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A strong and satisfying follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize-winning story collection Interpreter of Maladies, Lahiri's first novel addresses the problems confronting Indian immigrants in this country. They attempt to remain loyal to their traditions amid the dizzying demands, dislocations and seductions of modern American life.
The hugely appealing hero is a young man, Gogol Ganguli, named after the Russian writer his father was reading on the night when he was saved from a train wreck. Gogol's name becomes a perfect symbol of the misunderstandings and confusions that he must sort out in order to forge an identity that combines his family's values with those of the utterly dissimilar world he experiences at school and in the course of his love affairs with American women. Gracefully written and filled with well-observed details, Lahiri's novel--like her hero--manages to bridge two very different societies and to give us the absolute best of both. (Houghton Mifflin, $24)
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The saying goes, "Walk a mile in someone else's shoes."
Students at Williamsport Area High School recently did just that. They took off their shoes to learn about how others live around the globe.
Students unlaced their sneakers and kicked off their sandals as they took a lap around the high school during TOMS One Day Without Shoes. This is the fifth year the event has taken place nationwide and the first for the school.
"As we're walking, you realize how difficult it can be without shoes," said Emma Radulski, sophomore participant. "Especially now because it's a little chilly but while we have the choice to walk without shoes, a lot of people don't."
The local event was organized by the school's National Art Honor Society, led by adviser Andrea McDonough Varner.
McDonough Varner said the goal of the event is to raise awareness to the many individuals around the world who go everyday without the comfort of shoes. She explained that an idea that hit closer to home for the Williamsport students is that children are not allowed to attend school without shoes, which blocks many from an education.
"The point is to be uncomfortable, to wonder what you're walking on - to raise awareness," McDonough Varner said.
And the light rain didn't deter walkers from going out and supporting the cause.
"If it rains (and) I'm a child in Vietnam and I don't have shoes and I have to walk. How am I going to get there?" McDonough Varner explained.
The art society has a history of working with TOMS, which gives a pair of shoes to a child in need for a pair purchased by a customer, by participating in two Style Your Sole programs. McDonough Varner added that after TOMS heard about their participation in previous events, they contacted her asking if the school would participate in the no shoes event.
After discussing it with her students and district administrators, the event was approved. But instead of having students go an entire school day without shoes, it was decided that students would be able to come in their free time to take a lap on a course, marked with signs giving statistics on children without shoes.
"I thought it was a really cool idea because I don't think a lot of people think about the less-fortunate because we're so concerned about our own lives," Radulski said.
McDonough Varner explained that besides students not being able to attend school, they also are more susceptible to diseases, such as hookworm, by not wearing shoes everyday.
Students said the event was eye-opening as to the conditions others experience on a daily basis.
"It hurt a lot," said Kelsie Harding, sophomore participant, "because we kept getting rocks stuck in our feet. I learned that we're a lot more fortunate than a lot of people around the world."
After returning to the school, walkers then traced their foot and hung it in the hall.
The excitement students had for the event and the willingness to participate was a great satisfaction to McDonough Varner. She added that the event could become an annual one at the high school.
"I'm proud," she said. "I'm proud that they are willing to make a choice to raise awareness. I'm inspired."
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Being an occasional driver on that road, I encountered three smash-ups in one week--all at traffic signals.
On June 2, the parking lot at the Arco service station at 168th Ave. NE was the loading dock for one vehicle to be towed away--cause of accident unknown, but traffic going west backed up for miles.
The other two: one on Monday, June 7th, and the other Tuesday, June 8th, were cars going east--one at NE 195th Street and 140th Ave. NE, and the other at Mack's corner, 168th Ave. NE and Woodinville-Duvall Rd. Standing alongside both of those smash-ups were young boys and girls (high school age). What a way to start a summer vacation, a career, or college.
I can't imagine how many wrecks I have not encountered, or is it that the fates are trying to tell me, "Don't go shopping in Woodinville." My five-mile trek is now taking me much time and gasoline.
