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A State Senate round-table discussion on the future of the Skyway will be held May 15 at the Pierce Arrow Transportation Museum, 263 Michigan Ave.
The event will feature Republican Sens. Mark J. Grisanti of Buffalo and Charles J. Fuschillo of Massapequa, chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee. Representatives of several corporate and government stakeholders also will participate.
Grisanti said the discussion will explore access to the inner and outer harbor, Ohio Street and Fuhrmann Boulevard; the Skyway's business role; its cost effectiveness and development alternatives should it be removed.
The event begins at 10 a.m.

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Even the homeless are God's creatures
February 20, 2013
In regard to the person who sounded off, to your newspaper, about the homeless people being at the Jefferson County Library....
I know of a homeless person, here, who committed suicide on the train track in Ranson,Wv and I wonder why, because the same ones who are trying to dictate, don't care. But again we all are Gods' creatures, put yourselves in our place, then maybe you can comptemplate right from wrong. And you are wrong, for critizing all homeless people the same. You don't know me or others that walk this street in this state or anywhere else, What the*****we went through, how we got here, to be homeless, or whatever. SHUT UP YOU URK ME.
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continued:taught me.I give respect to others,cuz that is what I want. In Fairfax,VA there were 52 homeless people that voted, when Obama was 1st elected.I try to give my utmost respect to any volunteer. Again, they take time out of their busy lives, for those who receive from people voluntering,it is up to those to who receive it,to give a 100% respect back to them. I hate hearing and seeing drug deals go down anywhere, they act like they are untouchable. Its been called "Carma" what they do wrong they get repercusions. That is putting it nicely.
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I agree about the homeless ones, whomurinate on themselves it is disqusting and appauling,to see anyone walk around like that,those and the ones who drink near and at the library,those who do drug deals,apparently don't have any respect for themselves or for those whom are helping us homeless people. I myself try to keep as clean as possible,even when I can't take a shower,it is called a"birdbath."Parents taught how to go to the bathroom,how to keep clean,how to respect yourselves and those around you.I hate the fact that certain homeless people are ruining it for the ones who truly want help and not to be homeless anymore.As it was mentioned about voting.I was registered to vote in Fairfax County,Martinsburg,Wv when I was and wasn't homeless.I am also registered to vote in Charles Town, WV.The ones that do wrong,and don't respect are lost souls,a lost child,but I,myself,want to get out of being homeless.My Father was just put to rest 2/19. I remember all what both parents t
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The truth is, most of your homeless have serious mental issues, diseased, drugged and in some cases criminals. Libraries are warm inviting places for a good nap and maybe a book to read.
However, there is a such thing as decency. Walking into a place in urine, drunk, no/little clothes on etc.. should be kicked out. Parents should be able to bring their children to a place and not have to worry about a homeless sex offender offering candy instead of books. If the homeless want to read, go to the local shelter, get a shower, go down to thrift store and pickup a pair of jeans and then go to the library.
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What people are taking into account is the JEEZUS of 'Murca isn't the Jesus of the Bible. Healing the sick, feeding the poor, loving thy neighbor.......not on my dime says the conservative wisdom (which just happens to be the "religious" party).
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It is no surprise that drug deals are being made in facilities for the needy. That is lack of management. Facilities to assist those in need should be on top of all the people coming in and going out. Too many people in true need are being rejected because facilities need better management.
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Dear tired volunteer.first of all, speaking for myself,I have the utmost respect anybody,who takes time out of their own busy lives and own health problems, to help us homeless people,they do the best they can do with what little resources they have,the 1 1/2 years I have been here,they have helped me out a lot.Please quit combining all the homeless people together,we are not at all the same,we are individuals,some have health problems,like I do,they have helped me out tremendously,the ones that go there now,I would say about 70-80% homeless persons are trying to work on their health and mental issues.ome have part time jobs,veterans income,SSI/SSDI. quit knocking the program,have you looked into those that they have helped. Especially,helping the ones that are in housing.You haven't walked in our shoes.LUKE 6,37-38 and then maybe it won't be too late. At least, someone cares. We are able to get showers, keep clean, etc. We all don't loaf around. We are not all like that.
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The MAJOR problem with the "homeless" in Charles Town WV, is not the homeless themselves, as much as the Jefferson County Homeless Coalition. They are a group of churches and local folks who attempt to help the less fortunate. The problem is, the "Coalition" is the largest most dysfunctional organization in our county. I am a former board member and volunteer. I know. The so called "hospitality center" is a room where they allow them to loaf around, make drug deals, utilize internet for ANY purpose, not strictly job searches, porgram searches, etc. The woman in charge, Carol B. should NEVER have been chosen to head this up. Her and her bleeding heart cronie helpers allow these folks to do a number of inappropriate things there and hold NONE of them accountable for their actions. The shelter has SOME rules, however they are left to the "shelter managers" each night to be interpreted and enforced, and if they do not agree with something t
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Maryba writes I was coming back from Arlington Cemetery, for my fathers' service, when the Journal Newspaper Editor called me for permission to publish my article,so it has been a stressful week.He was 94 years old,and was put to rest with my mother,who passed 12/23/95 put to rest April 96. Wishes to be cremated, they believed in saving the grounds and trees,Do Not Judge me please.
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Again,writer from Even the homeless are Gods creatures too. Correction on my comment.I have only been in Charles Town,1 1/2 years,since 6/11. You haven't walked in my shoes, throughout my life. And I thank God, that Charles Town,has a Homeless Coalition,other wise we would be out in the cold. I understand there is freedom of speech, but know one here knows about my whole life, but me, God and my immediate family, and some back in Vienna, VA
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In response to the comments about the articale of Even the Homeless Are Gods'Creatures,too.This is the writer.The Journal entitled my article.I always respect the guest,inside or outside the Library, even if I am smoking.Especially when children or babies are with their parents,I will not let smoke be near them.To the person Majoritarian who said I am not homeless,yes I am.How can you speak on my life.I have only been in WV since 6/10.In Charles Town, 2 1 1/2 approximately.I was at Union Station coming back from Arlington Cemetery for a service to put my father to rest,who was ARMY PFC Ifantry POW of WWII.My Husband is a marine and served Viet Nam.I have been with him going on 8 years,legally married 7.I understand about the stale bar smell.It urks me to see some of the homeless drinking in front or around the library.I wasn't trying to upset anyone,by my article.I,and others have explained it is disrspectful.A couple of us do help library keep it clean.I haven't always been homeless
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As a mother who takes her children to the library every other week I have in recent weeks been very leary of taking my boys. On one occassion one of the homeless men had entered the library with urin down the front of his pants and the smell of alcohol radiated from him! There are also a number of convicted sex offenders that sit outside and inside the library. As a mother of two children this is very uncomfortable for me! I do understand that many of these have fallen on hard times but I don't feel the public library is a suitable place for them to "hangout". I have considered going to another library but I have been going to the Charles Town library since I was a young child and why should my children be deprived of something they look forward to because of this problem.
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I will say this about that bunch that hangs out around the library, they sure have a good supply of smokes, I needed a mask as I grouped my way thru them the other day.
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"When is the left gonna come up with another guilt image of the Vietnam Vet? Most werent addicts or homeless. Shame on those that continue this gross stereotype. Its False."
Now that's funny. Stereotype "left" and then say to stereotype Vietnam Vets is false. Do you have health problems?
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FORT MYERS, Fla. - Justin Morneau hit a three-run double for Minnesota and newcomer Vance Worley pitched two scoreless innings in his spring debut for the Twins in a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday.
Worley was acquired in a trade with Philadelphia for outfielder Ben Revere. The right-hander gave up two hits and struck out one.
Jose Tabata homered for the Pirates.
Kyle McPherson, in contention for the fifth spot in Pittsburgh's rotation, needed just 12 pitches to finish his two innings. The right-hander gave up one hit.
