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When diagnosing NVH – Noise, Vibration and Harshness conditions on the front of a Super Duty/Excursion, pay particular attention to the integrated hub/bearing rocking end-play procedure. Many of the integrated hub/bearing assemblies returned to the warranty parts return center have been replaced prematurely.
Determine integral hub/bearing condition before replacement.
Hub/bearing units should not be replace if:
- Rocking end-play is less than 0.005″ (0.13 mm)
- The bearing freely rotates without roughness
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- Make sure 4X4 hubs are unlocked.
- Raise the vehicle until the front tires are off the ground.
- Turn the wheel to allow for easier access to rear of vehicle's front suspension (Figure 1).
- Check to see if the wheel rotates freely.
- If the wheel rotates freely, proceed to Step 6. If not, determine why wheel is not rotating freely and service – do not continue with this article.
- Fasten the dial indicator base (Figure 2), from Rotunda Kit 164-R2724 (or equivalent), to the knuckle as shown (Figure 3).
- While adjusting goose neck, place probe of indicator on Rotor where splash shield has a V-type opening on inboard side of suspension assembly or about at the 5 O'clock position (Figure 4). Set the probe so that it is free to move in the lateral direction (Figure 5). With indicator and probe set in their mid-point range of operation, tighten the goose neck until it is rigid enough to assure accurate readings.
- Apply a reasonable amount of lateral force at the 6 O'clock position (Figure 6) of the wheel and zero the indicator as shown (Figure 7).
- Reverse the lateral force to the wheel in the opposite direction (Figure 8) and record the maximum amount of displacement measured by the indicator. Repeat several times rocking the wheel back and forth to assure a good reading.
- If the displacement from the dial indicator reading is 0.005″ (0.13 mm) or less, do not replace hub/bearing unit. Check other suspension components or axle components for signs of damage/wear or unusual contact to other rotating parts (Example – Heat shield rubbing on rotor).
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How Etsy Helped Me Find My Inner Creepy Self
Two weeks ago, I wrote a hard-hitting expose on the shadowy underbelly of the arts and crafts website Etsy.com. I outed five sellers who were clearly serial killers disguised as knickknack enthusiasts, after which three of them sent me very polite messages insisting they were "just regular people" and asked that I "please stop accusing [them] of mass murder." To date, I have not decoded the hidden threats in any of the messages, but with the help of my housekeeper -- who was indispensable in solving the Case of the Cryptic Note from the Verizon Guy last fall -- I expect to decipher them long before the authors show up on my doorstep with ether rags.
Even more interesting than the letters, however, was the package I received from ShiniesAhoy, the No. 1 entry on my list. It was labeled as a "Magical Mystery Box of Curious Supplies."
"Sorry, more deTAILS would be imPAWSible."
I ordered it because I was fascinated by what "curious supplies" meant to a person who regularly deals in cocoons and squirrel jaws. What I received was more than I could have hoped for. The box arrived about a week and a half after the column ran, which meant that she had plenty of time before sending it to read my article and, more specifically, the three long paragraphs where I, perhaps hastily, condemn her as a killer. Here's the note I got with the package:
My first thought was that she was surprisingly kind, considering I had hinted that maybe she pulls apart puppies as a hobby. My second thought was "I owe this poor woman a huge apology." But when I started to unwrap the items from the package, I realized that I could do so much more for her: I could build an apology out of the animal pieces instead.
So should you ever find yourself in a scenario where a very kind stranger mails you sectioned hunks of animals and you want to ensure that you stay in her good graces, I have compiled this blueprint for answering insanity with insanity. I call it:
Now, your lunatic starter kit may be different from mine, but I received:
8 porcupine quills
6 broken doll eyes
2 shrimp claws
10 beetle wings
6 python ribs
8 shark teeth
2 owl pellets
4 butterfly/moth wings
7 baby starfish
Several colorful feathers from different birds
Assorted rodent bones
And a grouse leg
Step 1: Decide Exactly What You Want Your Carcass Project to Say
Before you start slathering everything in hot glue and rolling it all into a casualty ball, take a minute to really think about what type of nightmare says "I'm sorry" the best. For instance, I aimed to build something that looked very much alive to prove to ShiniesAhoy that I don't actually think she's a murderer at all. Yes, she crammed a pile of death into a flat rate box, but from it would hatch a brand new species, an amalgamation creature that she helped birth into the world. I wanted her to share in the pride of playing God, or at the very least, a mother.
Additionally, the new animal needed to convey that my apology was genuine. If the old adage "the eyes are the windows to the soul" is true, then it stands to reason that the more eyes an animal has, the more soul windows and the more sincere it would have to be by default. With that in mind, there is no creature that better exemplifies sincerity than a spider.
Step 2: Choose a Body for Your Affront to Nature
After sketching a loose diagram of what you intend to build (as I have above), take stock of your materials and decide what will work best as the base. In my case, I had two large pellets vomited straight from the stomach of an owl that would work perfectly as the body segments of a spider. The trouble was that each pellet consisted mostly of loosely held together fur and bones, so in order to make it more structurally sound, I had to slather both pieces in puzzle glue. Incidentally, the sealant gave the body segments of my regret spider a sickeningly realistic shine, so that was a happy accident.
Once you have your basic structure in mind, start fusing the pieces together. I used steel wire and hot glue to ensure that the foundation was sturdy enough to survive any accidental encounters with arachnophobes. I also reinforced the abdomen with beetle wings because it was less sturdy than the head. It would be pretty embarrassing if I chose an animal synonymous with integrity for my apology gift to ShiniesAhoy and it immediately broke after only one panicked swat with a hardcover book.


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Offer your kids only water to drink between meals.Give your kids tap water instead of other drinks between meals. If sugar from drinks stays on your child's teeth for too long, it can lead to tooth decay.
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The thick lather and rich fragrance empower your presence. It will stomp the curl and fight the frizz. Hair will succumb to your every demand.
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My new love! I put the TIGI Bed Head Control Freak Shampoo in my hair, then used an inexpensive conditioner. After getting out of the shower, I let my hair dry for a few minutes and put in the Control Freak Serum. Next I let my hair dry and brushed it out and voila..no frizz. I would recommend this product to someone who is looking to decrease frizz and soften their hair. My hair feels softer than it has ever felt before. Although I love the product and its amazing quality, the price is a bit ridiculous. Overall though, I love it!
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I have been using this shampoo & conditioner since october of 2010...I got the large bottles and they have lasted me this long. Anyhow, this shampoo makes your hair really straight...my hair is normally quite wavy but use of this shampoo has made it straight. The conditioner is awesome. While using it in the shower, it doesn't seem like the conditioner has helped your hair at all...but once out of the shower, it takes half the time it normally does to dry your hair! This conditioner knocks out the time it takes to dry your hair in half. I must say though, it doesn't make your hair as soft as Pantene does. The scent of this product is enough to convince me to keep using it though.
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Regretfully, I bought the large bottles of the Bed Head Control Freak shampoo and conditioner. I love the almost tropical pineapple scent, and the conditioner has a nice gel-like smoothness to it. However, it was not halfway moisturizing enough for my thick, coarse, wavy hair. Within 3 or 4 washes, my hair already felt dry. I gave this to my cousin, who has fairly thin, straight hair. She--and her whole family--adore it, and find it to be the best shampoo and conditioner they have used. So it all depends on what your hair is like, I guess.
