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If one word underscored Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's approach to a host of hot Western New York topics during his Thursday visit to Buffalo, it would probably be "flexible."
During his ninth regional budget-booster session in the last seven business days – this one at City Honors School – Cuomo said the state will consider any time frame that local leaders desire in distributing his "Billion for Buffalo" economic development package.
He also said "everything is still on the table" regarding administration hints about a second gambling casino for Niagara Falls.
And he said that "tweaking" his controversial new gun-control law remains a possibility.
But his assertion that the $1 billion earmarked for economic development in Buffalo could be applied over a desired local timetable – and not as long as 10 years as he outlined in his budget presentation – seemed to answer the most pressing local concern.
It stems from Cuomo's original 2012 promise to spend $1 billion on incentives to revitalize Buffalo, with the money to be delivered over five years.
In this year's State of the State address in Albany and in his Thursday speech at City Honors, Cuomo said the $1 billion would be spent over 10 years.
Answering questions from reporters at City Honors, he said the money will be delivered in five, seven or 10 years – "whatever works for Buffalo."
"We have a fund to invest in Buffalo up to about a billion dollars in whatever plan Buffalo develops," he said. "It's not for us in Albany to sit there and say this is the business you should be in, and you should be attracting these businesses and run it this way."
"If they want to do it over five years, we will do it over five years. If they come up with a configuration over 10 years, we will do it over 10 years," he added. "If they want to do it over seven years, we will do it over seven years."
The governor added the payment timetable must be "within reason."
"If they said, 'We want all $1 billion within six months,' that would be a problem," he said. "As long as it is over time, some period of time, we will make sure it works for Buffalo in whatever business configurations they construct."
Cuomo has turned to the Western New York Regional Economic Development Council to devise a plan to capitalize on the $1 billion pledge. The council's general strategy is to pour the money into a base of facilities and programs that make the region more attractive to emerging industries – life sciences, for example. The council wants to help local industries expand, encourage innovative startups, promote tourism and help bring developments in health care to market.
While Cuomo talked Thursday of spreading out the money over a locally determined timetable, his state Budget Division seems to be assuming a 10-year schedule. Cuomo's state budgets have made $100 million available in each of the last two fiscal years. So far, the WNY Regional Economic Development council has grabbed $50 million of it to move a division of Albany Molecular Research Inc. to Buffalo in the hope it will attract other medical technology companies.
Howard A. Zemsky, the Buffalo-area developer and co-chairman of the council, said he's comfortable with Cuomo's answer that the billion dollars can be rolled out as needed.
"They just don't want to put a clock on us," he said, adding he also has no firm time frame in mind.
"I would be surprised if we could put all that money to use in the first five years, and I would be surprised if it took us more than eight years," he said. "I feel like as opportunities present themselves, we will realize those opportunities."
"I don't think we will have amazing opportunities where we will have to say to someone ... 'Oh we can do it in two years but not this year,' " he added. "I just don't feel like we are going to find ourselves in that circumstance."
Cuomo addressed reporters' questions following an approximately 45-minute presentation before about 1,200 people in a packed City Honors auditorium. After emphasizing the highlights of his $130 billion spending plan, he also responded to questions about the lack of provisions for a second casino in Niagara Falls – an idea floated in recent weeks by administration officials – in the latest budget amendments filed in Albany.
The governor noted, however, that nothing should be read into that.
"No, no, no – everything is still on the table," he said. "We're talking to the Legislature about it. We're going back and forth with the Legislature; they obviously have their own ideas. So it is developing. But nothing is off the table."
The Buffalo News reported last month that the administration would propose a new, non-Indian casino for Niagara Falls in the midst of its long-standing financial dispute with the Seneca Nation of Indians. The move set in motion either an effort to jump-start stalled talks over the more than $500 million in lapsed casino revenue-sharing payments from the Senecas throughout the state or an attempt to bring direct, non-Indian competition to the Senecas' exclusive gambling empire in Western New York.
The governor, in his Thursday presentation, reiterated his aim to add three non-Indian casinos to upstate but did not mention a fourth, which would be the second for Niagara Falls.
He also reinforced his view of the dispute between the Senecas and the cities of Niagara Falls, Salamanca and Buffalo over the tribe's withholding of casino payments to the state. The Senecas contend the state has violated its casino agreement for Seneca exclusivity in Western New York in return for the payments to the state by establishing "racinos" at several racetracks in the area. His carefully worded discussion of the situation reflects the arbitration under way that will decide the dispute, and the gag order issued by the hearing officer, former Court of Appeals Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye.
"What we have said is that in parts of the state where we have contractual agreements in good standing, we will honor those agreements, primarily with the Indian-run casinos," he said. "But the agreements have to be in good standing. The agreements have to honored by both parties."
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In response to a dramatic or out-of-the-ordinary situation or story: "That's a whole other bag of shrimp!"
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Ross C. Miller had a very unusual story to tell family members during a visit this week to his hometown of Elma.
It is a story involving the FBI, government intrigue and an alleged attempt to poison the president of the United States.
Earlier this year, the 44-year-old artist and small-businessman assisted the FBI as a witness in a case involving letters that were poisoned with a deadly substance called ricin and mailed to President Obama, a judge and a Republican senator, Roger F. Wicker of Mississippi.
Miller provided key evidence leading to the arrest in late April of James E. Dutschke, 41, a former martial arts instructor in Tupelo, Miss., according to Miller's Buffalo attorney, Barry N. Covert. Dutschke is accused of sending threatening, ricin-laced letters to Obama, Wicker and a Mississippi judge, Sadie Holland.
The whole story, though, starts with beans.
Authorities strongly believe that the ricin was made from castor beans that Miller and his wife, Colleen, sold to Dutschke through their Internet sales company, Covert said.
Miller said he and his wife mainly use their website, bearcreekwoodcrafts.com, to sell artistic creations, including wood sculptures of bears, eagles and other creatures. They also sell homemade quilts that are used to decorate barns. And they have also sold some gardening products, including castor beans, which can be made into castor oil or grown into tall, multicolored decorative plants.
Miller, who has been visiting loved ones in East Aurora and Elma this week, said he was shocked and upset to learn that someone may have used beans he sold to make a substance intended to hurt or kill public officials.