"For Kyle's first time out, our biggest interest was in the up and down twice," Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. "Obviously, we're going to monitor him and not give him too many innings. We've got plenty of time to get his pitch count where it needs to be."
McPherson, a September call-up by the Pirates, said that experience helped prepare him for competing for a spot this spring training. McPherson had a 2.73 ERA in 10 appearances last season with the Pirates, including three starts.
"I was able to see how they went about their day and their routines. I got used to the atmosphere," McPherson said. "It's not like I was shell-shocked or anything like that, but like I said I was able to get my feet wet."
Worley went 6-9 with a 4.20 ERA in 23 starts for the Phillies last season with 107 strikeouts in 133 innings. As a rookie in 2011, he went 11-3 with a 3.01 ERA in 25 appearances, including 21 starts.
"I like the way he looks out there," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. "He looks like a gunslinger out there. His windup, the way he stands out there. The ball was coming out of his hand well."
Camp notes: Pirates LHP Wandy Rodriguez will start today against the Orioles. He will make two starts for the Pirates before leaving for the World Baseball Classic.


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"It's so gratifying for my second book to be so successful and it was so fun to write! The characters were already developed so I really enjoyed the process so much more this time around," Conrad tells PEOPLE. "All the characters have become like my friends now."
The second novel still follows the main character, Jane Roberts, a young reality star in Hollywood, but now with some experience under her belt, she sees some of the pitfalls of the fame game.
"I just sat in bed writing and it was the best process," says the former star of The Hills and Laguna Beach. "Who gets to work from home in their PJ's?"
Conrad, 24, who is promoting the novel on a book tour, braved the snowy East Coast weather. "It was like Planes, Trains & Automobiles," she jokes of traveling through the storm and enduring canceled flights.
"I'm just so thankful to my fans. Everyone is coming out to see me in the snow," she says. "I just can't believe it."
Sweet Little Lies follows her hugely successful debut novel, L.A. Candy which also topped the best seller list. Conrad's second novel in her three-book deal hit shelves earlier this month.
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Arianne, let me just say that I think you are a delight and I am so excited to have a knitting friend! Here's a photo of the first knittybloggy club.
Hubby encourages me to go out, too, as he noticed how much happier I am after I get out and recharge my batteries. Even if it's just for an hour or two, it does help, I admit! And I make a point to be thankful for every time I can escape- no matter how short or long. I don't come back home saying I wish I could have stayed out longer. I just say how nice it was to get out. I am sure it's a blessing to my hubby to have a happy wife!
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Im sitting out by the lake enjoying some quiet time.
Not that I dont have enough quiet time of my own, seeing how I live alone and never turn on TV or the radio. I recently found out I longer need either TV or radio as I can now do that via my cell phone since Ive downloaded these two new apps.
Pandora music and AT&T U-Verse Live TV, with these two apps I can now do everything on my cell phone. Oh yeah, and the ESPN app too, which is way too cool. Whenever I get updates my phone will go, Dah-duh-duh, dah-duh-duh! from my front pocket which is usually where I keep my phone.
I love it that the ESPN theme song emanates from my pants during random moments of a Saturday afternoon.
Always fun.
And now, even though I have a nice big 27-inch TV screen that is currently turned off, I can now watch this same TV from a screen the size of a business card. I cant wait. The football is the size of a bread crumb and Peyton Manning looks like Fearless Fly and I wonder how many of you know who or what is a Fearless Fly.
And here I was holding out for one of those 72-inch big screen TVs. Oh no, I want to watch TV on the smallest TV screen ever.
Im still working on this Pandora thing. My son downloaded the Pandora app onto my phone last month. He also downloaded the ESPN app, Weather Underground and a couple more I havent been able to get working yet.
Pandora is free radio for my phone.
I thought thats why I already had a radio but this makes radio and ever buying a music CD again obsolete.
All I have to do is pick an artist and I have instant music.
I can select from various genres of music or create a radio station of just one particular artist, like the Beatles for instance.
I love the Beatles.
They are my favorite band.
They are beyond iconic.
I dont care that they just recorded 11 albums and something like 206 songs, they changed the world as far as music goes.
So I figure it wouldnt be hard to listen to a Pandora station with nothing but Beatles music on it.
Imagine my chagrin when after two Beatles songs my Pandora All-Beatles All the Time station suddenly plays a Queen song.
I like Queen, but this isnt a Queen station. Its a Beatles station. All Beatles all the time that was the plan anyway. After the song by Queen I got something by Creedance Clearwater Revival, which again is a nice band, but theyre not the Beatles and I want the Beatles.
I pressed the thumbs down Dislike button and received a message that Pandora had no more Beatles songs to upload.
Im reminded that the Beatles no longer own the rights to most of their song library and all Id have to listen to on my All Beatles All the Time Pandora station would be remixes of Cirque de Soleil music and I dont care very much for those.
Now you understand why Im sitting out here by the lake collecting my random thoughts.
I remain beyond perplexed at this most distressing development.
But while I have yet to master Pandora I am now able to watch TV from my phone.
Just imagine.
Free TV.
From my phone.
I will never leave the house again.
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Dear Ann, Earlier this week, I was digging through my denim stash in search of pom pom fixings (as you do), and I came across this artifact. It's a Baby Surprise Jacket made of denim pom pom fixings. I do not recall when I made it, but I believe it was during the 2006-2008 period when we were renovating and life was a cycle of packing, unpacking and dust protection efforts. I remember pondering how to seam this little sweater. Because I...Read More


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Edna Rodriguez-Plate, associate professor of Hispanic studies, is at her desk responding to emails. They include responses from students in the classes she teaches and questions from advisees about course registration and concentration requirements. It's a normal day for Rodriguez-Plate, who has been teaching at Hamilton since 2008 and advising a dozen or so Hispanic studies majors each year. This spring, she also has three senior thesis advisees, which she loves. "My door is open, I really care about my students," she says.
Ysmerlyn "Izzy" Baez '11, a double major in government and Hispanic studies who was born in the Dominican Republic, chose Professor Rodriguez-Plate as both her concentration and thesis advisor. Baez describes their interactions as a journey of self-discovery and self-criticism: "She's a really good critic who isn't scared to tell you what you're doing wrong so that you can fix it."
Baez can also identify with her adviser, a native of Puerto Rico, because they are both Latina women who understand the complexities of moving to the U.S. from a foreign country. While the two seem to have a special bond, Rodriguez-Plate enjoys advising in general and sharing her perspective. "I chose to be at a liberal arts college, to be able to have that kind of relationship with students," she says — "to teach in a place where you can make a difference."
Such collaborative, interpersonal relationships are crucial at Hamilton, which has 50 areas of study and no core curriculum. So advisers such as Rodriguez-Plate help students with course selection, study-abroad options and personal matters. Juggling academic demands, extracurricular activities and post-college plans isn't easy, but Rodriguez-Plate advises her students to stay calm: "Don't get all confused, live in the present moment, but look at the big picture! What's going to really matter in 10 years?"


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Ah, the Fourth of July. This holiday has always held a special significance. It means it's swimming weather; it means pants are retired until at least after the Canfield Fair; it means it's almost my birthday. But most of all, it means that my family does what they do best - cook, laugh and blow stuff up.
Ever since I was little, the Fourth was always my favorite holiday, trumping even Christmas, because what's the point of getting toys you can't play with until the Ohio permafrost melts enough for you to roll a bike down the sidewalk? Fourth of July is summer, and for a kid, summer is king.
Images of Fourths past are still with me. Since we lived in an apartment back in those days, we would go to a relative's house on Warren's west side to do our fireworks, which was fine with me since they had a pool. The younger kids with their sparklers, leaving bright-but-fading-fast trails as they spelled out their names, and older kids who were relegated to firework-fetchers and lighter-finders running around as dads and uncles set up the goods in the driveway, blackened from past explosions ... It seemed to go by much faster then, and before I knew it we were driving through smoky, empty streets, stray whistles and bangs going off in the distance, as if a great battle had just been waged, and we were going home, victorious.
