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The most talked-about addition at cedar point amusement park in ohio isn't the supersized swing that catapults thrill seekers 125 feet into the air. it's the drop in prices -- from a cut in admission for adults, to cotton candy that now sells for a quarter. just about every food item is cheaper or the same price as last year. cedar point hopes the moves will increase attendance after a down year in 2005. knott's berry farm, owned by the same company, has made similar price reductions at the theme park in southern california after a disappointing year. six flags, meanwhile, has increased the gate price at most of its parks. adult admission at six flags great adventure in new jersey is .99 -- that's up -- but the price does not include a number of discounts the park is offering. the nation's biggest theme park operator says in return it is adding more entertainment and looney tunes characters roaming the midways. the company also is trying to reduce the waits for rides and food. park operators are watching closely to see which pricing approach will work. "we'll see which one caves first, " said tim o'brien, a longtime theme park observer and author of "amusement park guide." admission costs have climbed steadily for years. universal orlando, walt disney world and seaworld orlando all now charge adults more than for a one-day, one-park ticket. the prices drop per day for multiday tickets. disney this year revamped its pricing to offer lower admissions for longer stays. nearly all parks offer savings for anyone who buys tickets online, and most have discount tickets available at local gas stations or groceries. some parks offer discounts to any visitor who brings a certain type of soda can to the park, often with the coupon printed on it. "almost all of our guests have a discounted admission, " said will koch, president of holiday world in santa claus, ind. "we look at it as inexpensive advertising." holiday world a few years ago began offering free soft drinks throughout the park, which turned out to be huge hit. "it was one of the best marketing things we've ever done, " koch said. he thinks cedar point's discounting cotton candy from a stick to 25 cents will impress parents. "our business is driven by positive experiences, " he said. attendance at cedar point has fallen off the last two years, dropping 3 percent a year ago to 3.1 million people. the park, which primarily draws from northern ohio and the detroit area, has been hurt by the loss of auto industry jobs, said john hildebrandt, general manager of cedar point. that's why park operators decided to cut prices -- an adult ticket is now .95 and a junior ticket is .95. "everybody does coupons and those kinds of deals, " hildebrandt said. "we thought this would shake things up a little more." cedar point's owner, cedar fair lp, took another step to boost its finances, announcing this past week it will buy the paramount parks business from cbs corp. for .24 billion. the deal includes five parks: canada's wonderland, near toronto; kings island near cincinnati; kings dominion near richmond, va.; carowinds, near charlotte, n.c.; and great america located in santa clara, calif. cedar point this year also added a swinging ride called skyhawk that propels riders up to 60 mph. six flags is sticking with a myriad of discount ticket promotions for its 13 u.s. theme parks, which will help offset the admission increases at the gates. taking along a gas receipt will knock off at the gate of any of its theme parks through august. new company president mark shapiro said he hopes that because of rising gas prices, families will stay closer to home and visit one six flags' regional theme parks. ticket coupons also are now included on papa john's pizza boxes, and home depot stores will soon be selling discount six flags tickets. "any guest paying full price at our parks is probably not doing their homework, " said steve brown, vice president for ticket strategy and sales at six flags. the company hopes most of its visitors will have their tickets in hand before they arrive at the park so they don't start the day waiting in line, brown said. it revamped its online purchasing system in mid-may to allow for faster ticketing. guests also can make reservations to have brunch with bugs bunny and the other characters at selected parks. the company now is researching other ways it can allow visitors to plan their day online. "anything we can do to reduce the hassle or make it easier, " brown said. dennis speigel, a theme-park consultant who is president of cincinnati-based international theme park services inc., said park operators also should look at new pricing structures, including ticket plans that allow visitors to pay as they go. such a system would give more flexibility to visitors who just want to ride roller coasters or watch the shows, he said. it also would allow for shorter daytime or nighttime visits. Things have changed some since we finished the story. hilde and me are getting on and running the farm got to be a bit to much for me on my own. a young couple were helping me run it. they very much wanted to get into farming but didn't see where they'd have a chance to start. two years ago we decided to sell off to them. i wanted to pass the farm to somebody that really wanted to farm, rather than just selling at the highest price i could get and maybe having some speculator get hold of it. they