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Several years ago, I wrote to the Snohomish County Road Department suggesting that a stop sign be put up for the westbound traffic, but received no answer. The Paradise Lake drivers jam that intersection, so school bus drivers trying to enter that road from the north and the Bostonian Rd. drivers cannot merge!
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Logan Tracy's asymestrical buck mount won the first Seneca County Fair taxidermy contest Wednesday.
Tracy, son of Ryan and Lisa Tracy of Tiffin, will be a senior at Columbian this fall. He took down the buck last fall at age 16 during gun season.
He was hunting with his father when the buck walked into view. It was his fourth deer since he started hunting at age 10. The same mount also won second place in the asymetrical division at the Deer and Turkey Expo in Columbus last winter.
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Fred Smith (right) and Bill Reinhart assist a fair-goer with a bow at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources archery trailer Wednesday evening in the conservation area in the Merchant Building.
Youngsters look over coyotes in the taxidermy contest Wednesday at the Seneca County Fair.
An adult finds the safest way to get close to a skunk is to examine one that has been mounted.
Tracy won hunting supplies donated by Mountain Man Tradin Post, Tiffin, and Weasner Archery, Bloomville.
Tracy's mount was one of 21 entered during the first year of a new conservation section in the Merchant Building.
Seneca County Wildlife Officer Matt Leibengood was pleased with the turnout.
"The two biggest are (deer) from kids who shot them during gun season," Leibengood said.
Other entries included eight deer, two coyotes, a gray fox, a turkey, two albino raccoons, a cinnamon raccoon, a snapping turtle, a skunk, a wood duck, two minks, a rabbit, a pheasant, a fox squirrel and a gray squirrel.
A steady stream of people walked by looking at the display of wildlife mounts, and 242 votes were cast in the people's choice contest.
The conservation area also was designed as a showcase for nature-related organizations and agencies, where people can get information on wildlife, conservation, hunting, shooting, archery and other outdoor pursuits.
Among the groups represented are the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife, Tiffin-Seneca chapter of the Izaak Walton League, Seneca Soil and Water Conservation District, Seneca County Pheasants Forever and Seneca County Park District.
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) - After being delayed by more than two weeks due to the government shutdown, the Commerce Department on Tuesday finally released September retail sales and the numbers weren't good.
U.S. food and retail sales declined 0.1% in September from August to $425.9 billion, according to the latest Commerce Department figures released on Tuesday, below economists' expectations of a 0.1% rise.
Retail sales excluding motor vehicles and parts rose 0.4% compared to the month before, in line with consensus estimates.
Retail sales have been buoyed this year by the strong buying of cars as well as home furnishings as the home buying market has been strong. However, consumers may be over their car-buying frenzy. September sales from motor vehicle and parts dealers fell 2.2% for the month, compared to a 0.9% increase in the prior month.
Furniture and home furnishing stores rose just 0.2% in September from August.
Consumers didn't seem to be buying apparel either last month. Proving that the back-to-school season was indeed softer than expected, clothing and clothing accessories stores saw a 0.5% decline in September.
Retail sales last month increased 3.2% compared to September 2012, according to government data. The Commerce Department did not change its July to August 2013 retail sales percent change of 0.2%.
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The Daily Treat: Pug Plays the Part of Miley's Wrecking Ball for Halloween
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It's a phenomenon we can't quite explain, but seems to still be going strong: pets behaving like Miley Cyrus.
And the latest entrant into that elite group is Tottie the pug – albeit with a twist. Instead of dressing as the "We Can't Stop" singer herself, Tottie is dressed as her most famous accessory of late: her wrecking ball. Playing the part of Cyrus in this scenario? A nude Barbie doll.
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Who says couture can't be fashionable and practical?
A rescue kitten named Wasabi-chan is proving that statement true after photos of the itty-bitty furball went viral showing her dressed as a mushroom and in other adorable crocheted ensembles.
