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My car choked starting this morning. It sounded like a struggling antelope in the death grip of a fierce lion, or perhaps it was just cursing at me for turning the key. But I didn't blame it, not one bit. After all, it was -24 degrees last night. Incredibly cold to be a ski patroller. But here I am writing this, so that means I didn't turn into a giant icicle. That'd make writing pretty tricky. So I consider today a successful day of survival. Well, I suppose it wasn't that rough. I mean, by Noon it was a balmy negative seven at the summit. If anything, it will just make all other days feel warm. Tomorrow, when it's supposed to be in the 20s, I'll throw on my jacket and two layers instead of six, and be pretty happy that I can move around and look less like a manatee on skis. Now, if I was really a manatee, I'd probably be pretty comfortable in today's temperatures. But since you're not a manatee, either [well, if you are, that's bizarre, but let me know], I offer a few tips in case you find yourself in such frigid weather, on a ski mountain, wanting to venture out and increase the wind chill by zooming down the beautiful, empty slopes.
- Before exiting the lodge, attach two toe warmers to each foot. Expect these warmers to work for approximately ten minutes before failing, even though they claim to work for five hours. [Maybe they work for five hours on an 80 degree day, though].
- Find some hand warmers, and toss them into your mittens. Prepare to curl your hands into a tiny ball and possibly want to stuff them into your mouth because they will be cold no matter what.
- Obtain and equip a toasty neck warmer, and perhaps a face mask, if you value your nose, mouth, or cheeks. If you do not value these things, or find them bothersome, feel free to leave them exposed. After all, you won't have them much longer
- Finally, make sure you are wearing something similar to the following [I'll list what I had on, as an example]: Baselayers — Hot Chillis longsleeve, Techwick longsleeve; Insulative layers — EMS techwick longsleeve [thicker], Northface Fleece, EMS fleece; Softshell — Northface puffy jacket type thing; Hardshell — Patagonia Patrol jacket; Vest — Patrol vest.
Yeah, let's count… that's seven layers. Oh, and that's just the top. I also had a baselayer, fleece pants, and my super toasty snowpants on. I told you I felt like, and probably looked like a very large, frozen marine mammal.
Those are just a few tips. I'm sure you'll find more around… but the best and most important one is this — become friends with the patrol at your mountain, and hide in their warm hut after every run, sipping hot chocolate, coffee, and placing your face just over their heater. That's the only sure way to stay warm on a day like today. And, if you do manage to stay warm, you'll enjoy the best snow, and have the whole place to yourself.
We've all been injured before. It's not fun. The idea might sound appealing sometimes, such as when you're really tired and ready to hibernate. Maybe you get home after a long day, and think, "Hmm, if I was sick, or just had a minor injury, but still got paid and got to sit home and watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy over and over, life would be cool." But then it happens, and you sit around, and pine incessantly about working again. Working gives us motivation and energy, and doing what we love while working is even better. Thankfully, I'm not injured. But I think it's important to talk about, because we've had a few patrollers injure themselves during the season already. Fortunately, these patrollers have awesome healing abilities and are just about back to 100% after a short recovery time. But I saw them struggling with their knee injuries [silly knees], and I wanted them to get better. I wanted my teammates back so I could ski with them, and mostly so they would feel empowered again. Take a patroller off skis, and he or she probably feels like a Spartan without his shield . Put us on our skis again, and we feel like a Spartan with the shiniest, hardiest shield ever — pretty epic.
As a patroller, my first and foremost duty is to assist injured guests. Another duty that we have, however, is not quite as fun-being the "bad guy," or the "cop" on the mountain. That's not to say cops are bad… no, certainly not. But when you're out on the mountain skiing and having a blast, the last thing you want is to be yelled at for exploring a closed trail, or tucking down a trail with lots of small children on it. I understand the desire to do those things. It's fun to go really fast. And it's pretty easy to see closed ropes as suggestions, rather than as rules. People don't like rules when they are skiing because it's relaxing, exhilarating, and fun. Rules, most of the time, aren't the reason we wake up excited in the morning. And we have enough of them in our day-to-day lives that we don't want to be restrained in our free time, too. So let me admit, I don't like enforcing certain rules on the mountain. But I do it anyway. Why? Because if I don't, people are put at a higher risk for injury. I'd rather endure a few [okay, many] rude gestures than allow people to injure themselves when it can be easily avoided.
