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The Pendleton County Wildcat Midget team had an absolutely awesome offensive game, scoring a season high 19 points. The Wildcat offense and defense was led by Player of the Week, Nathan Utz. This is Nathan's first year of football and this week he was our outstanding defensive player of the game. Nathan had six unassisted tackles, two sacks on the quarterback, and two forced fumbles, and one fumble recovery. Nathan helped on offense with outstanding blocking. Two out of three touchdowns were scored on Nathan's side of the ball.
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2011 | Natural Beef
Forrest Hall Farm is pleased to offer our own farm produced Black Angus beef cuts for sale in our shop. Our animals are humanely raised on our farm and grain fed from grain grown and ground here on the farm - hormone and antibiotic free.
Our meat is processed under USDA inspection with a meat processing permit from the State Department of Health & Mental Hygiene. The meat is sold in a frozen state in accordance with state regulation. It should be kept frozen until used.
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2010 | Wine Grape Growing
Forrest Hall Farm showcased agriculture's new and emerging industry here in St. Mary's - wine grape growing and wine making! We at Forrest Hall are very proud to be a part of Maryland's first agricultural cooperative in the wine making industry. It is this group that is managing the new Port of Leonardtown Winery that recently celebrated its grand opening. Wine making is part of the value-added, new face of Maryland agriculture.
The 2010 corn maze design was a reflection of this new wine growing and wine making industry here in St. Mary's County. Wine grape production became part of the farm's diverse operation in 2005 as the farm transitioned from tobacco to less traditional forms of agriculture. Forrest Hall has over five acres of wine grapes. Primary varieties grown include Chambourcin, Cab Franc, and Cayuga White. The farm is open to the general public from strawberry picking time in May through grape harvest time, and on to fall harvest activities time. The retail shop closes in November of each year.
Mary and Joe Wood are part of the original founding members of the Southern Maryland Wine Growers Cooperative, and all three of their children are grower members of the co-op. Forrest Hall Farm is part of the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation and was awarded the St. Mary's County Agricultural Land Preservation Award in 2004. The farm hosted a vineyard tour from Australia's Neufield Scholars in 2008.
2009 | Maryland's 375th Birthday
This year's maze design is a birthday cake. This is quite a birthday year, and what better way to celebrate than with a cake. Take a cake walk through the maze, and we hope that on your walk you will give a little thought to the history of our homeplace.
Many historians believe that the first cakes originated in Greece, but there are some who hold that the first cakes date back to ancient Egyptians who were the first known to bake their food. Still, others contend that the birthday cake tradition started in the middle ages in Germany when sweet bread dough was made to celebrate the birthday of Jesus. Often objects were placed in the dough, and good luck was thought to be ahead for the finders. The birthday cake later re-emerged in Germany as a "kinderfest" or birthday celebration for young children. The celebration of birthdays with a cake remains a world-wide tradition.
Originally, the birthday candles placed on cakes were intended to send up birthday wishes to God. It was believed that the wishes were carried up on the smoke. Even today, it is thought that if you blow all your candles out in one breath, your wish will come true!
This year we are celebrating Maryland's 375th birthday…a celebration that began on Maryland Day, March 25, and will continue through the rest of 2009. Maryland's story actually begins here in 1634 when the 140 passengers from the Ark and the Dove landed on St. Clement's Island and then moved down to St. Mary's City to land acquired from local Indian tribes to create a settlement which served as the state's first capital. It was the clear and visionary thinking of these first Marylanders that helped to develop the religious and personal freedoms that we in the United States continue to enjoy today.
Be sure to pick up a free copy of our county's Maryland's 375th Anniversary publication before you leave. It is full of information about the celebration as it continues throughout the rest of the year. Thank you for visiting Forrest Hall Farm and helping to celebrate this important birthday year.
Come visit, and be "A-Maized"
2008 | The Rooster
Take a walk through the maze (or run if it's not too hot)! We haven't permanent lost anyone in eight years, so don't worry. Then visit with our farm animals, take a hayride, play games, or just hang out. Stop by the nostalgia corner in the barn, and don't forget to stop by the farm shop for goodies to take home.
Our five acre maze has over two miles of trails - with appropriate shortcuts of course! There are rest stops in the maze, and we offer wagons to pull the little ones along. Ticket-holding mazers get a FREE gift for completing the maze.
This year's maze design is a rooster. For centuries, the rooster was known as the "evil chicken" and the "ferocious clucker" as they have been known to chase anyone approaching their pens or their hens. Actually roosters play a really important role on a farm, especially when it comes to alerting the hens and other farm animals that a predator is near. They are the "watch dogs" of farm animals. They crow and squawk and dance…and they are good leaders. The problem comes when you have more than one rooster and the group must decide who is going to be the leader. This is called "pecking order," and roosters take it very seriously. Once a rooster has become the leader, he stays the leader until either a new, bigger, stronger and more influential rooster comes along, or until he is too old to lead - and if this happens, the second in command rooster takes over. Roosters are beautiful and often-times quite colorful.
2007 | The School Bus
School busing and agriculture served as partners in the early days in St. Mary's County. In the 1920's many students walked to school. That all changed with Miss Lettie Dent, the new Superintendent of Schools (first female superintendent in Maryland 1928-1957). She got in her car and drove from farm to farm recruiting the first bus drivers and contractors. Farmers were regarded as trustworthy, family men. They were accustomed to working with large equipment and the opportunity of school busing provided them with additional income during the post harvest season. It was the beginning of a successful and long-lasting relationship between the agricultural and the educational community. Joe's parents were bus contractors/drivers for almost 50 years. His mother, Mildred, held the distinction of being the first female driver in northern St. Mary's. Two of their original buses are a proud part of life at Forrest Hall Farm.