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I have very thick, poofy, and slightly wavy hair. Its just wavy enough that I have to straighten it every day. I purchased Control Freak Shampoo, Conditioner, and Bed Heads After Party. I wouldve purchased the complete collection of Control Freak but they were out of stock. I was very surprised, even just after blow drying, the tame texture of my hair. It did not look as poofy and dry as it usually does after I blow dry it, and I could tell it wasnt as wavy, although I did still have to straighten it. I didnt put anything in my hair between towel-drying it and blow drying it (I wouldve put the serum in if they had had it), so I know it was the shampoo and conditioner that really did help my hair!! My straightening time was even reduced.Control Freak left my hair softer and obviously less poofy compared to what I have tried before. And the After Party topped it off perfectly! I was skeptical to try these products because they are rather steep in price, but they are totally worth it!!
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Wish it smelt less fruity. Works well but I still like Redken better than this
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Fragrance Heaven
Im not a huge fan of this shampoo but it keeps me hooked on it sheerly for the fragrance.... yummy! Its a great shampoo, actually... lathers nicely & feels soft as I wash.. maybe Id like it much better if it came in a more user-friendly bottle.. this bottle makes it a challenge to squeeze out. But if for nothing else, Id buy it purely for the wonderful perk-up fragrance alone. As to what effect it has on the stylability of my hair, I cant tell.
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Open marketing: What does it really mean? | Opensource.com
Open marketing: What does it really mean?
The Open Source Way book has a section on Open Marketing, and I'll be honest: I have my doubts.
I will grant that the American Marketing Association defines marketing as "the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large."
But in the real world? It seems to me that marketing is often better defined, "the art of convincing others they have a need for something... for which they have no need."
Here's how the section reads today:
1.4.9. Open marketing
This is marketing done entirely in the open, no secret discussions on brand tactics behind the Wizard's curtain. You talk about your strengths, weaknesses, brand position, and so forth as an ongoing open discussion.
Central to this are social media tools. Some are used for discussions, some are for information dispersal, but any vector is a potential for learning and spreading the word.
- Blogging planet or otherwise aggregated feed of all contributors
- Radically transparent
- Publicly displayed and discussed content and code committing
- Always being watched
- All mailing list traffic
- All IRC logs
- All voice sessions logged and available
- 100% totally accountable discussions
- Radically transparent
220.127.116.11. Fundamental rule - do not bash competitors
In fact, ignore them when talking about your project. Why waste the attention you've got on your project to point attention at something else?
I can't help but think of one example of open marketing gone sour: Google's recent "open" manifesto. Senior VP of Product Management Jonathan Rosenberg wrote:
Last week I sent an email to Googlers about the meaning of "open" as it relates to the Internet, Google, and our users. In the spirit of openness, I thought it would be appropriate to share these thoughts with those outside of Google as well...
The memo goes on to encourage Google employees to open up their projects whenever possible, while defending Google's "closed" search system as beneficial for users.
This blog entry unleashed a series of biting news articles and blog comments in response. From The Register:
Google has sent itself a memo as part of an ongoing effort to perpetuate the self-delusion that it's the world's most open company.
And via Boing Boing:
How odd that of all the products Google would be forced to keep proprietary by its commitment to an open internet, it just happens to be the ones that make it all of its money.
An optimistic person would suggest that this sort of feedback is a valuable look in the mirror. A pessimist might well wonder if any company's open marketing would be met with equal vitrol.
Meanwhile, what's the solution to the problem I hinted at earlier: often what needs marketing are things no one really needs or (initially) wants? After all, most "As Seen On TV" products would not sell nearly as well if a quick Internet search turned up mailing lists where the inventor acknowledges his solar bacon cooker will most likely be used a handful of times before being bagged up and donated to a thrift shop. And yet, QVC and The Home Shopping Network strike me as success stories of modern capitalism.
Perhaps I'm looking at this from a completely wrong angle. How do you see open marketing working to a company's benefit?
As always, because both opensource.com and theopensourceway.org use the CC BY SA licensing, we can move content between them seamlessly. Contributing to the Open Marketing section is as easy as leaving a good comment.
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"The market is conversation."
IIRC that is how they said it in "The Cluetrain
If the conversation about your product or
brand is positive there should be some
increase in sales? If the conversation
is negative because of misrepresentation
of the product/service your company
will and should suffer.
Some how I always see this as:
Open = Truth
Maybe I am dreaming?
Had you told me a few years ago that I'd soon defend the field of marketing I would have said you were eight different shades of insane. Yet, here I am.
Let me start by saying that I am not a marketer, per se. My role is Director of Product Development (software engineering) at an email service provider. My company works with many marketers and my time here has opened my eyes to what marketing is and can be.
I acknowledge that the popular view of marketing equates it to advertising. It's true that advertising is a large and (to some) important part of the field but it's far from all that marketing comprises. As I'm neither a marketer myself nor a guru of same I'll limit my comments to pointing out a couple other aspects of the field and leave the details to someone more directly qualified than I.
The most important thing (IMO) that marketing does is study the MARKET. You want to make a widget? OK, who wants one? Let's check the market and see. If there's a market then what does it want in a widget? Do your competitors make a widget? How well is that received? Etc. Good marketing can make or break a company. If you're making widgets when the market really wants sprockets then your marketing team has failed you and the company needs to change direction or die.
Marketing also works to establish the brand and identity of a company/product. What do you think when someone says "Google" to you (in a company context)? You may start with "Don't be evil" and then apply your own personal experiences and opinions from there. "Don't be evil" is part of their brand, part of their mission and part of their philosophy. Whether reality matches the brand is a crucial part of the success of a company. Trust is lost when a brand is inaccurate and with that trust go also the customers.
These are only two of the many other facets of the field of marketing and both of them can make or break a company at a very fundamental level. Advertising only comes into play after these two processes have been brought to bear and is, granted, the most obvious (and often irritating) facet of the field of marketing.
The Open Source Way section you quoted above is directly applicable to these very important aspects of marketing and, I believe, very well written to reflect that. Used correctly, the guidelines listed there can be incredibly effective both in defining a market and in establishing a strong brand. Though I'd yet to find the time to read the Open Source Way I believe it may now have jumped near the top of the stack so I can see what other valuable nuggets it includes for the successful operation of a robust business.
I made a pointer to this article and started gathering writing actions about this section of 'The Open Source Way':
Keep the ideas coming, I'll put them there; or get an account and start adding them yourself.
In his comment, Cololel Panik essentially hits the mark on what The Open Source Way means by open marketing. It's a connection back to The Cluetrain Manifesto.
First, for reference, I looked up the two marketing definitions in the original post, the one from the American Marketing Association (AMA) I found, but I didn't find the second definition, "the art of convincing others they have a need for something... for which they have no need." Is that a definition created by the author? It's valid in that is likely what many people think of marketing, and here's how it's not related to what open marketing is:
In the early days of the Fedora Marketing project, one of the things we discussed was the connotation of the term "marketing", how it applied to what we were doing for the Fedora Project, and especially how it affects a technical audience. People don't want to be marketed to, and there is a tenuous relationship (at best) between geek audiences and marketing/sales groups.
However, the strict definition from the AMA is actually useful to us. If we substitute in "contributors and users" for "customers, clients, partners", leaving "society" in place, we have a good working definition for what open source projects do for marketing.
"The activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for contributors, users, and society at large."
The major difference, and the one that contrasts the Google open manifesto, is that when you actually practice radical transparency from the beginning (which is a step in The Open Source Way that comes before open marketing), then you create a situation of trust before you begin marketing activities.
