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If you're tired of your money getting sucked up by high energy bills … … there's help. Consumer Reports' Dan DiClerico says there are ways to save all over your house.
Dan DiClerico "Start with your electronics. Powering them can cost nearly as much as powering your kitchen appliances."
More than a third of homes now have multiple computers and half have three or more televisions. But you may not realize this is a major energy guzzler - your set-top box. That plus a high-definition DVR can actually use more energy than some refrigerators!
Dan DiClerico "One way to save: Ask your cable company for a new box that meets Energy Star's 3.0 standards."
Another money-saver - setting your computer to sleep or hibernate when you're not using it.
Dan DiClerico "Along with electronics, appliances account for 30 cents of every dollar you spend on electricity."
For savings, when you're buying a new appliance, look for one with the Energy Star logo. The program has recently gotten stricter. And always look to cut your heating and cooling costs, which account for around 40 percent of typical energy use.
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MONTPELIER On the heels of the largest annual increase in the statewide property tax rate in more than a decade, lawmakers this fall will begin to examine the merits of the exemptions partly responsible for ballooning tax bills.
A property tax exemption study committee convenes its first meeting Wednesday in Montpelier, where a group of lawmakers, administration officials and municipal leaders will examine policies that now insulate thousands of properties from annual tax bills that would otherwise generate millions of dollars.
There is no doubt that exemptions for some property owners means higher taxes for others, said Sen. Kevin Mullin, a Rutland County Republican who sits on the Senate Finance Committee. And the exemption issue I think is a matter of fairness, and making sure there are justifiable reasons we have as many exempt properties as we do.
A report published this year by the Legislatures Joint Fiscal Office estimated that the state forgoes $277 million in revenue annually due to property tax exemptions about a quarter of the overall property tax revenue that flows into the education fund every year.
Exemptions include the Current Use program that discounts tax bills for farms and forestland and the income sensitivity provision for low- and middle-income homeowners. But the new seven-person study committee will limit its review to the more than 3,000 buildings that qualify for tax-exempt status under a section of law that gives special treatment to public, pious or charitable institutions.
In 2014 alone, according to the Joint Fiscal Office report, exemptions for 145 buildings owned by the University of Vermont will alone cost the state $10 million in forgone revenue.
Steve Jeffrey, executive director of the Vermont League of Cities and Towns, said his organization isnt looking to target specific exempt entities. But he said every church, hospital building and municipal building added to the growing list of exempt buildings necessarily results in higher taxes for everyone else.
Were looking to really question why these properties are exempt from having to pay to have fire services available to them, police services available to them, and really take a hard look at what it is they are providing that entitles them to not have to pay for those services that everybody else in town has to, Jeffrey said.
He said the Vermont League of Cities and Towns wants to see the Legislature cede more authority to municipalities when it comes to deciding whether specific entities should be eligible for exemptions. Policies approved in Montpelier, Jeffrey said, can have significant fiscal impacts locally. Decisions about which buildings in town should be paying property taxes, according to Jeffrey, is often best left to the town.
We would like to move a lot of the property tax exemptions into a voted-on category at the town level, as opposed to the Legislature exempting them, Jeffrey said.
Bill Johnson, director of property valuation and review at the Vermont Department of Taxes, will represent the administration on the committee. He said the department doesnt come to the table with any preconceived notions about which exemptions, if any, should be jettisoned.
But he said the tax code is in need of a review.
Some of (the exemptions) are fairly archaic, antiquated perhaps, and could use a look to see whether theyre still pertinent in todays society, Johnson said.
It isnt the first time lawmakers have taken a look at property tax exemptions, though Jeffrey said the 5-cent increase in the statewide property tax rate during the last legislative session likely lent some urgency to the issue. The Legislature is saying, Wow, we should really be looking at this, because if we were to broaden the base of the property tax and avoid a nickel tax rate increase, it would be in our best interest, Jeffrey said.
Granting exemptions, however, tends to be an easier task than revoking them. And attempts to remove institutions from the list of exempt properties are generally met with a formidable defense, often mounted by hired lobbyists.
My goal on the committee is to make sure these exemptions get a full vetting, Mullin said. Maybe in the end theyre all justifiable.
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I was wondering about the snakes in the rivers in GSMNP. A couple of weeks ago I was fishing in the Tremont area when I looked down at my feet and a 3ft snake went by my leg. I was just curious if any reports on snake bites in the river. I have always wondered about them. Im from a small town and know about most of the snakes in the ares. I never really thought about them while wading ,but it kinda hurt my nerves a little and put a stop almost to my fishing that day. Any info would be great...Thanks.
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There are a lot of harmless water snakes in the Smokies. They are generally not a problem at all but they can scare you really good. I don't know how many times I've stepped over them. Just last weekend I saw the first of the season up above Elkmont. It is usually a scary moment while I'm getting to a healthy distance. There are copperheads and the occassional rattlesnake in the Smokies also. These are the ones that you have to watch out for. Just be careful and watch where you are going and you should be fine.
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Some interesting information on snakes at:
Some highlights:
In the US: Snakebites frequently go unreported. Approximately 4000-7000 bites are reported to national centers each year. North Carolina has the highest frequency, with 19 bites per 100,000 persons. The national average is approximately 4 bites per 100,000 persons.
