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Where to volunteer in Lac La Biche County
Tuesday, Jan 10, 2012 01:36 pm
If your New Year's Resolution was to get more involved in the community, help others, or just meet new people — this article is a great place to start.
Last week, the Post crowned "The Volunteer" as the person of the year. Throughout Lac La Biche County, people are more than willing to donate their money and volunteer their time, skill, and passion to improving the community.
So, if you've never volunteered before or if you're looking for a new way to get involved, with the community here's a list of places looking for your help.
You could start by saving lives with the brave souls in the volunteer fire departments or help nurture the next generation by spending time at local schools.
Just be aware that most, if not all, of the volunteer positions require a criminal background check. And if you're working with children, it's likely you'll need a child welfare check.
Besides the volunteer opportunities listed below, you can also join a service club like the Kinsmen or the Kinettes, the Rotary Club, the Elks, the Royal Purple, the Knights of Columbus, or the Hospital Auxiliary. And Recreation and Agriculture societies throughout Lac La Biche County are always looking for new members.
Every group the Post talked to said that volunteers make a huge difference. In some cases, they say the group wouldn't even exist if it weren't for the unselfish efforts of the people of Lac La Biche County.
Hope Haven Women's Shelter
Who they are: "We provide a safe, secure place for families dealing with abuse," said executive director Cassie Putnam. "We help them move forward in whatever way we can."
You can help by: Helping with fundraisers like bingos or casinos. Working with the children. Doing landscaping, like lawn maintenance in the summer or snow removal in the winter. Or joining the board of directors.
Contact: Cassie Putnam 780-623-3100
Lac La Biche Canadian Native Friendship Centre
Who they are: "We are a community centre that's open to people from all walks of life," said Friendship Centre employee Erin Thomas. "We offer culturally sensitive programming and services to the community."
You can help by: Stocking, maintaining and displaying donated food and clothing and other items. Working at a fundraising bingo. Being on standby for the soup kitchen is also a great way to get involved.
Contact: Erin Thomas 780-623-3249
Lac La Biche Heritage Society
Who they are: "Our members are 50-plus," said society president Anne Lemay. "The men have coffee twice a week and the women meet to do crafts. We play cards, bingo, and soon we'll have shuffleboard."
You can help by: Helping with the upcoming Lakeland Summer Games, Aug. 14-16, by preparing and delivering food. Working the kitchen for the crib tournament Jan. 26. And helping with other events as they come.
Contact: Anne Lemay 780-623-4787
Program for Adult Learning
Who they are: A centre in Lac La Biche that offers adults help in improving their literacy and math skills, as well as English as a second language.
You can help by: Tutoring adult learners one-on-one in reading, writing and math. Help to teach English language classes. Help seniors interested in learning more about how to use a computer.
Contact: PAL office
780 623 2477
Victim's Services
Who they are: An organization that provides support to victims of crime and tragedy across the county.
You can help by: Being on call to offer emotional support to someone when needed.
Contact: Melody 780-623-7770
Out of the Cold
Who they are: A seasonal men's shelter that operates out of the Victory Church in Lac La Biche.
"It's a warm place to sleep for someone who doesn't have one," said program co-ordinator CJ Lanning.
You can help by: Working on intake from 8-11 p.m., and offering men who come in something hot to drink
Contact: CJ Lanning 780-623-1073 or 780-404-1744.
LacAlta Lodge
Who they are: An independent living facility for seniors in Lac La Biche. It enhances seniors' lives by offering more than just basic needs by organizing trips and activities.
You can help by: There's something for everyone to do — you can help by doing activities with residents, sharing your musical talents, going on trips, helping in their store, visiting the residents, running errands, or even doing some paperwork.
Contact: Amy or Priscilla 780-623-4364
The Bold Center
Who they are: A 233,000 square-foot facility in the Hamlet of Lac La Biche, offering sports, fitness, and community events year round.
You can help by: Working with the after-school drop-in program. Sharing a skill with a class (sculpting, painting, knitting, etc.). Working with at the child- care centre.
Contact: The human resources department at Lac La Biche County 780-623-1747
William J. Cadzow Healthcare Centre
Who they are: Acute and continuing care facility in the heart of Lac La Biche County with pharmacy, rehabilitation, laboratory, and X-Ray services.
You can help by: Helping with outings and special events, or sharing talents like playing music to patients. Contact: Trish in Therapeutic Recreations Services 780-623-4904 ext. 277
Big Brothers and Sisters
Who they are: "An older person mentoring a younger person to make a difference in their life," says Melanie Hunter, a match caseworker for the organization. The organization works throughout the county.
You can help by: If you're a student, you can mentor a younger child one-on-one in-school for one hour a week. Community-based volunteers spend two hours with the children weekly. Mentors help improve the childrens' self-confidence and self-esteem, as well as their academic performance in school.
Contact: Melanie Hunter 780-623-0380
Lac La Biche Group Home
Who they are: A home for youth aged 10-17 who for whatever reason can't live in the foster care system.
You can help by: Taking the youth to the Bold Center for some recreation. Spending time with the kids and sharing skills, like music or art. Having one- on-one time out in the community.
Contact: Tim Thompson 780-623-2596
Lac La Biche Players
Who they are: A theatre group in Lac La Biche that features local talent in bi-annual performances.
You can help by: You don't have to act to get involved with the productions, you can help backstage by doing make-up, making props, helping out actors.
Contact: Karen Perry 780 623 5551 or Bonita Decaire 780-520-1718.
Community Futures
Who they are: A not-for-profit organization that helps expand and forster relationships within the local economy.
You can help by: If you're a student, you can join the youth media group. Through workshops, you can learn about working with radio, TV and newspapers, and then use your new skills by helping promote other local non-profit organizations.
Contact: Jaclyn Denman 780-623-2662
Four-legged friends
There's even some dog-gone good volunteer opportunities for non-human helpers.
