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(02/08/2012) Gail Ridings
I sometimes drag my feet on trends. Whether fashion, food or technology, I lag behind. It’s not always a bad thing, though. I totally missed the platform high heels craze. In business, however, it’s important to stay current with what’s going on around us. So, in my desire to learn about social media for TallGrass, I signed up with Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Even though I’m not a daily visitor and rarely make a post, I do see the value in these communication channels and can often learn news about friends and family that I might have missed. While I don’t care that someone just ate a great cookie, I am grateful to know about a birth or someone’s health struggles. That led me to my next high tech adventure. With a teeny bit of kicking and screaming, I got an iPhone. Susie, our Spa Director, is a techno whiz kid and she is giving me lessons daily on how this amazing thing works. (Poor woman!) I can actually talk to the thing and ask questions and it will answer me. I tried to tell the woman in the phone “I love you, Siri” -- which is apparently her name -- and she replied “You don’t even know me!” Pretty funny. It turns out to be a handy tool – especially with the free Apps that can be downloaded. Naturally, I’m a bit partial to the TallGrass App. It’s new and it’s free and it’s a great way for you to book appointments, check out specials and look at photos of our mountain valley and spa facilities. So, I am encouraging you to adopt this new trend. Get with the program and try it out! At the same time, tho’, I am suggesting you avoid those platform high heels. They’re way too dangerous!
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I supported BC-STV as I think it's bteetr than what we have now, but I agree with Bill here. A few things killed public support, as far as I can tell. (1) Riding amalgamation wasn't something most people were willing to accept. People like their familiar
I supported BC-STV as I think it's bteetr than what we have now, but I agree with Bill here. A few things killed public support, as far as I can tell. (1) Riding amalgamation wasn't something most people were willing to accept. People like their familiar notion of local accountability. (2) IRV, the core voting mechanism behind STV, can produce bad results in demonstrable cases. Google IRV and Condorcet for more info on that. (3) Pushing forward electoral reform provincially was biting off more than we could chew. People didn't have a local example to grab on to, and may have been more willing to support the notion if, for example, we had it working in Vancouver.Maybe we could have bteetr luck if we started working on the municipal level, yeah?

(May 04, 2012 ~ 10:35 PM)
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Ula
I hope the current Liberal Leadership unadnsterds the reason for the Liberal downfall' in the Greater Montreal area. This area as you know determines the win or lose vote. This area is where the majority of the 2.5 million non francophone population of Quebeck lives and has always lived. This area is also the area that has been locked out of participating in the Liberal Party Of Canada; other than being relentlessly asked for financial donations. I don't know if my comment will be deleted but I have to assume it will be given the Party's history when it comes to the language issue' and the plight' of the non francophone community the Party has ignored and pretended doesn't exist. This is the reason the Party lost pretty much ALL SUPPORT in Quebec. And the ripple effect of the despair of our community affected not only the rest of Quebeck our voices were heard across the country thanks to social media Not muzzling the real concerns and about the actions of what used to be Our' Liberal Party. Our hearts were broken by our party over and over and over again. I predict nothing will change until the Party leadership unadnsterds the pain of deceit it has inflicted upon us. Pain that has devastated our lives beyond belief. The Party had promised us right up to 1995 that it would Abolish the illegal language laws . It did the exact opposite. Ergo the vote result.

(May 02, 2012 ~ 5:49 PM)
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