If I join a church group, and they have festivals, events, and a monthly newsletter talking about them, the festivals and events are a set of "offerings" that are marketed through the newsletter, word of mouth, etc. In that case, the market is the conversation, I am there by choice, and I'm not feeling a discomfort at the marketing activities.
It is much harder for a business to be radically transparent. There are legal and social mores to consider; for example, many people in the US are uncomfortable talking about their salary and compensation. Vendors who sell goods to a company don't want their invoice transaction history put up on a wiki for all to see. It might all be visible to the IRS in the end, but there is still a freedom of information request between the entire world and that information. Those are the social mores that come in to effect.
It is much harder to slap an open label on activities after the fact, especially when they aren't open at all. That seems more like the practice of fauxpen source. When we have bad actors who are taking the definitions away from us, we have to decide to use new words or take back the definition. Since there are so many existing marketing professionals who can learn from The Open Source Way, it makes sense to take back "open marketing" rather than to cede that ground to the fakers.
That is a good example because the researchers misunderstand what open source is about, fundamentally. In doing so, they equate it really with crowdsourcing - viral video remixes and such that are essentially illegal copyright infringement that a business allows people to get away with doing because they have no reason to say no.
The definition of open source in that study says that, "those developing software sought to make program designs transparent and to utilise the collective intelligence of other internet users to develop and refine the software." It entirely skips the most important part, where a license provides essential freedoms to the open sourced work. The kind of fauxpen source Web 2.0 marketing in that study does not have this essential freedom at it's core. It can never be open marketing, because the very materials of the marketing are owned and controlled by the one entity least able to be objective about how the materials are used.
This in fact is one of the reasons why people who prefer the term "free software" have so many problems with how the term "open source" is used. Because open source puts a thin veil in front of the licensing and essential freedoms, it is easy for people to misunderstand and think the model is about crowdsourcing.
Fellow opensource.com writer Chris Grams said it very well in his article, "Why the open source way trumps the crowdsourcing way". But even Chris missed the opportunity to really highlight how the essential freedoms are what makes the open source way actually work. If I'm not free to read, remix, create, and distribute from your marketing materials, then it is not open marketing. It is a crowdsourcing trick, at best, and a bit of ol' Tom Sawyer at worst.
I am focussing on the term "creating and communicating" in the AMA definition. I am not a marketer per se, but I am a keen observer and learner for 18 years.
Communicating your offerings in a way that would convince the recipient to buy it, has been the focus of marketing communication. It is expected to be honest and true.
However the way these messages are communicated has lost its credibility (in many cases), it has lost people's trust in marketing messages.
I think, it is time now that companies embrace the the openness and simplicity in its messaging and create that trust with the recipient. In the clutter of advertisement and internet messaging what is going to stand is honest and straight forward communication.
I think if "Open Marketing" can achieve this one thing, it would benefit all - the sellers and the buyers.
I agree that the new approach nowadays should be open. A lot of companies are now gearing towards publishing their products/services and support via social media streams or methods.
I think with open marketing will serve all people, individual or businesses better.
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"Her capacity to mix technical expertise and a relentless vision inspired, motivated and moved women to embrace technology instead of avoiding or ignoring it. She has touched and changed the lives of countless women in the computing fields and beyond."
Anita Borg believed that technology affects all aspects of our economic, political, social and personal lives. A technology rebel with a cause, in her life she fought tirelessly to ensure that technology's impact would be a positive one. It was this vision that inspired Anita in 1997 to found the Institute for Women and Technology. Today this organization continues on her legacy and bears her name, The Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology (www.anitaborg.org).
Her capacity to mix technical expertise and a relentless vision inspired, motivated and moved women to embrace technology instead of avoiding or ignoring it. She has touched and changed the lives of countless women in the computing fields and beyond. She is responsible for including women in the technological revolution – not as bystanders, but as active participants and leaders. In 1987, prior to founding the Institute, Anita began an email online community called Systers which today has 3,000 members from all over the world. In 1994, Anita co-founded the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing Conference. The Grace Hopper Celebration has grown to become the largest gathering of women in computing in the world. The Anita Borg Institute is the umbrella organization for both of these ongoing programs as well as the Virtual Development Center, TechLeaders and a host of other dynamic partnerships and collaborations that embrace Anita's ongoing vision.
During her life, Anita's commitment to her vision and expertise in the field gained her significant recognition. In 1999 President Clinton appointed her to the Commission on the Advancement of Women and Minorities in Science, Engineering, and Technology. In 2002, she received the Heinz Award for Technology, the Economy, and Employment.
Born Anita Borg Naffz on January 17th, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, she grew up in Palatine, Illinois, Kaneohe, Hawaii, and Mukilteo, Washington. Anita found her way to a computer keyboard in her mid-20s. She received a Ph.D. in computer science from the Courant Institute at New York University in 1981. She then embarked on a brilliant research career for some of industry's commercial giants including, Nixdorf, Digital/Compaq's Western Research Lab and Xerox PARC.
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Q: I'm a lesbian with a son from a previous heterosexual marriage. My ex-partner and I raised my son together for seven years. We split up two years ago, but she is still in my son's life and spends a few hours with him every other week.
My new partner is very resentful of even the small amount of time my son spends with his ex-stepmom and is demanding that I no longer allow my son to have anything to do with her.
Should I end my son's relationship with his ex-stepmom in order to make my new partner happy?
A: In a word? No. If you have to end a relationship, may I suggest you think about finding someone who doesn't ask you to consider her needs over the needs of your child? That's a huge red flag – and my answer has nothing to do with the fact that you are a lesbian.
Any partner who asks you to end your child's contact with a past partner when that past partner and child have developed a productive, supportive, loving relationship, needs to check their motives – and you need to consider if they are the right choice for a partner. Now granted, without cultivation, the relationship between your child and former partner may slow down on its own, but it's certainly not up to your new partner to demand it. That's very poor ex-etiquette.
Open requests to end interaction with past partners are usually based on the fear that the former partners may reconcile, possibly fueled by their mutual love for the child.
Fear of reconciliation with former partners is not uncommon when a relationship is new, but if allowed to fester, it will eventually undermine the new relationship.
It's your responsibility to make sure you aren't doing anything to contribute to your new partner's insecurity. Openly show her that the reason you continue to interact with your ex is for your child. Truth be told, a new partner trying to prevent interaction rarely prevents reconciliation. It does however, put stress on something that's new and fragile – and when pressure is applied to something fragile, it usually breaks.
Ex-etiquette rule No. 4 is "bioparents make the rules, bonusparents uphold them." That means it's up to the bioparents to establish clear boundaries and up to their partners to do their best to respect the rules that are in place.
Something your new partner may not be taking into consideration. If your child knows your new partner is behind his not being able to see your ex, it could undermine any relationship she's trying to build with him.
Children have enough love to go around – it's the adults that complicate things.
Dr. Jann Blackstone is the author of "Ex-etiquette for Parents: Good Behavior After Divorce or Separation," and the founder of Bonus Families, www.bonusfamilies.com. Reach her at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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CHARLES TOWN - As the Fourth of July approaches, Chris Kutcher, Charles Town chief of police, said the officers will be on the lookout for residents setting off fireworks.
Kutcher also said he sent out emails to all his officers, reminding them the cellphone ban began and is now a primary offense in West Virginia. He looks to have his officers fully trained in spotting distracted driving.
"We are just shy of 40 crashes," Kutcher said of the June accident reports. "We look at all the concerns of (distracted) driving and speeding in residential areas."