If I see guests without their safety bar down, for example, I don't hesitate to gently yell ahead of me and ask them to please lower it. I know gentle yelling sounds impossible, but I try really hard to ensure I don't sound angry. I'm not angry; I just want my fellow mountain-goers to be safe. Sure, I could look the other way and admire the view the whole ride up, and they'd probably be just fine. But I don't feel right watching someone ride the lift without the bar down. I know something unpleasant would occur if they fell, and the bar is a great way to avoid a few seconds of air time that doesn't end happily for anyone… except maybe the person filming the fall and getting hits on youtube. I'll do my best to limit those videos though. I don't like shouting ahead of me one bit, but if it must be done, I'll do it.
Continuing on the theme of the few things I don't enjoy, I must admit that watching guests ski under a rope I just pulled to close a trail is a bit disheartening. I mean, really, I swear they were watching me close the trail. And then while I am still within view, they lift the rope up, and ski under it, usually towards me. Am I supposed to smile and wave, and say, "Next time, please take the rope down, too!" That would probably throw them off guard. They might even hike up and do it for me. Although that might be amusing, I don't do that.
I usually ask if they noticed the rope. I've heard some amazing responses to that question: "We came through the woods, and also the trail was open before!" Except there were no paths through woods. And the trail was open before… but then it was closed. Oops, gotcha! I've also heard the classic, "That rope didn't have a closed sign on it!" Hmm… let's go take a look! Yep, there's the closed sign. Interesting. Perhaps it phased out of existence for just a moment, though.
I wish I could let people ski every trail on the mountain, all the time. That'd make me happy for them, and it'd make my end of the day more relaxing. But my job is to make sure each trail is clear of guests when the mountain closes for the night. So if someone ducks a rope after I've closed the trail, they put themselves at risk for being left behind. Thankfully we are very diligent when it comes to checking for this sort of thing. I constantly look uphill as I ski downhill [don't worry, sometimes I look where I'm going, too], and make sure no one is following me like a disobedient puppy. If I do find a puppy behind me, I don't treat them badly, because I love puppies. I mean, if I find a guest behind me, skiing on my freshly closed trail, I give them some options. 1) Hike out of the trail. 2) Ski in front of me, and don't duck a rope again. 3) [This really only happens if they decide to make things complicated… ] Lose their pass for the day, and if it's the end of the day and they have a season pass, well, they won't be back for a little while. I'm pretty lenient about the whole thing, and I let people ski in front of me if they're understanding. If they make a certain gesture involving their hands at me, and perhaps say some words that would send puppies running in tears, I might radio down to the lift where they're headed, and ask the operators to keep the guest there to be educated. But I'm a patroller, and I want to take care of people. I just do what's necessary. So, be good and don't ski under the ropes.


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The legend behind such songs as Suzanne, Bird on the Wire and Hallelujah andthe poet and novelist behind such groundbreaking literary works as Beautiful Losers and Book of Mercy, Leonard Cohen is one of the most important and influential artists of our era, a man of powerful emotion and intelligence whose work has explored the definitive issues of human life sex, religion, power, meaning, love. Cohen is also a man of complexities and seeming contradictions: a devout Jew, who is also a sophisticate and ladies man, as well as an ordained Buddhist monk whose name, Jikan ordinary silence is quite the appellation for a writer and singer whose life has been anything but ordinary.
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Starting in Montreal, Cohen's birthplace, where he first found fame as a poet in the fifties, Simmons follows his trail, via London and the Greek island of Hydra, to New York in the sixties, where he launched his music career. From there she traces the arc of his prodigious achievements to his remarkable retreat in the mid-nineties when on the cusp of marriage to a beautiful actress and enjoying the success of his best-selling album to date, he entered a monastery on a rocky mountaintop above Los Angeles and finally to his reemergence for a sold-out world tour almost fifteen years later. Whether navigating Cohen's journeys through the back streets of Mumbai or the countless hotel rooms where he has stayed along the way, Simmons explores with equal focus every complex, contradictory strand of Cohen's life from the halls of academia to the arenas of rock n roll and presents a deeply insightful portrait of both the artist and the man whose vision, spirit, depth and talent continue to move people like no one else.
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by Joe Buscaglia
posted Jul 29 2012 9:52PM
The Buffalo Bills held their first night session at St. John Fisher College Sunday, and worked in front of a spirited group of fans. The team ended the practice with a 90-second drill starting 80-yards out from the end zone.
The results? The second-team went four-and-out, while the first-team had the pass batted at the line of scrimmage and was intercepted on their very first play. That ended the night in Pittsford, NY.
