it Zombie?"
Simmons: "Zombie Pigmen."
May: "When someone breaks into my house I usually don't invite them to stay. But that's me."
Coulson: "That was me too then that alien staff went through my heart."
May: "Sure it didn't go through the brain?"
Coulson: "You don't really do comforting, either, do you?"
Coulson: "Oh crap. They gave him a name."
Ward: "You can't save someone from themselves, sir."
Coulson: "You can if you get to them early enough."
Skye: "My lifelong search has led to a single document. Redacted…"
Coulson: "…by S.H.I.E.L.D."
Skye: "No matter what you do I'll never stop looking."
Coulson: "You might not like what you find."
Skype: "It can't be worse than what I've imagined."
Coulson: "Maybe I can help."


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Manito, the Great Spirit
Photos and Tales to come – coming soon ….
Story of the Bridge of the Gods: Geologically this is one of the shortest crossing areas between Oregon and Washington over the Columbia River. It is believed that a thousand years ago there was a massive landslide from the north shore of the Columbia River that slid into the river and blocked the Gorge. It created a natural dam and inland sea that extended between Oregon, Washington, and into Idaho. As river pressures began carving out natural bridges and tunnels under this landslide to outlet into the Pacific, eventually the blockage dam was washed away. Some say it originally carved a large natural stone bridge that the Native Americans believed was created by the Gods. Legend has it this land bridge eventually collapsed back into the Columbia River, destroying the inland sea, and creating the Cascade rapids.
Native America legends tell a tale that the Great Spirit Manito created this bridge so his peoples of the Columbia River could cross the river from bank to bank, and it was so called the "Giant Crossover". This Great Spirit assigned the Wise woman Guardian Loo-Wit to watch over it and protect the river, bridge, and peoples of the area. Out of fear and respect for the Great Spirit, the tribes would appeal for protection while crossing the river. It was eventually called the "Bridge of the Gods" translated and nicknamed as such from the white westerners who came through the area. Manito had sent his sons to earth – the three great mountains: Multnomah the Warrior (Mt. Rainier), Klickitat the totem maker (Mt. Adams), and Wyeast, the singer (Mt. Hood) who all presided over the river and the bridge peacefulling for many years until the beautiful Squaw Mountain moved into the valley between Klickitat and Wyeast. She fell in love with Wyeast while still flirting with Klickitat, causing rivalry and jealousy between the two causing the mountains to fight over her. Their arguing, growling, trembling, and feuds caused lava, ash, and earthquakes to form in their path – and each other hurling white hot rocks at each other. This destroyed the forests, environment, and beauty of the valley – and broke the bridge causing it to fall into the river never to be seen again. Manito was so upset by this, he formed huge rapids in the Columbia River to separate the feuding brothers. Klickitat won Squaw Mountain's heart and Wyeast admitted defeat, much to the dismay of Squaw who loved him so, and although at the side of Klickitatt with a heavy broken heart, became depressed and fell into a deep permanent sleep and sits today as "Sleeping Beauty" lying just west of Mt. Adams. Klickitat under such shock from Squaw's depression, once with a high straight head like Wyeast, fell with grief that he dropped his head in shame and never raised it again. Loo-Wit got caught up in the cross-fire during this battle, and fell with the bridge. the Great Spirit rewarded her with a wish, and she asked to be made young and beautiful again – but being old, she did not require companionship so chose a lonely location. She became the most beautiful of all mountains and made her home far west as the beautiful and powerful Mount Saint Helens.Want to follow the travels of Sir Thomas Leaf? Click Here!
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2 Week Specials, Care & Community in Nepal by Beth Kynaston
In the summer holidays of 2016 I was lucky enough to travel to Nepal for two weeks with Projects Abroad. I'm 17, and live in a small country town in NSW, Australia. I love to travel, and I had wanted to go overseas, somewhat independently, for a while. I've been particularly interested in doing volunteer humanitarian work for the last couple of years, but didn't think it would be possible until after I finished high school.
Then I found the link to the Projects Abroad website, and all of a sudden, I saw numerous options which combined travel and volunteer work, all of which were available for high school students. It took me a while to settle on a destination, but after deciding on Nepal, I asked my parents about it and within a week I was registered and ready to go!
Having been in contact with other volunteers via Facebook before we departed, I was able to meet with another volunteer on the same project, who I was able to go through the airports with, which made it a lot less daunting task. Flying over the Himalayas and seeing Everest on the way was incredible, we were lucky enough that it was a perfectly clear day, so there was great visibility. Walking out of the airport in Kathmandu was incredible; waiting for us was a Projects Abroad worker, holding their sign for us.
Crossing the street to get to her was the first difficult thing we faced-road rules (if existent) being fairly different to those in Australia. We met with other volunteers at the hotel we were staying at, and got to explore the streets the first evening. Walking down the streets was something that intimidated me at first, being much louder and more busy than anything I was used to, however, after half an hour or so, I'd become used to it. Shops lined the streets selling all kinds of weird and wonderful things-haggling was also something we had to get used to while we were there.