But the stylish kitty's purr-recious sartorial selection stemmed from necessity more than vanity. Wasabi-chan was attacked by a crow on June 2, reports Mashable, and suffered a fractured upper jaw and split tongue. She required a catheter to feed, but kept wiggling the tube out of her mouth. Thus, her owner, who goes by the Twitter handle @jessiepon, crafted a series of costumes to keep Wasabi-chan still during feedings.
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At any other event, it would be rude to call a bride mousy. But not at designer Ada Nieves's fashion show, where a team of rodent models showed off her froufrou creations for rat enthusiasts.
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Columbia (11-4-1) at Watchung Hills (13-2-4), 2
Columbia certainly got Watchung Hills attention when it upended its Skyland Conference foe Franklin with a 2-1 overtime triumph. And, how about the versatile Amy French? After logging time in goal, French comes out to play the field and all she does in net the golden goal against Franklin.
Watchung Hills has got to be infused with a quiet confidence after its own thriliing signature win, a 2-1 overtime triumph against Pingry in the Somerset County Tournament final. Georgetown-bound center midfield Daphne Corboz is a technical and tactical craftsman in the midfield, Amy Park is a pillar in the center of the defense and Monique Goncalves and Jessica Soldiviero operate off the ball with the purpose of depositing it when they get it.
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This marks the start of a busy weekend for Westfield, which will be back in action tomorrow against Scotch Plains in the Union County Tournament final. Hannah Kronick is an exemplary senior in terms of her passion to compete. Kronick set up Tina Landeka for the decisive strike in a 1-0 opening-round triumph over North Hunterdon
Cora Littlejohns, a dynamic junior forward for Hunterdon Central, will seek space against a tough Westfield defense and look to connect with senior center mid Jordan Goodwin.
Union (8-10) at Piscataway (13-3-2), 2
Nicole Bashford struck for two goals to key 11th-seeded Union's 2-0 upset of sixth-seeded Bayonne.
The sophomore combination of Amber Adams and Daija Griffin fuels the Piscataway attack. The forwards apply tremendous pressure on a defense and don't squander scoring chances.
Ridge (8-8-3) at Bridgewater-Raritan (15-3), 12
Meeting No. 3 between the two Skyland Conference, Delaware Division rivals. Bridgewater won the previous two encounters, each by a 1-0 count.
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Google buys the company behind DroidBooster to speed up Android, cross fingers for KitKat
44 Comments
1. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10456; Member since: 14 May 2012)
Just another hint that low spec phones will run smoothly soon.
2. mousesports (Posts: 274; Member since: 28 Feb 2013)
Go to sleep troll !
3. NexusPhan (Posts: 625; Member since: 11 Jul 2013)
The only troll in this comment thread is you.
5. livyatan (Posts: 867; Member since: 19 Jun 2013)
What is trollish in what he said?
6. roldefol (Posts: 4242; Member since: 28 Jan 2011)
I think we've all lost the definition of "troll". It now means "person who says something you don't agree with."
21. TechBizJP08 (Posts: 495; Member since: 25 Mar 2013)
I agree..
26. tedkord (Posts: 11637; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
I disagree with that, troll.
8. dsDoan (Posts: 229; Member since: 28 Dec 2011)
I think you misunderstood his post.
42. deewinc (Posts: 272; Member since: 21 Feb 2013)
4. E.S.1 (Posts: 297; Member since: 14 Sep 2013)
I agree PapSmurf !
I'm still waiting for the Nexus 5 to decide on my next phone.
I hope it works with At&t
38. Shatter (Posts: 2036; Member since: 29 May 2013)
There is no need to hope. It will work on att. It is Verizon and sprint customers who should be concerned.
43. thunder18 (Posts: 126; Member since: 06 Aug 2009)
Actually, I thought a version of it already passed through the FCC with Sprint bands. Sprint's Galaxy Nexus was updated and surpassed the version of Android on Verizon's Galaxy Nexus due to the delays in approving updates Google encountered with Verizon.
15. PBXtech (Posts: 1032; Member since: 21 Oct 2013)
It that's true then India, China, and African countries will see a massive influx of phones that are affordable and run well. Only Google getting complacent will stop the little green robot if that happens.
