How to Fight After-Christmas Blues - Reluctant Entertainer

A few nights ago as I was in the kitchen by myself?the last of our guests had just left our home?I was hand-washing the dishes that didn?t fit into the dishwasher and a wave of sadness came over me.

Christmas was over.

When you think about all the anticipation and preparation that takes place in the weeks leading up to Christmas?probably more for women than men?when it?s all over, I?ve found that two things happen. A sigh of relief and a ?let-down? feeling.

The after-Christmas blues.

This year feels different. I?m embracing the fact that my kids are getting older, and I?m fighting the blues with a healthier approach. Thankful for the gift of each day, for the gift of my family and friends, I?ve found there are things I can do to keep from falling into a rut of after-party blues.

Don?t forget to hug and kiss the ones you love!

Looking ahead, with JOY in my heart:

1. Start the morning off by reading something inspirational. Something that gets your mind off of yourself and on to others. We really are created not just to get joy, but to give or italics it.

2. Plan another party or dinner in your home. It may be a NYE dinner, or a get-together in January. If you love to have people in your home, it?s a good thing to look ahead and keep the excitement and anticipation and outreach going.

3. Keep exercising, even if it?s just a walk every day. Exercise during the holidays is essential, as it creates physical energy, clears the mind, and flushes out toxic emotions. Try it consistently for 5 days and see if you feel a difference.

4. Clean or tidy up your house. It may be too soon to take your Christmas decorations down ? or maybe not. I particularly like to get things back in order right after Christmas. As I put away, I freshen up the wood, vacuum under the furniture, fluff the pillows, bring out a new candle.

5. Take old stuff to Good Will. There?s a tradition for New Year?s in many cultures, symbolic of getting rid of the old (and making room for new). I have 2 large boxes ready to go to Good Will this week. It feels good to purge and make yourself get rid of things you really don?t need anymore.

6. Clean the yard, patios, or work on a winter project. Getting in the outdoors, even if only an hour a day, will give a new mind set. Not only are you getting an outdoor chore done, you?re feeling a sense of accomplishment (and it?s good for the physical well being).

7. Hunker down, read good books, watch movies, curl up by the fire, take naps, don?t fight the long winter days and nights. It?s a hibernating time ? time to catch up on sleep and rest.

8. Start a new project. Our neighbor tore out their back patio area and gave us the concrete, so we?re slowly building new beds in the back side yard. It?s free, it?s improving our yard, and again, manual labor is good for the soul.

9. Change your diet. After so much good food, today is the day to do a juice fast. Time to get the sugar and rich foods out of your system and replace them with vitamins and minerals.

10. Keep busy. The best thing you can do for yourself is to do something for others. Don?t dwell on disappointments from the holidays but start anew with a fresh outlook. Look around yourself and see what condition those around you are in. It could be your neighbor that needs help, or an elderly friend.

Did I mention, hug and kiss the ones you love? (wink-wink)

Because I?m all about hospitality, invite your friends over for hot chocolate and conversation. Don?t keep to yourself or you?ll find the dark shadows of depression creeping up on you.

How about making a meal for another family, or better yet, extending an invitation for others to join you for a post-holiday meal.

It feels good to give. It?s what we?re made for.

Do you struggle with after-Christmas blues?

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Bob Aaron in Legal

Perhaps the most fundamental principle of property ownership in Ontario is that users of the land registration system can rely on it for an accurate reflection of title. If an error occurs in the registry, the courts, or the Director of Titles should have the authority and even the obligation to correct it.

Those principles were turned upside down by a court decision in January, and stakeholders are anxiously waiting to see if the Court of Appeal will reverse the decision.

Some years ago, the owner of a large tract of land in Northern Ontario legally divided it into three parcels. At the time of the severance, a gravel road ran from the main highway across the first parcel, then the second parcel, and into the third.

In order to convert this gravel road into a registered right-of-way, the owner instructed his surveyor to prepare a reference plan of survey showing that the registered access was in the same location as the existing gravel path.

On the ground, the path takes a detour around a large rock outcrop. Unfortunately, the surveyor prepared and registered a plan describing the gravel drive with two straight lines going directly through the outcrop rather than around it.