Deaths secondary to snake bites are rare. With the proper use of antivenin, they are becoming rarer still. The national average has been less than 4 deaths per year for the last several years.
Data gathered in a 5-year retrospective chart review from the University of Tennessee Medical Center at Knoxville (UTMCK), a level-I trauma center, focused on 25 bites. Of these, 4 required fasciotomy and 2 subsequently needed split-thickness skin grafting. The average length of stay was 3.2 days. No deaths occurred, and morbidity was limited to the local wounds.
I'm actually more concerned about the 'aviators with armament' - bees and wasps, than the snakes. I've found I can get away from the snakes easier than the aviators. Also, I've been stung several times, but never bitten. ymmv
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I have had the opportunity to observe just about every kind of snake there is in the mountains without incident. Weirdest moment occured while fishing one early October with a friend up on Greenbrier....watched my buddy doing the snake dance while wading upstream....instead of the normal banded water snake I had come to expect it was a 3-4 foot timber rattler cruising down the middle of the river looking to come ashore about where by buddy was located....really was a surprise and we were seeing snakes everywhere for the rest of the trip...best bet is just to keep your eyes open.
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Endless you're a yankee you don't have to worry about the snakes . We train all of them to attack yankees though
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Well I appreciate the comments on the snakes. I know ive done the water snake dance a few times this year. After a few mins out of the water, im back in. It just gets my nerves a little watching a snake looking back at me. Most of them uasually leave the area when I do.Oh yea, Russ, Im not a yankee, I was born and bred here in the great state of Tennessee :P
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I figured you were not a yankee because you didn't say you had been bit
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Seen the largest copperhead Ive ever seen anywhere on the trail between CC and Abrams Falls. He was blending in well with the surroundings too. I am very glad i didnt step on him.
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I for one hate to hike the back country by myself due primarily to snakes and the possibility of getting bit. I did not have a fear nor did I worry as much about it until the spring of 2003. I went hiking to Abrams falls with my fiance and I never saw one snake in the water or the trees the entire time. Once we arrived back at the parking area we decided to take some photographs of the newborn deer and foxes that were in the wheatfield just outside the parking lot. No more than 20 feet from where we stood, while setting up our tripod, I heard a bloodcurdling scream from behind me. A woman from Maryville was just bitten by a 5 foot timber rattler. I saw the snake moving quickly in my direction to get away and now I had to contend with a vicious scared snake and a girlfriend that was on my shoulders at this point. I threw a rock or two in the direction of the snake and it ran further into the wheat field out of sight. I made my way back to the parking area but I could not get this sickening feeling out of the pit of my stomach that there could be more snakes in that same area and I couldn't see anything for the tall wheat. While I thought the worst was over, I discovered another problem with accidents such as this and Cades Cove.....traffic! It took us almost 45 minutes to get the woman from Abrams parking lot to the exit via the loop. I took turns with some other people running ahead of the vehicle shouting "snake bite move off the road". You do not realize how dangerous that one lane road can be until you have an emergency such as this and no way for two vehicles to get side by side. Not to mention most vehicles had stopped for people to take pictures of bear and dear in the fields so a lot of the cars were empty blocking the cove loop road. According to the paper, the woman survived after hospital care, but I have never gotten the nerve back to venture around Abrams again. As a child I used to go there often and I still remember watching a water snake swim from one side of the river to the other. All I can remember about that thing was that it seemed like it was half the length of the river and about the size of a grapefruit in girth. Needless to say I did not stick around to see the head.
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I have had a snake actually strike a fly once. It curled up in the air and dug under a rock. Luckily the fly line broke or I might have left the rod there....hehe
I have also looked down before stepping and saw a river snake right where I was about to step.. After dancing it took me about 10 minutes to get back in the water.....
Both of these times it was in shallow water in the late summer....
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: Newport Energy Solution Roman Shades
Units: About 6,300 (This recall was first announced in Oct. 2009)
Importer: Louis Hornick & Co. Inc., of New York, N.Y.
Retailer: Ross Stores Inc., of Pleasanton, Calif.
Hazard: Strangulation can occur when a child places his/her neck between the exposed inner cord and the fabric on the backside of the blind or when a child pulls the cord out and wraps it around his/her neck.
Incidents/Injuries: The shades involved in this recall are the same shades that were subject to Louis Hornick's previous recall. That recall was prompted by two reports of children becoming entangled in the exposed inner cord on the back of the shade sold by Bed, Bath & Beyond. In July 2008, while in his crib, a 20-month-old boy became entangled in the inner cord from a Roman shade. His grandfather responded to the child's cries and removed the cord that left a red mark on the right side of his neck. In April 2009, the mother of a 3-year-old boy found her crying son with a cord mark that ran ear to ear on the front of his neck. The boy was able to free himself after becoming entangled in the inner cord. This shade was also sold at Bed, Bath & Beyond. No permanent injuries were sustained in these incidents and no injuries have been reported from the use of any shades sold by Ross stores.
Description: This recall includes all sizes and colors of Newport Energy Solution Roman Shades sold by Ross Stores with exposed inner cords on the back. On the backside of the head rail, a small orange, black and white warning label sticker in English and Spanish which read in part, "Cords and bead chains can loop around child's neck and STRANGLE. Always keep cords ... to get to cords."
