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Founded in 1972 by two engineers Jan Waszkiewicz and Stanley Zalesk, Randolph Engineering began by producing optical machinery and tools of the trade for then numerous American eyewear manufactures. From there they evolved into making their own military spec aviator sunglasses, which they provided for the US Air Force as a subcontractor.
Proudly manufactured in America, Randolph Massachusetts to be precise, for which the brand was named: RANDOLPH ENGINEERING. Serving the military and the style conscious alike with the same exacting precision, they are a clear testament that some of the best things are still made right here in the good ol' U.S. of A.
Randolph Engineering takes great pride in its deep rooted American and military heritage. The brand is still owned and operated by three generations of the Waszkiewicz and Zaleski families along with a highly skilled and dedicated American workforce. Where other still in business brands have since left or outsourced manufacturing overseas to cut costs, Randolph remains, making frames as they have always done. Tried and true manufacturing methods are maintained using the machinery and tooling created by the founders.
Through tireless effort and excellence they were honored as the prime contractor for the US Military and allied Air Forces around the world in 1982, which still continues to this very day.
Standard issue for the U.S Military for a reason. With over 200 mostly by hand production steps, one pair of Randolph sunglasses actually takes more than two weeks to make.
They "twist test" one in every 50 frames to verify the soundness of the solder joints (where 90% of metal frames break). Then they go one step further by guaranteeing these solder joints for life. Frames are made using the finest raw materials and alloys to be found in the world and feature mineral glass lenses with polarized and anti-reflective options, which are tough to scratch and provide superb optics. Also worth noting, each pair of sunglasses comes complete with an "Equipment Maintenance Kit", which includes: an optical screwdriver, extra set of nose pads, and extra screws. A fitting nod to their utilitarianism, as well as a statement to show their frames are meant to last a lifetime.
Precision engineering and timeless aesthetics conform for a style which transcends — whether a naval aviator, outdoorsman, or a businessman pairing with a power-suit. From their classic shapes to unique features like bayonet or cable temples, each frame has a sophisticated cool appeal that is as true now as it will be in 50 years. Which is good to know, since your frame is battle tested and built to last.
Without further ado, let us proceed to the collection:
An iconic and flagship frame from Randolph Engineering, the "Aviator". It is a unique timeless design, with equals parts style to substance – form and function at its best. Available in a plethora of classic frame and lens combinations.
Don't let its simple name fool you, these sunglasses set the standard for world-class quality and style. Built for the U.S. Military, the Randolph Aviator surpassed their rigid specifications and are the epitome of serious equipment. From their unique bayonet temples that are designed to comfortably contour the wearer's head and also fit neatly under headgear, to the lifetime warranted solder joints, to their glass lenses providing superb optics, you can always rely on the Aviator to perform.
Featured in magazines such as GQ and Esquire, and worn by the likes of Johnny Depp (on and off screen). Then further adding to their cult status, character Don Draper (Jon Hamm) sported the iconic shades on the hit show Mad Men.
Designed for the outdoor enthusiast, the enduring Randolph Engineering Sportsman style is an essential piece of equipment to bring on your adventures. It is a classic 'tear drop' aviator shape with the addition of a sweat-bar for a unique touch. They feature glass polarized lenses with a back anti-reflective coating, providing superb optics and virtually eliminating distracting glare from both in front and behind.
The P3 was originally designed for use inside submarines and is currently standard issue for submariners in the U.S. Navy. This retro style offers distinctive looks and quality. It is offered here with Cable Temples, whose origin can be traced back to the 1800's; the cable temples wrap around the wearer's ears for a more secure fit.
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For a while I've been thinking about Yelp reviews, in particular about the information lost by distilling the reviews down to one number. It isn't clear how this number, the average rating, is calculated either. Is it an average over all time? Is it only considering the last month? Or, is it weighted such that more recent reviews have a larger effect on the average?
A lot of the information lost is in the time domain, the change in time of a business' ratings. Presumably, a change in ownership or management could result in a change in the quality of a business, positively or negatively. Also, a business that just opened might get poor reviews but over time improves through addressing feedback or from the staff gaining more experience. These sort of changes should be present in user reviews on Yelp. I'd like to find a way to see these changes to get a better sense of the quality of a business.