So for the second straight day, the defense did the majority of damage. There were some offensive standouts, but as a whole the defense reigned supreme. With that said, let's give out some practice awards:
- Day 4 MVP: Cornerback Stephon Gilmore. I thought the rookie had his strongest day so far. He was physical with receivers at the line, he stuck to his assignments like glue, and more importantly he stayed with the play even if the ball hit the receivers' hands and ripped it out for an incompletion on a few occasions. It's always a big learning process for a young cornerback, but Gilmore certainly showed well for himself Sunday evening.
- Day 4 LVP: Left tackle Cordy Glenn. While he had a positive day on Saturday, Glenn did not have his best practice on Sunday. Chris Kelsay routinely blew by Glenn as he was attempting to keep the pocket clean. With the type of talent on the defensive line and the offensive line being a patchwork one as it is (Eric Wood, Erik Pears both not doing team drills), they needed one of their 'starters' to make a play. Glenn just didn't have it Sunday. He's young and there's a long way to go before the season starts, but he needs better days than that one.
- A pair of wide receivers really stood out, and they aren't any of the usual suspects. Here I go writing about another rookie -- but hey, why not? T.J. Graham had a very nice practice for the Bills. He looked comfortable catching the ball over his shoulder, and burned Ron Brooks deep on a fly route for a very, very long touchdown. Graham has a big opportunity to earn some trust from the coaches while David Nelson is out nursing a strained tendon in his knee. As does Marcus Easley, who had the catch of the day against Aaron Williams. Williams got a hand on the ball and it tipped straight in the air, and Easley was able to control his body enough to secure the catch on the sidelines. He was also very smooth and fluid in his movements, having what was his best practice yet in this writer's opinion.
- Might as well keep rookie watch going with the play of Ron Brooks on Sunday evening. He got burned by Graham for a big time touchdown, but there's also a little bit of concern from me about how he plays the ball. For one reason or another, Brooks doesn't quite seem to get himself turned around in time to make a play on the ball. It always seems like he's a step behind or a tad late. He is above average at reacting to a receivers hands, but his anticipation could be way better. That's just the pangs of developing a young cornerback.
- I have been so impressed by Scott Chandler throughout the first four days and I can't believe this is the first time I'm writing about him. It just seems like there's something a little bit different about him this year. Maybe it's a bit of swagger -- I recall him being more vocal than I've ever seen him during practices at OTAs and mini-camp -- or maybe it's the fact that the Bills re-signed him. Whatever it is, it's working. Everything within his reach has been caught. It doesn't matter if it's in traffic or if he knows there is a potential big hit coming, if the ball hits his hands it's a reception. If he can continue that in to the season, that's a great security blanket to have for Ryan Fitzpatrick.
- In the daily "how did the backup quarterbacks look" portion of the notebook, I'll give you this answer: A bit better, but still not that great. Tyler Thigpen had his best pass of training camp when he hit a receiver right in the hands on a rather lengthy flag pattern. Vince Young saw a weakness in coverage (they didn't spy the QB, which is a no-no against Young) and quickly took off for a big gain twice. Other than that, there were still opportunities to complete passes that quarterbacks normally should that were instead misfired and incomplete. Ryan Fitzpatrick is far and away the best and most consistent quarterback at training camp.
- When it comes to third string left tackle James Carmon, there is no way he will make the 53-man roster. He is just too raw at this point and doesn't consistently put it together enough. However, he is a rookie, and is in only his second season as an offensive lineman. Yes, you read that correctly. He was a college defensive tackle up until his senior season when Mississippi State flipped him to left tackle. You see some flashes with Carmon. That along with his frame (6-foot-7, 320-pounds), I think he could be an ideal practice squad project-type left tackle. Everybody loves one of those, and the Bills don't have that right now.
Injury Notes:
- David Nelson, Josh Nesbitt, Erik Pears, Kellen Heard and Mike Caussin did not participate in any capacity on Sunday. Torell Troup and Shawne Merriman both did some individual drills before the Bills got in to team drills. Justin Rogers injured his hamstring during the session.
The Bills have the day off on Monday, and get back to work with practice Tuesday at 3 pm. The session is open to the public at St. John Fisher College.