2006 | Ernesto's Paths! ... That's right, not even Ernesto could hold us down. Even though he blazed through our ready-to-go maze, we were ready! We created a new maze and respectfully named it after the storm! The new maze consisted of shapes and paths representing the turmoil of the storm. Here is a photo of what the original design for 2006 was:
The 2005 Steamboat
Throughout the 19th century, and for most of the first half of the 20th century, steamboat transportation played a vital role in the local agricultural economy. The Southern Maryland Railroad system had established itself, but the interstate highways system had not, and therefore, steamboat and railroad were the modes of transportation used to bring agricultural supplies and equipment to the area.
In addition to the freight service, these steamboat lines provided efficient, reasonably priced passenger service for people in southern Maryland. Locals could travel to Washington, D.C., and the Baltimore area for weekend excursions. The John W. Thompson, well known in southern Maryland waters, provided freight service as well as passenger and excursion trips. To read more, click here for our 2005 Fact Pack.
The 2004 Steam Locomotive
The Southern Maryland Railroad was incorporated in 1868 with construction beginning a short time later. Construction was started in Brandywine (connecting with the Baltimore & Potomac Railroad) and was built in a southeasterly direction with the intention of traveling all the way to Point Lookout. The line went into its first of many bankruptcies in 1886 and emerged as the Washington & Potomac Railroad. The line only ever ran as far south as Mechanicsville (sometimes listed as Forrest Hall).
In 1901, the line went through another bankruptcy and emerged as the Washington, Potomac & Chesapeake Railway. At the end of 1917 the line again found itself in bankruptcy and was very nearly scrapped due to the high price of scrap metal during WW1. However, farmers in the area were able to purchase the line from a salvage firm and in June of 1918 the line began running again, this time under the name of the Washington, Brandywine & Point Lookout Railroad. To read more, click here.
The 2003 "Elephants" in St. Mary's County
Who knew...elephant's in St. Mary's County. You just never know what you'll find in a corn maze! Elephants are wonderful animals. They are the largest mammals in the world that live on land. There are two types of elephants - African and Asian. Asian elephants have smaller ears and shorter tusks than their cousins, the African elephants. The African elephant is bigger and taller than an Asian elephant.
Elephants live in families just like us! Several families may live together, this is called a herd. The leader of the herd is usually the oldest female elephant, and is referred to as the "matriarch." All of the babies and other female elephants follow the matriarch. A young male elephant stays with the herd until he is 14 or 15 years old. He then goes out on his own to start a new family. To learn more about elephants, please click here to view our 2003 Fact Pack.
The 2002 St. Mary's "Dinosaur"
Okay, so we've never really found a dinosaur in our cornfield...but we wanted one, so we grew our own!
"Astrodon Johnstoni" officially became the Maryland state dinosaur on October 1, 1998. It lived during the early Cretaceous period, between 130 million and 95 million years ago, and was the first identified dinosaur in Maryland. It was one of the earliest dinosaur finds in the United States and the first sauropod described in North America.
Astrodon was definitely vegetarian, but as with all dinosaurs it is difficult to be specific about the exact diet. It probably browsed conifers, cycads and low-growing plants. It probably was a forest dweller. Although its bones have been recovered from river deposits, if current ideas are correct, it did not spend its time in the water.
Astrodon is better known than any other dinosaur in the Potomac Group. Because Astrodon was the first dinosaur found in Maryland and the first sauropod described from North America, it is fitting that it be acknowledged officially as the "Maryland State Dinosaur." Click here for the 2002 Fact Pack.
The 2001 Barn & Silo
The history of corn is truly "A-Maize-Ing!" We are able to trace the beginning of corn to Central America over 7000 years ago.
The Mayan, Aztec, and Inca Indians of Central and South America learned to use almost every part of the corn plant. The leaves contain a large amount of sugar and they used them as the first "chewing gum." Immature corn was eaten as a fresh vegetable. The dry, mature kernels of corn were ground into flour, parched, or popped. Can you image the Aztec Indian children eating popcorn just like you do today!
By the time Christopher Columbus reached the New World in 1492, corn was grown from southern Canada to the Andes Mountains of South America. Early European settlers soon learned to depend on corn as their main crop. To learn more, click here for the 2001 Fact Pack.


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Clark Diaries Episode 12 – Scavenger Hunt!
Home to 2,000+ students, Clark University has no shortage of talented, intelligent students. Today the focus is on two students, Sam Wallace and Jodie Martin. Here we can take a look into her life with dorm mates, friends, activities, and studies.
Let's take a look into their Diary at Clark University!
Sam and Jodie randomly hear about a Scavenger hut on campus at the last minute. Will they be able to find any items in time in such a short notice? Probably not, but they sure will have fun doing it!
As always. Thanks for watching, like, comment, and share so we can keep making the show better!
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You have a better chance of becoming president, or being crushed by a vending machine, but economist says playing the lottery brings people together.
The real winner here are the state coffers, not the players.
The Mega Millions jackpot is now up to a whopping $190 million. It has been two months since the Mega Millions has had matching numbers.


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Hermetic Reciprocating Compressors - the compressor is the core of every compression refrigeration circuit
01 March 2011
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Useful practical tips for the everyday work of fitters is provided in the �Fitters Notes� series. The Fitters Notes series is based on the handbook of the same name produced by Danfoss, which discusses the basic principles of commercial refrigeration systems and the associated basic components.
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Chapter 1. Hermetic Reciprocating Compressors - the compressor is the core of every compression refrigeration circuit
It brings vaporous refrigerant from a low pressure level (low / suction pressure) to a high level (high / discharge pressure). There are compressors in different functional principles. There are for example scroll compressors, screw compressors, rotary compressors, turbo-compressors and reciprocating compressors. Today we are going to concentrate on reciprocating compressors and in particular on those types with hermetic design.
Hermetic reciprocating compressors are different from structurally related types like the semi-hermetic (motor and compression mechanics form a unit) and open reciprocating compressors (motor separate from the compression mechanics) in that they have a sealed design.
In a hermetic reciprocating compressor, as a result of the perfect hermetic sealing of the refrigeration circuit on the compressor body, unlike the two alternative variants - there are no refrigerant leaks possible.
Hermetic reciprocating compressors are the most commonly used compressors in the refrigeration market. This is primarily due to the fact that nearly all compressors in white goods are hermetic reciprocating compressors.
