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Month: August 2012

ch’átyay katlaoz

By Michael Coyle Posted on 22/08/2012 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with meta

Some relatives were in town and we visited the Squamish Lilwat Cultural Centre where I found my favourite plant. Very nice icon, kind of captures the prickly nature of the plant quite well. I’ve also seen the name spelled Ch atiyay but …

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The Missing Poster

By Michael Coyle Posted on 15/08/2012 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with image, management, missing, photo, poster, search, software
The Missing Poster
Landscape output on Letter sized paper

It’s not easy making poster for a missing person unless you’ve done some preparation. Two methods are presented for making the missing poster.

Managing my first large search: Initial thoughts

By Michael Coyle Posted on 13/08/2012 Posted in Blog Entry Tagged with Joy Zhang, Judy Yao, management, rescue, Sasamat Lake, search
Managing my first large search: Initial thoughts

Some initial thoughts on managing my first large search; one with a happy outcome

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