When I first started thinking about this idea, I hesitated. Whether I like to admit it or not, gaming as a tool for real-world skill development is still a stretch for many. I’ve long held that multiplayer games have a deep opportunity to practice strategy and communication. Tabletop role-playing games let us share the experiences
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The Working Mind for First Responders is a program for building resiliency. I took the course in 2022 and wrote up a review.
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It's not that I have a clear-cut path or that certain things didn't work at all. The lessons learned are a swirl of effort over time - a tornado of tries.
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Selection bias is the selection of individuals, groups, or data for analysis in such a way that proper randomization is not achieved.
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I picked up the phone, half way through my weekly snack run on a Friday evening. My wife and son were patiently waiting for me to grab a couple bags of Skinny Pop and get home in time for a bedtime snack. When Lori from Fire Admin asked if I wanted to accept the gig
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@livingbyyyz is a photographer in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario. Most of the content this creator posts is first-hand pictures captured of emergency responders from the GTA.
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I've had another idea vetted by more than one person of influence - your involvement in the fire department is sort of like a Lion's Club membership. After taking this in, I've got a few things to say.
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GoRuck is a different animal. Where other fitness brands bolster a culture that speaks to people wanting to be better, GoRuck mandates it as a standard. That’s the one thing that really influenced me and pulled loose that thread of curiosity in 2016. You don’t ask for a lighter rucksack – you build up stronger
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I’ve long been an advocate for managing your input and your output. That means you have to take responsibility for what’s going in your brain. It sounds easy, but it means you need to try to cherry-pick media that will help you, not hold you back. Especially in such a content-saturated landscape, it’s critically important
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For my participation in The Wedge during December of 2021, I selected a book by Ray Lambert and Jim DeFelice. I found Every Man a Hero through Amazon via a search for books by and about combat medics in WWII. Being honest, I’d never heard of this book. I bought this book based on the
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