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HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- Washington County tourism officials say hotel occupancies have been rising over the past year.
The Herald-Mail (http://bit.ly/XxU2oD ) reports the county has been looking for more ways to increase hotel stays as part of an economic development plan. Officials said the county attracts many day visitors to its parks, Civil War sites and other attractions but lacks in overnight visitors.
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- The Dynamics of Molecular Glasses Studied by Light Scattering (2006)
- The present work is devoted to studying the dynamics in molecular glass formers applying the light-scattering (LS) technique, in particular tandem Fabry-Perot interferometry which allows to cover the frequency range from 0.3 GHz to 1000 GHz. Chapters 4 to 7 each present, in a self-contained way, different aspects of the dynamics, as summarized below. In Chapter 4, the results of the study of the molecular glass formers 2-picoline and m-tricresyl phosphate are presented. The LS spectra are analyzed in the frame of the Mode Coupling Theory (MCT). At high temperatures the evolution of the susceptibility minimum is well described by MCT. Below the critical temperature Tc, the asymptotic scaling laws of MCT fail due to the appearance of the excess wing of the alpha-process, which shows a universal evolution as a function of relaxation time, as was demonstrated by dielectric spectroscopy. A phenomenological approach, which allows to separate slow (alpha-process) and fast relaxation processes in the LS spectra is developed. Applying this approach, the temperature dependence of the non-ergodicity parameter f is obtained. The anomaly of f as well as a crossover to "white noise" of the fast dynamics spectra is found. In Chapter 5, the most extensive dielectric data of glycerol compiled by Lunkenheimer et al. [Contemp. Phys. 41, 15 (2000)] are reanalyzed. In contrast to the analysis of Lunkenheimer et al., the normalized susceptibility spectra, i.e, the dielectric loss data normalized by the static susceptibility, including the high temperature data, are analyzed. For this purpose a phenomenological approach, which describes the whole dielectric spectrum including the alpha-peak, its high frequency wing, and fast dynamics, is applied. The crossover temperature extracted from the phenomenological analysis and defined by the emergence of the high frequency wing upon cooling agrees well with the critical temperature extracted from the MCT analysis. The crossover temperature Tc=288 is significantly higher than reported before. Extracting the non-ergodicity parameter f, the characteristic anomaly similar to the one of 2-picoline and m-TCP discussed in Chapter 4, is found. In Chapter 6, the study of the fast relaxation below Tg in the molecular glasses 2-picoline, m-TCP, o-terphenyl (OTP), as well as in ethanol is presented. In addition to the boson peak, the depolarized LS spectra reveal quasi-elastic contributions that we attribute to i) the nearly constant loss (NCL) in the frequency range below 10 GHz and ii) a power law contribution with positive exponent alpha at higher frequencies. In the majority of glasses the latter may be attributed to thermally activated dynamics in asymmetric double well potentials (ADWP), as was previously found for the DLS spectra in silica. Following the Gilroy-Phillips model, the exponent alpha shows a master curve as a function of T /Vo for the various glasses where Vo specifies the width of the exponential distribution of barriers g(V), i.e., g(V) is propotional to the exp(-V/Vo). In Chapter 7, the investigation of the fast relaxation processes in the structural glass (T<Tg) and in the glassy crystal phase of ethanol, as well as in cyano cyclohexane, is presented. Depolarized and polarized LS spectra including the Brillouin lines were measured. It was found that depolarized, polarized LS and internal friction data exhibit fairly similar behavior, and thus reflect the same relaxations. The DLS spectra were described by assuming that the NCL contribution dominates below a few tens GHz, while the fast relaxational dynamics dominates at higher frequencies.

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Makes 8 servings
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- 2 1/2 pounds kale (about 4 bunches), tough stems and center ribs cut off and discarded
- 10 bacon slices (1/2 pounds), cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 2 cups water
Stack a few kale leaves and roll lengthwise into a cigar shape. Cut crosswise into 1/4-inch-wide strips with a sharp knife. Repeat with remaining leaves.
Cook bacon in a wide 6- to 8-quart heavy pot over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp, then transfer with a slotted spoon to paper towels to drain. Pour off and discard all but 3 tablespoons fat from pot, then cook garlic in remaining fat over moderately low heat, stirring, until pale golden, about 30 seconds. Add kale (pot will be full) and cook, turning with tongs, until wilted and bright green, about 1 minute. Add water and simmer, partially covered, until just tender, 6 to 10 minutes. Toss with bacon and salt and pepper to taste.
Cooks' note: Large kale leaves are easier to cut in the manner described in this recipe. If all you can find are small leaves, just coarsely chop them.