You can get your pooch involved as a volunteer therapy dog at William J. Cadzow (provided your four-legged friend has passed a veterinarian pet-therapy inspection). If you're willing to get your pet certified as a therapy animal, you can bring them in for pet-therapy sessions with the patients.
Teachers are busy people and can use all the help they can get. Be aware that all the schools require criminal record and child welfare checks.
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Elementary School
Who they are: K-3 school in the Hamlet of Lac La Biche
You can help by: Reading to classes or spending one-on-one time with students. Working on bulletin boards and helping with events.
Contact: Sylvia Malo or Dana Robb 780-623-4672
Central Elementary
Who they are: Grades 4-5 in the Hamlet of Lac La Biche
You can help by: Reading with the students and working on bulletin boards. Spending individual time with students or cook hot dogs on special days. Or by using your skills to start a club (like a model airplane or LEGO club).
Contact: Blair Norton 780-623-4215
Dr. Swift Middle School
Who they are: Grades 6-8 in the Hamlet of Lac La Biche
You can help by: Coaching and supporting sports teams. Collecting recycling from school and driving to depot for return. Tutoring students in various subjects. Running the science club.
Contact: Rob Wicker 780-623-4129
Kikino School
Who they are: K-8 in the Kikino M�tis Settlement
You can help by: Supervising recess times, working in the library, or helping with special events like the upcoming Ski Fit day. The school also has a volunteer passport, where different activities earn stamps which that can be entered for prizes.
Contact: Laurie Thompson or Kristen Shewchuk-White 780-623-3153
Amisk Community School
Who they are: K-8 in Beaver Lake Cree Nation
You can help by: Reading with students. Working in the library. Supervising during recess and gym times.
Contact: Cathy Whitford 780-623-4548
�cole Plamondon School
Who they are: K-12 in the Hamlet of Plamondon
You can help by: Driving the school's minibus, provided you have the proper license. This would involve driving sports teams or classes to events. Chaperoning field trips. Spending time in the library or in the classroom.
Contact: Morris Holota 780-798-3840
J.A. Williams High School
Who they are: Grades 9-12 in the Hamlet of Lac La Biche
You can help by: Working in the kitchen or cafeteria. Sorting recycling, or helping with the sports teams.
Contact: Terry Moghrabi 780-623-4271
Volunteer Fire Departments
The local smoke-eaters are actively looking for new recruits. The fire captains said you don't need to run headfirst into burning buildings to be a firefighter. As long as you show up to a minimum number of weekly practices, you can be a part of the team.
So if you've got the stuff to be a hero in your community, then get in touch with the county's Manager of Protective Servies Mitch Newton at 780-623-6767, who can direct you to your local hall.


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BAGHDAD - Romania's small military contingent ended its deployment in Iraq yesterday, reducing the US-led coalition to three countries. In Iraq's north, another US soldier died in combat.
The alliance that once included nearly 40 countries has been whittled down as the Americans themselves prepare for a full withdrawal from the country by the end of 2011.
Aside from the United States, the remaining troops come from Britain and Australia.
The United States has nearly 140,000 troops stationed in Iraq, according to its military.
In violence yesterday, a US soldier was killed in a grenade attack during a patrol in the disputed northern city of Kirkuk, the military said.
A suicide car bomber also targeted a security convoy in Mosul, killing at least one bystander and wounding 16, according to police.
The 366-member Romanian force was among a handful of foreign troops who remained in Iraq after the new security pact took effect Jan. 1 to replace the UN mandate that governed the presence of the US-led coalition in Iraq.
Australia has announced it will formally end its military mission at the end of July. Britain has pulled out most of its troops, but is leaving about 400 behind for training and support missions, mainly to defend oil platforms in the Gulf.


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You are going to read a folktale from Norway. It tells about a hungry bear and a fox with a string of fish...
Why the Bear Has a Stumpy Tail
One winter day, the Bear met the Fox, who was slinking along with a string of fish he had stolen.
"Hi, stop a minute, Mr. Fox! Where did you get those fish?" demanded the Bear.
Now the Fox, as you know, is a sly one indeed. He didn't want the Bear to know that he had stolen the fish. So he said, "Oh, my Lord Bruin, I've been out fishing and caught them."Well, the Bear was hungry and thought he would enjoy some fish. So he asked the Fox to tell him how to go about catching fish.
"Oh, it is quite easy," answered the Fox, "and soon learned. You have only to go down to the river and cut a hole in the ice. Then you put your tail in the hole and keep it there as long as you can. Don't mind if it hurts a little. That will be the fish biting. The longer you keep your tail in the hole, the more fish you will catch. Then, all at once, pull out your tail. But be sure to give a good hard pull."
Well, the Bear did as the Fox said. Before long, he was very cold, and his tail really hurt. But he kept his tail in the hole until he was sure that he must have caught a great many fish.
Then, remembering what the Fox had said, he gave a really hard pull. But what he didn't know was that his tail was frozen in the ice. So when he pulled, his tail snapped off short. And that is why, to this day, the Bear has a stumpy tail.
1. What punctuation tells you someone is saying these sentences?
A. quotation marks
B. exclamation point
C. question mark
D. commas
2. Why did the Fox make up the story about how he caught the fish?
A. He thought a silly story would amuse the Bear.
B. He did not want to tell the Bear that he had stolen the fish.
C. He wanted the Bear to think he was very smart.
D. He hoped the Bear would follow his directions and catch some fish.
3. The Bear's tail hurt while he had it in the hole because
A. fish were biting it.
B. he had to keep it still for so long.
C. it was broken off.
D. the water froze around it.


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Prior to the start of today's game against the Arizona Cardinals, the Eagles announced that the following players will be inactive:
On the defensive side, the Eagles secondary is a bit shorthanded without Wolff and Marsh.
