Head USA Recalls Ski and Snowboard Helmets Due to Head Injury Hazard
Posted: February 19, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Agent, Alia, Andor, Arise, Arosa, Avril, Consumer Product Safety Council, CPSC, Head, Head Ski Helmet, Head Snowboard Helment, Recall, Ski Helmet, Snowboard Helmet Leave a commentName of Product: Head Ski and snowboard helmets
http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2016/Head-USA-Recalls-Ski-and-Snowboard-Helmets/
Consumers should stop using this product unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Recall Summary
Hazard: The helmets do not comply with the impact requirements of safety standards for helmets, posing a risk of head injury.
Remedy: Replacement – Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled helmets and contact Head USA to receive a free replacement helmet.
Consumer Contact: Head USA at 800-874-3235 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or online at http://www.head.com then click on Customer Service and then on 2015 Helmet Recall for more information.
Recall Details
Units: About 260 in the United States (in addition, 180 were sold in Canada).
Description: This recall involves six models of HEAD ski and snowboard helmets: Agent, Alia, Andor, Arise, Arosa and Avril. They were sold in sizes M/L and XL/XXL in black, blue, green white and yellow, with straps in a variety of colors. HEAD, the model name, size and “Production Code: Dec. 2014” are printed on stickers that can be found by lifting the lining above the right earpiece.
Incidents/Injuries: None reported
Sold at: Specialty ski and snowboard shops and online from January 2015 through December 2015 for between $80 and $120.
Importer/Distributor: Head USA, of Boulder, Colo.
Manufactured in: Taiwan
Retailers: If you are a retailer of a recalled product you have a duty to notify your customers of a recall. If you can, email your clients or include the recall information in your next marketing communication to your clients. Post any Recall Poster at your stores and contact the manufacturer to determine how you will handle any recalls.
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Combination of a Products Liability statute, an Expert Witness Report that was just not direct enough and odd facts holds a retailer liable as manufacture for product defect.
Product Liability takes a different turn. You must pay attention, just not rely on the CPSC.
Retailer has no duty to fit or instruct on fitting bicycle helmet
Summary Judgment granted for bicycle manufacturer and retailer on a breach of warranty and product liability claim.
For Manufacturers
The legal relationship created between manufactures and US consumers
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National Parks maintenance backlog reaches $11.9 Billion Dollars
Posted: February 18, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Maintenance, National Park Service, NPS Leave a comment
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Contact: Jeffrey Olson, Jeffrey_olson 202-208-6843 National Parks maintenance backlog reaches $11.9 billion WASHINGTON – The National Park Service (NPS) this week released its Fiscal Year 2015 deferred maintenance statistics for national parks. The $11.93 billion nationwide total is a $440 million increase from the previous year. Deferred maintenance is necessary work – performed on infrastructure, such as roads and bridges, visitor centers, trails and campgrounds – that has been delayed for more than one year. Aging facilities, increasing use of park facilities and scarce resources contribute to the growing backlog. “While Congress provided increases this year, the annual bill for maintenance in America’s national parks is still almost twice as much as is appropriated,” said National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis. Congressional funding for the National Park Service in 2016 includes an additional $90 million for non-transportation maintenance. Congress also passed a new highway bill which will provide a $28 million increase for transportation projects in parks this year. Funding for transportation-related maintenance and construction will continue to rise, by $8 million per year for five years, until it reaches $300 million per year in 2020. Nearly every unit in the National Park System has maintenance items that have been deferred. Regions regularly evaluate and prioritize project submissions to ensure available dollars make a difference, and will be using the new funds to address the highest priorities. For details about deferred maintenance at a particular national park, visit go.nps.gov/deferredmaint and click on the “NPS Asset Inventory Summary by Park” report. Even though more maintenance items had to be deferred in 2015, these increases from Congress are welcome. Jarvis said they are part of a multifaceted approach to end the growth of deferred maintenance and eventually have enough resources to keep pace with annual maintenance responsibilities. “We have a lot yet to do but I think everything is moving in the right direction,” Jarvis said of the deferred maintenance issue. “Congress has pitched in with base funding and with additional funds for the Centennial Challenge – a program that enables us to leverage private and non-profit partner contributions to complete important projects that improve visitor services in parks. There is more Congress can do through the Centennial Act now under consideration including short-term mandatory appropriations.” |
Rules support lawsuits. Education supports the program.
Posted: February 17, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: #Safety, education, Guest Education, Lawsuits, Participant Education, Rules, Safety Talk Leave a commentThe longer I work in this industry, the more I believe a couple of things.
1. We can’t keep people safe or accident free. Any program anyone advocating this position is ignoring the realities of life.
You can have the safest ropes’ course or zip line in the world, and someone can fall down on the stairs leading to the first element. You can bubble wrap a kid and stick him in a padded room, and he can get hurt. Stick two kids in the room and both will get hurt.
This does not mean you should not attempt to run a safe program within industry standards. What it means is the industry standards and the “people” promoting them should accept the realities of life.
If you are working with someone promising to make your program safe, they are lying to you. Remember you have a first-aid kit at home and most people die in the bathroom. People are going to get hurt in your program at some point if you are running long enough.
2. Since people get hurt no matter what we do, we might as well be prepared for it. Prepared means you and them. Prepared means knowing the most likely reasons why and how people get hurt at your program. Prepared means have the appropriate first-aid kit and training. However, your preparation is not enough.