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Nutrition Informationper serving (8 servings) POWERED BY Edamam
- Calories203
- Carbohydrates15 g (5%)
- Fat14 g (21%)
- Protein8 g (16%)
- Saturated Fat4 g (22%)
- Sodium300 mg (12%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat2 g
- Fiber3 g (11%)
- Monounsaturated Fat6 g
- Cholesterol19 mg (6%)
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Monday, December 20, 2010
A Frustrating Season
This past Friday was another example of mass cancellations/withdrawals in regards to our Pathfinder camapaign. It's now been over a month since we actually ran a game. My own part in this is not proud; real life came up, and I confess I was a cancellation in the past. I wasn't happy about it, though, and I was hoping to get to play this Friday. It didn't happen, and I doubt we'll meet over the holidays, which means I have to look towards January before our gaming group meets back up.
It isn't my first time being part of an unstable gaming group; life comes up, and that's how it is. This campaign, however, isn't the sort that can be addressed by a West Marches-style sandboxer, or a number of one-shot side quests. It has a more unified running theme, and I fear we're just killing it.
Our Game Master has really undertaken a lot of work with this campaign, and I feel bad for him, plain and simple. I've been in that chair, and it's not a fun feeling to see something you worked so hard on apparently discarded.
This past weekend, I took time off of my normal scouring of the gaming boards to think about things. I didn't update here, I didn't read more of BASH! Ultimate Edition (even though I really wanted to), and just thought about gaming. I came to the conclusion I've still got the fire for it, but I need to figure out some way to better balance it with my work, life, and family. Call it a New Year's resolution. It's the sort of thing that isn't fixed by cookie-cutter advice; I need to weigh things and figure out where it all comes into play. I need to talk to my GM, and see what he's feeling. We'll see where it all goes, but I hope we find a better way to go forward.
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- Bonemaster said...
Zach, I know exactly where your coming from. I haven't been able to game in a little while. I haven't even tried to schedule things since I know that I may have to cancel. I haven't been doing anything outside of RPG Circus on a regular basis. For the most part, I'm taking the remainder of the year off. While I'm on holiday, it is my plan to hopefully find out what I plan on doing and finish repainting some old miniatures.
I think it will be interesting to see what our New Year Resolutions will be. The only thing I know for sure is that I will be recording more RPG Circus next year. Everything else is sort of up in the air right now.
Hope you have some good holidays.
- December 20, 2010 at 7:52 AM
- Risus Monkey said...
December is a dead zone for our group. :(
- December 20, 2010 at 9:54 AM
- Bonemaster said...
@Risus Monkey - I don't think December is good month for many people.
- December 20, 2010 at 10:16 AM
- bliss_infinte said...
We usually don't schedule any game sessions during December as everyone tends to be too busy. Why fight it? We just all meet back up in January.
- December 20, 2010 at 10:21 AM
- clash bowley said...
Had my entire face to face group cancel last session! I know how it feels! We are out for Christmas and New Years, so I only have my IRC games to run on! If I didn't have gaming to recharge me, I'd be exhausted by real life!
- December 20, 2010 at 10:43 AM
- Matt said...
My group always took the holiday season off. Our last game would be mid-November, pre-Thanksgiving, and then we'd restart in January.
- December 20, 2010 at 11:20 AM
- DNAphil said...
Our group has a formalized Hiatus, where we end our face-to-face gaming just after Thanksgiving, so that we can turn our attention to family and friends for the holiday season. We then come back in early January ready to play.
The thing do during this time is to review the games we are playing. Take the time to re-read the rules for the games we are playing. GM's take this time to clean up campaign notes, get ahead on session writing.
In all the Hiatus leaves us all with a sense of anticipation for gaming again in Jan, without the frustration of trying to get games in, during December.
- December 20, 2010 at 12:05 PM
- clash bowley said...
Sounds like a great idea, except I would die with that long between games.
- December 20, 2010 at 1:28 PM
- Brunomac said...
It was hell in the late 90's for me. We seemed to only be able to get a full group every two months. That would be a long 8 hour weekend session, but still, it was harsh. Now with the latest group I get to run games more often. The biggest bummer though has been the fact that I want every player their for the regular AD&D campaign. So there has been a lot of alternative games (OD&D, Metamorphosis Alpha, etc). I just wish it was a little easier to get everybody together.
- December 20, 2010 at 2:03 PM
- Jason said...
Sometimes I think a lot of us take gaming far too seriously. It's a hobby, and an awesome one, but in the end, it's just a game. All of my gaming groups (I am in three) fall apart around the holidays every year. We just accept that's the way it is--there's just too much going on between Thanksgiving and New Years. We put the game on hold, get together if we can, but don't count on it, and pick back up after the holiday season. We all survive, as does the game.
Just my $.02
- December 20, 2010 at 2:26 PM
- Greg Christopher said...
I have voluntarily withdrawn from my group temporarily due to having a new kid, which is even worse than the holiday season. I can't imagine trying to game with 2 kids during December, yikes!
