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By Vicki Vaughan : November 29, 2011 : Updated: November 29, 2011 8:44pm
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Harry Levy, (right) owner of the Levy Company, inspects beneath a Ford truck with shop foreman Robert Cruz Wednesday November 23, 2011. Levy has faced challenges hiring qualified truck drivers and other workers like mechanics because of all of the jobs available in the Eagle Ford shale formation area south of San Antonio. Levy is offering to train people to earn their commercial driver's license as an incentive to work there. JOHN email@example.com
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Harry Levy, owner of The Levy Company, is finding it harder these days to find qualified drivers and workers for his company because of the need for workers in the Eagle Ford Shale area south of San Antonio. Levy is offering to train people to earn their commercial driver's license as an incentive to work there. (Wednesday November 23, 2011) JOHN email@example.com
Even as the recession hammered the economy a few years ago, Harry Levy didn't have a problem finding qualified drivers at his San Antonio trucking and construction company.
But that has changed as drilling has boomed in the Eagle Ford Shale of South Texas. While the shale play is bringing jobs to San Antonio, it hasn't been a boon for every business in the area.
"Before the Eagle Ford, but after the economic downturn, we still had plenty of qualified people looking for work," Levy said. "But since the onset of activity in the Eagle Ford, we have had very few to no qualified (commercial driver's license) drivers apply."
A commercial driver's license, or CDL, is a key requirement for many trucking jobs, both in San Antonio and in the shale.
The Levy Co. LP, which transports and installs highway construction signs and lights, requires a CDL for most jobs. The company needs workers who can drive to a job and then complete the work.
Workers capable of doing such a job "were never easy to get, but there were more people I could at least train, as long as they had the CDL," Levy said.
The problem is showing up in Texas Workforce Commission data, which indicate fewer people in Bexar County are employed in oil-and-gas support jobs, which plummeted to 77 positions in the second quarter of 2011 from 535 in the second quarter of 2010.
The numbers seem to indicate that workers have left jobs in Bexar for more lucrative positions in the shale.
"This looks like a drastic reduction considering that for all of 2010, the average employment was well above 500 jobs," said Javier Oyakawa, senior economist at the Center for Community and Business Research at the University of Texas at San Antonio's Institute for Economic Development.
Oyakawa believes that as oil-field-service companies like Halliburton Co., Baker Hughes Inc. and Weatherford International Inc. establish a presence in the area, "the numbers may go up in the county."
But that offers little consolation to businesses like The Levy Co. now. "The wheels aren't falling off," Levy said, "but it would be great if I had 20 people lining up at the door."
Levy said he offers "decent wages, with benefits and retirement pay," but at $12 to $13 an hour, his jobs can't compete with oil-field service companies that pay $20 an hour, with signing bonuses that can surpass $2,000.
But Levy said he can offer something many trucking companies can't: A chance for the driver to go home every night, and he's willing to help employees attain a CDL.
The lure of driving jobs in the Eagle Ford Shale also has hurt Bowie Transportation Co. in San Antonio, which transports goods — mostly tequila, beer and pork rinds — just in Texas.
"I lost 18 drivers to it. It killed us," said Michael Wimpy, the company's dispatcher. "In less than three months, we lost half our fleet" of owner-operators, or independent contractors, he said.
The drivers left in April and May, and unfortunately for the company, that's part of a seasonal trend that is prompted by more than job prospects in the Eagle Ford Shale, Wimpy said.
In the spring, some drivers are lured away when Bowie's rivals promise them more miles and bigger bucks to haul goods to the 48 states. But when winter hits, some drivers return to San Antonio because they don't want to cope with driving in harsh winter conditions, Wimpy said.
Rick Staller, president of Bee Trucking in San Antonio, said his company is seeing some drivers return after leaving to take driving jobs in the Eagle Ford Shale.
"The money may be good and the incentives are good," Staller said, but he's been told the working conditions can be frustrating, with extended waiting times to get trucks unloaded.
Levy's answer is to continue to recruit, and to hope some drivers return to San Antonio. "My hope is that there will be drivers who have left us for the oil field and find that it's not what it's cracked up to be."


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|1, 3, 4
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- "I have been watching you. All of you. All of your lives, with a thousand eyes and one."
- ―Three-eyed raven
The three-eyed raven is a recurring character in the first, third and fourth seasons. He debuts in person in the fourth season, portrayed by Struan Rodger. Under the guise of a raven, he appears in Bran Stark's dreams, following his fall and injury, prompting his quest beyond the Wall and guiding him to the cave in which he resides in his real human form.
Season 1Edit
After his fall from the tower and awakening from the subsequent coma, the raven appears to Bran Stark multiple times in his dreams. In them, it appears as Bran is about to fire an arrow and causes him to stop before he shoots. Then, the raven lands on the head of a direwolf statue, cries once and then flies deep into the Stark family crypt.[1][2] After having the dream again, he becomes convinced the raven is guiding him to the crypts in order to somehow find his father there, even though he is supposed to be alive and well at King's Landing. Anxious to find out, he asks Osha to take him down to the crypts. There, they are surprised by Rickon, who admits to having had the same dreams. Outside, Osha is still trying to tell Bran that it could be a coincidence when a saddened Maester Luwin appears, holding a letter announcing Eddard's death.[3]
Season 2Edit
Bran asks Osha about the significance of the three-eyed raven but she does not divulge anything.[4]
Season 3EditWhile traveling north, Bran dreams once again of the three-eyed raven. In the dream he's able to walk and attempts to shoot at him with a bow and arrow. A strange boy then appears in the dream, and tells Bran that he cannot kill the raven, because Bran is the raven.[5] Another day, this same boy, Jojen, and his sister Meera encounter Bran and his companions in real life, and Jojen explains the prophetic powers of greensight dreams to Bran. Jojen explains that he also saw the three-eyed raven and it was Jojen himself in the dream (not just a prophetic vision of him), as the power of greensight, conferred by the raven, allowed his mind to enter Bran's dreams.[6]
Season 4Edit
When Bran touches a weirwood in the haunted forests beyond The Wall, he sees flashes of the three-eyed raven from his dreams at Winterfell, flying through the crypts. Among his other vision is a single giant weirwood on a hill, with a voice that whispers, "Look for me... beneath the tree... North!".[7]Bran and his group eventually reach the giant weirwood tree on the hill, but are attacked by a group of wights. Jojen is fatally stabbed and Meera attempts to save him, but Jojen tells her to leave him for dead. They are helped by a child of the forest, who leads them into a cave. She explains that the wights cannot enter, as the magic that reanimates them has no power there. She then leads them deep into the cave to the three-eyed raven, who is revealed to not be a bird but a very old man whose body is fused to the roots of the weirwood tree. Bran states that he is the three-eyed raven, and the man tells them that he has been many things but is now what they see. Meera begins to tell him that Jojen has died and before she can finish the raven says that Jojen knew what would happen the moment he left, and went anyway. When Meera asks how he knows that, the raven says that he has been watching them for all of their lives with a thousand eyes and one. The raven tells Bran that the hour is late, and Bran replies that he did not want anyone to die for him. The raven states that Jojen died so that Bran could find what he lost. Bran asks if the raven will help him walk again. The raven answers that Bran will never walk again, but he will fly.[8]
|Season One appearances
|Winter is Coming
|The Kingsroad
|Lord Snow
|Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things
|The Wolf and the Lion
|A Golden Crown
|You Win or You Die
|The Pointy End
|Fire and Blood
|Season Three appearances
|Valar Dohaeris
|Dark Wings, Dark Words
|Walk of Punishment
|And Now His Watch is Ended
|Kissed by Fire
|The Climb
|The Bear and the Maiden Fair
|Second Sons
|The Rains of Castamere
|Season Four appearances
|Two Swords
|The Lion and the Rose
|Breaker of Chains
|First of His Name
|The Laws of Gods and Men
|The Mountain and the Viper
|The Watchers on the Wall
|The Children
- "Look for me...beneath the tree...North!"
