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“The cold Hard Truth” tested friendships and strained alliances, as the risks of Riley’s new profession were made clear.

After Lacy found the cash in Riley’s freezer in last week’s Client List episode, I expected her to confront her friend right away. Instead, she waited until the AC repairman was in the room. Apparently Lacy’s better at making sideways comments that imply her meaning instead of just coming out with it, but eventually she gets there.

Unfortunately, Riley’s explanation didn’t hold up for long and Lacy came back with a more direct approach. I was a little surprised Lacy’s reaction was so harsh. Riley’s her best friend. I would think Lacy would be more worried for Riley than angry.

I loved the humor of them having to sit through Pretty Woman after the big reveal. Talk about a way to ruin a classic romantic comed. and Lacy’s asking Riley if she’d washed her hands was really cold. no one can get a good dig in like an angry friend.

I was a little surprised by how vehemently Riley defended her job. I did think that Lacy underestimated how difficult it was to pay the bills on her own but Riley seemed to look upon herself more as a therapist than a masseuse giving extras. I think that Riley’s simply enjoying the feeling of being in control of her own life for the first time in her adult life.

But the risks are huge. The cop pulling her over could have gone in such a bad direction. I certainly didn’t believe that he randomly pulled over Riley. He’s targeting the ladies at the spa and this game could become dangerous very quickly. I’m not sure even Georgia’s watchful eye can keep them safe.

On the other hand, Riley’s love life had its own complications as she indulged in a play date. I always thought play dates were just for kids but this one took a distinctly adult turn.

Mark’s a nice, successful guy and he obviously liked Riley, but I still think it’s too soon for her to jump into anything right now. some time on her own might do Riley some good. no matter how sweet and simple Mark says they can keep it, the reality of a relationship never works out that way.

Evan seemed destined to get his heart broken but I don’t think this is the time for him to come clean about his feelings just yet. I know it’s a risk but perhaps it’s smarter for Evan to let Mark be the rebound guy. I could be wrong but I don’t believe that Mark’s the guy for Riley.

The high alert at the spa definitely cut down on the tips for everyone but Selena who figured out a way to encourage her clients to handle things themselves.  I couldn’t help but laugh when she said that. I have a whole new respect for the girl.

Now that Lacy knows, who will be the next person in Riley’s life to learn the truth? Linette? Evan? neither of those will go nearly as well. how long can Riley lead this double life before the truth comes out and what will the consequences be for the girl working The Client List?

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Ruslan Gritsaylo, 40, speaks to the BBC about how he set up a business taking people on paratrike tours in the skies above Kiev

What makes an entrepreneur? The BBC's Roman Lebed and Tom Santorelli speak to Ruslan Gritsaylo about how he set up a business taking people on paratrike tours in the skies above Kiev.

"my business is to fly," says 40-year-old Kiev resident Ruslan Gritsaylo, who really does look like a man who loves his job.

Every week he takes customers up in the air on his tiny aircraft known as a paratrike.

A cousin of the microlight, paratrikes look like a tricycle tractor with a huge propeller mounted behind, as well as a big parachute which rises into the sky on take-off.

At first sight it may be difficult to believe that this vehicle can make it into the air, but these doubts quickly eat the dust when the vehicle breaks away from the earth.

Piloting in the blood

Mr Gritsaylo is a third generation pilot. his grandfather flew during World War II, and his father was a pilot in the 1970s. he himself flew sports aircraft and was trained as civil aviation pilot.

When the Soviet Union ceased to exist, he realised he could make good money by piloting flights on his own.

"my dear wife Aliona is joking with me: your hobby became a business, and then your business became a hobby. It's all about love," says Mr Gritsaylo.

When he started his business in the 1990s, there was not much competition. There was not enough information about paratrikes – how to construct them or how to fly them safely – so it was a rather dangerous business.

This changed over time as the technology improved, making flights on the micro-vehicles completely safe and civilised, according to Mr Gritsaylo.

"It still can be considered as an extreme sport, but it is more about endorphin then adrenalin," he says.

"It's more about enjoying it rather than being scared of it. The definition of paratrike is one of the safest flying machines ever created by man."

Between the lines of the law

In a country well-known for its love of red tape, securing permits to fly paratrikes proved complicated.

Mr Gritsaylo found that many laws in the aviation sphere contradicted each other, and it was very difficult to properly legalise the business for a small private company.

"There are lots of things, which make no sense.

"For example, people come and ask, show me your papers. I say, what kind of papers? and they say, well your pilot licence.

