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Rajkó Folk Ensemble and Orchestra
The world famous Rajkó Folk Ensemble and Orchestra's work is based on decades old musical and dance traditions. The ensemble was founded by gipsy musicians, their gift is the inherited traditions of century old gipsy artists.
The exceptional professional skills of the Rajkó are due to the special educational method that concentrates on preserving their natural attitude for improvisation an essential precondition of virtuosity.
The Rajkó Orchestra performs in many different formations. The fifty strong main orchestra and the six to eight splinter chamber groups are equally celebrated guest on the world's most prestigious stages. They are also adept at accompanying well known soloists and dance ensembles. The incredible range of their repertoire covers many genres from classical to folk music, and from operettas to gipsy music, of course.
The orchestra performs in many different formations. The main orchestra of fifty and the six to eight splinter chamber groups are equally celebrated by guest on the world's most prestigious stages. They are also adept at accompanying well known soloists and dance ensembles. The incredible range of their repertoire covers many genres from classical to folk music, and from operettes to gipsy music, of course.
An equally high reputation has also been gained by the Rajkó Folk Ensemble. This group of 60 fiery performers owes its current status to decades of hard work of their predecessors. They specialise in Hungarian folk dance but are equally able to perform operettes, ballet, and modern dance. The high professional attainment of the dancers is largely due to eight to ten years of intense training which begins at a really early age. They are true professionals dedicated to achieving the highest of standards.
Every concert starts at 20:00, consisting of two 40-45 minutes long parts with an intermission in between.
We are now offering pick-up and drop-off services for our evening programs!
Our chauffeur will take you directly to the concert hall so you don't have to go the meeting point, after the concert we'll take you back to your accommodation.
We kindly ask you, to check in at your receptionist one hour prior to your concert start, to help us find you!
(check in at 19:00 o'clock - at the reception for the pick-up)
Pick up - drop off service price: 14 EUR / person
In case of booking tickets with pick up please add your Hotel name and Cell number in the Comment field during checkout process.
We have 4 different price categories for the Folklore Show, these categories are depending on the location of the seats in the theater.
Assigned seating. You will be assigned the best seats available in the chosen category at the time of purchase.
VIP category:
The service includes: Private transfer, best seats in the theater, private host to attend to you before the concert and in the intermission, small guided tour of the venue in English language, a professional photo, hungarian souvenir, and a glass of champagne
Ticket prices
VIP cat.
I. cat.
Adult: 37 EUR
Student: 34 EUR
II. cat.
Adult: 33 EUR
Student: 31 EUR
III. cat.
Adult: 24 EUR
Student: 22 EUR
To top up your unforgettable theatre performance, upgrade it to a complete evening program with our Dinner & Cruise at 22:00. Let us invite you to a romantic candlelight dinner on one of our air-conditioned, heated ships. The Cruise starts at 22:00, but will always wait for the guests from the theatre to arrive, escorted by our hosts and hostesses.
Combine the Budapest Card with this program, and save money!
A special offer for those, who have multiple programs in mind while visiting Budapest!
The use of public transport in the city is entirely free for cardholders, plus it offers various discounts. The card is valid for 72 hours.
Order the package and we will deliver your card along with your concert ticket to the reception of your hotel!
The concert ticket is also discounted if you buy them together.
Open date Gift Voucher
Gift something unforgettable!
Surprise your loved ones with the splendid 'Open Date Gift Voucher' for one wonderful night, by purchasing a ticket for them to use whenever they prefer to!
We ask you kindly to contact us a few days before the chosen date so we can ensure their attendance.
This short video compilation represents how the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble, the Danube Folk Ensemble and the Rajkó Folk Ensemble & Orchestra perform on stage:
Open date Gift Voucher
Gift something unforgettable!
Surprise your loved ones with the splendid 'Open Date Gift Voucher' for one wonderful night, by purchasing a ticket for them to use whenever they prefer to!
We ask you kindly to contact us a few days before the chosen date so we can ensure their attendance.
Coordinates: 47° 30.0199' N, 019° 2.943' E
"Do not miss the Hungaria Folk Ensemble & Orchestra when in Budapest!!!"
Reviewed July 16, 2012
My wife and I attended a Hungaria Folk Ensemble & Orchestra during our trip to Budapest in late June 2012. Hungaria Folk Ensembe & Orchestra is one of the top three professional Hungarian Folk Ensembles with the longest tradition (Formed in 1952). Performances are held in an air-conditioned theater. The performance was very energetic and the music was outstanding. We got the tickets ourselves rather than going the tour route and saved ourselves some money and at the same time got outstanding tickets to the show. We would highly recommend this performance to anyone visiting Budapest.