- ―Three-eyed raven
- "You will never walk again, but you will fly."
- ―Three-eyed raven to Bran Stark
Behind the scenesEdit
The overall design of the three-eyed raven was developed by William Simpson. There was considerable deliberation on where exactly the third eye should be located, as it wasn't specified in the books. For a time, Simpson considered actually putting it in the back of the head, to give it a full 360 degree field of vision. However, he later settled on putting it in the middle of the forehead. The three-eyed raven is played by a real-life raven, but its third eye is digitally added in post-production.[9]
In the booksEdit
In the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the bird is a three-eyed crow rather than a raven. The crow is more active in Bran's dreams; it helps him wake from his coma. The crow speaks to Bran, telling him it can teach him how to fly, other times it screeches the words "fly or die".
When Bran finally meets him in the cave beyond the Wall, the three-eyed crow is revealed to be a pale, skeletal man in rotted black clothing in a weirwood throne of tangled roots. His skin is white, aside from a red blotch on his neck and cheek. He has fine, white hair long enough to reach the earthen floor. He is missing one eye, while the other is red. Weirwood roots surround the man and grow through his body, including his leg and his empty eye socket. His voice is slow and dry, as if he had forgotten how to speak. It is also implied that he was once a man of the Night's Watch, hence his 'crow' name.
Within the books, there are numerous details that indicate who the three-eyed crow was before he entered the cave, but few of them have made it into the series. This doesn't necessarily mean that his identity is different, just that it will be dealt with in a different way.
See alsoEdit
- Three-eyed crow on A Wiki of Ice and Fire (MAJOR spoilers from the books)
- ↑ "Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things"
- ↑ "A Golden Crown"
- ↑ "Fire and Blood"
- ↑ "The Ghost of Harrenhal"
- ↑ "Dark Wings, Dark Words"
- ↑ "And Now His Watch is Ended"
- ↑ "The Lion and the Rose"
- ↑ "The Children"
- ↑ Making Game of Thrones blog, April 17th, 2013


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Currently Reading: Engineers of Victory: The Problem Solvers Who Turned the Tide In the Second World War June 2, 2015Posted by truthspew in Uncategorized.
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The books is by Paul Kennedy. It walks through the technological changes but not just that but changes in bureaucracy too. For example the inter-service rivalries in the U.S. had to be managed and even a concept like having a headquarters ship had to be developed.
But one thing emerges – the Nazi's were really sons of bitches, Hitler prime among them. From the U-boats that were dispatched by the allies by using aircraft to the whole Blitzkrieg concept. Germany has a fairly up to snuff military in the 1930's – and the military units they faced like that of France, Poland and even Russia to a degree all hadn't progressed sufficiently enough from the technology of World War I. And Germany took advantage of that fact. And the Nazi Germans used some rather devious field maneuvers.
A great example – the Russian T-34 tank. The Russians had actually sent one to the Aberdeen proving grounds in the U.S. for testing. What came back were recommendations to rectify stiff controls, better gun turret, etc. The Aberdeen folks did like the sloped design of the T-34 though. (All images – click to embigen)
That shown above is a T-34-85. The Russians took the recommendations seriously – but it took some time to change over to building the T-34-85 when need for tanks was so high.
Consider – tanks prior looked like these:
And of course today tanks look more like this, An Abrams M1A1 – that baby has a turbine for an engine.
One interesting thing to note. In the U.S. Army – the three man crew of an M1A1 – they rotate duties. Today you might be the commander of the mission, tomorrow you might be gunner, or driver. Keeps everyone sharp. I like that. Hell if I'd had to join the Army I definitely would have gravitated toward tanks.
Currently Reading: How I Paid for College: A novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship and Musical Theater January 23, 2015Posted by truthspew in Uncategorized.
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I got it because it was mentioned on BosGuy's Blog. Went over to Amazon, started reading it and decided it was worth the price. Clicked buy and it was instantly on my Fire HD6.
Now this book is seriously funny. Marc Acito (A fellow Italian-American) is a great humorous writer. I'm 43% into the book and I'll likely finish it tonight, having just gotten it yesterday.
What I will say is the protagonist in this book – his dad must have known mine. Which is why I don't speak to my father anymore. Only difference between the protagonist and me is I never got into musical theater even if I did get scary high grades all through my education – in fact the only reason I got a 3.82 GPA in college was because there were a few classes I just didn't give a flying fuck about them, prime among them the Legal Environment of Business. That class REALLY frosted my ass.
But the book is riotously funny. Reading it one the train home I had to stop myself from laughing out loud on several occasions. But at home I read it and I'm asked what's so funny.
Acito's writing reminds me a bit of David Sedaris work, or even Douglas Adams. A complete irreverence for the Catholic church which i have in spaced, but the lead character in the book – even dons priestly attire and uses it to maximum advantage. Me – I never had that in me. Getting alcohol was never a problem – particularly when I worked right next to a liquor store and knew their people so as long as the cash was green we had beer and ale.
It's under ten bucks so go get it and laugh your ass off.
Reading: Forcing the Spring: Inside the Fight for Marriage Equality April 27, 2014Posted by truthspew in Uncategorized.
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Well – reading means currently doing so but I've finished the book. All in all a nice view inside the goings on of both the Prop 8 and DOMA cases.
Now I've seen numerous complaints around the web from those who say the book overlooked all the people who've fought for full equality. That may be so but the book only focused on the two cases, not the general movement.
In fact the book is highly relevant to me – as I had been about to embark on a case of my own against the State of Rhode Island before the legislature deigned to grant equality here. An attorney from GLAD in Boston had a conference call with me and my cousin Tom who was then training to become an attorney himself.
Some of the things she said remind me of the attitudes of the HRC and others – that the slow steady trod is what will pay off. For example, the woman said that the Rhode Island Judiciary was HOSTILE to the cause of marriage equality. This struck me as odd since in the Ormiston v. Chambers case the judge actually advised the women that they should have filed as an Article 1 Section 2 offense and she would have had to grant the divorce they sought.
I had actually warned legislators that their failure to act would result in embarrassment for the state. The reason I did that is because the only real obstacle to marriage equality in Rhode Island was the Family Law Act of 1967. I was ready to directly challenge the law. That would have put the kibosh on the act resulting in all sorts of grief but would have gained equality at long last. I think that's what scared GLAD to the point they had to convince me not to file the suit.
But the book – it shows what happens when a disruptive change takes place, but more to the point that organizations such as the HRC and others had to adapt to this new paradigm. In fact in the U.S. right now there are several suits in a whole bunch of southern states bubbling through the justice system. And the U.S. Supreme Court will once again have to revisit this case and employ a 50 state solution.
Please read me a story ! MEME February 27, 2014Posted by truthspew in Uncategorized.
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Here are my own answers.
1. Describe your favorite place to cozy-up with a good book.
Stretched out here on the leather recliner, or in bed I like to read a little bit before I drift off to sleep.
2. What do you read when you're on the toilet?
Depends – if it's a book I'm really into then yes. But otherwise no, get in, wipe, flush, wash hands.
3. Do you read when taking a bath?
Being that I rarely take a bath but I do shower and reading would be problematic. But with electronics I suppose anything is possible. I'm one step from turning my current XP box into a kitchen computer but then I could waterproof it and make it a Kindle reader in the shower. Hmmm, choices!