My family did not mess around when it came to fireworks. Snakes? Please. Jumping jacks and sparklers? Go back to Lamesville, grandma. The dads and uncles would spend roughly what my first car cost every year on REAL fireworks: big, heavy bricks with great names like "Untamed Retribution" and illustrations of eagles and fighter jets and Abe Lincoln on them; fountains, the ones that make the delayed boom seconds after you see the flash, then explode into spirals of glitter and color. Ones where you need to know someone with a couple of acres to set them off.
It got to the point that Phantom Fireworks was sending out our catalog while there was still snow on the ground, and by the time the Fourth rolled around, everyone got their complimentary T-shirts and hats in return for our loyalty. I can hear my dad calling my mom on the way home: "How much did you spend?" "Ahh, only $600, but we got $1,200 worth of stuff!" (The rest of the conversation has been censored).
Our area has always known the importance of fireworks. I mean, what's not to love? Well, the smell of sulphur. But we blow off fireworks for everything. Every time the Raiders scored a touchdown, boom went the dynamite. Every time there was a festival or street fair, kaboomey. New Year's Eve, better pull on your sweater and go outside. It helps that we have our own fireworks magnate in town. You go, Bruce Zoldan. Zambelli family, you rule. Someday perhaps one of your fine companies will be preparing my cremated remains into a Hunter S. Thompson-esque ultimate goodbye cannon of loud, bright awesomeness.
Of course, you have to follow laws. Of course, you have to be very careful. Just ask my one uncle's reattached fingers. Fireworks aren't kids stuff. That's why my dad recruits my friends I bring out to the house to be his "helpers" - friends, who, when they see what's in the back of the pickup truck, reconsider volunteering and fear for the safety of their nice shirt. (And if you're reading this, Bob Mackey, sorry about your shirt).
Also, it helps to keep a pack of firecrackers in your pocket at all times, for daylong games of dodging-firecrackers-thrown-at-feet-or-under-chair wage on for the 18-and-older crowd. We've learned to be nimble, using the three-second window between the hiss of the fuse and the bang to run roughly 20 yards. We still find stashes of firecrackers hidden in pockets or behind bushes from past battles.
And of course, you have to remember the real reason for the holiday - pride in and appreciation of our country and our freedoms. Despite my ooh-ing and aah-ing over pretty lights in the sky, I still get teared up every time I listen to the "1812 Overture" or "Stars and Stripes Forever," thinking those patriotic thoughts. Fireworks make the perfect catalyst for reflection.
So this year, may your families be safe and happy and enjoy what I hope will be a rain-free Fourth. Our party's numbers have diminished, as friends and family move on, but we still have as big of a blast as ever.
Firework fan? Tell me your favorite Fourth memories at email@example.com, or comment on this story at www.tribtoday.com


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George: Here's the position Cowboys must target with their early round draft picks ...
Cowboys beat writer Brandon George answered questions in a chat Tuesday. Here are some highlights.
Pearl ... With Monte Kiffin 4-3 wouldn't we need to add youth and speed with an aging D-line?
Brandon George: Cowboys scouts will be looking more for speed now this off-season than size to fit the 4-3 scheme vs. the 3-4 scheme. Bigger, longer players fit a 3-4 defense more. The Cowboys could use some speed up front.
Shawna Kay ... Do you go center or nose tackle in 2nd/3rd round of NFL draft for Dallas?
Brandon George: The Cowboys still have enough needs that you take the best player available, but you have to target interior OL help with your early picks if you're the Cowboys. That's their biggest need right now.
Rollo ... Do you think Rob Ryan's dismissal was more about his behavior and appearance, than the actual job he did. Yes we gave up a ton of rush yards in the last game, but we had a ton of injuries, and it was Romo who choked, not the D.
Brandon George: It was about the Cowboys' struggles on defense the last two years, especially late. The Cowboys' defense didn't get better over the course of the season the two years under Rob Ryan. Each year, the Cowboys' defense declined.


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Penn State has added a quarterback to its 2012 recruiting class, and it's a signal caller from outside what has been the Nittany Lions traditional recruiting area.
Steven Bench, a 6-foot-3, 206-pounder from Cairo, Ga., gave a verbal commitment to new Nittany Lion coach Bill O'Brien on Tuesday according to multiple Internet reports.
Bench is the fifth prospect to have committed to the Lions after visiting University Park over the weekend. He becomes the 18th member of Penn State's 2012 class and the second quarterback, joining Philadelphia's Skyler Mornhinweg, who is considering other colleges.
New Jersey lineman Wendy?Laurent joined Bench later in the day, according to Lions247.com. They become the 18th and 19th members, and Bench is the second quarterback.
Bench committed to Rice in December over schools like Georgia State, Jacksonville State, Eastern Kentucky, South Alabama and Samford. However, after the season, he began to receive interest from several BCS schools and even had an in-home visit from Mississippi State. Florida State and North Carolina also were in contact.
A transfer to Cairo before the season, Bench led his team to an 11-3 record and a berth in the Georgia Class AAA semifinals.
Bench might not be the last Georgia recruit to join up with the Lions. The coaching staff recently has extended scholarship offers to several players from that state, and at least one - defensive back Carnell Body of Lithonia Martin Luther King - is expected to take an official visit to Penn State this weekend.
Laurent is a 6-3, 285-pound center from The Hun School in Princeton, N.J. He's a former teammate of PSU lineman Anthony Alosi.
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The University of Texas School of Public Health (UTSPH) is pleased to announce a 4+1 program with the University of Texas Brownsville (UTB). This program is intended to provide students with an undergraduate major in Biology, Exercise Science, Kinesiology, Mathematics or Psychology an option to continue on to a master's degree in public health in less time than it would take to complete both programs separately.
UTB students in the selected undergraduate degree programs will have an opportunity to apply to and enroll in the 4 + 1 program during their third full year of coursework and begin taking selected graduate courses throughout their 4th and final year of undergraduate studies. Students will graduate with a UTB undergraduate degree in their selected major course of study, but will also have the opportunity to complete a master's degree in public health at UTSPH in one additional calendar year of full –time classes instead of the customary 2 years.
The curriculum for this joint program will include required courses from the student's major, a series of courses described as guided pre-public health track electives and the completion of the core content areas (16 credits/5 courses) from the UT School of Public Health. These courses will apply toward the master's degree.
Upon graduation from UTB, students continue in the Master of Public Health program. Students who do not wish to continue with the master's degree will simply graduate from their program with a bachelor's degree from UTB and graduate certificate in public health from UTSPH upon completion of the 5 core public health courses.
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Friday, May 10, 2013
Charleston Cabinetry & Countertops is proud to announce that its doors have opened for business in Charleston and the surrounding areas. Brendon Murphy, the owner, has been a general contractor for the past 12 years and now specializes in his passion of cabinetry.
Choosing to provide personalized service, his staff will visit your home with a travelling showroom and display selections based on client preferences. Charleston Cabinetry & Countertops (CCC) provides professional renderings so clients can see how the final product will look before the project begins. CCC offers a broad selection of manufactured, semi-custom and custom cabinetry to fit individual budgets and offers the best price for comparable products.
Clients may use their own installation contractors or the staff will provide referrals based on the scope of the project. Their website is: www.charlestoncabinetry.com.
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To provide photographers with a broader perspective about mobiles, lenses and cameras, here are links to articles, reviews, and analyses of photographic equipment produced by DxOMark, renown websites, magazines or blogs.
Following our recommendations for the flagship Sony SLT-A99, we've had the opportunity to assess the firm's semi-professional 24-Mpix DT (APS-C) format model - the SLT-A77 - with a sizeable collection of Sony and third-party prime and zoom models to assess image quality. Read onto find out which of these models perform best when paired with the camera.