Kutcher said the Charles Town Police Department currently has 10 officers running three varying shifts. Often, this means there are two officers on patrol for the entire city and he is in the process of hiring an additional officers.
"On average, we do about 4,500 tickets a month and 200 to 300 warnings," Kutcher said. "We take a fair amount of calls and investigate a fair amount of accidents."
The accident reports, Kutcher said, are time-consuming for the officers with "countless" hours spent on documentation along.
He has also been in contact with the West Virginia Department of Highways in regard to the number of accidents along U.S. 340 and W.Va. 51, and has officers making a presence there to try and curb speeding.
"I've had officers come to me and say, 'Look boss, I'm sitting there and they are still wrecking,'" Kutcher said. "It's difficult."
The department is also in the process of bringing back the canine program. Unlike when it was originally in the city, the program would be used for narcotics only, not as a patrol dog, and would be paid for out of the drug program budget.
Kutcher said a local veterinarian has donated her time to caring for the dog.
As for hiring another officer, Kutcher told the council the department is ready to move forward.
"I think we are in pretty good shape," he said.
- Staff writer Michelle Horst can be reached at 304-263-8931, ext. 138, or www.twitter.com/mhorstJN.


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WASHINGTON – The most-watched woman in the world is coming back to Buffalo.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, a frequent visitor to Western New York during her eight years as a U.S. senator for New York, will return to the region Oct. 23 for a speech in the University at Buffalo's Alumni Arena.
Clinton, the early and overwhelming favorite for the Democratic nomination for president in 2016, will speak as part of the university's Distinguished Speakers Series, the university announced Tuesday.
The paid speech is one of several that Clinton is giving this year as her supporters rally for what they hope will be her second run for the presidency.
Clinton has remained mum on her intentions, but there are hints that she may run – none of them more coy than the one Clinton dropped herself when she joined Twitter on June 10, describing herself as follows:
"Wife, mom, lawyer, women & kids advocate, FLOAR, FLOTUS, US Senator, SecState, author, dog owner, hair icon, pantsuit aficionado, glass ceiling cracker, TBD..."
And while "to be determined" can mean many things, Clinton also said this at a women's conference in Toronto last week: "Let me say this, hypothetically speaking, I really do hope that we have a woman president in my lifetime. And whether it's next time or the next time after that, it really depends on women stepping up and subjecting themselves to the political process, which is very difficult."
Clinton learned that the hard way last time, when she entered the 2008 campaign for president as the favorite on the Democratic side, only to lose the Democratic nomination narrowly to Barack Obama, who made up for Clinton's many advantages with a groundbreaking grass-roots effort that catapulted him to the White House.
This time around, while Clinton travels to speak to the National Multi Housing Council and the Economic Club of Grand Rapids and UB and other such venues, what may or may not be a grass-roots effort on her behalf has sprung up in suburban Washington.
"Ready for Hillary" is a political action committee that claims no direct connection with the candidate it's trying to lure to the race. But its founders include longtime Clinton campaign aide Adam Parkhomenko and longtime Clinton adviser James Carville recently sent out a fundraising pitch for the PAC.
On top of that, Ready for Hillary seems bent on building a bandwagon that Clinton can climb aboard should she choose to run.
In recent weeks, both retired Gen. Wesley Clark, a former presidential candidate, and Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Missouri Democrat whose early backing of Obama was crucial in 2008, took to the Ready for Hillary website to announce they were, well, you guessed it.
"In 2008, I was an early supporter of then-Sen. Obama's campaign," McCaskill said in a statement on the website. "I worked my heart out to elect him president. Now as I look at 2016 and think about who is best to lead this country forward, I'm proud to announce that I am Ready for Hillary."
Then again, the other side is ready, too.
Republicans have been bashing Clinton relentlessly over lax security at the U.S. consulate at Benghazi, Libya, where an armed terrorist attack last September killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador, J. Christopher Stevens.
Benghazi seems to have taken a toll on Clinton's approval rating, which has fallen in several recent polls. For example, a recent Bloomberg survey found that her favorable rating had dropped 12 points to 58 percent, while her unfavorable rating doubled, to 22 percent.
And beyond that, Clinton – always something of a lightning rod, not to mention a spark for Republican fundraising efforts – already has inspired the creation of America Rising, a new GOP effort aimed at snuffing out any hope the former first lady may have of returning to the White House as president.
"The Clinton Machine is extremely powerful, and we have seen it in action time and time again," Matt Rhoades, the co-founder of America Rising and manager of Mitt Romney's failed GOP presidential bid last year, wrote in a recent fundraising appeal. "We need to stop it before it is too late."
Of course, the 2016 presidential election is three years and four months away, and no candidate is expected to officially declare for the race before the 2014 congressional elections.
That being the case, it's unclear exactly how political Clinton's UB speech will be.
Patricia Donovan, a university spokeswoman, said a committee that includes students and graduates decided to invite Clinton as well as the other 2013-14 Distinguished Speakers: theoretical physicist and author Michio Kaku on Sept. 25; author Malcolm Gladwell on Nov. 13; civil rights leaders Mary Frances Berry and Myrlie Evers-Williams on Feb. 26; CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta on March 26; and magician David Blaine on April 26. The university did not say how much any of the speakers will be paid.
Clinton, who served as a U.S. senator from 2001 to January 2009, last traveled to the region as secretary of state in June 2009, when she attended a diplomatic event in Niagara Falls, Ont.
But she long professed a fondness for upstate New York. And as if to prove it, Clinton routinely kept a bowl of New York apples in her office at the State Department, longtime aide Philippe Reines said last year.
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Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott took a pass when he was asked whether a defendant can be required to enter a guilty plea in order to participate in a pretrial diversion program. If defendants successfully complete such programs, the charges against them can be dismissed. Abbott concluded in an opinion issued Tuesday that he lacked the authority to make a ruling, asserting that "it is for the Legislature to provide a more explicit legal framework governing the scope scope and operation of pretrial diversion" in Texas. Here's the full opinion.


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Rockers Green Day make a stop at South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin, Texas, before tour. Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong, off a rehab stint, pogoed and belted out tunes with fervor.
AUSTIN -- Billie Joe Armstrong and Green Day have some recent experience with Broadway but they were upstaged Friday night at South By Southwest.
About two-thirds of the way through the two-hour concert at Austin City Limits Live's Moody Theater, the band played their breakthrough hit "Longview" from mega-platinum album Dookie. Understudy Ty Ehlinger, 15, of Richmond, Texas, who attended a Green Day concert three years ago, had prepared for his cue.
Before the third verse, Armstrong queried the crowd for a singer to finish the song. After a brief search, he gestured to Ehlinger, near the frong of the stage wearing a red Green Day T-shirt. He proceed to sing the verse, complete with its reference to masturbation, all the while stalking the stage and gesturing for the crowd to behind him.
As the band took over the chorus, he hopped up on the drum riser and jumped as the song ended. He stayed on stage and the crowd audibly cheered for him. Then the chant arose to "Jump, jump!' So he got a running start and lept into the dense din at the front of the stage.
Afterwards, he posed for pictures with fans. ""I was ready," he said between photo ops. "I said, 'Hell, I'm getting up there'."
The band appears primed to restart its tour, which had been canceled after Armstrong went into rehab last September. His only nod to that during Green Day's first SXSW appearance came after a caretaking stage technician replaced Armstrong's microphone in its stand at front-center stage. "I wasn't even on drugs," Armstrong quipped.