Painting Work in Classrooms
Our first week was spent painting classrooms in a school about 20mins drive from our hotel. It was incredible to see the bright classrooms that had already been painted by other volunteers, compared to the dull cement-walled rooms that we had the job of transforming. However, by the end of the week, we saw the difference that a few layers of paint and some murals can make. The classrooms looked awesome, a place where it seemed really pleasant to sit in and learn.
At lunchtime we were provided with food that was from a local café, notably momos (dumplings). We also got to play games with the younger kids during the break, it was heart-warming to see them so happy when they had so little. They played with rocks, and rubber bands, and didn't seem like they needed anything more, they were happy creating games, and teaching us how to play along with them. We also had sing along with the older kids, and discussed our plans for the future.
Weekend trip to Chitwan
We spent the weekend at Chitwan National Park, where we got to be tourists for a while. We saw a cultural dance, went to the elephant breeding centre (where there was a baby which was only a week old, and super cute!), went on a walk through the national park, where our guide had only a stick to ward off wild animals (thankfully it wasn't required), and who advised us to run in zig zags if we were chased by a rhino! We had a sunset viewing over the water, experienced a canoe ride (as alligators were swimming past!!) and went on a jungle jeep safari, on which we were lucky enough to see a rhinoceros, and a sloth bear, as well as several monkeys, deer and alligators.
Child Care Placement
In the second week we visited various children care homes. We spent time at J and K house, where some of the kids had been orphaned by the 2015 April earthquake, and spent time playing games with them, as well as running a dental outreach session to improve knowledge on personal health and hygiene. We visited MSPN, a care centre for children living with HIV/AIDS, and the Nutritional Rehabilitation Home, for malnourished children. Visiting these centres was quite confronting-knowing about issues and actually seeing them are two completely different things. It really made me reflect on how lucky we are in Australia.
We also got to spend time in another school, where we took classes for the day. We planned lessons and activities in pairs for the children beforehand. The children were eager to learn, and (mostly) excited to participate. Teaching for the two days was quite possibly my favourite part of my time in Nepal.
Evening Activities
There were numerous activities planned for us for the duration of our stay, we went shopping in the streets almost every evening, purchased saris which we wore to dinner on the last night, visited the monkey temple, and a Hindi temple, had a yoga lesson and a language lesson, dined at a traditional Nepali restaurant, had a trivia night, and got Henna tattoos.
The group of volunteers I was in was small-there were only six of us, although some groups are larger. It was incredible to share such an amazing experience with a group of strangers, people I'd never met before, and come out the other side as friends.
Final Word
For anyone considering volunteering while still in school-I can't speak highly enough of my experience with Projects Abroad, everything was so easy and stress-free, the team takes care of everything for you and answers any questions that you have extremely quickly. I'd recommend doing a bit of research before going, learn about the culture, and possibly some of the language-as it greatly enhances your experience.
I highly recommend taking the opportunity to volunteer, it was an incredible experience, which has provided me with lifetime memories, as well as giving me an insight into a new and completely different culture. I would do it a million times over, and hope that I will be able to return to Nepal in the future. Happy and safe travels!
Beth Kynaston
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Feeder rules are some of the most intimidating Code rules to apply. They are used in almost every commercial job and on all industrial facilities. They also apply to every transformer installation.
One such rule states that you must protect conductors against overcurrent in accordance with their ampacity (240.4). In addition, you must provide an overcurrent protection device (OCPD) in each ungrounded circuit conductor at the point where the conductors receive their supply (240.21). The NEC does permit tap conductors to have overcurrent protection set at a value that greatly exceeds the ampacity of the conductors, but this is only permitted under specific conditions outlined in 240.21.
Before we get into the details of 240.21, you must understand that a tap conductor isn't permitted to supply another tap conductor. In other words, you can't make a tap from a tap. Now let's look at the Code's specific requirements for feeder tap rules and secondary tap rules.
Feeder tap rules
There are five rules regarding feeder taps, but the most common include the 10-ft tap, the 25-ft tap, and the outside feeder tap.
10-ft feeder tap rule [240.21(B)(1)] — You don't have to install an OCPD at the tap point of a feeder tap if its length doesn't exceed 10 ft and if it meets the following requirements (Fig. 1 above):
The ampacity of the tap conductor is not less than the computed load in accordance with Art. 220, and not less than the rating of the device supplied by the tap conductors or the OCPD at the termination of the tap conductors.
The tap conductors aren't extended beyond the equipment they supply.
The tap conductors are installed in a raceway if they leave the enclosure.
The tap conductors have an ampacity of no less than 10% of the ampacity of the OCPD from which the conductors are tapped.
