"I Heart Oregon (& Washington): 25 of the Portland Area's Best Hikes" book pr...Lisa Holmes
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WHAT’S DIFFERENT ABOUT THIS HIKING BOOK?
It’s a highly visual full-color book with 400+ photos and customized maps displayed throughout. Four pages are dedicated to each hike, which include up to 15 color photos and detailed maps featuring topography, marked trails, distances, elevation, and trail highlights. As a graphic designer, I’ve focused on making the book’s design easy to use and providing a much more visual approach to the subject than currently exists.
WHO IS THE BOOK FOR?
Anyone who loves to spend time in the outdoors. Most of the hikes covered are easy to moderate in difficulty, with only a few that are more difficult challenges. You don’t need to be an avid hiker, but I hope you will become one after exploring the areas covered in this book. Along with several hikes that are well known and popular, I’ve shown areas that are less familiar yet still have enough interesting features to make a longer drive or extra physical effort on the trail well worth it.
WHAT AREAS DOES IT COVER?
Instead of trying to cover all hiking possibilities in the region, I focused on 25 hikes that I consider to be the best in the Portland region: ranging from the Oregon Coast to Mount Hood, and from Southwest Washington to the Central Cascades.
MoPub Mobile Advertising Marketplace Report (2012 Q3)Elain Szu
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Mobile Advertising Marketplace Report Q3 2012
1) Real-time bidding auctions increased 162% in Q3 as more impressions were won through real-time bidding.
2) While iOS impressions garnered higher prices, Android eCPMs rose 26% in Q3 to narrow the price difference to under 30 cents.
3) Tablets and Android phones saw the largest eCPM gains in Q3, with iPad, Android tablet, and Android phone eCPMs rising 30%, 26%, and 7% respectively.
MoPub Mobile Advertising Marketplace Report 2012-Q4Elain Szu
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Mobile advertising prices rose dramatically in Q4 of 2012, with effective CPMs increasing over 50% and the iPad overtaking the iPhone as the most popular device. While prices increased across all devices and operating systems in the fourth quarter, the iPad saw the largest gains, with average eCPMs reaching $1.40. Advertising performance remained high even after the New Year, with click-through rates on some devices surpassing holiday levels from December. Social networking and sports apps were the most popular among advertisers, though health and fitness apps saw a decline. Rich media ads received higher prices but yielded only slightly better click-through rates than other formats.
An overview of Mission Lazarus Inc.
Mission Lazarus is a holistic ministry that focuses on basic primary education, skill development, health education and treatment, agricultural development, and preaching and teaching the Word of God.
Lisa Holmes presented on the Portland AIGA chapter's sustainability initiative from May 2008 to April 2010. The initiative began after Lisa discovered AIGA's focus on sustainability at a 2008 leadership retreat. She took on the role of sustainability chair and developed a mission, goals, and objectives to promote sustainable practices among designers. Key events and accomplishments included forming a green team, hosting speaker events like Compostmodern PDX and SHIFT, developing online sustainability resources, and planning the 2010 Green Design Expo for Earth Day. The initiative successfully raised awareness of sustainability issues among the local design community.
Tricuspid atresia is a congenital heart defect where the tricuspid valve is absent, preventing blood flow from the right atrium to the right ventricle. This leads to an underdeveloped or absent right ventricle, causing inadequate oxygenation. Multiple surgeries are needed over a lifetime to redirect blood flow, starting with a shunt in infancy and potentially including the bidirectional Glenn and Fontan procedures or heart transplantation. Musician Paul Cardall survived 22 years after his Fontan procedure before receiving a life-saving heart transplant at age 43 despite being given only a short life expectancy with his complex heart condition at birth.