Using the APIs, we can search like you would on the website, but through Python code. We can also request data about businesses we find from searching. I'll get started by creating a function to perform API requests.
Using Yelp's API requires secret keys to sign a URL request. Yelp gives you these keys, if you want to try this code, you'll need to get your own. Following Yelp's sample code, I've written a function to make an API request with OAuth2. To use the APIs, you need to get secret keys from Yelp.
""" Make a request with Yelp's API """
Now that I can make requests, I'll write a function that will search Yelp for businesses based on a search term and a location.
""" Search Yelp with a term and location """
Let's look for sushi in San Francisco's Mission neighborhood because sometimes you've already had three burritos this week.
Now that we can search Yelp for businesses, let's see what sort of data we can get. Below is a short function for requesting data from Yelp's business API.
""" Get business data from Yelp """
Looking through the business data, we can see that we get only one review from the API request. However, I want a bunch of reviews to analyze, so we'll have to find some other way to get user ratings. The solution is to extract the ratings data from Yelp's website (called scraping). First, I'll retrieve the HTML data from a business' Yelp page. Then I can use BeautifulSoup to search through the HTML to find user ratings and dates. Below, I'll create a function to search Yelp and get the ratings data.
from the business' Yelp page """
My function calculates the average rating per day, and includes the standard deviation if there are more than one review in a day.
Now, let's look at the ratings over time.
Now that we have ratings data, we need to find a way to calculate the average rating over time. A good way to do this is with a Gaussian process.
but it can be expanded with additional terms for linear effects, or effects on different scales, etc.
To demonstrate the power of Gaussian process, I'll generate some synthetic data $y = f(x)$ with noise and use a Gaussian process to infer the true $f(x)$.
A robust implentation can be found in scikit-learn. The defaults are a constant mean function and the double exponential covariance function. The parameter theta0 controls the length scale of the double exponential, while nugget is used for regularization, smoothing the prediction.
As you can see, we can recover the true function from the noisy data. We can use this to interpolate the rating of a business over time from user reviews. First, lets scrape the ratings data for each of the businesses we searched up earlier. Then, we can predict the user rating over time.
Now we can predict the rating over time for a bunch of businesses at once. This is similar to sparklines in that we are seeing much more information compressed into a small area of screen space.


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October 23, 2014Huntley Dent
No one was trembling in their seats at the Metropolitan Opera premiere of John Adams's The Death of Klinghoffer on October 20. Taking no chances, the police presence outside the hall was considerable, and if you made light of it, the box office manager was quick to frown. "It's for your own protection, sir." But how can this Mayfly of a contretemps be seen as anything inflammatory? Every lens you view it through is skewed. A woman was introduced at the rally outside (protesters had been squeezed into the tiny strip park that separates Lincoln Center from Broadway) as a heroine for Israel. Through a bullhorn she shouted that "Peter Gelb, a Jew, has brought danger to all of us." It would take the thinnest of skins and hottest of heads to remotely believe such a charge.
The Klinghoffer Question
June 21, 2014Lloyd Schwartz
The most recent piece of bad news in the opera world is that the Metropolitan Opera has succumbed to pressure from several Jewish organizations and cancelled the international Live in HD telecast and radio broadcast of its new production of John Adams's complex and controversial 1991 opera/oratorio The Death of Klinghoffer—which is about the Palestinian terrorist attack on the cruise ship Achille Lauro in 1985. And because Adams, librettist Alice Goodman, and stage director Peter Sellars had the chutzpah to dramatize the points of view of the terrorists as well as the victims, some people, including Leon Klinghoffer's two daughters, felt the opera was anti-Semitic.


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The mainstream media Sunday morning talk shows, as expected, wasted no time getting straight to work for the Biden administration this weekend. But even more concerning was a theme and coordinated language pointed toward Republican Senators who appeared as guests. On both ABC and NBC's political Sunday talk shows, hosts attempted to force Republican senators to denounce themselves and their counterparts as liars.