25-ft feeder tap rule [240.21(B)(2)] — You don't have to install an OCPD at the tap point of a feeder tap if its length doesn't exceed 25 ft and if it meets the following requirements:
The ampacity of the tap conductors is not less than ⅓ the ampacity of the OCPD protecting the feeder.
The tap conductors are terminated in a single circuit breaker or set of fuses having a rating no greater than the conductor ampacity as listed in Table 310.16.
The tap conductors are suitably protected from physical damage or enclosed in a raceway.
Outside feeder tap of unlimited length rule [240.21(B)(5)] — You don't have to install an OCPD at the tap point of a feeder tap of unlimited length as long as you meet the following requirements (Fig. 2 below):
The tap conductors are suitably protected from physical damage.
The tap conductors are terminated at a single circuit breaker or a single set of fuses that limit the load to the ampacity of the conductors. This single OCPD may supply any number of additional overcurrent devices on its load side.
The OCPD for the tap conductors is an integral part of a disconnecting means or located immediately adjacent to the device.
The disconnect is located at a readily accessible location outside the building or structure, or nearest the point of entry of the service conductors.
Are you still confused by the Code? For additional information on Code-related topics please visit www.mikeholt.com or send an e-mail directly to the author at [email protected].


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Red Oak needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 64 designs submitted by 27 freelance designers.
Company name: RED OAK NETWORK CABLING & COMMUNICATIONS, LLC.
Abbreviated: RED OAK NETWORK CABLING
Cryptic: ROCC, say 'rock' as in "Our connections are ROCC solid"
Our company is three months old, and currently offers large users cable installation services for voice, data, video and other network systems. We plan to add related services such as design, testing and certification as we grow.
We are a specialty trade in the construction industry. As such, our prime target audience consists of prime general contractors, construction management firms and major electrical subcontractors. End users are groups of businesses and institutional customers in a variety of industries e.g. medical, multifamily residential, education, retail, etc. We desire to have appropriate communication both with direct purchasers and end-users.
We are looking for a relationship with a design source that will start us off with a flexible-use logo, and stay with us to help us develop a brand with immediate presence and sustainable association with current and evolving communications technologies. Copper and optical fiber cables are the media with which we build structured cabling systems, the trunks and branches of the red oak, that transport signals across networks. Awareness of the many curves in the letters ROCC and the representation of branching cables were suggestive in ajith4u's design that we saw in
http://intuit.99designs.com/logo-de…store/5646. We thought a more stylized and techno interpretation of that idea would be interesting. And, we wanted the design itself to convey the idea of unseen infrastructure, a somewhat less than explicit 'Intel Inside' message. Clarity, boldness, modernity and longevity are the qualities we seek.
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Bolt Prospects 2012 NHL Entry Draft Coverage: Forwards
The strength of the Lightning organization remains at the forward positions, where the team still boasts an impressive mix of star veterans like Martin St. Louis, Vincent Lecavalier, and Ryan Malone, and the game's best young star, Steven Stamkos. The team will spend some of its offseason tweaking its third line, and they made overtures to Swiss star Damien Brunner to try to improve their scoring depth on the wings. But, ultimately, the team should feel pretty solid offensively. Keeping the puck out of the back of their own net has always been the bigger challenge.
Around their core of stars, the Lightning already have former first round pick Brett Connolly, who despite his rookie struggles has star potential, and creative speedster J.T. Brown, who checks in as Bolt Prospects' number one ranked prospect and may be a legitimate Calder Trophy threat next season. Down on the farm, and into the junior ranks, the situation looks even rosier. Expect AHL MVP Cory Conacher to push for an NHL job in camp, as might prototypical NHL second liner Alex Killorn, speedster Tyler Johnson, and the prospect that may have the organization's highest ceiling, supremely skilled and multi-dimensional Richard Panik. Last, but not least, the Lightning's pro ranks include Ondrej Palat, who went from late-round long shot to legitimate NHL prospect in the second half of the season and playoffs. Of the "about 7" players from Norfolk the team believes have NHL futures, at least 4 come at the forward position, if not all 5.
The next wave beyond the pro ranks is strong as well. Center Vladislav Namestnikov may move into the AHL next season while Russian junior juggernaut Nikita Kucherov will likely be one of the stars of his country's U20 team as they take home ice in Ufa next year for the World Junior Championships. Lurking underneath the radar, as Alex Killorn did for so many years with Harvard, are college players James Mullin and Matthew Peca. Both are Bolt Prospects favorites who pack considerable pound-for-pound offensive punch.
