This mode of transportation is patented and cannot be reproduced without serious repercussion. No carbon footprint here eh! LOL
Friday, May 23, 2008
Necessity is the mother of Invention and here is one Cowrolla
This mode of transportation is patented and cannot be reproduced without serious repercussion. No carbon footprint here eh! LOL
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Letter to the Editor - Brandon Sun May 17, 2008
Racism painful and pointless
I am Natalie Beliveau I have been affected by racism since I moved to Souris. I am native and barely know anything about my background. I am 16 years of age and in Grade 10.
I moved to Souris when I was in Grade 6, and on my second day of school and my first time taking the bus, two boys in my grade yelled at me and my sister. "Go back to your reserve where you came from." I have never lived on a reserve. I once went on a reserve, but I was too little to remember.
This town is a nice town, but there are a lot of prejudiced people. In my view, a small town has nothing better to do than make up rumours. There are not many natives in this town, but most of them have been marked or labelled as bad people. I wish that people would say things based on fact and not uninformed opinion.
My parents and brother are white. My twin sister and I were adopted at birth.
Racism is not funny. It is no joke! This needs to be told to people everywhere.
Our country might be multicultural but some people are racist. We have people come to our schools and talk to us about drunk driving and drugs, so why not have people come to our schools and talk to us about racism?
I think racism is absurd and uncalled for. I am not a racist in any way. I see no reason to hate other cultures. How can anyone hate a whole culture without knowing them? You can never meet everyone from one races, so how can you know what the whole culture is like? Racism is completely and truly ridiculous and uncalled for.
In the middle years playground at school there is a mural which we decided to paint when I was in Grade 8. The whole class had permission from the school and teacher. A mural was designed with the earth in the middle of different coloured arms connecting together. Above it says "Middle Years Has Character".
When my friends and I finished painting it, my friends and I noticed that all the hands had actually been left as white. When we confronted the teacher who was in charge she said we could not get a hold of brown paint. I was very disappointed in what was told to us. It has been two years now and it still has not changed.
Another incidence of racism was a girl who said: "I don't want any natives in my school." I am really fed up with all this racism stuff. I am not impressed.
I have handed in a lot of resumes a long time ago and have still received no word from any of the employers. I do not know why they have not hired me. Maybe because they have heard bad things about me, or maybe they are just just plain racists.
I felt like I am not supposed to be who I am. I wish I could be myself without being labelled or judged.
NATALIE BELIVEAU
I am Natalie Beliveau I have been affected by racism since I moved to Souris. I am native and barely know anything about my background. I am 16 years of age and in Grade 10.
I moved to Souris when I was in Grade 6, and on my second day of school and my first time taking the bus, two boys in my grade yelled at me and my sister. "Go back to your reserve where you came from." I have never lived on a reserve. I once went on a reserve, but I was too little to remember.
This town is a nice town, but there are a lot of prejudiced people. In my view, a small town has nothing better to do than make up rumours. There are not many natives in this town, but most of them have been marked or labelled as bad people. I wish that people would say things based on fact and not uninformed opinion.
My parents and brother are white. My twin sister and I were adopted at birth.
Racism is not funny. It is no joke! This needs to be told to people everywhere.
Our country might be multicultural but some people are racist. We have people come to our schools and talk to us about drunk driving and drugs, so why not have people come to our schools and talk to us about racism?
I think racism is absurd and uncalled for. I am not a racist in any way. I see no reason to hate other cultures. How can anyone hate a whole culture without knowing them? You can never meet everyone from one races, so how can you know what the whole culture is like? Racism is completely and truly ridiculous and uncalled for.
In the middle years playground at school there is a mural which we decided to paint when I was in Grade 8. The whole class had permission from the school and teacher. A mural was designed with the earth in the middle of different coloured arms connecting together. Above it says "Middle Years Has Character".
When my friends and I finished painting it, my friends and I noticed that all the hands had actually been left as white. When we confronted the teacher who was in charge she said we could not get a hold of brown paint. I was very disappointed in what was told to us. It has been two years now and it still has not changed.
Another incidence of racism was a girl who said: "I don't want any natives in my school." I am really fed up with all this racism stuff. I am not impressed.