Right after that, during "Letterbomb," Armstrong declared "I love you, Austin. ... This is a celebration."
Armstrong sounded sharp and was a bundle of frenetic energy traversing the stage and then pogoing during "Stop When the Red Lights Flash" from ¡Dos!, one of its three albums released in November. In addition to ¡Uno! and ¡Tre!, the band attended Friday SXSW screenings of ¡Cuatro!, about the making of the three albums, and Broadway Idiot, about the adaptation of 2004's American Idiot to the stage.
His bandmates were dialed in, too. Guitarist Mike Dirnt performed an acrobatic leap during "Welcome to Paradise" and drummer Tre Cool provided sharp, solid backing and donned drag -- as did the rest of the band -- including a pink bra during "King for a Day."
That was just incident that suggested Armstrong, who's already reportedly working on a rocking remake of Much Ado About Nothing, could be testing out new Broadway musical themes. Earlier, a medley of classic rock faves included "Sweet Child O' Mine" and "Highway to Hell." Another medley mashed up "Stand By Me," "Hey Jude" and "Shout." Animal House the musical, anyone?
Fan Nancy Allen, 52, who flew from Minneapolis after winning tickets through the band's official fan club Idiot Nation got enough old tunes such as "Basketcase" and newer ones "99 Revolutions."
The band had "great energy," she said afterward. "I think he was happy. I've seen him play when he seemed not as happy. I saw him on Broadway, as well. He was happy tonight. He was really really relaxed."
She added that, "we were all incredibly concerned with nothing but love for Billie to be healthy and well. We're just glad he's back."
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For high school basketball fans, it is the most wonderful time of the year.
The Section VI tournament tipped off with first-round games Tuesday night and continues with prequarterfinal playoffs tonight.
Most higher-seeded teams tip off on Quarterfinal Friday, on which 32 games will determine what teams are headed to the final four next week at Buffalo State or Jamestown Community College. The Manhattan Cup quarterfinals are Thursday with the winners advancing to Sunday's semifinals at Canisius College.
Here's a bracket-by-bracket breakdown:
Manhattan Cup
Favorite: Clearly Canisius, the No. 1 News large school and the state's No. 1 Class A team. Playing at a very high level with Canisius College-bound Adam Weir leading the way.
Challengers: St. Joe's deserves this spot to itself. No. 2 large school fell, 72-60, to Canisius last Saturday. That's more a compliment to Canisius than a detraction for St. Joe's, which could beat almost any other school in Western New York. Marauders are a favorite to reach the final, where they'd love another shot at their rival.
Sleepers: Based on its excellent late-season play, St. Mary's is about the only qualifier for this spot. However, the Lancers lost to Canisius, 76-41, in January. Again, a sign of what level Canisius is at in this league.
Best matchup before Canisius College: Easy call here as it is the 4-5 game between St. Mary's and Nichols at 6:30 Thursday at Canisius High (second game of a doubleheader with the Crusaders). The pair have been in The News' small school top 10 all season and – barring a monumental upset by a lower-seeded team in the other quarterfinals – this game will determine the Monsignor Martin Association's Class B representative for the state playoffs. The teams split their season series, with St. Mary's scoring a 66-52 statement win at home last Friday. The Lancers continued fine play with big win (65-53) over another top 10 team in Cleveland Hill on Monday. Nichols presents matchup problems with talented sophomore big men Chris Miner and Cam Lewis.
Class AA
Favorite: Niagara Falls has been ranked either first or second in the large school poll the entire season. Canisius College-bound Jermaine Crumpton and fellow seniors J.J. Wilkins and Ramir Burton rolled through Niagara Frontier League, as expected (14-0), but went 1-3 in tough tests vs. out-of-area teams.
Challengers: Jamestown and Williamsville North. A Red Raiders-Falls meeting at Buffalo State is practically an annual tradition, but Sterling Taplin (1,400 points as junior) and Will North would love to get in the way of another edition – which would mean taking down Falls in the semis.
Sleepers: Lockport is 8-2 since the first week of January, with only two losses to Falls. If Kenmore West can play like it did early on, when it was a top 10 team, it would be an upset candidate at Williamsville North on Friday (Blue Devils wouldn't mind paying North back for its quarterfinal win at Kenmore West last year).
Best matchup before Buff State: Lockport at Clarence in what could be a fun ECIC-NFL showdown. Clear favorite is Clarence, which has been ranked in the top 10 all season.
Class A-1
Favorite: Clearly McKinley, which is the No. 2 seed but has been the only A-1 team in the top 10 all season. The Macks are seeking their second straight sectional title, and if they play their game, they'll get it.
Challengers: Sweet Home has the top seed only because it plays in a league (ECIC II, in which it went 11-1) with larger schools, and thus more power points. Third-seeded Williamsville South is the No. 10 large school and should go to school on tapes of the Macks' losses (St. Joe's, Canisius, Oracle).
Sleepers: Hutch-Tech, the fifth seed, has battled with Yale Cup I powers all year to the point where it could go into Hamburg and come away with a win.
Best matchup before Buff State: Along with Tech's game at Hamburg, the quarterfinal of Williamsville East at Williamsville South. South won by four and 12 during the regular season and is on a nice run of late, but the rivals battling for Buff State should be fun.
Class A-2
Favorite: The team in B-1 (wait for it) is probably the biggest favorite in the tournament, but the 13-team B-1 field has many more quality teams than this nine-team bracket.
Challengers: Iroquois (second), Lew-Port (third) and South Park (fourth) are challengers in seeding only. While Amherst has been a top 10 team all season, no other A-2 team has received a vote all season.
Sleepers: Any non-Amherst team in ECIC III. Lake Shore, Pioneer and Cheektowaga are all on the road for quarterfinals, but after playing in a league with No. 1 Amherst, Depew, Maryvale and East Aurora, they will be very tough outs for higher-seeded home teams.
Best matchup before Buff State: Lake Shore, a team that owns a gutty league win at Maryvale, heads to South Park where it will try to slow down the Sparks and senior scoring standout Tyrell Mitchell.
Class B-1
Favorite: Absolutely Olean, the No. 1 Class B team in the state. All of the key Huskies are back from last year's run to Glens Falls.
Challengers: No shortage of standout small schools here with Lackawanna, East Aurora, Maryvale, Newfane and Depew. Whether they have something for Olean is a different question, but watching the battles along the way should be great fun.
Sleepers: Newfane is likely at Maryvale for a great game while Yale Cup III champ Lafayette has won five straight.
Best matchup before Buff State: Perhaps the best quarterfinal matchup overall pits two longtime small school powers as Depew, which is playing quite well of late, at co-No. 9 small school Lackawanna.
Class B-2
Favorite: The seedings say defending champion CSAT, the News poll says second-seeded Cleveland Hill (No. 5 small school), but it just might be familiar face East of the Yale Cup (No. 6 in poll).
Challengers: How about Fredonia? Its 14-4 record has 12 double-digit wins. The losses are to Olean (twice) and top 10 large schools Timon and Clarence. We'll call the No. 4 seed a first-tier sleeper.
Sleepers: Deep class loaded with potential potholes for higher-seeded teams. No. 7 seed Roy-Hart recently gave CSAT a great run. If Emerson can get past City Honors, its Yale Cup seasoning might help it give CSAT a great run in the quarters. Well-coached Akron could challenge at Fredonia.
Best matchup before Buff State: Roy-Hart, which lost to CSAT by one at home on Friday, should pose a tough test for Cleveland Hill.
