Today's lesson is accountability...

Maybe if you're from south carolina you should read through this:

Main Entry:
ac·count·abil·i·ty
Pronunciation:
\ə-ˌkau̇n-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē\
Function:
noun
Date:
1794

: the quality or state of being accountable ; especially : an obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for one's actions

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Canadian mounted police admit they probably should have looked into that SOS message stamped into the snow by the stranded skiers a little sooner

GOLDEN, B.C. -- Ultimately fatal communication breakdowns that delayed the search for two skiers lost in the frozen wilderness will come under independent review, after Mounties admitted error yesterday.

With one of the pair dead after nine days in the unforgiving elements, RCMP should have initiated a search days sooner than they did, Cpl. Dan Moskaluk said yesterday in this mountain town 260 km west of Calgary.

"There's an error on the behalf of the RCMP for not initiating a callout on Feb. 21," he said.

"We are certainly facing the fact that in similar circumstances ... we do call-out search and rescue - we didn't in this incident."

It wasn't until Feb. 24 that 51-year-old Gilles Blackburn, of Lasalle, Que., flagged down a passing helicopter.

But efforts arrived too late for his wife Marie Josee Fortin, 44, who died on the mountain.

The staggering tale of survival, coupled with grim tragedy unfolded nine days after the couple skied out of bounds at Golden's Kicking Horse Mountain Resort.

But on Feb. 21 Mounties were aware of SOS signs stamped in the snow by the desperate couple, a stark fact prompting the independent external officer review of the tragedy.

Moskaluk said the probe could take up to three months.

The SOS signs were first noticed Feb. 17 by an off-duty employee of Purcell Helicopter Skiing, then again four days later when Mounties were brought into the loop.

"Tragically, there's some information that (Blackburn) did see some of the flyovers taking place as the days unfolded," said Moskaluk.

"He has gone through a horrific tragic event here where he's lost his spouse ... and he witnessed that."

The bereaved husband skied on his own steam down to the helicopter that finally saved him.

His brother Yvon Blackburn said in interviews that the ordeal was made more terrifying due to a pack of wolves that could be heard nearby at night.

Gilles was treated for frostbite to his feet and released from Golden hospital yesterday.

Blackburn's rescue came the same day Golden Mounties were notified of a missing persons report filed by the couple's family.

Moskaluk added Blackburn has acknowledged the couple willingly skied outside the controlled recreational area, only to quickly realize they had entered unforgiving terrain.

But as questions linger over delayed efforts to locate the pair, the manager of Golden's search and rescue service said the final call rests on RCMP shoulders.

"My hands are tied, I can't just go out and do rescues," said Ian Foss.  

"I can only do it at the behest of the RCMP, they're the sole authority here."

Foss maintained yesterday the onus was on Purcell, which was directed by a member of the local SAR team, to apprise Mounties of the first SOS sighting.

"That didn't happen," he said, adding the colleague who took the initial report has been plagued by what-ifs in the aftermath.

"Our organization wasn't aware - a single member of our volunteer organization was made aware.

"They're beating themselves up about it ... it's easy to look back and say we could've done things differently."

The incident has prompted Foss to call for a provincial review of SAR services.

RCMP are not releasing how Fortin died pending autopsy results, though they have previously said her death was possibly due to exposure.

Temperatures plummeted as low as -18 C one night while the couple was stranded.

Two guys arrested for throwing unopened beer cans at an unmarked police car. In their defense, it was Bud Light

Andrew Rickert and Charles Thoma

TAMPA - Two men found out this morning that a beer causes legal headaches after police said they used an unmarked patrol vehicle as a chaser.

Tampa police Cpl. Richard Blasioli was on duty about 3:20 a.m., driving an unmarked 2001 Ford Expedition, when he stopped at a traffic light near North Armenia Avenue and Cypress Street.

He noticed a 1999 Toyota Solara cruising north on Armenia Avenue, which is the wrong way for the southbound-only road in that area, police said.

Here's what happened next, affidavits say:

As the Toyota approached, driver Andrew Rickert, 28, scooted the car a lane closer to the Ford. Then Charles Patton Thomas III, 24, leaned out of the Toyota's passenger window and threw an unopened 16-ounce can of Bud Light at the Ford.

The can struck the right front fender, causing about $1,000 worth of damage, police said.

Police didn't appreciate the target practice. Blasioli and other officers arrested the pair within minutes, charging them with throwing a deadly missile at an occupied vehicle, a second-degree felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison.