With all that in mind, the Lightning certainly don't need to draft a forward. Even if we split hairs between the forward and wing positions, the shallower pool of talent at the pivot still looks excellent with Namestnikov and Johnson headlining the list. When you couple that with the fact the forward talent in this draft class is seen to be shallow, especially when it comes to skill, it certainly seems the odds of the Lightning using a pick up front are diminished. But, you never know who the best player available will be, and with that in mind:
C Alex Galchenyuk, 6'0" 198 lbs, Sarnia (OHL), Shoots: Left
CSS #4 North American Skater, ISS #14 Skater, RLR #5 Overall, THN #7 Overall, TSN #5 Overall
Were it not for an early season knee injury, Alex Galchenyuk likely would be competing to be the top pick in this year's draft. Although his father was a Russian, Galchenyuk considers himself American after growing up in Milwaukee where his father played for the AHL's other Admirals. Two years ago, Galchenyuk broke many of Steven Stamkos' records at Sarnia, which is no small feat for a player many consider to be more of a two-way centerman. He has great hockey sense and work ethic at both ends of the rink, and while his tendencies lean toward being a playmaker first, he does have an NHL shot. The chances he slips to the Lightning's pick at 10 may be slim, but someone is getting a real franchise cornerstone when they take this young prospect.
LW Teuvo Teravainen, 5'11" 165 lbs, Jokerit (FIN), Shoots: Left
CSS #2 European Skater, ISS #9 Skater, RLR #7 Overall, THN #12 Overall, TSN #7 Overall
Beyond expected top pick Nail Yakupov, the most offensive sizzle in this draft may belong to Finnish star Teuvo Teravainen of Jokerit. And yes, in Finland he's already a star after beating out Minnesota first rounder Mikael Granlund and Lightning prospect Riku Helenius for SM-liiga Rookie of the Year this season. He doesn't necessarily look the part, at a very skinny and small 5'11" and 165 lbs, but Teravainen is blindingly quick, has perhaps the best set of hands in this draft, and has off-the-charts hockey sense in the offensive third. He was arguably Jokerit's best player in the playoffs, which ultimately may have proved to the scouts that despite his size he has the ability to excel against grown men. As we said, the Lightning aren't necessarily looking for a forward in this draft, but a player like Teravainen may be too good to pass on if he gets to 10.
C Mikhail Grigorenko, 6'3" 200 lbs, Quebec (QMJHL), Shoots: Left
CSS #3 North American Skater, ISS #4 Skater, RLR #8 Overall, THN #3 Overall, TSN #12 Overall
Heading the opposite direction of Teravainen is Remparts center Mikhail Grigorenko, who two months ago was challenging Yakupov for the top spot in the draft and may now fall out of the top 10 altogether. It's a tale as old as time, really. The young Russian has good size, good skating ability, and all the puck skills you could ever want. But an absolutely disastrous playoffs also revealed a side of Grigorenko that lacked passion, intensity, and will to win. Forget taking shifts off, he took entire games off by refusing to drive the net or fight for loose pucks. And with that, Grigorenko's draft stock went into a sudden, catastrophic free fall. Could he be a top 10 scorer in the NHL on talent alone someday? Perhaps. Are the Lightning willing to take a bite of the apple to find out? We shall see. They might very well face that decision soon.
LW Pontus Aberg, 5'11" 194 lbs, Durgardens (SWE), Shoots: Right
CSS #6 European Skater, ISS #20 Overall, RLR #14 Overall, THN #22 Overall, TSN #37 Overall
Those looking for some value in the mid-to-late first round might consider Swedish prospect Pontus Aberg of Djurgardens. Although only 5'11", Aberg is pound-for-pound strong and difficult to knock off the puck, while still possessing all the speed you'd want from a smaller player. He's also willing to pay the price in high traffic areas and doesn't shirk his responsibilities defensively. Just a good hockey player. Flat out.
C Radek Faksa, 6'3" 202 lbs, Kitchener (OHL), Shoots: Left
CSS #7 North American Skater, ISS #16 Skater, RLR #16 Overall, THN #11 Overall, TSN #11 Overall
Czech born Radek Faksa of Kitchener may well be the proverbial "dry toast" of the lottery picks in this draft. Faksa doesn't blow you away with his talent, and he doesn't have great acceleration, but he's big and strong and looks every bit the solid, two-way, second line NHL center. Hard worker. Good hands, although he can't necessarily create his own chances. He's a very safe pick that you might consider the anti-Grigorenko. But, where's the sizzle?
C Scott Laughton, 6'0" 177 lbs, Oshawa (OHL), Shoots: Left
CSS #28 North American Skater, ISS #23 Skater, RLR #17 Overall, THN #42 Overall, TSN #28 Overall
Another late mover in this draft is Oshawa's Scott Laughton, who was arguably Canada's best player at the U18 World Junior Championships. He's a heart and souler, a la Mike Richards, who plays bigger than he is and will compete his socks off. He's a good skater and a good all-around player with excellent leadership intangibles. He may never be a top 10 or 20 scorer in the NHL, but you win with players like Laughton on your side.