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Corporate Governance in Emerging Markets: A Survey
Stijn Claessens
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B. Burcin Yurtoglu
WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management
January 15, 2012
This paper reviews recent research on corporate governance, with a special focus on emerging markets. It finds that better corporate frameworks benefit firms through greater access to financing, lower cost of capital, better performance, and more favorable treatment of all stakeholders. Numerous studies show these channels to operate at the level of firms, sectors and countries - with causality increasingly often clearly identified. Evidence also shows that voluntary and market corporate governance mechanisms have less effect when a country's governance system is weak. Importantly, how corporate governance regimes change over time and how this impacts firms are receiving more attention recently. Less evidence is available on the direct links between corporate governance and social and environmental performance. The paper concludes by identifying issues requiring further study, including the special corporate governance issues of banks, and family-owned and state-owned firms, and the nature and determinants of public and private enforcement.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 77
Keywords: Corporate Governance, Emerging Markets, Survey
JEL Classification: G30, G32, O16
Date posted: January 20, 2012 ; Last revised: January 22, 2012
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Skip to comments.Annan demands immediate release of hostages held in Iraq
Posted on 12/08/2005 6:56:07 PM PST by jmc1969
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Thursday called for the "immediate and unconditional" release of all Iraqi and foreign hostages taken by Iraqi militants.
Annan "calls for their immediate, safe and unconditional release, and strongly reiterates his appeal to all sides to respect at all times the fundamental principles of international humanitarian law," his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
Annan's comments came as an Internet statement by The Islamic Army in Iraq claimed it had killed a US hostage named Ronald Schulz, who was a contractor.
The Islamic Army said it killed Schulz because US President George W. Bush refused to meet its demands that all prisoners in Iraq be released.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.xinhuanet.com ...
Yeah, this'll work. Not.
....and the fierce Annan, defender of liberty and icon of purity, bares his angry fangs. /sarcasm
".... Annan on Thursday called for the "immediate and unconditional" release of all Iraqi and foreign hostages taken by Iraqi militants."
Right......for whom the (oil for food) bell tolls!
I can hear islamics laughing from here.....
No, I take that back. The man is so ignorant he's becoming dangerous.
Or Kofi'll sic the Muppets on 'em.
These are not empty words. When he speaks, his words are backed up by the military might, the indomitable will, and the clear moral focus of the entire United Nations.
or what... you'll stamp your little hoof and hold yer breath??? please
And....if they aren't released.....YOU'LL QUIT???? BAAAWWWAAAAHHHHHHHH .......we wish.
If they get turned loose now because of Annan's demand we will know the whole thing was a set-up.
One of two things , either the Iraqui terrorists are LTAO or this whole thing was a set-up.
Is Kofi going to jump up and down and stamp his feet till he gets his way?
ooooooooooooooo.... I bet they're shaking in their boots now!
he is probably trying to get a cut of the ransom money....
lol... Ya, you tell em Tofu...
Didn't think I'd be finding you here! ARE YOU STALKING ME??? LoL! Did you see this?
And Kookie will see that all oil for food money will be returned to Iraq people immediately.
Annan, eh? Who cares.
I think that he should say "Release them, or else I will send twice as many to you. The more peaceniks you kill, the more I will send.
To the last peacenik!
The only reason I do not come right out and say, 'I hope the peaceniks get whacked', is the possibilty they(the left) could use it against the right/war. That is the only reason. In any event, I got my bag of micro-wave popcorn ready to go!!
"Kookie, Kookie, lend me your comb..."
Kofi Annan...<<-- Eddie Murphy laugh...
BTW...it's thursday...have any of the radical rags made any statements today? It is supposed to be the end of their deadline....
Kofi=falling tree
UN=empty forest
Hostages still hostages.
I guess this answers THAT old riddle.
What a fool. Maybe he can fly to Iraq and give them all paper cuts.
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I have been sitting here listening to Drudge (24/7 member and missed it today) while serfing all the stories on Freep.... happen to see your post! LOL!
Not Drudge- listening to Rush.... had that story you linked to on my mind... OY!
I either need another beer, or some sleep......
hmmmmm... decisions, decisions...
headed to fridge, brb...
LOL! You and TOL have the BEST pics!
You all may already know this but this excerpt from an emailed prayer request about US hostage named Ronald Schulz:
" Ron Schultz is being held hostage by Islamofascists in Iraq. His family appealed to me for prayer and hence this report.
Ron is from the heartland of America, my neck of the woods, the Upper Midwest. He is forty years old. He is a son and a brother but has never married. He is not a part of the "peace hostages" who actually have a sentiment that sides with the enemy as does most of the Left. Ron is a former Marine and he is a Christian. His family supports this ministry and I am appealing to you to pray for Ron Schultz. If you haven't heard the shaking voice of a family member under these circumstances, you haven't heard real terror. And yet they are clinging to the Hand of the Lord. Their home church in North Dakota is having a prayer vigil. But hostages, short of a miracle, face a questionable future."