Your guests need to be prepared also.
3. The best way to keep people from getting hurt is to educate them. Padding, protecting and eliminating only goes so far. People fall getting into and out of their cars in your parking lot. You can pad our parking lot, or you can know it is going to happen and be prepared.
People, hopefully, know their cars and parking lots. However, you program is a big blank in their knowledge inventory. If they get hurt getting out of their car, they can get hurt getting into your boat, into your harness, into any part of your program. People get hurt before the program begins and yet 99% of the work to keep people safe, we all (including me) do is just about the program.
(At the same time writing an article about the dangers of sidewalks or parking lot risks is just not fun.)
4. Rules (laws), regulations and industry standards don’t work. The number-one reason they don’t work is your customers don’t know or understand them. On top of that they don’t know or understand what the rules are supposed to do or why. The more rules you make for your program the more ways you set yourself up for a lawsuit. The more an industry works to make standards/regulations the more ways your participant can break one with no idea what why or how.
Your risk management manual, emergency plan or other such as documents are probably more helpful to the plaintiff in a lawsuit than to your defense.
Rules support lawsuits. Education supports the program.
Concentrate on educating your customers then. This does not mean to ignore changes in the industry that might make the program safer. This means that you can do more to keep someone’s safe if they understand how they are going to get hurt.
The legal principle of assumption of the risk was based on this. If you knew what you were getting into and got hurt you could not sue. This still holds true in most states for sports or recreational activities.
More importantly you are doing your customers a better service of educating them rather than threatening them. (Most releases contain several threats if you read them.)
Even better and ignoring the legal issues, participants who understand what they are getting into will have a better time. Their chances of getting hurt will be reduced and consequently, the entire trip will be better with no injuries. Your guests can reach for their goals of entertainment, enjoyment or growth and still present a great program to them.
· Education is better than a threat. It worked for you.
· Education is better than a release; one lasts forever, and the other one is hopefully never used.
· Education shows you care, not that you don’t care.
Make your program safe but make your guests or participants knowledgeable. Help them understand their safety, their risk and their responsibility to keep themselves safe.
You and your program will be better off, and your guests will have been more fun.
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GO3 Project and the Estes Institute will be co-hosting the Best of Both Worlds International Conference on environmental education and Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
Posted: February 12, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Education for Sustainable Development, Environmental Education, Estes Institute, GO3, Sustainable Development Leave a comment
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Scubapro Recalls Dive Computers Due to Serious Injury Hazard
Posted: February 11, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Consumer Product Safety Council, CPSC, Dive Computer, Galileo Luna, Recall, Scubapro, Sol Dive Computers Leave a commentHazard: A short circuit allows the dive computer’s screen to freeze or display inaccurate information, posing a risk of serious injury to a diver underwater, including decompression sickness.
Remedy: Replace
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled dive computers and contact Scubapro to arrange for a free replacement dive computer.
Manufactured in: United State Name of Product: Galileo Luna and Sol Dive Computers
Consumer Contact: Scubapro at 800-790-3757 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday or online at http://www.scubapro.com and click on “Galileo Recall” for more information.
Recall Details
Units: About 1,500
Description: The recall includes the 2015 models of UWATEC Galileo Luna and Sol dive computers. Only dive computers with the following serial numbers are included in the recall.
Galileo LUNA dive computers have serial numbers 150422 0058 001 to 150903 0338 005 and Galileo SOL dive computers have serial numbers 150423 0202 001 to 150921 0001 005. The serial number is stamped on the back of the computer and printed on a label on the product packaging.
Incidents/Injuries: Scubapro has received three reports of the dive computer screens freezing. No injuries have been reported.
Sold at: Authorized Scubapro dealers nationwide from May 2015 through January 2016 for between $700 and $1,200.
Importer: Johnson Outdoors Diving LLC, of El Cajon, Calif.
Manufactured in: Indonesia
Retailers: If you are a retailer of a recalled product you have a duty to notify your customers of a recall. If you can, email your clients or include the recall information in your next marketing communication to your clients. Post any Recall Poster at your stores and contact the manufacturer to determine how you will handle any recalls.
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Combination of a Products Liability statute, an Expert Witness Report that was just not direct enough and odd facts holds a retailer liable as manufacture for product defect.
Product Liability takes a different turn. You must pay attention, just not rely on the CPSC.
Retailer has no duty to fit or instruct on fitting bicycle helmet
Summary Judgment granted for bicycle manufacturer and retailer on a breach of warranty and product liability claim.