Visited June 2012
When you are on the street, leaflets are handed over of all sorts. One of them was for a folklore evening. Maybe I looked not like their target audience, because I had to take one from the gate near the bridge. I had the hotel made the reservation, so I was ensured of a ticket. The timing for the dinner at the Indian restaurant was great, just a few minutes to freshen up and then of to the show, coincidentally just around the corner. The theater at the Zrinyi street is small, but all off-white and golden. Paintings are near the cealing and reliefs are giving it the athmosphere of a theatre of the early 1900's. In the middle of the ceiling is a chandeliere hanging from a tiffany half-sfere (I am so depressed that I left my camera at the room, ther IS enough light to make pictures)
The Hungaria folklore group is formed of a band of musicians and a group of dancers. The band plays music, and the dancers dance, but the band plays more pieces than the dancers will dance. The program will take more than one and a half hours. When the band starts playing (eight violins, a cello, a string bass, a hammered dulcimer and one clarinet, who sits a bit in the back) I feel a bit sorry for the clarinet. But after a couplet in the Hungarian dance (Brahms), he has a solo and everybody knows he is virtuoso! (Yeah). The dancing is a performance you might see on television. Superfast, great timing, handsome men, lovely girls, absolutely nothing compared to an evening-dance in the local community hall (though that can be nice too:) There are three folklore groups doing a show. Next time I am in Budapest I will try to visit the others, but to visit this group again would be no problem for me. Sometimes they are on tour. If I notice, I will visit them in our theatre.
Aug 06, 2010
If you're in Budapest you should really try to experience some culture. Every night there's a folklore show in town. For about $25 you get to see either Rajko Folk Ensemble or some of the other dancing groups perform a piece of Hungarian culture. I saw the show at the Duna Palota Theatre, on the way to St. Stephans Basilica.
I was hoping to see more dancing, but the show is a bit about folk music too. My opinion is that it was perhaps a bit too much violin involved. I only knew one of the pieces they played, and the rest of it sort of sounded all the same to me.
All in all it was a nice experience. A lot of funny footwork to see on the men dancing. At the end of the show you have the choice to either go home, or spend another couple of hours on a sightseeing boat on the Danube to see Budapest by night.
Sep 19, 2007
For the nights finale we headed to the Danube Palace for the Hungaria Folk Ensemble & Orchestra performance. The musicians were fantastic with what can only be described as manic fingers. I have never heard or seen any violinists play so quickly in my life. They were truly talented, relaxed looking, unbelievable long complicated songs with no sheet music in front of them. Anita and I were tired just watching!! The Hungarian dancers were very good too but much too much screaming and there voices for the singing were grating not smooth and pleasant. It took me right back to my Hungarian dancing days and I recall our singing equally grating and unpleasant. So maybe its supposed to sound that way?


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Officials: Triple murder suspect pleads guilty to tax scheme
Investigators: Lineten Belizaire loaded debit cards with fraudulent tax refunds
MIAMI – A murder suspect pled guilty on Monday for his role in a stolen identity tax refund scheme, the Department of Justice announced.
Lineten Belizaire pled guilty to conspiracy to defraud the government with respect to claims and one count of aggravated identity theft, officials said.
According to the plea documents, beginning in mid-2011 and 2012, Belizaire was involved in a scheme to use stolen personal identification information to file fraudulent and unauthorized tax returns. Investigators said he claimed the refunds on debit cards.
Belizaire exchanged victims' personal identification information via text message, authorities said.
During a traffic stop conducted on Jan. 31, 2012, law enforcement said they found notebooks and papers containing personal information on more than 1,000 victims and approximately 40 prepaid debit cards, including some of the identities exchanged by Belizaire.
More than 80 fraudulent tax returns using stolen identifications were electronically filed from the IP address belonging to the defendant, authorities said.
According to investigators, video from ATMs show Belizaire withdrawing money on multiple occasions from debit cards loaded with fraudulent tax refunds.
Belizaire is also suspected of killing a baby and two women.
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FRISCO, Texas — After starting the year in head coach Schellas Hyndman's doghouse, Brek Shea has come a long way over the last several months.
On Saturday night, the 20-year-old midfielder had Dallas' game-winning goal, scoring on a header in the 71st minute. That tally was his fifth of 2010. He also has four assists for his club, and FCD are 6-0-1 when Shea has either a goal or an assist this season.
WATCH: Shea nods home No. 5 of the season vs. Chivas
His continuing growth is something that Hyndman keeps a close eye on.
"You have to also understand he's been given a lot of opportunities, and he's played a lot," the FCD manager said. "We're seeing his maturity. We're seeing a player that's playing with more confidence and making a difference. It's hard to do any of that if you're sitting on the bench. He's getting our respect and our confidence and also his teammates' confidence."
Shea explained his evolution this season in simple terms.
"To be honest, each time coach puts me on the field or starts me, I get more and more comfortable playing out there," he said after practice on Monday. "I don't worry as much when I make a mistake. I used to be worry about it, but now I forget about it [because I know] I've got the next play."
Heading into this season, Hyndman wanted solid production from both of his flank midfielders. Shea has made more than his share of contributions from the left side while Atiba Harris, who mans the opposite flank, has contributed three goals and one assist.