I'm re-listening to yesterday's show. I figured Drudge didn't have a 24/7!
Hellloooooo? Kofi?
Are you there?
Sorry to tell you this, kid, but you already had your chance at relevance.
And you blew it.
Now sit back down at the kid's table. The adults have things to do here.
Hey, that'll get him a Nobel Peace Prize nomination.
Since it is a fact that we gain nothing from being in the UN, and given that the UN is a sponge that soaks up US taxpayer dollars, and given that the UN is made up of mostly anti-American nations . . .
why doesn't George Bush get out of the UN?
Why are Americans so passive and apathetic about us making no effort to get out of the UN?
It seems we need a dictator to take over America. Is that the only way we will ever do what is in the best interest of the USA? It is clear that the Office of President and Congress will never do what is in the best interest of the USA, but prefer to make other nations stronger while America is weakened.
Just get out of the damn UN!
uh ..Kofi ... you seem to be forgetting that the Islamic terrorists believe they have been upholding the only legitimate international law there has ever been.
This is interesting... Jim Wallis' Sojourners is only concerned about four antiwar peace workers that were kidnapped, look:
"Sojourners Calls for Immediate Release of Christian Peacemaker Teams Members
Washington, D.C.---- (Friday, December 2, 2005) Sojourners is alarmed and saddened by the kidnapping of four Christian Peacemaker Teams members - Harmeet Sooden, Jim Loney, Norman Kember, and Tom Fox - in Baghdad on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2005. We are afraid for their lives and pray for their speedy release. "
That has to be the funniest thing I have heard in a long time! :-)
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Sgt. Tom Harrison from the Emery County Sheriff's Office met with the Huntington City Council to review the options for the city to be compliant with an emergency operations plan. Sgt. Harrison left a copy of the county's plan for the city to review.
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The following is a letter I sent to Dalton McGuinty and Sam Hammond this morning. I have been reading e-mails, tweets, Facebook arguments and now its time I have my say. I don't know if my words will make any difference, but I've said my peace and now it is time to move on...
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January 11, 2013
Mr. Dalton McGuinty, Premier
Legislative Building
Queen's Park
Toronto ON M7A 1A1
Mr. Sam Hammond, President
Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario
480 University Avenue, Suite 1000
Toronto, ON M5G 1V2
Dear Mr. Mc Guinty and Mr. Hammond:
I am writing a joint letter
because as a parent who cares about my childrens' education, and as someone who
believes in honesty and transparency, I thought it appropriate that I express
my opinion to the leaders on both sides of this issue.
This morning I am happy to report
that my children, aged five and seven, are in class. Although the class sizes were significantly
smaller, due partially to the weather and the uncertainty surrounding the
scheduled day of protest, the teachers were, as I fully expected, completely
professional and were eager to get on with the task at hand. Despite the turmoil of these past months, I
cannot say enough about the professionalism of the teachers in the classroom,
at least from my perspective.
Perhaps I will start with the one
thing that all of us might agree upon. Although
BILL 115 was supposed to "put students first," they are perhaps the ones
suffering the most, particularly those students who have lost their
extracurricular activities and perhaps opportunities to further their education
via athletic scholarships.
Before I proceed, I would like
you to know that the only side I am prepared to take is that of my
children. And, as I will outline in this
letter, you have both failed to consider the students that you claim to care so
much about.
Mr. Mc Guinty - I care about my childrens' teachers. They are more than teachers – they are
mentors, psychologists, therapists, peace-makers, nutritionists and
allies. I believe that they should be
treated with the same respect that would be afforded anyone – even you, for
example. If you believed that cuts
needed to happen for the health of the province, then you should have started
at the top and worked down. I cannot
tell you how much the waste of the ORNGE scandal and the failed e-Health initiatives burn
into my brain as I see you treating our children's teachers with such
contempt. While I might agree that some
restraints needed to happen, I do not agree with the way it was done. You wielded the political power entrusted to
you most inappropriately and our children paid the price. As a parent, you and I both know that you
cannot continue to indulge a child for years (although I am reluctant to use
this analogy in this case) and flatter them, and use them for your own
political gain, and then suddenly pull the rug out from underneath them and not
expect a backlash. It is dishonest and
you should be ashamed of what has happened as a result. There are so many other areas of our
province that could have been addressed first, such as the excessive use of
consultants, and the implementation of many initiatives that weren't thought
through before being undertaken. Even
you have admitted that this current action won't save the province money in the
short term.