Meanwhile, the Cardinals announced that the following players will not play:
RB Andre Ellington
QB Ryan Lindley
RB Ryan Williams
LB Dontay Moch
G Earl Watford
TE Kory Sperry
DE Ronald Talley
The loss of Ellington will be a big one for the Cardinals, as he has been their hottest running back as of late. Rashard Mendenhall will get the start with Alfonso Smith and Stepfan Taylor coming off the bench.


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MADRID (MarketWatch) -- General Motors Co. GM, +0.09% has hired an outside crisis manager, Jeff Eller, to deal with the company's response over its ignition switch recall, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. Eller marks the third high-level outsider hired by the company, which earlier in the week announced Kenneth Feinberg will help GM with a financial response to victims, and Chicago attorney Anton Valukas is handling an internal investigation into how the company mishandled the recall. The WSJ also reported that GM has submitted 200,000 pages of records and answered more than 67% of questions from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about the recall. The deadline for that information to be submitted was Thursday, but has been extended. GM Chief Executive Mary Barra was on Capitol Hill this week fielding questions from senators over the recall.
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Each Black History Month, for many African Americans there is always a deeper reflection on the events of the past and how our history has shaped the present and the implications for our future.
As I reflect this month, I am reminded of the power of a movement to drive change in our communities and transform our futures.
For a movement to ignite, at least one person must have the courage to stand up and remain steadfast in the face of challenges, naysayers, discouragers and dream crushers. None of us can begin to imagine what would have happened if the movement builders had not chosen to stand up in 1963.
Recipe for a Movement
In the year 1963 there were many pivotal days in the historic Civil Rights Movement: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote "Letter from A Birmingham Jail; May 3, 1963." Medgar Evers, leader of the Mississippi NAACP, was murdered outside his home after attending a civil rights speech delivered by then President John F. Kennedy, Jr. On August 28, 1963 200,000 blacks and whites gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to hear dialogues about ending racism and segregationist practices. Among the speakers was Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who gave the memorable "I Have a Dream" speech. Sunday, September 15th, 1963, the 16th Street Baptist Church was bombed, killing four little girls who had been at the church attending Sunday School, and November 22, 1963, was the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
President John F. Kennedy, in his civil rights speech of June 11, 1963, the day Medgar Evers was killed, had called for a 'Civil Right Act,' asking for legislation "giving all Americans the right to be served in facilities which are open to the public; hotels, restaurants, theaters, retail stores, and similar establishments," as well as "greater protection for the right to vote." Kennedy had delivered this speech following a series of protests from the African-American community, the most concurrent being the Birmingham campaign which concluded in May 1963.
Each of these major events and countless other incidents, conversations, brainstorming sessions, activities, strategic planning and movement building acts performed by other people from all walks of life and ethnic backgrounds converged and became a recipe for the Civil Right Movement. All of these moments in time led to the passage of the Civil Rights Act on July 1, 1964 and the Voting Rights Act August 10, 1965.
A Blueprint for Closing the Gap
Right here in Minneapolis, while a number of indicators report that the city is thriving even in these days of economic challenge, when you look closely and segment this information by ethnic group, the disparities in our city are among some of the worse in the nation. For the second year in a row, the Economic Policy Institute reports that our city has the greatest employment disparity between whites and blacks in the nation at 3:1. When it comes to health disparities, access and quality of care, more disparities. Wealth accumulation, continued sluggish progress; and when it comes to the creation of generational wealth, dismal. Educational underachievement, affordable housing, still a slew of unaddressed needs. Report after report and countless committees discuss poverty reduction, educational gains and the need to improve job seeker employability by eliminating skill gaps. Yet, as a community, and sadly as a nation, we find ourselves stuck at the discussion table making limited progress in our quest to reach a position of sustainable solutions.
On the Time Magazine List of Top Ten American Protest Movements, which also includes the Civil Rights Movement, it is interesting to note that all of the other movements have replicated the protest elements of the Civil Rights Movement; a movement considered a success, a movement viewed as a blueprint for creating change.
Key words in defining a movement are attaining an end, so I challenge us all to ask ourselves the questions, "When will disparities finally be eradicated so that measures of success will be equal regardless of ethnicity? When, if ever, will the gaps in employment, housing, health care, financial stability, and education attainment be closed?"
I was moved recently when Harry Belafonte accepted the Springarm Award during the NAACP Image Awards a few weeks back. He challenged that we must "unleash radical thought" during the movement that exists today. Part of his speech was as follows:
"What is missing, I think, from the equation in our struggle today is that we must unleash radical thought… America has never been moved to perfect our desire for greater democracy without radical thinking and radical voices being at the helm of any such quest."
Each of us must take personal responsibility and be willing to invest the time and energy required to both recognize and maximize opportunities that are presented to us; opportunities that can improve our quality of life.
While many will argue that there is still much work to do, and that inequalities persist, I say sadly that will always be a part of the human experience. There will always be work to do, but progress can always be made, just as change is constant. The Civil Right Movement can serve as our blueprint for the NEXT MOVEMENT.
For, the Civil Rights Movement teaches us that when people from all walks of life, from diverse ethnic groups decide to unite to halt injustice; when they cry out for human dignity, respect and opportunity, they become an unstoppable force which refuses to be denied until an end is achieved.


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The housing community is mourning the loss of a beloved member. "Patty" Traugott Rouse, the wife of Columbia's founder James Rouse, passed away on Monday, March 5 according to officials at Enterprise Community Partners, the organization founded by the couple 30 years ago. Mrs. Rouse was honored by the National Housing Conference in 1998 as Housing Person of the Year.
Patty Rouse, left, NHC Housing Person of the Year in 1998,
at podium during the 2008 NHC Gala. At right is Doris Koo,
former president and CEO of Enterprise Community Partners.
"Along with and then beyond Jim Rouse, her vision and values and strong guidance for affordable housing, community vitalization and social progress certainly earn her the distinction to be honored and remembered as a true houser."