"We were very upset. It was irritating and nerve-racking. I found it offensive that somebody would use a bean product that we sold them to try to kill someone," Miller told The Buffalo News.
Covert said Miller's cooperation with the FBI and U.S. Justice Department helped expose a dangerous anti-government plot.
"From the first moment, the Millers wanted to do the right thing, contact the government and help with the investigation," Covert said. "The information they provided was very important to the government's case, because Mr. Dutschke had told the FBI that he had never, ever purchased castor beans from anyone. The Millers had records proving that he did buy them from their company."
The Millers moved from Elma to a small farm near Knoxville, Tenn., four years ago and opened their small business. They still have many friends and relatives in southern Erie County.
"We're probably two of the most boring people on Planet Earth," said Miller, a Marine Corps veteran. "We'd never expect to be caught up in something like this."
Here's how it happened.
On April 17, days after the ricin letters were delivered, FBI agents near Oxford, Miss., arrested Paul K. Curtis, a 45-year-old Elvis Presley impersonator with a history of complaints against the government. Agents accused him of sending the ricin letters to Obama, Wicker and Holland. Curtis vehemently denied the allegations.
Five days later, after investigating further and conducting a search of Curtis' home, federal officials dropped the charges against Curtis. It was disclosed that the probe was now focused on Dutschke, a rival of Curtis and who had once ran unsuccessfully for a political office against Judge Holland's son.
The Millers, meanwhile, had been following news reports in the case. They realized that ricin could be made from ground-up castor bean shells. In fact, ricin has been used in several attempts at biological terrorism in the past decade. According to an encyclopedia entry on the bionity.com scientific website, quantities of ricin are 6,000 times more poisonous than similar-sized quantities of cyanide, and 12,000 time more poisonous than rattlesnake venom.
"We'd been … hoping that nobody used any beans that were bought from us to make ricin," Miller said.
"We checked our records to see if we'd ever sold any beans to anyone in that part of Mississippi. My wife keeps extensive records, and she found out that we had sold some beans to" Dutschke last year.
He was a faceless Internet customer who spent about $20 on about 100 castor beans the Millers sent to him.
The realization that they may have sold beans used to make ricin that was sprinkled on a letter to the world's most powerful leader scared and deeply concerned the Millers. They called Covert, a Buffalo criminal-defense lawyer who has been a friend of Miller's family for more than a decade.
Miller said he and his wife were not only upset that their product had been used in such a harmful way, but also scared that they might somehow be implicated in the investigation.
"I don't trust authority. Authority scares me. I was a Marine, and I know what it's like to wind up on the wrong side of authority," Miller said. "I didn't want to wind up on the wrong side of this case."
After speaking to the Millers, Covert reached out to Anthony M. Bruce, senior litigation counsel at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Buffalo. He said Bruce then put him in touch with W. Chad Lamar, the federal prosecutor in Mississippi who was handling the ricin case.
"Chad Lamar was thrilled to hear from us," Covert said.
"The Millers' information was very helpful, especially after Dutschke had denied ever buying castor beans," Covert said.
Dutschke pleaded not guilty, telling a reporter from the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal that he was wrongly accused and "categorically" denies the allegations.
Lamar could not be reached to comment for this article, and Bruce declined to comment. But law enforcement officials confirmed that the Millers did come forward with helpful information and that they are witnesses – and not prosecution targets – in the case.
If the case goes to trial, they could be called to testify, and they received a letter guaranteeing them immunity from prosecution, Covert said.
"It is legal to sell or possess castor beans, but once they are converted into ricin, that is legally classified by the government as a terrorist weapon," Covert said.
Fortunately, authorities say, there is only one known incident in which ricin was successfully used to kill someone. That happened in London in 1978, when an assassin used a specially designed umbrella to shoot ricin at Georgi I. Markov, an exile from Bulgaria.
"As a terrorism agent, ricin can be used as a powder, a mist, a pellet or can be dissolved in water or weak acid," according to an advisory from the New York State Health Department.
After this harrowing experience, Miller said, he and his wife plan to stop selling castor beans.
"We hardly make any money selling them. It's a little extra cash for my gardening supplies," Miller said. "It's just not worth it."
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P.H.I.N.E. - Pretty Hot In Ninja Equipment.
Dude... That's girl's PHINE!
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phonetic spelling of fine. used when you are drunk.
Are you ok to drive.
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Yea, I am PHINE....
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pretty hot in nearly everything
she is so phine
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Math/Art Nerd Slang: Something that is attractive or good, usually because its dimensions or aspects closely match that of The Golden Ratio, approximately 1:1.618... a ratio that has been described as the mathematical Ratio for beauty. The number 1.618.... is a mathematical constant known as Phi, therefore things that are beautiful ("Fine") are usually also "Phine".
Guy: "Did you see that girl?"
Dude: "Yeah, She was Phine! Her ratios were golden!"
Dude: "Yeah, She was Phine! Her ratios were golden!"
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Saying you're fine when you are not
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Someone that is adicted to someone or something.
Man, Amber is a fuck'in phine!
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Checking your phone for the time.
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Not a cat.
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Gotta love Blackadder.
"Definition of a dog: Not a cat" = Baldrick, Blackadder III (British comedy)
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Hey, your dog is blocking the screen!
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a guy who hits and runs, as in he tells girls what they wanna hear to get in their panties and as soon as he gets the pussy, he's gone. unable to commit to one woman. DOG.
Paul is a dog. don't date him!!!
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1. Any four-legged, pack hunting, carnivorous animal of the genus Canis. Yes, I consider a wolf to be a dog, because the common house Dog, Canis Familiaris or Canis Domesticus is a bred-down version of Canis Lupus, the modern wolf. Makes a good pet, as they are intelligent, curious, and as I have earlier stated, a pack animal, and therefore easily suited to life with a family of many people, or fewer.
2. What you call a close buddy.
2. What you call a close buddy.
1. Peta can suck my nuts, dogs, and every other pet, usually (90% of the time,) have a better life in captivity than in the wild, as a matter of fact, if it weren't for human captivity, we wouldn't have Canis Familiaris as we know it today! LICK MY ASSHOLE, PETA!