4. If you can, do you read when at the gym?
No I do not. I tend to need music at the gym, when I do go. But then the music is almost always on for me.
5. Do you still read newspapers and or magazines?
I read Make magazine and QST an amateur radio publication of the American Radio Relay League aka ARRL. I'm email@example.com
6. What are your favorite genres to read?
Science Fiction, Historical/Political, Technical and believe it or not religious texts. Need to be well armed in that respect.
7. Do you read one book at a time or can you read several? I can read a few at a time. But if it's a real page turner I'll tend to plow through one.
8. If you start a book, do you finish it no matter what?
I finish most everything I buy. But there are some – they're just too badly written or boring that I might not ever finish them.
9. Did your parents read to you when you were growing up? Yes and no. They taught me how to read and then supplied me with a steady supply of books to read.
10. Have you read to your kids/nephews/nieces?
Haven't had a real chance to do so.
11. How do you feel about reading books vs. using electronic devices? Have your feelings evolved from one or two years ago?
Paper based books – I've got a ton of them ranging technical, Science Fiction, historical/political etc. But my collection on Kindle is getting pretty huge. I like the convenience of being able to read any book at any time either on the PC or phone. And I can see a future in the very near term where paper books will be a thing of the past.
When was the last time you looked at or read an adult magazine to satisfy yourself? When was the last time you even saw one?
I cannot honestly remember the last time I looked at one or even saw one. Now as a youth I had quite the collection of magazines and videotapes. But they've all been sold off or thrown out.
Reading: Exploding The Phone: The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws who Hacked Ma Bell February 18, 2014Posted by truthspew in Uncategorized.
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Written by Phil Lapsley with foreword by Steve Wozniak. It's a fascinating trip through the days of yore and it triggers memories I have of the time.
It's the story on how a bunch of people accidentally or intentionally discovered one of the bigger security flaws of Ma Bell at the time.
When engineers in the 1930's and 1940's were putting the long distance network together so it could be dialed by customers, a choice was made to use audible signalling and keep that signalling in-band. In other words it took the same path the voice portion of the call took. And Ma Bell published quite a bit – she told everyone what the frequency pairs were.
I can recall too back in the early 1980's a friend of mine had an Apple II machine with Novation CAT modem in it. The CAT was fully capable of generating ALL the tones used by Ma Bell. Spent many an hour on the 2111 conference with my friend. It was pretty interesting. Even got a demonstration of tandem stacking too. That was funny. It was all possible because of two factors – East Greenwich RI was still on older electromechanical switching systems and RI wasn't a big target. So yes, a fair amount of Blue Boxing was done.
Of course Ma Bell took a heavy hand in all this – to the point of actually violating a few laws itself to try to get a handle on the problem of fraud in the system. It ultimately culminated in a completely separate network being built to handle all the call supervision and signalling. At the time it was SS5 or Signalling System 5. That eliminated the Blue Box capabilities. But you have to remember it took Ma Bell and her Children until the early 1990's to get all of the network on what was then SS7. So you could still Blue Box from certain locations.
I should explain the Blue box – in essence Ma Bell used 2600Hz to return supervision, and the combinations of frequencies to move calls around on the network.. The Blue Box was a portable device that could create those combinations.
My trip through phone systems started with a descendant of the Southern Pacific Railroad which we know of today as Sprint. Back then you dialed a local access number, keyed in a six digit code and then the ten digit phone number you wanted to call. I had gotten a list of about 10 or so of these codes and I spotted something, they met a pattern.
At the time I had my DC-II modem on my machine – it had the capability of sending DTMF as well as being able to tell when dial tone was present. So I wrote an algorithm with the pattern I'd seen in mind. I let it run for a couple of days. What I had at the end were 500 codes. Let's just say my friends and I weren't paying for long distance calls.
It lay fallow for almost twenty years but then I found myself in a position of understand toll fraud on PBX's which was pretty hefty. So I helped out in a few office that I worked in to secure the AT&T built PBX's. I read all about those and the switches within the Bell System too. So I know a thing or two about their capabilities. One tour of a then New England Telephone #5 ESS was enlightening. This was right around the later 1980's and the time of law enforcement wanting access on the switches to perform investigations. I believe it was call CALEA. I found out on that tour that not only did the cops have access, the switch guys had access too. They could listen in to any call in the digital voice stream. Interesting.
Then of course I was the beneficiary of the daughter of all fuck ups with then Nynex at the time. I had moved from North Providence and the 401-725 exchange and coming back to Providence. So I called Nynex and requested the move in service. The installer came out, put in the jack and that was that. But month after month for nearly two years I got no bill. I had occasionally called Nynex at the time but the customer service reps would say they have no record of the phone number. Interesting.
In the last six or so months I called Nynex almost daily to convince them I was calling from that line. Called repair to verify the line. Yup. It's connected. But billing had no idea. Finally I got a CSR with more than two brain cells and we puzzled it out. Apparently the work order had gone in, but it was never returned to billing. So I paid $140 at the time and then started receiving a monthly bill.
But the more interesting part this was at the point in time where you could choose your long distance carrier. I went with the default at&t since I rarely made long distance calls. But I did make them on occasion and they never billed. The Nynex CSR had no visibility into the long distance side.
I found out from a friend in New Jersey what happened. He called me and said he got a call from the VA asking who was calling him from the VA. I understood what happened ; my number ended in 0716, the local VA hospital was on the same exchange in the 70xx group and they had transposed digits to 7016. The VA was paying for my long distance. Sloppy screw up on Nynex's part I suppose.
Ten Books Meme December 17, 2013Posted by truthspew in Uncategorized.
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So here are my ten:
1) Stranger in a Strange Land – Robert Heinlein
2) The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Trilogy – Douglas Adama
3) The Adolescence of P-1 by Thomas Ryan (You can read the whole book by clicking the link – it's sort of heavy on IBM 360/370 jargon but the basic principle is easily readable.
4) Tales of the City – Armistead Maupin
5) The Dreyfus Affair – Peter Lefcourt
6) A Queer History of the United States – Michael Bronski
7) Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
8) The Number of the Best – Robert Heinlein
9) Christopher and His Kind – Christopher Isherwood
10) Job: A Comedy of Justice – Robert Heinlein
A book in my Amazon Recommendations November 15, 2012Posted by truthspew in Uncategorized.
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So my recommendations on Amazon.com are interesting. A lot of gay fiction, a lot of techie stuff so when this one popped up I had to buy it, it was less than $5:
John R. Pierce "An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise".
Pierce is yet another Bell Labs legend among the likes of Claude Shannon, Nyquist et al who are kind of integral to my I.T. career and to my interest in communication networks, from the wired to wireless.
He is one of the fathers of satellite telecommunications. Should be an interesting read.
What newspapers and magazines do I read October 13, 2012Posted by truthspew in Uncategorized.
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Newspapers first. I never read a single newspaper cover to cover, only articles that interest me. Those can be anything from hard news, political news, etc.
On the local front there is the not quite adequate to line the litter box with Providence Journal. Traditional newspapers are dying. For other local sources there's the gay oriented Edge Providence, RI Future, Go Local Providence, Greater Cities Providence.
Then I use up my ten article limit on the NY Times quite often. I also read a number of article from the SF Gate, WSJ, the whole nine.
Magazines are a different story – there are only two I read regularly. Make Magazine and QST. The former is an O'Reilly publication that is for makers. I call myself one as I do occasionally build things. In fact I'm happiest when I am building something, be it a recipe or a new lighting system. QST is a magazine for the Amateur Radio community.