Class C-1
Favorite: Take your pick from Middle Early College (No. 1 seed, No. 4 small school) and Oracle Charter (No. 2 seed, No. 3 small school). Middle has the seasoning and is playing well of late; Oracle is a great story with 17 straight wins, including its best-in-school-history victory at McKinley.
Challengers: Great part of this bracket is the diversity. Holland always competes as hard as anyone after its ECIC IV season while dangerous Randolph, out of CCAA II, has been toughened by losses each to Silver Creek, Maple Grove and Portville (two to each, only losses of season).
Sleepers: Cassadaga Valley, two years removed from sectional title, is seeded 10th entering what could be the first of two games with charter schools (a win over Maritime today would send it up against Oracle).
Best matchup before Jamestown CC: No. 6 seed Barker won three of its last five, with a one-point loss to Roy-Hart and a five-point loss to CSAT, likely at Holland.
Class C-2
Favorite: Unbeaten Silver Creek is No. 2 in the small school poll and No. 2 in the Class C state poll.
Challengers: Once-beaten (early in the season to Olean) Maple Grove isn't far behind at No. 9 in small school poll and No. 3 in the state poll and deserves this title all to itself.
Sleepers: Portville is a rock-solid No. 3 seed, but with everyone looking toward a Silver Creek-Maple Grove showdown, the Panthers (led by senior standout Zack Blask) fit the description.
Best matchup before Jamestown CC: Westfield is likely to travel north to face MST Seneca in Friday's quarterfinals in what should be as competitive as a 4-5 game should be.
Class D
Favorite: The seedings say Brocton, which went 15-1.
Challengers: Second-seeded Sherman and third-seeded Clymer are veterans of big games at JCC and played Brocton tough during the season, with Sherman handing Brocton its only loss in December.
Best matchup before Jamestown CC: Ellicottville heads to North Collins Friday after the teams split their season series.
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Our Reunion Planning Committee is working hard to create a meaningful, event-filled 55th anniversary weekend on June 6-9, 2013. We hope to see everyone from the Class of 1958.
If you have given to the Annual Fund in recent years, this is an excellent occasion to renew your support at a higher level, and even to join the 1812 Leadership Circle as a signature gesture of gratitude to Hamilton. If you have not, it is a great time to consider making a first — or first-in-a-long-time — gift to the College.
I hope you will join our classmates as a donor and urge you to explore these further resources for giving:
The Honor Roll of Donors is updated daily. If you gave last year, your name turns from gray to gold when you renew your gift. All other donors will add their names to the list (in gold) when they offer their support.
Please watch for more news about our reunion in June and plan now to be with us.
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January 9, 2013
WELLSBORO — John Grab, the husband of Wellsboro Area Middle School girl's basketball coach Mary Grab, gave the board an earful during its meeting Tuesday....
You're a class act, Mr. Grab. I don't know you, the school board members, your wife, or the superintendent, but you really have won my support and respect.
I mean, how could you not? Your wife got an e-mail from someone that you don't name who claims to have heard from someone else in Coudersport that the Wellsboro superintendent is going to have your wife -- a high school girls basketball coach -- fired (actually, have her contract not renewed would be more accurate).
You behave what can best be described as indignant and hostile to, essentially, her boss, then in further demonstrating the legitimacy of your claims, you maturely storm out of the meeting.
I guess sending each school board member a letter expressing your concerns or speaking to the school board member who represents your ward would not have had the same productive impact that this travesty of an article generated.
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Bullies don't go away when elementary school ends; bullying actually peaks in junior high school and continues through high school and even into the workplace. It can lead to serious problems and dangerous situations for both the victim and the bully.
Bullying is repeated and unnecessary aggressive behavior, or quite simply, unprovoked meanness. It's a form of intimidation, behavior designed to threaten or frighten or to get someone to do something they wouldn't normally do. Bullies have learned that bullying works. They do it to feel powerful and in control. There are things you can do to deal with the situation without making things worse.
The Facts
- Bullies keep bullying as long as it works—as long as it makes them feel more powerful.
- Many children and teens are bullies or victims of bullies, but the largest number of children and teens are bystanders—witnesses to bullying.
- Eight percent of urban junior and senior high students miss one day of school each month because of fear.
- Bullying takes lots of forms: it can be physical or verbal, mild to severe.
- One in four children who bullies will have a criminal record before the age of 30.
- Girls can be bullies, too, although bullying by girls is more likely to show up as spreading rumors, leaving people out of social events, teasing about clothes or boyfriends, or threatening to withdraw friendship. However, this doesn't mean that girls don't use physical intimidation to bully.
- Although much bullying happens where adults can't see or hear it, it also happens when adults are present. Often adults don't do anything to stop the bullying.
Anyone can be the target of bullying. However, a typical victim is likely to be shy, sensitive, and perhaps anxious or insecure. Some teens are picked on for physical reasons, such as being overweight or small, wearing different or "weird" clothing, having a physical disability, or belonging to a different race or religious faith
The Bully
Intimidators. Some bullies are outgoing, aggressive, active, and expressive. They get their way by brute force or openly harassing someone. They may carry a weapon. This type of bully rejects rules and regulations and needs to rebel to achieve a feeling of being better than everyone else.
Smooth Talkers. Other bullies are more reserved and tricky and may not want to be recognized as harassers or tormentors. They try to control by talking, saying the right thing at the right time, and lying. This type of bully gets his or her power secretively through manipulation and deception.
As different as these two types may seem, all bullies have these characteristics in common:
- concern with their own pleasure
- desire for power over others
- willingness to use and abuse other people to get what they want
- feeling of pain inside, perhaps because of their own shortcomings
- inability to see things from someone else's perspective.
If You Are the Victim
No one solution works well in every situation, but there are a variety of strategies you can try.
- Avoid or ignore the bully.
- Hang out with friends. There is safety in numbers.
- Say "no" to a bully's demands from the start. If the bully threatens you with a weapon, give in to the demands and immediately tell an adult.
- Tell the bully assertively to stop threatening you (for example, "I don't like what you're doing. Stop it!" or "Get a life—leave me alone.")
- Do not physically fight back: experience shows that this actually increases the likelihood of continued victimization.
- Seek immediate help from an adult.
- Report bullying to school personnel.
- If your safety is at stake, walk away or run if you need to.
Stop the Bullying
It's everyone's responsibility to stop bullying. And don't be afraid to get help when necessary. It takes courage, but you will be preventing the intimidation from continuing and possibly escalating. You can report the problem to authorities anonymously.
- Refuse to participate in taunting and teasing.
- Treat others the way you would like to be treated.
- Tell adults if you witness cruelty or hear about violence that might occur.
- Walk away from fights.
- Speak out against the bully.
- Stand tall and walk with confidence and in a way that commands respect.
- Hang out with friends who don't get involved in bullying.
- Stand up for others who are being intimidated.
- Include the person who is being bullied in your activities.
- Show compassion for the victim. Take Action
- Work with the school administration and get students together to develop or revise your school's code of conduct.
- Start a bully education program for the local elementary school. Consider a puppet show or skit that teaches kids about bullying.
- Organize a teen panel or discussion group to talk about the issues of bullying and intimidation at your school.


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I started computerising with a BBC Model B before the days of DOS or Linux. I went to a local computer club and became quite proficient with it, writing a database program which directly accessed a 5 1/4" floppy disk for storage for my computer studies project at school.
I had various machines spanning 286 to AMD 2100+ using that other operating system and began using Linux in a shell when I went though a phase with IRC. Computers have always been a part of my life in one form or another.