But there is also a preference for these types of compressors in commercial refrigerating systems. They are suitable for air conditioning, cold rooms or low temperature applications, the technology is very reliable, and they come in many different designs for all common refrigerants. As our example we shall be dealing with the household (black) and commercial (blue) reciprocating compressors from Danfoss.
Chapter 2. Compressor Cooling and Assembly
The household (small black) compressors of the series PL, TL, FR, NL and SC are all one cylinder machines with vertically arranged crankshaft. They are usually supplied sufficiently full of oil, so that as a rule you do not have to add any oil (at least for more or less compact systems).
In the small sizes, static cooling through the ambient air is usually enough but in the larger black compressors, either oil cooling or fan-cooling is necessary.
Household (black) reciprocating compressors - displacement 2 to 21 cm3
This is the reason why these compressors should not be fitted with an acoustic hood.
A look at the relevant data sheet will provide information as to whether static cooling ("S") is sufficient, or if in fact fan ("F") ventilation or oil ("O") cooling must be used.
In the oil cooling, along with the three standard connections for the suction-, the process- (also on suction pressure level - for filling the refrigeration circuit - used mostly in mass production) and the discharge connection, there are two additional pipe connections at the lower area of the compressor.
These enable the refrigerant from a splited condenser to be used for cooling the compressor. Theoretically water could also be passed through the oil cooler for cooling using a small pump, as there is no direct contact between the inside of the compressor and the oil cooling loop.
If the compressor has an oil cooler but it is not used, then it can simply be ignored (soldering to seal is not necessary). The solder connections of these compressors are covered with capsolutes, to prevent unnecessary foreign particles or moisture entering the compressor.
To remove these capsolutes, there are special capsolute lifters, with which all seals should be opened. This means that even if the process connection is not required, it must absolutely be cleared of capsolutes and soldered closed.
The compressors have to be mounted on rubber grommets. These rubber grommets should always be used, as the buffering along with the internal suspension springs of the inner compressor block absorb the forces as the compressor starts and stops.
Chapter 3. Electrical Connection
For outside assembly or if low ambient temperatures on the compressor cannot be ruled out, belt crankcase heater should be used.
This should always be switched counter-cyclical to the compressor (compressor running - crankcase heating off, compressor idle - crankcase heating on). The electrical connection of these household (black) compressors may not be complicated, but there is some devil in the detail.
As these compressors are operated with 230 V single-phase, the problem of starting the compressor must initially be solved.
For this purpose the 230 V alternating current motor has a main winding and also a start winding. The start winding switched on for a short time at the start phase and switched off after the start.
After this the 230 V compressor runs exclusively with the main winding. Switching off the start winding can be done in different ways. With the so-called HST starting device ("High Starting Torque") the supply for the start winding is electromechanically switched off by a relay. The HST configuration can be used for expansion valve operation and for capillary tube operation, in other words for systems with and without pressure equalisation when the refrigerating system is idle.
The LST starting device ("Low Starting Torque") should only be used for capillary tube plants (e. g. cabinets or show cases with capillary tubes as expansion device), as this cannot start the compressor at differential pressure.
Technically the LST configuration is a PTC resistor (Positive Temperature Coefficient). If a PTC resistor becomes warm then it becomes high resistance and thus virtually switches off the path to the start winding.
While HST starting devices are always fitted with a starting capacitor or starting capacitor and run capacitor, the LST variant can work without a capacitor or at most with a run capacitor. For the electrical check as to whether the electric motor values of this type of compressor are correct, measuring the Ohm values can give the critical information.
The compressors have three connecting terminals in the terminal box. At the top left is the connection of the main winding; at the top right that of the start winding and at the bottom the shared measuring and connection point. If you measure from the top left to the bottom, you can measure the Ohm value of the main winding, from the right downwards the value of the start winding and from top to top the sum of the two resistance values of both windings. Right: HST (high starting torque) device
Compressor protection
Household (black) Danfoss reciprocating compressors have as a rule an internal motor protection (bi-metal) in the load circuit to protect them from excessive currents and temperatures.
This is located between the internal electrical joint of the main and start winding and the connection "G" (bottom pin on the compressor) and is placed inside the compressor.
It is thus very likely that the internal bi-metal motor protection has switched off if a low double-digit Ohm value is detected in the measurement between "top and top" and if an infinite big resistance is detected in the measurements from "top to bottom" on both sides.
This protection device automatically switches back, if the temperature has fallen back again to a reasonable value. The speed of these compressors at 50 Hz is around 2900 U/min, as the electric motor is wound with one pair of poles.
At 60 Hz for example the compressor would run correspondingly faster (approx. 3480 U/min) than at 50 Hz, as the rotor of the compressor follows the relevant mains frequency (Hz = 1/s means, that at 50 Hz alternating current 50 times a second the current direction is changed).
Chapter 4. Fitting and Service
In the commercial (blue) reciprocating compressors of the series MTZ, MT and NTZ by Danfoss, the crankshaft is also fitted upright, but they come in single, two and four cylinder versions.
Commercial (blue) reciprocating compressors - displacement 30 to 271 cm3
These compressors contain the requisite amount of oil on delivery.
Checking the oil level after a certain running time after installation is advisable and can be done easily via the sight glass in the lower part of the compressor.
Half the height of the sight glass is ideal and 1/4 to 3/4 can be tolerated. All compressors in these series are 100% suction gas cooled. This means that, if be fitted, as the compressor gives off all the excess heat via the refrigerant passing through it.
The refrigerating connections in the blue compressors for commercial cooling applications are located one above the other - suction connection on top (large connection) and discharge connection bottom (small connection).
Both are designed as Rotolock screw connections, so that if the compressor is replaced no soldering work is required. On initial installation, Rotolock valves should be used, as they make service interventions on the compressor or on the cooling plant substantially easier and offer the possibility of simply fitting a high and low pressure switch. In this context, it is important that on a Rotolock valve the connection, located closest to the spindle, can be locked (connection option for the service pressure gauge). The other connection can be used for a pressure switch (connection not lockable).