Access to two of the three lots using the registered right-of-way would be impossible without blasting through the rock at considerable cost and inconvenience.

For many years, the owners of the three lots peacefully used the actual roadway on the assumption that it was located as described on the reference plan. Eventually, Kimberly MacIsaac, one of the owners, became aware that the registered road went through the rock rather than around it.

A dispute among the neighbours arose when construction equipment began to use the roadway. For several months in 2007 and 2008, Peggy and Gordon Salo barricaded the road with the result that there were numerous altercations, one of which involved a chain saw. The OPP was called.

With the road blocked, MacIsaac and her neighbours, the Johansens, had no means of access to their properties except over (or through) the rock outcrop.

Eventually, MacIsaac and the Johansens sued the Salos claiming rectification of the land registry by reason of the surveyor?s error. The surveyor, also named a defendant, agreed with the plaintiffs that the plan should be amended to show the road going around the rock.

The issue for the court to decide was whether it had the power to amend the registration records over the objections of the Salos. Last January, on an application by the plaintiffs, the Superior Court decided that it did not have the power to rectify the reference plan and title abstract.

The only alternative for the plaintiffs in light of this decision would be to dynamite a new road through the rock outcrop.

Speaking to hundreds of lawyers at a Law Society program last month, Toronto real estate lawyer Craig Carter said that members of the real property section of the Ontario Bar Association were ?virtually unanimous in their condemnation of the decision.?

?The MacIsaac case,? he wrote in his case commentary, ?threatens in a fundamental way the integrity of the (land registration) system and prevents the Director (of Titles) and even courts from fixing mistakes that occurred. Once registration occurs, according to (the) MacIsaac (decision), it is uncorrectable even if it is fair to do so, or unfair not to do so.?

Carter noted that the court?s decision is seen as ?a fundamental attack on the system of title recording in Ontario that we rely upon to do our jobs and protect our clients.?

In light of the court?s ruling that the Director of Titles ? and even the courts ? have no power to rectify mistakes, the Ontario Bar Association asked for and received status to intervene and present its position when the case was argued at the Ontario Court of Appeal in September.

At press time, the court?s ruling had not been released. It could be a dynamite decision.

Bob Aaron is a sole practitioner at the law firm of Aaron & Aaron in Toronto and a past board member of the Tarion Warranty Corp. Bob specializes in the areas of real estate, corporate and commercial law, estates and wills and landlord/tenant law. His?Title Page?column appears alternate Saturdays in?The Toronto Star?and alternate weeks on?Move Smartly.? E-mail?bob@aaron.ca

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By Eileen OLoughlin

Target: New York?s Attorney General, Eric?Schneiderman

Goal: To show support of the efforts made to protect the online gaming community from sexual predators.

As technology evolves at such a pronounced rate, it sometimes?supersedes the laws and leaves dangerous loopholes and gaps in the legal system. This has been the case many times with the internet and most recently with online gaming being used as a platform for sexual predators to target children.?New York Attorney General, Eric?Schneiderman, has launched a new campaign called Game Over in which he is attempting to shut down gaming accounts used by registered sex offenders to make the gaming community a safer place for children. Sign this petition and show your support of his efforts to protect the online gaming community from sexual predators.

The BBC reports that over?2,000 accounts on?Xbox Live, World of Warcraft, Guild Wars, and?PlayStation?have been shut down as part of this new campaign. Gaming firms such as Microsoft, Blizzard, Sony, and NCSoft have all backed?Schneiderman?s efforts. The Game Over campaign is the next stage in New York?s Electronic?Securing and Targeting of Online Predators Act (e-STOP), which became law in 2008 and is one of the most successful internet safety laws in the nation. The law requires that convicted sex offenders release their email addresses, screen names, and all online aliases and identities to the state. In 2011, just three years after the law went into effect, it was reported that the e-STOP law was responsible for over 24,000 social networking accounts and profiles used by sex offenders being shut down.

