Published by the Minster FM News Team at 4:46pm 13th January 2014.
Police investigating a collision on the A19 are making a fresh appeal for witnesses to come forward.
It occurred at 5.40pm on Wednesday 8 January 2014, on the A19 Shipton Road, at the junction of Howard Road, opposite the Mitre pub.
The collision involved a black Ford Fiesta and an orange Aprilia moped, which had travelled from Poppleton along the A1237.
As a result in the incident, the 21-year-old York man riding the moped was taken to the Leeds General Infirmary, with serious injuries, where he remains in a critical but stable condition.
Traffic Sergeant Julian Pearson, of the Force's Roads Policing Group, "If you witnessed the collision and have not yet contact the police, I urge you to do so straight away.
Anyone who can assist officers to progress this investigation should contact York police on 101, select option 2 and ask for Roger Walker. Alternatively, information can be emailed to roger.walker@northyorkshire.pnn.police.uk.
Please quote reference number 12140004155.


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UW scientists use diverse genome data to unlock Hispanic health risks
Posted on Jan 16, 2014 by Mónica Feliú-Mójer
By combining a resource called 1000 Genomes and the largest study of Hispanic health in the country, biostatisticians at UW hope to better understand risk factors for diseases like diabetes and asthma. Leer en Español
Genetically speaking, humans are 99 percent identical. The differences we can see — how tall we are, the color of our eyes, and our predisposition to certain diseases — lie in the remaining one percent of our genes.
By studying the genetic differences or variants in the remaining one percent of the human genome scientists at the University of Washington and around the world hope to shine a light on the genetic factors that play a role in the development of cancer, heart disease and other maladies.
Because genetic variants occur in approximately one out of every 100 people, in order to find them, early genome sequencing projects like the Human Genome Project and the HapMap Project, built huge databases of the genetic information of many different individuals.
But there was a problem — there wasn't a lot of diversity in the individuals who participated in those early projects.
So, for example, if scientists looked only at genetic variants that relate to breast cancer in people of Western European ancestry, they could be missing different variants that relate to breast cancer in people of African, Asian or Native American ancestry.
Some of the most rare genetic variants tend to be found within populations whose individuals share a common ancestry. Thus, the greater the diversity of individuals who are sequenced, the more likely scientists are to find rare genetic variants.
To address the lack of diversity an international consortium spearheaded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), launched the 1000 Genomes Project. The goal of this project is to sequence the genomes of over 2,000 individuals from 26 populations around the world, from Punjabi to Puerto Rican.
This collection of sequences — which had its latest phase completed in late 2012 — represents the most comprehensive catalog of human genetic variations to date. The information is freely available to scientists everywhere.
Separating the signal from the noise
Sequencing the genomes of thousands of individuals gives rise to large-scale data sets containing the information of hundreds of thousands of genetic variants. Some of those genetic variants are associated with disease, and others are not.
The first printout of the human genome, displayed at the Wellcome Collection, London. The 3.4 billion units of DNA code are transcribed into more than a hundred volumes, each a thousand pages long, in type so small as to be barely legible. (Photo by Russ London)
So how do scientists distinguish which variants are relevant and which are not? How do they separate the signal from the noise? They use the power of biostatistics. As a science, biostatistics uses mathematical and computational methods to discover meaningful patterns in a sea of biological or health data.
"For most of the common diseases, the genetic component is probabilistic, not deterministic. That means that having a certain genetic variant may increase the probability of getting the disease, but doesn't mean you will definitely get it. That's where biostatistics comes in," said Dr. Cathy Laurie, senior principal research scientist at the University of Washington Department of Biostatistics.
Using biostatistical methods scientists can determine which genetic variants are associated with disease and how they affect the probability that someone would get the disease the variant is associated with.
Biostatisticians not only apply, but they develop methods to obtain valuable information from large-scale data sets. For example, Brian Browning, Associate Professor at UW Biostatistics, has developed a computer program called BEAGLE, one of several pieces of software used to analyze data from 1000 Genomes. Using BEAGLE, scientists can use sequences from the 1000 Genomes Project to complement the information obtained from their own studies to better identify genes related to disease.
"The 1000 Genomes Project is a very important tool for modern genetic studies," said Dr. Bruce Weir, professor and chair at UW Biostatistics. "Although DNA sequencing technology has become significantly cheaper since the human genome was first sequenced, it would still be very expensive for a single researcher to sequence the genomes of thousands of people for a particular disease study," Weir said.
Genetic analysis of Latinos
Weir and his colleagues at UW Biostatistics will use data from 1000 Genomes to complement their analyses of the genomes of approximately 16,000 Hispanic individuals to study the genetic risk factors for diseases prevalent in Hispanic/Latino populations in the U.S. The team of researchers was recently awarded a multi-million dollar National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute contract to establish the Omics in Latinos Genetic Analysis Center. (Omics refers to the study of a set of biological molecules — e.g. genomics is the study of the genome, the collection of genes or genetic material of an organism).
The Omics in Latinos Genetics Analysis Center is part of the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL), a multi-center study that aims to identify the patterns, causes and risk factors for disease in Hispanic/Latino populations in the U.S.
"HCHS/SOL is aimed at improving the health of Hispanics and Latinos in the U.S., the fastest growing segment of the population in the country," said Dr. Cathy Laurie, who is also part of the Omics in Latinos Genetic Analysis Center team.
Hispanics/Latinos have a rich cultural and ancestral diversity. According to the 2010 Census, Hispanics in the U.S. originate from over 20 different countries. To take this diversity into account, HCHS/SOL has recruited individuals living in the U.S., but whose ancestors are mainly from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico or Central and South America.
"We want to understand the differences between individuals — their genetic variations — and how they are relevant to health outcomes," said Dr. Tim Thornton, assistant professor at UW Biostatistics and co-investigator for the Omics in Latinos Genetic Analysis Center.
In their genetic analysis of HCHS/SOL participants, Weir, Thornton, Laurie and colleagues are hoping to find risk factors associated with diseases like diabetes and asthma, which have a high prevalence amongst Latino populations. They will also investigate the genetic variants associated with conditions such as sleep apnea and adult hearing loss. Very little is known about the genetic basis of these conditions.
By analyzing the genetic risk factors for several diseases that affect Latino populations, researchers at UW Biostatistics will contribute to the understanding of their causes. Findings from the Omics in Latinos Genetic Analysis Center could also help pinpoint the causes of health disparities within Latino populations in the U.S.
Understanding that there are genetic differences between individuals has led to the understanding of the mechanisms for disease. If every individual were the same, scientists would not be able to figure out what variants are relevant to disease and how disease arises.
Projects like 1000 Genomes and the Omics in Latinos Genetic Analysis Center will help us gain a richer understanding of human genetic diversity and the genetic risk factors of disease. Armed with this knowledge scientists can move towards designing better diagnosis, treatment and prevention methods for everyone.
Tags: global health, Hispanic, Latino, University of Washington.
Mónica Feliú-Mójer
Mónica is a research scientist turned science communicator. She is the manager of outreach programs at the University of Washington Department of Biostatistics. Mónica is also the vice-director and news editor-in-chief of Ciencia Puerto Rico, a non-profit organization connecting scientists for the promotion of science and science education in Puerto Rico and among Hispanics in the U.S. She is passionate about sharing science, making connections, baseball and chocolate. You can reach her on Twitter @moefeliu.
Bruce Weir says:
Monica has provided a very good introduction to our group.
Great introduction to this study, Monica! I just wanted to make a comment on the statement "Findings from the Omics in Latinos Genetic Analysis Center could also help pinpoint the causes of health disparities within Latino populations in the U.S." This is most definitely true, but there is an important counterpoint to make when talking about health disparities in minority populations. Many important contributing factors are environmental, such as access to healthy foods and adequate medical care, rather than being related to genetic variation between different ethnic populations. I think it's important to keep that in mind as we pursue genetic studies of different populations with differing ancestral origins.
Mónica Feliú-Mójer says:
Thank Sarah! Absolutely. Looking at the genetic factors of disease (and how they may contribute to health outcomes and disparities) is only a small piece of the pie. The larger study (SOL) is looking at many factors, including the socio-cultural aspects of health. Health outcomes are multi-factorial and thus in order to understand what affects health must look at as many factors as possible in order to get the big picture.
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Q: Keyboard navigation with list item not working properly? I am create a dropdown component with keyboard navigation
hook
export const useKeyPress = function (targetKey: string) {
    const [keyPressed, setKeyPressed] = React.useState(false);

    function downHandler({ key }: { key: string }) {
        if (key === targetKey) {
            setKeyPressed(true);
        }
    }

    const upHandler = ({ key }: { key: string }) => {
        if (key === targetKey) {
            setKeyPressed(false);
        }
    };

    React.useEffect(() => {
        window.addEventListener("keydown", downHandler);
        window.addEventListener("keyup", upHandler);

        return () => {
            window.removeEventListener("keydown", downHandler);
            window.removeEventListener("keyup", upHandler);
        };
    });

    return keyPressed;
};

And in my compoennt-
const downPress = useKeyPress("ArrowDown");
const upPress = useKeyPress("ArrowUp");
const enterPress = useKeyPress("Enter");
useEffect(() => {
        if (countryDataInfo.length && downPress) {
            setCursor(prevState =>
                prevState < countryDataInfo.length - 1 ? prevState + 1 : prevState
            );
        }
    }, [downPress]);
useEffect(() => {
        if (countryDataInfo.length && upPress) {
            setCursor(prevState => (prevState > 0 ? prevState - 1 : prevState));
        }
    }, [upPress]);
useEffect(() => {
        if (countryDataInfo.length && enterPress) {
            setSelected(countryDataInfo[cursor]);
        }
    }, [cursor, enterPress]);

    {search &&

            <input
                placeholder={searchPlaceholder}
                {...searchProps}
                onChange={onSearchHandler}
            />
            {showSearchIcon &&

                    {searchIconComponent ?? (
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                    )}