As well as this on the compressor housing there are two further, smaller connection possibilities: a low pressure connection that can be used during commissioning or service, and oil equalisation connection that is only required in manifolding. In this parallel operation of compressors a size 10 copper tube as a compressor equalisation to the sister compressors equalisation fitted to the oil equalisation connection, the suction line to the manifold compressors must be designed as symmetrically as possible and a non-return valve must be built into each individual discharge line.
The installation of the commercial (blue) reciprocating compressors should be done on rubber mounting grommets, as in the case of the black compressors.
Chapter 5. Electrical Connection
If crankcase heating is to be fitted, with the PTC heater cartridge or a belt heater - there are two basic possibilities.
The PTC cartridge can be fitted very easily into the designated pocket at the base of the compressor and is self-regulating.
Consequently it can be constantly live and does not have to be switched off, if the compressor is running.
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The alternative belt heater on the other hand should only be activated when the compressor is idle. The blue compressors are mainly available on the market as three-phase devices in 400 V design. The electrical connection is relatively simple, as the compressors motor windings are already internally connected in the star point (joint of all three windings inside the compressor).
There are three connection pins, onto which the three phases coming from the contactor (or ideally from the motor protection in the switchboard) are directly fitted. Using a voltmeter you can check on the compressor terminal box that everything is in order with the power supply.
The mains (measured phase to phase) should always be around 400 V. As additional protection against excess temperature and against excessively high current loads, the commercial (blue) compressors have a bi-metal protection in the star point of the windings.
This means that it can be presumed that the internal motor protection has tripped, if in a resistance measurement on the compressor (disconnect supply voltage beforehand) an "infinitely large resistance" is measured between all three pins.
As soon as the compressor has cooled down again, the bi-metal protection switches on again.
If the electrical motor is ready for operation, then the three resistance values measured between the pins are approximately the same as each other. The value lies, depending on the size of the compressor, between 1 and 11 Ohm. The speed of these compressors at 50 Hz is the same as that of the smaller compressors, i.e. 2900 rpm.
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can anyone help me out? I would like to visit Paris- Roubaix this year, and try to see the race at one of the cobble stone tracks, and see the finish at the velodrome in Roubaix.
Anyone ever been there at the finish in the Velodrome? How do I get in there?
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Many people try and catch the race at Arenberg and then head to the velodrome - the risk is getting there too late and the stadium is full. You could head to Troisville (first sector) and then head to the stadium but if you don't have local knowledge, there's a risk you'll get caught in a traffic jam.
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Lancashire football coach murdered in New York
A 25-year-old football coach from Tarleton, Lancashire, was stabbed to death in New York yesterday.
Mike Jones, coach for New York Red Bulls' juniors, was found in the early hours of the morning with a severed ear and stab wounds to his torso and neck, near 25 West 14th Street, police said.
Mr Jones, who studied at Edge Hill University, Southport, was declared dead on arrival at Bellevue Hospital, New York.
John Parkinson, treasurer of Tarleton Corinthians who Mr Jones used to play for, said: "We are trying to come to terms with it. He was a genuine lad, no trouble. He was not a lad who would look for trouble or anything like that. He is not the sort of lad that would be up to no good."


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I just read this article a friend sent me. Thoughts? Criticism? I just thought it was an interesting take on some cultures saying that being fat is acceptable or sought after.
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I think the most likely answer is:
-Blacks make up a significant portion of the lower socio-economic classes in the US
-poor people can't afford healthy food
-unhealthy food combined with a sedentary lifestyle leads to obesity
I don't have any evidence but I doubt obesity rates noticeably vary within a socio-economic class.
"Pooling national data from more than 30 years, White and Black women consistently experienced higher BMI at lower income levels, although this association was more modest at some time points than others (Chang & Lauderdale, 2005). In recent years, and in contrast to women and White men, Black and Mexican-American men experienced higher BMI?s with higher incomes."
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On the topic of culture and obesity:
One excuse you hear now and again is something like "Well I'm Italian! We have a culture to eat big! Manga! That's why I'm fat!"
Now tell me, what culture doesn't have a tradition of sitting around, having get-to-togethers and eating ridiculous amounts of food? All cultures pretty much do.
So when I hear cultural or racial factors for obesity, I'm generally pretty skeptical.
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The article makes a good point about this being a cultural thing....several black friends of mine who I played football with, absolutely LOVE bigger girls.
The women in their families are also quite large (met them over several holiday dinners) while it is true that all races in America are fattier, in African-American culture it seems to be a much more desired trait, and much appreciated really.
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I'm Black....I don't orbit around the bigger women...but that's just me I guess
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What is the article considering fat? She states her friends husband asked her "not to lose the sugar down below" I am guessing that means her butt/hips. I have noticed that what some white women find fat is ridiculous. I have met some white girls/women who think someone like Beyonce or Salma Hayek are fat...really?
If women think Beyonce and Salma Hayek are fat they're just jealous. They see women with a desirable hip to waist ratio, nice ass and a full chest and because they are a complete package they label them as fat IMO.
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I blame this problem on the men. If your woman and can get men while being fat, why would you change anything. Do your part by being as high quality as possible while making yourself unavailable to large women. If they see they can never have a guy like you and be large maybe they will reconsider their lifestyle.
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Eating shitty food isnt about being "poor", it's about being stupid and lazy, and not knowing what to eat.
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No one posted this yet? Really?
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I like small white women.
All that bullemia kills their gag reflex.
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Lieberman, who chairs the Human Evolutionary Biology Department, said the cascading effects on human health and medical costs are so catastrophic that government should require exercise just as it mandates vaccinations and other public health measures.
lol wouldn't an evolutionary biologist side with evolution and let fat people kill themselves off?
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Clifford Olson
Body Count Rises
ĀI had a dream of Terri Lyn being nude in the bush. I dreamt her left arm was up and her right leg was down. When the police found her, her right leg was up and her left arm was down. The exact opposite. So actually my dream was telling me she died. But I didnt want to believe it.
