Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Cheat For Triage

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Cheat For Triage

(Archive Post from News page, taken down 12/16)

When we got to the section covering triage, I fully expected that I would forget what I had learned.  I asked a friend of mine who had taken CERT about a year ago and asked him if he could remember the triage procedures.   He could not.  I rather quickly came up with a solution.  To read about the solution go to CERT TIP

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Sports Chalet

Sports Chalet

Archive post (taken down 12/2016)

United States, Brick And Mortar Sporting Goods Stores Are In Flux

Why Sports Chalet May Have Been Taken Down

Image shows the front of the Brea, California Spots Chalet store.
Sports Chalet, Brea, California.

It seems to me that Vestis Retail Group may have realized that it could not easily appreciate, measure and thus manage  a store that offered technical customer service in addition to everyday fitness and sports product.  Vestis typically offers product only and may have come to realize that Sports Chalet had technical services that were not high enough profit makers or enticements or they could not understand what value those services added to the store.  To read more go to Vestis.

LA Times:

When Sports Authority closes, these retailers win
Why sporting goods retailers are fumbling

Why Sports Authority may have been taken down

One of our contacts who provided product to Sports Authority warehouse located in the inland of Southern California, reported that when he went into their warehouse, it was a mess.  It his is true, this certainly would be a telling empirical indicator that management may have failed their duties.

Letter To REI To Consider Former Sports Chalet Store.

I received reports that the Sports Chalet store in Brea, California seemed to have a special positive standing in the community.  Here are some empirical indicators:  To read more go to REI Letter.

Letter From REI.

Thank you for contacting REI regarding a store in the Brea, California area where the Sports Chalet was.

Customer feedback is our best tool for improvement and we appreciate your input regarding the possibility of a new REI store in your community.Your feedback has been passed along to our Real Estate Department.

To read more go to Letter from REI

 

 

 

 

Updated January 22, 2022

Apology

Apology

(August 2016 to December 2016)

Note:  I wish to apologize to the readers of this blog.  Score Card has not been able to contribute any updated posts due to a very bad situation at home.  We had a series of pin hole leaks in our cooper pipes.  We had to have our ceilings scraped to remove asbestos popcorn prior to the house being re-piped.  We must have had close to 20 holes in our ceilings and walls.  I then had to finish off the ceilings of 4 room and a hallway, prime with wall board primer paint, texture coat the ceilings and then paint the walls and ceilings.  One room has to be taped, mud applied, primed, electrical lights installed, painted.  This web site is not as important as getting our furniture out of the living room and into the other rooms of the house.   I apologize again for when you visit this web site and it offers nothing new for you to read.    I hope you come back again, probably the end of August (2016)

Self Interests May Result In A Bad Outcome.

Self Interests May Result In A Bad Outcome.

I find it interesting how many people appear to put their own self interests way ahead of what may be best for the United States of America during the 2016 presidential election.  Here are some examples:

If Donald Trump is actually unfit to be the president of the United States, and a lot of intelligent people think this is the case, then should it not follow that every effort is made to support the next best candidate to stop Trump?  It appears the self centered interests of other candidates and some government employees and politicians comes way before what is best for the United States of America

Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party, Jill Stein of the Green Party and Evan McMullin refuses to bow out and support Hillary Clinton.  FBI Director, James Comey, made matters way worse.  All these people’s actions may have diminished Hillary Clinton from achieving a resounding win which may also have dire results if she does win.  All these individuals may have, in varying degrees,  made Hillary Clinton’s presidency a hobbled mess by giving the Republican Party way too much power to obstruct her.

It is ironic that a large population of United States of America voters are unhappy with Washington politics and want a change.  The Washington political obstruction in recent years has been fostered by the Republican Tea Party, a party with basic republican values but also including varied special interests groups that work against what is best for most citizens.

Apple Farm, San Luis Obispo, California, Room 100 Allegedly Flawed (Update August 2016)

Apple Farm, San Luis Obispo, California, Room 100 Allegedly Flawed (Update August 2016)

In our prior review of this hotel and restaurant we gave this place a pretty good review.  I wish to amend that prior review to warn anyone that room 100 on the ground floor is allegedly flawed and here are some of the reasons:

  • The room is next to the elevator.  This is not a big problem because the engineering and construction seems to have contained the noise level pretty low.  I mention it because it adds to the overall sound deficiencies.  People getting on and off the elevator rise the noise level at times.
  • This room is directly under the main entrance and where you go to register at the main desk. The floors are not carpeted and people make a lot of noise with rolling luggage across the floor, elephant walkers and children jumping around.  You would think the traffic in and out of the main entrance to this hotel would subside later in the night but this is impossible to predict.  Noise is the main complaint.  This room is unacceptably noisy due to this principal factor!
  • This room is next to the pool.  About five steps from the doors to this room leading to the pool and you are in it.  The room has a cute little alcove with two chairs and a small table which is perfect for reading.  The noise from the pool does enter this room.  The pool is posted to be closed at 9 pm but people still will stay in the pool area after that time.
  • A back entrance to this partial basement floor is a long passageway that shares the wall with this room so you have people walking along a shared wall from time to time going too and from the pool area.  This passageway sometimes adds to the room noise.
  • A light switch next to the inside front door turn nothing on or off.  Ideally it should turn on some lamp to help you enter the room.
  • The main light switch for the bathroom is on the far wall from the door.  One must enter the dark room, find the switch which is some times blocked by a hanging towel.  That is another mistake, putting a towel holder just above the light switch.
  • The coffee maker is above the refrigerator by the distance of two drawers.  It rests upon a shelf with no power.  The solution for us was to drag the refrigerator out of the closet a few feet to gain access to the power behind it and rest the coffee maker upon the refrigerator.
  • The bathroom sink has one of those high arching inverted “U” shaped water faucet.  I had to swing this faucet to either side of the wash basin to wash my face.  If I did not do this, I was forced to put my face to one side of the sink getting the top of the sink table wet.  It is typically not a good idea to move water faucets like I did.

Summary:  This room is unacceptable due to the noise.  I do not recommend occupying this room.  This rooms is attractive but the company fails to take note of details.

Do Not Donate To Democratic Candidates Or Party If You Do Not Want Spam

Do Not Donate To Democratic Candidates Or Party If You Do Not Want Spam

I made the mistake of donating to the Democratic Party a few years ago and have ever since received a huge amount of spam e-mail from candidates and party shill operations.  It appears to me that they share e-mail lists.  I have repeatedly tried to unsubscribe from their e-mail lists but nothing works.  It appears to me that this is a despicable operation allegedly run by incompetent idiots that seem to lack ethical and moral standards.  I recommend that you do NOT donate any money to any Democratic candidate and/or Democratic Party if giving them your e-mail is part of that process.

A second reason not to give to any political party is your donations are NOT tax deductible.