James Rouse died in 1996 at 81.
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Skip to comments.Unions Rig Proposal 2 Business 'Support' List
Posted on 11/01/2012 11:39:01 AM PDT by MichCapCon
The unions bankrolling and supporting Proposal 2 have touted the business support they said they've received. But some of the businesses on their list were added despite telling the unions "no" and other business owners said they were added without their knowledge or after being misled.
A key to the tactics used by the "Protect Working Families" supporters who were sent out to recruit businesses can be found in a recruiting "took kit" that Proposal 2 supporters provide after interested parties submit an email address to download the kit.
The nine-page document told recruiters to visit businesses they patronized and find businesses owned by retired union members. If there was no union connection, recruiters were to remind the businesses how many union customers "spend their wages at businesses like theirs." Recruiters also were told to mention the free advertising their business would get when its name was added to the website list. For extra emphasis, the business was told it could post the "Protect Working Families" sticker on the front door, which implied that the business welcomed union members.
Recruiters apparently approached shops and businesses that were small, knew little about the proposal and better, that operated in a place with a large union customer base.
The Proposal 2 website listed 597 businesses as "Main Street" supporters. The list had been larger until the candy franchise company, Kilwins, asked that its name and corporate logo be removed. According to Kilwins company officials, the Grand Rapids franchise owner explicitly told the recruiter "no" when he came into the shop seeking Proposal 2 support.
Kilwins was not alone.
"He caught me flat-footed," said Mike Rocco, the owner of Firenze Computer in Center Line.
Rocco said he was busy and distracted the day a Proposal 2 business recruiter visited his shop. He said he signed on because he was given the impression it was a pro-family issue.
"How can anyone be against families?" he asked.
He said he is sorry he did. He has since learned Proposal 2 will change the constitution, something he is against.
Another business owner, a financial planner who asked that his name not be used, thinks recruiters targeted his business because his clients are union members. He said he was asked several times by union customers to sign up on the website as a supporter.
The business owner declined, but his business ended up on the list anyway. He is debating about having it taken down but fears there will be customer backlash if he does.
Two other companies were unaware they were on the list. Fuddruckers, listed as Rivertown Fuddruckers, said it does not support political causes. Officials from the restaurant said they were looking into the matter.
The owner of Metro Custom Cables in Shelby Township also said he didn't know he had been added to the list.
"I wish I could say I'm surprised by this but I'm not," said Michigan Chamber of Commerce President Richard Studley.
"The union backers who have bankrolled this campaign, from Day 1, have done everything they can not to be factual," he said.
He points out that the Proposal 2 website fails to display the proposal as it will appear on the ballot, and the campaign changed its name from "Protect Our Jobs" to "Protect Working Families."
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Chief financial officer Peter Gregg said if prices stayed at current levels, Qantas' fuel bill was likely to exceed that of last year's by $1.2 billion, according to newspaper reports.
Mr Gregg's comment comes as crude oil pushes towards $US64 a barrel.
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"We are cautiously considering a fifth surcharge to recover some of this."
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Passengers now pay $20 fuel surcharge per sector with Qantas and $19 with Jetstar and Virgin Blue.
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Loss Aversion: What to do about it?
I have written about loss aversion before. It is the irrational tendency that people have to prefer avoiding losses rather than acquiring gains. I know I have this problem, which becomes highlighted when I play poker. I'm sure that if I could deal with it better, I would become a much better poker player.
Why do I believe that I have loss aversion? The main reason has to do with "bluffing". I rarely bluff, and when I do, I usually do so with a hand that isn't that bad, and always on the river. Oh sure, I'll play certain hands aggressively, especially when I have position at the table. I do have some poker skills, and I'm not totally averse to losing. But will I take a hand that is absolute crap and bet it big? No way. That proposition is way too risky for me.
There is other evidence besides bluffing that indicates that I have a problem with loss aversion. I rarely play for stakes greater than $.01/.2. And I dwell on my losses much more than I savor my wins.
What's interesting is that when I've lost most of my money, my loss aversion decreases. I tend to take much greater chances – still no bluffing. Although I usually eventually end up needing to reload, I think this is not so much due to poor playing, but rather because when I have little money to bet I can't play too aggressively. I actually think that I probably play my best poker when I have very little money. I wish I could play this way all the time, as if I have nothing to lose. I imagine that the great poker players do.
Why do I have loss aversion? Who knows? I know I don't want to appear weak. I know I don't want to feel like I've wasted my time. Is there a more scientific explanation? According to some recent brain imaging research, the reason may have to do with the activity in the areas of the brain that play a role in the processing of emotions. When a person is confronted with a situation in which he or she is uncertain, as in a game of poker, these parts of the brain can affect and sometimes "overpower" the parts of the brain that have to do with reasoning and deliberation.
There was an interesting experiment conducted at Carnegie Mellon with patients who suffered damage to the areas of the brain that had to do with the processing of emotions. These patients and a control group made up of people with no brain damage were presented with a series of fifty-fifty gambles. For example, they would be offered a fifty-fifty chance of winning $1.5 or losing a $1. The patients with brain damage accepted these types of bets, which are advantageous to take, more often than the people in the control group. As a consequence the patients ended up making more money than the people in the control group. This experiment indicates that sometimes it is to your advantage to have brain damage, when the damage is to the part of the brain that has to do with the emotions.
Is there anything that one can do about controlling the areas of the brain that have to do with processing the emotions? Perhaps you can try to trick the brain with drugs, as was done with people in an experiment using the nasal spray Syntocinon. Students were divided up into two groups, and asked to play what economists call "the trust game." In the trust game, the players who trust each other do well, but those who don't trust each other don't do well. The individuals in one group were given the nasal spray Syntocinon, a drug that contains oxytocin, which scientists believes causes "stress reduction, enhanced sociability, and, possibly, falling in love" (see "Mind Games" by John Cassidy). The students in the control group were given nothing. Guess which group did better? You got it. The group high on nasal spray.