            }

    }
    {countryDataInfo.length === 0 &&

            {searchNotFound}

    }
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            {item.country}
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But works perfectly. But problem is when I press on down key then whole window being scrolled. But I want to scroll only list element on keypress. Is it possible do only scroll ul tag area and select the list by keydown and keyup with enter press. Please help me. Actually it is a dropdown menu. Ul will open when a button clicked.
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I thought I'd zoom out on the photos of my last post and share the lighting situation over the peninsula.
Like I mentioned on my mood board, we wanted something a little modern/industrial, but still fit with the more historical aspects of our older home. These clear globe pendants from Etsy fit the bill perfectly. It might look like we hung them a little high from the above angle, but they sit right above eye level for both Mike and my 5'7" heights.
I love the simple architectural impact they make, while also visually letting the kitchen remain open to the dining room.
We bought Edison lights from Home Depot and they give off a nice warm glow when turned on.
Our favorite part is that the filaments get reflected inside the globe below the bulb, and look really neat in person.
We don't use them that often now that it's light outside again, but when we're eating dinner at the peninsula, which is mostly where we eat now, or have people over, we turn them on. Mostly for the ambiance.
Since we had such awesome lighting over the peninsula, we knew we had to have something equally great in the dining room. I almost settled many times, but I finally found the winner at World Market one day.
Obviously, these were taken before the kitchen pictures, and yes, we are still getting snow in April. Will it ever end?! These are also the "before" pictures of our now installed curtains, thank goodness!
While it has a slightly funky shape, this pendant isn't that crazy, until you get a little closer.
I've been on a gold kick, (much to Mike's chagrin), and I loved the simplicity of this pendant, but especially the unexpected gold inside. It looks nice turned off, but literally glows when it's on.
The gold, is a nice deep color too. Very rich looking, not cheap like it'll flake off.
It's gives off a lot less light than our old fan/light, but with the two rooms, now one big one, we didn't need anything more than something to light up the table. It's weird because it only uses one little 60 watt bulb, but gives off a lot of glow.
So, now I've shared the lighting over the peninsula and the dining room pendant. We still have more lighting in the kitchen area, but nothing worth a whole post, so I'll save that for a different time. Now that the weather is warming up, I'm finally able to finish the last couple of outstanding items, some the require spray painting. I should be able to show more finished areas of the kitchen soon!


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Q: Querying / Retrieving Data from SQL Server using Django I am pretty new to Django. I am trying to query data from SQL server using a Django App. I am able to connect with the default Django database and fetch data from there but Django keeps throwing an error when I try to query an existing database. (Apologies for indentation mistakes in formatting here but it is ok in my scripts)
views.py shows the following error:
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.template import Context,Template,RequestContext
from django.shortcuts import render_to_response, render
from django.conf.urls.static import static
from django.contrib import admin
from django.contrib.staticfiles.urls import staticfiles_urlpatterns
from django.template.context_processors import csrf
from ForecastApp.forms import *
from django.core.mail import send_mail
from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
#from django.db import connection
import os
import csv
import json
import subprocess
from subprocess import *
from operator import itemgetter
from datetime import datetime
import pyodbc
from logging import getLogger
from .models import Actuals
from .models import forecastfuture
ss = forecastfuture.objects.using('default').all()
    print len(ss)
    for row in ss:
        print (row.region) #works fine
tt = Actuals.objects.using('Forecasting').all()
    print len(tt)
        for row in tt:
            print (row.Region)

[Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 11.0][SQL Server]Invalid column name 'id'. (207)
I have set up routers.py and models.py and settings.py per instructions in documentation.
routers.py
class App1Router(object): #pardon my poor indentations here while posting
def db_for_read(self, model, **hints):

    if model._meta.app_label == 'ForecastApp':
        return 'Forecasting'
    return 'default'

def db_for_write(self, model, **hints):

    if model._meta.app_label == 'ForecastApp':
        return 'Forecasting'
    return 'default'

def allow_relation(self, obj1, obj2, **hints):

    if obj1._meta.app_label == 'ForecastApp' and obj2._meta.app_label == 'ForecastApp':
        return True
    # Allow if neither is chinook app
    elif 'ForecastApp' not in [obj1._meta.app_label, obj2._meta.app_label]:
        return True
    return False

def allow_syncdb(self, db, model):
    if db == 'Forecasting' or model._meta.app_label == "ForecastApp":
        return False # we're not using syncdb on our legacy database
    else: # but all other models/databases are fine
        return True

models.py
class Actuals(models.Model):
    date = models.DateTimeField(db_column='Date', blank=True, null=True)
    values = models.FloatField(db_column='Values', blank=True, null=True)
    region = models.CharField(db_column='Region', max_length=50, blank=True, null=True)
    metric = models.CharField(db_column='Metric', max_length=50, blank=True, null=True)

    class Meta:
        managed = False
        db_table = 'actuals'

class migrations(models.Model):
    app =models.CharField(max_length=255)
    name =models.CharField(max_length=255)
    applied = models.DateTimeField()

class forecastfuture(models.Model):
    caseId = models.IntegerField(null=False)
    date = models.DateField(null=False)
    forecast=models.FloatField(null=False)
    metric = models.CharField(max_length=255,null=False)
    region = models.CharField(max_length=255,null=False)

settings.py
DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'sql_server.pyodbc',
        'NAME': 'ForecastAppDjango',
        'USER': '',
        'PASSWORD': '',
        'HOST': 'abc.com\\sql',
        'PORT': '1433',
        'OPTIONS': {
                'host_is_server': True,
                'driver' : 'SQL Server Native Client 11.0',
                'trusted_connection':'yes',

        },
    },

    'Forecasting': {
        'ENGINE': 'sql_server.pyodbc',
        'NAME': 'Forecasting',
        'USER': '',
        'PASSWORD': '',
        'HOST': 'abc.com\\sqlt',.
        'PORT': '1433',
        'OPTIONS': {
                'host_is_server': True,
                'driver' : 'SQL Server Native Client 11.0',
                'trusted_connection':'yes',

        },
    }
}

DATABASE_ROUTERS = ['ForecastApp.routers.App1Router']

So far I ve tried to: manage.py makemigrations and migrate commands successfully.
Actuals table is:
| Date | Values | Region | Metric|
|2012-01-01 00:00:00.000 | 1000 | Region1 | Demand |

manage.py inspectdb --database "Forecasting" was also ok.
Q1: External DB forecasting does not have a primary key. Is this a requirement?
Q2: What am I doing wrong in my views.py or models.py ?
Thank you for your suggestions in advance.

A: Q2 : I think your tables forecastfuture and Actuals has different structure id column is extra in table forecastfuture

A: I use this for reading from sql server:
from django.shortcuts import render
import pyodbc
def base(request):
server = ''
database = ''
username = ''
password = ''
conect= pyodbc.connect('DRIVER{SQLServer};SERVER='+server+';DATABASE='+database+';UID='+
username+';PWD='+ password)
Request_detail=pd.read_sql("""SELECT  FROM """,connect)
return render(request, "base.html")


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Worthen Building on Rich History of Adhesive Innovation
Tyler Kern is joined by Steve Adams, Business Manager for the Foam Fabricating Adhesives group at Worthen Industries, to talk about the solutions his team creates for the mattress and furniture manufacturing industries.
By Brenna - November 10, 2020
Innovation is always hard. Keeping on the forefront of the industry is even harder when you can trace your origin back to 1866.
That's exactly the case with the Upaco Adhesives division of Worthen Industries, which has its origins in the Union Paste Company that launched in the 19th century.
Steve Adams, Business Manager for the Foam Fabricating Adhesives group at Worthen Industries, said going above and beyond simply being an adhesive formulation company has allowed Worthen to provide something different.
"I think what we did that was different is that we took control of the whole process. We became a partner for our customers in that not only did we develop the adhesive products, but we helped them with how to apply the adhesive, we recommended equipment, [and], sometimes we helped them design equipment," he said. "We became the whole adhesive solution. We became the experts in that part of their process where they literally did not need to know much about this segment of the process. We could do everything for them."
That adaptability has served Adams and his group well as the mattress industry in particular has changed, with consumers much more likely to order a mattress in a box the size of a mini-fridge that inflates upon opening than going to a traditional retail outlet.
"We have been at the forefront of solving any of the adhesive issues that come about in the change of the process, for example they needed immediate drying adhesives," he said. "Typically, you would laminate a mattress and want to store it for four hours to let the water completely dry before you package it. Well, now through our formulations as well as working with the equipment people that have upped their product offerings … we now have a solution where you can laminate a mattress and pack it immediately off line and ship it to a consumer."
Pulling Back the Curtain on Worthen's R&D Process
ANNOUNCEMENT - We will be exhibiting at ISPO Munich - November 28-30 - Booth C2.126
BedTimes Magazine Worthen Profile - Sticky, Sustainable Solutions for Mattress Makers
ANNOUNCEMENT - Worthen Industries Launches Endurans™ Solar Following the Acquisition of DSM Advanced Solar
INTRODUCING "ON A ROLL" PODCAST
TO ALL CUSTOMERS & VENDORS
A Look at Company Culture at Worthen Industries