2. Hey dog, you got any homwork tonight?
2. Hey dog, you got any homwork tonight?
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human best friend! we must learn how to be sincere from the dog.
i respect the dogs more than humans.
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n. friend of the same sex, usually male. Derived from the members of the Dogg Pound. pl.: dogs
How've you been, dog? Long time no see!
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Mans best friend,comes in all shapes and sizes,always hungry,don`t talk back, constantly listening for the word bye-bye,wont ever pass up a back scratch
Fee Fee loved to go bye bye,and then have one of the nieghbor dogs push her home.
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Any female who exchanges sexual favors for marijuana
"Man, that girl ain't nothing but a pothole."
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A pothole is a type of disruption in the surface of a roadway where a portion of the road material has broken away, leaving a hole. They are typically formed due to the freezing and thawing of water that has seeped into the surface, which expands when frozen. Automobiles that travel over the weakened roadway can break off small pieces. Potholes tend to become most apparent during spring months due to daily freeze-thaw cycles and general difficulty of repairing potholes in cold weather. The number of potholes that appear in any particular stretch of roadway largely depends on the type of pavement used. Surfaces that absorb less water are generally less susceptible to the problem. Potholes can reach feet in width, though they usually only become a few inches deep, at most. If they become large enough, damage to tires and vehicle suspensions can occur.
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Go to Michigan, you'll see.
Damn, thats the third rim I done bent driving through Michigan. FUCK!!!
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Noun. A burn hole in any fabric caused by a burning ember of pot. It could be in your clothing, furniture, automobile upholstery.
I dropped the cherry off my doobie and burned pot holes in my new shirt and the couch.
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forgetting what you're doing while you're doing it, or losing one's train of thought mid-sentence due to excessive marijuana consumption.
"I went to the store for rolling papers and completely forgot why I was there."
"Dude, you fell into a pothole..."
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a hole in the road
Where one would hide his or her marijuana}
Where one would hide his or her marijuana}
yo bro, go out to the pothole and grab me a joint
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A chronic or persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by habitually smoking the locoweed (marijuana). Marked by large gaps in memory, erosion of reasoning, and dangerous cracks in thought processes. Caution: Pot-Holes may cause paranoia as well.
That guy can't ever remember jack. He has pot-holes in his brain from smoking too much of the weed.
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I've called them, I've emailed them, asked them questions about certain research topics and certain resources that I'm trying to get access to. They respond very quickly, and then they follow up within a couple days just to make sure I got everything I was looking for. I found that very responsive, and it made me feel good and made me want to go back and use those services again.
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This support is important because Walden University's library resources are more extensive than many students may initially realize.
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The Walden University Library is a completely digital library that's all available on the World Wide Web. We have a number of databases that are provided by vendors that we work with. ProQuest is one, EBSCO is another, Sage, ebrary. We have about 30,000 full text journals and we also have over 13,000 ebooks that we make available to our students, and those are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
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@Charles:Ah, thanks! I just find C/C++ so unmanageable. Thanks for the pointers.
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Cool stuff, especially the fact that nics shirt is the same color as brians shirt on the previous two shows, maybe it comes with the chair
But silverlight 5 RC and not even a mention on channel9 until five days later? i sure miss the days when a major drop of a .net framework actually got some love from channel9 :/
Also, for a detailed transformers discussion, check this out
@aL_: Combat Deck!!!
The truck's trailer disconnects and transforms into the Combat Deck, a mobile battle-station/command headquarters with an "Auto-Launcher" robot armed with assorted artillery and beam weapons. It can also serve as a radio antenna for battlefield communications between the Autobots
Great show guys! Thank you for the shoutout Nic! Great C9 and other combinations and great questions. Only got to watch it few days later this week.
I'm also happy Brian said he missed the creating ISO images, I was missing that to. Lets just hope they have a more easy way to set a VHD to be bootable once you mounted it. It would be awesome if you could mount a VHD Brian created to test out TFS and just boot from it with a reboot.
Also, Brian you might remember me from an interview I did with you at TechEd Berlin last year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYP5Ls-IF6w , thank again, it was awesome!
Post is 100% ok I love it.
@CKurt:I do remember! I think that's the first and (so far only) interview I've done sitting cross legged on the floor. I definitely wouldn't have forgotten that one! Hope to see you at TechEd 2012.
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"When I was on the set with Daniel [Radcliffe] and Rupert [Grint], it was normally me who went to the guys with the questions about guys because I don't pretend to understand the male gender," Watson tells Parade.com.
"I'm just like, 'What is going on here? What should I be doing? I don't understand,' " the actress, 20, says. "So they've helped me out a bit and been like my protective big brothers."
While the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I star is currently single, she admits to being "fiercely loyal," much like her character Hermione Granger.
"I really empathize with people and I can't help but take care of them and protect them, sometimes in a kind of unhealthy way," says Watson, 20. "I'm definitely a caretaker. I have to really pull myself back on the reins and say, 'Put yourself first. Love yourself first.'"
Just because she's said to be worth $32 million doesn't mean Watson hasn't struggled with self-doubt.
"I've had dark times – this voice in my head that makes me pretty hard on myself," says the Brown University sophomore. "I really don't let anything go. I've been learning that I have to try and be a bit kinder and take care of myself a bit better."
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College Football Week 9 has just begun, and we already have some great storylines to start the day.
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People are speculating that Murph got fired for being a drunk and now some are suggesting that McCarty take over? I've personally in a bar with McCarty a few tables over while he got loaded. Not really sure if the "pawn star" is the right way to go here.
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At 5 a.m. on Friday, before the tragedy in Newtown, Conn., police in Bartlesville, Okla., 40 miles north of Tulsa, thwarted a school-shooting plot. They arrested Sammie Eaglebear Chavez, 18, who is now in jail on a $1 million bond.
USA Today reported Chavez was charged with "conspiring to cause serious bodily harm or death." He remains in the Washington County jail and is due in court Jan. 11. Layne Jones, assistant principal at Chavez's high school, alerted the police about the pending attack on Thursday.