Sold at: Ross Stores nationwide and from March 2009 through October 2009 for between $4 and $10.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled Roman shades and contact Louis Hornick & Company to receive a free repair kit.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Louis Hornick & Company at (877) 756-5102 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET daily, or visit the firm's Web site at www.hornickindustries.com
Note: Examine all shades and blinds in your home. Make sure there are no accessible cords on the front, side, or back of the product. CPSC recommends the use of cordless window coverings in all homes where children live or visit.
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Eric Keith Burkhart, 48, of Kearneysville, passed away Thursday, July 4, 2013, at Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg.
Born Jan. 28, 1965, in Martinsburg, he was the son of George and Ruth Burkhart, of Kearneysville.
He was an accomplished restorations contractor. He was an avid hunter and fisherman and loved spending time fishing on the Chesapeake Bay with his buddy, Gwyn Chisolm. He was a devoted husband and very loving father, who was loved in return by many.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by his loving wife of 25 years, Tracey, at home; one daughter, Melanie Hernandez and husband, Oscar, of Kearneysville; one sister, Laura Coleman, of Kearneysville; three brothers, Craig Burkhart, of Tomahawk, and Jeff Burkhart and Mike Burkhart, of Jones Springs; and many nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 10, 2013, at Eackles-Spencer & Norton Funeral Home, 256 Halltown Road, Harpers Ferry, with Pastor Tim May officiating.
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Comments: This is a cool little deal here. I hooked up almost every fish that ate it. Paint is pretty durable too. It has tiny beads in it that make it sink after a few casts... but I had zero issues out of box. If it didn't have the beads I could hardly throw it on casting gear. 8.5/10
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School administrators and students from Heath High School,
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Today marks week 10 of the road construction season. It was a pretty soggy time for everyone last week. Many of our paving contractors were still in the milling and grinding stage so most of the work continued despite the rain drops.
We start with Intersate 89 this week where three projects will affect traffic. Deck work on I-89 bridges in Swanton will close the right lanes first, then the left lanes. Speed is restricted to 50 mph in the work zones. I-89 in Waterbury has a paving project between exits 10 and 11. Drivers will have a speed reduction as well as a lane reduction in this work zone. Contractors are finishing the prep work in the southbound lanes from Richmond to Waterbury so motorists should expect to see work crews in this area starting on Monday. Please note we have maintained a reduced work zone and a modified work schedule to help ease the delays during morning commute. The third project on I-89 involves ledge scaling in Richmond in the southbound lane. This work zone requires a lane closure and a speed reduction. Drivers can expect delays during afternoon commuting hours. Please consider an alternate route if possible.
Interstate 91 has five work zones that will impact traffic this week. A bridge maintenance project on I-91 in Coventry will affect both the north and southbound lanes. Drivers should expect a reduction in speed and lane shifts in the work zone. A long paving project from Newbury to St. Johnsbury has traffic reduced to one lane with speed restrictions in place. Drivers may experience some delays during morning commuting hours. Bridge work on I-91 in Windsor has southbound traffic crossing over to the northbound bridge during this phase of construction. Further south on I-91 crews will be working on bridge replacement projects over Vermont Route 30. Motorists will find lane reduction as well as speed reductions. Then in Brattleboro both the north and southbound lanes of I-91 will have lengthy paving projects going on. Motorists should plan for delays in and around these project areas.
In the northern part of the state, Vermont Route 242 in Westfield will be closed occasionally while contractors replace two culverts. Drivers are advised to expect delays in these work zones.
Vermont Route 108 in Cambridge has three projects going on. A bridge replacement project on Vermont Route 15 has a temporary bridge in place that keeps traffic flowing. Meanwhile a roundabout installation at the intersection of Routes 108 and 15 has created short delays during commuting hours. On Route 108 a paving project between Cambridge and Bakersfield will require lane reductions and reduced speed limits. Drivers should expect delays in and around this work zone.
Vermont Route 102 in Maidstone has a slope stabilization project going on that will cause an occasional lane closure.
In the Capital City, crews will be working in two work zones, Taylor Street and School Street. Work crews are expected to start work on State Street at about midweek.
Vermont Route 100 between Waitsfield and Warren has a paving project that extends over eight miles. Delays should be expected during commuting hours.
Vermont Route 12 in Northfield has work crews finishing up their paving project. One way alternating traffic may continue into the midweek.
Route 12 in Randolph has crews working on the final stages of that paving project. Work crews are preparing the road for the final wearing course of pavement. Drivers should expect alternating single-lane traffic and delays in this work zone.
Route 12 in Bethel has work crews working on sign replacement. Short delays have been reported.
Vermont routes 25 and 25B in Bradford have paving projects that include cold planing and resurfacing of the roadways. Motorists should expect delays in and around these projects.
Route 117 (River Road) in Essex has a project that includes the installation of a new traffic signal and left turn lane at the intersection. Drivers will find minor traffic delays in this area.
Vermont Route 116 in Hinesburg has a paving project that includes guardrail and excavation work that will take place between the hours of 6:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. most days.
Vermont Route 100A in Plymouth has a bridge project that includes related roadway work. No delays are expected.
Remember to focus on safety when driving through a work zone. Put the cell phone down and drive carefully. Happy motoring.