And books – oh boy. That's a biggie for me. I've got VoIP: Internet Linking for Radio Amateurs by Jonathan Taylor K1RFD on order, should have it soon. I'm also re-reading a gay classic "The Dreyfus Affair" as well as having just finished reading a couple of other books. What can I say, I love to read.
It's funny – I was looking for a book on my bookshelf the other day and realized I had loaned it to someone years ago. Ah well, found the digital version online for free so no big deal.


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State Police: Troopers seek man in weekend dispute
Reports from the Huntington detachment of the West Virginia State Police provided the following information:
Troopers are searching for information as to the whereabouts of Travis Kauffer, 32, of Huntington.
Their quest comes after an incident Saturday at a home in the 4200 block of Altizer Avenue. A woman told police she arrived at the home to meet with a man. Her face was then assaulted as she attempted to retrieve an item from inside.
A man at the house then grabbed a handgun and fired in the woman's direction as she attempted to leave. The gunshot missed and struck the window of a parked vehicle. The woman was hospitalized due to her injuries.
Troopers urge anyone with information about Kauffer's whereabouts to call the State Police at 304-528-5555.
BREAK-IN: Police are investigating the theft of more than $1,000 in sound equipment from Culloden United Baptist Church, which is located along Charlie's Creek Road.
The break-in happened Sunday. Items taken include microphones, speakers and amplifiers. It was the third such incident within the past nine months.
CRASH: A 32-year-old man from Huntington was charged with misdemeanor, second-offense driving under the influence following an Saturday vehicle accident along Olive Street in Huntington.
Initial reports indicate the man's vehicle hit several concrete poles that were protecting a business. The vehicle then left the scene.
Troopers believe the driver was under the influence of methadone. He also was charged with leaving the scene of an accident and driving on a suspended/revoked license.
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Year After Jobs' Death, How High Can Apple Fly?
Professor Mark Lemley and Rock Center Fellow Vivek Wadhwa spoke with USA Today's Jon Swartz about the state of Apple one year after former CEO Steve Jobs' death and what lies ahead for the company.
Imagine Tom Brady leaving the New England Patriots and the team putting together, by some measures, its best season ever the following year.
That's what Apple has done in the year since Steve Jobs died Oct. 5, 2011. The company he co-founded, was banished from and ultimately saved has been on a magic carpet ride of outsized market value, revenue and sales projections. Much of the success goes to Jobs, who put his beloved creation on the path to glory, and whose fingerprints are all over its current and future plans.
But without Jobs to look over Apple, how long can the magic ride last, asks Vivek Wadhwa, vice president of academics and innovation at Singularity University. The Silicon Valley company faces growing competition from the likes of Google, Amazon and Samsung in the fast-paced tech market.
"Where is the magic? Where are all the great advances that we were promised?" says Wadhwa.
Today, it has a highly profitable business model to defend against Google, Amazon and Samsung — whom it sued for patent infringement. That case had more to do with protecting market turf than transformative innovation, says Stanford University law professor Mark Lemley.
"Young and creative businesses don't usually file patent lawsuits — older, mature businesses do to hold onto their turf," Lemley says. "It's the second-best choice on how to grow."


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Frank DuMond and Lewis Cohen, 1908
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Pioneers pound Chesapeake
CHESAPEAKE, Ohio — There would be no slow start for Wayne in Week 2.
One week after scoring just seven first-half points in a win over Tolsia, the Pioneers recovered a
Chesapeake fumble on the opening kickoff and raced to a 35-7 halftime lead en route to a 63-7 victory Friday night to leave the Panthers 0-2 in their new stadium.
"Faster everything is what's needed to win in football," Wayne coach Tom Harmon said. "Setting the speed of the game early helps the offensive rhythm for sure."
Wayne (2-0) ran just 38 plays from scrimmage, but racked up 411 yards and seven offensive touchdowns.
"The line blocked better, and the backs ran harder," Harmon said of the improvement since last week.
Wayne also added some explosive plays. Kurt Langdon-Arthur returned the opening kickoff of the second half 83 yards for a touchdown, and the Pioneers scored on an 84-yard interception return by Seth Napier in the fourth quarter.
Andrew Stamper kicked a 37-yard field goal, which is believed to be the longest made in school history.
"Still not where we need to be, but I thought our ability to make out of the ordinary plays improved," Harmon said.
Quarterback Grant Ferguson ran for 70 yards on just two carries, including a 25-yard scoring run. Ferguson also threw for 96 yards. Nathan Spurlock scored two touchdowns, and Mason Hodge ran for a team best 97 yards and a score.
Chesapeake scored on a 7-minute touchdown drive that began in the first quarter and ended in the second. Chad Meadows capped the drive with an 8-yard run. Wayne jumped offside three times during the possession. It was the first score allowed by the Pioneers in five games.
"Chesapeake put together a good solid, grunt it out drive in the first half," Harmon said. "Credit their grit and our lack thereof. We just have to get better. They showed that in spurts."
Wayne has now won 25 consecutive games, the longest active streak in West Virginia.
The Pioneers are idle next Friday. Chesapeake travels to Symmes Valley.


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Georgism and the Single Tax on Land: Why a 130-year-old Idea is Still Relevant Today
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The purpose of this article is to outline why the idea of land value taxation argued by 19th century political economist, Henry George, is still relevant to many of today's pressing issues, including poverty, economic growth, the environment, and responsible government.
In the late 19th century, the Industrial Revolution was well underway. Society, it would seem, was beginning to make a huge leap in progress in areas like technology and production. In places like California, many places went from camps to cities in a relatively short time. Such a time, one could assume, must have been quite exciting and hopeful.
But not everyone at that time would have made such an assumption. A printer from San Francisco named Henry George couldn't help but notice that in the midst of all this progress, poverty was on the rise. "How could this be?" George wondered. So troubled by this observation, he set out to explore this vexing question in his aptly titled book, Progress and Poverty.
The problem, George concluded, was the inefficient hoarding of land and natural resources by a few at the top of the socioeconomic ladder coupled with a taxation system that hindered upward mobility of those at the bottom. George's solution was to abolish all taxes but one: a single tax on land, (which would include natural resources but not include the products of human labor, like buildings and improvements to land).
Though Henry George was well known in his day, and though Progress and Poverty very popular, these days, it would seem, George has essentially been relegated to a footnote in economic history. This is unfortunate, I would argue, since I believe his idea would still be very relevant today in the larger context of many of today's pressing issues, like the economy, poverty, the environment, and responsible government.
Henry George (1839 – 1897) at age 26
What is Economics?
For starters, we should have a working definition of "economics". A fairly standard definition of economics would be "the study of the production, distribution, and consumption of limited goods and services used to satisfy unlimited human desires, whereby goods refer to those material things that satisfy human desires, and services refers to the direct satisfaction of human desires".
Now upon examining this definition, one can easily deduce that in any economy, the distribution and consumption of goods and services will be constrained by the production of goods and services. In other words, one can neither distribute nor consume that which has not been produced. And since goods and services, (which are distributed and consumed), are limited, but human desires are unlimited, a fundamental problem becomes one of how an economy can maximize production.
Now if we examine "production", there are three classical factors: land, labor, and capital. We can define land as "the entire material universe exclusive of people and their products"; labor as "all human exertion in the production of goods and services"; and capital as "goods used in the process of production, (e.g., tools), or in the course of exchange, (e.g., inventory)".
Land, labor, and capital are all limited. However, a clear (and important) distinction can be made between "labor" and "capital" on the one hand and "land" on the other: the former refers to human activity and the products thereof, while the latter does not. More specifically, capital can only ultimately come into being by applying labor to land. Furthermore, if there's no land, then there's no production, and hence no economy. And of course, the same could be said for labor. But then, if there was no land, there'd be no humans, and hence no labor…not to mention no distribution, consumption, or human desires.