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Trump's Big Interview Ratings Flop Could Mean Danger for His Campaign
Tina Nguyen
The Raptors Won. Where Does Drake Go From Here?
Dan Adler
Hundreds of Companies Beg Trump Not to Commit Economic Suicide
Bess Levin
The New Establishment
How Carly Fiorina Won a Debate and Put Herself in an Unwinnable Spot
The inherent problem of 1 percent political "outsiders."
Jon Kelly
By Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images.
By virtually any measure, Episode Two of the hot new series, "The G.O.P. Debates," was won last night by CNN, which amassed 22.9 million viewers—a mere shade below the 24 million who tuned in to watch the first installment on Fox News. Even the so-called undercard debate, featuring warm-up acts Bobby Jindal and Lindsey Graham, notched 6 million. For some perspective, that's about 12 times the audience that host Jake Tapper earned during a ratings swell earlier this year.
The second biggest winner was Carly Fiorina, the former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard. A veteran of infamous Silicon Valley Game of Thrones–style machinations, Fiorina's success Wednesday evening laid in her ability to thwart her enemy without appearing to even try. Fiorina speaks with a rare mixture of authority and humility, along with an ample dose of grace. Her wry rejoinder to Trumps's infamous "that face" comment in Rolling Stone amplified The Donald's otherwise underwhelming and fumbly performance, and artfully introduced a news cycle focused on his potential (and, frankly, overdue) self-immolation. Fiorina is, at least for now, the G.O.P.'s "outsider" of choice.
Related: Think the Republican Debate Was Too Long and Boring? You're Not Alone
It is, of course, a calculated strategic position. For nearly an entire generation, the Republican Party has nominated establishment candidates who have portrayed the deepest shades of their conservatism in the primaries before drifting towards the center during the general election. This cycle, however, that playbook seems vulnerable. The G.O.P. is undergoing its own form of disruption as it grapples with a new normal that includes gay marriage, legalized weed, and, of course, Obamacare. Its difficulty in coming to terms with this reality, on some level, is manifested in its difficulty in coming to terms with a candidate. It's a good time, in other words, for an outsider.
These subjects may dominate the primary, but the general election is likely to coalesce around, among other existential issues, economic inequality. We are, after all, living in essentially uncharted fiscal times. Our optimistic vision of American life was formed during an extraordinary period from the turn of the 20th century to the late 70s, when each generation could reasonably expect to have a better life than their parents. Even the generation that came of age during the Depression eventually recouped their setbacks.
But, as Adam Davidson has elegantly noted, the last 40 years have ushered in the exact opposite. The bottom 80 percent of U.S. families have seen their share of the country's income fall while the top 20 percent have pulled away. The top 1 percent, of course, have simply killed it. Chris Christie foreshadowed this issue, last evening, when he chastised Trump and Fiorina for a squabble about their own successes. "For the 55-year-old construction worker who doesn't have a job, who doesn't have money to fund his child's education, I gotta tell you the truth," the New Jersey governor said. "They could care less about your careers. They care about theirs."
Fiorina had an extraordinary business career in which she rose from a secretary to a C.E.O. Yet she may face some difficulty baking this Horatio Alger narrative into her outsider persona. Fiorina got a pass last night when Trump attacked her for her performance at HP, where she was eventually fired. A better question would have focused on what happened after Fiorina's departure. At a time of unprecedented inequality, when C.E.O.s can make roughly 300 times as much as their employees, will Americans buy a maverick candidate who received a $21 million golden parachute? Presumably opposition researchers will wonder the same thing. (Needless to say, it's a bit difficult for a blowhard billionaire to make that argument.)
These days, it's essentially a given that most people running for president are either already rich or trying to become so. But at least candidates like Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush never tried to position themselves as outsiders. As the debate road show continues, and as Trump appears to downshift gears, that will remain the challenge for Fiorina.
The Democratic Debates Prove the Reality-TV Era of Politics Isn't Over
Sonia Saraiya
Elizabeth Warren Is Surging—And the Trump Campaign Is Taking Notice
Coldcocked by Kamala, Joe Biden Goes on Offense


This weekend, get moving with the 41st Annual Chinatown Firecracker Run, checkout a new photo exhibit featuring life in the South Bay, and hit up Shade Hotel's Stoplight Valentine's Day Party!
Happy Rainy Valentine's Day, El Segundo! If you're too swamped to celebrate today, keep reading! The South Bay has plenty to offer this weekend, from exciting, family-friendly runs to local art exhibits, to parties and live music. Enjoy!
WHAT: Watch the dancers of the Redondo Beach Ballet Company portray the captivating tale of the Snow Queen. Watch a young girl go on a wild adventure in search of her friend who has been captured by the Snow Queen. Will she find him? Come and find out!
DETAILS: Contact Redondo Beach Ballet Company at (310) 292-4572 for more information, or purchase tickets here.
WHAT: On Friday or Saturday, watch a showing of Stormy Weather, a major Hollywood musical with an African-American cast- made in a time when casting black leads was uncommon. This film is both groundbreaking and entertaining! Then on Sunday, catch Tom Corbett, singer-songwriter extraordinaire, and his band for an afternoon of original songs, bluegrass, folk, pop, and swing.
WHEN: Stormy Weather is playing on Friday, February 15th at 8:15 pm and Saturday the 16th at 2:30 pm and 8:15 pm. The Tom Corbett Band will perform on Sunday the 17th at 2:30 pm.
DETAILS: hereSee ticket info and Old Town Music Hall's complete concert schedule .
WHAT: Celebrate the South Bay with the opening exhibit of South Bay resident, Chad Richardson. His exhibit, "People of The South Bay" is a celebration of the wonderful people of the culturally diverse South Bay, with photos taken in Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Hermosa, Torrance and El Segundo.
DETAILS: A percent of the proceeds will go to the family of Angelina Pinedo, the young student who was the victim of a nearby hit and run.


It's my turn to give a sneak peek at my projects for Craft Project Central's April 2016 Edition! I had so much fun creating this ensemble.
I even test drove it on my stamping gals and it ran like a beauty in a group setting!
This bright and cheerful ensemble of three cards and a sweet little frame using the Grateful Bunch Stamp Set with the Blossom Bunch Punch and Hello Thinlits is sure to put a smile on someone's face. The projects all come packaged in a cute little bag to boot. This project is also absolutely perfect for a demonstrator to use for a Product Class – tips are given throughout the tutorial showing how to organize the class so it will flow quickly and smoothly for the attendees.
Remember, you get all the April 2016 projects' detailed instructions for just $10.
You can subscribe HERE at Craft Project Central.
I am giving away a random FREE June 2016 subscription TODAY to a lucky reader who comments on MY project at the Craft Project Central's website .
This is for TODAY only, June 15!
Head on over, YOU could be a winner!


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Le Gaziantep Stadyumu, appelé également Gaziantep Kalyon Stadyumu pour des raisons de sponsoring, est un stade basé à Gaziantep (Turquie). Il est uniquement utilisé pour les rencontres de football.

Histoire
L'ancien stade de la ville, le stade Kamil-Ocak devenant trop vétuste, la construction d'un nouveau stade est envisagée en 2012, avec une capacité prévue pour 36 000 spectateurs, avec possiblité d'aggrandissement pour 43 000 places. Les travaux débutent en mai 2013. Le stade est situé à six kilomètres au nord du centre ville. En 2015, commencent les travaux pour le toit, l'année suivante ce sont les installations intérieures qui s'achèvent.

Le 15 janvier 2017, le stade est inauguré avec la rencontre Gaziantepspor contre Antalyaspor, les locaux perdent 3 à 0. Le club de Gaziantepspor étant mal classé et luttant contre la relégation en deuxième division, seulement 9 417 spectateurs assistent à la rencontre. En fin de saison le club sera relégué, puis avec sa disparition en 2020, l'autre club de football de la ville, le Gaziantep FK deviendra le seul utilisateur du stade.

Structure
Le stade est entièrement couvert et propose 35 574 places, les sièges sont de couleur rouge ou noir, les couleurs des clubs de la ville. Les tribunes Est et Ouest disposent chacune de 27 loges. La façade du stade reprend les couleurs du club, ces couleurs changent suivant que l'on se déplace à l'extérieur du stade.

Notes et références

Lien externe
 Galerie photo sur stadiumdg.com

Équipement sportif achevé en 2017
Stade de football en Turquie
Stade portant le nom d'une ville
Gaziantep

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Q: Whenever I try to use rangeOfString it says member not found in UITextView import UIKit

class ViewController: UIViewController {
    @IBOutlet weak var text: UITextView!

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()

      let boldRange = text.rangeOfString(NSLocalizedString("bold", comment: ""))
        // issue is here.
    }

    override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
        super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
        // Dispose of any resources that can be recreated.
    }
}

Whenever using rangeOfString I run into this issue but I am not sure how to resolve it.

A: You need to access the text property of the text view:
let boldRange = text.text.rangeOfString(NSLocalizedString("bold", comment: ""))


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Q: Помогите улучшить табы
$(".tab_item").not(":first").hide();
$(".top_phone .wrapper .tab").click(function() {
  $(".top_phone .wrapper .tab").removeClass("active").eq($(this).index()).addClass("active");
  $(".top_phone .tab_item").hide().eq($(this).index()).fadeIn()
}).eq(0).addClass("active");

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A: Вам нужно использовать setInterval, будет что то вроде
$(document).ready(function() {
  setInterval(function() {
    // Здесь в зависимости от потребностей пишем переключение
    // Если таба два, то можно определять тот который неактивный, убирать класс .active и добавлять к неактивному
    // Если табов больше 2, то можно использовать .eq($(this).index())
  }, 3000)
})

Возможно вам это все не надо и будет удобнее воспользоваться слайдером, например bxslider или любым другим где в слайды можно сделать из текста и прочих элементов.