After evaluating the performance characteristics of lenses mounted on full-frame models such as Nikon D800 and D600, as well as the Canon EOS 5D Mk III, we've now had the opportunity to analyze a range of lenses on the Sony SLT-A99. In this concise report, we'll see how well the combination of Sony's high-end image sensor and the latest Alpha mount lenses perform.
Announced only in February this year alongside the Sony made Zeiss branded 50mm f/1.4 ZA SSM, the 70-400mm F4-5.6 G SSM II lens is an upgrade to the original silver finish model introduced in 2009. This new lens is said to boast up to 4x increase in AF operation and an improved optical performance (not to mention a new white exterior). Read on to see how well it performs in our labs.
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The Foundation for the Future (FFTF) is the most researched and, hence, most debated dairy policy plan being proposed to reform the nation's dairy policy. While other ideas and proposals exist, FFTF has been scored by Congressional Budget Office and is being prepared for legislation. In fact, National Milk Producers Federation's Jerry Kozak told those attending the 126th Annual Holstein Association USA annual meeting in Richmond, Va., that he expects that a bill will be introduced by mid-August. "We have assurances it (FFTF) will have discussion in Congress," he told Holstein breeders on June 24.
After Kozak's presentation, dairy producers asked some well-thought out questions:
• Will supply management ruin exports?
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• Will the insurance program be able to handle payments during long milk price downturns?
• How will higher-of pricing work with only two classes of milk?
• How can we ensure product standards and the identity of imported dairy products?
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• August 8, Harrisburg, Pa.
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The Student Governing Board (SGB) represents all students, clubs and organizations at Lewis University in the governance of the University. They are the voice of the students. There are fourteen (14) student members of the SGB including an Executive Committee composed of a President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. The Student Governing Board is the lead student organization whose activities are moderated by the Dean of Student services and the Assistant to the Dean of Student Services.
The Student Governing Board exercises a supervisory role regarding organization recognition; organization review, activity plan submission processes and budget review. Because of this, the Executive Committee of the SGB will often interact with SORC and the Office of Student Development & Leadership. The Student Governing Board office is located in the Student Union Commons. Office hours will be posted at the beginning of each semester. Additionally, the Student Governing Board officers can be reached by calling extension 5279.
The SGB consists of the presidents or designated representatives of each of the seven (7) Councils:
Four (4) at large members are appointed by an Election Committee composed of four (4) students and three (3) faculty/staff members (the Dean of Student Services, the Assistant Dean of Student Services and the Director Of Student Development & Leadership). The SGB meets as the Assembly of the Student Governing Board. The President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary are referred to as the Executive Committee.
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And who was again fanning the flames? None other than Tamra Barney.
"[My family beach house] holds so many family memories for me," said Rovsek, adding about the party, "I want it to be very elegant."
But the elegant dinner quickly turned into a debacle after Beador asked Barney if Dubrow's husband, Terry, had told her he "wanted to take the Beadors down."
"I don't recall that," said Barney.
"Tamra seems to have amnesia because she happened to tell me that," said Vicki Gunvalson.
When Beador decided to leave it alone, Barney decided to bring it up to the Dubrows over dinner.
"I think someone's stirring the pot here," hostess Rovsek correctly stated, just before the husbands began to battle.
"You're hearing I want to take you down?" asked Terry. "I don't want to take you down."
"You couldn't take us down," said Shannon's husband, David.
"You're right, David, I can't … because you're so tough," remarked Terry.
Cue a never-ending waltz to the beach house balcony, where Barney first swept away Dubrow before the Beadors joined the fray.
When Dubrow began to tell her version of how she learned of the Beadors' marital woes and why she ended up telling her friends about it, Shannon was breathing fire.
"You are not going to spin this on me!" Beador yelled, becoming emotional. "I came to you, Heather, in pain … It's my turn!"
When Dubrow continued, Beador stormed off the balcony and into the dinner party, screaming, "I've had it with her! You will all see the truth!"
When Barney – who also recently tangled with Dubrow – tried to stop her, Beador yelled, "I want you to get away from me!"
"My dinner party is in the gutter," sighed Rovsek, "and if Tamra didn't bring it up, we'd be having a good time."
The dinner drama continues on Monday's Real Housewives of Orange County airing (9 p.m. ET) on Bravo.


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This year, we earned our ninth Guinness World Records title for the world's smallest magazine cover! First we asked you to vote for your favorite National Geographic Kids cover of 2014 so far. Thousands of responses rolled in with each of the options scoring hundreds of votes. But there was one clear winner: the March 2014 cover featuring adorable giant pandas! Then scientists from IBM used a special chisel with a nano-size tip 100,000 times smaller than a sharpened pencil point to etch the March 2014 cover design onto a polymer—the same substance which creates plastic. The cover was so small that 2,000 of them could fit on a grain of salt. The final product was unveiled at the 2014 USA Science and Engineering Festival.
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Largest Online Photo Album of Animals 2013
Most People to Run 100 Meters in 24 Hours 2012
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Largest Gathering of Plush Toys 2006
Longest Line of Footprints 2004
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When it comes to chili cooking competitions, Doug Grimmer might have an unfair advantage. The firefighter is the house cook at the Bowmansville Volunteer Fire Company, where he's made firehouse chili for his buddies any number of times.
But he's still going to take on 15 or more competitors at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Barn Burnin' Chili Cookoff at the Lt. Col. Matt Urban VFW Post 7275 (3741 Walden Ave., Lancaster, 681-8387).
It's free to come in and eat chili, but the cooks will ask for donations toward a new Boys & Girls Club for Depew and Lancaster, after the former building was destroyed by fire. "Everybody around here is raising money for this, because it's a good cause," Grimmer said. "It's for the community. Anything for the community, that's what I'm into."
Grimmer has been part of the Bowmansville department for more than 20 years. "After we go out and practice and drill, we all go down to the club room and have something to eat," he said. He won't say what his entry will contain, however. "I'm just going to tell you I'm making firehouse chili. I'm not going to indulge in my ingredients, just tell you there's a little fire in it."
Just because he's the firehouse cook doesn't mean he's a shoo-in, though. "I'm going to have a lot of tough competition, I know that," said Grimmer. "I got some buddies who are pretty mean cooks, so it should be a hoot."
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George Zimmerman's jury will weigh two charges or a not guilty verdict. They do not know the possible jail time associated with each charge.
WATCH LIVE: Testimony continues in Zimmerman trial
Zimmerman is on trial for second-degree murder. That is the charge the prosecution is trying to prove in the case, and if convicted, Zimmerman could spend life in prison.
Jurors will also have the option of convicting him of manslaughter with a firearm. That carries a sentence of 10 to 30 years.
The jury can also return a not guilty verdict, in which case he would be a free man after court adjourns.
A jury of six women will decide Zimmerman's fate, and the verdict has to be unanimous.
Each woman on the jury must agree to second-degree murder, manslaughter, or not guilty.
If Zimmerman is found guilty on either charge, he will be taken into custody immediately after court or the judge will provide him a window of time before he must report to jail.
If the jury can't reach a consensus, the trial could end in a hung jury, and the whole case would be tried again.
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Thursday, August 15, 2013
(Editor's Note: Continued from August 14.)
Day 2, 8:36 a.m. – difficulty breathing
Medic 2, on Trolley Road at Summerville Fire Station 3, is toned out for a difficulty breathing call. Today's crew are Paramedic Austin Mandeville, 29, of Ladson and Paramedic Emily Alber, 23, of Summerville.