I have handed in a lot of resumes a long time ago and have still received no word from any of the employers. I do not know why they have not hired me. Maybe because they have heard bad things about me, or maybe they are just just plain racists.
I felt like I am not supposed to be who I am. I wish I could be myself without being labelled or judged.
NATALIE BELIVEAU
Winnipeg's family child-scare
Imagine the fear of a poor little boy 23 months old when he found himself alone in huge airport while all the adults four of them are comfortably seated on a plane traveling to Winnipeg without him. How could this happen? Isn’t the child the most important thing that one should make sure is in view at all times or is it the luggage and all that junk. There is no excuse for this mistake. I understand about running between gates to transfer from one plane to the other but no way will my child be left behind. This is gross carelessness and now the boy may never recover from this incident.
Jun Parreno, the boy’s father thought he was with the mother and his grandparents and they thought he was with him.
The Filipino family was lucky because of the quick thinking of Air Canada staff that the boy wandering alone between a security checkpoint and the flight gates. The child did not speak English and had no boarding pass as he was not assigned his own seat. There was no panicked calls so this lost child but after checking flight registers the staff figured out who the child might belong to and so the story ended all good. Air Canada brought the father back with another plane to pick up his son. He did so with tears in his eyes. Lucky him and great job Air Canada. Let this be a less to everyone traveling with children. Always keep a child within your radar, never wonder where the child is, be sure about where that child is before getting on a plane or a bus or anywhere. You may not be as lucky as the Parreno’s
Jun Parreno, the boy’s father thought he was with the mother and his grandparents and they thought he was with him.
The Filipino family was lucky because of the quick thinking of Air Canada staff that the boy wandering alone between a security checkpoint and the flight gates. The child did not speak English and had no boarding pass as he was not assigned his own seat. There was no panicked calls so this lost child but after checking flight registers the staff figured out who the child might belong to and so the story ended all good. Air Canada brought the father back with another plane to pick up his son. He did so with tears in his eyes. Lucky him and great job Air Canada. Let this be a less to everyone traveling with children. Always keep a child within your radar, never wonder where the child is, be sure about where that child is before getting on a plane or a bus or anywhere. You may not be as lucky as the Parreno’s
Monday, April 21, 2008
Top Ten Companies that Hire Blacks
According to Diversity Inc. Magazine, these are the top ten companies that employ African Americans: (Many of these companies also support the other minority groups as well. When companies are good to African Americans then African Americans must go out of their way to show support for these companies)
1. Turner Broadcasting system
2. Darden Restaurants
3. Mcdonald's
4. Wachovia
5. Bright Horizons Family Solution
6. Macy's
7. General Motors
8. Kaiser Permanente
9. Sodexo
10. Cox Communications
Okay there you have it - go do your part.
1. Turner Broadcasting system
2. Darden Restaurants
3. Mcdonald's
4. Wachovia
5. Bright Horizons Family Solution
6. Macy's
7. General Motors
8. Kaiser Permanente
9. Sodexo
10. Cox Communications
Okay there you have it - go do your part.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Bisphenol A
Bisphenol A is the new tiger in the tank. Beware of it. After we have been using all kinds of Bisphenol A loaded products for years we are now told that it is bad for us. There are dangerous chemicals that leak out of our favourite plastic water bottles that could kill us. There was red flag about this product since the 1930's imagine that.
This hullaballoo might be a just a new ploy to get us ready for a replacement product which we will dutifully run out and buy. Why do we listen to these scientists? They drive us crazy with their contradictory messages.
My advice, throw out all plastics and anything that is not natural. Better to use ceramics, glass or what we used as children, enamel plates and cups. These things will not harm you nor the environment as much.
Do not believe what the scientists tell you. When all is said and down all they would have to tell you when you fill your body with deadly chemicals is "I'm sorry". Buyer beware.
This hullaballoo might be a just a new ploy to get us ready for a replacement product which we will dutifully run out and buy. Why do we listen to these scientists? They drive us crazy with their contradictory messages.
My advice, throw out all plastics and anything that is not natural. Better to use ceramics, glass or what we used as children, enamel plates and cups. These things will not harm you nor the environment as much.
Do not believe what the scientists tell you. When all is said and down all they would have to tell you when you fill your body with deadly chemicals is "I'm sorry". Buyer beware.
Friday, April 11, 2008
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