31. NexusPhan (Posts: 625; Member since: 11 Jul 2013)
Seeing Google expand into almost every business sector that makes money (and many that don't), I don't think Google will ever be complacent or satisfied. For Google, it's never good enough.
25. maguro (Posts: 10; Member since: 22 Jun 2012)
they just now completed acquisition. how do you expect this to be in 4.4 which is already done developing??
36. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10456; Member since: 14 May 2012)
I said soon, not immediately.
7. Gemmol (Posts: 792; Member since: 09 Nov 2011)
at least google admit their phones be lagging some people be saying nope not my phone, but I give google major props for trying to get their phone lag less, dont worry you will get their google, everything takes time and patience
9. NexusPhan (Posts: 625; Member since: 11 Jul 2013)
It doesn't lag. There is absolutely no lag on any top tier un-skinned devices like the Nexus 4 or Moto X or Droid Ultra. Google is trying to eliminate lag on the $100 off contract phones that are popular in China and India and other emerging markets. That use CPUs from 3 years ago. That's Google's aim with this acquisition. That's their aim with KitKat in general.
12. roldefol (Posts: 4242; Member since: 28 Jan 2011)
Sounds good to me. While Apple is tacking on features that slow down their older (1+ year old) devices, Google is looking to speed up all their devices. Kind of flies in the face of the usual planned obsolescence, but Google isn't in the business of selling hardware. They just need to retain users.
22. NexusPhan (Posts: 625; Member since: 11 Jul 2013)
Such an important point you just made. Google is in the business of as many people using as many of their devices as possible. A great way to do this at no additional cost to the end user is have fantastic software support for old phones. Extend their life cycle. brilliant.
35. PBXtech (Posts: 1032; Member since: 21 Oct 2013)
Agreed. Only downside is that it's a 2-4 year plan at best. It'll take that long for OEMs to start producing all levels of phones with Kit Kat and then wait for people to upgrade their current handsets. It is a bright future if 4.4 is geared more towards low end phones though, definitely be worth the wait.
37. NexusPhan (Posts: 625; Member since: 11 Jul 2013)
Except version doesn't actually mean anything anymore. All phones will be updated automatically behind the scenes to include the latest optimizations.
39. PBXtech (Posts: 1032; Member since: 21 Oct 2013)
Core apps though. While it's great to see Google take this road, you still need the kernel and OS to be updated to be more efficient. And the thing that is needed the most is longer battery efficiency. The most sold cell phone ever is a feature phone from Nokia that has a battery life of days (nearly a week if memory serves). Places where it's not always possible to charge a phone daily will require longer lasting batteries. Pricing and battery life are critical for the transition from feature phones to smart phones to occur. Everything is headed in that direction.
40. Penywyz (banned) (Posts: 255; Member since: 13 Aug 2013)
I totally agree NexusPhan my Ultra has 0 lag when I use it.
44. hmmm... (Posts: 78; Member since: 05 Jun 2013)
Not trying to start a flame war here but this is from my own experience, it might be different for others. All phone OS start to lag after some usage. Android just start to lag the earliest. When S2 came out people say it doesn't lag, When s3 came out people say it doesn't lag and say that s2 lags because it isn't using a custom rom. Then note two comes out and they say s3 lag can be fix with custom rom. Each new device that comes out, people claim that it doesn't lag, even the Unskinned ones, but it does lag. When it is new, sure it doesn't lag, try installing 20 games and apps, uninstall and reinstall on all phone OS over a month and see which one starts to lag first. But with proper care, the lag on android is bearable.
13. in_core (Posts: 80; Member since: 14 Sep 2012)
Honestly the stock google phones dont really lag. The heavily skinned phones like S4 lags a bit from time to time.
And one thing that actually made sense was a recent video posted by phonearena, about display touch response time. Apple uses displays with faster touch response, so in turn things feels much smoother.