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(Bluefield)—Tom Cook, Bluefield State College Associate Dean/Interim Chief Technology Officer at Bluefield State College, has been appointed to membership on the Advisory Board of the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC) to serve on the development of a statewide portal of online classes and programs. The initiative, West Virginia Remote Online Course Knowledge System (WVROCKS).
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"I'm excited to be part of this initiative that will increase course access and availability to adults," Cook said. "There's a tremendous need in this area and I'm honored to be part of the team that will assist in the planning and implementation. I believe this service will grow to become a valuable asset to BSC's existing RBA program."


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Could new kitchen techniques improve on one of our very first recipes? Yes, with a secret ingredient in the crust. By Sidney Fry, MS, RD
Lighter Apple Pie
One of our first apple pies after launching this magazine had an interesting walnut crust, filled with healthy fats and nutty flavor. But to save 300 calories, the Test Kitchen had simply removed the bottom crust, yielding a sort of cobbler.
We liked and kept the walnuts but decided we were willing to serve up a few more calories if we could get back that bottom crust. Yes, there are a few more calories than in 1987, but our new pie still has only half those in a typical bakery pie.
The Crust
• 1987 | Just a top crust, more of a cobbler than a pie
• 2012 | Double-crusted, fluted, and delicious
The Fat
• 1987 | Walnuts, margarine, and shortening
• 2012 | Walnuts and just enough butter
The Calories
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New River and Bluefield State Collaborate to Provide Baccalaureate Degree in Elementary Education
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(NRCTC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding for an Elementary Education Collaborative Program during a brief ceremony at the Erma Byrd Center in Raleigh County Dr. Ted Spring/President, NRCTC (seated, left), and Dr. Thomas Blevins/President, BSC (seated, right) signed the agreement, while (standing, left-to-right) Dr. Betsy Steenken/Interim Dean, BSC School of Education, Dr. Carolyn Sizemore, Dean/NRCTC Beckley campus, Dr. Lucie Refsland, Professor of Mathematics/NRCTC, Roger Griffith, Dean/NRCTC Greenbrier Valley campus and Dr. Harry R. Faulk, Executive Vice President and Chief Academic Officer/NRCTC observed the occasion.
(BECKLEY, W. VA.)— Bluefield State College (BSC) and New River Community and Technical College have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for an Elementary Education Collaborative Program. The agreement was signed by Dr. Tom Blevins, president of BSC, and Dr. Ted D. Spring, president of New River, on Monday, June 11, according to a joint announcement from the schools.
The agreement will provide New River students a seamless transfer into School of Education at Bluefield State and will allow them to complete their coursework for the bachelor's degree close to home.
"Bluefield State College and New River have a long history of cooperation in the interest of our students," Spring commented. This agreement underscores our continuing efforts to remove barriers for students seeking a high quality, low cost education in our region. New River graduates can transfer anywhere. This opportunity allows them to stay right here in southeastern West Virginia to continue their education."
Beginning with the fall semester of 2012, Bluefield State College will deliver one to four courses per semester, as needed, to students in the Collaborative Program on weekends, weekdays, or evenings via traditional on-site courses and/or distance learning technologies. New River will provide appropriate classrooms for delivery of these courses, if needed. BSC will deliver the program at New River's Greenbrier Valley Campus in Lewisburg and at the Public Higher Education Center in Beaver.
"Because West Virginia now has an active community college system, it is incumbent upon baccalaureate colleges to make reciprocity agreements with local community colleges and to expand their outreach," Blevins said. "We are very happy with the efforts of Dr. Lucie Refsland with New River and BSC, and Dr. Betsy Steenken, interim dean of the School of Education, BSC, and we believe that this agreement with New River Community and Technical College is the beginning of an excellent relationship. We hope to move forward with other program articulations in the near future."
Bluefield State College is a member institution of the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.
New River Community and Technical College is a member institution of the Community and Technical College System of West Virginia and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges. New River serves nine counties in southeast and south central West Virginia from locations in Beckley, Lewisburg, Ghent, Princeton and Summersville. Administrative offices are located in Beckley.


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Jim is the author of 10 books. His latest book, On God's Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn't Learned About Serving the Common Good (Brazos Press), was released in April 2013. His most recent books include: Rediscovering Values: A Guide for Economic and Moral Recovery; The Great Awakening:Reviving Faith & Politics in a Post-Religious Right America; and God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It.
He is president and founder of Sojourners, where he is also editor-in-chief of Sojourners magazine, which has a combined print and electronic media readership of more than a quarter million. Jim frequently speaks in the United States and abroad. His columns appear in major newspapers, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Boston Globe. He frequently appears on radio and television as a commentator on CNN, MSNBC, Fox—on shows such as Meet the Press, Hardball, the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, the O'Reilly Factor—and on National Public Radio. He has taught at Harvard University and currently teaches a course on "Faith, Social Justice, and Public Life" at Georgetown University.
Jim was raised in a Midwest evangelical family. As a teenager, his questioning of the racial segregation in his church and community led him to the black churches and neighborhoods of inner-city Detroit. He spent his student years involved in the civil rights and antiwar movements. Jim founded Sojourners while a student at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Illinois. Jim and several other students started a small magazine and community with a Christian commitment to social justice. More than 40 years later, Sojourners has grown into a national faith-based organization. In 1979, Time magazine named Wallis one of the "50 Faces for America's Future."