On NBC's Meet the Press, host Chuck Todd began by interviewing Biden's Chief of Staff Ron Klain on Biden's COVID-19 action plan, but not before explaining to the audience that Bidens' "ambitious multi-tier national strategy to confront the virus is precisely the kind of muscular response the Trump administration avoided."
Todd framed Biden's COVID-19 response as one that, if successful, would "go a long way" toward "proving that government still has the ability to get big things done."
Todd highlighted Biden's "promise to make government effective again," later asking Klain to explain "where is the hold up" as far as vaccine distribution.
"You know, you said at the top, the fundamental difference between the Biden approach and the Trump approach is that we're going to take responsibility at the federal government. We're going to own this problem," Klain said. "We're going to work closely with the states. They are our key partners in getting this done. But we're also going to do the work ourselves. We're going to set up these federal vaccination centers to make sure that in states that don't have enough vaccination sites, we fill those gaps.
Todd pointed to COVID vaccine skeptics with disdain, and suggested the need to "counter-program" vaccine skepticism.
"This was something Michael Osterholm warned about, a lot of people warned about, that the anti-vaxxers would take advantage of situations like this. How do you counter-program this?" asked Todd.
Klain's response let slip an intention to get "all Americans" to vaccinate, claiming that the virus would continue to be an active problem until that is the case:
I mean, I understand, in some people's minds it's ironic that we have a lot of people who want to get the vaccine who can't get it, and why are we worried about the people who don't want to get the vaccine? Well, we have to worry about those people because unless we can reduce vaccine hesitancy, unless we can get all Americans to take this vaccine, we're going to continue to see Covid be a problem in our country.
He also boasted that the administration has plans to work with Big Tech to prevent unapproved messaging about vaccinations from reaching the public.
We know a lot of this hesitancy is located in communities of color. We're going to tackle that problem with trusted communicators, with direct on the ground communication and try to win over those people who are vaccine hesitant. We're going to obviously try to work with the social media companies to lessen the amount of disinformation that's available online and get the truth out there.
Todd focused heavily on the inclusion of a $15 minimum wage requirement in the newest COVID-19 relief package, repeatedly pressing Klain and other guests on the topic.
"And we're very dedicated to passing the minimum wage. We think that's an urgent priority. We're going to push the Congress to push our priorities. And that includes the minimum wage. And so, what we want to do is work with the Congress, reach out to members in both parties, see what we can get done as quickly as possible. We certainly think the minimum wage should be part of this urgent relief package." Todd offered no pushback on the supposed necessity of this, and instead asked about how cooperative Senate Republicans have been in the effort.
Todd then interviewed both Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin and Republican Senator Mike Rounds of South Dakota. His questions to Durbin teed the Democrat up nicely for an explanation of the need to do away with the Senate filibuster, even going so far as to put up far-left "progressive" propaganda on the screen demanding it be done.
Here's one we're putting up: "The time has come" here. It looks like a movie trailer and they quote Barack Obama saying, "Jim Crow relic." AOC calling it a "cherished tool of segregationists." And former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid saying it has "outlived its usefulness," said Todd.
"Well, I think it gets down to the bottom line here, the American people want us to take action. Action on this pandemic, action on this economy and on a host of other issues," Durbin responded. "And if this filibuster has now become so common in the Senate that we can't act, that we just sit there helpless, shame on us. Of course we should consider a change in rule under those circumstances, but let's see. Let's see if we can initiate a real bipartisan dialogue and get something done. That's the bottom line.
The interview of Rounds instead included a visual aid of a statement from the senator on election fraud, and as Todd accused him of perpetrating a "lie."
"Senator, I want to note something you did on a press release the day before the insurrection," said Todd. "You wrote, 'I wholeheartedly support an independent investigation into the 2020 election. I'm interested in restoring faith, certainty, and transparency for the American voter. And unless we get to the bottom of these allegations I fear American's faith in our electoral process is in great jeopardy."
"Obviously, the next night, you know, colleagues of yours, including Mitt Romney, said, you know, part of the problem here with sort of appeasing this belief that something went wrong with the election is that: these people were lied to. Do you at all regret this statement that basically you helped further this lie, even, even, even indirectly, by implying there should be some investigation for allegations that just didn't – don't exist?"