C Zemgus Girgensons, 6'2" 198 lbs, Dubuque (USHL), Shoots: Left
CSS #18 North American Skater, ISS #24 Skater, RLR #20 Overall, THN #16 Overall, TSN #13 Overall
Like Laughton, teams are finding interest in Latvian Zemgus Girgensons, who overcomes any lacking in talent with brute force of will. You'll be hard pressed to find a harder worker in this draft than Girgensons who loves to finish his checks on the forecheck, and is all over attackers like a cheap suit in the defensive third. Pretty has nothing to do with this young man, who is committed to the University of Vermont. He's not the quickest. He doesn't have the greatest hands, although he does have a hard shot. He's just a bull in a china shop that may get better with an injury-free year,his tireless work ethic, and his love for practice.
RW Henrik Samuelsson, 6'2" 195 lbs, Edmonton (WHL), Shoots: Right
CSS #75 North American Skater, ISS #27 Skater, RLR #22 Skater, THN #50 Skater, TSN #36 Overall
Son of Ulf, and he plays like it. His draft stock was damaged after he left MODO Jr. at mid season to join the WHL. But, with the WHL suiting his style of play, he's repaired a lot of the damage and could sneak into the first round. He's a big, strong, nasty power forward who often blurs the line between physical and dirty. A real chip off the old block. Potentially a very valuable role player with just enough ability to score.
RW Sebastien Collberg, 5'11" 176 lbs, Frolunda (SWE), Shoots: Right
CSS #3 European Skater, ISS #13 Overall, RLR #24 Overall, THN #14 Overall, TSN #27 Overall
Opinion differs wildly on Swedish forward Sebastien Collberg, who played 41 games in the Elitserien this season and had exactly 0 points. That's puzzling for a player who does possess good passing and stick handling skills. Much of the confusion may be that Collberg plays a style that may not fit his body and skill set. He will play chippy and get his nose dirty, but doesn't have the speed you'd like from such a small guy. He plays terrific in international tournaments, though, which may be enough to make him the second Swedish forward off the board behind Filip Forsberg.
C Mark Jankowski, 6'2" 170 lbs, Stanstead College (MPHL), Shoots: Left
CSS #43 North American Skater, ISS #55 Skater, RLR #28 Overall, THN #37 Overall, TSN #41 Overall
Are you feeling lucky? From Canadian prep school comes center Mark Jankowski, who may have one of the highest ceilings of any player in this draft but plays against a nearly non-existent level of competition. He's a good skater already with room to get even better and terrific vision and playmaking skills. He's also the youngest player in the draft with a very projectable frame. He's going to be a strong, powerful player when he fills out. He's committed to Providence College, but may make a one year stop off in the USHL with Dubuque first. Then again, Saginaw holds his OHL rights. Either way, it would take a GM with cast iron insides to take a player out of the MPHL in the first round. But, with so few good forwards available, are you feeling lucky? Well, are you?
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Nick Zabatta is three years away from college, but the soon-to-be sophomore at San Pedro High School already has a list of universities in mind: Cal, San Diego State, UCLA, USC and Arizona State.
He is hoping performances like the one he had this past weekend at the Schuman National Underclassmen Combines (NUC) West Region Ultimate 100 camp will get his name on the recruiting lists of some of those schools.
The NUC camp, which was held at Huntington Beach High School on Saturday and Sunday, is an invitation-only camp featuring prospects from the western United States, ranging from athletes who just finished sixth grade to those who are entering their senior years of high school.
About 50 prospects from the Los Angeles area participated in the camps, including Zabatta, whose performance Saturday against seventh-, eighth- and ninth-graders earned him an invitation back to camp for the second day to compete against sophomores and juniors.
At 6-foot-2, Zabatta towered over most of his teammates. He is on track to become a frequent flyer at NUC camps. This past weekend was his second such experience this year. He was named the MVP of the linebackers group Saturday and took also reps at wide receiver during seven-on-seven scrimmages.
His position award means it is likely he will be invited to more NUC camps, including the Top Prospect and All-Star camps, which could further enhance his recruiting stock in high school.
"I worked hard in the offseason to get here and I worked hard during the season as well," Zabatta said. "But I knew that I would have to work hard at the camp and I couldn't overlook anything. I hope to get my name out there, and hopefully Division I scouts will know who I am and maybe come to a couple of our games this season."
Of the athletes who have participated in the Ultimate 100 camps, 50 percent have gone on to play Division I football at the FBS or FCS level. Most campers at Huntington Beach had eyes for the FBS level, specifically Pacific-12 Conference schools. Participating in national football combines like the NUC's gives some prospects a chance to get their names in the recruiting pool even before they start high school.
Darius Perrantes, a quarterback from Woodland Hills who will enter eighth grade this fall, has already chosen his dream school; he wants to be an Oregon Duck. The 13-year-old is drawn to Oregon for its flashy and fast-paced play and eye-catching uniforms. He participated in his first NUC camp Saturday and came away with some important lessons for his future in football.
"I learned to make better decisions and keep my head up after any bad ones," Perrantes said. "Just coming out here, it felt good. It's an opportunity to get out there and get better."