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Honda F1 website
Honda website
Features - Straight Talk
So much talent but nowhere to go!
BY LUIS VASCONCELOS
Fernando Alonso, Austrian GP 2017
© RV Press
In the space of just two weeks, Fernando Alonso saw the doors at Mercedes and Ferrari firmly shut in his face. With Red Bull never intending to take top drivers from other teams, preferring to breed its own stars at Toro Rosso before promoting them to the main team, this means the Spaniard's chances of getting his hands on a winning car for 2018 are next to zero.
On the Wednesday prior to the start of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Alonso's manager, Flavio Briatore, went on a charm offensive by inviting Toto Wolff and Niki Lauda for dinner in Baku. The Italian was very much the brains behind taking Formula One to Azerbeijan, as he convinced the country's president it needed a Grand Prix in Baku to put Azerbaijan in the map, so it was inevitable he would be at the race.
But the goal of inviting the two Austrians for dinner was certainly not to tell them how great Baku is. With Valtteri Bottas on a one-year contract with Mercedes, Alonso and Briatore were hoping there would be a chance to get the Finn's seat for next year to fight it out with Lewis Hamilton in one of the two most competitive cars in the field.
From what has transpired from the dinner, Briatore's attempts didn't go far, as Wolff politely told him Mercedes had no intention of changing its drivers' line-up for next year, as they were very happy with Valtteri Botats' contribution in his first season with the Silver Arrows. Lauda was a bit more blunt, apparently, but Briatore quickly got the message and the conversation then moved to other subjects.
With Red Bull out of the equation, that meant two down one to go for Alonso and, according to Italian sources, through a common acquaintance the Spaniard made an approach to Ferrari. This was always going to be a long shot, for Sebastian Vettel is set to sign a new deal with the Scuderia and would certainly be against the plan of having Alonso as team mate, but the fact remains Raikkonen's position is not very solid, so there's one seat up for grabs in Maranello for next year and Alonso and his management team thought it was worth a shot checking it out.
Fast forward to Sunday morning in Spielberg, when Ferrari president S©rgio Marchionne made one of his rare appearances in the paddock, in the hope of seeing a Scuderia win. Way before the Italian manager left Austria disappointed - his presence in the paddock rarely coincides with victories for his team - he spoke to the Italian media and when asked if there was a chance of Alonso returning to Ferrari, his answer was clear: "Alonso may have shown an interest in returning to our team but didn't get from us the kind of answer he was hoping for. We're simply not interested in having him back!¹
Where does that leave Alonso then? In practical terms he now has two options, if he wants to remain in Formula One beyond the end of the current season: he either extends his deal with McLaren-Honda for another year or two - he may well insist on a one-year deal for Hamilton's deal with Mercedes comes to an end next year and some believe the English driver may retire to pursue a career in show business - or tries to do a deal to go back to Renault, in what would be his third stint with the Enstone-based team.
But Renault doesn't seem to be taking their chances of getting Alonso very seriously, for over the last couple of weeks Cyril Abiteboul has been trying to negotiate a deal with Toto Wolff to get Mercedes prot©g© Esteban Ocon for a three-year loan, but the Austrian doesn't seem interested in such a long deal as he would like to have Ocon available at the end of next year in case Hamilton retires or Bottas fails to deliver in 2018.
And, at the same time, there's a serious push from Renault's technical department to get Robert Kubica in the car as quickly as possible, after the Valencia test turned out to be a real eye opener for the engineers. By Wednesday the Pole will return to the wheel of the 2012-spec Lotus-Renault in the Paul Ricard, where he's expected to do a qualifying and race simulation on the long version of the track - the one that will be used in next year's French Grand Prix - to assess his fitness to return to Grand Prix racing. Should this test be a success, put your money on Kubica getting his first taste of 2017-spec Formula One cars on the post-Grand Prix test that will be held in the Hungaroring in the first two days of August. After that, anything is possible, including getting Kubica to replace Jolyon Palmer until the end of this season, alongside Nico Hulkenberg.
With all this going on at Enstone, it looks increasingly likely Fernando Alonso's only chance of remaining in Formula One next year is to stay with McLaren and hope Honda makes big strides on the development of its Power Unit, putting the team in a position to, at least, be right behind the top three teams and, occasionally, fight for a podium finish already in 2018.
As Fernando Alonso is universally considered one of the best drivers in Formula One, by his peers, managers, engineers and the press, it's clearly not his driving ability, his race craft, his competence in developing a technical package, his motivation and his leadership talent that have made him unwanted in the top teams. His previous decisions, his tumultuous times at McLaren, in 2007, and Ferrari, in 2013 and 2014, as well as his attitude towards Honda over the last two years seem to have made him a bit of a liability for the top teams, as that's the only reasonable explanation for Wolff and Marchionne turning down the chance to have him in one of their cars.
A real shame, of course, for the thought of Alonso with a winning car battling it out with Vettel, Hamilton and the three young chargers in Bottas, Ricciardo and Verstappen, is mouth watering for any Formula One fan. So much talent, but nowhere to go, that's the best summary we can have of Fernando Alonso's current situation.
Luis Vasconcelos
© 2019 Inside F1 Inc
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Getting started
===============

In this short tutorial, we'll see how to create an app to manage museum
locations.

Settings
--------

Create your django Project and your main app::

   $ django-admin.py startproject museum
   $ cd museum/
   $ python manage.py startapp main

Edit your Django settings to point to your PostGIS database::

    DATABASES = {
        'default': {
            'ENGINE': 'django.contrib.gis.db.backends.postgis',
            'NAME': 'spatialdb',
            'USER': 'dbuser',
            'PASSWORD': 's3cr3t',
            'HOST': 'localhost',
            'PORT': '',
        }
    }

Add these entries to your ``INSTALLED_APPS``::

    'easy_thumbnails',
    'djgeojson',
    'leaflet',
    'paperclip',
    'mapentity',
    'paperclip',
    'compressor',
    'floppyforms',
    'crispy_forms',
    'rest_framework',
    'main',  # the app you just created

Add ``django.middleware.locale.LocaleMiddleware`` to your ``MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES``.

Setup your list of supported languages::

    LANGUAGES = (
        ('en', 'English'),
        ('fr', 'French'),
    )

Specify a media URL::

    MEDIA_URL = 'media/'

Specify a static root::

    import os
    BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
    STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')

Add MapEntity and request context processors to the list of default context
processors::

    TEMPLATE_CONTEXT_PROCESSORS = (
        "django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth",
        "django.core.context_processors.debug",
        "django.core.context_processors.i18n",
        "django.core.context_processors.media",
        "django.core.context_processors.static",
        "django.core.context_processors.tz",
        "django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages",
        "django.core.context_processors.request",
        "mapentity.context_processors.settings",
    )

Model
-----

Create a GeoDjango model which also inherits from ``MapEntityMixin``. Note that
you'll need to specify the *GeoDjango* manager, as below:

..code-block :: python

    from django.contrib.gis.db import models

    from mapentity.models import MapEntityMixin

    class Museum(MapEntityMixin, models.Model):

        | geom = models.PointField()
        | name = models.CharField(max_length=80)
        | objects = models.GeoManager()

Admin
-----

Create a file ``admin.py`` in the ``main`` directory and register your model
against the admin registry:

..code-block :: python

    | from django.contrib import admin
    | from leaflet.admin import LeafletGeoAdmin

    from .models import Museum

    admin.site.register(Museum, LeafletGeoAdmin)

URLs
----

Register your MapEntity views in ``main/urls.py``:

..code-block :: python

    | from main.models import Museum
    | from mapentity import registry

    urlpatterns = registry.register(Museum)

Then glue everything together in your project's ``urls.py``:

..code-block :: python

    | from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
    | from django.contrib import admin

    admin.autodiscover()

    urlpatterns = patterns(
        | '',
        | url(r'^$', 'main.views.home', name='home'),
        | url(r'^login/$',  'django.contrib.auth.views.login', name='login'),
        | url(r'^logout/$', 'django.contrib.auth.views.logout', name='logout',),
        | url(r'', include('mapentity.urls', namespace='mapentity', app_name='mapentity')),
        | url(r'^paperclip/', include('paperclip.urls')),
        | url(r'', include('main.urls', namespace='main', app_name='main')),
        | url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
    )

Initialize the database
-----------------------

Create a database schema based on your models::

    $ python manage.py syncdb

Create all permission objects with this command::

    $ python manage.py update_permissions

Start the app
-------------
::

    $ python manage.py runserver

Done!
-----

Now your should be able to visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin and add a museum
with a name (if you can't see a map, make sure you're using Django 1.6).

Then visit http://127.0.0.1:8000/museum/list/ and you should be able to see
your museum listed.

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Rani jetted out of Mumbai today wearing a blue top and pants with a tan blazer, a Gucci Sylvie bag and Tod's block pumps.
The look did feel a bity busy but she somehow made it work. Did you like?
Shop the bag HERE and the pumps HERE.
Lol. But of course. It has been on for many years.
Oh God! She always look funny!
Sigh blazer length issues for petite folks. It really messes up the proportions and makes her look shorter. And definitely replace those wierd pants with a classic denim. I do like her shoes tho.
Shop for this look? Like seriously anyone wants to look like this train wreck. Designer clothes from head to toe still looks so low end.
Perfect comment. Ha. Designer but all looks cheap.
Made it work? Puhlese she looks like she came out of a Bollywood Matrix Remix with those colorful shades and long coat that's swallowing her and that bag ugh she needs a stylist badly. Smh.