I'm not sure that trust is a quality that is helpful to win at poker. But perhaps trust goes hand in hand with other emotional states, such as fear, which do play an important role in the game. More trust, less fear, less loss aversion. So perhaps next time I play poker, I should see if I can get my hands on some Syntocinon, and if I can't score any, then a shot of hard liquor might do the job.
For those of you who say "no" to drugs, I believe there is a drug-free way to tinker with brain chemistry to make sure your reason keeps your emotions in check. And this way, my friends, is what Aristotle calls "phronesis," or "practical wisdom". It is knowledge of the particulars, such as remembering what has been bet and what hands can beat you, and this takes practice. Unfortunately, the Aristotelian route to mental equilibrium takes a lot more time and hard work. But as Spinoza once said, "All things noble are as difficult as they are rare."
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Posted on February 9, 2007 by Suber | Filed Under Analysis, Off the felt, Poker
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sparky on
February 12th, 2007 10:22 am
Interesting post. Oxytocin is released naturally when women breastfeed – presumably to promote a nice, cuddly feeling with their baby. Also possibly after sex, if I remember my biology. Now there's an idea!
Suber on
February 12th, 2007 10:36 am
An idea indeed! George Costanza tried to eat and watch TV while having sex. Why not play poker and have sex? I say for the sake of science we must perform an experiment – more than once. My hypothesis, however, is that it will lower loss aversion, but too much to help with winning at poker. I think that for an aggressive activity like poker you need to have some level of fear and loss aversion. If you don't, you'll be like a boxer who has sex before a fight – happy but not hostile.
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February 12th, 2007 4:53 pm
Nice post. I don't have much loss aversion. I view all the poker I will ever play as one giant game. One hand, either way, will not make that much impact. I have the same approach to other decisions regarding risk- investing, business decisions, home buying, affairs. I do draw the line when guns are involved. At that point, I become very risk averse.


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SEPARATED AT BIRTH: The Parallel Lives Of Poultry Mogul Jim Perdue And One Of His Turkeys
They were both born cute little things, with the business of Thanksgiving in their DNA.
They both grew up on turkey farms.
And the similarities end there.
Today, Jim Purdue is healthy and wealthy, running the multi-billion dollar Purdue poultry empire, the third-largest poulty company in the U.S., and the seventh-largest turkey processor.
But Thomas Turkey -- our fictional name for a turkey like the ones sold by the millions by Perdue and other big poultry companies -- is likely already head-less in Grandma's freezer getting ready to be stuffed in an oven.
Here, we take you through the parallel lives of Jim and Thomas, one gilded, cushy and long; the other nasty, brutish, and short.
Compare the lives of Jim Perdue and one of his turkeys >>
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Since I moved my wheel outside, I've noticed a surprising number of new little creatures that I probably wouldn't normally see on my usual trip to the studio. Gekkos, Red headed skinks (a lizard), blue racer skinks, crab spiders, a rainbow of different colored dragonflies, etc., all going about their business seemingly undisturbed by my presence and the constant hum of the wheel. A great place to look for design inspiration.
Saw this unusual little fellow hanging out on a loquat leaf around dusk. His/her body alone was close to an inch long. Always suspect of unusual looking bugs since moving to the south, I checked online to make sure he/she wasn't venomous. From the Dave's Garden web site (a great gardener's resource, btw), I learned he/she was a "Green Lynx Spider (Peucetia viridans)" that loves to eat bugs (including wasps) but is not known to bite humans. I was glad to know that since the plants in that part of my garden, especially my gardenia, have had a bit of an aphid problem the last 2 yrs. I'm always in favor of a natural predator vs using pesticides.


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Felipe Massa will not race tomorrow in the Hungarian Grand Prix after he suffered a heavy accident having been hit in the head by a spring, from Rubens Barrichello's car.
Massa was travelling at around 175mph on the run down to Turn 4 when a spring from the Brawn's rear suspension bounced up and hit him on the helmet, ripping one corner of his visor off and cutting Massa'a eye.
The Brazilian remained conscious but had to be heavily sedated and was sent off for examination at the Budapest central Hospital.
I've spoken to someone who has held the spring in question and it is around five inches long, coiled metal and quite heavy. Massa is incredibly lucky to have survived an impact like that with only light injuries.
The incident comes less than a week after Henry Surtees was struck on the head by a wheel and killed at Brands Hatch in a Formula 2 race and the mood in the F1 paddock is quite sombre at the moment.
Yes, agree, we do not want another McLaren type persecution, oops prosecution! Like after Senna's accident, which dragged on and on in the courts in Italy.
Watching the bbc footage frame by frame from Massa's car again, I see now that the spring was indeed bouncing, whereas at the time it looked like it went under the front left wheel and was thrown upwards.
I am wondering if the infamous Brawn rear diffuser, played a major part in this, blowing the spring higher in the air.
If the spring "dropped" from Ruben's car it would take less than a second to hit the ground, if it merely "fell"; so it must have been propelled either up or down to still be airborne some 4 seconds later.
I suspect it was ejected with considerable force and after bouncing off the inside of the body and possibly the rear wing it then finally bounced off the track. The timing must indicate that it bounced several times before being released on to the track. OR it was thrown into a high arc, some other spectator videos could verify if this was the case, although the fact that it remained in the same path along the track would lessen the chance of this. ("It's the time loss factor Scully" as Mulder would say)
If you look at the airflow of an F1 car – you can see, particularly visible in the wet – that a massive updraft of air is created in its wake. These massive 'rooster tails' of air currents would have projected the spring regardless of the novel system of rear diffuser that Brawn currently use.
Let's not forget that the ground beneath Rubens Barrichello's Brawn car was moving at circa 100 miles per hour at the time the spring came off.