I installed my first Linux system with Slackware 10 on a 386 in 2004. It was recommended to me as a good way to learn Linux. I used it as a basic web server and ran several Eggdrop IRC bots from it and thats about all.
I wanted to try a Linux desktop so installed Fedora Core 4 next which struggled to run KDE on the low end system but gave me a chance to get used to how things worked. A friend donated an old P2 system which I upgraded to a P3 as far as it would go and put FC4 on, it was quite happy on there which gave me a good chance to play although it was still on a secondary pc.
In 2005 I became self employed selling office equipment online using a variety of website setups but mostly zen-cart. I moved to Linux alone in 2007 when a new machine came along and put Mandriva onto everything and haven't looked back since.
We're now at the stage where my other half plays his Football Manager 2005 on his laptop via RDP in an XP VM using VirtualBox on the big desktop upstairs which he starts remotely. Everything is networked with sshfs which I find works better than Samba and easier than NFS. Next adventure is going to be 64 bit.
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Why Choose Big White
Our Mission
"To go the extra mile to ensure our visitors enjoy a memorable alpine experience in a positive, safe and friendly environment."
To go the extra mile… It is hard to understand all our guests' expectations, but we always know if we are going above and beyond or going the extra mile to help someone. Whether it is walking a customer to the washrooms or quickly taking one last critical look at a room before a customer arrives just to make sure it is perfect.
Visitors enjoy a memorable alpine experience… Visitors are customers, they are guests, they are familiarization tours, they are our staff, they are anybody that takes the time to drive up to the resort. They all deserve to have a memorable experience, whether they are looking to ski, board, party or just have Christmas with their grandchildren.
Positive Environment… We need to maintain an environment where not only are customers happy to stay around just a little longer, but also our staff are happy, both seasonal and year round. Sometimes it is hard to be positive when things are going wrong, but if we can find the positive and still be helpful to each other and our customers, we create a positive workplace and positive place to vacation.
Safe Environment… Safety is a priority of our company. Snow sports have a perception of risk that is far higher that the actual risk. There is no doubt that this affects the amount of people that return to the sport. Safety of everyone at our resort is REALLY important!
Friendly Environment… The last part of this is something we hear over and over again. The friendliness of Big White staff is second to none. We know this is why people return to our mountain again and again, and we think it is a great thing to be listed as a core value.
Current Job Postings
We know that people are our greatest asset. We are always looking for creative and talented individuals who are looking forward to exciting challenges.
Before applying for a position with Big White we ask that you be aware of the following:
|1. You must be legally entitled to work in Canada (i.e. have a valid work permit, permanent residency or Canadian citizenship)
|2. Big White Ski Resort DOES NOT give letters of offer to foreign workers.
|3. You can apply for multiple positions at a time (this is not mandatory). However, you will only be considered for one position at a time.
|4. All successful job applicants will be asked to sign a Criminal Record Check Consent Form.
|5. If you have any employment or recruitment related questions/inquiries, or are experiencing any problems applying online, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
We prefer that all applications and resume submissions be made through our online employment center.
How to Apply
How to Apply
|Follow the links to our Current Job Postings
Job postings are updated regularly, with most positions going up in August & September for the following Winter season. Apply as soon as you see a job you are interested in to avoid disappointment. Big White welcomes diversity in the workplace.
|Read through the descriptions and choose the ones that look like a good match to your skills and personality.
Remember that a commitment to guest service and a welcoming smile are the cornerstones of every job.
|When you have selected the jobs that interest you go to the online application form.
Please give us all the information that you think we need to understand what a great applicant you really are! You must apply for each job separately that you are interested in.
|We will contact all applicants who are selected to schedule an in-person job interview.
If you apply early in the summer months, please be prepared for a little wait while our managers and supervisors review the many applications that come in.
*Please note that when job descriptions ask for specific experience or qualifications you must have those requirements to be considered for that specific job.
All successful job applicants will be asked to sign a Criminal Record Check Consent Form.
Job Fair
This Fall, Big White has added a mini-job fair to the Toronto Ski Show October 13-16. Our Employee Experience Coordinator will be attending the ski show and conducting interviews. If you will be in the Mississauga area and would like to schedule an interview to work with us during the 16/17 Winter season, please contact email@example.com to set-up an interview time. Drop-ins to our booth are welcome but may be subject to a wait time if the booth is busy.
For all of our available positions, please go here.
For hours and location of the ski show, click here.
Big White will also be hosting our Annual Job Fair at the Holiday Inn Express Conference Centre (2429 Highway 97 N.) in Kelowna on October 26th from 12-8pm for scheduled interviews and 27th from 10am-5pm for drop-in interviews. We will be hiring for seasonal positions for the 2016/2017 season.
Drop-ins will only be accepted on October 27th. Please be aware that some departments may have completed their hiring by that time and will not be available for drop-in interviews.
What to Bring
Here are a few items to bring with you:
- Multiple copies of your resume
- Copy of your work permit or VISA (if applicable)
Overseas Working Holiday Clubs & Agencies
There are many legitimate agencies that help overseas workers gain employment in Canada. Unfortunately there are some companies that don't deliver on their promises. All applicants applying for our advertised positions have an equal chance for hire, regardless of the source of their application. We do require all potential employees to complete the online application.
Applicants using these types of search firms to assist them in securing employment are strongly encouraged to do their due diligence and research prior to signing agreements or paying fees. If you are dealing with a company that implies a partnership with Big White Ski Resort please feel free to contact us to confirm.
Winter Overseas Recruitment: If you are from Australia, we will do some early recruitment through The Working Holiday Club in June and IEP in August for some positions. If you are from New Zealand, we will do some early recruitment through IEP in August for some positions. If you are from the UK, you can contact BUNAC for recruitment in july. Each agency will have different positions so please inquire with the agencies to see what positions are available.
Applicants are not required to use an agency and may apply directly on our website.
Big White Ski Resort is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes foreign applicants and diverse cultures. All of our employees must have a competent grasp of the English language and be able to communicate clearly with co-workers and guests.
Check out some of our fantastic departments in action and get a glimpse into a day in the life on the mountain.
Employee Perks
50% Off Private Lessons & FREE Group Lessons
What's the point of living and working at a ski resort and never hitting the slopes? Free group lessons are subject to space and availability and must be booked in advance, joining an existing group.
40% Off Rentals & 25% Off Repairs
Ski and snowboard equipment rentals are offered to all staff. Ask our staff members in the Rental Shop about our great equipment.
15% Off Retail & 10% Off Hard Goods
Discounts are available at Altitude, Dizzy's, The Village Rider, The Loose Moose Emporium and It's The Snow Gift Shop in the Village Centre.
All Big White Ski Resort Ltd employees receive a 25% discount on regularly priced merchandise through resort-owned retail stores until December 20th. This is a excellent way to set yourself up with 15-16 boards, skis, boots, jackets, pants, apparel etc for a great price. When buying on the hill you know you're getting product that work for our conditions to insure the best experience. We have an annual Staff Sale mid-November where product from previous seasons are available up to 70% off! Check with your Manager for the date and be sure not to miss it. We will also be selling ex-rental skis and boards at very inexpensive prices prior to the season. The Village Rider Snowboard Shop and Dizzy's Ski Shop will be open for our staff from mid-November.
