Reprise: Over a year ago, we published an article on the “black box” that contains flight data on airlines and the data it would contain. The article was produced in response to the massive coverage around the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flt.370. One year later, that plane is still missing, and, tragically, the …
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Malaysia Airlines Flt. 370: ClickPak 24 March
Press Clippings: The information landscape on Flt. 370 is changing by the hour, as satellite analysis determines the plane went down in the Southern Indian Ocean with the conclusion that no one survived the crash. Here’s a good source list for deep background today, 24 March 2014. Flt. 370 Ended in Southern Indian Ocean (Source: …
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The Third Annual Winter Film Festival: Ski Priority 2. Changing Edges
Paying Attention: Part two of our series on basic skiing technique. This video is about the essence of the sport: changing edges. To initiate turns and complete them, you have to change edges. There’s a reason that pro hockey players just happen to be some of the best skiers around: they are experts at changing …
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The Third Annual Winter Film Festival: Ski Priority 1. Centered Balance
Paying Attention: The Olympics are gone in spirit (mankind coming together for the greater good) and deed (Gold Medal performances heavily offset by the Russian invasion/annexation of Crimea and soon to be annexation of Ukraine) but our love for skiing is not tied to the Olympics. It’s a year round thing, and spring is here …
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The Third Annual Winter Ski Festival: Ski priority 3- Pivot Based Skiing
Paying Attention: Technique is very, very important in skiing. Bad technique in tennis and you lose the big match. Bad technique in golf and you shoot a high score. Bad technique in skiing–especially in the backcountry–and you can die. If you ski and have ambition to ski really, really well, take the time to get …
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The Third Winter Film Festival: Ski Coaching Pivot
Edgework: Skiing is about turning. No turns. No go (and probably trip to emergency room). Here’s a very short video on the pivot and why it’s necessary for controlled turning. There are slow pivots and fast pivots. Conditions (or gates) determine which one is appropriate. See the video, visualize, and realize.
Townes Van Zandt Quote
“There’s only two kinds of music: the blues and zippety doo-dah”
Christopher Walken: Dance Class
Paying Attention: Making the viral rounds this week is this dance compilation of the one and only Christopher Walken busting a whole bunch of moves from a whole bunch of movies. The video was compiled and edited by Huffington Post Video Editor Ben Craw, who has a career in editing waiting for him should he …
Malaysia Airlines Flt. 370: ClickPak 20 March
Press Clippings: The hunt for Flt 370 is now the longest search ever for a missing jetliner. Here’s a ClikPak of articles and comments from a variety of sources. Four Not-So-Crazy Theories about Flight 370. (Source: Gawker) Australia May Have Found Flt. 370 Debris (Source: Bloomberg) How A Plane Gets Stress Tested (Source: BBC) How Planes …
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Marvin Gaye: What’s Going on
The Hunt For New Music: New music is where you find it. Sometimes it’s a new version of something you’ve heard and loved from the past. Sometimes it’s totally new– out of your current listening universe (like Bachata, which we’ll get to later ). It’s the background song you can’t get out of your mind …