wi:
1) Being outside early and late in the day. Kiwi are nocturnal, but the ones on Stewart Island don’t seem to mind coming out during the day. All the ones I saw were during the day. Still, they seem to prefer low light. Two were in broad daylight, one which bolted immediately and one which stayed put 10 seconds before ambling off. The other three were at odd hours: two shortly after 7:00 in the morning, and the last in late afternoon rain. These three hung around for several minutes, probing for food. The grain in the above photos is due to the low light conditions.
2) Covering ground at such odd hours. Kiwi are slow birds, methodically probing the ground for insects and such. The last one I saw I watched for about 15 minutes, and it didn’t move more than 80 feet. Additionally, it was well aware of me and didn’t care in the slightest (we were separated by a thicket, which may have affected things). None of the kiwi I saw in low light were bothered by me. Walking the track doesn’t seem to scare kiwi off, and should have much better odds to see them than staying put and waiting for them will.It has been an unremarkable day on the campaign trail. Reporters have tried their best Monday to ask George W. Bush a question that will stick, but all they've been able to extract is that if the Texas governor gets elected, Buddy's successor as White House pet will be a cat named Ernie.
All day, Bush has been his reanimated, post-South Carolina self, speaking at top volume, with dramatic pauses inserted to give his stump speech the cadence of an amateur preacher's. He has lumbered through Michigan, shaking hands at Bob's Big Boy and a local truck stop. He has kissed babies and signed autographs.
But it's only now that I realize how little he likes all of it.<! -- #include virtual="/Includes/politics2000/site/print_email.htmlf" -- >
Bush is sitting in the front seat of an airplane. We're preparing for takeoff from Grand Rapids for the short flight to Detroit. In each of his hands, he holds an orange. On his face is the smile of a 5-year-old.
We've always known that Bush is a sports fan. He was head cheerleader in college; he talks baseball on the stump. And long before he became governor of Texas, he had an obvious taste for head-to-head competition. As he prepares to play "roll the oranges down the aisle," it's obvious that games give Bush more immediate pleasure than anything else in the world.
The goal of this particular game is simple. Bush, riding shotgun, waits for takeoff. Once the plane is tilting at a 45-degree angle, the governor tosses an orange down the aisle, trying to roll it all the way to the back.
Now, as for the rest of the day, Bush is the sole participant. We are all spectators.
The orange smacks a reporter -- only four rows back from Bush -- in the leg. The press corps lets out a collective moan, disappointed that the governor has missed his target. He hurls the other orange, and this one falls short of its goal too, instead hitting a bag that's protruding slightly into the aisle.
"Whose bag is that?" Bush screams, like a kid accusing another kid on the playground of cheating. "Move the bag!"
The oranges are rolled back to the front of the plane. Bush tries again, but the orange caroms off a few seats and lands at my feet. Again, the reporters moan.
He tries again. This time an orange makes it halfway down the aisle, and there are cheers of encouragement and anticipation.
Again, again, again.
Are we bonding, governor?
Finally, one of the oranges hits its mark -- the bathroom door at the back of the plane. A playground cheer erupts from the crowd.
Bush raises his arms, triumphant. Game over. Back to business as usual.
SharesThe difference between what happened here and what you describe, is that this was an *actual* contest. It wasn't a "nice gesture" like letting a handicapped kid score a mock goal at a football match. The goal has no consequence. The team for which the handicapped kid scores a goal, doesn't win the match. People are not buying into a delusion that the kid just scored a goal in a professional football match.

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(1) A public hospital district may annex territory outside the existing boundaries of such district and contiguous thereto, whether the territory lies in one or more counties, in accordance with this section.
(2) A petition for annexation of territory contiguous to a public hospital district may be filed with the commission of the district to which annexation is proposed. The petition must be signed by the owners, as prescribed by *RCW 35A.01.040(9) (a) through (e), of not less than sixty percent of the area of land within the territory proposed to be annexed. Such petition shall describe the boundaries of the territory proposed to be annexed and shall be accompanied by a map which outlines the boundaries of such territory.
(3) Whenever such a petition for annexation is filed with the commission of a public hospital district, the commission may entertain the same, fix a date for public hearing thereon, and cause notice of the hearing to be published once a week for at least two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation within the territory proposed to be annexed. The notice shall also be posted in three public places within the territory proposed to be annexed, shall contain a description of the boundaries of such territory, and shall specify the time and place of hearing and invite interested persons to appear and voice approval or disapproval of the annexation.
(4) Following the hearing, if the commission of the district determines to accomplish the annexation, it shall do so by resolution. The resolution may annex all or any portion of the proposed territory but may not include in the annexation any property not described in the petition. Upon passage of the annexation resolution, the territory annexed shall become part of the district and a certified copy of such resolution shall be filed with the legislative authority of the county or counties in which the annexed property is located.
(5) If the petition for annexation and the annexation resolution so provide, as the commission may require, and such petition has been signed by the owners of all the land within the boundaries of the territory being annexed, the annexed property shall assume and be assessed and taxed to pay for all or any portion of the outstanding indebtedness of the district to which it is annexed at the same rates as other property within such district. Unless so provided in the petition and resolution, property within the boundaries of the territory annexed shall not be assessed or taxed to pay for all or any portion of the indebtedness of the district to which it is annexed that was contracted prior to or which existed at the date of annexation. In no event shall any such annexed property be released from any assessments or taxes previously levied against it or from its existing liability for the payment of outstanding bonds or warrants issued prior to such annexation.
(6) The annexation procedure provided for in this section shall be an alternative method of annexation applicable only if at the time the annexation petition is filed either there are no registered voters residing in the territory proposed to be annexed or the petition is also signed by all of the registered voters residing in the territory proposed to be annexed.
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