On a cautionary note be wary of buying equipment in the cities or online, particularly ski or snowboard boots, as sizing is critical to your ski/board experience. We will have Masterfit University Certified Bootfitters who specialize in ski and snowboard bootfitting available through November. Our hardgoods staff at Big White will ensure you get the right product in the correct size and can take care of warranty issues with loan equipment should the need arise.
SpasElevation Day Spa offers discounts for employees up to 50% off. Please call for details and reservations.
Adventure Activities
From dog sledding and snowmobiling to ice climbing and horse drawn sleigh rides Big White employees receive discounts on Adventure Activities on the mountain. Some restrictions apply, contact the Concierge Desk for details.
Food & Beverage
The best deals for discounted food and drinks is at our very own Happy Valley Daylodge and Black Forest Day Lodge. We offer our employees 50% off our regular prices in the Cafeteria, Moose Lounge and at Sk8ers.
You can also receive a 20% discount for fine dining at the Kettle Valley Steakhouse. We offer lots of other daily deals, including our famous Sunday Night Specials, so please make Happy Valley your home.
Moonlight Bistro at Gem Lake also offers a 50% discount to Big White employees.
These discounts will apply whether you are on-duty or enjoying a day off so bring your staff pass with your whenever you go out.
Many other restaurants and services at Big White will offer discounts to you so please inquire at the individual establishments.
Frequently Asked Questions
- When do seasonal employment positions start? Our season kicks off from the end of November with a closing date in mid-April. Start dates vary depending on the position you have applied for but typically begin one or two weeks prior to winter operations starting.
- When is the Big White job fair? We will be hosting our Annual Job Fair at the Holiday Inn Express in Kelowna on October 26th and 27th. We will also be conducting interviews at the Toronto ski show October 13th-16th. Click here for more details about the job fairs.
- When do online applications need to be submitted? Positions for the following winter season will get posted in June through September. Please submit your online application as soon as you see a position you are interested in to avoid disappointment and secure an appointment at the Job Fair. Once the job fair appointments are full, the position will be taken down. If you require a work visa to work in Canada, make sure you apply for your visa before applying for any positions.
- What else should I know about working at Big White Ski Resort? Come prepared! Mother Nature is unpredictable, so winter positions may not start until late November and some do not start until mid December. We recommend that you come to Big White with approximately $3,000 (CDN) to ensure that you will be able to pay rent, damage deposit, groceries, telephone, transportation and entertainment until you are gainfully employed. We highly recommend you open a bank account with Bank of Montreal as it is the easiest bank for our employees to deal with.
- How do I get from Kelowna Airport or Downtown Kelowna to Big White? We offer a shuttle from Kelowna Airport and the Greyhound Bus Station that will bring you directly to the mountain once the resort is open for the season, click here for more information. You can also check the "Official Big White Group" on Facebook for ride sharing prior to the resort opening.
- How can I find a hostel in Kelowna or Big White when I get there? It's a good idea to make reservations in advance as the hostels fill up quickly.
Samesun Hostel Kelowna - Quote "Big White Deal" for a special rate
Urban Retreat Hostel at Big White
Kelowna International Hostel
Kelowna Okanagan Lake Hostel
- How can I find housing (if I am not registered or planning on staying in Staff Housing)? Check the "Official Big White Group" on Facebook or for housing listings check out Castanet.net.
- What are some of the perks I'll receive as an employee? Check out the list of benefits of being an employee here.
I'm not from Canada. What do I need to do to work at Big White Ski Resort? In order to be legally entitled to work in Canada, you will need the following:
- Work Permit
- Social Insurance Number
- Criminal Record Check (we must see the original or a copy)
- Photo Identification (Government issued, i.e., passport, driver's license, etc.)
I'm not from Canada. How do I obtain a work permit? To apply for your Canadian Work Permit, you must contact the Canadian Embassy or Consulate in your country. For more information on which countries qualify please review the International Experience Canada List. Please remember that the application process can take several months.
I am applying for my work permit and have been told that I need a letter of offer to obtain the permit. Can Big White do this for me? Big White Ski Resort CANNOT give letters of offer to foreign workers who require such an offer to apply for their permit to come to Canada. You must apply for a Working Holiday Permit/Visa. This permit/visa does not require you to have arranged employment before entering Canada.
How do I apply for a Social Insurance Number (SIN)? You should immediately apply for your Canadian Social Insurance Number upon your arrival in Canada. You can apply from your home country but it involves a lengthy process. To find the closest Human Resources Department of Canada office when you arrive in Canada and to understand the application process, go to: http://www.hrdc-drhc.gc.ca.
Do I need Travel Insurance? If you are travelling overseas, you shouldn't even think twice about getting travel insurance. Although it is not mandatory, Big White highly recommends you set something up before coming. If you get sick or hurt, you won't want to be without it!
Read the fine print of the travel insurance policy to see what is covered and what is not and to be sure it meets your needs. Make sure skiing, snowboarding and any non-standard sports you intend to try are covered under your insurance.
Emergency Medical coverage should definitely be included. An overnight visit to the Kelowna General Hospital will cost you at least $4,500 without insurance!
Understand what would cause your policy to be rendered void; such as an accident that occurs while under the influence of alcohol. Some Insurers may also have the right to withdraw cover if you have an accident when failing to follow local rules.
Always keep the Insurance Company phone number and policy number at hand in case there is an emergency.
When and how do I get my tax forms? The Canadian tax year is January 1st to December 31st. Income tax forms are called T4's and are sent out via email by February 28th for the prior calendar year. The email address used is the same as where your weekly pay slips were sent while you were working. If you wish to change this address please send your new information to email@example.com before February 15th.
Helpful Links:
General Canadian Visa Information
Holiday Work Visa information for Australia
Holiday Work Visa information for New Zealand
Holiday Work Visa information for the United Kingdom
Holiday Work Visa information for France
Holiday Work Visa information for Germany
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Police evacuated Cedarville High School and Middle School after a bomb threat was reported Tuesday.
Students were taken outside the buildings before being taken to two gyms at the elementary school because of rainy conditions.
Cedarville Police and the Crawford County Sheriff's Department searched all rooms and lockers before allowing students to return.
School officials said they notified parents regarding the threat by a telephone calling service.
Several bomb threats have been reported in the last month at schools in Van Buren and Alma.
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A random concoction of an insult originating spontaneously from the two individual insults, bitch and pig. Denotes a fusion of the respective negative elements of the afore mentioned insults, that is, a bad attitude mixed with gluttony and lack of refinement.
Kasia, you're such a bitch-pig!
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With just five days left until election day, Florida is one of a half dozen key swing states, and that has a lot of candidate and surrogate traffic racing around the sunshine state.
Democratic Rep. Geraldine Thompson of Orlando and Republican Sen. David Simmons of Longwood joined Greg Fox on WESH 2 News' daily political news program Thursday to discuss elections in and around the state.
The show, "Commitment 2012: Extra," will air at 12:30 p.m. every weekday following WESH 2 News at noon.
"Commitment 2012: Extra" runs through Nov. 6. It will air on WESH 2 and on WESH.com.
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Pralatrexate is a new drug that is FDA-approved for lymphoma. The effectiveness of this drug is due in part to the presence of a molecule called RFC-1 on tumor cells, and RFC-1 levels in cancer cells can be increased by treatment wit certain drugs that affect gene expression.
Preliminary data indicate that pralatrexate can also kill myeloma cells that express RFC-1. We will determine if pralatrexate can be combined with drugs that increase RFC-1 to efficiently kill myeloma cells. Proof of this concept in laboratory studies may lead to clinical trials of these combinations in myeloma.