Bill 115 should be repealed,
because at the most basic, it absolutely does not put students first. It does
not put my children first.
Mr. Hammond, before you start
getting all smug, I'm not finished with you.
First, I used to be a union member (OPSEU) but seeing how you have
handled this fiasco, I wouldn't be surprised if your own members have any use
for you after this.
You claim the government has
bullied you into this position? Well,
maybe, but what about parents and the students?
I feel bullied when you take my child as ransom, when you make me seem
heartless and an opportunist who uses
your members for free daycare. I feel bullied when I have done all I can by
contacting my MPP and it is still not
enough. Did your union at any time ask (not demand, not guilt, not tweet or
Facebook your diatribe about your trampled rights) the parents to stand with
you at any time? Did you ever ask
parents to keep their kids home on a well-publicized and coordinated
basis? Did you ask us to join with you
to send a message about the value of education in our province?
No. You assumed that we would be against you,
just like the Government assumed we would be for them.
First you took away the
extra-curricular activities and then walked off the job, throwing childcare and
work arrangements up into the air on several occasions. It has been like a roller coaster and I don't
know about you, but I want to get off.
From my perspective, all you had
to do was ask. I would have booked a day
off work, I would have rearranged my schedule if I had a choice. I am not
completely unreasonable --- but you
never asked.
You see, it would have sent more
of a message about the true feelings of taxpayers and parents if we had worked
together, but instead we have been marginalized, held hostage and yet will go on
trusting our children, our most precious treasures, to the care of your members.
Thankfully, I know that they will
rise to the occasion. Will you?
If this issue is not resolved,
and a new government takes its place at the helm, I hope both you and the new
Premier will take a long look at this ugly, un-coordinated, battle and decide
if it was worth it. It might be too late
to get parents on board after the months of uncertainty, but I suspect anything
is possible if you are both strong enough to admit that mistakes were made on
all sides and understand that we, the parents, really want to see our children
put first for a change. We might not be as far apart as you think.
Allison Killins
cc: Dave Wing, Kawartha Pine
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The Springfield City Council Monday night approved money to implement a long-stalled ordinance on vacant or foreclosed homes. It requires owners of the homes to register their properties with a $10,000 bond.
City officials say the derelict buildings have become a serious public safety and fiscal issue for the city, which has to board up and maintain them at the taxpayers' expense. The bond would be used by the city to defray those expenses.
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With Autumn in full swing, leaves falling and temperatures doing the same, it can only mean that Halloween can't be far behind. Halloween is one of the favorite holidays for children and Christine Jensen and Barbra Jones hosted Festive Friday to give Emery County some fun ideas for decorating, costumes and food to celebrate.
As usual, the Friday party was presented in the county building at noon. The luncheon looked spooky but was very appealing considering the time of year. Sloppy Joes were the order of the day, with cheese balls shaped like pumpkins and Frankenstein, along with a skeleton made from vegetables, with a special "brain dip." Several kinds of cookies also adorned the tables.
Jensen gave the attendees some great ideas for handling and storing fresh pumpkins, along with some great ideas for carving or painting on the faces. Several recipes for home made face paint were available and some ideas to create realistic looking fake wounds.
Another great idea came in the form of how to make an inexpensive costume from a box. Any larger box can be made into anything from cowboys riding bulls to spacemen. Halloween songs and jokes were handed out for inspirations to make any childrens party a smashing hit.
One especially fun recipe was for fresh, cut-up vegetables to be arranged to form a skeleton. The one on display was made from celery, cauliflower, broccoli, cucumbers, mushrooms, bell peppers and carrots. The skeleton was arranged with a bowl of "brain dip" for the head. The brain dip consisted of Ranch dressing with lettuce leaves around the edge. Jensen reminded everyone that children will be more likely to eat things they helped to prepare.
To make the pumpkin cheese ball, take two eight ounce packages cream cheese, softened and mix with one half teaspoon dried minced onion, one half teaspoon dried chives, two cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese, two teaspoons paprika, and one half teaspoon cayenne pepper. Mix ingredients together and shape into a round ball. Refrigerate for at least four hours to set the shape. Use a butter knife to form the vertical lines to resemble a pumpkin. Insert a celery rib or broccoli for the stem of the pumpkin. Serve with crackers, fresh vegetables, or sliced apples.
This recipe can be colored green and shaped into a square and decorated to become a Frankenstein also.