Jim lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife Joy Carroll, one of the first women ordained in the Church of England and author of Beneath the Cassock: The Real-Life Vicar of Dibley, and their young sons, Luke and Jack. He is a Little League baseball coach.
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On God's Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn't Learned About Serving the Common Good (2013)
Rediscovering Values: On Wall Street, Main Street, and Your Street (2010)
The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith & Politics in a Post-Religious Right America (2008) - New York Times bestseller
God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It (2005) - New York Times bestseller
Living God's Politics: A Guide to Putting Your Faith into Action (2005) (co-authored)
Faith Works: How Faith-Based Organizations Are Changing Lives, Neighborhoods, and America (2000)
Who Speaks For God? An Alternative to the Religious Right—A New Politics of Compassion, Community, and Civility (1996)
The Soul of Politics: Beyond "Religious Right" and "Secular Left" (1995)
Revive Us Again: A Sojourner's Story (1983)
The Call to Conversion: Why Faith is Always Personal but Never Private (1981, revised and reprinted 2005)
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Okay, I give up. My never-ending effort to stand on my own two feet and crawl out of the shadow of my dog's popularity has failed. I'm waving the white flag, admitting defeat and giving in. Some of you would argue that I created this monster, but the simple truth is that no one is to blame. It is what it is, and I'm now sanguine about the whole affair. I live with a celebrity and am hanging on for dear life. If she had opposable thumbs, I'd be out of a job and still, the popular consensus is that Dharma writes this column, while I just drive her around. So be it.
While making plans to attend country crooner Ryan Broshear's show in Bethel, NY (www.dancingcatsaloon.com), I glanced at my twitter feed (@jonathanfoxIMHO) and cringed. Broshear was tweeting (@ryanbroshear) about his visit to Sullivan County and had this to say: "Looking forward to coming to Bethel, NY next Friday to perform @The Cat Saloon. Hope to catch up with Dharma the Wonder Dog!" Nice. Apparently, she responded, since what followed was a conversation between Broshear and the dog, which included (but was not limited to) chat about what she should wear, who would be in attendance and whether there would be dog chow waiting for her from the chef. Charming. After some chatter, they settled on her red cowgirl hat and off we went. I originally met Ryan while escorting the pooch to the Texaco Country Showdown last summer and was beyond impressed by his musical prowess and incredible charisma and said so at the time. Sifting through the archives of The River Reporter, I came across a quote which stated that Broshear (www.ryanbroshear.com) had such style that he "makes women swoon and grown men cry." Nothin' about animals at all, but clearly what he walked away with from our initial meeting was all about the dog. That's great.


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May 21, 2012—Douglas Engelman of Naperville was awarded the 2012 Outstanding Major in Sociology and Anthropology Award during Honors Day May 15 at North Central College.
Engelman is a senior majoring in sociology with minors in English and social change/public advocacy at North Central College. He has been accepted into the graduate degree sociology program at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, where he has been awarded a full scholarship and a teaching assistantship. He intends to pursue a doctorate in sociology after earning a master's degree, with the goal of teaching, researching and lecturing.
A nontraditional student, he presented research in March at the Midwest Sociological Society in Minneapolis. The research was titled "How Familiarity with SMI and Other Social Forces on Campus Influence Student Cohort Attitudes and Attribution."


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600 student athletes received some financial support Monday night.
UW-La Crosse Athletics hosted it's annual Roundball Rumble on the River at the Waterfront.
It's a night to watch the college basketball national championship on TV's donated by Wettstein's while donors can get to know some of the athletes.
The athletic director says it's one of the two biggest fundraisers of the year, but hopes the night isn't just about the money. "More than anything we want people to come and have a good time and hopefully then next year they'll want to come back. We want to create a customer base that are a group of fans and supporters who enjoy our program and especially enjoy this event and something they put on their calendar each year and look forward to," said UW-L Athletic Director Josh Whitman.
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first time I'm waching Knicks game this season. Both teams on winning streaks, should be interesting.
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Boston Celtics Tyson Chandler - Non-Displaced Fracture of the Right Fibula (OUT) Rajon Rondo - Torn ACL, Right Knee (OUT) Kenyon Martin - Sore ankle (OUT) Kelly Olynyk - Right Ankle Sprain (OUT)
Today in Knicks history
December 8, 2001 Jeff Van Gundy resigns as head coach, after leading Knicks to 248 wins (third-highest in franchise history), two trips to the Conference Finals, and the 1999 Eastern Conference Championship.