got a pretty good deal because i'm carrying most of the mortgage myself and the farm credit union picked up the rest. we've got an arrangement where hilde and me can stay on the farm in this mobile home we set up in the corner. and i help around the place, which gives me just enough to do to stay active. doing no work at all would be just horrible. so it is good arrangement both ways. i started having some trouble with my heart and the wet winters hit me something awful. getting old is terrible, but i guess it comes to all of us. hilde and me try to get away for a trip once a year. we been to hawaii and we been to west germany twice. the first time i hadn't been back in over forty years. we think we've got a consumer society here, where you got the choice of fifteen brands of toilet paper and endless advertising and competing. well, in west germany they got us beat by a mile. the most frenzied consumer society you ever seen. where the money comes from i don't know. we been to east germany too and i just got back from a trip to poland, the part where i grew up former german territory south of breslau ; . i only now come to realize how big the differences can be between socialist countries. to my mind there are still a lot of restrictions and bureaucracy in east germany. too many decisions coming from the top. although there are a lot of complaints it seems the younger people there are mainly convinced that they got basically a healthy and sensible system, without the unemployment and fears we got. they are doing miracles with land we wouldn't even think of farming. big 'cooperative' farms that use the most modern machinery and methods on acreages as big as what you see on some prairie wheat farms. on the other hand i been astounded by poland. true enough, i seen just one part of it. but it seemed very backward. There. such a view allows for a dynamic and more nuanced understanding of the entrepreneur than has traditionally been the case. researchers have long argued in favor of a more full-bodied conceptualization of the entrepreneur, i.e. one that does not reduce human beings and experiences to traits, human capital or managerial skills e.g. johannisson 1989, hjorth 2003 ; . the notion of the entrepreneurial self provides a conceptual basis that allows for such a rich treatme nt of the individual in future research. hoang and gimeno 2005 ; argue that development of an entrepreneurial identity may explain the transition to entrepreneurship. in a similar vein one may also speculate that the importance of ego-involvement and visceral interpretations will decline with time and growth, partly as a result of a growing internal bureaucracy and constraining relationships with external stakeholders. a more complex view of the entrepreneur links directly to the role of individual perceptions and their relation to entrepreneurial action. this in turn has a direct bearing on the continuing debate over the status of opportunities, risks and by extension the external world. typically opportunities are seen as either created by entrepreneurial imagination and action or objectively existing and waiting to be discovered study iii ; . by taking action as the point of departure, this distinction becomes less significant as perceptions become important in their own right. perceptions drive entrepreneurial action regardless of whether they reflect `objectively true' risks and opportunities or not. this is not to suggest that there is no real world out there. it does however suggest that understanding entrepreneurial action requires a deeper comprehension of the entrepreneur ial life world, including perceptions of risks and opportunities, which goes beyond the simple subjective objective debate. the focus on diverse perceptions also highlights the practices through which these are enacted. given that entrepreneurs have multifaceted and conflicting ambitions, it is not surprising that entrepreneurial actions may appear paradoxical to outsiders. this thesis sought to examine how these differences play out in what entrepreneurs do. the results showed that entrepreneurs balance at least three major tensions as part of the venture creation and development process : ego- involvement and detached rationality, autonomy and openness, and long- versus short-term focus. the findings support the t end in entrepreneurship studies to regard uncertainty and r heterogeneity as key conceptual building blocks venkataraman 1997, davidsson 2003 ; . entrepreneurs do not simply respond to profits or pursue autonomy. instead entrepreneurs are driven by passion, personal engagement and social responsibilities. this is in line with the radical subjectivist tradition where authors have long called for an `economics of meaning' grounded in socially embedded individuals' interpretive activities cf. lachmann 1990, lavoie 1991a, boettke et al. 2004 ; . the field of entrepreneurship studies is often said to struggle with its identity, legitimacy and theoretical grounding cf. steyaert 2005 ; . given the important influence of economics chapter 2.1 ; , radical subjectivism may provide a more appropriate foundation than either the neoclassical or austrian traditions . especially since these traditions find it hard to handle issues of human creativity and imagination e.g. littlechild 1986, buchanan and vanberg 1991 ; . entrepreneurship studies may therefore stand to gain from a closer allegiance with the radical subjectivist tradition.