- December 20, 2010 at 2:28 PM
- thesis proofreading said...
@Risus - I don't think all the months are same for all of us. free thesis samples
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Chuck Hagel, Obama's Republican nominee for Secretary of Defense, has been ambushed in another firefight like the ones that earned him two Purple Hearts in Vietnam. While American veterans overwhelming support Hagel, it's the same shameless band of Neocon chickenhawks - who got us into Iraq searching for WMDs for a decade - sniping at him this time.
They represent the monster that Eisenhower warned us about - a ravenous, military-industrial complex committed to stirring up and fighting endless wars to justify its own bloated bureaucratic survival, and reap endless fortunes for its revolving-door military contractors. Merely prod the fat belly of the Pentagon and suggest a much-needed diet, and it habitually squawks: "National Security will be devastated!"
Many Americans react with the same knee-jerk to any proposed defense cuts, until they learn that we account for a whopping 45% of global military spending, with more than half of the other 55% being spent by our allies. By a 2-to-1 margin, Americans support more cuts from Defense than cuts to Social Security and Medicare. After 12 years of nonstop warfare, with a cost to date of over $4 trillion and an average of 22 veterans committing suicide every month, it is time we stop nation-building abroad and do it at home. Hagel realizes this. And our shaky finances demand it.
But Hagel irritated one particularly loud faction of the Neocons - the Likudnik Zionists, who act as if Israel's very survival depends on American military forces being bogged down on its distant frontiers until the end of time. While we all weep over Sandy Hook, this kind of slaughter of innocents has been routine in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Gaza during our self-perpetuating "War on Terror." I don't see Obama or any American shedding tears over these tragedies, or doing anything to end them.
Hagel once said, "I'm a United States senator. I'm not an Israeli senator," violating the new taboo in America. In the current inquisition against him, the term "Israel" has been uttered 147 times so far and dominates the whole hearings, above any strictly American national security concern - pretty much proving Hagel's point that the powerful Israel lobby exercises inordinate influence on our Congress.
For over 50 years, the U.S. has vetoed dozens of near unanimous U.N. resolutions condemning Israel's long, brutal and illegal occupation of Palestinian territory since 1967. That policy has undermined our strategic relations with the oil-rich Arab world, and our whole professed role as champions of human rights and international law. That body of law and the U.N. were inspired by the horrors of WWII and the Holocaust, and it is a cruel irony that Israel and its zealot supporters have been undermining both by refusing to obey the mandates of the very organization that legitimized Israel's birth.
Israel now occupies 42% of the land dedicated to the Palestinians in 1947, and Netanyahu shows no sign of restraining his Orthodox religious fanatics in the West Bank, who terrorize Palestinians daily and devour more of their land. After the Arab Spring, it is now the consensus of the non-Neocon American foreign policy establishment that this de facto tolerance of Israel's lebensraum-in-the-East policy has become a strategic liability. The respected foreign policy guru Anthony Cordesman states it bluntly:
"The depth of America's moral commitment to Israel... does not mean that the United States should extend support to an Israeli government that fails to credibly pursue peace with its neighbors... that the United States has the slightest interest in supporting Israeli settlements in the West Bank... should be passive when Israel makes a series of major strategic blunders - such as persisting in the strategic bombing of Lebanon during the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict, escalating its attack on Gaza long after it had achieved its key objectives, embarrassing the U.S. president by announcing the expansion of Israeli building programs in east Jerusalem at a critical moment in U.S. efforts to put Israeli-Palestinian peace talks back on track, or sending commandos to seize a Turkish ship in a horribly mismanaged effort to halt the 'peace flotilla' going to Gaza.
"It is time Israel realized that it has obligations to the United States, as well as the United States to Israel, and that it become far more careful about the extent to which it test the limits of U.S. patience and exploits the support of American Jews."
Even former Mossad Chief Meir Dagan has expressed the same sentiment:
"Israel is gradually turning from an asset to the United States to a burden."
Now I'm sure the usual troop of GIYUS (Give Israel Your United Support) dittoheads will automatically flood this paper and my in-box with vile slanders of "anti-Semitism" for daring to criticize sacrosanct Israel.
Bring it on. It will be just the excuse I need to unload a whole documented trove of outrageous Israeli double-dealing, spying, and false-flag attacks on this nation over the last 50 years, beginning with the murderous assault on the U.S.S. Liberty.
Travis Kelly is a web/graphic designer, writer and cartoonist in Grand Junction. See his work or contact him at www.traviskelly.com.


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The Reader's Digest version of Mark Wills' story makes it clear he's an award-winning singer's singer. His matchless phrasing, passionate and meaningful delivery and right-on-the money vocals make each and every song he performs come alive. Like a picture perfect painting, Wills' music is a vocal work of art that walks right off the canvas and into the hearts of country music lovers alike.