So just as production constrains distribution and consumption, land, (which is limited), constrains production. In other words, one cannot produce something from nothing. Thus, how land is dealt with is a fundamental economic problem which needs to be addressed. Such questions arise like, "How can the economically efficient use of land be maximized?"; "How is land distributed justly and by what mechanism?"; "How do we avoid the overconsumption of natural resources?"
Henry George's idea of a single tax on land, which refers to the spatial-location value of land, (but not buildings and improvements), and natural resources, would effectively deal with these issues and more.
The Fruits of Productivity as Reward; Taxation as Punishment
Imagine a rat in a cage with a lever. Now imagine that the rat pulls the lever, and a food pellet comes out. The food pellet can be thought of as a reward for the rat's behavior, (since the food satisfies its desires), and consequently the rat will learn to continue to pull the lever if a food pellet is consistently released each time the lever is pulled.
On the other hand, imagine if the rat pulled the lever and got an electric shock instead. In this scenario, the electric shock can be thought of as a punishment for the rat's behavior, (since an electric shock would be highly undesirable), and consequently the rat will learn to continue to avoid the lever if an electric shock is administered each time the lever is pulled.
The fruits of productivity and taxation are very much like the food pellet and the electric shock, respectively, in the above scenario. When one labors, one is "rewarded" with wages. When one saves or invests in capital, one is "rewarded" with interest. When one consumes a good or service, one is directly "rewarded" by having their desires satisfied, while the seller of that good or service is "rewarded" for selling the good or service that satisfied human desire, and the producer of the good that is sold to the consumer or to the service provider is "rewarded" for producing a good used for satisfying human desire.
And the greater the "rewards", the more likely these sorts of behavior continue; the lesser the "rewards", the less likely these sorts of behavior continue. And if there is no "reward" for these behaviors or even a loss of some sort because of any of these behaviors, (i.e., a "punishment"), then such behaviors will be even less likely or even avoided. Such "punishments" could include a loss due to poor capital investments or a loss due to producing or selling a good or service that isn't desired by a significant number of people.
And such "punishments" of economically productive behavior can effectively include taxation, (or what psychologists might refer to as an example of "punishment by removal"), even though taxation may only intentionally be for raising government revenue. When one's wages are taxed, for example, one is punished with the removal of the fruits of one's labor. That is less money to spend, save, or invest. When one's capital is taxed, the owner may try to avoid the added cost by raising the price of his/her good or service, effectively passing the cost onto the consumer. Couple that with a sales tax and the consumer's taxed wages, and the consumer ends up paying (artificially) more for something with (artificially) less money.
In short, it would seem, taxation punishes economic behavior and the products thereof and should be avoided. Land, on the other hand, is neither human economic activity nor a product of it, and it is this quality that makes Henry George's idea of a single tax on land and its consequences distinctly different from the other forms of taxation.
Land-Value Taxation Versus Property Taxation
Consider someone who owns a house on a piece of land and who has to pay property taxes each year. The property taxes equal a certain percentage of the property's market value. Therefore, if the owner improves that property, the property's market value will go up, and hence the property tax will go up. In other words, the property owner will effectively be punished for improving their property!
Now imagine a land speculator who buys a piece of unimproved land on the outskirts of town and then holds on to the land without improving it. Now imagine that a road is built (using taxpayer money) that goes right by that piece of property. As a result, the location-value of that piece of unimproved land goes up, (since now it is located next to a road when before it wasn't), and the land speculator sells the land and makes a profit.
So in comparing these two examples under a typical property tax system that includes buildings and improvements, the property owner who improves his/her property gets hit with a higher tax, while the land speculator who doesn't improve his/her property makes a profit off of the tax-funded improvements near his/her property. (And, ironically, part of those tax funds come from the first property owner in our scenario!)
A more sensible tax policy would be to not tax buildings and improvements, (i.e., "capital", if the property is to be sold), but to tax the spatial-location value of land instead, (i.e., "rent", in classical economics).
Since land is in fixed-supply, the more land that is used, the less there is on the market. So by the Law of Supply and Demand, the spatial-value of the remaining land on the market will rise even if demand stays the same. In other words, the more land that is used, the more expensive the remaining land becomes.
And the location-value increase is not due to the labor, investments, or economic activity in general of the land owner, but instead due to the labor, investments, and economic activity in general of the surrounding community. So if you're going to tax something, tax the increase in value that itself was solely created by both the private and public investments of the surrounding community.
The Benefits of a Single Tax on Land
Generally speaking, the benefits of a single tax on land can be described as (1) pro-economic efficiency, (2) progressive, (3) pro-conservation, (4) pro-limited and responsible government.
- Removing taxation on wages, capital, and consumption means more money to spend, invest, and save, which leads to more business, less cost of goods and services, and lower interest rates.
- Since the wealthiest tend to own the most valuable land and natural resources, (think downtown Manhattan or big oil), the bulk of the tax burden would fall on the wealthiest, (and you can't put land in a tax shelter, either). The poorest tend to own no land, so they wouldn't have a tax burden. And since there would be an economic incentive to not use any more land than one could afford and to be as efficient as possible with as little land as possible, more land would be left on the market, thus making it more affordable for more people. Add to that, no taxes on building materials, (either in their production or sale thereof), would lower the cost of buildings even more. And again, no taxes on income would mean more money for individuals to buy land or save for it, the latter of which would contribute to lower interest rates on loans overall. In other words, the more money banks have, the more cheaply they can loan it out.
- Since the incentive would be to use as little land and natural resources as efficiently as possible, this would mean less waste of land and natural resources. Since land speculation would not be profitable, it would be far less likely, for example, to have things like rundown buildings in downtown areas coupled with urban sprawl. Actually, this is exactly the effect anywhere land value taxation is tried, (or even split-rate taxation, whereby the rate on buildings and improvements is lower than the spatial-location value of land). Some municipalities in Pennsylvania would be an example. In the area of renewable resources, there would be an economic incentive to be pro-conservation. For example, under a purely land value tax system, a paper mill would have the incentive to use as little natural growth trees as possible plus have the incentive to replant as many trees as quickly as possible. The former would fall under land value taxation. The latter would not, since re-planted trees would be improvements to land or "capital". A final example in this area would be that alternative energy technologies would be more competitive in a land value taxation system. Energy sources like oil and coal would fall under a land value tax, thus raising their cost. On the other hand, since most alternative technology costs fall on capital, (like solar energy), their costs would be reduced.
- Currently, the government comes up with a budget and then raises the revenue for that budget, (and even then falls short of the budget, leaving the burden for the next generation). Interestingly, no business or household can do that. Businesses and households must budget what money they already have.
Under a land value tax system, government would have the same state of affairs since it would be the local market which determines the tax revenue. The greater the spatial-location value of the land, the greater the revenue. This way, the government's budget is constrained by the market, just like it is for everyone else.
The only way that government could actively participate in raising its revenue under a land value taxation system would be to carefully and responsibly invest its limited revenues…again, just like it is for everyone else. More specifically, a government would have the incentive to invest public money in such a way as to maximize an increase in location values in its jurisdiction. This would include carefully investing in things like infrastructure, utilities, and schools, all which increase location value in the community, therefore increasing future government revenues.
I have attempted to outline Henry George's basic idea of a single tax on land with an examination of both some basic economic concepts and concrete examples. George's idea is 130 years old now. Unfortunately, he has been mostly forgotten. Nevertheless, perhaps his idea of a single tax on land is worth taking another look at. Perhaps states and municipal governments should strongly consider switching from a property tax system to a land value tax system, (or at the very least, a split-rate property tax system), while simultaneously shifting away from taxes on human economic activity and the products thereof. With issues today like economic recession, poverty, environmental problems, and (at times) irresponsible government, a second look couldn't hurt. Who knows? Henry George's idea of a single tax on land may be very relevant to these pressing issues today…perhaps even more pressing than it was in his day.