Nestled amidst the rolling hills of northeastern south dakota lies the home of the sisseton-wahpeton oyate, consisting of the sisseton people of the fish village peninsula ; and the wahpeton people among the leaves leaf shooters ; . lush, gently sloping prairies circle the tribal headquarters at agency village. every hill and valley is a testament to the glaciers that once covered this land. agency village is home to the sisseton-wahpeton college. the distinctive song to the great spirit building honors the traditions and past of the dakota people while also functioning as an academic building. to view the area's characteristic prairie hills, visit the nicollet tower and interpretive center west of sisseton. the 75-foot tower, named for mapmaker joseph nicollet, offers a tri-state view. in 1839, nicollet, a frenchman, was befriended by sisseton-wahpeton people who helped him navigate the area for his maps. a video entitled "dakota encounter" relates the story of the interaction between nicollet and american indians in the area. it is shown at the tower's interpretive center. the tower also houses an enlarged replica of the map created by nicollet with the help of his native friends. mystery lurks within the area's hills and valleys. when the dakota settled in northeastern south dakota, they encountered a wooded area or hollow filled with unusual occurrences. phenomena such as glowing tree stumps, moaning sounds and a stream that ran red, led the dakota to name this enchanted hollow "sica, " which means "bad." today, sica hollow is a state park known for its hiking and horseback riding trails. each fall, the hollow draws visitors who come to see an incredible display of autumn colors and poker craps or poker reviews.
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Lutarch once warned, "the real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits." plutarch's words never rang truer than they do today. our congress is out of control, spending money like michael jackson on one of his notorious and wild shopping sprees. the omnibus appropriations bill, officially known as h.r. 4818, the consolidated appropriations act, determines funding for specific federal agencies for the 2005 fiscal year; the price tag is 8 billion. the bill passed both the house and senate and is heading to pennsylvania avenue for president bush's signature. but the bill is well padded with more than just funding for specific government agencies. there is 5, 000 to protect north dakota's sunflowers from blackbirds, .3 million for an animal waste management research lab in bowling green, ky., , 000 to control wild hogs in missouri, 3, 000 to develop salmon-fortified baby food, million for an alabama fertilizer development center, million each for a norwegian american foundation in seattle and a wild american shrimp initiative, and the list goes on. president bush made a pledge when he took office four years ago that he was going to put an end to federally sponsored pet project funding, yet there has been little progress in this arena, and if he signs this appropriations bill, it will do anything but put an end to this reckless spending. if ever there was a time for reform, it would be now. there are too many in congress who abuse the generosity of the taxpayer's purse strings. sen. shelby, rala., who serves on the appropriations committee, padded his state's coffers with federal dollars earmarked for dozens of special projects that only benefit his voters enough for his public relations to put out at least 20 press releases detailing these "accomplishments." ohio reps. stephanie tubbs jones, a democrat, and steven latourette, a. 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T a time when state budget woes force fundraising its highest priority for 2005-2006. serschools to depend on education foundavice organizations and corporations have played a tions to restore essential programs and much larger role this year, donating over , 000 instructional activities, it has become apparent to epak. however, fundraising chair, judith that wealthier communities can fundraise more steiner, notes that "epak needs a lot of donors easily from their parent communities and offer who give us a year, and a few hundred "mamore educational programs than their less wealthy jor" donors who give us 0 to 00. building neighbors. this individual donor base will be our focus for "the east palo alto kids foundation can't this year." compete with the fundraising capacities of neighapproximately 450 individual grants of 0 boring communities like palo alto, menlo park each were awarded in 2003-2004. the benefit and los altos" said tasha castaeda, president of to kids was quick and direct. an epak grant epak, and a resident within the ravenswood city is often the only money available to teachers to school district. "the reality is that east palo alto purchase resources needed to overcome the chalschools do not have the financial resources within lenges of educating kids from this predominantly their own parent community to fund an education non-english speaking area. maura marino, a foundation. help needs to come 10th grade teacher at epa high from the wider community." school, says she was able to the east palo alto kids "kick-start a literacy campaign foundation raised 8, 000 using books that sparked my in 2003-2004 and 9, 000 in students' interests.the results 2004-2005 due to an unex- "east palo alto have been amazing!" pected windfall of k ; . these schools do not have tasha castaeda expressed amounts are what an average elher hope that epak will conementary school pta raises in the financial resources tinue to play an increasing role within their own neighboring communities. in bringing educational fundin stark contrast, palo alto's parent community to ing and program equity to east "partners in education" a colpalo alto schools. 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