A fellow student told authorities that Chavez tried to "recruit other students to assist him with carrying out a plan to lure students into the school auditorium where he planned to begin shooting them after chaining the doors shut." He also said he would place bombs at the doors of the auditorium and detonate them when police arrived.
Chavez had previously told a teacher he had purchased a .45-caliber gun and was learning how to shoot it. He was seen researching the 1999 Columbine massacre and was trying to obtain a blueprint of his school's layout.
On Friday, the school district informed parents and faculty via email about the "potential incident" that was now in the hands of authorities.
Unfortunately, the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School could not have been prevented. Although it was reported that Adam Lanza, the Connecticut school shooter, had argued with four faculty in the days before the shooting; he killed three of the four.
It appears that, at least, in part, his reason for forcing his way into the school was to seek vengeance. The fourth faculty member was not at the school on the day of the shooting, and officials have not revealed her identity. She is being questioned on the details of the altercation.
At the Oklahoma high school, the principal, teacher and Chavez's fellow students were quick to report what they knew to the proper authorities, because Chavez, a current student at the school, had openly talked about his plans. Everyone took Chavez's threats seriously, and this potentially saved the lives of many. The school is adding extra security for the next few weeks to keep students and residents safe.
The question is, what happens after this, and how long can this go on? In the Columbine case, officials did not reveal videotapes of the two killers plotting the massacre because they believed that, in the wrong hands, it would create "copycat" crimes. That was 13 years ago, and information is freely dispersed now—often erroneous information is released before the facts unfold.
Perhaps there is a copycat element to these massacres. But how do we weigh the public's right to know against not revealing too much information for a disturbed person to to use in a twisted plot?
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A woman that has a similar body shape to the style of women painted by Rubens. Not just any slightly overweight woman. Not just any girl who has round hips or a bum. The women in Rubens paintings were often very plump, with large round hips. While it was once a compliment, now it often a criticism or back handed compliment.
Don't call a girl Rubenesque if you have never looked at Peter Paul Rubens paintings.
by November May 13, 2005
A term for a woman with a body similar to the women painted by the artist Peter Paul Rubens. His painting called "Judgment of Paris" is a good example. The word has nothing at all to do with Ruben Studdard as it was in use long before American Idol existed. The women of Rubens' paintings typically had hourglass figures and were chubby, but not obese.
I like rubenesque women because they have big butts.
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See fat.
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A woman that closely resembles Ruben Studdard, Afican-American Idol.
A Duncan Donuts server was fired today after she was found plucking goatee and placing them in the frosting. Needless to say the woman was exhibited very Rubenesque physical characteristics.
by Kieron J June 23, 2006
The root "ruben" refers to Ruben Studdard, famous for winning American Idol despite being extremely fat.
Like "BBW", "on-the-heavy-side" and "big boned", rubenesque is yet another way to say "fat" while trying to remain polite.
Like "BBW", "on-the-heavy-side" and "big boned", rubenesque is yet another way to say "fat" while trying to remain polite.
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My 87 year old Mom fell on ice and fractured two vertabrae. She is resilient and although she hasn't bounced back to her normal gait she is making great progress. The most uncomfortable times for her and very predictable. She has a deep dull pain in her lower back when it either gets very cold or when it is damp rainy weather. I did some research on heating pads and this seemed to fit her favorite chair, give her maximum heat where she needed it and be very easy to operate. Bingo!
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Bring Back The Re-runsPosted Thursday, May 12, 2011, at 10:28 PM
Wednesday night's (5/11) "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" featured guest Dick Van Dyke. What a treat! Mr. Van Dyke sang some "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious". He danced a little. He promoted his book. But most of all, he remained the consummate gentleman-comedian. We baby-boomers grew up watching some quality television. Yeah---most of it was in black and white---but it was well-written and well-acted. Here is a list of some of my favorite shows, not in any order, except let's start with Mr. Van Dyke's:
1. The Dick Van Dyke Show
2. Maverick (with James Garner as Bret Maverick)
3. Have Gun--Will Travel (many episodes were written by "Star Trek" producer, Gene Roddenbury)
4. Leave It To Beaver
5. I Love Lucy
6. Bat Masterson
7. The Honeymooners
8. The Rifleman
9. Wagon Train
10. Gunsmoke
11. Combat (OK--this was a little intense for kids but what the heck---WWII was intense)
12. (I've already covered "Perry Mason" and other law shows in a previous blog post)
There. That brings us about up to color television and:
13. Bonanza
14. Get Smart
15. All In The Family
16. Sanford And Son
17. The Beverly Hillbillies (This is, in my opinion, the funniest comedy series ever written. Then again, I still consider "Mad Magazine" to be one of the greatest magazines ever published).
To be fair, there have been a few good shows in recent years. "Seinfeld" is a close second to the "Hillbillies" and "Cheers", "Frazier" and "Boston Legal" all deserve mention.
Chime in and tell me which ones I missed (or which ones do not deserve mention). And let me know what channel runs any of them.
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There are a ton of cop and detective shows out there, but none compares to "Unsolved Mysteries"!!
-- Posted by Mike Lewis on Fri, May 13, 2011, at 4:39 PM
"The Twilight Zone" and "Outer Limits" were big favorites of mine, which probably had something to do with my being a Stephen King fan later. Then there was "Bewitched" and "The Addams Family," which, though comedies, also had their dark sides.
-- Posted by JTennant on Fri, May 13, 2011, at 1:52 PM
I believe SMU has a new channel that runs a bunch of old shows on it. Also at night the cable channel The Hub has old shows on it (like Happy Days) on it.
-- Posted by heathermarie on Fri, May 13, 2011, at 12:02 PM
I remember watching re-runs of Chips, Dukes of Hazzard and the Andy Griffith Show with my grandma. TVLand runs some good classic shows, including some of the ones mentioned above.
-- Posted by Gabe Licht on Fri, May 13, 2011, at 11:46 AM
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on November 18, 2012 - 12:50 AM
ITHACA – When Joe Zwierzchowski took over the girls swim program at Clarence, a day like his team had Saturday was just what he had envisioned.
"It was," Zwierzchowski said. "I inherited a great team, there's no doubt about it, and with that came a lot of responsibility, a lot of pressure, and I loved every minute of it. I let the pressure work for me, in a really positive way. It can consume you, or you can feed off of it and run with it."