Many of the people who attended Festive Friday bring their own creative, inexpensive ideas to share for the next holiday. Festive Friday will be held again in November with ideas for Thanksgiving.


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I've practiced AP my childs whole life. now that he is 3.5 I'm curious about how to handle situations that are dangerous. Recently my son has been running away from me and my husband at the store, zoo and outside. Most of the time it is when he is upset about something. I'm not sure how to handle this. We've had to leave places when this has happened. Or when it's happened in a public setting that I cannot leave. I've spoken later and explained how scared it makes me etc. But nothing has seems to stop him. Any suggestions.
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i tell mine that they can choose to either hold my hand or i will hold them, but in safety situations, they must stay by me. if they run away, we'd leave.
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I guess if he flees when he is upset you would have to be extra pro-active if he seems to be getting upset because you know that is a trigger. Ask him another way you could help him if he feels like he want to run away. Would he like you to sit down and hold him on your lap, sit in a stroller or have a snack? I guess he is having an impulse issue and is just driven to run.....so try to help him find other ways with this upset impulse. I think a lot of kids have a period of this at this age so don't feel like this is unusual!
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Most children do this. My son is going through the same thing.
What has been working a bit better for us is doing something before going to the store.
During nice weather and time permitting we go to the park before we go grocery shopping or shopping in other places that may require him to stay close. We tell him we are going to the park so you can play for an hour and then we are going shopping. At the park you can run run run and at shopping you stay next to mommy or daddy.
When we get to the store. get a cart out in the parking lot and play race car. He gets in the seat and we walk around the parking lot with the cart before we go in with me making race car noises. Another one for parking lots is that we make up games to get from the car to the store door. The parking lot is made of water, lava or mud and he has to guide mommy to the store letting him lead holding my hand. That we have to look around the cars to see mud slides or water gushes, oncoming cars. This has been a great success. (Dear friend did this with her little one and gave me the tip)
We also have an option that he can either go in the cart with me or wait out in the car with Daddy. For now we all shop together and I have come to think of family shopping as a great way to spend time and respect each others food choices and needs, learning our likes and dislikes and learning about new foods to try. We each get a cart and we each write down a few things that are definates and have him find them and load them into "his" cart.
We have the same thing at zoo's the beach, anywhere that makes my heart pound and it is such a normal thing for AP children to do. They feel so safe that you will be there for them. It was easier with my girls as I would run with them. Two and a half decades later and with arthritis things are a bit tougher so we go to the zoo, and we say in this area, you can run a bit ahead, but in another area I would like it if you hold my hand, that way we don't have to use a stroller and you get to see more. I notice I run more at the beach if I don't remember to do the beach walk to collect shells before we settle down in our spot.
I have been to the beach and other places with people who think I smother him and with others who make comments like if that were there child they would put him on Ritalin so they wouldn't have to run so much. This doesn't help and find myself more stressed around people who are glaring at me or making comments than when I am not. Sometimes our comfort level of what our child is doing is intensified in public places.
Ronnie does not hear me when I say don't run, I am scared, please RONNIE there are cars in the parking lot hold my hand.
Instead of making everything you have to hold my hand, or you have to do what I want, we make it a game where he is guiding me, helping me and he is such a great little guy for doing so.
It doesn't last long. They figure things out quickly at this age. They start to notice dangers on their own. I asked my youngest girl (22) if she remembered running out into a street back in Brooklyn and my friend Seth pulling her away from an oncoming car. She said yes but that didn't make her want to stop running. What made her stop was noticing things on her own. One of them being seeing a dead squirrel in the road. She said she stopped running because of the squirrel, because they run fast and they still were not fast enough.


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On the evening of Aug. 12, Green River City Council held a public hearing to gather comments on the proposed establishment of a property tax on home and business owners. The proposed tax would impose $118.20 per home and $236.40 per business on the residents of Green River. For the tax year 2002, Green River City had no income from property tax. If this measure were to pass, the city would realize $75,000 to do some necessary improvements in the city. This tax increase would add $9.85 monthly to home owners and $19.70 monthly to business owners.
During the course of the public hearing, 14 citizens and business owners made comments. Of the 14, there were only three comments in favor of the new tax. Among the reasons stated in favor of the tax were sidewalk and street improvements, improved curb and gutter and more safety for the children of Green River with the additional sidewalks.
The citizens who were not in favor of the tax increase stated that the tax burden was already too high. Also, many of the residents were concerned for the senior citizens who are living on fixed incomes and cannot afford another tax, no matter how small. With the cost of prescriptions and other necessities, seniors are already strapped, so many felt this would be an unfair levy on the town's elderly residents.