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Trust When it Counts
Posted by: Eliyahu Safran in Magazine, Posts Oct 29, 21 0
We see the advertisements, selling the trustworthiness of financial advisors and institutions. These commercials resonate with us because we know how important it is to trust the one with influence or control over our money, our assets.
Certainly the same was true in Avraham's time. It was a lucky man indeed who had someone he could trust to tend his holdings, his herds, his livelihood. And, by all accounts, in this regard Avraham was extremely lucky. For he had Eliezer.
It is hard to imagine a boss with greater faith in his employee, a master who has greater faith in his servant than the faith Avraham had in Eliezer. He praises him as the "elder of his household." We are told that he "…ruled over everything that belonged to Avraham." Ha'moshel b'chol asher lo.
Eliezer was, for all practical purposes, the CEO of Avraham's life. He was responsible for all that was Avraham's, no small responsibility given the extent of Avraham's estate! The Torah makes clear that there was nothing Avraham would not entrust to Eliezer's judgment, authority and control. Avraham's trust of this man was absolute.
There are many implications of this trust, the most fundamental being that his integrity was beyond reproach.
This trust was not solely a matter of property and commerce. Eliezer was also entrusted to teach others in the household Avraham's ways. He was a melamed of Avraham's unique and exceptional way of life.
So… who else would Avraham choose to pursue the most sacred task of finding a wife for his son, his only son, the son he loved, for Yitzchak? As much as choosing someone to find a wife for Isaac, he would be finding the woman who would replace Sarah, who would become the second of the imahot – the second matriarch. Yitzchak's future wife would be more than his help mate and mother of his children; she would become the pillar of the developing Jewish nation. Who else could Avraham ask to fulfill such a sacred task?
The task of finding Yitzchak's bride was not only a profound one; it was also an urgent one. Avraham was not a young man. He was bah ba'yamim – "well on in years." Let us not mince words, he was old and nearing the end. His life had been one of blessing. The Torah tells us that Avraham was blessed "by Hashem with everything." The Ramban teaches that this means that his life was filled with riches, possessions, honor, longevity, and children. He lacked only one thing. Assurance. Assurance that all these blessings, all that his life had been and meant, would continue after he was gone. He lacked assurance that God's long before promise to makes his descendants "as numerous as the stars" would be fulfilled. And, given his advanced age, he was anxious to have that assurance, to see his son wed.
Naturally, Eliezer was the one to send on the mission. Who else but the man who was moshel b'chol asher lo, who was, for all practical purposes, responsible for all things Avrahamic, the man who was responsible for the brand.
Eliezer had been tasked with and trusted to do everything for Avraham's household. He was financial advisor, consigliere, manager, CEO. Of course this vital, sacred task of finding a bride for Isaac would also be part of his portfolio of responsibilities.
Before sending him on this task, this most trusted person was told, "…place now your hand under my thigh, and I will have you swear by Hashem… that you not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites." What's this? Eliezer, the most trusted man in Avraham's household, the man to whom he'd entrusted his livelihood, his wealth, his teachings suddenly has to take an oath? Has something happened to compromise the trust that Avraham had for this "elder of his household" that he now has to swear an oath before performing this task for his master? Had he not proven himself in a thousand ways over the years? Avraham's household wealth had surely grown exponentially under Eliezer's steady hand; his many servants understood and embraced the Avrahamic way of life; the many blessings of his life had been well-tended. But now he was expected to make an oath?
Did Avraham trust Eliezer or didn't he?
The text makes clear that yes, Avraham trusted Eliezer. He trusted him with his portfolio, with his livestock, his homes, his flocks… with all that he had. In all these things, Eliezer was in charge. No questions ever asked. No doubts raised. But this thing that Avraham was asking of him, to go and find a wife for Yitzchak, was not simply another item in the portfolio; it was not simply another investment. It was not business.
This task was in the world but it was not "of the world."
This was not about Avraham's holdings but his life, his legacy, his spiritual responsibility. This task spoke to all that was sacred in his life – his son, a wife for his son and the children that would come from that marriage. This task spoke to the essential relationship of his life – between him and Hashem. This task spoke to the future avot v' imahot, the future of the Jewish people. And when it came to that legacy, trust in commerce, trust in teachings, everyday trust was not sufficient.
Before engaging such a task, Eliezer had to take an oath.
It is easy to imagine in all other aspects of Elizer's responsibilities that there was "give and take." Perhaps he questioned something about Avraham's directive about the livestock, or how best to move the household from here to there. So, he and Avraham engaged in some discussion, some negotiation, to settle on the best way forward.
A wise master, a smart business owner, would want and expect nothing less from his servant and CEO. However, in this particular matter there would be no negotiation; there would be no discussion and no questions. In this matter, Eliezer would have no voice that might alter in any way Avraham's absolute commitment to the future.
This was not a discussion or negotiation. This was a directive. And after Avraham had concluded his very strict instructions as to who could be brought back as a bride for Isaac, Avraham insisted that this moshel b'chol asher lo place his hand under his thigh and swear to him regarding this matter.
No negotiation. No "alternate way." No interpretation.
It was clear. The future of Am Yisrael was and is non-negotiable.
Avraham's message to Eliezer was clear, I entrust you with my possessions and my material wealth, with the blessings of this world, but not with my spiritual future nor the spiritual future of my progeny.
It is said that Rav Yisael Salanter was once traveling and he stayed overnight at a crowded inn. With so many people, the innkeeper soon ran out of meat. Now, this innkeeper did not know Rav Salanter but, based on his appearance, deemed him to be a knowledgeable Jew so he approached him and asked him to slaughter a chicken for him in his back yard. Rav Salanter shook his head and declined, explaining to the innkeeper that he was not a certified shochet and so could not help him.
The following morning, Rav Yisrael approached the innkeeper and proposed that the man invest in a financial scheme that, "will surely yield you great rewards." He proposed that the innkeeper give him a large number of rubies and he would reap a great return.
The innkeeper was aghast. "I should give you my money? You are a stranger to me!"
Rav Yisrael chuckled. "Yes, and yet last night, based on my appearance, you assumed you could trust my shechitah but now, when it is money that is the issue, you suddenly need to check me out."
Rav Yisrael's lesson was clear – the innkeeper's priorities were wrong. When it came spiritual matters, he was trusting. When it came to material matters, he was cautious.
In this regard, the innkeeper was like so many of us.
And so unlike Avraham!
It is sad but true that we are much like the innkeeper. Our priorities are upside down. When it comes to our investments, we check and double-check, we want to know the backgrounds of those who manage our money. But when it comes to the lessons of our souls… not so much. When it comes to our kids' rebbe, mediocrity is too often sufficient. After all, maybe he's not the best, but what can we do? We can't afford more.
What is the matter with us?
Our children graduate high school with fantastic grades but rather than send them to Stern or Touro we say, what's the big deal if they go to City College or some other local campus? And then, when they find themselves immersed in the depravity of college life, we find ourselves at a loss to explain why.
One day, our son brings to our nice, expensive home the young woman he wants to marry and we take one look at her and, oye!, she may be nice enough, she may be pretty enough but she is no Rivkah! And we find ourselves at a loss to explain why. Or our daughter brings home a young man who cannot even correctly pronounce "Avraham" and we want to know, why?
And we never make the connection to our miserliness in our spiritual investments.
It is curious that, in this narrative of Avraham sending Eliezer to find a bride for Yitzchak, Eliezer's name never appears. In this, we also find an important lesson. In our own time when self-promotion is "everything", when it is always, "me, me, me!" the parasha teaches us that there is, in fact, something much more important.
For Eliezer, it was the mission.
It was not "about him". It was about accomplishing the sacred task Avraham asked of him. The future of Am Yisrael was and is non-negotiable.
Perhaps it is time to conduct our own lives with that in mind.
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Backlist 2011
Series: A Delicate Art Artists, Wildflowers and Native Plants of the West Hardcover Mary-Beth Laviolette 9781927330050 $24.95 ART Mar 29, 2012
A Delicate Art highlights the paintings and photography of six artists in Alberta who with passion and long moments of observation have made an inspired contribution to wildflower art. Covering a period of one hundred years to the present, the story behind these creators Mary Schäffer Warren, Mary Vaux Walcott, William Copeland McCalla, Annora Brown, Robert Sinclair and Carole Harmon is also told. A blend of biography, botanical and regional art history and commentary by the artists themselves about their treasured subject, A Delicate Art is i... + Read More
Series: An Adventurous Woman Abroad The Selected Lantern Slides of Mary T.S. Schaffer Hardcover Michale Lang 9781926855219 $32.95 PHOTOGRAPHY Jun 15, 2011
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, travelling within North American borders or beyond to exotic locations was difficult at best and disastrous at worst. Mary Schaffer, born into a Pennsylvania-based Quaker family in 1861, not only conquered international travel but also excelled as an explorer, surveyor and photographer in the backcountry of Canada's Rocky Mountains and the isolated communities of Japan and Formosa (now Taiwan). Michale Lang's new book features more than 200 of Mary Schaffer's colourful, hand-painted lantern slides fro... + Read More
Series: Bow Lake Wellspring of Art Paperback Jane Lytton Gooch 9781926855059 $24.95 ART Nov 24, 2010
Bow Lake in the Canadian Rockies has inspired artists for almost a century. An early explorer who recognized the beauty of this alpine landscape was Jimmy Simpson, a legendary guide and outfitter who also collected art and painted in watercolours. He welcomed artists such as Carl Rungius, Belmore Browne and Peter and Catharine Whyte to his camp beside Bow Lake, which eventually became the storied Num-Ti-Jah Lodge. A.C. Leighton and his wife, Barbara, along with Walter J. Phillips were among the early artists at Bow Lake. This artistic traditio... + Read More
Series: Mount Assiniboine Images in Art Paperback Jane Lytton Gooch 9781894765978 $24.95 ART Dec 03, 2007
A century of landscape art inspired by the Mount Assiniboine area of the Canadian Rockies from 1899 to 2006. Jane Lytton Gooch's Mount Assiniboine: Images in Art is a stunning collection of 42 colour plates, only seven of which have been previously published. They represent a wide variety of styles and media from 23 artists, including: A.P. Coleman Carl Rungius James Simpson Belmore Browne Barbara and A.C. Leighton Catharine and Peter Whyte W.J. Phillips A.Y. Jackson Colour plates are divided into three sections: approaching Assiniboine fro... + Read More
Series: Bears Tracks through Time Paperback Michale Lang 9781897522820 $16.95 ART May 01, 2010