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March 31, 2013 For the second time in the last seven days, New York handled Boston defeating them again by double-digits, this time a 108-89 victory at Madison Square to take the season series versus Boston for the first time since 2003-04. New York was led by Carmelo Anthony's 24 points and 10 rebounds over 27 minutes for his sixth double-double of the seasons and his second in a row. J.R. Smith posted 15 points and 12 rebounds over 33 minutes for his sixth double-double of the season. Raymond Felton added 18 points and four assists over 31 minutes. Boston was paced by Jeff Green's 27 points and four rebounds over 35 minutes. Paul Pierce recorded 24 points and 15 rebounds in 32 minutes. New York has now won three straight versus Boston. March 26, 2013 New York, behind 50 points in the paint and 29 second chance points, dominated the Boston Celtics 110-85 at the TD Garden. This was the first time since the 2003-04 season that the Knicks defeated the Celtics twice in the regular season in Boston. J.R. Smith posted a team high 32 points on 13-24 shooting to lead the Knicks in the victory. Carmelo Anthony recorded 29 points and a team high eight rebounds over 36 minutes. Boston was paced by Jeff Green's 19 points and 10 rebounds over 39 minutes. Paul Pierce recorded 16 points and six rebounds over 36 minutes. New York pulled away in the second quarter outscoring Boston 30-20 behind 11 points from Smith. Boston unable to forge a comeback in the second half, as New York held Boston to 16 fourth quarter points.
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first time I'm waching Knicks game this season. Both teams on winning streaks, should be interesting.
East is a mess, everytime we lose to an East team not named The Heat or The Pacers is a complete fail. With that being said. We need to win this one.
Good Morning Hard-ache Orange .. are the Knicks early-birds to blowout the Celtics in a Afternoon Game?
They should be after a 3-13 START...
I don't like noon games, no energy in the building and when we need the crowd to carry us they never respond.
Damn .. Cetrics took off on a 12-0 run at tip off
I would probably lose every home game too, until they burn all them bright-eye orange uniforms
18-1 and Woody substitute one player rather than sit all the Starters
1 strike for Woody or 2 strikes for starting rookie THJ
When is Woodson gonna learn "Kenyon Martin" is a STARTER .. Woody is a dum-dum Celtricks 23-3
29 - 7 guess who got 29 ?????
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text: I was never exposed to bf, but always knew I would. The first time I saw anyone bf was at church and I was a little shocked. Not sure why I guess because I had never seen it before. Anyway I bf my dd in front of my 6 and 4 year old so they will grow up to know it is normal to bf. My mom proudly tells everyone now her granddaughters are bf (Are you bf? is also what she asks). She says it's funny she never even thought of bf her children.


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Trielle Gritton, senior manager--outreach /adoptions for Best Friends Animal Society – Utah presented a certificate to Heber Valley Animal Shelter at the Heber City Council Meeting, honoring their lifesaving achievement. The meeting was held last Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Heber City Council Chamber. Gritton also presented certificates to Canine with a Cause and Paws for Life, for their roles in helping save the lives of animals in the Heber shelter.
A number of city and county shelters in Utah have reached a shelter save rate of 90 percent (or more) of the pets in their care, a generally accepted milestone for being seen as no-kill. Several other Utah city and county shelters are close to reaching no-kill, including Salt Lake County Animal Services, West Valley City Animal Services, and South Salt Lake Animal Services.
Among the shelters achieving no-kill status so far are Enoch Animal Shelter, Ephraim City Animal Control, Grand County (Moab City) Animal Care and Control, Hurricane Animal Shelter, Iron County Animal Shelter, Ivins Animal Shelter and Adoption Center, Kane County (Kanab City) Animal Control, Parowan Animal Control and Wasatch County (Heber Valley) Animal Control Shelter.
These shelters are successful thanks, in part, to the tireless efforts of a coalition of 32 rescue groups, led by Best Friends, which pull animals from their local shelters and make them available for adoption. Humane Society of Moab Valley, for example, is celebrating 10 years of helping their community by maintaining no-kill status.
For nearly 14 years through August of 2013, nearly three dozen municipal and private animal organizations have been working closely together to bring about an end to the killing of pets in Utah shelters. The No More Homeless Pets in Utah Coalition, facilitated by Best Friends Animal Society–Utah, has supported nearly 112,000 adoptions and more than 261,000 spay/neuter surgeries, helping to sharply reduce shelter intake rates and deaths. Prior to the year 2000 (before this effort was launched), more than 46,000 animals were being killed in Utah each year. In 2012 — the best year on record — that number dropped to 22,299, a decrease of 51 percent.
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Mercury and Argus, c. early 1640s
Jacob JordaensFlemish, 1593-1678
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47-3/4 x 72-3/4 in. (121.3 x 184.8 cm)
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This work is the product of a collaboration between two of the finest painters of seventeenth-century Antwerp. Jordaens executed the figures and cattle; Wildens, a landscape specialist, produced the setting.
The subject is taken from classical mythology. Jupiter, enamored of the beautiful Io, has transformed the woman into a white heifer in order to protect her from the jealousy of Juno. The suspicious Juno, however, gives the heifer to the hundred-eyed Argus to guard. In this scene, Mercury, sent by Jupiter to kill Argus, slyly approaches the watchman after lulling him to sleep with his pipe. Io stands placidly at the right.