For Manufacturers
The legal relationship created between manufactures and US consumers
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America’s National Parks Received a New Record with the Number of Visitors attending 2015
Posted: February 9, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: National Parks, NPS, Visitation, Visitors Leave a comment
America’s National Parks: Record Number of Visitors in 2015WASHINGTON – WASHINGTON – More than 305 million people visited national parks in 2015, eclipsing the all-time visitation record that the National Park Service saw in the previous year. The unofficial visitation numbers for 2015 were announced by National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis, as the National Park Service (NPS) is celebrating its centennial year. “The increasing popularity of our national parks comes as we are actively reaching out to new audiences and inviting them to explore the depth and breadth of the national park system,” Jarvis said. “The 409 parks we care for preserve natural, cultural and historic landscapes across 84 million acres in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Territories, and they tell stories that reflect the great diversity of our nation.” Record visitation tests the capacity of the park system and challenges parks to continue to provide great experiences for all visitors. Jarvis said park managers are adjusting to make sure they have sufficient staff to provide interpretive programs, answer visitor questions, respond to emergencies and to keep restrooms, campgrounds and other facilities clean. Park visitors can plan their trips to avoid peak crowds by visiting the most popular parks in spring and fall and by visiting early in the morning or later in the day. Visitors can also take advantage of shuttles and walking trails at some parks, including Yosemite and Glacier and Acadia national parks. “Even with record breaking visitation, visitors can still find quiet places in the parks for those willing to seek them out,” Jarvis said. “I can take you to Yosemite Valley on the Fourth of July and within five minutes get you to a place where you are all alone.” Much of the increase in national park visitation is the result of the National Park Foundation’s “Find Your Park” media campaign. The campaign has sparked interest from travelers and also from communities near national parks, state tourism agencies and Congress. In late December 2015, Congress approved a nine percent funding increase for the National Park Service, which will help the agency continue to provide excellent visitor services as visitation increases. “The increase in Congressional appropriations comes at a critical time for the National Park Service and will help us to serve the growing number of visitors,” Jarvis said. “We look forward to continuing to work with Congress as it considers additional legislation in support of the National Park Service Centennial, which would further improve the national parks by encouraging philanthropy and volunteerism, while also allowing us to improve visitor services and connect with a new generation of national park visitors.” By the Numbers: Unofficially, the NPS recorded more than 305 million visits during 2015. That is an increase of more than 12 million visits, and more than four percent, over the 2014 figure of 292.8 million visits. About 365 of 409 parks in the national park system record visitation numbers. The NPS has recorded more than 13 billion visits to parks since park managers began counting visitors in 1904, some 12 years before the NPS was created. Official statistics including the most-visited parks of the national park system and the most-visited national parks will be released in late February. |
A call for presentation proposals for the 2016 Grand Canyon History Symposium
Posted: January 28, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: "sans-serif"'>Grand Canyon Historical style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri", "sans-serif";color:#244061'>, Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, History Symposium, style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial" Leave a commentA call for presentation proposals for the 2016 Grand Canyon History Symposium
An Official Centennial Event, as sanctioned by the National Park Service Centennial 2016 Committee!
The Grand Canyon Historical Society is pleased to announce the 4th Grand Canyon History Symposium, to be held on November 4-6, 2016. We encourage everyone who has done research on (or been a part of) Grand Canyon regional history to consider presenting. Proposals must be received by Tuesday, March 1, 2016.
Background
Since January 2002, there have been three history symposia, bringing together historians, witnesses to history, park employees, and others with a passion for Grand Canyon history. The presentations from each symposium were assembled into a collection of essays. It is the Grand Canyon Historical Society’s intent to publish the proceedings from this symposium as well.
National Park Service Focus
The 2016 Symposium will be unique in that there will only be 16 presentations with preference in selecting presentations given to those that tie Grand Canyon National Park to the National Park Service. Presentations concerning the history of the greater Grand Canyon and its adjacent areas within the Kaibab Plateau will also be considered.
After the 2016 Symposium, the one hundredth anniversary of Grand Canyon National Park will occur in 2019. It is anticipated that the 2019 Symposium will be a three day event with over 40 presentations. Candidates who are not chosen for the 2016 symposium will be encouraged to re-submit their proposals for the 2019 Symposium.
Submitting a Proposal
To be considered, please submit the following information by Tuesday, March 1, 2016:
__ Name __ Mailing address __ Phone number __ Email address
__ Presentation title with a 150-300 word abstract or summary of your presentation
__ Audio-visual requirements
__ Acknowledgement that, if selected, you agree to submit your complete PowerPoint presentation and up to 3,000 word presentation in essay form by Saturday, October 15, 2016
Send to:
Grand Canyon Historical Society or: Secretary
PO Box 31405
Flagstaff, AZ 86003-1405
You can view this cartoon a dozen different ways. Most should make you think.
Posted: January 27, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Frazz, Liftie, Live, Money, Ski Resort, Time Leave a commentNo doubt I love Frazz. I think his view of the world his hilarious and right on. This view of the ski industry is right on, so many different ways.
http://www.gocomics.com/frazz/2016/01/17 January 17, 2016
I teach Ski Area Risk Management at Colorado Mountain College in Leadville, Colorado in the Ski Area Operations Program. Most of those students (kids) are there to ski and have convinced their parents they are they for an education. (This is probably no different than most colleges.)
Most lift operators (lifties) and other entry-level workers at ski areas work two or three jobs to be able to stay in the mountains. I’m amazed at the hours they work at all those jobs and still have time to ski or board once in a while.
Working at a ski area is not skiing all day. Now days it means hoping to ski.
The rest of the outdoor industry is in a similar predicament. You love what you do, but the only way you can do it is if someone with a lot, more money pays you do to it, when they have the time.
Me? I picked time and got lucky with my work.
So you are faced with a dilemma. Enjoy your preferred occupation between surviving or change your direction in life and enjoy your preferred avocation between…..surviving.