Terry Carson, mother of Terri Lyn, 15-year-old murder victim.
The plastic, canary-yellow Do Not Cross Police Line tape was strung from the trees near Weaver Lake, the rugged recreation area east of Vancouver. The forensic experts exhumed the remains of a 14-year-old girl. She had been repeatedly stabbed in the head, neck, thorax and abdomen and dumped not far from where Daryn Johnsrudes body was found and near where Marcoux had dumped his victim five years earlier. The young girl was a tourist, and at first nobody knew that she was missing.
Saturday, July 25, 1981 Sigrun Arnd
Sigrun Arnd, a visiting German student from Weinheim, a small Rhine Valley town, was spotted with the killer in a Coquitlam pub, and then later by a couple of passengers in a passing train, where she was crouched with a middle aged man who turned out to be Olson. It was only after he confessed that her name was added to the murder list.
Mr. & Mrs. Arnd received the devastating news by long distance. It was on August 28 when the telephone rang, Mrs. Arnd later told the Vancouver Sun. My sister in Vernon was on the line and told me that the police were there and she was now going to translate a very sad message. The police had found a dead girl who might be Sigrun. She was an intelligent, suspicious girl. We discussed frequently how she would never get into a strangers car, not to mention that she would never hitchhike. But obviously in Canada she did.
Sigrun left behind a diary. She raved about the trips by boat and horseback but, most of all, she fell for the friendliness, open-heartedness and eagerness to help of the local people, Irmgard Arnd said. Im sure it was because of this that she lost all her natural caution and timidness.
Her body was found in Richmond, partly buried in peat in a trench, some 400 yards from where Simon Partington had been unearthed the day before.
Two days later, another youth vanished.
Monday, July 27, 1981 Terri Lyn Carson
Terri Lyn Carsons mother would eventually sit in the courtroom as the wheels of justice turned. Grief-stricken, it was a sad sight to behold as she mourned her 15-year-olds murder. Terri had left the family home on Monday morning at about eight oclock. A slight girl, about 105 pounds, a little over 5 feet, she was no match for Olson who stopped and offered her a ride that included a drink, laced with drugs. She was just another student looking for a summer job so Olsons ruse worked well and the drink was a sort of celebration for having found a job. As he had done with a few of the others, Olson drove away from the city into the wilderness four miles east of Agassiz, out on the north shore of the Fraser River. He turned off at Rosedale, a rural area. In the forest, he strangled her, burned her clothes and threw her purse and shoes into the Fraser River.
Although Olson was a prime suspect and they watched him, they had nothing to charge him with in relation to the murders. On July 29th the police dropped surveillance because as the Mounties put it, it became obvious that Olson had detected the fact that it was in place. It would not be reinstated until August 6th when he returned from a trip to Alberta with Joan and the baby.
Meanwhile the Mounties were still trying to get their man.


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Cellar Reserve Lambic Style Beer - French Broad Brewing Co.
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North Carolina
3.45/5 rDev -6.3%
Pours a meduim/dark oakish burgandy color. Somewhat good carbonation. Nothing impressive. Smells fruity and malty sweet. No detectable hops, just yeasties. Taste was sweet and light. They use blackberries in it to turn down the sours. Not sure that was needed. Though it tastes fine, I think it mellowed it too much. Mouthfeel is lighter and weaker than I would have thought. This recipe says it is blended with a grand cru, I couldn't find. I've had a chance to experinence a few gueze in competitions, and though I'm no expert, this is just not true to style in my book. It's an ok beer, but no tart/sour flavors. Nothing barn yard like at all. Being this is usually a style I don't like, and I liked this beer, I'd say they may need to try again.
08-28-2005 16:10:40 | More by finepaws
North Carolina
3.8/5 rDev +3.3%
I'll start by saying that I'm not sure this is a gueuze...it was much darker and much, much less bubbly than Cantillon's version I tried a couple months back. According to the website, it's "blend of two beers and three yeasts, aged more than a year." I don't know enough to place it--I'd probably still call it a gueuze, but it's a lot darker than I'd expect a gueuze to be.
Tasted at Tyler's Taproom in Carrboro.
Served in a Lindeman's glass, this lambic was a cloudy red-brown color with no head whatsoever, only a thin ring of white. I would have sworn this was a fresh apple cider from a distance. Anyway, the aroma has a soft sourness to it, previewing a sour, slightly hay-like flavor. There's a sour green apple element to this, but mostly, this brew has one major characteristic: a subtle, unadulterated tartness. You could drink this all day--which means its not quite puckering enough for me. Very drinkable, but pretty thin in the mouth as well.
Decent, but maybe not worth the pricetag ($4.75 for 10 oz...)
01-28-2004 01:23:29 | More by RockyTopHeel
3.8/5 rDev +3.3%
A very respectable offering of a very challenging style. This Lambic-style is produced by blending two different beers, I think one aged and one young-ish. I'm not very experienced with Gueuze, but the few I have tried, namely Boon and Lindemans, don't seem all that different from French Broad's attempt: very dry, cidery, sour...quite refreshing actually. I'm not sure when this is available, I had it about a year ago at Barley's in Asheville.
09-12-2003 03:51:16 | More by cerevisiaephilus
Cellar Reserve Lambic Style Beer from French Broad Brewing Co.
