Solution to Bringing Down Costs of Homelessness
The above was from Malcom Gladwell, the Author of, “Tipping Point” and several other great books. He basically states that the costs of homelssness can be significantly decreased by working with the few that had been on the streets the longest. If you give them a place to stay(not in your home) and provide extra help with their needs it will dramatically decrease the costs associated with them going to the hospital due to all of the medical needs the longterm homeless seem to have. Interesting read if you have a spare 15 minutes.
I’m going to try to keep this as civil as possible. Chris’s wish was to be cremated with no funeral, viewing or ceremony other than an informal celebration of his life which is happening on Saturday. His brothers and sisters are covering the full cost of the cremation and other costs associated with his death. If you have a desire to help the family with this cost may I strongly suggest that your donation be made directly to Jenkins Mortuary in Murray or to Chris’s sisters and brothers directly rather than through any crowdfunding website that you might find a memorial fund set up?
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At Tennessee Not sure if that is a step up down or a lateral move.
I respect the hell out of him. He did it the right way (for the most part), and has generally been a classy guy on and off the field.
I think it might just be annoying Patriots fans that have made it impossible for me to like anything associated with that organization.
Edit: There is one notable exemption, I have a soft spot for Gronkowski.
The hard part is that Utah cannot compete with the other “advantages” associated with these powerhouse schools. Yes, Utah has started an upward trend in football, but its the other intangibles that USC can offer that really make it difficult to keep these kids in state. I was listening to sports radio yesterday and the individual mentioned that football aside, some of these schools have in-depth networks to support kids who don’t make it to the NFL. So aside from the national prestige that comes from playing for schools like USC, you are also competing against schools with much deeper pockets and better support systems.
The fact that the Utes have pulled the kids they have, speaks volumes to the recruiting wizardry that Kyle and his staff employ. Given the losses we’ve had, I’m still pretty stoked at the class Kyle has won.
Utah has a lot of old mining cities, ghost towns, and a lot of interesting legends.
Beehive mentioned the Spanish Mines and the Lost Rhoades (sp) mines. There are dozens of claims to have found these mines over the years, and they are scattered all over the Uinta Basin and surrounding areas. Nothing has ever panned out.
There are a lot interesting tales and legends associated with these mines. There are some who believe that they are connected to gold that was originally hidden from Cortez when he invaded the Aztecs. Some think that they could be associated with El Dorado/Cibola. Others believe that the sacred cave or caves that the Aztec and Mayan people’s ancestors emerged from in their creation legend, is in fact Timpanogos cave.
Why would the Escalante/Dominguez party come so far north from Santa Fe when they were trying to reach Califonia, witch lies West? Seems like some pretty bad navigating if you ask me. I can’t help but think they were actually looking for those lost gold mines that Spain had records of from Cortez and company.
Weather or not any of these things are actually true, and if you even believe the stories is not relevant. What is neat are the stories and legends themselves. After I read books about these subjects, the state of Utah just got a lot more interesting and mysterious.
Take all this for what it’s worth.
It’s going to be a long time before I can disassociate all the support and looking away that Sandusky recieved.
I haven’t looked at what it is going to take yet, but today I will start looking at what it will take to setup the bowl pick em game. I want this to be a new “season” category, not associated with what we have done so far. I also want a description or title for each game so we know what bowl it is. Plus I’ll have to get the icons and enter all the millions of teams in.
I’m not sure how complicated it will be to get the new season feature running, and it’s something that will need to happen anyway. Just never got there before because, well, hell I had a very short period of time to get the thing working!
I have not looked into getting any sponsors or prizes yet either. Life during this time of year has a tendency to take up a lot of one’s spare time. If you want to throw in a prize or be a sponsor for the game, let me know.
Stay tuned.
We still have a politics category here. Haven’t deleted it yet! Just keep it under control and no personal attacks.
I’m processing what happened yesterday and why. I don’t associate myself with either party. I’m kind of anti-politics. I’m amazed at some of the completely stupid comments I’m reading around the social networks and such.
One reason for the outcome is I think the American public sending a message to the political class that they want something different.
Andy Phillips’ Instagram post after the game seems to be an indication of Sitake’s genuineness and class. After talking about his baby being born during rivalry week and the support he received from Kyle and the team, Phillips went on to say, “As I walked onto the field Saturday, life was again put into perspective for me as Coach Sitake came up to me, gave me a huge hug and said, ‘Congrats Andy, I love you and am so proud of you. That’s what this is all about.'”
I’ll trust the perspective of Phillips (and others) who actually know Sitake well. It’s too easy to hold onto the narrative that anyone associated with BYU is an evil, self-righteous a-hole. It’s much harder to accept he can be a fierce competitor, going after our recruits sometimes, who is also a nice guy and wants good things for the friends he still has at the U.