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High-Flows Part of Proposed 20-Year Glen Canyon Dam Management Plan
Posted: January 26, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Colorado River, Grand Canyon, High Flows, Management Plan Leave a commentHigh-Flows Part of Proposed 20-Year Glen Canyon Dam Management Plan
By Ryan Heinsius • 14 hours ago
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Federal officials have proposed a sweeping new plan to manage Glen Canyon Dam for the next two decades. They want to be more proactive in their efforts to restore fish and animal habitat as well as beaches that have degraded in the Grand Canyon since the dam became operational in the 1960s. Arizona Public Radio’s Ryan Heinsius reports.
Glen Canyon Dam blocks nearly 90 percent of the sediment that historically ran through the Grand Canyon.
The U.S. Department of the Interior conducted three experiments in recent years to rebuild those areas on the Colorado River. Each time, the agency released millions of gallons of water from the dam over the course of several days to flush sediment through the canyon. It’s an attempt to mimic the river’s natural floods, and federal officials say the flows have been mostly successful.
Beverley Heffernan with the Bureau of Reclamation says the plan would continue those high flows annually for 20 years.
“The whole idea is that we constantly want to be trying to operate Glen Canyon Dam in a manner that continues to meet our water and power obligations, but also wherever we can, helps do an even better job of protecting and improving the resources downstream,” Heffernan says.
The Colorado River provides water for western agriculture and millions of households. Glen Canyon Dam generates enough power for about 425,000 homes every year.
Federal officials will hold public meetings for the proposal, and a comment period lasts until April.
http://knau.org/post/high-flows-part-proposed-20-year-glen-canyon-dam-management-plan#stream/0
You Gotta Love It: Microbreweries for the Environment.
Posted: January 23, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Environment, Microbreweries Leave a commentTHINK GLOBAL DRINK LOCAL
We have begun to accept applications for beneficiaries for the 23rd Annual Microbreweries for the Environment (MBE), taking place April 22nd, 2016. Two and up to four groups are scheduled to receive $2,000. Details about being a beneficiary are in the application link below. Hosted by the Boulder Theatre, the event description will be updated here as brews, bands, and beneficiaries are confirmed.
The due date is February 4th at five pm.The MBE Committee will review applications that week, and decisions made by the 7th.
Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions. We encourage you to please share this with fledgling organizations and friends who are well networked.
Cheers,
SarahDawn Haynes on behalf of the
2016 MBE Committee
QBP Recalls Stolen Series BMX Bicycles Due to Fall Hazard
Posted: January 22, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: BMX, BMX bicycles, Consumer Product Safety Council, CPSC, QBP, Recall, Stolen Leave a commentHazard: The bicycles fail to meet the federal bicycle standard. The bicycle’s front wheel can detach due to improperly fitting retention washers, posing a fall hazard to the rider.
http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2016/QBP-Recalls-Stolen-Series-BMX-Bicycles/
Recall Date: January 13, 2016
Name of Product: Stolen series BMX bicycles
Remedy: Replace
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled BMX bicycles and return them to the store where purchased for a free inspection and free replacement wheel retention washers.
Consumer Contact: QBP toll-free at 844-610-7484 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. CT Monday through Friday or online at http://www.qbpbmx.com and click on the Recall Information tab for more information.
Recall Details
Photos available at http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2016/QBP-Recalls-Stolen-Series-BMX-Bicycles/
Units: About 1,000 in the U.S.
Description: This recall involves Stolen series BMX bicycles, including Stolen Agent 16CB and 16FW, Stolen Compact, Stolen Casino and Stolen Stereo models. “Stolen” and the model name are printed on the frame of the bicycles. The Agent 16-inch bikes were sold in dark blue, the Compact 20-inch bikes were sold in neon orange and satin white, the Casino 20-inch bikes were sold in phosphate raw (gray), highlight yellow and electric red, and the Stereo 20-inch bikes were sold in satin black and electric green.
Incidents/Injuries: The firm has received one report of an incident. No injuries have been reported.
Sold at: BMX bicycle/product dealers, Stolen series BMX distributors and specialty bicycle retailers nationwide and online at http://www.QBP.com and other BMX bicycle/product websites from September 2015 through October 2015 for between $230 and $350.
Distributor: Quality Bicycle Products Inc. (QBP), of Bloomington, Minn.
Manufactured in: Taiwan
Retailers: If you are a retailer of a recalled product you have a duty to notify your customers of a recall. If you can, email your clients or include the recall information in your next marketing communication to your clients. Post any Recall Poster at your stores and contact the manufacturer to determine how you will handle any recalls.
For more information on this see:
For Retailers
Recalls Call for Retailer Action
Combination of a Products Liability statute, an Expert Witness Report that was just not direct enough and odd facts holds a retailer liable as manufacture for product defect.
Product Liability takes a different turn. You must pay attention, just not rely on the CPSC.
Retailer has no duty to fit or instruct on fitting bicycle helmet
Summary Judgment granted for bicycle manufacturer and retailer on a breach of warranty and product liability claim.
For Manufacturers
The legal relationship created between manufactures and US consumers
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Voting to not change the names of iconic Yosemite landmarks only supports the protagonist
Posted: January 20, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Delaware North, National Park Service, NPS, Trademark, Yosemite, Yosemite National Park Leave a commentWe should have stopped this a decade ago, it’s too late now.
The facts are sort of simple understanding the law relating to the issue is confusing.