Bears: Tracks through Time is an eclectic look at our relationship with these beautiful and sometimes frightful creatures with which we co-exist in the Canadian Rockies. As a result of our close cohabitation with bears, the Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies has accumulated a modest collection of art, artifacts and archival materials related to bears. This book features images and stories from the collection. The postcards sent to us from the past provide a compelling glimpse into our changing views of bears. This is neither an exhibition cat... + Read More
Series: An Ocean of Inspiration The John Olguin Story Hardcover Stefan Harzen 9781926855806 $29.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 10, 2011
An Ocean of Inspiration is the true-life account of John Olguin (1921–2011), Director Emeritus of the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, San Pedro, California. Although born into poverty and struggling with a speech impediment for many years, John refused to take "no" for an answer when people challenged his dreams. A natural-born leader and teacher, he connected his passion for education, nature and fantasy in order to help establish one of eco-tourism's most successful endeavors: whale-watching. Throughout his life, John experienced the world in ways ... + Read More
Series: Leaving Dublin Writing My Way from Ireland to Canada Paperback Brian Brennan 9781926855745 $19.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 15, 2011
Leaving Dublin: Writing My Way from Ireland to Canada is an engaging and entertaining exploration of a man's life that begins in middle-class Dublin, includes stints as a travelling musician and broadcaster in Canada, and culminates in a career as an award-winning journalist and bestselling author. With passion, candour, humour and vivid stories, Brian Brennan tells how he left a soul-destroying job in the Irish civil service to seek new opportunities in a country where he had no friends and no family connections. He offers revealing glimpses o... + Read More
Series: The Diva & the Rancher The Story of Norma Piper and George Pocaterra Paperback Jennifer Hamblin 9781894765701 $29.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Sep 25, 2006
The story begins in 1903, when George left Italy and came to the Canadian Rockies with hopes of striking it rich. While establishing the Buffalo Head Ranch in the Alberta foothills, he became friendly with the neighbouring Stoney, with whom he explored much of what is now Kananaskis Country. In 1933 he returned to Italy, where he met and fell in love with Norma Piper, a young Calgary singer who had moved to Italy to study opera. They eventually married, and George took over the management of Norma's rising operatic career. However, the onset o... + Read More
Series: Lizzie Rummel Baroness of the Canadian Rockies Paperback Ruth Oltmann 9780921102397 $9.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 01, 1983
Elizabeth von Rummel, born into aristocracy in turn-of-the-century Germany, came with her family to live on a ranch in the Alberta foothills, when working on it became the alternative to life in her World War One-ravaged homeland. Then, when most people were settling into middle age, Lizzie struck out on another challange; for 32 years she ran backcountry lodges like Skoki and Assiniboine, for which she received the Order of Canada and the friendship of hundreds of people whose lives were enhanced by her special charm.
Series: R.M. Patterson A Life of Great Adventure Hardcover David Finch 9780921102755 $29.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 01, 2000
"I think that will be a great adventure" said R.M. Patterson's mentor at the Bank of England when informed of the young man's decision to leave for Canada in 1924. He could not have known all the adventures that awaited Patterson in the Canadian wilds. This biography goes with Patterson to the Peace River country of northern Alberta where he homesteaded and on to the Northwest Territories, where he lived out his dream-questing after the fabled Nahanni gold on the River of Death. There, his escapades earned him the title "Hard to Kill" and prov... + Read More
Series: Don Forest Quest for the Summits Paperback Kathy Calvert 9781894765374 $9.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY May 01, 2003
Biography of one of the most colorful, some might say eccentric, people the Canadian West has thrown out who also happens to be a climber. At a time when most men are thinking of retirement from strenuous activities, Don was busy setting records: the first person to climb all the 11,000 foot peaks in the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains and the oldest person to climb Mount Logan, Canada's highest mountain. Apart from Don's climbing achievements, for which he received the Banff Mountain Festival's Summit of Excellence Award in 1990, Don ... + Read More
Series: Cowboys & Chuckwagons Come'n Get It Paperback Beulah Barss 9780921102526 $9.95 COOKING May 01, 1996
This story is about cowboys and chuckwagons during the early days of cattle ranching in Western Canada. The lifestyle, customs, dress and food of the cowboy is an interesting and important part of Canada's heritage. Mouth-watering recipes such as Son-of-a-Gun-in-a-Sack have been thoroughly tested and adapted for 20th century cooks. The Come'n Get It cookbooks are a unique combination of down-home recipes, early western Canadian ranch lore and archival photographs. Material had been gathered from manuscripts, history books, family cookbooks and... + Read More
Series: Coyote Music and other humorous tales of the early west Paperback Grant MacEwan 9780921102267 $9.95 FICTION May 01, 1993
In this lighthearted and charming collection of stories, popular historian Grant MacEwan captures the homespun humour, the outrageous antics, and the colourful characters that brought laughter and joy into the often difficult lives of the early pioneers. Among these pages you will meet the likes of: Pegleg Paul, king of woodenleg mirth and permanent fixture at the Fleet Livery's Hot Stove Liars' League; and Tom Sukanen, inventor and mechanical genius, obsessed with the singlehanded construction of a 43-foot, 15-tonne seaworthy ship on the bank... + Read More
Series: My Valley the Kananaskis Paperback Ruth Oltmann 9780921102403 $9.95 HISTORY May 01, 1997
This updated Valley of Rumours relates the fascinating history of Alberta's Kananaskis Valley from the Neolithic Indians to the present-day tourist. In the mid 1800s Sinclair and Palliser travelled the valley in search of a pass across the Rocky Mountains. Later the valley was a source of lumber, coal and power, and POWs were housed in the valley during WW II. Nowadays the valley is part of Kananaskis Country, a wildland recreation area. The author has pieced together the story through archival records and by talking with people who have lived ... + Read More
Series: The Glittering Mountains of Canada A Record of Exploration and Pioneer Ascents in the Canadian Rockies, 1914-1924 Paperback J. Monroe Thorington 9781927330067 $29.95 HISTORY Jun 15, 2012
"This then is a book of mountaineering, not presenting the Canadian Rockies in their entirety — no single volume will ever do that — but including many of the finest things. It is also a book of mountain travel, under conditions such as perhaps the European traveller experienced in the Alps during the Eighteenth Century. Finally, it is a book of mountain history; for here is Geography in the making, and with a tradition behind it — a story that has never been properly gathered together, and whose details, in part at least, are gone forever." —... + Read More
Series: The Glittering Mountains of Canada A Record of Exploration and Pioneer Ascents in the Canadian Rockies, 1914-1924 Hardcover J. Monroe Thorington 9781927330074 $99.95 HISTORY Jun 15, 2012
Series: The Forgotten Explorer Samuel Prescott Fay's 1914 Expedition to the Northern Rockies Paperback Samuel Fay 9781897522554 $29.95 HISTORY Oct 23, 2009
North of Jasper, in the Canadian Rockies, is a large, roadless and spectacular wilderness of alpine flower meadows, glaciated peaks, canyons, waterfalls and abundant wildlife. Compared to the millions each year who visit Banff and Jasper national parks immediately to the south, this northern area sees few visitors. Fewer still have ever attempted to travel through this wilderness in one continuous trip. The first to do so was Samuel Prescott Fay in 1914. To this day, his exact route has never been duplicated. Fay and his party set out from Jasp... + Read More
Series: The Forgotten Explorer Samuel Prescott Fay's 1914 Expedition to the Northern Rockies Hardcover Charles Helm 9781897522561 $79.95 HISTORY Oct 23, 2009
Series: Where the Clouds Can Go Paperback Conrad Kain 9781897522455 $29.95 SPORTS & RECREATION Jun 05, 2009
He brought glamour and imagination into the sport of mountaineering as few guides have done before him. Recalling his personality and amusing stories one should not forget that his approach to mountains was first and foremost an aesthetic one; he saw a peak first as something beautiful—the technical problem was always secondary — and nothing counted beside that vision. Of all the mountain guides who came to Canada in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Conrad Kain is probably the most respected and well known. In this internationally anti... + Read More
Series: Mountain Classics Collection Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies 100th Anniversary Limited Edition Hardcover Mary Schaffer 9781926855288 $29.95 HISTORY May 15, 2011
"We seemed to have reached that horizon, and the limit of all endurance, to sit with folded hands and listen calmly to the stories of the hills we so longed to see, the hills which had lured and beckoned us for years before this long list of men had ever set foot in the country." Mary T.S. Schaffer The year 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies, one of the best selling books ever published on the mountains of western Canada. In celebration of this remarkable work of mountain literat... + Read More
Series: Mountain Classics Collection The Canadian Rockies New & Old Trails Paperback A. P. Coleman 9781897522509 $19.95 HISTORY May 01, 2009
Arthur Philemon Coleman was a passionate Canadian and one of the first to truly discover the beauty and majesty of this country`s mountain ranges as an explorer, geologist and mountaineer. In 1884, before the railway traversed the Rocky and Columbia mountains, Coleman headed west on the first of what would be eight mountaineering expeditions, making his way on foot and pack horse, with Native guides and without, over passes in Alberta and British Columbia. Coleman`s book gives modern-day readers a glimpse of the early days of mountaineering in... + Read More
Series: Mountain Classics Collection Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rockies Paperback Mary Schaffer 9781897522493 $19.95 HISTORY May 04, 2011
"We seemed to have reached that horizon, and the limit of all endurance, to sit with folded hands and listen calmly to the stories of the hills we so longed to see, the hills which had lured and beckoned us for years before this long list of men had ever set foot in the country." - Mary T.S. Schäffer Mary T.S. Schäffer was an avid explorer and one of the first non-Native women to venture into the heart of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, where few women - or men - had gone before. First published in 1911, Old Indian Trails of the Canadian Rocki... + Read More
Series: Mountain Classics Collection On the Roof of the Rockies The Great Columbia Icefield of the Canadian Rockies Paperback Lewis Freeman 9781897522462 $19.95 HISTORY Jul 03, 2009
With the horses picking up weight and strength all the way, we cantered into Banff on October 24th, 10 weeks after our departure from Lake Louise. Not one horse had been lost; not one had been permanently lamed, in the whole course of what was probably the roughest continuous pack-train journey made in the Rockies since the time of the pioneers. First published in 1925, On the Roof of the Rockies details the amazing efforts undertaken by Lewis Freeman and Byron Harmon to scientifically explore and comprehensively photograph during their 70-da... + Read More
Series: Mountain Classics Collection The Rockies of Canada A Revised & Enlarged Edition of Camping in the Canadian Rockies Paperback Walter Wilcox 9781897522141 $19.95 HISTORY Aug 15, 2008