The effect on a spring from the rapid movement of the ground from *any* car travelling at this speed would translate that kinetic energy into the spring (which, after all, is designed for storing and re-translating kinetic energy) with ease.
I think the Brawn diffusers can be considered to be almost irrelevant to the situation.
The real question is – how can an object weighing almost 1kg have made its way off the mechanism of the car and out of the back into the path of a following car. Was the failure due to structural loading on a material with inherent flaws, or were the build standards not adhered to when putting this section of the car together for the race?
Yes you are quite right in some respects. The maths are interesting, the spring hitting the track at speed receives energy as an impact (force x time) into the spring, effectively partially compressing it, the spring's own weight then becomes a factor as the heavier the spring the more energy will be imparted, but his will be cancelled out on the release because of the higher inertia of the spring.
The impact on the track is unlikely to have slowed the movement of the spring along the track by very much since the friction of such an impact would be applied for a fraction of a second. True it is not an aerodynamic shape and would be slowed by the air resistance, but this same factor would increase the influence of the updraught.
Whilst one cannot argue that there is a huge updraught behind the car, the double diffuser greatly increases the updraught in the centre immediately behind the engine/gearbox assy. The Rear wing creates a negative pressure behind the car which the flow from the rear diffuser fills, hopefully far enough behind the car not to affect the rear wing.
Having not been privy to the wind tunnel data I could of course be talking total bollocks.
"The real question is – how can an object weighing almost 1kg have made its way off the mechanism of the car and out of the back into the path of a following car." Here the mass of the object is irrelevant, if it breaks, it either falls off or is retained by being secured at the other unbroken end. The spring end cones normally retain the spring by an interference fit when at rest. But under compression the spring tends to unwind and lessen it's grip on the end cones,
In the brawn design if either crank pivot had broken this would have freed the spring at that end, the continuing movement of the crank still attached, would shake it violently until it fell off.
You can only test a crank pin's breaking point by breaking it, ok you can xray and ultrasound it, but I doubt that is done to turned parts I would guess it is reserved for cast parts only.
BUT as I said in another thread you can't FMEA the whole car to an infinite level; or you would end up with armour plated boxes with just the wheels sticking out, totally enclosed cockpits bulletproof runflat tyres and airbags, lots of airbags. On the slightest impapct the whole car turns into a bouncy castle.
It was a fluke, we must not act like a local council health and safety officer eager to prevent themselves being sued for all known hazards to anybody even though there is no risk record . Or we will end up not only with all our local fêtes and carnivals banned but with all motor racing banned as well in this our free country.
I agree with your comments. I didn't mean to come across like a local council… perhaps a senate committe meeting? 😉
I think we are all agreed that racing under a litigious climate, such as is present in Italy would be unworkable. Hopefully the investigation into the accident will shore up the safety features to an even greater extent.
A reduction as much as humanly possible of these horrible events is all we are after.
I'm still reeling from the shock at what has happened to Felipe Massa. It was a terrible incident, and all our thoughts are with him and his family right now, and we wish him a speedy and full recovery.
It is very uncomfortable viewing, but I have yet to see a full and credible description of what happened during his horrible incident. The footage clearly shows the spring hit his helmet just as he returned his head to face forwards after looking in the right mirror. Judging from his quickly weakened grip on the steering wheel and the decelerating engine note, this rendered him almost instantly unconscious. I believe that relaxed legs in a Formula 1 cockpit would leave the feet resting quite firmly on the throttle and the brake pedals (though not 100%) and this seems to be what happened as the footage shows he was both braking (the front wheels were skidding, but not locked) and applying throttle (the engine revs reduce somewhat before impact due to braking, but remain high after impact).
His lack of consciousness at impact seems to have contributed to the reported basal skull fracture to happen (a very serious injury – poor Felipe was very, very lucky to escape this) as he would not have braced his neck muscles for impact. I'm not sure what part the HANS device played (it is designed to minimise this type of cranial-extensional injury) but surely the FIA will need to look again at the efficacy of this device in the inquiry.
Finally, the graphic image of the helmet shot above illustrates the sheer force of the spring which collapsed the helmet around Felipe's left eye socket, and the massive force of impact of the 800g spring was able to fracture the fragile bones in this area.
I echo the sentiments of a previous poster who stated how much safer the sport is, and we all know that F1 will never be 100% safe, but let's hope a solution to errant track debris can be found.
We all hope to see you racing again very soon, Felipe.
Best regards.
Does anyone else now agree that Raikkonen should have been black flagged for his loose exhaust at France last year?
Absolutely. Raikkonen should have been black flagged. I watched that race with disbelief.
The Stewards normally do an absolutely fantastic job on race weekends, but in this case, their decision to leave the exhaust flapping around, waiting to come off and cause serious damage or injury, was a dangerous joke.
It needn't have hit another driver physically – running over it would have likely caused damage and possibly a crash.
I'm as shocked as everybody else at this accident and my best wishes go out to Felipe Massa and his family.
However this incident and the image in this blog only reinforce my opinion that the media should not have access to cockpit images.
Had these visual feeds been available fifteen years ago then doubtless there would have been pictures available of Ayrton Senna at the moment of his death.
Its hard to say someone is 'lucky' when you see the injuries to Felipe Massa's head, but he is very lucky to be alive.
I would be very surprised if Ferrari run him in a race this season, but they did just that ten years ago with Michael Schumacher so anything is possible.
Such a bizarre incident, coming so close to Henry Surtees being killed in simular circumstances. Poor old Rubens Barrichello must be feeling it, even though it was not his fault, for it to be someone he knows as well as Massa it must be tough.
Take 2009 off Felipe and get better, we'll ride with you in 2010 and see you win the title.
I heard and based on what i've seen during qualifying James that the track is very bouncy because of the kerbs, could this be the reason why that part in ruben's car fell off.
This is very serious, I trust he will be OK but he's not out of the woods yet. I believe he maybe out (racing)for an extended period of time.