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On Saturday afternoon, The University of Tulsa unveiled en eight-foot tall bronze statue depicting legendary TU football player Glenn Dobbs during the 1940 to 1942 seasons. After his collegiate and professional playing career, Dobbs returned to Tulsa as athletic director and head football coach. The 450-pound Glenn Dobbs Statue sits on a 30-inch castone base just outside the north gate of H.A. Chapman Stadium on Glenn Dobbs Drive (Eighth Street). Dobbs' sons, Glenn III and Johnny, along with Tom and Betty Johnston, who generously provided this gift to the University, unveiled the statue. The Johnston's are longtime TU fans and season ticket holders. Tom, a 1952 graduate of TU, began attending Golden Hurricane home games in 1937 and has yet to miss a home contest in 75 years. The Johnston's maintain seats on the 50-yard line, the same ones that Tom and his father, Tom Sr., occupied for decades. The artist of the statue is Tulsa native Jay O'Meilia. A sculptor, painter and printmaker, O'Meilia's work has been displayed in galleries across America. The story plaque reads:"Glenn Dobbs was one of college football's all-time greatest triple-threat talents. During his three seasons at TU (1940-42), he led the Golden Hurricane to a 25-6 record and two bowl games. In 1942, Dobbs attained a 63 percent passing average, a 48.3 yard punting average, and became the first TU football player to be named to the All-American squad. He was a first-round draft choice in 1943, selected by the NFL's Chicago Cardinals. He later played for the Brooklyn Dodgers of the All-America Football Conference and was MVP of that league in 1946. After finishing his pro football career in Canada, Dobbs returned to TU in 1955 to serve as athletic director, a position he held until 1970. From 1961 to 1968, he doubled as head coach of the Golden Hurricane and became a key figure in developing football's passing offense. Dobbs was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame (in 1980), the TU Athletic Hall of Fame (in 1982), the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame (in 1988) and the Saskatchewan Roughriders Hall of Fame (in 1988). The university has retired his number, 45."
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The postseason is just around the corner. Inevitably, some announcer is going to say, Derek Jeter is the all-time postseason leader in this and all-time postseason leader in that. Well, no shit Sherlock. The Wild Card was added in 1995, significantly expanding the playoffs. 1995 is also the same year the New York Yankee resurgence started. The Yankees have only missed the postseason once since then and Jeter has been with the team the whole time. Jeter has been to the World Series seven times and played in 152 postseason games. In comparison, Mickey Mantle participated in the World Series 12 times, yet has only 65 postseason games to his credit. Without even looking, I'm willing to bet, Mariano Rivera is on the all-time postseason list in a few categories too. So, announcers, when it comes to all-time postseason stats, shut your pie hole. Thanks.
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Director Denis Villeneuve and actor Jake Gyllenhaal are on a roll. They recently debuted terrific psychological doppelganger thriller "Enemy" at the Toronto International Film Festival (review here), but first to hit theaters is their second collaboration, "Prisoners." Also playing Toronto, and making a "surprise" screening appearance at Telluride, if this dark, intense and engrossing drama is any indication of what's to come, it bodes very well for future collaborations.
What lengths will you go to to protect your loved ones? What boundaries will you cross? These are the questions raised in Villeneuve's fifth feature, a brooding, visceral and emotionally bruising examination of trauma, loss, sin and deliverance. On a cold and wet Thanksgiving evening in the suburbs of Pennsylvania, Keller Dover (Jackman), a loving father, hunter and be-prepared-at-all-times survivalist, and his wife (Maria Bello) have the Birches (Viola Davis, Terrence Howard) over for their annual turkey dinner. Laughs and good times are had, but in the blink of an eye, their evening goes amiss.
Suddenly, the couples' children, who went off to play next door, are missing and nowhere to be found. As the families comb the neighborhood, collected concern grows into alarm, trembles into panic and then erupts into a fever pitch of all-out terror and desperation. One small lead, a junkheap RV seen near the scene of the would-be abduction, proves fruitful. A singularly determined loner cop, Detective Loki (Jake Gyllenhaal) arrives on the scene where he finds a panicked suspect who tries, unsuccessfully, to flee. The suspect is Alex Frost (Paul Dano), a mentally impaired invalid who swears he knows nothing of the crime, and it's even unclear whether he understands what's going on.
Released after 48 hours back into the arms of his concerned aunt (Melissa Leo) due to lack of evidence, Dover's impatience, fear and frustration begins to clash with the authorities' inability to charge the young man. His escalating worry for his daughter's life—knowing the longer they wait, the less of a chance she has—soon takes a violent turn. And then a morally disturbing and brutal form of torture and vigilantism takes hold, from which the father can never return. Far from the feel-good movie of the year, "Prisoners" is dark, disturbing, white-knuckle stuff with an unnerving shade of dread blanketed over almost every frame. Every parent's worst nightmare, "Prisoners" connects thanks to some masterclass filmmaking in suspense, terror and intrigue. Watching the emotional toll the abductions take on the families, law enforcement and community around them is particularly brutal and affecting.
Already boasting a Foreign-Language Oscar nomination for "Incendies" and a string of strong independent features, Villeneuve continues to prove his deeply confident footing in modern day cinema, bringing intelligence and muscular and mannered nuance to a somber and extremely tense studio drama that doesn't deign to ever spell things out (the ending is probably the most bold studio finale we've seen in ages and seemed to even puzzle some). His precision and control over tone, pitch and mood—much of which is gripping and portentous—is immaculate. Villeneuve knows where to place a camera for maximum effect, and when the camera chooses to move it often produces chills. The director also knows how to create an unrelenting tight tension that quivers with rapt emotion. Symbols quietly burn on the edges of alarmingly foreboding compositions, and one particular oh-so-subtle and simple camera push-in is breathlessly haunting and masterful. Top-flight above-the-liners support Villeneuve in his deeply concentrated and meticulous aims, but Oscar-nominated cinematographer Roger Deakins ("True Grit," "Skyfall") steals the show with some breathtakingly layered compositions and the disquieting atmospheres he drapes around the picture.
Jackman roars with a Wolverine-like rage and intensity in frustration at the ineffectuality of the police working his daughter's case, but there's an authentic, emotionally connected and anguished howl to his pain that he could never access with Logan. Like "Incendies" before it, "Prisoners" is emotionally draining as the family, the detectives and everyone involved is put through the wringer, but it's an all-consuming ride that's ultimately compelling, if not slightly exhausting. While Jackman is more than genuine as the father driven to the ends of his frayed tether to find his daughter—and a few particular scenes with his son are heartbreakingly emotional—it's Gyllenhaal as the in-his-world, indefatigable detective that takes over as the heart of movie in the end with an impassioned but controlled tenacity that never asks to be applauded as heroic.