"I still believe that we should have an investigation. But – and I think it should be bipartisan in nature. 74 millions, 74 million Americans supported President Trump," Rounds responded. "There's probably 50 million Americans out there that have questions about whether or not –
Todd interrupted Rounds, insisting that the "election was fair" and that those who believe otherwise were "fed a lie."
The interaction between Todd and Rounds was mirrored with eerie similarity in an exchange between ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos and Republican Sen. Rand Paul on ABC's "This Week."
Stephanopoulos opened the interview with a similar assertion of "fact" as Todd, asking Paul "This election was not stolen, do you accept that fact?"
Paul answered by asserting that "the debate over whether or not there was fraud should occur," adding, "we never had any presentation in court where we actually looked at the evidence. Most of the cases were thrown out for lack of standing, which is a procedural way of not actually hearing the question."
"There were several states in which the law was changed by the secretary of state and not the state legislature. To me, those are clearly unconstitutional and I think there's still a chance that those actually do finally work their way up to the Supreme Court.
Courts traditionally and historically don't like to hear election questions," Paul conceded. "But yes. Were there people who voted twice? Were there dead people who voted? Were there illegal aliens who voted? Yes, and we should get to the bottom of it.
I'll give you an example. In my state, when we had a Democrat secretary of state, she refused, even under federal order, to purge the rolls of illegal voters. We got a Republican secretary of state and he purged the rolls."
"I have to stop you there," Stephanopoulos interrupted. "No election is perfect. But there were 86 challenges filed by President Trump and his allies in court, all were dismissed."
The host continued to interrupt Paul, demanding "Can't you just say the words, this election was not stolen?"
Paul repeatedly refused, eventually accusing Stephanopoulos of "forgetting who you are as a journalist," and reminding him that there are "two sides to every story."
"Sir, there are not – there are not two sides to this story," Stephanopoulos insisted, continuing to call the suggestion that it might have been a "big fat lie."
"Sure there are. There are two sides to every story. George, you're forgetting who you are. You're forgetting who you are as a journalist if you think there's only one side," Paul continued. "You're inserting yourself into the story to say I'm a liar because I want to look at election fraud and I want to look at secretaries of state who illegally changed the voter laws without the permission of their state legislatures. That is incontrovertible, it happened."
"And you can't just sweep it under the rug and say, oh, nothing to see here, and everybody is a liar and you're a fool if you bring this up. You're inserting yourself into the story. A journalist would hear both sides and there are two sides of a story."
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Scruffy_USN_Retired on 7:57 am January 27, 2021 at 7:57 am
The Democrat Party political officers and Gestapo are just getting started controlling what you say, what you hear and what you see.
Only the State propaganda is allowed.
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backpacker on 8:00 am January 27, 2021 at 8:00 am
The Sunday talk shows follow the same script? That script is followed all week long by the Pravda News Stations, as they repeat themselves like parakeets. Although Parakeets are more intelligent than liberals / human parakeets. All the Pravda news stations have to do, is record one of their so called "journalists' and just play the recording back all day long. That way the Pravda News Stations can save on salaries, as they do not need several so called "journalists" to repeat all day long, what one Pravda journalist has already said.
ltuser on 4:15 pm January 27, 2021 at 4:15 pm
SINCE even before trump got elected, we KNEW THE leftist media, was in the pocket of the DNC, literally becoming their Propaganda ministry.. THAT BECAME FULL ON, during trump's term, and now we see the result.
inluminatuo on 8:38 am January 27, 2021 at 8:38 am
Seems like this Biden COVID strategy is shaping up to be designed based on race and skin color. The last time the Federal Government took on such a task based on race did not turn out so well for blacks;
"The "U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study at Tuskegee," was an unethical study conducted between 1932 and 1972 by the United States Public Health Service (PHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to observe the natural history of untreated syphilis; the African-American men who participated in the study were told that they were receiving free health care from the federal government of the United States. Investigators enrolled a total of 600 impoverished African-American sharecroppers from Macon County, Alabama. Of these men, 399 had latent syphilis, with a control group of 201 men who were not infected. As an incentive for participation in the study, the men were promised free medical care, but were deceived by the PHS, who never informed subjects of their diagnosis. None of the infected men were treated with penicillin despite the fact that by 1947, the antibiotic was widely available and had become the standard treatment for syphilis."