Good Luck Felipe……….We're all thinking about you…..
Hope and prey Felipe makes a full and speady recovery from what can only be described as a freak accident. I was travelling at 40 mph behind a tipper when a stone fell from the back of it and it shattered the windscreen, God only knows what the poor guy thought when he saw that thing hurtling towards him at a horrendous pace. Brave is not too much of a word. Good luck for now and your future. Barry Butters, North Wales.
It is worth looking back at the course of Richard Hammond's injuries and treatment for a well-documented example of the path back from a major bang to the head, even without surgical intervention.
Everything crossed that FM comes out of this OK, as others have said he won a lot of respect last year with the way he dealt with the having the WDC taken out of his hands.
Can anybody tell me who the Ferrari spare driver is? And will he be racing tomorrow?
Looking at the replay it appears that he turned his head to look in his right hand mirror and was busy turning it back when the spring hit him.
A very lucky man, get well soon Felipe.
Will Ferrari have two cars in the race?
In light of how serious the accident is I find that image objectionable and I would like to ask you if you could remove it…
This last week has been awful and today I had the same horrible emotions as May 1st, 1994. We can call both accidents 'freaks' but the fact is there is a serious weak point in driver safety by having the head exposed and something needs to be done about it…
Prayer has never been scientifically proven to help in any medical situation. I hope he will be fine, hope is all we have. Where was God when Surtees Jr was tragically killed? Why look to the heavens when we need to look at the reality around us.
Pray…everyone…he is not out of this yet..
I find Ferrari press release very conflicting, they only said the surgery was "positive", what does that mean?. The doctor said he was in serious but stable condition and is in induced coma, could someone tell us what is realy happening?.
JA please don't stop twitting updates.
Hope God is with him and he makes a full recovery, specially for his wife and baby which is coming in november.
I hope Massa is back on the grid before the end of the season, he won a lot of fans in England last year and that's hard to do when we're all cheering on Hamilton. A genuine guy who deserves another shot at the title.
I agree with other comments that the photo on the homepage should not be there, especially when we do not know for sure Massa's condition. The closeness of the cut to his eye is terrifying.
To Yasser Almansour, I don't think we should thank God before the paramedics, shouldn't he have been on hand to stop the debris flying into Massa's path in the first place?
I hope Massa gets to watch the grand prix from his hospital bed and watch an entertaining grand prix, something the hungaroring rarely provides… but judging by qualifying, tomorrow should be different!
So much for Eddie Jordan's invisible source!
(a bang on the chin but he's ok) Not to be trusted in future.
BTW Where is Ant Dave today? We had (a very welcome) Johnny Herbert instead on the 5live commentary.
I hope that Massa is ok. It makes you realise how vulnerable the drivers are inside the cockpit!
I wish him a speedy recovery
Motor racing will always be dangerous, that's why some of the drivers do it, if there were no danger, they would just push and push until it became dangerous again.
Massa may well be prevented from taking part the rest of this season, he may even retire if it affects him badly mentally, it was one of those unforeseeable accidents, lets hope he recovers quickly.
From an engineering point of view, it is almost impossible to FMEA (Failure Mode Effect Analyse) the whole car, however it should be possible to look at all suspension, drivetrain, and aero components to see if there is any way of preventing escape from the vehicle in the event of the various failure modes; However I think it will be almost impossible to retain all broken parts without very radical, expensive and unacceptable, changes to the formula. For instance take the wheel tethers, while a good idea, they often fail, as they did today on Massa's car; simply because the strain they are subject to exceeds the spec of the tethers. With new materials banned they cannot be made safer. Maybe the exotic materials ban should not apply to safety components.
With a coil spring you can stick a tether down the centre of it in a loop back to the tub/engine/chassis, but nothing will prevent the broken half of a spring unwinding itself off of the tether, possibly at great speed.
Remember the days of exploding gearboxes leaving a trail of oil cogs, selector forks and shafts on the track, that never happens now. We often get bits of front wing assy on the track though, it could just as easily have been one of those that Massa ran over and got flicked up into his head area.
Huge progress has been made in making the cars immensely strong, able to withstand high impact forces and containing the fuel during a crash. (Problem next year) 20 years ago Massa would have been killed no question. But however strong you make the cars, there will always arise an unpredictable string of circumstances that will defeat even the most stringent and comprehensive safety system.
I was letirally shaking when I first saw his head not moving at all
it's weird how your priorities can easily change within second,from wanting a good position for your team driver in the beginning of the race to just hoping he can walk up again.
After thanking god,we shouldn't forget the amazing job done by the ppl that made those helmets andcars to ensure the drivers safety
hope he gets up soon
imagine how hard it was for his brother
I hope Felipe is okay, that was a pretty nasty accident and another example of how freak accidents can occur at any time in motorsports. I felt dreadful seeing it happen as it brought back horrible memories from last weekend 🙁
Here's to hoping that Felipe makes a good recovery quite quickly.
Dear James,
To continue from the post above, I am very concerned about Felipe's condition being an ardent fan of his. I also hear rumors that he is likely to sit out the rest of the season because of the seriousness of the injury. I hope he gets well soon and any more information about his condition will be greatly appreciated.
PS: This might sound like an awkward time to mention this, but your post race interviews are tops! Keep it up! Miss your voice on TV!
Our Best wishes go out to Felipe and all of his family.
May he return even stronger and in a championship winning car.
Scary, scary, scary. I hope he recovers well, and this doesn't end a blossoming career. He really has emerged as the leader of the Ferrari team.
Just don't try to rush back FM; getting well is the most important thing. We're all pulling for you.
He will be a father in November. Lets hope God is with him in his moment of need.
Surely, if there was any bnoe damage to the skull, Felipe racing at Valencia would be too soon.
However freak this accident was, another big shunt for him could be fatal if the wounds are fully healed. I would expect Felipe to miss a couple races.
I have no idea how Ferrari would play this mind.