"I have six pilot licences all over the world, but I don't have Ukrainian, because there is no company legally providing official pilot licences for this kind of ultra-light flying machine," he says.

Mr Gritsaylo's father and grandfather were both pilots

So his biggest problem became his biggest opportunity: because of imperfect legislation his aircraft does not require registration.

Otherwise, he would have had to get 11 different permits, which would have been almost impossible.

"It's a balance between 'yes' and 'no' – it's 'maybe'. and between the borders of this 'maybe', you can do everything. We are between the lines of the law."

Mr Gritsaylo carries several thousand customers every year. They stand in line to fly during weekends.

Ten minutes in the sky costs about $60 (£37) – for Ukraine, that is quite a lot of money, but he spreads his net wide to catch customers by using social media and maintaining his own website.

"I follow the rule of big figures – you make lots of calls, lots of e-mails, lots of people. Lots of money," says Mr Gritsaylo, whose phone rings almost every five minutes.

AirForia euphoria

His clients are made up of a wide range of people – bankers, office managers, artists, actors – and often people buy certificates to fly as gifts for each other.

People get their biggest kick from night-flights, otherwise known as open-space flights.

Ruslan diversifies his revenue by producing videos of the flights and performing at airshows

Mr Gritsaylo likes to call himself The Man who Brings Happiness. he even named his aero club AirForia, a play on euphoria.

He says that after he started taking people up into the sky he needed to diversify his business model, and now he advertises insurance companies and other companies on his parachutes, flying their banners through the skies and performing paratrike tricks during airshows.

"Take a bottle of milk. how can you earn money with a bottle of milk? Advertise it with an airplane! where, when, with whom – these are the questions. But every question has an answer. you have to find the connection between the airplane and something you see around".

Mr Gritsaylo also purchased equipment so he could produce high-quality videos of the flights.

He sets the camera right on the nose of his aircraft and claims that he can take better pictures than helicopters can.

"every year you must make some step forward, because there are lots of people walking behind you. and they are trying to step on your toes. if you don't go forward – they will walk on top of you," says Mr Gritsaylo, with a huge smile on his face.

From Vetstreet's Linda Lombardi: the last thing modern moms need is yet another reason to feel that they're not doing a good enough job.
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Thursday, 10 May 2012, 11:31 am Press Release: Families Commission

9 May 2012

Mothers’ efforts deserverecognition

The Families Commission says Mothers’Day, observed this Sunday, is an opportunity to recognisethe rich contribution of mothers to families and whānauthroughout the country.

Families Commission ChiefExecutive, Paul Curry, says the vast majority of New Zealandmums are doing a great job and the Commission’s researchand knowledge base is testament to the efforts of mothersfrom right across the social spectrum.

Mr Curry says,“We often hear about those families who have failed insome way, but it’s important too to acknowledge andcelebrate those who are getting it right.”

“He says Ihave been particularly moved by accounts throughout ourresearch of mothers, grandmothers, aunties and foster mums,who, in spite of many hurdles, focus on the value andimportance of family and whānau and make a hugecontribution to the success of futuregenerations.”

“in a Families Commission report on teenparenting, our research showed that becoming a parent at ayoung age certainly brings some real challenges, but we alsofound evidence that many young mums found parenthood to be asignificant turning point in their lives. they were findingtheir feet and doing an amazing job. Their own mums andextended family and whānau were often an important part ofthe equation too.”

Mr Curry says, “I’m also inspiredby the accounts of Māori women leaders in our MātiroWhakamua: Looking over the horizon report, which showsthe strength and mana they bring to their work with whānauand as movers and shakers in their own whānau.”

“Thisreport was developed from interviews with ten incrediblewomen who demonstrate that the role of the matriarch is oneto be valued and revered. As role models, influencers andholders of knowledge, some of them have been ‘mum’ tomany more than their immediate offspring.”

He says, “Iencourage you this weekend, to take this time to recognisethe important women in your family or whānau; your mothersand those who have had a role in nurturing you. Of course,the whole family is important, but let this Sunday be allabout Mum.”

For a closer look at our research:• Teenage pregnancy andparenting• Mātiro Whakamua: Looking over thehorizon

The Families Commission is a centre of excellencefor knowledge about family and whānau in New Zealand.

Itgenerates and analyses knowledge about families and whānauto inform and influence policy development, programmemanagement and family service delivery.

Throughindependent and impartial research and evaluation, theFamilies Commission has built an authoritative and robustknowledge base about issues relating to family andwhānau.