Are blacks/coloreds Democrat destined to be useful idiot guinea pigs for more social experimentation?? Trust the CDC??
PatriotUSA on 8:49 am January 27, 2021 at 8:49 am
No there are no coincidences, it is a well coordinated effort by the Dems and their Propaganda Wing, the Liberal Media. However, the GOP needs to get off defense and go on offense. Stop apologizing and start attacking.
THEY are too busy COWERING in the corner, imo, to ever go on the attack…
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'Spirit of the North' and 'The Captain' are the free games on the Epic Games Store this week
Deepak GuptaSeptember 17, 2022
Are you looking for free games? Well, this week you won't take one, but two: Spirit of the North Y Captain, two titles, each in its own way, with which to have a good time, good vibes. And it is that both the one and the other are games to take it easy, which never hurts.
So with Spirit of the North you will assume the role of an intrepid fox who is dedicated to wandering through the wild lands of Iceland, in what is still a casual adventure, whose predominant elements are exploration and puzzle solving, very well valued, yes.
Spirit of the North It came out in 2019 and you can find it available for consoles (Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and Series) and PC, but only Windows. It costs €15.99 that you can save by entering the Epic Games Store and claiming it, as long as you do it before September 22nd.
the same for with Captaina graphic adventure of the type paint and click with RPG brushstrokes that takes you to deep space, but also to visit various planets of the most mysterious. The options you take will depend on how your trip evolves.
Captain it came out in 2021 and is only available for PC, but this time in the full arc of the term: for Linux, Windows and Mac. Now, you can claim it on the Epic Games Store, but only for Windows and Mac. If you want it for Linux , costs €15.99.
And that's it. Next week, more. And better, what is often said, but this time for real: ARK: Survival Evolved Y Gloomhaven These are the titles that, starting next Thursday, September 22, you can get for free at the Epic Games Store. But don't worry if you forget, we'll let you know.
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Sometimes it is the casual observation of everyday events that gives us a clue as to what is going on in a dog's mind. Have you ever noticed the situation where you walk into a room, or some unfamiliar place, and your dog seems to scan the environment and act unsure about what is going on there? Think back about this situation and try to recall what is it that your dog did next? You will probably recall that the next thing that your dog typically does in such situations is to turn his head to look at you.
A team of psychologists in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Milan guided by Dr. Sarah Marshall-Pescini paid some attention to that behavior in dogs and noticed that this behavior was very similar to actions that psychologists observed in young human children. Technically it is called "social referencing", and it involves trying to use another person's perceptions and interpretation of the situation to help understand the situation better and to guide the child's future behaviors. This is very useful behavior in general since it allows people to avoid making costly errors that they might make if they blundered through a situation in a trial and error fashion.
There are actually two components to social referencing. In the first one the child looks directly at the caregiver or the person in authority, and then looks back at the item or the situation that they are concerned about. It is this alternate looking back and forth between face and situation that is actually a communication signal, and seems to be designed to get the caregiver's attention and to get them to focus on the object of concern. This is quite different from simply seeking reassurance which would not involve looking back and forth between the person and the worrisome situation. The second component of this process involves reading the behaviors and the emotional response of the caregiver and using it to guide the child's behavior. If a dog is acting in a similar fashion it would mean that if your pet is unsure about something that he has encountered, he will look back and forth between your face and the situation that is bothering him to get you to pay attention to it, and then try to read your positive or negative emotional response and use that information to help him decide what to do next.
To see if dogs are acting in the same way that young children do the researchers had to set up a situation which would arouse a mild degree of stress in a dog, just enough to cause a bit of worry and uncertainty, but not enough to generate real fear. The solution to this turned out to be very simple. They took a common oscillating fan and attached plastic streamers to it. With the fan turned on the streamers flapped in the air currents, and the sound of the motor and the snapping of the streamers as a moved back and forth provided an additional unusual stimulus that a dog might view as potentially something to worry about.