Arriving on scene, they are greeted by the patient's husband. He wants her to go and get checked out. She has been ill for two days. The patient doesn't want to go. She is running a fever and is nauseous. She doesn't answer questions such as "what is your last name" and "when is your birthday," and "where do you live." These questions serve dual purposes. They not only give the medics needed information but they also help them ascertain how oriented a patient is. In this case, however, they feel the lack of response is not neurological but patient refusal because she does not want to go to the hospital. Eventually they convince her to get on the stretcher.
On every call, medics get vitals – heart, pulse, respiratory, blood oxygen levels, blood pressure. They call these into the hospital they will transport to. In this case, Summerville Medical Center. They will regularly take blood for lab work and start an IV port.
Back at Station 3 they fill out paperwork. Paperwork alone can take quite a bit of the medic's time.
10:20 a.m. -- MVA
Medic 2 is toned out for a Motor Vehicle Accident. Another unit was initially dispatched but there are two patients. Medic 2 is dispatched for the less injured of the two. It arrives on scene. There is an SUV that has t-boned (hit broadside) a small sedan. The driver's and passenger's doors on the sedan are crushed. The SUV has sustained little damage. Medics always check the vehicle damage at an MVA because they can get an idea of the type of injuries a patient may have sustained based on the damage to the vehicle.
The driver of the SUV is the patient. However, she refuses to leave the vehicle – which she uses for her business – until she can get someone to come and remove "sensitive information" contained in the vehicle. Further, North Charleston Police, who are the responding agency, won't let her leave until she had made arrangements for someone to come and collect the gun she has in the vehicle.
Her medical complaint is muscular chest pain. This could be from the seatbelt during impact. Medic 2 waits, but informs her she really needs to hurry these arrangements along because while they are waiting for her to let them transport her to the hospital, they are not available for other emergencies.
She finally gets a hold of someone to come get the private papers, her husband to come collect the gun and a towing company that agrees to take the vehicle to her home. She climbs aboard the ambulance, still on her cell phone.
The phone stays pretty much at her ear as she calls various people to inform them of her accident.
Medic 2 manages to get her vitals and get her ready for the ER. As they leave her in the exam room, the ER nurse is suggesting she get off the phone.
11:30 a.m. – lunch/muscle pain
Medic 2 pulls into Subway. Everyone orders. The sandwiches just arrive then the tones go off for a muscle pain call. Sandwiches are grabbed and deposited in the ambulance. "Our food is only hot when we order it," says Mandeville. Just as he is ready to pull out to respond, dispatch cancels Medic 2 saying that Medic 8, which is at SMC, will take the call. The patient is right across the street from the hospital.
The air conditioning in the rig "doesn't work so well," says Mandeville. This is an understatement. It is about 84 degrees in the box and 98 degrees outside. The sandwiches stay somewhat warm…and are taken back to the station where they are consumed.
12:55 p.m. – abdominal pain
Medic 2 is toned out for a call in Medic 1's district because Medic 1 is out on another call, as is Medic 8, the floating ambulance. This call is for abdominal pain. Arriving at the scene, paramedics find the patient writhing on the couch in obvious pain. Between gasping breaths, she describes her pain, its type (stabbing) and location (lower right abdomen and lower right back). They get a quick history.
This patient is quiet but clearly suffering, her knuckles white and her body arching when the pain hits, and tears are running silently down her face.
She is quickly loaded into the ambulance. Paramedic Mandeville gets her vitals then contacts the SMC ER requesting permission to give Fentanyl for her pain. He explains Morphine gives her migraines.
The ER attending physician gives permission and the Fentanyl is administered through the IV he has inserted. He also gives her an anti-nausea drug to help combat her waves of nausea.
The ER staff is waiting for her at SMC.
But that's not the end of it for Mandeville. Now he must take the partially used vial of Fentanyl, a controlled narcotic analgesic, and empty the remainder of the dosage in front of a ER nurse witness who then signs a form stating that he has done so.
In the meantime Alber cleans up the ambulance and empties the trash.
Back at Station 3, Mandeville begins his paperwork. He empties his pockets where he had put the Fentanyl vial, looking for the green tag that accompanies narcotics and bears a specific serial number. He needs this as part of the accountability process. It is not in his pocket. He looks everywhere in the rig. Nothing. Back to the ER, he looks inside, where he took the vial out to dispose of it, in case the tag fell out then. No. He pulls out the bag of trash, emptied from the rig. Nothing. The tag has disappeared. Now he will need to do even more paperwork, documenting the loss of the tag.
"Better than losing the actual drug," he says.
He calls his supervisor to report the missing tag. He fills out the paperwork, after which he lies down hoping to get a quick nap.
This is, he explains, a "night-rig." This means that the bulk of the calls Medic 2 responds to are at night. Consequently, the paramedics try and take advantage of any downtime they might have during the day because the odds are, they will get no sleep at night. Other stations may experience busy times during the day. Some are not as busy as others depending on where they are located.
Alber turns on the TV to the Discovery Channel, which is broadcasting a day, long viewing of its series Shark Attack.
3:10 p.m. – chest pain
Mandeville has barely had 20 minutes when the tones go off again. Chest pains. Arriving on scene, they greet a 48 year old female with non-radiating chest pain. She has had the pain for about a month but today, she says, it is worse. She is quite loquacious, chatting away during the trip. They transport her to SMC.
4:08 p.m. – unconscious, barely breathing
Dispatch tones Medic 2 for a patient unconscious, barely breathing, however the call is then cancelled. No explanation.
5 p.m. – Lift assist
Medic 2 responds for a lift assist. Sometimes other ambulances are called and sometimes fire department personnel are called when a patient is exceptionally heavy. Even with Striker "stretchers" – battery operated hydraulic lift stretchers that enable the stretcher to do the work of getting a patient up off the ground and into an ambulance, heavier patients tax the hydraulics' ability to get the stretcher high enough to get the wheels into the ambulance. It needs to be lifted a few inches.
To Be Continued…
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The only determining factor as to why people commit crimes with guns is because their victims don't have guns, you say? And then you wonder why that source isn't taken seriously?
So you are disputing the information in that article or how it is presented?
I would like you to point out any information in that article that is not accurate.
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The NHL and its players' association turned over a new leaf with the new year. They spent an entire day working on getting the league back on the ice.
League executives and union members spent Tuesday in New York meeting internally and in small groups, a process that started at noon, and they gathered formally at 9 p.m. The nearly hourlong conference concluded with the NHL delivering a new, comprehensive proposal, its second in less than a week.
The union was planning to examine the offer overnight and into this morning before getting back to the league, NHLPA Executive Director Donald Fehr told reporters in Manhattan. He said it was "reasonably certain" negotiations would continue today.
"We're clearly not done," said NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, who told reporters the league moved on some issues but stood firm on others.
The meetings marked the second straight day of talks, a flurry of activity considering the sides hadn't met since Dec. 6. Also unlike prior protocol, details of the negotiations remained relatively quiet. Reports said some early discussions centered on revenue sharing and pensions.
The start of formal talks continually got delayed – from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. then ultimately until 9 – as the league formulated its response to the collective bargaining offer made by the NHLPA on Monday.
The determined effort was necessary because time is running out to salvage at least part of the 2012-13 season. Commissioner Gary Bettman has set Jan. 11 as the deadline to make a deal. He would like to conduct at least a 48-game season and said it needs to start by Jan. 19.
The NHL's prior offer, made late last week, moved in the players' direction on contract term limits, yearly salary variance and player buyouts.
The union, though, was believed to be against the NHL's desire to have a $60 million salary cap in 2013-14. This season's cap was set to be $70.2 million, and several teams have already committed more than $60 million to players next season. The Buffalo Sabres have more than $50.6 million earmarked for 14 players, which would leave them less than $10 million to spend on the additional six to nine players needed for a full roster.
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A Brooklyn Radio TriptychFriday, May 22nd, 2009
It was easy to come home from the SWL Winterfest with a slight case of equipment envy. But times are tough and I don't need another fancy shortwave radio right now. But it sure would be nice to have one to play with now and then. But suddenly, I do.