Subject specialists are widely knowledgeableabout family and whānau and are available for comment onkey family issues.

An autonomous Crown entity, theCommission was established in 2004 under the FamiliesCommission Act 2003.

Visit us at: www.nzfamilies.org.nz

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Politics of Tuesday, 8 may 2012

Source: GNA

mr Kwabena Karikari, Hohoe Municipal Officer of the Electoral Commission (EC), on Monday said the 40-day biometric registration exercise ended impressively, despite initial technical hitches in the two constituencies; Hohoe North and South. he said the first three days of the first phase was associated with frequent breakdown of equipment, and registration officials trying to master their job. mr Karikari in an interview with the Ghana News Agency said the fourth phase of the exercise recorded low figures with the first and second phases churning out impressive numbers. he said 179 applicants were challenged throughout the exercise and that the Election Review Committee, comprising representatives of the police, political parties, Ghana Education Service, traditional rulers and the EC would soon meet to evaluate the cases. mr. Karikari said the registration exercise was carried out in 47 and 17 clusters for the Hohoe North and South constituencies respectively. he said the traditional polling stations of 116 and 69 respectively for the two constituencies would be maintained during voter exhibition and actual voting later in the year. he noted that Hohoe Central Mosque and Koloenu E. P. Primary registration centres in Hohoe North and South, recorded the highest figures of 1,764 and 1,261 respectively in the second and first phases respectively. the EC Official however said registration centres at Akpafu-Todzi L/A Junior High and Wobey L/A Primary in the Hohoe North and South constituencies recorded the least numbers of 53 and 244 for the last phase. the two areas registered 21 and 70 applicants on the last day of the registration exercise but had 233 and 169 on the old voter register. the two constituencies have 69,577 and 34,337 voters on the old register. he expects a drop in this figure from the current exercise due to the returns and officials were working assiduously to complete the compilation of records. on a question of the allegation of registration of foreigners, mr Karikari said “that is not the mandate of the EC but the Ghana Police Service,” and commended stakeholders for their comportment, which guaranteed a smooth exercise. meanwhile, mr Kwabena Otuo Acheampong, Hohoe Municipal Crime Officer, told the GNA that though some cases of suspected registration of foreigners were reported, the locus of the reports were not incriminating to warrant arrest.**

The Atheist Experience blog has an interesting post about how Chuck Colson and Prison Fellowship faked the data to make it appear as though taking part in their Christian rehabilitation program had a much higher rate of success in avoiding recidivism than it actually did.

What Colson claimed was that they studied the recidivism rates of prisoners who completed his ministry program and compared them with those who did not. Recidivism means that within a certain amount of time after they were released from prison, they were reincarcerated for committing new crimes. Colson always argued the study demonstrated that those who completed the program experienced a significantly decreased recidivism rate.

What he didn’t tell you is that the standards for “completing” the program dramatically skew the numbers in his favor. a person is only defined as a graduate if they stick with the program for a period of time, then are released from jail, and get a job after their release. in other words, a person who sat in on the ministry classes for the required amount of time, left the program, and then couldn’t find a job, wouldn’t be considered to have completed a program. therefore, if they were arrested later, that would be counted as a win for Colson, because they didn’t do what they what they were supposed to, therefore this proves that failing to “complete” the program was correlated with their arrest.

But this is a total cheat. if you simply removed the ministry from the equation, and only compared prisoners who got a job to those who didn’t get a job, obviously the employed prisoners would be far less likely to go back to jail. They don’t need to steal stuff to get money! so here we have Chuck Colson deliberately excluding the group most likely to go back to jail, and then giving his ministry credit for something that happens after they leave. The study doesn’t even attempt to demonstrate that people who take the program are more likely to get jobs.

In fact, what the study showed when you looked at the raw numbers was that among prisoners who simply entered the program — including both graduates and “dropouts”, the recidivism rates were slightly higher than the control group that wasn’t involved at all. or to put it simply, if the program had not existed at all, it’s possible that fewer of them would have returned to jail.

I’m certainly not surprised by that. Prison Fellowship brought in a lot of money, including a lot of government grants, based on its claim to be effective in turning prison inmates into good, law-abiding citizens.

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According to Tuesday’s 2012 Business Town Hall Meeting the financial state of Inver Grove Heights is stabilizing. 

Hosted by Mayor George Tourville and City Administrator Joe Lynch, the presentation began by detailing the operating budget of the city—$17.79 million in 2012—and showing that the current budget is just 0.2 percent higher than that in 2011. 