The first thing to determine is whether or not, as is the case in children, this social referencing occurs only when there is uncertainty. Thus dogs were brought into a room and were off leash while the experiment was explained to their owner. If the fan was not present to provide an ambiguous situation, the dogs tended to wander around the room and seldom glanced at their owners. It was only in the testing situation when the fan was on that the dog would take a few steps into the room and then 83% of them immediately looked at their owner and then back at the fan. They alternated their gaze back and forth and seemed to be looking for an interpretation of the strange object which they hoped would be provided by their owner.
Now that the dog is looking at its owner the question is whether our canine companion will effectively act on the basis of his owner's emotional response. At this point the experimenters had the owners simply deliver a verbal message in an appropriate tone of voice, such as "That is really ugly!" or "I don't like the look of that!" in the group conveying a negative response, or "Wow that's really pretty!" or "That is nice" in the group conveying a positive interpretation.
It turns out that the dogs are really very sensitive to a negative or cautious response from their owner. In the case where the owner expresses displeasure about the stimulus the dogs tend to pretty much freeze in space, then stop moving around and hold their place. This is very much the same sort of thing that human infants do when confronted by a negative message from a human caretaker. However in this instance the dogs do not seem to be as responsive when the verbal message is positive response. In this case the dogs did not change their behavior very much and still moved around the room a bit, acting as though they are still trying to interpret what is happening. It is almost as if they glanced at their owners and asked, "Should I worry about this?" and if the answer was "No" then the simply carried on with what they were doing before.
However, if the owner makes the positive or negative content of their message more explicit by using their whole body rather than just their voice the situation changes. If the owner approaches the worrisome object to show no fear, then the dogs also approach. If the owner then crouches down near the object the dog may even come over and touch it. However if the dog's owner moves away from the object that is worrying his pet as if he is also bothered by it, then the dog will move away with him and will not come anywhere near the object of his suspicion.
Taken together, this research suggests that dogs, like human infants, look to the significant humans in their life to help them interpret situations which might be ambiguous or problematic. They look at their human caretaker's face when they are worried, and seem to be searching for evidence that suggests that their human companion is also worried or cautious about the situation. If they find that negative emotion in their owner they respond by more or less freezing in place, which is a behavior that is apt to keep them out of trouble. However if the human's behavior is more overt, such as approaching or moving away from the worrisome object or situation, the dog clearly interprets this behavior and responds in a similar way.
The conclusion that we should come to from such research is that when our dogs are unsure as to what is going on then, just like human children, they look to us for an interpretation of whether things are good or bad. Furthermore, our dogs adjust their own behavior and emotional responses according to their interpretation of our emotional reaction. In other words, your dog is watching you respond to the world and is trying to interpret your behavior.


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last update : 15.12.2020
FEDERAL MEASURES for CULTURAL ACTORS have been extended to the end of 2021 with specific deadlines !!! aid is not retroactive.
Informations here in German, French, and Italian.
update : 02.06.2020
FEDERAL MEASURES for CULTURAL ACTORS have been extended to September 20th : in German, French, and Italian. (deadline to apply for Swiss Culture Social is September 20th)
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Emergency Help from Swiss Culture Social in German, French and Italian. (WATCH OUT. DEADLINE to apply is 20th September 2020)
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ARF/FDS, the Swiss Film Writers and Directors Association created a GUIDE in 3 languages for writers and directors ;
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Each year Whitefish Winter Carnival celebrates a Royal Court. Candidates are nominated for their outstanding service to Whitefish, and are voted upon by multiple groups across the community. We are thrilled to recognize the many exceptional individuals who make up the Carnival Royal Court. Thank you for all you do!
Paul is a Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner. When he first came to Whitefish in 1986, he worked at the old North Valley Hospital. After that he went on to serve in a wide variety of settings and roles around northwest Montana — Family Planning, Well Child Clinics, Worksite Wellness, Tribal Health for the Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Emergency Room coverage in Libby and more. He has helped to create many programs over the years including worksite self help health programs, case management for injured workers, high risk teen pregnancy support, and the Save the Brain youth concussion program. Beyond that he has worked on inventions and innovations ranging from coffee grinder silencers to video based electronic medical records. Paul was voted Montana Nurse Practitioner of the year twice. He has loved being part of the Department of Neurology at Kalispell Regional for the past many years and will likely keep doing that until he retires.