Perrantes spent about half of his lunch break Saturday on the field, playing catch with his father, London. The pair has gone to a handful of other football camps, but London immediately saw something that set the NUC's Ultimate 100 camps apart from others.
"One thing I notice about this camp is that the coaching is really good," London said. "They're dealing with the kids in individual position groups and coaching them one-on-one. Learning some new fundamentals and learning new things at each camp is a plus."
Ricky Brown, who will start his senior year at Crenshaw High School this fall, has participated in several football camps this summer, hoping to pick up as many tips as he can. The receiver who grabbed his coach's attention Sunday with great athleticism and soft hands recently transferred from Loyola High School and is using the football camps as a way to break into the college recruiting spotlight.
He wants to stay on the West Coast at a Pac-12 school, and if USC or UCLA come calling, he would surely answer. But he hasn't gotten any offers yet.
Brown has seen many prospects come out of the Los Angeles area go to Division I schools, and he hopes his work in the NUC camp can help him become the next one.
"This is the hardest-working area," Brown said of Los Angeles. "When you're from L.A., people don't think you're good and you're just coming out of the hood, so you have to go make a name for yourself."


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Viget Labs, a web development firm based outside of Washington, have been in the industry since 1999. With a team of 30 people, Viget Labs sure has a lot to blog about. Instead of writing everything on one massive blog, they separate their blogs into four divisions: Advance, Inspire, Extend, and Engage. Each blog has unique topics and design theme that are nicely wrapped together. I like them so much that I featured all their blogs on Best Web Gallery. In this article, Viget Labs is going to share their internal design process of the blog series with us. Don't miss the insider tips!
Nick: Could you tell us more about your company/team?
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Nick: What are the purposes of the blog series, since there is a corporate blog already? Are they just for fun, or strictly for marketing purposes?
Viget: From the beginning, we've been very community-focused; our new office space was even built to handle local events like Barcamp and the DC Design Talks. The blogs are an extension of this thinking. We wanted our team to be able share their insights on specific topics with specific communities. The corporate blog was too general for heavy-duty stuff like Actionscript and analytics, so we split it up by lab. Now, the developers (for example) can blog about Rails plugins more fully knowing their audience is comprised mostly of other developers.
Nick: The blogs seem to have similar structure, but very unique design. Could you tell us about the concepts behind the series?
Viget: The project actually began with the idea that the marketing lab needed its own blog, but as the design team researched marketing-related sites, we started wondering if each lab could benefit from the same mentality. So, from there we tried to work with a loose metaphor on each blog and use style elements that might be more familiar to the unique audiences.
Advance (Strategy): Since "web strategy" is such broad and daunting category, we wanted the site to look like a coffee shop: a casual place where team members can sketch out high-level ideas and chat with the community.
Inspire (Design): The visuals were influenced by favorites we found in CSS galleries. We wanted something with substantial white space, non-"2.0" elements, and elegent type. We settled on the sunrise/hikers illustration to convey an air of discovery.
Extend (Development): We wanted to give the dev team something fun to set it apart, so the "under-the-surface" metaphor (mole and all) seemed like a good fit. We also built in custom styles for code blocks, and a syntax highlighter for laying out more complex code.
Engage (Marketing): The marketing team is all about solid, measurable results, so the design incorporates scientific elements with a shinier, modern edge. We also wanted to highlight the four aspects of web marketing (discovery, evaluation, action, and return) so we designed little icons for the footer, which they've now begun using in presentations.
Nick: What was the design process like?
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Viget: We began by creating moodboards and logo ideas for a standalone marketing blog. Once the project expanded to four blogs, we went back and wrote directions for all four looks to ensure they were visually distinct but considerate of our goals in engaging and facilitating lab-area-specific discussions.
The designs were built structurally at first, in black-and-white comps with 16-column grids. An early "Advance" comp with Napoleon in the header (don't ask) was scrapped, but a lot of elements went on to support the Viget.com design.
Once we got to a certain point with the blogs, we continued making "verbal sketches," which meant writing stylistic tweaks and notes in text files instead of just playing around in Photoshop. This helped us get the most bang for our Photoshop time and contributed to lots of the best details (the team illustrations on Inspire, the single-pixels stripes on Engage, the mole on Extend). We'd spend a few minutes casually looking at the comps, compiling and deleting some notes, and then make the changes once we were happy with the direction.
For the main site (viget.com), the process was more like working with a client. We put a lot of energy into the wireframes, trying to give a mix of information about the the clients we've worked with, the work we've done, and the blogs we contribute to. We put together two comps over a couple of days, chose one, and worked on designing and layout out interior pages simultaneously. A project manager volunteered to handle the awesome photos, and our flash guy put SayViget.com together so we could link to it from the About Page.
Early Advance: Early comp of the Advance nav, without author photos.
Early Engage: A drearier version of Viget Engage, from the beginning phase.
