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The HR Department’s Annual Hiking Day

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So we like to go on our Hike Day, but what do we need to keep in mind?

What Are the Risks when hiking

When you hike, there are always some things to consider, some risks for incidents. Apart from the usual rules about checking the weather, taking the right food and water supply, there are some other tips you can apply so that you don’t ruin your hike.

Take care of avalanches on  a winter hike and always pay attention to the ground fruits. There are several diseases that you can get from them (this goes for your pet also).

Fog and hot weather are risks to really consider on a hike and having the water and food supplies are the key to go. Also, clothes to change when you get sweat.

Waterfalls are nice to see but they can get very dangerous when climbing directly. You need special training for this kind of hiking and weather conditions can stop you sometimes.

The waterfalls near rocks are a constant risk because they are close to the walls. You need to avoid this kind of waterfalls when the snow melts, in case of thunderstorms. If these kind of risk is inevitable, it’s better to stay around at least as possible. If the overhang wall is protective enough, walk in that protected area. When the path is large enough, try to stay as far as you can from the rocky walls since small rocks always fall down when raining. The distance from the walls can give you that fraction of second to avoid an injury. The trails with intermediate slopes are even more unpredictable and the pebbles can get strange trajectories.

When hiking, try to stay away from the walls and the sharp grounds and you want to cross really fast these rocky trails. If you really have to stop, do it in a low risk area, close to the upstream or in a convex rump. Both would be the best choice, and the upstream is typically protected by the falls of the rocks since they have a protective vegetation.

Ice falling, falls on bumpy trails, landslides  should also worry you when hiking. Storms bring also the risk of lightning while winter hiking gives the risk of cold. Avoid moist clothes and the cotton ones that dry slowly and keep you colder when wet. Most of the clothes for hiking are synthetic, give a faster evaporation and remain dry when you sweat.

If you never hiked on glaciers before, it is better to take a guide or to join a club before doing that.

Keep the distance from animals when hiking. They might seem nice and cute, but observe them from a distance.

Snow can hide holes and may be dangerous traps so stay away from the snow on the rivers, not always seen at surface. You really need to know your trail to stay away from risks- walk that trail in the summer time for a safer hike in the winter.

Always bring with you a compass when hiking- it’s light weight and helpful when the visibility is low, on a storm, in the dark.

Rabies are not a common risk, but you do need to be cautious to dead animals, to unusual behavior of wild animals. Stay away from bats, reptiles (snakes especially).

A small injury may become lethal, so tetanus is an major risk when hiking. Pay attention to barbed wire, thorn and get yourself vaccinated to be safer.

Ticks  are an important risk on the summer hikes (anywhere you see tall plants, riskier in a rainy day or near a river)- they can carry Borrelia. Ticks can also give you a form of meningitis with severe consequences, even lethal.

Last, but not least and nevertheless important, UV rays may get dangerous in time. Don’t forget to use sunscreen protection cream, sunglasses and hats.

Human Relations and COmmunity Services Department

Here is a new idea for Nampa!

Proposed Faith-Based Initiatives/Programs under a Robinson Administration
•A neighborhood Roots System (will concentrate on neighborhood transformation)
•Family Open Table (an individual/family stability concentration)
•Senior Matter of Balance ( a senior focus)
• A heat Relief Network (summer hydration, respite and wellness checks)
•Financial Education Classes (budgeting, credit, financial programs)
•Earned Income Tax Credit Campaign (free tax preparation and awareness)
•A Building Prosperity Campaign i.e. helping families open savings accounts. Participants will receive vital information on money management programs.
•A Faith-Based Summit on Fall Prevention,  Faith-based groups and community agencies wil receive additional information and resources about ways to prevent falls and related injuries among the elderly.
This innovative initiative will equip faith communities to enhance neighborhood services in these times of need! This will be a faith-Based Initiative to build partnerships with city churches, to reach members in various faith communities. These coalitions also provide another way to connect people with behavioral, health, and developmental disabilities with needed supports and services.
Nampa is a community of many religious organizations and churches therefore:
 
Under an administration led by Melissa Sue Robinson, the Department of Community  Development will be changed to the Human Relations and Community Services Department , which will work to partner with faith communities and non- profits to help those that need it.
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The Human Relations and Community Services Department will pursues City Charter and Ordinance mandates to address human services needs in the Nampa area and help cultivate a community climate of diversity, equity and nondiscrimination.  Pursuant to these mandates, the Department will perform numerous functions that seek to improve the quality of life for all Nampa citizens.