Paul was immediately captivated by the mythology and merriment of Winter Carnival and joined in the activities in 1988. He went from chairing the snow sculpture committee to Carnival President in 1994. With his son Bjorn, Patricia, and loads of kids he helped coordinate the Yeti Snow Skate Jam for several years. He was honored with the High Ullr award in 2007.
Patricia Ryan graduated from Castleton State College in Vermont with a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice and Sociology. She served in the AmeriCorps VISTA Program. She has an MSW from the University of Utah with Post Graduate specialties in Gestalt Therapy, Families, and Couples from the Gestalt Institute in Cleveland, Ohio. Patricia has worked in a variety of mental health settings including community mental health programs, Two Eagle River School on the Flathead Reservation, day treatment centers, and in private practice. She also taught counseling classes at Northern Michigan University.
Patricia is currently semi-retired and doing counseling/consulting work and facilitating groups for Northwest Family Recovery. She is a licensed Massage Therapist and has served on the State Board of Massage Therapy for six years.
Outside her professional work, Patricia has served on the Glacier Hockey Association Board. She has been a manager for several hockey and soccer teams. She has helped coordinate Winter Carnival events over the years including the Yeti Snow Skate Jam, snow sculpture events, button sales, and is a current member of the Winter Carnival Board of Directors. Patricia volunteers at the Stumptown Historical Museum. She is an avid hiker, skier, dancer, drummer, gardener, and mom.
Patricia Ryan and Paul Coats were both children of career military fathers. Paul was born in Alabama, started school in Guatemala, graduated High School in Germany, traveled all over and came to Whitefish 33 years ago. Patricia was born in Salzburg, Austria. She lived on the same German Army base where Paul later graduated from high school. Patricia has lived in 10 U.S. states and has spent time in Nepal, India, and Central America. She settled in Montana 25 years ago. After seeing enough of the world, they both know that the realm of Whitefish is definitely home.
Paul and Patricia have three children: Bjorn, Ilsa, and Stellan — all Whitefish High School graduates.
After years of thinking about how special it is that Whitefish has it's own local mythology, last year the King and Queen released the children's book, Ullr and The Yeti, which tells the bigger story behind the Carnival legend. Now, they have the chance to bring the 60-year-old legend to life in a Woodstock Whitefish kind of way.
Dr. Kanyon Smith was born and raised in Miles City, Montana. He began his graduate studies at Montana State University in Bozeman and then went on to receive his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Northwestern College of Chiropractic in Bloomington, Minnesota. Kanyon began his chiropractic career with a preceptorship in Miami where he was able to strengthen his sports background by working on professional athletes such as members of the Miami Dolphins football team, the Florida Marlins baseball team, and professional golf, basketball, hockey, and tennis players. He also treated members of Broadway shows as well as Ironman endurance athletes.
In 2001 Kanyon returned to Montana and opened Big Mountain Chiropractic of Whitefish where he has served countless patients since then. Kanyon is very active in the community volunteering his time and expertise to help many causes including the Rotary Club of Whitefish, the Whitefish Christian Academy, his Church, and the Glacier Twins through their annual boxing smoker. In 2017, Kanyon joined the staff at the Shepherds Hand Clinic where he has brought chiropractic care to many people who need his services. Kanyon currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Montana Chiropractic Association and is the immediate past president. His leadership has helped to shape the organization into one of the premiere associations in the state.
Kanyon is married to "Saint" Julie who is the only one who could ever truly put up with him. Together they are raising three amazing children although it may be difficult to discern whom is raising whom. A true Montana native, Kanyon enjoys skiing, hunting, fishing, boating, camping, and all that our beautiful valley has to offer. You can usually find him in the great outdoors at his every opportunity -- no matter the season.