On loan from the most gracious David Goren, I have a big plastic Chinese monstrosity known as the Grundig Satellit 800 (made by Tecsun, and recently discontinued). If you wanna know the vintage, it's also called "Millennium," you know like that spooky TV show you probably never saw back in the late 1990's (at least I didn't). And until the incredible Eton E1 came along in 2004, it was a top of the line portable (but it's really too big to be very "portable" outside the house). And while it's not an especially cute radio, it is a damn fine receiver. And it has a feature I've never gotten to play with– an AM sync detector. And it also has three bandwidth settings. In other words, when you come across something weak and distant you have a few options to make the signal a little more palatable.
Nonetheless, the RF noise issues within my Brooklyn apartment still give the Satellit 800 a lot of grief. Having such an impressive radio set in the house put me into a more detailed hunt for stray RF around my little home. I would tune to particularly nasty blasts of RF and then start systematically shutting down just about every electrical device in the house (including "always on" things like TV's and stereos). I did find one really awful (and LOUD) power supply on an external hard drive, which I'll now always unplug if I plan to DX. Even with the extra quiet that may offer, there are still some roaring sheets of nasty RF mayhem coming into my apartment, no matter what I do.
Actually, David Goren came by recently (to visit his radio…) and experienced the RF hell here that I've discussed so often in these pages. From the sound, his guess it that it may be some issue with the power wires outside. A bad insulator or something. And you know, he might be right. But I've had enough problems over the years making sure that the telephone service, the internet bandwidth and hot water are all getting into my apartment in a timely manner over the years. I guess I just don't have the courage to ask Con Ed to come by and do a bunch of work so I can get radio signals from Asia a bit better.
Yet, the 800 is a better and stronger animal than the other receivers here and does drag some signals up out of the noise floor better than most. And last April the girls went away for a week to visit the in-laws down in the sub-tropics, and me and the 800 had the run of the place for a little while. I spend a few nights out on the kitchen table with the whip antenna flush up to the north facing window trying to see what kind of reception I could lure onto my tape recorder. And this post includes some of these adventures on the 31 meter band.
In my limited experience trolling shortwave bands, I've had some my most interesting DX journeys on 31 meters. And there's less religious and paranoid garbage as well. In fact, there's not one warped preacher or "new world order" freak in any of these clips. (At least not in English.)
All these bandscans were captured on two separate evenings in mid-April. I've opted to offer highlights rather than more complete scans, just because some of the ripping interference through some of the reception here in my Brooklyn radio setting can be rather obnoxious. But you can still get some of the raucous flavor of what I have to deal with when I try to DX at home.
Other than the lack of mental illness, these samples are rather representative of what you're likely to find on shortwave these days. There's some English language programming here, and some tasty music from other continents there. And not one second of Gene or Melissa Scott. Let's begin.
This one starts out a little shady, but it gets better…
31 Meter Band – Segment 1 – 0041 UTC 04-15-09 24:29
9665 – Romania? Russia?
Unsure. But it is a song, and oooh it sounds crappy. Even after I lock on with the AM sync mode it's still an unhappy little transmission knee deep in my noise floor.
9715 – RDP Portugal
It's such an "ah…" moment turning the dial out of that racket into this Portuguese music. Fado, I believe. Nice and meaty signal from Western Europe and the songs are splendid. I leave the knob untouched for over ten minutes. Great bittersweet minor-key stuff. It might sound even better accompanied by a jug of wine and some stinky cheese.
And significantly, Spain and Portugal offer the only broadcasts from Western Europe in the batch of reception I'm offering here. There ain't much left, and very little of it is in the English language. So, let's get back to the noise…
9820 – Hmmm
I don't know what this is. I can't get it to sync either. Here how awful the RF can be here when there's no signal to hold the receiver's attention?
9870 – All India Radio
And here's a ragged signal from far far away. It's not a pretty sound, at least not at first. However, I am able to work a little alchemy on the poor thing with the big Grundig beast. I pinch down the bandwidth, reducing the fidelity a bit (but mostly reducing the fidelity of the NOISE) and then turn on the sync. It locks nicely, although the signal is NOT a strong one. I fiddle with the SSB to get the best side of the frequency and well… It is listenable, in a forgiving DX kinda way. The cosmic Indian music comes through, up to a point. But the announcers, not so good. But after all these years I still marvel at the sound of exotic music falling out of the sky from the other side of the world.
31 Meter Band – Segment 2 – 2355 UTC 04-15-09 13:13
9535 Radio Exterior Espana
Care to dance? Some urgent pop music. Boy singer, electric guitar, loco-rhythmic keyboard funk, then silence– some top of the hour tones and a clear ID in Spanish. Good evening from Spain. As the news begins I pack up and head further up the dial.
9545 – Radio Republica
Ah… Radio Re-POOB-lee-ka!. Sounds like the interval signal (or an extended station ID) from this Florida clandestine operation run by the Cuban Democratic Directorate (a "pro-democracy" NGO, Republica that supports human rights causes in Cuba. And it often jammed by that country. I can't tell if that whizzy audio interference is Castro's jamming or just RF problems on my end.
However, I move on again to find something in my native tongue.
9570 – China Radio International
It's the news– typical "statist" shortwave-style headlines in accented English. Mostly unadorned bullet points from Beijing. International stories, matter-of-fact national boasting as well as some reassurance that things are getting better all the time. Except for relations with North Korea.
However, the cross-straits complexities between Taiwan and "the mainland" don't seem to be getting in the way of the "two Chinas" improving their political relationship. Did you know that China has become the world leader in "ultra high voltage power transmission and transformation technology"? Me neither. But it's good news for the Chinese power grid. And their infrastructure in space just got a boost as well, with a new navigational satellite now in place in the Chinese sky.
9580 – Radio Romania International
News with female reader. Clipped Romanian monotone. Nice signal. She says Obama is doing a decent job with the American economic crisis so far. And how about that bumper music? Right out of the 1970's.
Actually, this news broadcast and the previous one from China sound remarkably similar to what you might have heard from these "communist" countries so many decades ago. Sure, Romania is no longer a Soviet satellite nation and the flavor of communism in China is quite different than it was back then, but it's more than just the production values that make these shortwave newscasts sound like vintage broadcasting, but all the talk of nuclear weapons and missile programs makes you wonder if the cold war didn't actually end, but turned into something less distinct but just as dangerous.
And now I'm skipping over some rather uninteresting reception of Spain and Cuba in Spanish, which was accompanied by a loud and grating noise floor. And then on to another former Iron Curtain nation, once the heart of the Soviet empire…
Segment 3 – 31 Meter Band 0014 UTC 04-15-09 8:53
9665 – The Voice of Russia
I don't know if Russia is spending more money on their shortwave service than CRI or VOA, but it always sounds better than they do. I think it's those voices.
Like the male announcer at the beginning of this clip, talking about Russian sailors patrolling the Somali coast to defend international merchant traffic from piracy. I believe this fellow has been around since the "Radio Moscow" days. But what a voice. It's from another era. The woman is good as well. But I've always that there was some odd magic in the processing of the audio over there in Moscow, or some extra sauce in the transmitter that just gave the sound of both Radio Moscow and now the Voice of Russia this extra texture, some richness I can't describe because I'm not a tech guy that way. But it's something I remember distinctly when I first began to really listen to Russia on the radio in the 1980s, that they had a "sound." And that radio magic is still there. In fact, it sounds very 20th century to me.
And the woman who does the light news feature on the annual return of migrating cranes to Moscow is awesome as well. It's just the kind of human interest non-news that RCI offers all the time, but it you would be in the hands of some chirpy radio amateur instead of this smoky and authoritative Russian woman discussing elegant birds in their nation's capital. I guess there's a bit of mystical grandeur to the way their English service presents Russian culture and history and natural resources on shortwave. And while it may be overblown and self-serving, they still have veteran radio professionals in house making it believable on the radio.