The Department’s Human Services focus will include assessing community needs, developing grant proposals and related programs based on identified needs, providing support for local nonprofit service providers through funding agreements, monitoring City-funded programs and providing technical assistance to agency funding recipients.

Human Relations activities include neighborhood dispute mediation, investigation of citizen complaints against police personnel, enforcing Davis Bacon Prevailing Wage laws (local and federal), monitoring City government EEO compliance, and participation in community groups addressing a wide range of social equity concerns.

The Department will also provide leadership in broad-based community initiatives such as resolution of homelessness, organizing health care access for uninsured residents, infant mortality prevention, juvenile delinquency and drug abuse prevention, and refugee resettlement. 

Emission Testing and Jobs for Nampa

Dear Nampa Citizens,
while other cities slash police and fire budgets, we will keep every sworn officer and every firefighter on the job. Instead of slashing we will add new community police officers to help keep our neighborhoods safe. We will maintain a balanced budget with no layoffs and no tax increases.We will do this by attracting new business to Nampa under my leadership. It’s time that we showed Idahoan’s that Nampa is a force to be reckoned with. Only positive, confident, and highly motivated people will be appointed to help me in these tasks. People with great compassion for all of it’s citizens. I realize that we won’t change everything overnight but the groundwork will be laid under a Robinson administration. This is my promise to you!

Vote For Melissa Sue Robinson, For Mayor (2009) For Nampa, For Progress, For the Future of Our Citizens, and For Diversity!

About Emission Testing and Jobs for Nampa
One in a new generation of computer climate models that include the effects of Earth’s carbon cycle indicates there are limits to the planet’s ability to absorb increased emissions of carbon dioxide.
If current production of carbon from fossil fuels continues unabated, by the end of the century the land and oceans will be less able to take up carbon than they are today, a computer model indicates.
“If we maintain our current course of fossil fuel emissions or accelerate our emissions, the land and oceans will not be able to slow the rise of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere the way they’re doing now,” said Inez Y. Fung at the University of California, Berkeley, who is director of the Berkeley Atmospheric Sciences Center, co-director of the new Berkeley Institute of the Environment, and professor of earth and planetary science and of environmental science, policy and management. “It’s all about rates. If the rate of fossil fuel emissions is too high, the carbon storage capacity of the land and oceans decreases and climate warming accelerates.”
Fung is lead author of a paper describing the climate model results that appears this week in the Early Online Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Fung was a member of the National Academy of Sciences panel on global climate change that issued a major report for President Bush in 2001 claiming, for the first time, that global warming exists and that humans are contributing to it.

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Citizens of Nampa, not only is my point on this subject an argument for emissions testing, but also an argument on working to bring alternative fuel and energy manufacturing to Nampa, just like the State of Michigan, where I am originally from, is presently doing. As your Mayor (when elected), I promise I will not only work to bring those jobs to Nampa, but I will also travel to Japan and Europe (on my own money) and work to convince foreign manufacturers to build plants in Nampa by selling our low tax rate, good business laws, cheaper living expences,and good living climate to them. I have over 30 years of sales experience, a great product (Nampa with its valuable workers), and I will close that deal for you when elected.
Nevertheless, Panter said the main employment issue in Canyon County in June was a failure of jobs to materialize at a time of year when there is typically solid job growth….Found in recent addition of Idaho Press Tribune…… Doesn’t that help support my idea that change is needed here?

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