Rickert, of Tampa, was held today at Orient Road Jail on $7,500 bail and was released on bond, records show.

Thomas, of Dade City, was held at the jail on $8,500 bail and was released on bond. Police also charged Thomas with misdemeanor marijuana possession and misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia after officers found a drug pipe and a gram of marijuana on him, an affidavit states.

Both work at Lake Jovita County Club, according to jail records.

MAMMOTH LAKES, Calif., Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Police say six California residents have been arrested in a sting operation that offered ski-lift tickets in exchange for drugs.

Mono County sheriff's deputies told The Orange County (Calif.) Register Wednesday that the suspects were busted after answering an ad posted on Craigslist.com that offered to swap ticket vouchers for the Mammoth Lakes ski area for narcotics.

Department spokeswoman Shannon Kendall told the Register that the operation netted a pond of marijuana and quantities of cocaine, ecstasy and prescription pills.

Four Orange County residents and two people from San Luis Obispo and Highland Park were arrested Friday and were in jail Wednesday on various drug-related charges.

When first accredited by a Guinness World Record official in 2000, Davidson had 462 piercings, with 192 in her face alone.

Now, nine years later, she has 6,005 including more than 1,500 that are "internal".

However, despite her eye-watering record, Miss Davidson, born in Brazil, claims she doesn't like being pierced, and suffers for her art.

She said: "I don't enjoy getting pierced, but to break the record you have to get to a high level.

"I wanted to break the record.

"My family don't even like tattoos or piercings.

"But I am happy. I decided to change myself and be me."

Miss Davidson, a nurse who now lives in Edinburgh, was speaking in Darlington, Durham, as she opened a piercing studio.

She officially cut the ribbon at Arcadia.

Shop owner Les Fry said: "Elaine is a friend and she very kindly agreed to open the shop.

"We have got an excellent piercing artist who can perform the most up-to-date techniques."

So today's work day consisted of 4 hours of tickets and then the rest of the day was filled with the fun adventure of my profile being completely BORKED ALL DAY LONG.

I lost the following:

• My favorites
• My personal documents
• All of my email
• All configurations and bookmarks
• All of my OUTLOOK RULES!!!!!!
• And had to reinstall every application that does not come OEM with our windows image...

WTF!?!?!?!

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Enjoy =)

MORE OVALTNE PLEASE!!!

Ovaltine was developed in Switzerland, where it is known by its original name, Ovomaltine (from ovum, Latin for "egg", and malt, originally its main ingredients).

Ovomaltine was exported to England in 1909; it was a misspelling in the trademark registration process that led to the name being truncated to Ovaltine in English-speaking markets. A factory was built in England for Ovaltine's manufacture, and the English factory exported to the United States as well. By 1915, Ovaltine was being manufactured in Villa Park, Illinois, for the American market. Originally advertised as consisting solely of "malt, milk, eggs, flavored with cocoa", the formulation has changed over the decades (at one point containing irradiated yeast in the US), and today several different formulations are sold in different parts of the world.

The popular chocolate malt version is a powder-like substance which is mixed with hot or cold milk as a beverage. It is essentially a chocolate drink mix with the addition of malt extract, and sometimes fortified with vitamins. Malt Ovaltine (a version without cocoa), and Rich Chocolate Ovaltine (a version without malt) are also available in some markets. Ovaltine has also been available in the form of chocolate bars, chocolate Easter eggs, parfait, cookies and breakfast cereals. In the last case, it is the brand name that connects the cereals with the chocolate drink.

Ovaltine also manufactured PDQ Chocolate Flavor Beads, PDQ Choco Chips and Egg Nog Flavored PDQ, which are no longer available. These drink mixes were very popular in the 1960s and 1970s. Ovaltine discontinued the PDQ products about 1995 or 1996.

The U.S. children's radio series Little Orphan Annie (1931-1940) and Captain Midnight (1938-1949) were sponsored by Ovaltine. They had promotions in which listeners could save proofs-of-purchase from Ovaltine jars to obtain radio premiums, like "secret decoder ring" badges or pins that could be used to decode messages in the program. Kids from the time may remember that "Ovaltine" is an anagram for "Vital One". Villa Park, Illinois, was home to the Ovaltine factory until the company's purchase and withdrawal in 1988. The Villa Park Historical Society maintains a permanent exhibit of Ovaltine advertising and memorabilia.

So i have decided I want to learn something new every day. It has not been hard at all.

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As always, peace...

Tom