Delaware North was a concessionaire running the Yosemite National Park concession. Delaware North like a lot of concessionaires had to purchase the assets of the prior owner of the concession in 1993. That purchase included a lot of trademarks including the ones at issue here.
Allegedly the National Park Service decades ago required concessionaires to trademark the famous names in their concession. Anyone taking over a concession must purchase the assets of the prior concessionaire. This issue is determining the value of those assets which include the trademarks on the valuable names.
Anyone using a trademark must do so with the permission (that means pay money) of the owner of the trademark. If the NPS wants to use the name Ahwahnee then they must pay Delaware North money.
Delaware North lost the concession agreement with the National Park Service (NPS).
Delaware North has spent the time since the loss of the concession trying to get the NPS to determine a value of the assets to be sold to the new concessionaire. When the NPS would not agree to the values or arbitrate the issues Delaware North then sued the National Park Service for violation of its trademarks. Delaware North says the trademark is worth $51 million basically.
Congress cannot do anything. Congress cannot take away a legally obtained trademark. A trademark is a property right. It is something that is owned like land, a car, and your clothes. For congress to take away someone’s trademark would be like someone from the government coming and taking your car. They can’t unless you have committed a crime with your car. Here no crime has been committed that I have read about.
It is simple. Either we, the United States can pay Delaware North a lot of money to continue to use the names of the properties or we sue and lose and spend a lot of money on attorney fees and then pay Delaware North money. Probably the NPS (us) will be paying Delaware North into eternity if we sue. Delaware North would get a license fee every year, damages for prior use, interests, costs and attorney fees.
And if not Delaware North, then the next concessionaire and the next……
Congress cannot do anything. It is very rare for (Congress to do anything) take away someone’s ownership right absent a crime. So far no one has found a crime in this mess. On top of that I seriously doubt congress would do anything about it.
Your signature on Petitions, online comments etc., are ONLY helping Delaware North.
Every time there is another signature, comment etc., it just goes to prove the value of the trademark and increases the amount of money owed to Delaware North.
If you want to help solve the problem QUIT talking about this issue.
By changing the names to the landmarks the NPS might be able to reduce the value of the Trademarks to a reasonable value. Then the US can either buy the trademark names back (again will require an act of congress I think) or not worry about it.
Another alternative is for us to wait until the value drops and raise the money and buy the landmarks back ourselves.
Either way it is going to be a long and expensive process. There is nothing you or I can do about this now.
The irony of the issue is decades ago the NPS required the concessionaire to trademark the valuable names. Now the NPS is arguing the names can’t be trademarked because they have historical value.
This is a great article about the issues:
Another article that is worth reading:
Yosemite changes names of park sites as a result of trademark dispute
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Do You Know about this Organization: Take Back Your Time? You Should!
Posted: January 19, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Leisure Studies, Take Back Your Time, Vacation Leave a comment
Take Back Your Time
Happy New Year
Here’s to a year filled with more time!
We at Take Back Your Time hope your holiday season was filled with joy…and time. 2015 was a great rebuilding year for us after a fairly long quiescent period. With the help of our partner, Diamond Resorts International ® we accomplished a lot last year!
- We got our monthly newsletter going again
- Re-vamped our website
- Cultivated a stronger presence on social media—Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, etc.
- Started Did You Know? and Gift of Time campaigns
- Joined with Diamond for a National Vacation Summit
- We were cited in numerous national media
- Held a number of Take Back Your Time Day events, and
- Developed a new strategic and fundraising plan.
2015 was a banner year, and we plan on making 2016 even more memorable.
This month, we’ve started to work with a marketing class at Seattle University around a new campaign to promote vacation time among employers and employees. Our Seattle team of Ritzy Ryciak, Steve Nesich, Rachael Lewis and John de Graaf is excited about what’s coming next. Here’s a quick look:
Fundraising. Our end of year fundraising drive has so far netted $2400 from 35 donors (less than one percent of our membership). We want to thank all of you who gave — three donors sent us $250 each. It means a lot, but we are far short of where we need to be. Please consider a donation. We didn’t want to do multiple asks at the end of the year, because we suspect you get way too many of those at that time already. But now that it’s a New Year, please give generously. Instead of less than one percent of our members donating to us, let’s get it up to ten or twenty! If you contribute $50 or more, we’ll send you a free DVD of John de Graaf’s new documentary,The Great Vacation Squeeze—see below.
Survey. We conducted a survey which resulted in completed questionnaires from 144 of our members, about 3 percent of our total membership. That’s not enough so we are going to put the survey out again. Nonetheless, we learned quite a bit from our first responses.
What Take Back Your Time issues do you value most?
Ninety percent of those who completed the survey agree with our priority of encouraging more vacation time for Americans. Many of you have told us you’d like to write for us or write letters to your local newspapers and other publications. We’d like that very much!
Conference. Interestingly, by far the highest percentage of you, when asked how you’d like to be directly involved with Take Back Your Time, told us you’d like to attend a national conference. So we’re taking you up on that. We held national conferences in 2004 in Chicago and 2005 in Seattle, plus a National Vacation Summit in Seattle in 2009, in addition to our involvement with the 2015 Vacation Commitment Summit in New York. We were also a partner in creating a national Happiness Summit in Seattle in 2012. Now, we want to do it again. Here’s what we’re thinking:
We are looking at possible dates for a National Take Back Your Time conference at Seattle University this coming August. The conference will happen right around the actual 100th Anniversary of the United States National Park system. The Park Service was officially founded on August 25, 1916. So, right now our plan is to start with a Thursday all-day pre-conference field trip to spectacular Mt. Rainier National Park, about two hours from Seattle, followed by a conference welcoming reception that evening. The conference itself, including plenaries and workshops, would take place on Friday and Saturday. The conference will be about both ideas and activism, with a strong effort to engage you, the attendees, in strategy sessions about building a real work-leisure balance movement in America.