As I paused on a massive ledge far out on the moraine I was nearly overcome with the deathly silence. The power and majesty of mountains stand forth most clearly when accompanied by some great sound, the crashing of thunder or avalanche or the roar of a rushing stream. First published in 1900, The Rockies of Canada is based on one of the first major works to be written about the mountains of western Canada, Camping in the Canadian Rockies (1896). Focusing upon the escapades of the Lake Louise Club, a group of relatively inexperienced climbers ... + Read More
Series: Mountain Classics Collection Climbs & Exploration In the Canadian Rockies Paperback Hugh E.M. Stutfield 9781897522066 $19.95 HISTORY Apr 07, 2008
First published in 1903, Climbs & Exploration in the Canadian Rockies details the mountaineering adventures of Hugh Stutfield and J. Norman Collie while the two were together during various explorations in the area north of Lake Louise, Alberta. Between 1898 and 1902, Stutfield and Collie journeyed through the mountain towns, valleys and passes of the Rockies, where Collie completed numerous first ascents and discovered fresh views of Lake Louise and the Columbia Icefields.
Series: Mountain Classics Collection In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies Paperback James Outram 9781894765961 $22.95 HISTORY Sep 17, 2007
There is a wonderful fascination about mountains. Their massive grandeur, majesty of lofty height, splendour of striking outline crag and pinnacle and precipice seem to appeal both to the intellect and to the inmost soul of man, and to compel a mingled reverence and love ... James Outram First published in 1923, In the Heart of the Canadian Rockies is Outram s record of his adventures and exploits in the early years of the 20th century among the massive mountains straddling the Alberta/British Columbia boundary. Throughout his time in western C... + Read More
Series: No Ordinary Woman The Story of Mary Schaffer Warren Paperback Janice Sanford Beck 9780921102823 $24.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Jul 26, 2006
Artist, photographer, writer and explorer Mary Schaffer Warren overcame the limited expectations of women a century ago in order to follow her dreams. Born into a wealthy Pennsylvania Quaker family, Mary Sharpless was a precocious child who longed to experience the world beyond her sheltered home. An 1889 cross-Canada trip with her new husband, doctor and botanist Charles Schaffer, proved to be the turning point in her life: it was when she fell hopelessly in love with the Canadian mountains. After her husband's death in 1903, Mary embarked up... + Read More
Series: Jimmy Simpson Legend of the Rockies Paperback E.J. Hart 9781897522257 $24.95 HISTORY May 11, 2009
The Stoney Indians called him Nashan-esen meaning "wolverine-go-quick" because of his speed in travelling on snowshoes over the rugged landscape of the Canadian Rockies. This book is the story of Jimmy Simpson's 80-year epic as one of the most important guides, outfitters, lodge operators, hunters, naturalists and artists in the Canadian Rockies. The story takes him from blazing the trails in the valley bottoms to ascending some of the highest peaks in the range, from leading scientists, mountaineers, big-game hunters and world-famous artists t... + Read More
Series: Live Green, Calgary Local Programs, Products and Services to Green Your Life and Save You Money Paperback Lauren Maris 9781897522578 $9.95 HOUSE & HOME Oct 13, 2009
When it comes to living greener, our primary resource is knowledge. The purpose of this book is to boil down the information that is out there into one complete package of environmentally sensitive products, services and programs available to Calgarians. Live Green, Calgary! gives you precise, applicable information that will save you time. And there are money-saving tips, too! Live Green, Calgary! puts local green programs, products and services at your fingertips so you can live a more environmentally friendly lifestyle. As always, greener c... + Read More
Series: Flo & Eddy's Water Adventure Paperback Lori Nunn 9781926855622 $14.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Oct 15, 2011
Flo, a particularly peculiar pelican, and her younger companion Eddy, a crazy and curious cormorant, fly together on their annual fall migration. While playing around, they're thrown off course and end up on a mountaintop. Flo gets them back on track by using the natural flow of water as a directional map, travelling downstream from mountain watersheds to the ocean, a journey filled with adventure! The fresh water takes the pair from mountain glaciers to underground rivers, into glacial lakes and downstream to the waters that flow into the foo... + Read More
Series: Dude, Where's Your Helmet? Paperback David A. Duncan 9781897522592 $9.95 JUVENILE NONFICTION Sep 14, 2009
When Dan met Jack to go mountain biking, he saw that Jack had forgotten something IMPORTANT. Dan asked, "DUDE, WHERE'S YOUR HELMET?" Jack replied, "My head gets too hot. I don't need my helmet!" So off they went mountain biking. Dan and Jack were having fun riding down, down, down the mountain. Then all of a sudden Jack hit a rock and went FLYING over his handlebar. He landed HEADFIRST on the ground. Jack hurt his head badly, so Dan rushed Jack to the hospital. Doctor Lindy patched up Jack and then said firmly, "NO MORE MOUNTAIN BIKING FOR YOU... + Read More
Series: Ned The Story of Bear Six Nine Three Hardcover Joe Pavelka 9781894765954 $9.95 JUVENILE FICTION Age (years) from 4 - 8 Oct 17, 2007
A curious, young grizzly bear named Ned and his mother, Betty Lou, struggle with the ever-increasing problem of urban encroachment on their habitat. Despite his mother's guidance, Ned continues to associate with well meaning townspeople and hikers alike, becoming habituated to humans and thus enjoying the perks that living close to an expanding community can provide. With the playful text of Joe Pavelka and illustrated throughout with the lush paintings of Lynne Huras, Ned is certain to provide readers with an insightful look at the basic issu... + Read More
Series: SuperGuide SuperGuide: Bears Paperback Kevin Van Tighem 9781897522202 $9.95 NATURE May 04, 2009
Informative and visually exciting, this book is your complete guide to bears. Kevin Van Tighem draws from his considerable firsthand experience with bears to describe their habitat, family life and behaviour, as well as the way they are perceived in human culture and the ecological forces that make this great species' survival ever more precarious. This is a comprehensive picture of bears of all kinds, promoting a deeper understanding of these powerful yet vulnerable creatures.
Series: SuperGuide SuperGuide: Wild Animals of Western Canada Paperback Kevin Van Tighem 9781897522363 $16.95 NATURE Apr 09, 2009
"An elk without asters is not an elk. And western Canada without wildlife is not truly western Canada," says author Kevin Van Tighem. This book is an excellent guide to all the major wild animals that live in western Canada. There are over 40 descriptions and stories that range from grizzly bears to ground squirrels, and from chipmunks to whales. Features: Full-colour photographs for every animal Comprehensive descriptions of over 40 wild animals Authentic tales of wildlife encounters by the author Excellent as a trail-side handbook
Series: Coming West A Natural History of Home Paperback Kevin Van Tighem 9781551539119 $9.95 NATURE Jan 01, 1997
This collection of essays neatly captures the emotion, pragmatism, and whimsey of one of Canada's foremost conservationists. The essays are a subtle blend of the insightful romanticism of Barry Lopez and the natural philosophy of Stan Rowe. Kevin's poignant storytelling and descriptions of real conservation issues once and for all dispel the myth that science and emotion are incompatible. (Paul C. Paquet PHD )
Series: Home Range Writings On Conservation and Restoration Paperback Kevin Van Tighem 9781551539126 $9.95 NATURE Jan 01, 2000
North America has had such a rich history of Conservation visionaries: people who have made it their mission to explain the intricacies of nature, to help us recognize the links between man and other creatures, to show us that everything we do in our world affects the natural world. These visionaries have included the likes of Aldo Leopold, Henry David Thoreau, George Bird Grinnell, John Muir and Canada's own Andy Russell and Roderick Haig-Brown. It's time to add a new name to this austere list: Kevin Van Tighem.
Series: An RMB Manifesto Becoming Water Glaciers in a Warming World Hardcover Mike Demuth 9781926855721 $16.95 NATURE Oct 01, 2012
Becoming Water takes the reader on a tour of Canada's glaciers, describing the stories they tell and educating the reader about how glaciers came to be, how they work and what their future holds in our warming world. By visiting Canada's high and low Arctic and the mountain West, the reader will learn how varied and complex our glaciers really are, how they are measured and how they figure into the national and global story of inevitable change. The reader will learn to think like a scientist, in particular how to look at climate-related data t... + Read More
Series: An RMB Manifesto Little Black Lies Corporate & Political Spin in the Global War for Oil Hardcover Jeff Gailus 9781926855684 $16.95 NATURE Oct 01, 2012
Beginning in 1967 and for just over 30 years, the oil industry toiled in the relative obscurity of Northern Alberta as machines peeled away earth and boreal forest to exhume what has now become one of humanity's most precious and contentious resources: bitumen. As the years passed, the bitumen mines sprawled, poisonous tailings ponds spread, toxins polluted the environment, cancer reared its head downstream and the price of petroleum soared beyond all expectations. As plans continue to build the Keystone and Northern Gateway pipelines, a growi... + Read More
Series: An RMB Manifesto Ethical Water Learning to Value What Matters Most Hardcover Robert William Sandford 9781926855707 $16.95 NATURE Oct 15, 2011
Fresh water is essential to both the ever-expanding human population and the ever-threatened natural landscapes that surround us. And yet, society seems to continually ignore the need for a common-sense approach to—and appreciation of—our freshwater resources and our consumption of this remarkable, life-giving substance that now exceeds its future availability. This ground-breaking and approachable work, by two of Canada's most authoritative experts on water issues, redefines our relationship with fresh water and outlines the steps we as a soci... + Read More
Series: An RMB Manifesto The Beaver Manifesto Hardcover Glynnis Hood 9781926855585 $16.95 NATURE Sep 15, 2011
Beavers are the great comeback story—a keystone species that survived ice ages, major droughts, the fur trade, urbanization and near extinction. Their ability to create and maintain aquatic habitats has endeared them to conservationists, but puts the beavers at odds with urban and industrial expansion. These conflicts reflect a dichotomy within our national identity. We place environment and our concept of wilderness as a key touchstone for promotion and celebration, while devoting significant financial and personal resources to combating "the ... + Read More
Series: An RMB Manifesto The Incomparable Honeybee and the Economics of Pollination Revised & Updated Hardcover Dr. Reese Halter 9781926855646 $16.95 NATURE Oct 15, 2011
"Nifty book on honeybees . . . helpful things you can do!" — Margaret Atwood (via Twitter) In this updated bestseller (with new science and data related to North America, the United Kingdom and Australia), Dr. Reese Halter continues with his passionate crusade to save the world's most important group of flower-visiting animals: the honeybee. Responsible for pollinating over 110 different crop types throughout the world and accounting for a quarter-trillion dollars' worth of commerce, the incredible efforts of the honeybees are vital to humani... + Read More
Series: An RMB Manifesto The Insatiable Bark Beetle Hardcover Dr. Reese Halter 9781926855660 $16.95 NATURE Oct 15, 2011