Early Extend: The Viget Extend design before verbal sketching (writing out style changes in a text file)
Early Inspire: An alternate treatment of the Inspire header, somewhat inspired by ImaginaryFoundation. The designer preferred this version, but now realizes he was so, so wrong.
Comp: Viget.com pre-polishing. The layout went unchanged, but the homepage went through several style iterations.
Comp Greybox: The greybox (see link) for the comp we didn't go with. This comp emphasized the designs well, but buried the Services info a little.
Engage Moodboards: The verrrrrry beginning, three moodboards for a standalone Viget Engage site. After the far left one was selected, we went back to the drawing board to produce all four blogs.
Engage Notes: A sample of the kind of style notes that moved the comps from these early versions to the final version at Viget.com.
Viget Extend Grid: The Extend blog as it spent most of its time; in B&W with the grid on.
Nick: What platform does the site use?
Viget: The whole thing's built on ExpressionEngine, which made it a snap to reuse pieces from the blogs, combine feeds from blogs into team pages, and make the work sortable by category, without needing to grab developers for help (although they still helped us with the big stuff, like the massive import…we love you, dev lab!).
We'll be posting more tips on how the EE setup over at www.viget.com/inspire in the next couple of weeks, so if designers just getting into EE have any questions, we'd love to hear from them and help out.
Nick: Finally, thanks to Viget Labs for their valuable time.
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So is it a FESTIVAL or not? sorry to slip off topic but it looked like a KOA, or a Sam's club with all the RV's or one huge Walmart parking lot. Flat as a board don't even need to set your parking brake. Radical self-reliance?neon tetra wrote:Isotopia wrote:Survive? Survive????? As in 'radical...survival?'while the rest of us have to do what we can to survive.
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Cheesus, I can't believe people are still chomping on that same old dessicated turd of a buzz phrase.
Couldn't agree more.
And actually, it's not even a camping trip. Those, especially long backcountry ones, are more along the lines of radical survival.
It's a festival. And it's laughable when people pretend they're surviving a week in the deep Amazon or something. But to each their own I guess,
Well if you can't rely on yourself to make sure you're comfortable who's fault is that?
I shared part time an RV but as they were people I met on FB and they were from another country, it was sketchy. One person was a slob. And even though there was only 3 people in it, it one takes one slob to ruin that whole aspect. But it wasn't the RV's fault. They are inanimate objects, what YOU do with them makes the difference.
Supposed to be creative people right?
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The cancellation by Cheltenham Township commissioners of the scheduled May 16 public hearing regarding the Laverock Hill development suggests that commissioners in both townships think the most recent plans proposed by developers for a mix of 156 single-family homes and townhouses, with 110-plus units in Springfield, is not the most appropriate fit for the site.
Commissioners in both townships are now working together to form their own concept, which they will present first to the Laverock Hill Neighbors Association (LHNA), the neighbors' group fighting the proposal, and then developers from Blue-Bell-based Hansen Properties.
Commissioners expect to share the plan in the near future, according to Drew Sharkey, the commissioner of Ward 1 in Cheltenham where the project is proposed.
"The two townships are having working meetings to hopefully come up with a more appropriate use for the property," said Bob Gillies, commissioner of Ward 7 in Springfield, where the development is proposed.
"We want to come up with a common plan," said Sharkey.
According to Sharkey, commissioners in both townships want the plan to be one the community and developers will buy into.
"They have taken into account all concerns from the neighbors and the developer," he said. "The municipalities recently hired landscape planner Ken Amery, who has worked with Cheltenham since the start of the Laverock Hill process in 2009, to provide guidance for information like the appropriate unit count of homes per acre.
Opponents of development have claimed steep grades and other issues, like density, are a poor equation for the proposed use of the land. They also argue it is out of character with the neighborhood dominated by single family homes.
Last fall, developers sought to have the decision about the proposed zoning ordinance changed to a community decision instead of a vote by township officials, thus the need for public meetings. Developers also introduced a proposal that for the first time since planning started that included the construction of single family homes.
According to LHNA chair Scott Laughlin, LHNA estimates the property is only big enough to accommodate construction of 35 (versus 110-plus) homes in Springfield and 15 in Cheltenham. The proposed sketch plans represent a density three times what is acceptable, he said.
When plans to construct 216 age-restricted units in four six-story buildings at the historic Willow Grove Avenue mansion first surfaced in 2009, neighbors formed the Save Laverock Hill Steering Committee to fight the proposal. They hired a lawyer this year to help reorganize and strengthen their resistance and rebranded themselves as LHNA. They want to preserve the historic mansion and its gardens designed by the renowned landscape architect Elizabeth Biddle Shipman.
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The 42-plus-acre former Sims Estate, designed by renowned architect Charles A. Platt during World War I at 1777 Willow Grove Ave., was included on the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia's 2010 Endangered Properties list. The portion situated in Springfield Township is zoned AA, which allows for construction of detached single-family homes. In Cheltenham, the site exists in an age-overlay district that allows for development of 55-plus housing.