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Suzanne Somers' Knockout: Dangerous misinformation about cancer (part 1)
If there's one thing I've become utterly disgusted with in the time since I first became interested in science-based medicine as a concept, its promotion, and the refutation of quackery and medical pseudoscience, it's empty-brained celebrities with an agenda. Be it from imbibing the atmosphere within the bubble of woo-friendly southern California or taking a crash course at the University of Google and, through the arrogance of ignorance, concluding that they know more than scientists who have devoted their lives to studying a problem, celebrities believing in and credulously promoting pseudoscience present a special problem because of the oversized soapboxes they command. Examples abound. There's Bill Maher promoting anti-vaccine pseudoscience, germ theory denialism, and cancer quackery on his show Real Time with Bill Maher and getting the Richard Dawkins Award from the Atheist Alliance International in spite of his antiscience stances on vaccines and what he sneeringly calls "Western medicine." Then there are, of course, the current public faces of the anti-vaccine movement, Jenny McCarthy and her boyfriend Jim Carrey, the former of whom thinks it's just hunky dory (or at least doesn't appear to be the least bit troubled) that her efforts are contributing to the return of vaccine-preventable infectious diseases because she apparently thinks that's what it will take to make the pharmaceutical companies change their "shit" product (her words), and the latter of whom spreads conspiracy theories about vaccines and contempt on people suffering from restless leg syndrome. Finally, there's the grand macher of celebrity woo promotion, Oprah Winfrey, who routinely promotes all manner of medical pseudoscience, be it "bioidentical" hormones, the myth that vaccines cause autism (even hiring Jenny McCarthy to do a blog and develop a talk show for her company Harpo Productions), or other nonsense, such as Christiane Northrup urging Oprah viewers to focus their qi to their vaginas for better sex.
Unfortunately, last week the latest celebrity know-nothing to promote health misinformation released a brand new book and has been all over the airwaves, including The Today Show, Larry King Live, and elsewhere promoting it. Yes, I'm talking about Suzanne Somers, formerly known for her testimonial of having "rejected chemotherapy and tamoxifen" for her breast cancer, as well as her promotion of "bioidentical hormones," various exercise devices such as the Thighmaster and all manner of supplements. Her book is entitled Knockout: Interviews with Doctors Who Are Curing Cancer–And How to Prevent Getting It in the First Place. It is described on the Random House website thusly:


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Manchin a soldier for Obama
If there was ever any doubt that Joe Manchin would turn into a good soldier for President Barack Obama, doubt no more.
As you may recall, Sen. Manchin, D-W.Va., ran away from the top of the ticket in 2012. The strategy worked. Statewide, Manchin captured 60.5 percent of the popular vote. The president won only 35.5 percent. (In Randolph County, it was 62.2 percent Manchin, 34.26 percent Obama.)
The senator, thus assured of a job for the next six years, wasted no time changing stripes.
On Feb. 5, 2013, he appeared on the national stage as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee looking into Benghazigate. Leon Panetta, outgoing secretary of defense, and Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, testified.
Manchin was in the spotlight for approximately seven minutes, and his only question about the attack was for Panetta. "Did something break down, sir, that we can repair?"
Panetta: "I think there was. We didn't have the intelligence that would have given us a heads-up that this kind of thing was going to happen. And that is something that we do need to pay attention to."
Manchin could easily have challenged Panetta, but he let him slide. He said, "My time is up. Thank you both."
The senator also went mushy on Fox News Sunday last weekend. When host Chris Wallace asked about the Boston Marathon bombing, Manchin said he would have liked to see the interrogation of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, continue under the public safety waiver.
But when asked specifically whether Obama's Justice Department erred in filing criminal charges, Manchin avoided a direct answer.
He was similarly evasive on Obama's "red line" in Syria. Wallace asked, "What do you make of the fact that the president seemed to set this marker, Assad stepped over it, and now, he's backing away?" Again, Manchin avoided a direct answer.
The senator also has been carrying Obama's water on gun control.
Manchin and Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., were the front men on a background check amendment co-sponsored by Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., and gun-control advocate Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. Manchin had the blessing of the president and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.
Manchin worked hard to sell the complicated amendment as gun-rights friendly. He reportedly even treated fellow senators to food and beverage aboard the Black Tie, a yacht partially owned by Manchin.
The amendment was announced on April 10 and pushed to a vote in the usually deliberative Senate a week later. It went down 54-46, six votes shy of the required 60. Five Democrats voted "no"; 16 Republicans voted "yes."
Manchin served up a plateful of explanations but never blamed himself or his amendment.
There was distrust and manipulation from the get-go, and both Toomey and Manchin downplayed Schumer's role in what some renamed the Toomey-Schumer-Manchin amendment.
Heritage Action, a conservative advocacy organization and sister to the Heritage Foundation, also said in an email, "Legislation drafted behind closed doors and rushed to the Senate floor has no place in our political system."
The amendment itself had plenty of critics, including David B. Kopel, an associate policy analyst at the Cato Institute, He concluded that it was "badly miswritten" and contained "major advancements for gun control."
Kopel said the provision claiming to outlaw national gun registration "in fact authorizes a national gun registry."
Manchin is not dissuaded. He says he'll plow on, and he reportedly has asked dissenting senators to suggest changes in Toomey-Schumer-Manchin.
That raises an interesting question.
If Toomey-Schumer-Manchin was so great to start with, as Manchin has said all along, then why would he even consider changes, let alone solicit them?
The answer, of course, is that the amendment wasn't so great to start with.
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How about BAE do the decent thing and put some money back into the local clubs.
How about putting Flaming Balls in the stocks and charging £1 per wet sponge to throw at him.
You would probably raise enough money to pay for the floodlights in one night?