And anybody who listened with any regularity to Radio Moscow (and then the Voice of Russia) remember Joe Adamov of "Moscow Mailbag." (who I wrote about here), another elegant radio voice from Russia, in English.
9675 – Radio Canção Nova?
Portuguese… is it? But instead of talking about the glories of the Pope, it sounds like she's talking about some "final four" sporting event.
It seems rather clear and strong for such a low-power operation, otherwise I don't know what I'm listening to. Please comment if you know what this is, or what she's talking about. And you know, if you have something to add (or I made a mistake with my logging or guessing) please leave a comment below, or you can send an email.
Also, I've been doing some work on the blog behind the scenes (and have more to do if I find the time), and I've linked some of my past content to the categories in the sidebar. Like if you like these bandscan posts, you can find a bunch more by clicking that category. They all have audio as well.
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8 Books That Prove Cat Lovers Are Insane
Hi, Internet. Cats!
While we're talking about cats, rampant cat enthusiasm has created an opportunity for any lonely maniac with a computer to publish a book, and that kind of thing doesn't go unpunished. The following eight books are the consequences of cat lovers selling ridiculous things to one another.
Please note that despite my exhaustive archaeology of the esoteric, I want to respect the attention span of any cat enthusiasts who might be reading this online. I know they're expecting Impact font and absurdism, so for those people, I ended each entry with a review written by an actual cat from the book. Of course, those people stopped reading a few sentences ago, so I guess now I'm just bragging to you about how thoughtful I am to the feelings of those dumber than us.
#8. Feng Shui for You and Your Cat by Alison Daniels, 2000
Feng Shui for You and Your Cat is 154 pages of home decorating tips to maximize your cat's spiritual happiness, except 80 pages are just portraits of cats nowhere near furniture. It's like someone spent three years of their life taking glamour shots of pets and only made this book about furniture sorcery to not look crazy.
Let's assume for the sake of the cats that there is an invisible force called qi that flows through your apartment. It can heal wounds, cheer you up and even block yoga flames, yet it's completely foiled by an improperly facing card table. I already know it works, because every war has been won by the side with the most unimpeded qi in their foxholes. So I'm not trying to convince anyone that feng shui is real. I'm trying to say that when you're dealing with an animal that at any time may see a ghost and sprint into the wall, magical furniture arrangement is pretty irrelevant. I mean, am I right, wizards?
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#7. How to Massage Your Cat by Jane Buckle, 1996
Only about 1 percent of this book has anything to do with massage techniques, because there are only two ways to massage a cat -- regular and Of Mice and Men. Most of How to Massage Your Cat is devoted to strangely sexual encouragements to touch cats under any and all circumstances. For example, here's an excerpt from Chapter 2 -- When to Massage Your Cat:
"Well, what's wrong with starting right now? Whisper massage into your cat's ear. Linger over the S's. Your pet will respond with a curious look until he has learned the word. But then he will roll over onto his back, smile a dreamy smile and whisper back, me-ooh, now."
I can't say much for the author's sentence structure, but her raw feline sexuality has me spraying all over the wall. And that passage wasn't taken out of context for comedic purposes-- that's the entire chapter. Oh, and if you're wondering what kind of erotic mischief this sexy author got up to on page 69, I've included it here. I swear I didn't modify this in any way.
When you're talking about punchlines for cat butthole cartoons, "FIRE NUMBER 1" is what's known as a "slam dunk."
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#6. Crafting With Cat Hair by Kaori Tsutaya, 2011
Most people waste their pet remains. I personally have so many cat skeletons piling up in my garage that many nights I can't tell where their screams end and mine begin. The fact is, nearly all sane households throw their pet hair away before they've even glued eyes to it! Not Kaori Tsutaya. She makes book covers and mittens out of hers. Thanks to her, I know how to not only harvest the hair of a cat, but also use it to patch a hole in a moth-eaten sweater! That sounds like an absurdly specialized skill, but if I'm ever in that situation, I can't think of a better way to tell nearby people they'll be the first to die.
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#5. Training & Showing Your Cat by Marie Cahill, 1991
Do you want to teach an animal tricks but have too much spare time for a dog? Then this is the book for you. Training & Showing Your Cat isn't simply for men looking for a way to tell their wives they've lost their penis. This is a comprehensive guide to cat tricks and cat runway shows. If you want to do anything to or with a cat, it's either covered in this book or you're under arrest. It is impossibly efficient. By page 23, it's already showing you how to train your cat to do this:
This book might make your cat too smart. In fact, the title of the last chapter is "You Have Trained Us Well, Human. Now Witness the Master's Reward," and it's a picture of your cat giving birth on your grave.
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HAGERSTOWN - Want a Christmas experience with a cowboy state of mind? Traveling to the Old West is easy thanks to Antietam Recreation's Cowboy Christmas show.
Guinness World Record holder Andy Rotz, his brother Tim and a cast of talented dancers and singers take audiences back in time for a heartwarming story fitting for Christmas, dazzling musical numbers, and exciting rope-twirling, knife-throwing and gun-spinning tricks.
This is Antietam Recreation's 10th year doing Cowboy Christmas. Andy amazes as he continually improves with tricks that could have only been seen before at Buffalo Bill's own Wild West Show a century ago. He spent last spring and summer in Branson, Mo., working at the Circle B Western show and Shepherd of the Hills show. He must have picked up a few pointers.
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Guinness World Record holder Andy Rotz, his brother Tim and a cast of talented dancers and singers take audiences back in time for a heartwarming story fitting for Christmas, dazzling musical numbers, and exciting rope-twirling, knife-throwing and gun-spinning tricks.
"Andy's doing a lot of things he didn't do even five years ago," said his mom, Mary Rotz, of Antietam Recreation, which is very much a family affair. "He has the Texas Fire Skip and Annie Oakley tricks."
Andy performs a shot made famous by Buffalo Bill Cody himself. In order to recreate his shot, Andy has to shoot a half dollar in mid-air. But not being satisfied with just recreating this famous shot, he shoots an even smaller target, a Lifesaver, in mid-air with a .22 caliber rifle bullet.
Queen of exhibition shooting Annie Oakley had one of the most famous, most difficult and most dangerous shots ever performed - shooting a cigarette out of her husband's mouth. Andy substitutes a stick of chalk for a cigarette and with a real .22 caliber bullet in flight knocks it out of his assistant's mouth.
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What: Cowboy Christmas Dinner Show
When: 6 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, through Dec. 29. Wild West matinees today, Dec. 4, 12.
Where: Antietam Recreation, 9729 Garis Shop Road, Hagerstown
Tickets: $28-$36 depending on date. Children ages 4-11, discounted rate.
Information and Reservations: 301-797-7999, www.antietamrecreation.com
The Winchester 1873, known as the "Gun that Won the West," was the most advanced firepower of its time. Andy puts out five candles on a ladder with his lever-action rifle in record time. To accomplish this, he must shoot balloons that are above the candle partly filled with water. The U.S. flag comes down at the end to honor veterans.
Andy is in the 2005 and 2008 Guinness Book of World Records for the Texas Skip made famous by Will Rogers. He almost tripled the previous record, held by Vince Bruce of England, when he completed 11,123 consecutive skips with his rope in three hours. It earned him the title King of the Texas Skip Cowboys.
Andy has amazed folks over the years with his fire whips and fire gun spinning, and added to his performances this year are fire ropes. He is the first in the world, as far as the family knows, to perform the Texas Skip with ropes of fire.
He has some six-gun speed, power and magic of which Gene or Roy would be proud. With his twin .45 caliber pistols, it looks like two lightning bolts sitting upon his fingertips. He heats things up a little bit as suddenly he is spinning fire guns.