Holding the conference at Seattle University, with its combination of affordable facilities and food and lodging opportunities, will allow us to keep the cost of the conference low. If you really do want to attend, as so many of you have told us, please think about coming. We should have the date finalized within the month. If you can, plan to spend a couple of days in the area either before or after the conference — Seattle in August is an amazing place for a vacation, with lots of activities in the city and great recreational opportunities at nearby beaches, lakes and mountains. The weather at that time of year is grand, the snow is gone from the high peaks, and the meadows are ablaze with beautiful wildflowers! And, Seattle is easy to reach from most metropolitan airports in the U.S.
Time for Parks. Part of the conference will focus on our one of our campaigns for 2016, Time for Parks, designed to coincide with the National Parks centennial but also to emphasize the value of local and regional parks, and especially, the fact that we need time to visit these wonderful places that far-sighted earlier generations of Americans have bequeathed to us. When the average visit to the Grand Canyon is two hours and to Yosemite, five, there’s no real time to appreciate the wonders of nature. We need more vacation time to make that possible. We want to partner with any organizations that care about parks and time and nature, families, health and play. More on this campaign soon!
Great Vacation Squeeze. Finally, John de Graaf’s documentary film, The Great Vacation Squeeze, will premier on PBS stations this coming spring. Photographed in part in Yosemite, it’s a celebration of parks as well as a call for more vacation time. Be sure to inquire about whether your local PBS channel will be showing it!
Thanks for all you do to make a better world.
John de Graaf
President
As usual, time issues were front and center in the media, and Affluenzamade resurgence s well : “AFFLUENZA” AND OVERWORK
You Don’t Need More Free Time
We Need Interns!
We’re especially looking for college students interested in the following:
- Helping us develop marketing ideas for our social media channels
- Developing visual TBYT materials for FB, Twitter, Pinterest, etc.
- Writing research papers about the need for more time, especially vacation time
- Conducting research studies on the health and other values of more time off
- Develop conference workshops/papers about experiments in shorter work-time and longer vacations—their impacts, positive and negative
- Writing for our newsletter/website
Independent studies are also welcome. If you’re a faculty member, please let students know about these opportunities. At this point, our internships are unpaid, but provide valuable materials for students’ portfolios and a great opportunity to make a difference. Contact John de Graaf at: jodg
SPECIAL OFFER! We’d love to send you a DVD of The Great Vacation Squeeze. Contribute $50 or more to Take Back Your Time, and we’ll send you a DVD to show to friends, family and neighbors! DONATE!
2016 Policy ChangeIn 2015 we were delighted to see a new focus on time issues like family leave and sick days, with many cities passing sick day legislation and President Obama calling for both family leave and sick leave. We are also supportive of a recent call to the make Election Day 2016, a holiday — something Take Back Your Time has advocated for every election since 2003.While we are non-partisan and do not endorse political candidates, we agree with Senator Bernie Sanders’ comment that, “People can not be truly free when they work exhaustingly long hours.” Sanders has introduced a two-week paid vacation bill in the U.S. Senate. Amen to that!
Help Make History! This year, we will again be supporting paid vacation legislation in the Washington legislature and will be trying to promote a bill requiring paid vacation time in the Seattle City Council as well. We’d love to see a little friendly competition between cities in the US to see which can be the first to pass vacation legislation. The city that does will get tons of media attention and attract many talented young workers who believe that leisure time should be a part of their employment contracts. If you want to make your city the first to pass vacation legislation, contact John at jodg. We can send you information and a link to the Washington vacation bill, which is a good template for any possible legislation. Get involved!
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Free day at Our National Parks on Matin Luther King Day! Get Outside
Posted: January 17, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Free Day, Martin Luther King Day, National Park Service, NPS Leave a comment
| Commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in a National Park
Free Admission and Special Events will Take Place Nationwide WASHINGTON – On Monday, January 18, national parks throughout the country will commemorate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. All national parks will provide free admission for all visitors and many parks will host special events or volunteer service projects. “We invite all Americans to honor the legacy of Dr. King in a national park,” said National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis. “Attend a special event, take part in a volunteer project, or visit a site with a direct connection to this great leader. We are all encouraged to remember the values of service and commitment to community that Dr. King exemplified throughout his life. Let’s make this holiday truly a day on, not a day off.” In addition to waiving entrance fees at all national parks, many parks will host programs or volunteer work projects. Following is a partial list, please visit www.nps.gov/findapark/mlk-jr-day.htm for more events and information.