23. NexusPhan (Posts: 625; Member since: 11 Jul 2013)
I disagreed with that article. Even on my two year old GNex versus girlfriends iPhone 5 (or really any top-tier smartphone I've used in the last year) all seem to have equally instantaneous response time. I feel like the response times are so fast now that we can't even notice the difference on a touch optimized OS. At least I can't tell at all.
29. NexusPhan (Posts: 625; Member since: 11 Jul 2013)
And that's all that matters, remember? It's not specs it's the user experience . Who cares if you have faster response time if it's already faster than the user can detect?
10. livyatan (Posts: 867; Member since: 19 Jun 2013)
So, a tiny company of enthusiasts knows how to optimizs android kernel better than the very father of Android, with billions of dollars behind hundreds of top-picked software experts.
Now with that said, this is the last piece of the puzzle that was missing for Android.
Not that it matters to me because my Note 3 is as fluent as can be, but it is critical for the general perception and for entry level market which is of prime importance for Android in its quest to win over billions "third world " customers
27. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
Well that's the main deal with open source software, people are looking at things you aren't looking at. Since they know the source code they can dedicated themselves to optimize just for speed, whereas Google has a lot of things on their hands
28. carlosechev07 (Posts: 39; Member since: 16 Oct 2012)
Well said bro, to concerms that affect entry level phones, is so vital for Google to release a solid smother devices on developing markets..!!
That's the 90% of mobile market to be conquer..!!
11. itsdeepak4u2000 (Posts: 3718; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
Bring more fluidity like this and optimize Android.
16. ChafedBanana (Posts: 381; Member since: 20 Sep 2011)
Its already plenty smooth. How about improving lag first?
18. o0Exia0o (Posts: 899; Member since: 01 Feb 2013)
If it lags, it is not smooth. Read story before comment.
30. protozeloz (Posts: 5396; Member since: 16 Sep 2010)
"aims to make its mobile OS even smoother going forward."
Even smoother means more smooth with means there is already a considerable smoothness on the Os
17. greathero1 (Posts: 563; Member since: 13 Jun 2008)
Well my Nexus 4 has yet to experience regular lag and it's just as, if not more fluid than the current flagship devices. Wheni was at the T-Mobile store and they were trying to sale me a Note 3, the first thing they tried to do was show me how fast it was by scrolling through the homescreens. Pulled my Nexus 4 out and showed that my almost year old device is just as fluid as the Note 3. Stock Android is not the problem, it's the heavy handed skins that OEMs use. Samsung should have purchased this company lol.
24. NexusPhan (Posts: 625; Member since: 11 Jul 2013)
Bingo! I don't think this acquisition is to help lag on skins. It's only to support older/cheaper hardware that run without heavy skins. Google can't fix OEMs crappy programming with kernel optimization. It just doesn't work that way and that's not their goal.
32. joey_sfb (Posts: 5741; Member since: 29 Mar 2012)
actually I try out the iPhone 5s and realise its not as smooth as before, calling out the dial pad...switching between apps.
And Apple is playing the benchmark game more often than before. hemm..
19. jbitounis (Posts: 54; Member since: 08 Oct 2011)
The problem with Android lies within its code. Preposterous hardware specs and elaborate software tweaks (Project Butter, DroidBooster) are half-mesures that offer the illusion of smoothness. Don't get me wrong - this is still good enough, given that reprogramming Android is not an option. It's just that I don't like the fact that my phone needs 3GB of RAM, 2GHz octa-core CPUs (and therefore at least a 2500mAh battery) to be able to connect a call the very instant I touch the green button and not a second later. It feels counter efficient and definitely not smart.
20. o0Exia0o (Posts: 899; Member since: 01 Feb 2013)
Android its self is a fairly well polished os. The reason that 3GB of ram and octa-core CPUs are needed are the heavy OEM skins that are laid on top of the Android OS (YES I am looking at you touchwiz and sence). If you tried something like a Nexus or one of the newer Motorola devices I thank you would be suprised.
33. shahrooz (Posts: 739; Member since: 17 Sep 2013)
GOOD! now give me my NEXU5 !
34. WHoyton1 (Posts: 1635; Member since: 21 Feb 2013)
Android cant be stopped!!!