Business owners remarked that they already have extraordinarily high taxes and this increase would push many over their limit. Other comments were that the council should find some other revenue source besides a tax increase. Many felt that the revenue should come directly from the visitors to the city.
Mayor Glen Dale Johnson explained the council's reasoning for the proposal. He said, "From the beginning of the annexation plan, we have expected a certain amount of revenue to come into the city from the county and that revenue has not come. The magic number was 75 percent. We have repeatedly asked for 100 percent of the transient room tax and have been denied. The commissioners told us from the beginning that we would get that money and it hasn't come. We continue to ask for 100 percent and we are expecting 80. Without this TRT money coming in, the town has had to explore other revenue sources for necessities, such as this property tax levy."
When the hearing was completed and the council moved into regular council meeting, the vote arose on this property tax issue. The council voted 3-2 against the proposed tax.


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Is 'Hancock' Half-Cocked?
I'll admit it, I thought Hancock looked pretty cool. It's got a fun premise, a great trailer, good effects, Will Smith in full-on superstar mode, and even Jason Bateman. In short, it seemed like the perfect summer entertainment. Then, a few weeks ago that Variety review came out, and all was not well. Todd McCarthy said "this odd and perplexing aspiring tentpole will provide a real test of Smith's box office invincibility." Suddenly Hancock seemed a little shaky. If Hollywood's hometown paper didn't love it, who would? Well, opening day has finally arrived, the rest of the critics have weighed in, and it seems that Hancock is not just bad, but a big steaming pile of shit. It managed to scare up a scant 34% at Rotten Tomatoes and that's only slightly better than Drillbit Taylor! Stick around after the jump to read a collection of the prickliest critical barbs.
· "Hancock can offer only an A-list headliner in a D-list project." Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
· "Squanders potential greatness with lame humor and a half-baked hero." Robert Wilonsky, Village Voice
· "It's a strange feeling to see the summer's most promising premise self-destruct into something bizarre and unsatisfying, but that is the Hancock experience." Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
· "It has a big sag in the middle that nothing could have fixed." Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
· "This movie fails so spectacularly - and on so many levels - that it's like watching a train plummet off a bridge." Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Harsh! Has the king of the 4th of July weekend finally been dethroned? Probably not, because, critics be damned, I'm still gonna see it. Seems like the American thing to do. But perhaps Will Smith should spend less time founding robot-building Scientology schools and pay more attention to the scripts he chooses.


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Canada falls to Brazil in women's volleyball at Pan Am Games
GUADALAJARA – After the raw power of Cuba, the Canadian women's volleyball team took on the finesse of Brazil on Sunday and lost 25-19, 25-12, 25-10 at the Pan American Games.
With the loss, the Canadians fall to 0-2 and are in a must win situation on Monday against the Dominican Republic in order to advance to the playoff round. The Brazilians stand at 2-0.
On Saturday, the Canadians were overpowered by Cuba then faced a completely differently style in Brazil.
''Brazil outsmarted us tonight,'' said Canadian team captain Tammy Mahon of Holland, Man. ''They were very precise in their plays and it really frustrated us. They probably made two mistakes all night and we had to work hard for every point. But it's good for us to face these different styles of volleyball.''
Canada's head coach Arnd Ludwig is pleased how his troops are sticking to the game plan and playing with a lot of determination.
''I think if we can keep playing like this and improve some more in areas we have the capabilities to produce a different result against the Dominican,'' he said.
Earlier Sunday, Cuba moved to 2-0 defeating the Dominican Republic 25-23, 21-25, 25-20, 25-16.
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Canadian women's volleyball team for the Pan American Games October 15-29 in Guadalajara, Mexico.
1) Tricia Mayba - Winnipeg, MB
2) Julie Young - Red Deer, AB
3) Tammy Mahon - Holland, MB
4) Claire Hanna - Calgary, AB
5) Tonya Mokelki - Weyburn, SK
6) Carla Bradstock - Richmond, BC
7) Tasha Holness - Calgary, AB
8) Elizabeth Cordonier - Vancouver, BC
9) Colette Meek - Sherwood Park, AB
10) Jennifer Hinze - Vancouver, BC
11) Brittney Page - Vernon, BC
12) Lauren O'Reilly - Langley, BC
Head Coach: Arnd Ludwig, Winnipeg
Assistant Coach: Scott Koskie, Winnipeg
Team Manger: Julien Boucher, Quebec City
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