Every cowboy hero has to have a trusted, smart horse. Gene Autry had Champion. Roy Rogers had Trigger. Andy has Idja, who joins him on stage with tricks of his own.
Of course, this show isn't only amazing fire, rope and gun tricks. It has a touching story of love the entire family will enjoy. In the Miracle of Eagle Ridge, a young mother and her family have come to town. But, there is a gang causing trouble on Christmas Eve. The mother gets caught in the crossfire. Audiences will be taken on a journey of resolving the conflicts just in time for Christmas.
The evening begins with an old-fashioned wagon ride, old-time photos, live animals in a stable and line dancing.
Back at the ranch, everyone sits down for a meal fit for the hungriest of cowboy appetites. While having dinner, the audience is treated to live music. Then, it's time for everyone to sit back and hold onto their hats for the show.
The shows all started about 37 years ago with the Rotz family's Antietam Recreation camp facility for school children and corporate functions. Tim Rotz said they started with shows for school field trips and corporate picnics, with roping and horse tricks. Their grandfather had a dog that did tricks with a horse and Frisbee. Tim held targets for Andy as he was honing his unique skills.
The boys had grown up watching the Western movies and around horses. At the day camp, Andy taught riding in the summer, and wanted to be like his heroes.
Andy met a cowboy named Council Burns who taught him how to use a lasso. Through a friend, the family heard about a bronc rider named Cowboy Lee Homoki. The traveling evangelist was a roper who did tricks like his father before him. The Rotz family invited him to Antietam Recreation in 1997.
Young Andy was inspired by his trick roping, whip-cracking and message. The elder cowboy gave him some ropes and showed him the basics. Homoki returned several times. He introduced Andy to the Wild West Arts Club.
"People from around the world get together to do Wild West arts and knife throwing," Andy said. "I went to a convention and seminars, and got training videos."
It wasn't long before Andy was becoming proficient in rope tricks. Within a few years, he was doing short shows at the camp. The rest, as they say, is history. Andy became a champion, and they added more Western and drama shows.
"Andy started when he was 11," Mary said. "Now, he's 27. We did outdoor shows at the summer camp first. Then, we added an outdoor Western stunt show with gun battles, and horses galloping at full pace. We'll do 25 performances this year at Christmas, plus other shows we have, the Valentine's show and illusion and magic show."
Christmas, as Mary said, isn't the only time for entertainment at Antietam Recreation. There are dinner shows scheduled in 2013 that include a Valentine's special and Truth & Illusion spectacle.


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quote: I don't know why you feel the need to attack this guy for attempting to add a little bit of detail. How dare he proffer a correction. The nerve of that guy?!Sure if hes saying things that are incorrect (see below) thats always a problem.
quote: On that note, your proposition that the culture environment is totally irrelevant as long as its suitable for cultivation is balderdash.
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Legendary bluegrass band The Seldom Scene is coming to Elkins Saturday at 7:30 p.m. as part of the 20122013 Evening Concert Series at the Randolph County Community Arts Center. Doors will open at 7 p.m. and tickets are on sale now in the Arts Center office.
The band will also be offering a free workshop before the concert, beginning at 4:30 p.m. at the RCCAC. The informal workshop will be like an "open sound check" and participants are invited to bring their instruments or simply come to ask questions and enjoy the music.
Seldom Scene has thrilled audiences world-wide with their electrifying and time-tested bluegrass, garnering them the moniker "America's Bluegrass Band." One of the single largest contributors to the progression of bluegrass from the early days of Flatt and Scruggs and Bill Monroe to the more contemporary sounds that they founded, Seldom Scene's bluegrass versions of country, rock, and even classical pop make them a standout.
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The Seldom Scene will perform at part of the 2012 – 2013 Evening Concert Series at the Randolph County Community Arts Center Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Doors will open at 7 p.m., and tickets are on sale in the Arts Center office now.
The band consists of Dudley Connell (guitar/lead and baritone vocals), Ben Eldridge (banjo and scat singing), Lou Reid (mandolin/lead and tenor vocals), Fred Travers (dobro/lead and tenor vocals), and Ronnie Simpkins (bass/baritone vocals).
One of the founding members, banjo player Ben Eldridge has been with The Seldom Scene since its inception, and he still performs with the same fire and enthusiasm that characterized the band's early days as a progressive group that took Bluegrass music to new heights. Ben is also well-loved for his scat singing on fan favorite, "Lay Down Sally."
Dudley Connell plays a masterful guitar and provides powerful lead vocals for The Scene, which has a reputation for challenging the bounds of Bluegrass; and Connell's musical virtuosity has pushed the group beyond these bounds. Audiences delight in Connell's renditions of traditional songs like "Old Train," folk ballads such as "Blue Diamond Mine," and blues songs like "Rollin' and Tumblin'." Connell is a former member of The Johnson Mountain Boys.
Playing dobro for The Scene is Fred Travers, one of the most respected dobro players on the bluegrass circuit today. He is also an accomplished vocalist who brings solid lead and harmony to The Scene. Travers is a former member of the Gary Ferguson Band and the Paul Adkins Band.
Ronnie Simpkins plays rock-steady bass for the group and provides the bass vocals in The Scene's quartets as well. Simpkins has been performing Bluegrass music since childhood and is a former member of The Tony Rice Unit. Lou Reid, who plays mandolin for The Scene and provides the tenor vocals, is also a former member of Ricky Skaggs Band, Quicksilver, and he currently fronts his own group Carolina. Reid's vocals are the epitome of the powerful, "high, lonesome" tenor that is the signature of Bluegrass music.
Tickets for The Seldom Scene concert are $20 for adults, $18 for seniors, and $10 for students if purchased in advance and $23 for adults, $21 for seniors, and $13 for students if purchased on the day of the show or at the door. Discounted season tickets are available for the full 2012-13 season and provide a substantial savings to subscribers. Tickets can be purchased at the RCCAC office by phone at (304) 637-2355, with credit or debit card, or at the door while they last. Doors will open thirty minutes before show-time.


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COLUMBIANA - Three people who own roughly 48 acres of property in Fairfield Township are backing out from annexing into the city.
Municipal Attorney Daniel Blasdell said this week the property owners decided not to annex after the city declined to meet their "demands," which he said were "not acceptable."
City Manager Keith Chamberlin said Paul and Nevin Hawkins and Martha Blazek, the sister of Mr. Hawkins, wanted the city to provide utilities to the property at no cost to them, and wanted to ensure that the annexation would in no way impede any efforts on their part to lease land for oil and gas.
The city has expressed an interest in leasing city-owned property for mineral rights, but as of this month, no oil and gas exploration company has extended a formal lease, councilman Bryan Blakeman said.
The city has put some requirements on the type of lease they would approve since council is concerned about how the drilling would affect the city's nine water wells.
Attorney Alan Wenger, of Harrington, Hoppe and Mitchell, is negotiating with the companies on the city's behalf. Any lease approved would be for municipal land only and not privately owned property.
As for the annexation, Blakeman scolded Chamberlin for pushing it through "hastily" although he agreed the property owners' demands were too much.
"We were told everything was taken care of, then found out they (Chamberlin and the property owners) were meeting privately," Blakeman said.
Council approved filing a petition for the annexation at the Oct. 2 meeting. At that time, the Hawkins property was included in the annexation. The property is located not far from the city's baseball fields.
With the property included, the city was looking to annex roughly 134 acres from the township for the purpose of owning the property where the current water treatment plant is located. The outdated plant built in 1933 on the southeast end of the city near Metz Road will be replaced by a new multi-million-dollar plant over the next two years.
Blakeman said he didn't "have a problem" with allowing the property owners to back out, but didn't like how the petition went through so "hastily."
Blasdell argued "there wasn't anything hasty done," but that the property owners simply decided not to move forward after originally being interested.
Council unanimously approved the repeal of the former annexation legislation and filing of the remaining portion to be annexed, which is now at about 87 acres.