To explore these ideas further, here are some helpful links:
- The Henry George Institute
- Land and Freedom – a resource designed for high school teachers
- The Progress Report- A daily news and commentary on Georgist-related issues
- The Geonomy Society
- Our Earth Home- YouTube videos on Georgism


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As students move up Spanish at LMS continues as language study through Middle School. Children are exposed to Spanish in an integrated way and as part of their daily activities
. Native Spanish speakers teach through creative, engaging and collaborative lessons and by exposing children to the rich diversity of the Spanish language and the cultures of the countries where Spanish is spoken.
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Children's House and Lower Elementary Spanish Programs
There are three major goals of the Children's House and Lower Elementary Spanish Programs:
1.To encourage children to have fun while learning Spanish in various ways that reach their different abilities and styles
2.To immerse students in Spanish during their class so that they increase their understanding of Spanish by listening, speaking, singing, and reading (or pre-reading)
3.To promote an appreciation of the diverse cultures of Spain and Latin America in order to widen children's global perspectives
All Children's House students have 30 minutes of Spanish class per week. Classes are taught mostly in Spanish so children can be exposed to the language as much as possible. While half of each class has Spanish in the Spanish room, the other half remains in the classroom. During circle time in the Spanish room, the entire class joins together to sing songs, read books, do finger-plays, and play games in Spanish. Some of these Spanish activities are repeated weekly to reinforce Spanish vocabulary and to boost the children's confidence. There are new elements every week, which change according to themes like colors, numbers, animals, clothing, food, opposites, and parts of the body. These changing elements give those students who speak Spanish at home a chance to demonstrate their skills and to inspire their peers. Children enjoy stories, songs, and games from Spanish-speaking countries, as well as Spanish versions of familiar stories, songs, and games from other cultures. Because thirty minutes is a long time for 3-6 year olds to pay attention in a group setting, there are many opportunities for them to reenergize through music, movement, and visuals. The following examples of Spanish activities offer a glimpse of the many and varied ways students enjoy Spanish, which hopefully will lead to a lifelong appreciation of learning languages
• Singing Spanish songs as they join together to walk along the edge of the circle pretending to be part of a train or sea serpent
• Jumping slowly and then quickly while counting from one to twenty in Spanish
• Learning parts of the body by playing "Simon Says" and practicing yoga
• Acting out animals that appear in beloved children's book or song translations
• Repeating the Spanish words for colors that correspond to pieces of yarn bouncing up and down in the center of an outstretched parachute
All Lower Elementary students have thirty minutes of Spanish class twice per week in the Elementary Spanish room. A wonderful new elementary Spanish program called "Descubre el español con Santillana" is the basis of the LE Spanish curriculum. The audio/video materials, textbooks, e-books, workbooks and online activities for classroom (plus for homework for third years) of this program received rave reviews upon their release in September 2011. LE first and second year students follow the characters, Lisa and Tony, as they visit México, Nicaragua, Chile, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Spain, Venezuela, and Cuba. LE third year students follow the characters, Anna and Charlie, as they visit México, Bolivia, El Salvador, Ecuador, Spain, Uruguay, Puerto Rico, and Guatemala. All LE students virtually visit these countries while learning Spanish vocabulary and grammar. It's exciting to envision how much LE students are traveling light years in their Spanish listening, speaking, reading, and writing with the help of such an avant garde program. If you'd like more information, please click on the five different links posted in the "Links" section of this web page.
Parents, caregivers and relatives are welcome to visit these classes anytime. Please feel free to email any questions, comments or concerns (email@example.com). Muchas gracias.
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About Upper Elementary and Middle School Spanish
In Upper Elementary Spanish we continue to build on our students' receptive language skills with an emphasis on speaking skills, but we also introduce reading and writing in Spanish. UE Spanish is organized by grade level (UE Lowers, UE Middles, UE Seniors). Each class meets two times per week for 45 minutes. For a small group of students who speak Spanish at home, we offer a modified program in which they come together for lessons once a week, and they join their grade-level classmates for a second class session.
In UE and MS we seek to provide students with many opportunities to be exposed to Spanish. It is for this reason that we use a thematic approach where key vocabulary and functional language structures are practiced and modeled through audiovisuals, songs, dialogs, pantomimes, and story telling.
At this level only simple grammatical structures are introduced in order to lay out the foundation of more complex structures and topics that will be studied in Middle School. The grammatical structures studied in this level include:
number and gender agreement
personal pronouns
conjugation in the present tense of regular and some irregular verbs
expressions of likes and dislikes.
Some of the themes studied in UE are:
Personal introductions
hobbies and pastimes
describing family and friends
talking about school activities and schedules
complaining about house chores
ordering food
describing animals
asking for directions in a city
In UE Spanish, homework is all about practice of the material that has been taught in class. I expect students to spend 40 minutes per week practicing Spanish at home. I strongly recommend that they do 8 minutes of work, five times each week or 10 minutes 4 times per week and to avoid doing all 40 minutes in one day. Spreading it out is more effective and memorable.
Last year we began to assign online homework using
where I created customized games that helped students learn vocabulary.
In addition to QUIA, for this year we purchased students licenses for
a method that uses visual and auditory cues that help with memory and retention.
Also, I have asked your children to create and account in
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site that
provides a safe and easy way for the class to connect, check homework assignments and get direct links to class activities and videos.
The Spanish teachers are constantly educating ourselves and investigating the best teaching methods that can help your children reach their full potential. Your help is also necessary to reach this goal.
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UE and MS got iPads for a project base program
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Our Blog with PR
On February, the MS will be visiting Puerto Rico.
To prepare for our gathering with the students in la Escuela Nueva, we have created a blog with the idea of getting to know each other more and develop a closer relationship before going to Puerto Rico.
The theme of our first blog was to talk about ourselves, families and personal interests.
We just heard back from them and it's been fun to see how many things we have in common.
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Quia is a website that teachers use to do customized activities for students to practice the subject that they are studying. At LMS we use Quia for Spanish for students in UE, MS and the Heritage Speakers group
DESCUBRE Text book online activities for Middle School
Link to sample activities used in new LE "Descubre el español" program
Link to map and descriptions of countries that are visited in new LE "Descubre el español" program
Link to view main characters of new LE "Descubre el español" program
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|Story Hatchery & Visitor Center
Located 2 miles west of Story on State Highway 194
Beautiful scenery and a large wooden hatchery are the first things you will see at Story Fish Hatchery. In 1895, the legislature authorized construction of a hatchery in Sheridan County. The original hatchery was located at Wolf Creek, south of Dayton. In 1907 the hatchery was relocated to Story. A new hatchery building was completed in April 1993, which includes indoor exhibits and displays along with hatchery and rearing facilities.
Like all other hatcheries and rearing stations, the success of hatchery operations at Story is dependent upon quality water supplied from nearby springs. Water temperatures vary throughout the year from 34 to 55 degrees F. Cold water allows hatchery personnel to "hold back" or slow the growth and development of eggs and fish. Slow fish growth and egg development allows Story Hatchery to assist other hatchery managers statewide in providing the proper size fish at the right time of year. Story Hatchery maintains two lake trout (Mackinaw) broodstocks. In addition, each year eggs from lake trout are fertilized with milt from male brook trout to produce Splake, a cross between the two species.
Trout fishing is available on Lake DeSmet and South Piney Creek.