Written by Aaron Guzikowski, his script topped the Black List in 2009, and was all the rage that year, with names like Bryan Singer, Mark Wahlberg, Leonardo DiCaprio and more attached in various incarnations. And it's easy to see why. But while taut and riveting, one of film's minor issues is that it has so much ground to cover on the page that it threatens to unravel the movie. For its first hour and a half, "Prisoners" is top-notch, but credulity strains slightly when the labyrinthine twists of the film's third act become a little knotty. But a rousing, heart-stopping finish plus the intensity of the material wins out in the end.
At two and a half hours, "Prisoners" is grueling and also slightly saggy at the two-thirds mark, but credit Villeneuve for knowing when to relax and then tighten the vice along the way. While some second act crime conceits deter some of the film's momentum, it's also crucial to the layers of this complex thriller (and personally, it's difficult to say where one would begin if they had to shave scenes off this movie). "Prisoners" navigates tricky two-hander POV issues too. While it's ostensibly a movie about the lengths a man will go to protect his family, the drama actually ends up seamlessly passing the baton to the resolute and emotionally invested detective who vows to solve the case and bring the families' daughters home alive. The movie also quietly foreshadows much of this transition along the way so the hand-off isn't jarring.
Featuring a terrific supporting cast, everyone brings their A-Game, but Bello as the destroyed mother and Davis as the matriarch who puts her faith in Dover, are especially strong. "Prisoners" is difficult, wrenching subject matter, and it will be interesting to see how audiences (and Oscar voters for that matter) respond. The picture is often graphic and pulls no punches in its disturbing violence, but its unflinching nature gives it a memorable sear that won't soon be forgotten. A first-rate thriller with a blackened bite, "Prisoners" may not be the easiest or most escapist sit for the casual moviegoer, but it's this kind of filmmaking and storytelling that brings folks like us flocking to the theaters year after year. [B+/A-]
This is a slightly edited reprint of our review from the 2013 Telluride Film Festival.
Benutty | September 24, 2013 2:48 PM
Honestly, this review might be more embarrassing than the one your site gave of Upstream Color in the Spring. The script may have been a hit on Black List, but proved predictable and basic when put on the screen--that fault being Villeneuve's. Every major answer to the mystery of a thriller shouldn't be so easily identifiable--scenes like the body under the church and the mother watching the home video aren't clues, they're actual answers and all come in the first act of the film. That's troubling.
Aside from great performances by Jackman and Gyllenhaal, the cast is horribly wrong. Melissa Leo stands out as the biggest joke and her wig was terrible.
And that final scene? If you're gonna leave on a cliffhanger/drop-off, I'm not really sure the one they give us is right--there's absolutely no mystery in it ON TOP OF the fact that the situation that is presented in it is entirely unrealistic.
I'm completely beside myself that anyone is raving about this film. Put it up next to a real thriller like Se7en and it looks amateur at best.
J | September 24, 2013 1:21 PM
While this movie was great at bringing forth a tone/emotional ambiance that hung on me even throughout the night after watching I think the plot hinges on too coincidental incidences, is too long by far, isn't convincing in regards to the main plot devices, and is troubled as the reviewer said by a dual POV construction among other flaws. Still the chill that settled on me was real and I have to respect it for that.
Lkon | September 21, 2013 4:21 PM
Jeez, this reviewer seems biased when it comes to Gyllenhaal. I'm not saying the man can't act, he's a damn fine actor, but come on! Every positive review (meaning: most reviews) coming from respectable sites and/or critics raves about Hugh Jackman's tour de force and incredibly layered, nuanced performance in this film. All you did was spend two sentences on his performance that compare his character with that of the Wolverine twice for reasons unknown (but this does make it seem like you haven't seen any of his other performances and don't take him seriously) and damn him with faint praise to again draw Gyllenhaal into the picture. It's rather curious.


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History of music and theory
I sometimes try to imagine what it would be like to live during the times when it was still fascinating to people that you could create sound by plucking a tensioned string. I wonder how long it was before more order was brought to sound by people like Ptolemy (Just Intonation) and Pythagoras (Pythagorean tuning). I think there might have been along period of time where each musician had his own scheme of intonation and concept of what sounds played in sequence or together made up something that was "good".
I also wonder why I prefer to listen to classical rock rather than classical music? I like both, but still prefer Beatles to Bach. Why don't I like 40's style music? I started to like the song "I've got Rhythm" after I read kept hearing about the chord progression known as "Rhythm Changes" and started listening to alot of jazz that was supposed to be using that progression.
I would like to think that there is a perfect system of music that could encapsulate all the different types of "popular" music and explain why its good. But I wonder if its just conditioning. After all people do like punk rock
I appreciate the many theorist who came up with all the scales and terms but in the back of my mind I always think of what John Lennon said "who wants to talk about music? talking about music is like talking about f...ng." He did go on to say "well maybe some people like talking about that " John described one highly credentialed and respected theorist as a "twit" and this guy was giving high praise to the music of the beatles and describing it using music theory terms like "Aeolian cadence"... John said, he had no idea what the guy was talking about.
I like to think I am more like Paul McCartney and have a respect for music theory and ideas of sound.. At the same time I think you can grow up in the house of a theorist, never learn the theory, but still absorb the ideas and produce results that amaze the experts and expand their domain of study.
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Jefferson Community College prohibits tobacco use, in any form, in all indoor areas on campus, in designated smoke-free zones, and within 20 feet of any building entrance, exit, window, or ventilation system, unless otherwise identified. This policy is in accordance with New York State's Clean Air Act effective July 24, 2003.
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- include all sidewalks and grassy areas adjacent to buildings, the Quad, the athletic fields and bleachers, the Childcare Center vicinity, and the area designated as non-smoking on the attached campus map.
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- If security becomes aware of a violation of the smoking policy, security staff will inform the violator of the College's smoking policy and request that they stop smoking or move to a designated smoking area.