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#30752 - 06/01/01 09:08 AM "Anchorite" demonstrative quote
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Not that I'm upset at Anu, but the fact that so-called "professional writers" like this reporter make such a blatant error really galls me. (A good trick, considering I no longer have a gall bladder. ;-)
She calls the use of money an act of "faith." How ridiculous!! An act of faith is something you do when you have no evidence that it will turn out as you wish. OTOH, using money is something we do often. Unless you've forgotten the 99.9% of the time it works, then there is no "faith" involved. When something works 99.9% of the time you do it, you have "confidence" it will work as expected.
Why do people insist on using the word "faith" when the word "confidence" will do??!! I just don't understand. "Faith" is something you have in a god/dess, in a risky plan that has no real evidence it will succeed, or your belief in the rightness or wrongness of certain moral choices. "Confidence" is something you have in yourself (gee, I succeeded 75% of the time, I bet I can do it again), in others (she's shown me she loves me by doing x, y, and z), and in the physical universe (gee, the sun has come up 100% of the time, I'll bet it comes up tomorrow).
You are only wretched and unworthy if you choose to be.
#30753 - 06/04/01 12:06 PM Re: "Anchorite" demonstrative quote
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" a blatant error really galls me "
Dear Bryan: Just to tease you gently,even if you still had your gall bladder, it would have nothing to do with the above type of affliction.
#30754 - 06/04/01 02:37 PM Re: "Anchorite" demonstrative quote
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yes, Dr. Bill-- please explain-- i thought gall was one of the 4 humors(sp?) bodily fluids identified by the ancient greeks and that is the name for a bitter substance excreted by the gall bladder to aid in digestion... and to "Be galled" was to experience that bitterness ( as one sometimes does with "acid indigestion"-- similar too, but not quite the same as "Heart burn")
so one can be galled (sick to the stomach with anger), with a bitter taste (literly and figuritively) in ones mouth--
and sans gall bladder, the bitter taste is only literly.
Am i wrong? I vaguely know about gall bladder problems (everyone is surprized i don't have any!) since i fall into the 4 F catagory-- fat, fair, female and fourty (+)._________________________
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#30755 - 06/04/01 02:53 PM Re: "Anchorite" demonstrative quote
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The dictionary gives a second meaning referring to such things as saddle sores on horses. So something that galls you is creating a mechanical injury, nothing to do with bile or its contents. At least that is my carefully considered humble opinion. wwh
#30756 - 06/04/01 10:12 PM Re: "Anchorite" demonstrative quote
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Hi, Bryan, and welcome; I don't think I've said that yet.
I had to go look up the quote, and thought others might like an easy ref., so:
"The use of money is the purest act of faith; no anchorite who has followed a vision into the desert has acted on an idea as far-fetched as our belief that if we put a dollar in a machine we will be drinking a Diet Coke in a minute." Mary Gordon, We Are All Spendthrifts Now,
It is hard to tell exactly what she meant, even with this.
From the title, I might guess that perhaps she could have meant that anyone who spends money now is taking it on faith that there will be more money in the future.
Based on this quote, though, her logic is beyond me: we have MUCH evidence to support the belief that the machine will give us access to the drink we paid for.
#30757 - 06/06/01 09:40 AM Re: "Anchorite" demonstrative quote
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I think she's referring to the bigger picture - the use of money as a token of value represents an act of faith. On pound notes this act of faith is embodied in the statement "I promise to pay the bearer on demand the sum of ~", which underscores the fact that what is being accepted as legal tender is a representation of value, having no intrinsic worth. And what happens when this faith starts to crumble? Ask rural bankers in the goldrush era, ask starving women in the Weimar republic...
#30758 - 06/07/01 02:20 AM Re: "Anchorite" demonstrative quote
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Loc: Australia
I'd rather not know what gall is doing under a horse's saddle.
#30759 - 06/07/01 08:52 AM Re: "Anchorite" demonstrative quote
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Now tell me what bile has to do with the oak galls, the little hollow spheres about the size of ping-pong balls that form near tips of oak tree branches. "All gall is divided into three parts."
#30760 - 06/07/01 09:35 AM Confidence in money
Registered: 04/03/01
Posts: 69
Loc: IL
That is my whole point - the loss of *confidence* in the money. Faith had nothing to do with it. If faith were involved in money, it would never "lose value" and there would be no Weimar Republic type problems. People would continue as if nothing were wrong.
Certain religions have made predictions whose outcomes were definitively contradicted by reality. Yet these continue to flourish. If faith were involved with money, you would never have inflation or deflation. People would simply believe in the money no matter what other economic or political realities existed.
Confidence is what wanes and waxes with the evidence. Faith only changes when the emotional state of the individual changes.
You are only wretched and unworthy if you choose to be.
#30761 - 06/07/01 12:14 PM Re: Confidence in money
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Faith had nothing to do with it
Well, I think I understand your discrimination here, Bryan. But take this range of definitions as a quick sample:
faith (fâth)
Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing.
Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence. See synonyms at belief, trust.
Loyalty to a person or thing; allegiance: keeping faith with one's supporters.
often Faith. Christianity. The theological virtue defined as secure belief in God and a trusting acceptance of God's will.
The body of dogma of a religion: the Muslim faith.
A set of principles or beliefs.
in faith
Indeed; truly.
[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman fed, from Latin fidçs.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
The first one sits OK with my understanding of this kind of faith, and seems reasonable given the etymology shared with words like fidelity, don't you think?
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