Whilst being a Jenson Fan first and foremost, the way Felipe handled the defeat in Brazil last year meant he has my respect and support forever.
My thoughts are with him, and his family during this crucial period.
On the subject of putting a cockpit on a F1 car, what is the point? Racing is dangerous and everybody knows that when they sign up, that is the risk.
However hard the two incidents have been last week, Henry Surtees unfortunately won't be the last to die in a racing car. It is sad, but also life.
Lets pray hard for Felipe!
From that picture it could well by a zygomatic fracture, (the cheek bone where it goes up around the side of the eye). I had one of these once and now have metal plates but have made a full recovery with no loss of eyesight at all, so fingers crossed he will be ok too. I can't speak much for the concussion side of things but as he was airlifted to hossie I'm sure they'll sort it!
The detailed update is of course appreciated. However, I find the image inappropriate. If it must be displayed, please put this under a cut with a warning that it will link to a graphic image.
What are the possible ramifications for Brawn? Is it possible that the FIA go over Brawn's suspension tonight and potentially require them to implement safety modifications?
Hi James,
I just read that Massa suffers skull damage and brain concussion. This is very very worrying and I hope it is not as serious as it sounds. Please update us as soon as possible regarding this matter.
I feel that Motor sport is experiencing some ill-fortune these days and I hope it ends here.
Im sure Massa was knocked out during the first Impact. He would have steered the car on track if he had been concious but instead his car went straight across grass. While it looked like he braked as there were marks on the road, I have read that this was due to the speed at which he crossed the high abrasion asphalt.
That picture of his helmet indicates that he is indeed one very very lucky boy.
Get well soon Felipe. The picture is truly awful and makes you realise how close life and death is in motor racing! Cant wait to see you back in the car mate!
What do you know James. Whats going on????
Wow, that was a pretty serious shunt. You could tell he was woozy right after the impact from the spring cause he didn't even lift his hands from the steering wheel before going into the wall.
I hope it's not too serious. Good thing we have a month off after this weekend. Hopefully he makes it to Valencia.
That was an absolutely cringe-worthy incident. I felt hurt just watching the spring hit his head and was immediately afraid that he was gone. I have no idea how in the world he survived the impact of that spring. Just looking at the photo of him, he looks like he had to have sustained heavy head injuries from that hit. His helmet is severly damaged, and his left eye is sealed shut with blood with what looks like a skull crack.
I'm very happy that he survived, and hopefully he'll get through this and make a full and speedy recovery. He's a great driver and an even more beautiful and humble person, and a demonstration that hard work pays off.
Here's hoping for a full and speedy recovery – although I fear this injury is more serious than initial reports suggest. A great driver and a very likeable chap who's done more than enough over the last couple of years to deserve his place on the grid, hopefully fighting for the Championship again next year.
What questions are being asked about HOW this happened?
– How is it that such a part broke free from RB's car?
– Why was it RB's car that this happened to?
Is it so much of a stretch to postulate that Felipe has been an unfortunate casualty in the actions of a disgruntled mechanic?
It was an accident. Reading anything into this other than chance is really not helpful.
Personally I think that's a ridiculous and highly inappropriate "stretch". I'm sure there are many questions being asked about "how" and I suspect Ross Brawn and the entire team will be devastated at both the incident and the involvement of one of their cars. But to suggest a mechanic would sabotage Ruben's car is unfathomable and no doubt an insult to the cameraderie that exists between competitors of the highest standards.
The latest news are telling us that Felipe is suffering from concussions. This can be life threatening as we learned from the sad story of poor Natasha Richardson's. Luckily for Felipe he was taken care of very quickly by experts fully aware of such potential outcome so should be OK as they will know what to do. Our thoughts are with Felipe and his family.
Poor Felipe it was terrible bad luck to collect that spring coil full on the helmet. I hope Lady Luck looks favorably on him as they operate on the bone fractures. I not sure how other people feel but I think the photograph is inappropriate given the circumstance and parallels to events last Sunday.
Seems a bit more to it. He's apparently undergoing surgery and will miss the race..
Can they get Schumi to fly down and take his place? MS racing again from the back of the grid! Bet he'd still score a few points!
That picture…crikey! What a freak accident. That must have been like being shot at point blank range. He is indeed lucky and it is a reminder that F1 one still a dangerous sport no matter what the safety improvements over the years. These drivers are brave and committed. That he didn't suffer more serious injuries from the subsequent collision is a testament to the strength of the modern cars and the safety harness/HANS device etc.
Best wishes to Felipe and hope he recovers fully soon.
WOW – that's such a graphic image – makes your realise how a small piece of anything can have a huge impact at high speed – I'm quite worried that his left eye might be affected?
Massa is lucky to be alive, a few centimeters to the left and could have been disastrous.
Although he braked a bit before hitting the walls, it is impressive how the car was merely damaged.
I hope he can recover soon and come back stregthen and ready to assaut the champiomship on 2010
That is scary! But I hope that it doesn't cause an over-reaction. The idea of F1 cars getting cockpits is nonsense. Hope that Massa is fit for Valencia in four weeks time.
Oh no. 🙁 Is his vision OK?


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The number of applications for unemployment benefits unexpectedly dropped last week to the lowest since April 2008, a sign that the U.S. labor market is strengthening heading into 2012.
Jobless claims fell by 4,000 to 364,000 in the week ended Dec. 17, Labor Department figures showed Thursday in Washington. The median forecast of 45 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News projected an increase to 380,000.
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A Labor Department spokesman said there was nothing unusual in the state-level data last week. It was the third straight week of declines in jobless claims.
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The four-week moving average, a less volatile measure than the weekly figures, dropped to 380,250 last week, the lowest since June 2008, from 388,250 the prior period.
The number of people continuing to receive jobless benefits fell by 79,000 in the week ended Dec. 10 to 3.55 million, the lowest since September 2008.
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