- If an employee notices a smoking policy violation, the employee may contact security or, if the employee feels comfortable doing so, he or she may inform the violator of the College's smoking policy and request that they stop smoking or move to a designated smoking area. Individuals should not become confrontational with violators. In instances where a violator refuses to comply with the policy, security can be contacted.
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The quest for fiscal responsibility and freedom
Posted By Amanda Collins on April 23, 2010
Jerry: Your back hurts because of your wallet. It's huge.
George: This isn't just my wallet. It's an organizer, a memory, and an old friend.
Jerry: Well, your friend is morbidly obese.
~ from Seinfeld, "The Wallet"
If you grew up with Seinfeld, like I did (okay, I was in my 20s, but you get the idea), you may remember George's gigantic wallet he could barely close. Granted, his leather back-pocket protruder wasn't bulging with cash, but it's a nice idea. Who among us doesn't want to be able to awe and impress family and friends by pulling out a $50 or $100 bill to pay for dinner? Well, as an entrepreneur, your wallet can switch from paper-thin to overflowing in a blink. But what if wealth has little to do with the amount of cash you're carrying?
Wednesday I attended the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) annual conference, which was chock-full of impressive and inspiring presentations. One in particular was about building a positive relationship with money and overcoming a feeling of lack and scarcity. Although the focus was a bit more spiritual than I would have preferred, the principles were sound. Karen Russo, the presenter, shared a number of money traps and the universal laws that counteract them.
The Trap of Survival
Who among us hasn't had a day, week, month, or year when we've struggled to keep our heads above water? Especially in this economy, it seems a number of people are just "getting by," hoping to have another client fall in their laps before that next bill is due. It's a hard place to be – and perhaps harder to overcome – when the bottom seems endless. Russo suggests that the law of money flow and connection is the counterbalance to this trap. Money comes in. Money goes out. It can't be changed. If you can be okay with it, you'll find yourself releasing some of that pent-up anxiety. One way to do that, according to Russo, is to schedule time to pay those bills and be okay with the flow of money. She calls her time "Money Mondays."
The Trap of Blame
If you have a lover or ex-partner who "done you wrong," you know all about blaming. He walked out on you with all the bills and three mouths to feed. It's the stuff of bad country songs. But flip this trap on its side and you may be blaming yourself. Perhaps you're still reeling from that pyramid scheme or buying into the latest gimmick from a door-to-door salesman. Regardless, you need to let go of the blame. Forgive the people in your life who have put you in your financial predicament and get comfortable with the fact that you're in charge of your bank account.
The Trap of Scarcity
This one kind of partners with survival in that, if you are just getting by, you may see things as never getting better. Again, in an economic recession, it can be challenging to see the silver lining. One way to do so, says Russo, is to seek the source behind the good you do have. Be grateful for the things you receive, but go one farther and look at how those good things are coming to you. If you believe in higher powers, that's a good place to start. If you're like me, think about your values and those areas of your life that drive you to succeed.
After hearing all of these traps, I had to sit with the information for a day, but what I realized is that I have been cheating myself in my finances. Like many entrepreneurs, sometimes it seems like the sky is pouring down $1 bills, while other times I can't squeeze a penny out of the faucet. I had to find a way to be okay with that, to not be fearful, and to know that if I move forward doing the right things, wealth will come.
Here's my realization: I was blaming my ex-husband for leaving me and taking with him his 2/3 of our combined income. I was acting as the victim ("I don't have any money, Ex; I can't do that.") with the underlying psychological thought that he would want to come back and rescue me (okay, it's deep, but it's true). I wasn't taking ownership of my financial situation and embracing the money I have, don't have, and will get soon.
Monday I will start allocating time to focus on my finances – without guilt or fear. I also started journaling more about money: that I'm comfortable with my finances and I welcome – and am thankful for – the money I receive. I made a list of the people to whom I owe money, writing at the top, "The money I return graciously and with thanks." Even if I pay $10 a week to the kind souls who helped me in the past, at least I'm paying – and I'm okay with the flow.
So, unfortunately, I didn't inherit $1 million this week, and my client list is the same as it was last week, but I discovered that I don't need to be a Rockefeller to be financially free. It may just come down to feeling comfortable knowing that money comes and goes, and my share is available to me if I am open to receiving it.


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A Shakopee man convicted in early December of felony domestic assault has been charged after reportedly punching and kicking his estranged wife on Christmas Day.
Ontario Dariell Whiteside, 32, has been charged in Scott County Court counts of felony first-degree burglary, felony domestic assault and felony domestic abuse for violating a restraining order more than once.
Details from investigators are in a Scott County criminal complaint. Investigators say Whiteside called his estranged wife at about 10:30 p.m. Dec. 25 and was talking to her for a few minutes when the woman heard her garage door opening. She told police she found Whiteside in the kitchen and asked him to leave. Instead, the woman told police, Whiteside approached her in the garage, threw a wine bottle at her, missing her, and began to punch her in the face.
The woman's two children watched the attack play out, she said, and her 11-year-old daughter tried to grab on to Whiteside to pull him away. The woman said Whiteside only stopped when she yelled for her daughter to call 911. Officers noted the woman had abrasions and swelling on the left side of her face.
Officers found Whiteside a short time later walking away from the home.
Whiteside, who remains in Scott County Jail on $100,000 cash bail, was convicted of felony domestic assault on Dec. 2 stemming from a July incident involving his wife. He received a sentence of five years supervised probation.


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Lexington, SC (WLTX) - A school bus and anSCE&G vehiclecollided in West Columbia Thursday morning.
The collision took place just before 8 a.m. at the intersection of Highway 21 and Old Wire Road. Lexington School District Two Superintendent Dr. Venus Holland says the bus driver was picking up special needs students from Busbee Creative Arts Academy when thewreck happened.
Three children and the driver were aboard. One of the students received cuts to the face, but Holland saidthe other two did not appear to be injured, and were treated on the scene by school nurses.The driver and the childrenwere all transported to Lexington Medical Center as a precaution.
The driver of the SCE&G vehicle alsowas transported to the hospital for treatment.
It's stillunclear what led up to the crash.