41. Penywyz (banned) (Posts: 255; Member since: 13 Aug 2013)
Sweet!!! I wonder if google pulled the app from people that already purchased it like Apple did Siri?


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Her owner, Heather, will talk about the training process, the breeds of dogs suited to this type of service, and some of the experiences they've had in their volunteer work. Bear will be available for petting and listening.
Bear was adopted in May 2006 when she was three years of age. After observing her gentle nature, Ms. Clowers, a learning consultant and former Madison resident, decided to investigate the requirements for therapy dog training. They both began the process through private training and obtained certification through Bright and Beautiful Therapy Dogs and have been visiting schools, libraries and events for special needs students and adults ever since.
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Editor's note: Journal Junction offers the public a forum to applaud successes, discuss issues, point out problems and review the events of the day in a constructive manner. Journal Junction comments should be limited to two to four sentences. Longer comments should be submitted as "Letters to the Editor," which is a separate forum. The Journal's classified ads section offers help to those with lost or found items. This is a sampling of comments received today. Any others, subject to editing, are published in the online Journal Junction at www.journal-news.net under opinions.
From Hedgesville:
We're seeing the result of Obama's naive, weak foreign policy. He has no time for Netanyahu (but can campaign on Letterman instead), empathized with the protesters who ultimately murdered our ambassador and was totally unprepared (should the date 9/11 have been a clue?) for the radical Muslim attacks now occurring all over the world. Oh wait! This is probably Bush's fault.
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From Izaak Walton League of America, Berkeley County Chapter: Annual Haunted Trails will be held every Saturday in October from 7 to 11 p.m. Come on out and WE WILL SCARE THE YELL OUT OF YOU!
From Martinsburg:
I would like to say Thank You to the VFW in Martinsburg. Once again they held an amazing annual members picnic Sunday, Sept. 2. The food was great. These folks that spend countless hours preparing for this event deserve a big thank you. Diane, Gary, all the bartenders, staff, officers and volunteers work hard to make sure everyone enjoys themselves and has a great time. It's worth every bit of my dues I pay once a year to go to a picnic and eat and drink for free for 4 hours. Once again, thank you all for everything you do for us veterans.
From Hedgesville:
For those who want Obama for 4 more years, Bush took away Muslim activist Tariq Ramadan's visa because of his ties with the Muslim brotherhood and terrorists in eight countries have barred Ramadan from entering, but guess what, the Obama administration lifted the ban. Those who vote for him can thank themselves for the fall of this country as we know it. Does anyone watch the news or the 700 Club where they're not scared to tell the truth?
From Winchester:
Musselman High School is sponsoring the "Belle of the Ball," which offers free dresses for Homecoming. Any girl needing a dress may call to make an appointment to try on dresses by calling the school's office. If you would like to donate a dress, it can be dropped off at the office, too. The community has been tremendous! Thank you for your support!
From Shepherdstown:
The Journal consistently attempts to mislead its readers in respect to coal issues. The Clean Water Act gives the authority to regulate issues under the Clean Water Act to the EPA. The EPA then delegated this authority to the Corps of Engineers, but retained a veto authority. If the Journal is to best serve its readers, the editors should detail the damage that results from the mining and burning of coal. More than 500 mountains have been leveled and adjacent valleys filled. Our streams are polluted by the mercury residue from burning the coal and the Chesapeake Bay is suffering from nitrate and nitrite pollution. It is time to explore the whole issue honestly.
From Bunker Hill:
To Hedgesville: Gas hasn't been $1.85 since Clinton was in office. And about God being left out: Well, he should be. They don't mention Santa or the tooth fairy, so why mention any fairy tale character? it amazes me daily how closed-minded some people in my state are. It's 2012, people, not 1940.
From Inwood:
Paul Ryan starting running ads for his Congressional seat yesterday. He must not be so confident about getting that VP job.