Bringing the Wills' dimension to some of the greatest songs ever written, he's not necessarily become known for being trendy, hip or even on the cutting edge, but rather and simply as a damn good singer!
"I think I'm a good storyteller to make a son g meaningful. Whether romantic or 'reality,' my focus is on the music delivery to make it my own for the people who listen—so that they can make it their own."
And the people listen...
His list of accolades is his testament. Mark Wills is a multi-platinum selling country music star with eight top 10 hits to his name including "19 Something," "Wish You Were Here" and "Don't Laugh At Me;" all of which received nominations for Single, Song and Video of the Year by the Country Music Association. Wills won the Academy of Country Music 's award for Top New Male Vocalist in 1998. In 2002, his single "19 Something" spent six consecutive weeks at No. 1, was Billboard's top country hit of the year and was the second most-played song of the decade in 2009.
...and that's just a chapter in Mark Wills' life story.
Since garnering his Top New Male Vocalist recognition in 1998, Wills has become a staple in country music, like salt and pepper on a table; the chapters may have changed, but the story continues. The father of two daughters, a husband and the head of household, Mark's role in life and music are one in the same.
"I think I'm at a point where I've seen all sides of me! I've become more aware of who I am not only as an artist, but as a father, a husband and a friend...and as a dad, I want to put out music my children can listen to; all in all, I take more ownership in it."
His ownership is made evident in his newest collection of recordings on the CD entitled LOOKING FOR AMERICA; an assortment of tunes Mark describes as different, yet the same.
LOOKING FOR AMERICA is a project with no 'sacrifices.' With titles like "Smoking Gun," "Where Did I Lose You," "A Whole World" and "Rocking The Country," the tracks are not just about a rhyme and a hook, they're a menagerie of people-stories--a musical exhibition of heart-heavy, romantic, comedic all-American existence with apple pie flavor. Describing the hue of the music, Wills colors his music "dark blue."
"I'm a man of many personalities with a lot that I want to say. There's a fun, down-home side of me, and then there's an emotional, serious side. I think LOOKING FOR AMERICA, topically, is a human interest story of love, tragedyand life's unexpected."
Anyone who has ever seen him in concert, or has met with him personally, knows that inside this humble, good ol' boy, country singer dwells a soul who just wants to speak to and for all with his music. LOOKING FOR AMERICA delivers music with a no-holds-barred edge softened with a trademarked tenor vocal that will capture the attention of music lovers from every genre from first cut to last.
LOOKING FOR AMERICA clearly raises the flag to demonstrate the responsibility he feels to Americans alike, and specifically our military, with the title cut and "Crazy Being Home."
Wills has made more seven trips to entertain our troops; he is familiar with the places they've been. His trips have taken him to Iraq , Afghanistan and Kuwait . He has also performed at several events for the Champions for Champions Organization, the USO and a variety of Fallen Soldier Charities here in the U.S. Having become personally acquainted with the faces of our brothers and sisters of the military, LOOKING FOR AMERICA is dedicated in part to these brave individuals.
First of all, it's a privilege to provide a little joy and entertainment for these people. The first time I went, it was a life-changing experience. The freedom that we have is not something that I take for granted--they're literally giving their lives for us. By playing a show for them or releasing a song that shares their emotional story, it's my way, however minimal, to say 'Thank You.'"
Supporting our troops is just one of a number of philanthropic endeavors Mark Wills dedicates his time and effort to. He has aligned with USA Cares to launch a national awareness campaign surrounding the severity of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). Since 2007, Mark has been the spokesperson for the Children's Miracle Network and its annual celebrations.
As an active representative, he accompanies miracle children to Walt Disney World and then to Washington each year as part of a national awareness campaign; the children enjoy lunch with Congress and a trip to the White House to meet with the President.
Turning the page from bringing all-American music to life to his own brush with death, Wills was caught by surprise by an unexpected, eye-opening crisis. In October 2010, Mark experienced what felt like a "poke" in his side that was followed by flu-like symptoms. A visit to the doctor took him straight to the emergency room. "The nurse said, 'we have to admit you immediately,' I said, 'I need to go home to let the girls know,' her response to me was, 'You don't have the time." Mark suffered from an intestinal infection that could have taken his life, but he pulled through with a nine-inch long scar to remind him of its value.
"It was a dire circumstance and it gave me a whole new perspective in all aspects of my life."
A man whose appetite for life surpasses what most people can only dream of - a dedicated parent, philanthropist, outdoorsman, jokester - but, more than anything, else Mark Wills is an artist and, behind the artist, is an even better singer.
"When the story comes to 'The End,' I just want to be remembered as a great singer - who sang great songs - and used his talents to not only speak to people but was the voice for many." - markwills.com
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