The pressure of lofty expectations produced a gem of a performance from his Red Devils squad, which swept the three relays – the 200-yard medley, the 200 freestyle and the 400 free – and had an individual champion in junior Dina Rommel, who won the 50 freestyle.
"It was a dream come true," Zwierzchowski said. "States was our focus; We wanted all the hard work to come together here, on the biggest stage, and the girls performed remarkably well."
The meet was held in the new Aquatics Pavilion at Ithaca College, the first time Section IV has hosted the championships.
The Clarence foursome of sophomores Maddie Jacumski and Dorotka Tou, and juniors Victoria Butler and Rommel set a Section VI record in taking the 200 medley relay in a time of 1 minute, 47.20 seconds, which met the standard for All-America Consideration. Clarence defeated Section IX's Monroe-Woodbury by more than a second (1:48.23).
The Red Devils' last two relays both eclipsed state records. The 200 free relay foursome of junior Rebecca Anthone, Butler, senior Claire Willis and Rommel touched up in an All-America Automatic (AAA) time of 1:35.75, breaking the previous record of 1:36.19, set exactly five years earlier by Ithaca High.
And the Red Devils' 400 free relay team of Rommel, Anthone, Willis and junior Sydney Modeas swam a 3:28.72, also meeting the AAA standard and edging by .12 seconds the state record set by Niskayuna in 2011.
"It's a remarkable accomplishment," said Zwierzchowski, who took the team over this season after former coach Eric McClaren stepped down for personal reasons. "I've been around swimming a long time, and the performance they turned in was unlike any I've seen any team turn in in any sport."
Rommel successfully defended her title in the 50 free, winning in an AAA standard time of 23.32 seconds, just .06 seconds off the state record set 21 years ago by Richelle Depold of Scotia (Section II). Just six weeks ago, she suffered a dislocated knee cap while playing soccer in gym class.
She was out of the pool for three weeks, then could only use her arms once she did return. On Saturday, she showed no ill effects, beating Katie Smith of Pittsford (Section V) by .05 seconds.
"My start was amazing, the best I've ever had," she said. "I felt really good coming up on my first stroke, and I missed the wall on the turn so I knew I had to catch back up. I took my first breath going back and looked up and saw the other girl [Smith] was ahead of me, and so that really pushed me to pick it up. It's all about the finish."
Other Section VI highlights :
• Clarence's Modeas was runner-up in the 500 free, one spot better than her 2011 finish, in an AAC and personal-best time of 4:53.38.
• Freshman Makayla Sargent of Olean finished a strong second in the 200 IM, in 2:04.40 (AAC), and sixth in the 100 breaststroke (1:06.38).
• Hannah Graesser of Frontier took seventh in the 50 free (24.48).
• Freshman Andrea Ernst of Orchard Park was fifth in the 100 butterfly (57.80); and Clarence's Anthone was sixth in the 100 free (52.61).


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Here's the thing about being Jennifer Aniston and being in love: The universe is invested. On Feb. 24 the star hit the red carpet in scarlet Valentino, her fiancé, Justin Theroux, by her side.
Flashes shimmered, fans roared, and the pair ducked into Hollywood's Dolby Theatre to take in the show. But there, the girl everyone presumes lives next door (who knew we all owned mansions?) was confronted by a friendly but curious employee who boldly asked That Question: Are you pregnant?
"No, I'm not!" replied Aniston, laughing politely. But, "I feel great," she told PEOPLE later that evening. "Wonderful!"
And on the outside? Forget about it. "She looks the greatest she possibly could," says Chris McMillan, her old pal and partner in her new hair-care line Living Proof. "Look at where she is in her life."
There's the man. There's that ring. There's a slate of films and new beauty ventures, renovating a $21 million L.A. estate in hopes of soon "normalizing and nesting," as she recently told PEOPLE, and, yes, planning a wedding.
With her film, based on an Elmore Leonard novel, set to wrap in Connecticut on March 8, "Jen and Justin have a date" set for soon after, says a source close to the actress, noting that the twosome have designed their wedding bands and Aniston has a dress in mind. "It will be a small affair with their closest friends." Likely among them: Aniston BFFs Courteney Cox, Chelsea Handler and Mandy Ingber, all of whom headed to New York to celebrate the actress's 44th birthday at the Greenwich Hotel on Feb. 11.
The bride-to-be "is crazy about Justin and can't wait to be his wife," says the source. "She plans on privately changing her name to
Theroux. She likes the way it sounds and jokes that [Jennifer Theroux] sounds very posh."
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The Elkins community not only lost a hardworking political leader this weekend - it lost a dedicated pioneer.
Former state Sen. Ursula Jae Spears, 90, passed away at her home in Elkins on Saturday following a distinguished career of "firsts."
Born in Latonia, Ky., on Jan. 5, 1923, Spears served as a House of Delegates member for six years and as a state senator for 12 years.
She was the first woman to serve as a Senate Majority Whip and the first and only woman to chair the state Senate Finance Committee, according to her obituary.
After attending the University of Kentucky, Spears was first elected to the state Legislature in 1974 as one of only eight women in the 100-member House of Delegates. In 1980, she garnered enough votes to become one of only two women elected to the state Senate.
Spears was an avid supporter of many causes, including literacy, veterans and the National Guard, health care and small family farmers.
She won numerous awards in her career, including the Susan B. Anthony Award from the National Organization for Women, or NOW.
Locally, she was a board member of the Elkins YMCA and founded the first women's exercise program and nursery there.
On Sunday, local officials and friends reflected on Spears' personal qualities and political accomplishments.
Randolph County Commissioner Mike Taylor, who attended his school with Spears' son, Larry, called Spears "a very dedicated public servant."
"She was a very dedicated community member as well," Taylor said. "She has been very gracious in serving the state of West Virginia throughout her term in the state Legislature."
Elizabeth "Bunny" Mow, a Buckhannon resident and member of Upshur County Democratic Women, remembers how seriously Spears took her role in state government.