Lynch then provided a chart of the city’s total expenditures over the past three years, which were $34.88 million in 2010, $35.01 million in 2011 and $35.06 million this year. 

“We’ve tried to do a good job of keeping expenditures down,” Lynch said. “We’ve seen less than a 0.5 percent increase over a two-year span.” 

Property values in the city, however, do not appear quite as promising.  

In fact, the city’s total property value—also called total taxable market value—decreased 5.4 percent in 2011, 2.3 percent in 2012 and is predicted to drop another 5 percent in 2013. 

Businesses in Inver Grove Heights have also seen their share of struggles over the past few years. 

The number of businesses and the number of jobs available in IGH have both decreased—albeit only slightly—between Q4 2010 and Q3 2011.

“The economy has had a significant impact on businesses in Inver Grove Heights,” Tourville said.

That said, however, the business outlook for the future looks bright. 

Commercial/industrial construction has grown from $0 in 2010 to $6.68 million in 2011. between the new Target Store and expansions to Mauer Chevrolet and Cameron’s Warehouse Liquor that number in 2012 will exceed $10 million.

For other businesses seeking to build, the IGH Economic Development Association in 2011 reconstituted its loan program for small businesses. Existing businesses can receive up to $25,000 toward expansion. 

Moreover, Mayor Tourville announced Target is scheduled to open its doors in mid-July and, by Dec. 1, three other sites adjacent to it will be completed and ready to build upon.

“There are multiple restaurants looking at the (sites). Ink is not on paper but there has been a lot of interest,” Tourville said.   

WHEN it comes to being a mum it is much more than biology and genetics.

the miracle that is motherhood is sometimes planned, other times a complete surprise.

a woman's desire to have a baby has taken a backward step in recent years with more women choosing to wait until later in their lives to become a mum.

But for first-time mums Anne-Maree Nolan, Tianna Muscat and Samantha Mitchell, the joy of motherhood is the one job where they feel their lives are complete.

all three women are in their early to late 20s and never thought they would be mums to Liam, Kiara and Scarlette so early in their lives.

"it was never in my plan to have a baby in my 20s," Miss Mitchell said.

"Women want to live their life, go overseas and have a career."

But for Miss Mitchell, having Scarlette last year was one of the most amazing things she had done in her life.

"In my situation we had just got to a really comfortable place as us, and to throw another person into the mix was frightening," Miss Mitchell said.

"I thought, we don't know enough about each other to guarantee this was going to work.

"right now is the best time in my life. Scarlette is an amazing little person who I get to hang out with. it is allowing me to be a kid again."

for Miss Muscat the news that she was going to be a mum was a daunting experience.

"I thought, 'I am too young to have a baby, can I do this, am I going to survive this?'," Miss Muscat said.

for mrs Nolan she always wanted to be a mum and couldn't wait.

after Miss Muscat's daughter Kiara was born she said the first three months she was in survivor mode.

"it took a while to register that I had a baby to look after," she said.

"the first three months you are in survivor mode and sleeping whenever you can".

Miss Mitchell said when she became a mum she learnt more patience.

"This is going to sound really cheesy but I think being a mum has made me a better person. it has given me a lot more patience, a lot more respect for people and I see the world a bit differently now, because I have something so amazing to care for."

and mrs Nolan agreed and said it was the best job she ever had.

"I just love watching my son Liam grow plus all the cuddles and smiles," she said.

Miss Muscat said one of the joys of motherhood was when her baby did something new each day.

"you can be excited over the littlest of things, like clicking their tongue," she said.

Change in lifestyle the biggest hurdle

THE biggest hurdle in becoming a mum is the change in lifestyle.

Samantha Mitchell said it was the things you gave up for yourself, such as making your own money.

"My partner makes his own money and goes to work and gets that social interaction."

she said when she and her boyfriend were expecting their first child they sat down and worked out if they could afford it.

"We went through our finances – on paper we were fine but in reality we have to budget," Miss Mitchell said.

"Going on a coffee date or for lunch are things you don't do on a whim anymore because that money can do elsewhere.

"when I say we have to think about what we spend, we are still incredibly comfortable.

"We don't go without.

"I just don't spend money like I used to.

"you lose your independence because you are not making your own money."

Tianna Muscat said one of the biggest changes was losing your career and your body.

"you lose all self esteem, you wake up in the morning and you look in the mirror and you go 'Is that what I look like now? what happened?'."

"you have stretch marks and caesarean marks and flabby bits – but it is all worth it."