From Kearneysville:
I am trying to help a single mother of 2 to get a car. She currently walks about 2 miles to her babysitter, then to her job where she works as a waitress for 8 hours and repeats the same walk to the sitter and back to the motel room. She left her boyfriend because he beat her and pushed her down the steps. She wasn't able to get out of bed for 2 weeks. She can't go to the women's shelter because of her odd work hours. If anyone has an old car that runs good that they would be willing to donate, I will get it legal for her. I can't believe that she can't even get help to rent a place because she already got help once this year. At least she is working and not living on welfare. I think that if she can get a car she will have a better option of jobs and can make enough to get a home for her and her two little boys.
From Inwood:
Once again you print what you want. I recently called in about the lack of sportsmanship with the Browns and their using the starters through the entire game. Today we have a big article about the Browns, really? Thinking the head coach has an influence on this.
From Morgan County:
You're right Hedgesville, and it is not just the Junction faithful. The national media's silent about gas prices too. When Bush 43 was president, every penny brought about a Blame Bush news story. Every oil company quarterly profit report was blasted on every newscast. Now, crickets. The last quarterly numbers reported was in 2008. But research shows every quarter sets new profit records now. It's simple theft that gas is at $4 a gallon with crude oil at only $95. But the media now? Silent.
From Ranson:
There is a choice, this election. I am told it's either the godless socialist or the economic rapist. But as any good American, I believe in being on the winning side, so which is the greater evil to vote for?
From Inwood:
I am getting tired of the "good ole boy" system in Berkeley County, it's a little out of hand when the "county law enforcement" even basically goes by it. I think we need a new sheriff in town who will put things back to where they are supposed to be and we won't have officers out here doing and saying what they want and getting away with it. Just my opinion.
From Martinsburg:
One of the biggest reasons I could never be a liberal is because I may have to say something really stupid. Like, for instance, if I didn't agree with the people you talk to, I may say: "your phone lies." As stupid as that statement is, every day I either hear or read some liberal saying "Fox News lies." Really, how stupid of a statement is that? Let me help you out with this. Fox News is a news channel network. There are probably hundreds of intelligent people from all political persuasions contributing commentary every day. Fox News doesn't have a mouth or a brain; to say it lies is a stupid statement.
From Berkeley Springs:
My daughters have played soccer for the Berkeley Springs Indians and I do think it's time they get a new coach. I would like to know, do you have to be a teacher to coach? And if not, we could use a great new coach!


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His first question on Tuesday's show: Does the couple, whose daughter Casey was acquitted of murdering their granddaughter, Caylee, believe that she was involved in the infant's death?
"Well, the last one I saw Caylee with was Casey," George replied. "To me, in my mind, that one and one adds up to two. She's responsible for Caylee – that's her daughter."
Pressed by McGraw to elaborate on what his definition of "two" is in this equation, George added, "Casey and Caylee, when I saw them leave on June 16, 2008, [that] was the last time I saw them together. And Casey, again, is responsible for Caylee no matter where she was at or what happened."
Cindy Anthony, whom McGraw has referred to as "very much in denial," was less willing to call her daughter out on her admitted bad behavior, including lying, deception and theft.
She and her husband admitted Casey stole from their wallets and even their gas cans, but put forward a new theory on her daughter's troubled actions, saying a variety of illnesses could be responsible.
"I want to find out what's wrong with Casey," she told the TV doctor. "I know there's something wrong. She had a grand mal seizure after she came home [from prison] after the first time."
Mental Illness"I'm not making justifications for that but there's a cause for those," she added. "You don't just have a grand mal seizure."
She also suggests her daughter may have suffered from a brain tumor or post-partum schizophrenia.
Dr. Phil prompts her to consider that, perhaps "these are the behaviors of an unconscionable psychopath," and at the end of the show offered his diagnosis to the audience. "As a mental health professional, I'm skeptical. I have not seen any evidence that Casey suffered from post-partum schizophrenia."
He also said of Cindy: "I feel this mother is desperately reaching for any reason to excuse her daughter for her role in this tragedy."
Part two of the interview airs Wednesday, but in the meantime, tell us:
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