"I knew her as a legislator, and she cared deeply about what she did," Mow said Sunday. "She served her constituents. She was the chair of the Senate Finance Committee for a year, and that's quite an accomplishment for a woman. She was certainly very cordial and helpful to me and she threw great parties."
If there's one thing Elkins resident Gary Schoonover admired Spears for, it was her willingness to listen to her constituents. Schoonover recalled working with Spears while she was a senator and he was a member of the Democratic Executive Committee.
"The thing I appreciated most about her was that she showed a genuine interest in problems and what issues and what solutions we might be able to offer," Schoonover remarked. "The fact that she was interested in listening meant a great deal. She'll be missed."


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Charleston is an artsy town, a mini-mecca of music, theater, dance and visual arts. It draws talented people from all over and presents them on stages, in private homes, in galleries, parks and commercial spaces.
Each week, The Post and Courier publishes articles, briefs and calendar listings.
To supplement those offerings, we are introducing a new video feature called "Making a Scene."
It is meant to showcase local talent, shining a spotlight on performers generous enough to provide a sampling of their work.
And it provides a new platform that connects artists with Post and Courier readers.
These are short performance videos.
Most are only a couple of minutes long, but all of them convey something essential about the human experience as expressed through art.
In the months to come, you can view performances by actors, musicians, dancers and even visual artists.
Go to postandcourier.com to watch our first "Making a Scene" video, featuring a snippet from Midtown Productions' "On Golden Pond," now running at The Charleston Acting Studio, 915 Folly Road, James Island.
A new video will be posted every few weeks.


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This week's games of the week are a perfect trifecta from the Meadowlands. While all the teams participating are Final Four caliber teams, hopefully this is not a prequel to a future Final Four site. While it is the home of my beloved Giants, and near NYC…it is also in dirty Jersey. More on the NCAA's movement of FF locations in a later blog.
For the record the best game is the first game, with the last game being the least interesting out of the three. So if you can get to the Meadowlands this weekend do so…and early.
Virginia vs. UNC
The first game of the day pits Virginia against UNC at noon.
UVA is still undefeated at 11-0 with wins over #2Syracuse, #3Cornell, #11Hopkins, and #8Maryland.
UVA in their last 2 games have only won by 1 goal in each. In their most recent, it was the longest game EVER going into 7 overtimes. Everything about this team looks polished, especially Ghitelman making 22 saves in that 7OT thriller. 22 saves and only 9 goals against. Their offense is superb and Ghitelman continues to stand on his head in cage. There really is not much of a weak spot on this team, except EMO (32%). Maybe they'll be tired still for UNC?
UNC is 8-3 with wins over #19Denver, #17Navy, #15Colgate, #11Hopkins and losses to Notre Dame, Duke, and Maryland. UNC statistically should have more wins. They just fell short against some tough competition. They are dominating on FO and GBs. Their EMO is struggling at 35%, but their ManDown defense is playing well holding opponents to only 34%.
UNC should come out and play UVA physically for two reasons. On the off-chance there is still some tightness/soreness from the 7OT game, and since UNC Man-down is good and UVA EMO is struggling, don't be afraid to get some laundry on the field. Other than that UNC needs to win those FO and GBs, and try to keep the ball out of the sticks of Virginia's offense both Middies and Attack. While my heart wants UNC to win, I think Ghitelman is too hot right now. If he wasn't playing at the level he is now, I could see UNC possibly with the upset. Virginia by 4.
Princeton vs. Syracuse
The second game of the night is Princeton vs Syracuse at 2:30pm.
Princeton is 7-1 with wins over #11Hopkins, #6UMBC, and #18Albany. Their lone loss was to Hofstra.
Princeton's offense has been just as good as their defense. Princeton is averaging 12.25 goals per game. In their only loss to Hofstra, Princeton could only find the net 7 times and that was their downfall. Princeton has 2 flaws. Their special teams (EMO is less than 40%, and Man Down is less than 50%), and Faceoffs (52%). Faceoffs is another factor in their loss as they only won 8 of 27.
Syracuse is 7-1 as well with wins over #11Hopkins, and #15Loyola. Their lone loss was to Virginia. Syracuse the past few games has had a habit of starting off slow and then exploding in the 2nd or 3rd or 4th quarters. In the last 3 games they have not scored more than 3 in the first quarter and have progressively started their spurt later in the game. Their offense is a formidable weapon, and while their defense is solid, they seem to lack the physical presence they had last year. The Orange need to win FaceOffs, as they have struggled at times this year. If Syracuse can get up early and not have to play catch up against Princeton, the Orange win. Princeton could upset Syracuse if they can jump to an early lead and then slow the game down. I am being a homer and going with the Cuse on this one. While their slow starts scare me against a team like Princeton, once the scoring train gets rolling, there's no stopping it.
Hofstra vs. Delaware
Finally to round out the day, Hofstra takes on Delaware at 5:00pm
Hofstra's defense and goalie have gelled since mini-Gvozden was thrown into the fire against his big brother and the rest of the Hopkins Blue Jays. Since then mini-G and the rest of the Dutch D have held opponents to under 8 goals per game. Not on average, but no one has scored more than 8 on them since the loss.Delaware is 3-7 with no ranked wins, and too many losses to list. 3 of their 7 losses were by 1 goal. If not for 3 goals, they could be a ranked team. This is Delaware's downfall. Their offense has not put up more than 10G in a month.
This is an easy pick for me. The Dutchmen playing in their own backyard with their D and G playing very well, and Delaware's O stalling out to a fizzle is a no brainer.


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I salute forecasters at the National Weather Service. I rely upon their products every single day. And that's especially so right now as they're working, without pay, during the government shutdown.
I guess some meteorologists in Anchorage have had enough. Check out the 5 a.m. discussion they issued this morning:
It's not a hoax. It really occurred.
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Several months after volunteers hit the streets and shelters of Weld County for a detailed survey of the county's homeless, community leaders are digging in their heels for a long-term fix.
The process will be lengthy and arduous, they say. Out of more than 200 homeless people interviewed last fall, 57 were identified as the most vulnerable, according to an index created by a professor with Harvard University.