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Ashland bridge closed for safety concerns
ASHLAND -- Kentucky highway officials closed the Ben Williamson Memorial Bridge about 9:45 a.m. Thursday for safety reasons, causing traffic problems in Ironton as motorists tried to get back to Kentucky. The one-way bridge, which brings traffic from Ohio to Kentucky, will be closed at least through the holiday weekend.
Officials weren't sure how long beyond that the green-painted, two-lane span connecting U.S. 52 in Ohio to U.S. 23 and U.S. 60 in Ashland would be closed to traffic.
"We experienced a tremendous amount of traffic Thursday morning," Ironton Mayor Rich Blankenship said. "Our office was getting a number of calls. It's an inconvenience, but people are going to have to deal with it."
While the traffic issues were concentrated in Ironton on Thursday, Ashland Police Chief Rob Ratliff said his city could face problems if the closure is long term.
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet reduced the weight limit on the bridge to 10 tons earlier this week after an inspection and reports that a vehicle had struck a weight-bearing, diagonal support beam. The bridge brings 20,000 vehicles per day from Ohio to 12th Street and Winchester Avenue in downtown Ashland.
The bridge was closed as a safety measure, Allen Blair, spokesman for the cabinet's District 9 Department of Highways office, said Thursday. The span was struck in such a way to cause a risk to the entire structure, he said. It isn't known how the bridge was damaged, he said.
"We're looking at permanent and possible short-term fixes," Blair said. A long-term fix could take through the summer, he said. "If we can ensure that no vehicles over 10 tons use the bridge, we could open it sooner."
About 12 percent of the traffic is commercial traffic and that's the concern for vehicles weighing more than 10 tons, he said. "If we can keep vehicles weighing more than 10 tons off it, it would be OK for passenger cars," he said.
Options including having law enforcement patrol the bridge entrance on a 24-hour per day, seven-days a week basis to keep heavy trucks off it, Blair said. Kentucky officials decided to close the bridge after seeing vehicles weighing more than 10 tons on the bridge despite signs prohibiting it.
Highway crews placed barricades at the bridge and were setting up signage and detours throughout the day, Blair said. Engineers continue to assess repair plans and are investigating options to alleviate the traffic disruption of closing the bridge, he said.
"While we understand the inconvenience this bridge closure will cause, it is the right thing to do in terms of protection the traveling public," Bart Bryant, District 9 chief engineer said in a prepared release.
Traffic is being detoured at the Jesse Stuart Memorial Bridge near Greenup, Ky., and to the Nick Joe Rahall II bridge in Huntington, Blair said.
Ashland Mayor Chuck Charles said city officials recommended the blue-painted, three-lane Simeon Willis Bridge at 13th Street be converted to handle both northbound and southbound traffic if the closure lasts for an extended period of time. The bridge currently handles traffic northbound out of Ashland to Coal Grove, Ohio.
A decision hasn't been made whether the repairs can be made in-house or whether an outside contractor will be hired to make repairs, Blair said.
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Santa Run makes way through Teays Valley
HURRICANE — Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus, and he lives and works in Teays Valley. If you don't believe it, wait until about 6 p.m. and if you hear a siren, look out the window. Okay, he won't be arriving in a huge red sleigh with eight tiny reindeer, but the transportation is huge and very red.
Teays Valley Volunteer Firefighters were out Sunday evening, Dec. 16, driving through some neighborhoods, but this time it wasn't because of fire. They were on their annual Santa Run, which is held each year during the middle of December for about eight days. From 6-8 p.m. on weeknights and 6-9 p.m. on the weekends, three or four firefighters, one driving a smaller lead truck and the larger truck carrying Santa, drive slowly through the streets of their Teays Valley fire district waving at the residents and handing out candy canes to the neighborhood kids and not-so-young kids.
According to volunteer firefighter Cody Smoot, the men have done this for the five years he has been on the volunteer fire department and probably a few before that.
"It's for the kids," he said, although there were some adults waiting on the porch on Sunday night waving at the men also.
Smoot said the men take turns playing Santa. Last year he was the jolly old elf. This year, Jeremy Gresham has the fun job of waving at the people who congregate on their porches and driveways. However, if he doesn't drive through your neighborhood, it isn't because you have been naughty rather than nice; it might be that your street is too narrow to handle the huge truck.
"We have to do neighborhoods our trucks will maneuver around easily. We try to do neighborhoods we think we can go through without any trouble," he said.
The children love it.
"We always have a good reaction from the kids. They have smiles on their faces when they see Santa Claus," he said.
However, the kids aren't the only ones who are having fun.
"It's a good feeling to see the enjoyment the kids get out of it," he said. "We always have a good time with it — everybody enjoys doing it," he said.
The men try to visit three to five neighborhoods a night, and the time passes quickly.
"We try to cover as many neighborhoods in our fire district as we can. We enjoy it. We go out and have a good time too," he added.


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Bernarda Bryson Shahn in Cesenatico, Italy, 1956 Mar. 22
Physical Details: Photographic print : 1 item : b&w ; 14 x 10 cm.
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Description: Photo shows Bryson Shahn outdoors on a paved walkway by a river, wearing a long winter coat and scarf.
Date from penned note on verso: Cesenatico, 22-3-56.
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Why John David Duggar? Each generation has their heart throbs. reality tv gives a while new gene of heartthrobs. John David seems like the guy every mother dreams her daughter will marry.
He is polite, well-spoken and doesn't run the streets, a 360 turn from typical celebs. You will perhaps never see him on the cover of "Tiger Beat". John David most likely does not read Facebook. If so, he would find he has a bunch of admirers.One girl claimed she was courting him but it turned out bogus. This often happens in Hollywood but on a much more dangerous scale. A person actually believes they have a personal relationship with the star and stalk them. I hope John David never goes through that or no celeb for that matter..
Some say he appears to have Apserger's syndrome but I don't think so. Asperger's is a variant of autism. It is because he is quiet and isn't a camera hog like certain other family members. John David recently ran for alderman in his hometown but lost. This young man seems to have much going for him. He has a reality show, is a volunteer EMT, and operates a tow truck. He played man of the house during the ordeal with Josie.
There is a series of hilarious letters written to John David on one blog. This is part of an "Open Letter to John David Duggar Part I";read the rest here Southern Soap Opera.
My co-workers and I have been pumped for this wedding for months, John-David. Months. That "Fix-It and Forget It" cookbook your new sister-in-law Anna received from anonymous fans in Alabama? Yeah. That was us.
I do have a couple of things I would like to say to you, though John-David. Maybe some tips we could give you to avoid potential awkwardness that your brother went through.
*Ask your Daddy Jim Bob to give you the Ed Wheat instructional book and DVD before the day of the rehearsal. I am sure Josh had to worry about where to put that stuff so that the little kids who were running wild around the church didn't find it and start exploring.
*Go easy on Cousin Amy. Josh obviously was about to violate one of the Ten Commandments with her at the wedding. (Thou shalt not kill.) And that would have been bad seeing as how he'd been trying so hard to stay so pure. (By the way, let's talk about this for a moment. I know he was trying to stay pure and whole and all that jazz for the wedding night. That's awesome. Way to go. But he sure was talking about "the wedding night" an awful lot. I don't think Josh-ua's mind was in a completely pure place, if you get my drift.)
Michelle said in a recent interview nobody is courting right now so John David is up for grabs. Anyone who thinks John David is good catch has to remember he was raised under the rigid patriarchal lifestyle. I wonder if he will be as authoritative as some of them. Discovery channel lists his favorite past times as broom ball and his future goal is a contractor. I don't know of many young adults listing their favorite past times as broom ball.or likes traveling everywhere with his umpteen siblings. John David is still young so he has time to achieve his goals. I always heard to beware of the shy quite types.