The additional entrance fee-free days for 2016 will be April 16 through 24, August 25 through 28, September 24, and November 11. Come to a national park and discover the sites and stories of our shared heritage. www.nps.govAbout the National Park Service. More than 20,000 National Park Service employees care for America’s 409 national parks and work with communities across the nation to help preserve local history and create close-to-home recreational opportunities. Learn more at www.nps.gov. |
Contact information: National Park Service , National Park Service-WINVALE, 290 Broadway Lbby 2, New York, NY 100071892
Colorado 3rd annual Partners in the Outdoors Conference Registration Open
Posted: January 12, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Colorado, Colorado Parks & Wildlife, Keystone Conference Center, Outdoors Leave a comment
For More Information: 3rd Annual Partners in the Outdoors Conference
Respectfully,
Lauren Truitt
Statewide Partnership Coordinator
Education, Partnership & Volunteer Section
P 303.291.7252| C 720.498.0472 | F 303.291.7113
6060 Broadway, Denver, CO 80216
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Focus Bicycles Recalls Izalco Max Bicycles Due to Fall Hazard
Posted: January 9, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Consumer Product Safety Council, CPSC, Focus Bicycles, Izalco Max Bicycles, Recall Leave a commentHazard: The headset could cause the carbon-fiber fork steer tube to crack, posing a fall hazard.
Recall date: December 17, 2015
Recall number: 16-061
Focus Izalco Max Bicycles
Remedy: Repair
Consumer Contact: Focus Bicycles USA toll-free at 877-753-4480 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday or online at http://www.focus-bikes.com and click on “Izalco Max Recall” for more information.
Units About 470 (an additional 31 sold in Canada)
Description This recall involves the 2014-2015 Focus Izalco Max bicycles with Acros-brand upper headsets. The headsets are black with the word “Acros” printed in white on the upper headset.
Incidents/Injuries The firm has received 11 reports of incidents outside the United States, including one reported injury in France. No incidents have been reported in the United States.
Remedy Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled bicycles and contact Focus Bicycles to schedule a free repair.
Sold at Independent bicycle retailers nationwide, and online at http://www.bikebling.com and carbonconnection.com from January 2014 through August 2015 for between $1,800 and $9,500.
Importer(s) Focus Bicycles USA, Inc., of Carlsbad, Calif.
Manufactured in Germany or Taiwan
Retailers: If you are a retailer of a recalled product you have a duty to notify your customers of a recall. If you can, email your clients or include the recall information in your next marketing communication to your clients. Post any Recall Poster at your stores and contact the manufacturer to determine how you will handle any recalls.
For more information on this see:
For Retailers
Recalls Call for Retailer Action
Combination of a Products Liability statute, an Expert Witness Report that was just not direct enough and odd facts holds a retailer liable as manufacture for product defect.
Product Liability takes a different turn. You must pay attention, just not rely on the CPSC.
Retailer has no duty to fit or instruct on fitting bicycle helmet
Summary Judgment granted for bicycle manufacturer and retailer on a breach of warranty and product liability claim.
For Manufacturers
The legal relationship created between manufactures and US consumers
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Origin8 Recalls Folding Bicycles Due to Fall Hazard
Posted: January 8, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Consumer Product Safety Council, CPSC, Folding Bicycle, Folding Bike, Origin 8, Recall Leave a commentHazard: The frame on the folding bicycles can break, posing a fall hazard.
Recall Date: December 30, 2015
Recall Number: 16-068
http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2016/Origin8-Recalls-Folding-Bicycles/
Recall Summary
Name of Product: Origin8 folding bicycles
Remedy: Replace
Consumers should stop using the recalled bicycles immediately and return them to the place where purchased for a free replacement bicycle.
Consumer Contact: Origin8 at 800-666-5000 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or online at http://www.origin8.bike and click support for more information.
Recall Details
Photos available at http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2016/Origin8-Recalls-Folding-Bicycles/
Units: About 1,600
Description: This recall involves three models, the F1, F3 and F7. The F1 model is a single speed folding bike which came in matte black and can be identified by the “F1” on the top tube. The F3 model is a three speed folding bike which came in white and can be identified by “F3” on the top tube. The F7 model is a seven speed folding bike which came in battleship gray and can be identified by “F7” on the top tube. The serial number is located on the bottom tube, near the bike pedals. Serial number ranges included in the recall are as follows:
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B0470373-B0470459 B181460001-B181460100 B13223229 – B13223374 |
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B181460101 – B181460200 B0470460-B0470580 B130170001-B130170147 B181404945 – B181405079 |
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B181460201 – B181460320 B0470581-B0470746 B131070148-B130170279 B13223375 – B13223510 B181405080 – B181405255 |
Incidents/Injuries: Origin8 has received 13 reports of welds on the frame cracking or failing. No injuries have been reported.
Sold at: Independent bicycles dealers nationwide between August 2012 and October 2015 for between $370 and $480.
Importer/Distributor: J&B Importers, Inc., of Miami, Fla.
Manufactured in: China
Retailers: If you are a retailer of a recalled product you have a duty to notify your customers of a recall. If you can, email your clients or include the recall information in your next marketing communication to your clients. Post any Recall Poster at your stores and contact the manufacturer to determine how you will handle any recalls.
For more information on this see:
For Retailers
Recalls Call for Retailer Action
Combination of a Products Liability statute, an Expert Witness Report that was just not direct enough and odd facts holds a retailer liable as manufacture for product defect.
Product Liability takes a different turn. You must pay attention, just not rely on the CPSC.
Retailer has no duty to fit or instruct on fitting bicycle helmet
Summary Judgment granted for bicycle manufacturer and retailer on a breach of warranty and product liability claim.