Weld County's Homeless Coalition, a group of 20 organizations and shelters including school districts and local government departments that launched the initiative, hopes to find permanent housing first for the county's most vulnerable population and eventually for all homeless individuals.
The organization has not yet nailed down an official goal for how many people they hope to house in the next year, but Mark Tucker, spokesman for United Way of Weld County, said they will likely aim for 12 to 20 people.
To some, 12 people may not sound like very many. But for each person in need of a permanent home, the coalition must find affordable housing and then help them keep up with rent, medical issues and bills, be a good tenant, and clear up any legal issues.
"There are a lot of resources ... and a lot of follow up" that go into a permanent housing solution, Tucker said.
The 43-question survey that the coalition administered this fall, called the Vulnerability Index, identifies seven factors that, under homeless conditions, put individuals at a higher risk of death. They included things like a serious medical condition, being more than 60 years old, more than three visits to the Emergency Room in three months, and what is called tri-morbidity: mental health issues, a serious medical condition and substance abuse.
Of those interviewed, nearly a third qualified as vulnerable under these standards. One-fourth reported tri-morbidity, and 18 percent reported being the victim of a violent attack since becoming homeless, according to the survey.
Tucker said the number of attacks reported was somewhat surprising, although it confirmed that many homeless people are in higher danger with no place to sleep. He said he was not surprised by the number of respondents (52) who said they had served time in jail — many committed a minor offense to have a bed and a meal for the night — but he was surprised by the number of homeless interviewed who were veterans, at 23.
Robert Hinderaker, campaign coordinator for United Way, said that out of those 23, seven qualified as highly vulnerable and 16 had not registered with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The Homeless Coalition has since struck up a relationship with Veterans' Services and other entities, including the North Colorado Medical Alliance, to be sure they are covering every facet of the homeless population's needs, he said.
Tucker said a number of breakthrough ideas have come out of the survey, the most prominent being where to find affordable housing. One solution could be to find a number of apartment complexes willing to rent out one or two rooms at a discounted price, he said, instead of building an entirely new complex. He said a good tenant certification program could give landlords some peace of mind when leasing out to low-income individuals.
Jodi Hartmann, executive director of the Greeley Transitional House, said limited housing in the Greeley area significantly impacts the homeless population.
According to the latest numbers released by the Colorado Division of Housing, Weld County's vacancy rate hovers at just 3.2 percent.
"That is not going to be an easy or a quick fix," Hartmann said of housing availability.
She said the coalition also is chasing the idea of a day shelter, which would serve as a resource center for things like finances and employment, but also as a place for individuals to shower, use the computer and have a warm place to stay during the day.
"It's difficult to walk in to an agency and ask for help when you haven't had a shower in five days," Hartmann said.
The day center at this point is still just an idea, she said, but all organizations are headed in the same direction and ready to tackle the next obstacle, which will be funding.
"Our most immediate concerns have been with the overflow situation," Hartmann said, referring to this winter's cold weather emergency shelters. While this winter has been more mild than in the past, she said the Homeless Coalition has combined resources to get through it, crafting a temporary men's shelter in the Guadalupe Shelter's cafeteria, while the Transitional House has handed out hotel vouchers for cold nights.
"This is a very big issue, it so will take some time to see some concrete results," Hartmann said.
It's difficult to walk in to an agency and ask for help when you haven't had a shower in five days.
— Jodi Hartmann, executive director of the Greeley Transitional House


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5 Terrible Jobs Anyone Can (And No One Should) Do
#2. Tech Support
I wrote a long time ago about my experiences in tech support, and judging from the few calls I've had to make to them in the last few years, things haven't gotten any better. I had to call Netflix support in two different countries once just to get my service set up. The tech support available in one entire country was not able to assist me in my quest to watch movies that came out a year ago.
Tech support hires people in the most insidious way possible -- they offer higher than average pay and the requirement that you are capable of some manner of locomotion. That's hard to turn down. Then when you get there, you see that it's run by the Boys from Brazil, and God forbid you wear blue jeans, produce urine during working hours and skip over the step where you need to ask people calling in if their computer is plugged in and turned on. All of these will get you written up or fired or caned in the public square so the other minions of Tech can see the example you have made of yourself with your own callous and disruptive behavior. Hail Tech Support! Long Live Unpaid Overtime!
Tech support seems like a very necessary job, but it shouldn't be. I mean, your shit should work. Everything breaks down eventually, there are glitches here and there, but don't tell me stuff isn't just made in a much more lazy fashion with cheaper parts these days. You need more support for two reasons -- the stuff you buy is shittier and the people buying it are dumber.
If you've ever been in a store that sells computers when someone comes in and talks to a salesperson about how they need a computer with lots of megapixels for emailing their Facebooks and Googling their extra RAM, it's no surprise that probably a few people have to call tech support when their penis gets jammed in a USB port or they've managed to fill their hard drive with gasoline and currently the Lower East Side is in flames because they never saw this coming. But that doesn't make it right. It just means stores should bite the bullet and not let idiots leave with technology until they've demonstrated a suitable level of understanding about the product.
#1. Night Stock Clerk
If you ever get the chance, wake up before noon someday and go to a grocery store. You may even have to do this around 8 a.m. It's asking a lot, but you should never turn down a chance to experience something new and relatively painless. When you go into the store after it's just opened, you'll be amazed to discover how pretty everything is. Unless you live in a shitty neighborhood where no one does this stuff. But most places have stock clerks working all night in that store to make it look like it's a brand new store every goddamn day.
For a solid eight hours at night, a team of hapless boobs are in that store putting new stock on shelves and turning all the old stock around and lining it up so all the shelves are fully stocked and looking brand new and untouched. Every day.
It's worth noting right now that people believe that babies are so fascinated by peek-a-boo because they don't understand that when they can no longer see you, you still exist. So a game of peek-a-boo is like a transdimensional thrill ride of a mindfuck for a baby. You exist, you don't exist, you're like Portal or something.
This thrill of discovery should not hold true for adults and canned beans. You do not need to see new, pristinely arranged canned beans every morning to still need canned beans. And why is this only done for those four lonely, elderly nutjobs who actually go to the store at 8 a.m.? By the time normal people get around to shopping, the store looks like shit again anyway, and it's totally irrelevant that someone spent all night arranging the shelves to look like they'd never been touched.