In our ever-warming world, trillions of indigenous bark beetles are killing billions of mature conifers throughout the forests of western North America and around the world, as they embark on their largest and most destructive feeding frenzy in modern times. In areas where cold temperatures traditionally prevented these insects from thriving, our once-healthy but now water-starved trees are becoming more and more vulnerable to the voracious appetites of these destructive pests. With aspects of both our environment and the economy at stake, Dr. ... + Read More
Series: An RMB Manifesto The Grizzly Manifesto In Defence of the Great Bear Hardcover Jeff Gailus 9781897522837 $16.95 NATURE May 24, 2010
The grizzly bear, once the archetype for all that is wild, is quickly becoming a symbol of nature's fierce but flagging resilience in the face of human greed and ignorance—and the difficulty a wealth-addicted society has in changing its ways. North America's grizzlies have been under siege ever since Europeans arrived. They'd survived the arrival of spear-wielding humans 13,000 years ago, outlived the short-faced bear, the dire wolf and the sabre-tooth cat—not to mention mastodons, mammoths and giant ground sloths the size of elephants—but griz... + Read More
Series: An RMB Manifesto Denying the Source The Crisis of First Nations Water Rights Hardcover Merrell-Ann Phare 9781897522615 $16.95 NATURE Oct 06, 2009
First Nations are facing some of the worst water crises in Canada and throughout North America. Their widespread lack of access to safe drinking water receives ongoing national media attention, and yet progress addressing the causes of the problem is painfully slow. First Nations have had little say in how their waters are, or are not, protected. They have been excluded from many important decisions, as provinces operate under the view that they own the water resources within provincial boundaries, and the federal government takes a hands-off a... + Read More
Series: An RMB Manifesto The Weekender Effect Hyperdevelopment in Mountain Towns Hardcover Robert William Sandford 9781897522103 $16.95 NATURE Sep 09, 2008
Praise for The Weekender Effect: What happens to paradise when you carve it up into lots and sell it? Bob Sandford writes about it with clarity and a deep love of the places he knows so well. Sandford's story of one town's mutation from a quiet mountain haven to an overcrowded, generic 'outpost of globalization' is essential reading for those who care about community and our last few glorious spaces. —Thomas Wharton, author of Icefields, Salamander and The Logogryph Equal parts manifesto, meditation, and love song to mountain communities ever... + Read More
Series: Bad Medicine A Judge's Struggle for Justice in a First Nations Community Paperback John Reilly 9781926855035 $22.95 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY Oct 01, 2010
Early in his career, Judge John Reilly did everything by the book. His jurisdiction included a First Nations community plagued by suicide, addiction, poverty, violence and corruption. He steadily handed out prison sentences with little regard for long-term consequences and even less knowledge as to why crime was so rampant on the reserve in the first place.In an unprecedented move that pitted him against his superiors, the legal system he was part of, and one of Canada's best-known Indian chiefs, the Reverend Dr. Chief John Snow, Judge Reilly o... + Read More
Series: Restoring the Flow Confronting the World's Water Woes Paperback Robert William Sandford 9781897522523 $24.95 NATURE Oct 26, 2009
I believe that it is up to people like us to find the language, create the images and imagine the solutions that will allow us to break out of the vicious circle that threatens public health by threatening our landscapes and water sources . . . Together we can work toward this end. And, we can do it with humour. We can do it with style. And we can do it with grace. Try as we might, parts of North America may not escape the impacts of the global water crisis. The same kinds of water supply and quality issues that have appeared around our crowd... + Read More
Series: The RMB Alliance Water, Weather and the Mountain West Paperback Robert William Sandford 9781894765930 $19.95 NATURE Oct 09, 2007
Growing populations, increasing industrial use and heavy agricultural demand are beginning to tax water supplies in many regions of Canada. Since many rivers are already fully allocated to numerous uses, future economic and social development will depend upon how much we know about our surface and ground water resources and how effectively we manage them—especially in the face of climate change. The message to take home from this eloquent book is that it is time to dispel the myth of limitless abundance of water in Canada and throughout North... + Read More
Series: Alpine Beauty Alpine and Subalpine Wildflowers of the Canadian Rockies and Columbia Mountains Paperback Neil L. Jennings 9781894765831 $19.95 NATURE Apr 18, 2007
Alpine Beauty explores the wildflowers and flowering shrubs commonly found in the subalpine and alpine environments in the Rocky Mountains of western Canada. Due to harsh weather conditions, the plants that exist at higher elevations are generally different than those at lower elevations. In this environment, low shrub and herb communities become the rule.
Series: Prairie Beauty Wildflowers of the Canadian Prairies Paperback Neil L. Jennings 9781894765848 $19.95 NATURE Apr 18, 2007
Prairie Beauty explores the wildflowers and flowering shrubs commonly found in the prairie environment of western Canada. Written for the enjoyment of all who venture outside and wish to identify the wild flowering plants they encounter, the book is directed at readers with little or no background in things botanical.
Series: Central Beauty Wildflowers and Flowering Shrubs of the Southern Interior of British Columbia Paperback Neil L. Jennings 9781897522035 $19.95 NATURE Mar 31, 2008
Central Beauty: Wildflowers and Flowering Shrubs of the Southern Interior of British Columbia is a follow-up to three previous volumes on wildflowers written by Neil Jennings and published by Rocky Mountain Books. It is being published at the same time as Coastal Beauty Wildflowers and Flowering Shrubs of Coastal British Columbia and Vancouver Island, making a set of five books in the series. All five books include exceptional photographs and interesting information about each plant. For ease of reference, the books are arranged by flower colo... + Read More
Series: Coastal Beauty Wildflowers and Flowering Shrubs of Coastal BC and Vancouver Island Paperback Neil L. Jennings 9781897522028 $19.95 NATURE Mar 31, 2008
Coastal Beauty is a follow-up to three previous volumes on wildflowers written by Neil Jennings and published by Rocky Mountain Books. It is being published at the same time as Central Beauty: Wildflowers and Flowering Shrubs of The Southern Interior of British Columbia, making a set of five books in the series. All five books include exceptional photographs and interesting information about each plant. For ease of reference, the books are arranged by flower colour and by plant family. A complete index is included, using both the common and th... + Read More
Series: Uncommon Beauty Wildflowers and Flowering Shrubs of Southern Alberta and Southeastern BC Paperback Neil L. Jennings 9781894765756 $19.95 NATURE May 02, 2006
Uncommon Beauty explores the wildflowers and flowering shrubs of a large area including Jasper down to Cranston, over to Glacier National Park in Montana, and up to Lethbridge and Edmonton. Extensively researched by author and outdoors enthusiast Neil L. Jennings, this guide will inform and intrigue the reader, while also assisting with plant identification and recognition. Exceptional photographs of over 200 species of flowering plants, plus information about each plant, make Uncommon Beauty the ideal field guide for hikers (and amblers) of a... + Read More
Series: Okanagan Odyssey Journeys through Terrain, Terroir and Culture Paperback Don Gayton 9781897522813 $16.95 NATURE May 10, 2010
Okanagan Odyssey is a quirky and lyrical examination of British Columbia's Okanagan Valley. Sticking to the backroads and byways, Gayton gently pokes and prods local ecosystems, histories, vineyards and people. From Osoyoos in the south to Armstrong at the head of the Valley, the author revels in the biological and social diversity while sampling local wines and fruit along the way. In his unique version of wine pairing, Gayton matches up local books and landscapes with local vintages, giving terroir a whole new meaning. An ecologist by profess... + Read More
Series: Cowboy Wild Hardcover David Campion 9781926855981 $39.95 PHOTOGRAPHY May 15, 2012
Love it or hate it, the Calgary Stampede is a place where myth, history and spectacle collide. 100 years after an American vaudeville cowboy first dreamed it up, the Stampede remains an unrivalled homage to the West. Cowboy Wild was more than a decade in the making. Photographer David Campion roamed the world's biggest Wild West show and brought back a collection of images that speak to our fascination with the cowboy. With wry humour, these photographs pull back the curtain and probe the contradictions that lie at the heart of a myth that tran... + Read More
Series: The Calgary Stampede A Collection of Vintage Postcards Hardcover Ken Tingley 9781927330005 $24.95 PHOTOGRAPHY Jun 01, 2012
By 1912 the large-scale cowboy ranches of the Old West had been disappearing for years and the Calgary Stampede — along with other exhibitions, like Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show — was set-up to commemorate a fading way of life for younger generations and for those who still remembered the mythic era. The Canadian Northwest shared in that grand tradition, and the time was right for a great Canadian cowboy showcase. After a century of international acclaim, the western dream continues and to commemorate the early days of the great Calgary Stamp... + Read More
Series: The Will of the Land Hardcover Peter Dettling 9781926855004 $39.95 PHOTOGRAPHY Oct 01, 2010
Peter Dettling first visited Canada's internationally renowned Rocky Mountains national parks as a Swiss tourist in 1993. Immediately, he fell in love with the untouched wilderness, breathtaking landscapes, diverse flora and abundant animal life, all seemingly free from human intervention and manipulation. With wide-eyed exuberance, Dettling moved to the heart of the Canadian Rockies in 2003, working as an artist and nature photographer. For years he documented the beauty and splendour of life in the mountains of western Canada, selling his ar... + Read More
Series: Last Call Hardcover George Webber 9781926855028 $39.95 PHOTOGRAPHY Oct 01, 2010
As North American cities continue to grow and downtown cores evolve into suburban shadows of their former urban selves, the shabbier realities of contemporary life at the city's heart are forced to migrate and disappear as "villages" are torn down, reimagined and redeveloped into upscale properties. With a gentle touch, George Webber takes his camera into the mysterious half-light of these disappearing interior spaces, penetrating them with a thought-provoking humanity and then withdrawing without creating a ripple. This is an area that transc... + Read More
As North American cities continue to grow and downtown cores evolve into suburban shadows of their former urban selves, the shabbier realities of contemporary life at the city's heart are forced to migrate and disappear as "villages" are torn down, reimagined and redeveloped into upscale properties. With a gentle touch, George Webber takes his camera into the mysterious half-light of these disappearing interior spaces, penetrating them with a thought-provoking humanity and then withdrawing without creating a ripple. This is an area that transce... + Read More
Series: Bruno Engler Photography Sixty Years of Mountain Photography in the Canadian Rockies Hardcover Vera Matrasova-Engler 9780921102854 $24.95 PHOTOGRAPHY May 01, 2001
Bruno Engler was born in Lugano, Switzerland, in 1915. He came to Canada in 1939 and spent over 60 years photographing the Canadian Rockies. The last of the Swiss mountain guides hired by Canadian Pacific he was a climber, ski instructor, cinematographer, occasional actor, writer, story teller and high altitude photographer. He was the recipient of numerous awards including the Alberta Achievement Award for Excellence, the Premier Cup for Photography and Mountaineering, and the prestigious Rose Award presented at the World Environmental Festiv... + Read More