Christine Rossi is an active member of the Whitefish community, focusing her volunteer efforts on public education and the arts. She has dedicated countless hours supporting Whitefish teachers, students, administrators and families, initially as president of the Whitefish PTA, and now as vice-president of the Whitefish Education Foundation.
Christine serves on the board of directors for the North Valley Music School, which promotes the enrichment of our community through music education, appreciation and performance. She also volunteers for the Whitefish Band Boosters and Alpine Theatre Project, and is a former member of Soroptimist Whitefish.
A Texas native, Christine grew up in Austin and graduated from the University of Texas. She spent most of her career working at large advertising agencies in Chicago and Dallas, and currently works for National Flood Services as a Marketing Manager.
It didn't take long for the Rossi family to assimilate to small town life. Mike, a CPA, recently opened a small business on Central Avenue, Whitefish Tax and Consulting. When not working, Mike loves playing golf at Whitefish Lake Golf Course. Daughters Kathryn and Lauren are actively involved in dance, local theater, church and music.
During the winter, Christine and her family enjoy skiing, and attending Winter Carnival events. In the summer, you'll usually find the Rossi's playing tour guide for family and friends who come to visit.
To view all past Carnival Royalty, be sure to visit the Whitefish Historical Society, located at the Whitefish Train Depot!


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Students will use self-awareness skills to determine when it's appropriate to seek further assistance or adult intervention when communicating online.
Students will communicate effectively when dealing with peer pressure and explain how a person's actions (both positive and negative) can impact others.
Students will examine different point of views presented in the Connect[ED] video and use the decision-making model to analyze the situations and make good decisions. Students will create a media piece (brochure) for their peers, publishing information about netiquette, cyberbullying and online safety.
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For an entire decade, Kristin Lockridge felt miserable about her weight and appearance. But it wasn't until after she saw a picture of herself in a family photo at Thanksgiving three years ago, that she reached her breaking point. The 33-year-old says she had gained so much weight that she couldn't even recognize herself.
"The moment when I finally had hit rock bottom with myself, I went to the bathroom and cried at my in-laws' house," Kristin remembered. "My husband, Lance, came in to check on me and I looked at him and said, 'I can't continue to live this way.'"
So she didn't. Together, Kristin and Lance decided to embark on a weight loss journey. The couple started off by ordering three of The Biggest Loser workout DVDs online and used the Weight Watchers point system to improve their diets. By the first week, Kristin was down four pounds.
To keep her on track, Kristin also used a notebook and wrote down her goals. The first was to lose 30 pounds before her 31st birthday. Then, Kristin wanted to lose 10 more before a trip to Disney world with her kids a few months later. The third goal was to be down a total of 50 pounds before their anniversary in August.
While setting smaller goals helped make weight loss a lot easier for Kristin, she still had to fight the urge to quit and fall back on her old habits. Still, she pushed through and, with the encouragement of her husband, kept working towards her goals.
"There were weeks when I cried and cussed through my whole workout, and Lance would be right by my side, encouraging me, saying, 'You wanted this, let's get through it! That reminder was what I needed," Kristin said. "Whenever I felt like giving up, I thought of the results I was seeing, and how far I'd come, and it kept me going."
After reaching her first small goal, she decided it was time to join a gym and began weight lifting. Soon, the pounds continued to shed off her five-foot frame.
"I also tried spin classes and even took up running," Kristin said. "I remember jogging my first mile without stopping and feeling a huge sense of accomplishment. I had not done that since high school!"
Fast forward to today and Kristin is now down 70 pounds and is a regular marathon runner. She has completed six half marathons and one full one and doesn't plan on stopping.
"I was once a girl who hated running and would say, 'I only run if someone is chasing me.' Now here I am, one week after running my first full marathon in Nashville for St. Jude, so excited to run again," she shared.
Today, Kristin also regularly works out and practices a much healthier diet, focusing on counting proteins, fats and carbohydrates in her food instead of calories. She even started a Facebook page to share her story and inspire other women to stay focused on their own weight loss goals.
"The hardest part of starting to lose weight is being mentally on board," she said. "Weight loss is 100 percent mental. Once your mind is on board, then there is no stopping you from getting what you want."