For more from Ian, check out The 5 Most Overrated Jobs Of All-Time and 8 Geek Conventions God Never Intended.


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Friday, March 15, 2013
On Monday, March 11, state Sen. Vincent Sheheen kicked off the Palmetto State "Back on Track" tour at Sun City in Rock Hill to rollout his new book "The Right Way" and discuss his ideas on how to move South Carolina forward with local residents and leaders around the state.
"This short book is not meant to propose solutions to all of our state's problems. It's a revolt against the status quo. This book proposes ideas for us to consider and debate to try to get our state back on the right footing and shed the inanities of the past few years," said Sen. Vincent Sheheen. "More than anything, this book of ideas is an attempt to promote more rational political discussion and policy making. Ultimately, we will still need committed citizens and leadership on many fronts to make it so. I look forward to meeting these leaders in the coming weeks and discussing how we will all move forward together."
The Back on Track Tour will run from March 11 through March 30 holding lectures at universities, listening sessions with local families and leaders and press conferences and discussions with media about the vision laid out in his book for creating jobs, improving education, restructuring the government and creating a more prosperous future for the people and businesses of the Palmetto state. The tour kicked off March 11 at noon in Rock Hill, before making stops in Conway, Myrtle Beach, Florence, Columbia, Aiken, Charleston, Fairfield, Beaufort, Greenville and Spartanburg throughout the next three weeks.
Sen. Sheheen's book is free and available online at http://vincentsheheen.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/The-Right-Way-by-Vincent-Sheheen-for-Web.pdf , or as a hard copy at each of the event stops on the Back on Track tour.
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An early morning blaze destroyed Sisolack's Truck Repair on Talbott Road in Barbour County. The fire started shortly before 8 a.m., and fire crews are expected to remain on the scene throughout the day,
Belington EMS, the West Virginia State Police and firefighters from Belington, Huttonsville, Mill Creek, Ellamore, Elkins, Junior, Beverly, Coalton and Fellowsville assisted at the scene. Firefighters from Leading Creek are currently covering for the Belington Fire Department in case another call comes in.
A nearby neighbor, who wished to remain unnamed, said she was coming out her driveway this morning and saw the fire. She said there were several explosions, but no one was hurt. She added that she thought the repair shop was a total loss.
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Belington Fire Chief Phil Hart said crews were working to keep a propane truck in the building cool, so the vehicle would not explode.
"We have tankers from the regional fire companies bringing in water," Hart said. "Each tanker carries about 2,000 gallons of water, and they are constantly shuttling water here for us to draft into the aerial. We are hitting the propane truck from the aerial ladder to keep the propaned tank cooled. It will take approximately 4 to 5 hours for the propane to all burn out. People should avoid the Talbott Road area until that time."
See Saturday's print edition of The Inter-Mountain for a complete report.
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Thursday, October 10, 2013
The rumbling of car engines filled the air in the parking lot at Creekside Center off U.S. 52 in Goose Creek Sept. 19 at a Charleston-Lowcountry Antique Automobile Club of America gathering.
The club's shows are growing in popularity for car enthusiasts across Berkeley County.
Dozens of classic and antique cars were on display Sept. 19. The show takes place on the third Thursday of the month from March through October, weather permitting, said Dennis Barfield, who is in charge.
Richard Strand of Goose Creek comes to the shows with his nephew Corey Ganger, 11.
"We need to get more young people involved in cars," Barfield said.
Bruce Powers of Moncks Corner brought his 1954 Hudson Hornet. He said he found the car in Hartsville about a year ago.
It has a "1956 Dodge Green" color.
Powers said he and his wife are currently working on about 16 cars.
"You don't see many Hornets," Powers said. "We started collecting things you don't see much."
One unique characteristic about the Hornet is that it is too hot to drive in the summer.
Powers' son Michael Powers, 16, described a brief history of the Hudson.
He said the last Hudson was built in 1957. They were made in Detroit from 1909 to 1957. In 1957 Hudson merged with Nash. The 1954 model was the last year with the step-down floorboard.
One oft-photographed vehicle was Larry Monheit's 1931 Model A Ford drop floor panel truck. It is only one of 10 known to be in existence, the Woodland Lakes, Goose Creek resident said. The truck was used for a variety of deliveries.
"Salesmen would put a clothes rack in for dry cleaning," Monheit said. "Hardware stores would deliver to customers."
Every year Monheit brings the truck to the Veterans Day parade in Charleston. This year that parade is Nov. 3 at 2 p.m.
He did all the restorative work on the vehicle, which he's owned for 16 years.
"It's a fun vehicle. We bring it to the Bike-A-Thon every year," he said.
Wayne Humphrey of Bonneau, took his 1971 Porsche 911 Targa to the show for the first time. He's had the car for nine years.
The Targa was a total wreck when he bought it, he said. It was eaten up with rust after sitting in a garage for 12 years.
"I worked on all that in my garage," Humphrey said. "I just got it finished this year. I found it up there at the lake from a retired Navy person.
"I've been working on it nine years. I did everything myself except the paint job - '71 Porsche Red."
Goose Creek Fire Department Capt. Mike Althoff hoisted a toddler into the cabin of a fire engine. He said the fire department is there to show kids fire trucks and the equipment.
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A cardigan designed for men. Combination of the two words 'man' and 'cardigan'.
Can be referred to as 'mandy'.
Can be referred to as 'mandy'.
Check out my new mandigan - do I look cool in it?
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A woolen garment, similar to a Cardigan, but worn by Men in their twenties. Unlike a normal button fronted Cardigan, favoured by Men in their middle ages, a Mandigan is a garment for young, fashion concious, confident Men who care deeply about their appearance but do not wish to suffer the cold.
I am both warm and stylish, wearing my Mandigan
po MrFreon Мај 28, 2010
A slang term to reinforce a mans masculinety when he wears a cardigan
Tom: Are you wearing a cardigan?! Wtf man?!
Joe: nah dude, it's a mandigan
Testosterone has been saved.
Joe: nah dude, it's a mandigan
Testosterone has been saved.
po Toothpaste Април 26, 2015