For Manufacturers
The legal relationship created between manufactures and US consumers
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Job Opportunity: The Nature Conservancy Director of Forests and Fire
Posted: January 5, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Colorado, The Nature style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:#1F497D'> Leave a commentAs most of you know, I recently accepted a new position as the Deputy State Director for The Nature Conservancy in Colorado. As a result, we are looking for great candidates to fill our Director of Forest Restoration and Fire position! The job is now posted and will be open through January 17th. I’ve attached the job description, but you can also click here to view the public posting on nature.org/careers.
Please share this announcement widely with your networks. I am happy to answer questions or provide more information.
Happy Holidays and all the best in the New Year!
Paige
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Director of Forests Job Description.pdf
Happy New Year
Posted: January 1, 2016 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentHappy New Year
Have a wonderful, fun and exciting 2016
US Forest Service job in the SW Region: Outreach notice – Cooperative Education Specialist (Conservation/Environmental)
Posted: December 31, 2015 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Employment, Job, Regional Conservation/Environmental Education Specialist Leave a commenthttps://fsoutreach.gdcii.com?id=B8F2D82563DC497D9F31FA23036B1A4C
Regional Conservation/Environmental Education Specialist
Interdisciplinary – Natural Resource Specialist / Environmental Education Specialist 0404/1701 – 11/12
The Southwestern Region is seeking a dynamic, creative candidate to serve as the Regional Cooperative Education Specialist (Conservation/Environmental) in the Office of Public & Legislative Affairs.
The Office of Public & Legislative Affairs coordinates media relations, congressional affairs, conservation education, internal communications, graphic design, printing, audio-visuals and visitor information services for the Region. Specialist provides program leadership and expertise for the conservation education and community relations efforts of the Southwestern Region.
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Posted: December 25, 2015 Filed under: Uncategorized Leave a commentMerry Christmas
Happy Holidays
Save Water Public Forum to be heldin Charleston WV January 9
Posted: December 22, 2015 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Safe Water, West Virginia Rivers Coalition Leave a comment
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REI Recalls Outdoor Rocker Chairs Due to Fall Hazard
Posted: December 11, 2015 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Camp Chair, Consumer Product Safety Council, CPSC, Recall, REI, Rocking Chair Leave a commenthttp://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2016/REI-Recalls-Outdoor-Rocker-Chairs/
Recall Summary
Name of Product: evrgrn Campfire Rocker Chairs
Hazard: The chair can tip backwards while rocking, posing a fall hazard to the user.
Remedy: Replace, Refund
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled chairs and contact REI for a free replacement or a full refund.
Consumer Contact: REI at 800-426-4840 from 4 a.m. to 11 p.m. PT daily or online at http://www.REI.com and click on Product Recalls at the bottom of the page for more information.
Photos available at http://www.cpsc.gov/en/Recalls/2016/REI-Recalls-Outdoor-Rocker-Chairs/
Recall Details
Units: About 30,500
Description: This recall involves REI evrgrn Campfire Rocker chairs. The collapsible rocking chairs were sold in blue, gray, green, and orange fabric supported by four metal tubes and wooden rockers at the base and are intended for outdoor use. A small black tab is attached to the edge of the fabric seat containing the word “evrgrn”. The chair comes in a portable bag whose color matches that of the fabric seat.
Incidents/Injuries: REI has received four reports of children who have tipped over in the rocker chairs while in the store. No injuries have been reported.
Sold exclusively at: REI stores nationwide and online at http://www.REI.com from April 2015 through August 2015 for about $100.
Importer/Distributor: Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI), of Kent, Wash.
Manufactured in: China
Retailers: If you are a retailer of a recalled product you have a duty to notify your customers of a recall. If you can, email your clients or include the recall information in your next marketing communication to your clients. Post any Recall Poster at your stores and contact the manufacturer to determine how you will handle any recalls.
For more information on this see:
For Retailers
Recalls Call for Retailer Action
Combination of a Products Liability statute, an Expert Witness Report that was just not direct enough and odd facts holds a retailer liable as manufacture for product defect.
Product Liability takes a different turn. You must pay attention, just not rely on the CPSC.
Retailer has no duty to fit or instruct on fitting bicycle helmet
Summary Judgment granted for bicycle manufacturer and retailer on a breach of warranty and product liability claim.
For Manufacturers
The legal relationship created between manufactures and US consumers
What do you think? Leave a comment.
If you like this let your friends know or post it on FB, Twitter or LinkedIn
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Springs Stewardship Institute, part of the Museum of Northern Arizona strives to preserve the Waters of our World
Posted: December 9, 2015 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Global Initiative, Groundwater, Museum of Northern Arizona, Springs, Springs Stewardship Institute, Water Leave a comment
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Rulemaking for Colorado Roadless Areas SEIS Comment Period Extended
Posted: December 29, 2015 | Author: Recreation Law | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Colorado, Comment Period, Roadless Area, US Forest Service, USFS | Leave a commentUSDA granted an 11-day extension of the comment period in response for adequate time to review documents and provide input on the proposed rule and the supplemental draft EIS over the holiday season. Notice will be published in the Federal Register.
Your comments are requested by 1/15/2016.
Comments on the SDEIS can be submitted electronically through:
Colorado Roadless Rule
740 Simms Street
Golden, CO 80401
20151221+CRR_Exten_NR.pdf
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