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Rose Mary Budge has spent more than a decade with her kitties Gatito, Tony and Missy. They blog about the joys and challenges of the human/feline relationship.
Monthly Archive for July, 2008
How high can a cat jump?
If feline Olympics ever are organized, my high jumper Tony will win many gold medals. No bookshelf is towering enough to deter him if he wants to get to the top. No monumental cupboard keeps him down. If he could find a way to land on the ceiling fan, I am sure that wouldn't be […] [Read More]
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Her client was pretty, blue-eyed, young and scared to death. Samantha Spayed, the pussycat investigator who prowls this blogger's imagination, sat on the scratched-up desk and purred soothingly: "Tell me all about it, sweetheart." With a small shudder, Miss Kit began her tail, er, tale. "Every night it starts whispering," she told the P.I. "Oh, […] [Read More]
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My felines aren't fond of the Fourth of July. They're patriotic pussycats–let me make that purr-fectly clear. They love to nibble the star-studded centerpiece on the dining room table and swat at the little flags and festive streamers around the house. That's fun. But the pops, bangs, whooshes and flashes of light associated with the […] [Read More]


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Catherine very nice floral now I know they are called foxgloves very pretty
Marsha at long last a real frog and some more very pretty foxgloves [love the frog]
Jim C&C welcomed
Thank you James! I saw a picture of some foxgloves that were yellow and I'd like to try those sometime.
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C&C's are welcome.
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Thank you for the C&C's here is the revision. I won't touch it again though. What happened with the center of the flowers is, I was using my mask remover and didn't realize the brown was still damp and it smeared throughout all the white in the centers.
Sam even if I crop it the frog is 7 inches long. he's a big guy kinda like the African Bull frogs in my back yard... I think they are bigger.
I hope all is well on the east coast with you all.
It would be nice if we messed up we could simply press 'Ctrl Alt Delete' and start all over
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Hello all, a belated reply now that my laptop has come back to life ...
Sam, Joyce Lydia, Marsha, Geri, James, and Sandi, thank you for your warm welcome!
Sandi, what wonderful work capturing reflections in glass - very difficult to do. Tbe miniature aspect of it adds to the interest and the difficulty!
Marsha, I love the robust final version of your frog-and-foxgloves painting and have spent a lot of time looking at your water color to see how you handled it. It is a very beautiful medium.
Comments and critiques are welcomed and appreciated.
Thank you everyone for all the nice cc's on my trees, I didn't throw it out but I am going to re-do it and do it better. You guys and gals are wonderful to me.
Jen, thanks for all your help with pastels I printed out your comments and if and when I get over to the states and to an art store I will check them out. I'm happy with the ones I have for now. Keep showing your art work everyone. Joyce
All C & C's always welcome
Alex thank you so very much for the compliment I really appreciate it. I am learning each time I post something...
Joyce. I'm glad you are keeping the painting. I do agree with the good folks that said to create a definition between the white trees and the sky. they gave good advice.
Keep up the good work....
Catherine- I like your new version of the Foxglobe b/c it is so pleasant to the eyes. It also has good value. The stalk and yellow/green leaves have shady areas in the right place. Neat and tidy. Beautiful.
C&C are welcome and appreciated.
Marsha- This is a really nice painting with beautiful colors. Love the BG mixed colors that repeat the colors in the flower upfront and more. You can really master the watercolor technique, Good job in both versions. The frog is really handsome and standing out. He looks so forlorn. I don't know why every time I see a picture of the frog I always think that it's a "He".
Thank you so much Sandi, I know the October challenge is over but I am still working on one more piece ... I will probably be a week late and counting. I am working on some Christmas gifts as well.
I too think of frogs as he's I think its because of the frog prince. but when I find a ton of frog eggs in my pond, I know there is a girl out there. Also, When they croak their deep croaks all night I know the guys are looking for the girls... I love it when the girls answer...
When I look at him Its like when I sneak up on them in the yard, they seem to look at me and say one more step and I'm outta here.....
Thank you Sandi. The pink I used was a watercolor but meant for rice paper, someone here told me that but I can't remember who. I bought some new pink watercolor called Rose Madder Genuine this evening along with Indian Yellow, Naples Yellow and Transparent Yellow. Mixing the pink with a brown creates a very beautiful color and I'd like to think of something to paint that I can use that color combination with. I'd like to do the Foxgloves again but maybe with a yellow flower and bits of the pink here and there.
The Pansies that Alex and Geri painted were so light and airy and the colors were so clean. .
Your rose drawing was just beautiful. I don't know if I had told you that or not.
Catherine have you ever tried w/c on rice paper. Its a new experience. When I was in collage I painted some red poppies on rice paper (the one that has long strands in it. I can;t remember the name.) It soaked up the color like a sponge leaving a very soft edge. This worked out ok on the subject matter and some detail could be put in with very heavy color in your brush after the paper dried. I framed it and gave it to my grandmother. She enjoyed it or at least said she did you know how grandmothers are.
C and C always welcomed
Geri, I've never even seen rice paper before. Can you see the strands in it? I'm curious now so this will give me a reason to go back to the art store lol. Yes, I understand about how grandmother's are and that's why we love/loved them.
Catherine There is several different types of rice paper that range from what resembles white parchment to paper that have flecks of brown and green grass in it. They all have names that I don't know but like stereotypical oriental paintings they are steeped in tradition. They can be fun to experiment with.
The oriental papers are many. I like Kinwashi ; Kitakata ; Masa ; Mulberry ; Okawara ; Sekishu ; one of my favorites is Unryu Paper. this can be used for a crinkle paper method of watercolor that Sam knows about also used for collages and batiking. Some have spun fibers in them and some have specks of nature in them. Rice papers can come in a roll or you can get a tablet of them. Just ask your local art dealer to show you the oriental papers and read up on Sumi Painting. In the 70's I took a Sumi Class and wish I had kept up with it. I still have the inks and brushes and have kept my tablets that I practiced on. I just looked at them for the first time in decades and remembered a fun time.... Thanks for bringing back a good memory.
After reading your's and Geri's post about rice paper I'm ready to go get some right now. I watched a documentary on my laptop ( I don't own a tv) about The Great Wave by Hokusai. It was interesting about the wood block process of laying down the colors. They didn't mention the type of paper but it was probably done on a rice paper. Thanks for all the great info!
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Curtis Ray Salisbury, age 62, of Prestonsburg, husband of Janie Yvonne Tuttle Salisbury, passed away Monday, June 3, 2013, at the Greg and Noreen Wells Hospice Care Center, in Hazard.
He was born Sept. 9, 1950, in Floyd County, a son of the late Curtis and Margaret Adams Salisbury. He was a carpenter.
In addition to his wife, Curtis is survived by three sons, Ricky McGuire, of Coal Grove, Ohio, Shawn Salisbury, of Michigan, and Todd Salisbury, of Michigan; three daughters, Ariel Salisbury Ly, of Prestonsburg, Margaret Salisbury, of Prestonsburg, and Kayla Tackett, of Ligon; three brothers, Danny Salisbury, Vernon, Demp and Buford Allen; a sister, Esta Mae Bertha; and 11 grandchildren, Taurean, Sierra, Sahara, David, Angel, Kylie, Karson, Nicholas, Alexis, Alyssa and Beck.
Curtis was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Larry Salisbury; and a sister, Betty Birchwell.
Funeral service for Curtis Ray Salisbury will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, June 7, in the Hall Funeral Home Chapel, in Martin, with J.M. Sloce officiating. Burial will follow in the Salisbury Cemetery, at Hunter.
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