As children begin to use the internet at a young age, parents quickly become out-of-touch with how online games work and the features these games offer to users.?Schneiderman stated that many parents were not even aware of the fact that many online games feature a communication channel that allows players to chat?anonymously while they play the game. This tool has been abused by sex offenders in the past who use it to contact and target children. These games should remain a safe place for children to gather and play, void of all threat of sexual depredation.?Schneiderman?s Game Over campaign is an important next step in attempting to make the internet a safer place for children. Sign this petition and support the decision to shut down online gaming accounts used by sex offenders.

PETITION LETTER:

Dear?NY Attorney General, Eric?Schneiderman,

We support your recent campaign, Game Over, that with the backing of gaming firms shuts down gaming accounts used by registered sex offenders. Online gaming communities should remain a safe escape for children to gather and play, without the threat of being contacted by a sexual predator who seeks to do them harm. Convicted sex offenders cannot gather at school playgrounds or children?s sporting events and therefore they should not be allowed to participate in online gaming forums that are often used by children.

We appreciate your efforts in keeping the laws as current as possible with new technology. The e-STOP law has been extremely effective in removing sexual predators from social networking sites and this new campaign is an important next step in protecting the online gaming community from sexual predators. It is our hope that other states will follow suit and pass their own legislation barring registered sex offenders from the freedom of the internet that should be reserved for those not convicted of sexual depredation.

Sincerely,

[Your Name Here]

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Police: Former Braves star accused of dragging wife, saying he wanted to kill her

ATLANTA - Police say the wife of former Atlanta Braves star Andruw Jones accused him of dragging her down a staircase, grabbing her neck and saying he wanted to kill her.

A police report obtained by The Associated Press says the fight happened around 1:30 a.m. on Christmas Day, after Nicole Jones asked her husband to help her prepare their home for Christmas morning.

Andruw Jones was free on bond after being arrested in Duluth on a battery charge, according to Gwinnett County Jail records. It wasn't known Wednesday whether he has an attorney.

Nicole Jones told officers she tried to escape upstairs, but her husband grabbed her by the ankle and dragged her downstairs, got on top of her and said, "I want to kill you," according to the report.

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Iraq: New protests break out in Sunni heartland

RAMADI, Iraq (AP) ? Witnesses say thousands of demonstrators have gathered again in a Sunni Muslim-dominated Iraqi province west of the capital to voice their opposition to the Shiite-led government.

The protesters massed Wednesday along a highway linking Baghdad with neighboring Jordan and Syria. They held banners demanding that Sunnis' rights be respected and calling for the release of Sunni prisoners in Iraqi jails.

It is the third major protest in Anbar province in less than a week.

On Friday, Iraq's government said it had arrested 10 of Finance Minister Rafia al-Issawi's bodyguards on terrorism-related charges. Al-Issawi comes from Anbar and is one of the government's most senior Sunni officials. The case is exacerbating tensions with Iraq's Sunnis, who accuse Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki of targeting and marginalizing them.

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Kazakhstan military plane crashes, killing 27

MOSCOW (AP) ? Kazakhstan's acting border service chief was among 27 people killed in a military plane crash Tuesday near a southern city, another blow to the agency after he was appointed in June to deal with the aftermath of a mass killing involving a conscript.

The Russian-made An-72 crashed at 1255 GMT (7:55 a.m. EST) about 20 kilometers (12 miles) away from the city of Shymkent near the border with Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan's Committee for National Security said in a statement.

The fatalities included a crew of seven and 20 border guards, including the acting head of the ex-Soviet nation's border protection service, Col. Turganbek Stambekov, the statement said.

Without specifying further details, authorities said an investigation was opened into the crash. No cause was given, but southern Kazakhstan over recent weeks has been buffeted by winds, heavy snows and low temperatures, causing widespread flight delays.

Stambekov was appointed acting head of the border service in June, after a mass killing of 14 frontier troops in a remote Kazakh outpost near China the month before. Vladislav Chelakh, a 20-year-old conscript, was sentenced earlier this month to life in prison after being found solely responsible for the killings.

The border service has come under close scrutiny in Kazakhstan since the killings, which many argued showed the lack of readiness and professionalism among serving troops. Legislation approved Thursday by the upper house of parliament and supported by Stambekov was designed to improve the process for selecting conscripts for the service.

The Kazakh-Uzbek border stretches 2,200 kilometers (1,350 miles) of Central Asian steppes and deserts.

Associated Press

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