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I need to insert an in-video ad script code provided by an ad network into an iframed video to be posted on my wordpress blog, served from my google drive. The result that I want is the ad is loaded inside the video player screen before the video starts, See below image :
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This blog discusses current weather, weather prediction, climate issues, and other topics
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Weather Special on Monday Night on KIRO TV
18 comments:
- Joseph Ratliff said...
Yeah, I lived in Ocean Shores during this storm...it was BRUTAL. My awareness of the weather heightened from that time forward.
I think Westport recorded a 133mph wind gust series or something...and power was out for 10 days...along with major highways leading into Aberdeen being shut down for a time.
Anyone who tells me we don't have severe weather up here...well...I usually just tell them this story...and that ends the conversation.
- February 19, 2009 at 2:49 PM
Andy, I was just wondering why the snow wouldn't fall in the south sound? Is it because of southerly winds? If so, wouldn't the north sound get snow also? Thanks.
- February 19, 2009 at 3:24 PM
- andycottle said...
Well I think it would have to with the moisture, placement of the front/ area of low pressure/ winds ect. But in this case, there doesn`t appear to be southerly winds for what the 12zWRF is showing.
So think your right, snow would most likely start in the north sound first and work southward as the front continues to works it was south through our region.
Hope this answers your questions.. :o)
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- February 19, 2009 at 4:20 PM
Thanks Andy.
- February 19, 2009 at 4:39 PM
- andycottle said...
Your welcome, Brett.
Evening outlook:
Even though the area of low pressure shown for the weekend may be further off shore, it`s still close enough to be sending rotating bands of showers into our region under SWLY flow aloft for Sun and into early part of the work week. And this time around instead of the low moving inland over Wa for mid-late week, it now appears that things will dry out as the low under goes further weakening and sinks southward. This suggests more of a split-flow type theme of where we have a north/south jet, thus the weakening and or splitting of systems. Previous GFS models showed much colder weather with possible snow by end of next week, but 18z is much farther east and we are just left with cool, dry conditions. But however, from about late next weekend into beginning of next month, GFS still continues the idea of us getting into cool/cold unsettled pattern with large troughs dipping down from the NW and giving Western Wa marginal lowland snow chances at times. So we just may break this split-flow that we`ve had for sometime now, but we`ll see how it goes.
- February 19, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Doesn't look very scary at all to me.
Joseph, it's just a different type of severe weather than most people think about ('severe weather' usually means thunderstorms in peoples' minds). But even that doesn't happen very often here.
- February 19, 2009 at 5:35 PM
What's happening today?:)
- February 19, 2009 at 5:37 PM
- andycottle said...
What happening today you ask? Quite weather! :o) Looks like we might get back into split-flow as this low gives us some rain and showers time for early next week..
- February 19, 2009 at 5:41 PM
Andy, have you become Cliff Mass giving us updates during the times he's too busy to post? :)
- February 19, 2009 at 5:42 PM
- andycottle said...
Uh no...lol. :o)
I just feel like posting about the weather outlook.
- February 19, 2009 at 5:47 PM
No chance of snow later next week then Andy? Have there ever been any good snowfalls in early March?
- February 19, 2009 at 6:03 PM
- Joseph Ratliff said...
Andy, I rather enjoy your updates in coordination with Cliff's posts..so by all means, if you have the time, keep it up :)
- February 19, 2009 at 6:27 PM
- andycottle said...
Anon 603pm...
You know, I don`t recall any good and wide spread snows, but rather the cold front swinging through with PSCZ in the afternoon giving a quick snow showers or ice pellet showers.
As for lowland snow chances...would say like any of us here, keep checking the models to see what they say. It is late winter, yes, and we can get snow but it`s harder come by.
Joseph... thanks for your comments. :o)
- February 19, 2009 at 6:41 PM
Thanks for heads up Cliff on the Weather Special next Monday evening. From the intro clip it looks like something to watch.
- February 19, 2009 at 6:49 PM
This is pretty irrelevant to Cliff's blog, but... I'm thinking about starting a fun contest for people to take their shot at forecasting the weather. Is that something that anyone here would be interested in? Just getting an idea of what kind of participation I might have if I decide to do it!
- February 19, 2009 at 8:16 PM
- Joseph Ratliff said...
This was a good show. I am glad Cliff got the coastal radar message shown.
- February 23, 2009 at 8:53 PM
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I am a Catholic who lives in a suburb of Salt Lake City, called Cottonwood Heights. My parish is St Thomas More. I am 53, married 30 years, have 3 sons aged 28,27, and 22. I have one grand daughter named Mary who lives in Dallas. I am a Captain with Delta Air Lines and I like to go to daily mass. I am a 4th degree Knight of Columbus.
My audience is all Catholics who want to discover other parish activities nearby.
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