FCD had a big hole to fill on the left side with the offseason departure of Dave van den Bergh, who led the team with 11 assists. And with Shea's early struggles, it looked like filling the void left by the departure of the former Dutch international might be a very tall order. But with the big Texan's recent form, it's clear he continues to grow as a starter under Hyndman.
Shea said he believes his biggest improvement so far this season has been with his composure on the ball.
"I know when to take a touch and take a second or when to play fast, run at a guy or when I need to pass it," Shea said.
Though Hyndman is mostly pleased with Shea's development, he admits there are times he has to remind himself that the midfielder is still only 20 years old and still makes some of the same mistakes other players his age also commit.
"There are still those moments where you wonder how it could happen?" he said. "As I keep saying to him, we're going to have our peaks and valleys throughout the year. We want more of the peaks.
"It seems like whenever he has a couple of bad first touches, the next touch is brilliant. I think part of that is just concentration, and I think he'll get more and more of that [as he gains more experience]."


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When examining government enforcement of the laws about slavery before the Civil War, historians tend to focus on federal law, especially the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. This focus is understandable because that is where the controversy lay in the 1850s, becoming the focus of media and political attention, generating high-profile historical documentation. Would and could federal law regarding fugitive slaves be enforced?
What tends to be forgotten is that most of the legal machinery that kept slavery functioning existed at the state level. It was state law that defined the legal parameters of slavery and provided for its enforcement. Federal legislation only came into the picture when a slave escaped beyond the bounds of the state where they were in bondage, especially into the free states where slavery was not legal.
It also should be remembered that although the weight of slave law fell on the slaves to keep them in bondage, it also affected anyone who might try to interfere with the property rights of the slaveholder. That was an important reason station masters on the Underground Railroad operating in the South kept their activities secret–they were breaking a law that was assiduously enforced.
One man who learned that reality for himself in 1861 was Joseph Bowers. Bowers, a peddler, on April 25, 1861 assisted a slave, Henry Stanton, in attempting to escape from his owner in Allegany County, Maryland. Bowers was prosecuted for this act.
According to the Maryland State Archives:
Bowers had his case removed to Washington County from Allegany County. The Washington County Circuit Court heard the case on Nov 22, 1861, and Bowers entered a not guilty plea. The witness that testified in Bowers' defense was Rev. John Alexander Adams, preacher at St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church in Washington County. Bowers was declared guilty, and sentenced to confinement in the Maryland State Penitentiary for eight years and six months starting Dec. 21, 1861. The Washington County Circuit Court charged Bowers with enticing, assisting & persuading Henry Stanton, a slave, to abscond from his owner. Bowers was recommended for clemency by several respectable citizens, due to the nature of his good character, and "by the terms of the Constitution lately adopted in this state, the offence of which he was convicted can no longer be committed." Bowers was pardoned on May 30, 1865 by Governor A.W. Bradford.
So as this case demonstrates, even as the Civil War was breaking out the state-level enforcement machinery for slave law continued to function. However, the war would push the machinery to the breaking point and ultimately destroy it. But in 1861 it was still operative and ensnaring persons like Joseph Bowers for acting in a manner 150 years later that would be described as heroic.
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We are creating an affiliate site to sell electronic cigarettes. This is a new company and brand. We are into clean and modern designs that portray trust and easy readability.
Our target audience is split between males and females between the ages of 18 - 35 years old. We are going after a target audience that smokes currently and would like a healthy alternative. Since the product requires some understanding of technology we find that target audience is in the younger group even though smokers vary in age.
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Speaker of the House John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speak to the media at the White House on Nov. 16, 2012.
Four months ago, the United States Congress had a gloomy approval rating of just 12 percent. And that was before most Americans had ever heard of a "fiscal cliff."
The last NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll to measure congressional approval (August), showed that a whopping 82 percent of Americans disapproved of the job Congress was doing, an all-time record for the history of the survey.
By some estimates, Congress' approval rating could now -- after an ugly fiscal cliff fight and the brewing storm over aid to Hurricane Sandy victims -- be nearly within the margin of, well, zilch.
Big policy losers in tax deal: deficit reduction and 'certainty'
So is Congress doomed to forever be the branch of government eating alone in the proverbial cafeteria of public opinion? And can it go any lower?
For the last four years, no more than one-in-three adults has given Congress a thumbs up, according to the poll. And it's been longer than a decade since more than half of Americans approved of their representative government on Capitol Hill.
After intense pressure, the House vote on some emergency aid for areas hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy will be held on Friday. NBC's Kelly O'Donnell reports.
Experts say that because the ratings have been so poor for so long, members are no longer fazed by the public's overall disapproval. They note that the lambasting of Congress as a whole has minimal effects on individual races, especially when candidates run against the status quo of the very body they're trying to join.
Some 90 percent of lawmakers who ran for re-election in 2012 will be coming right back to Capitol Hill for the 113th Congress.
"Nobody ever votes on Congress as a whole, they vote on individual members," says Jack Pitney, professor at Claremont McKenna College in California. "The message that most lawmakers give their constituents is 'I'm great, it's these other bozos who are the problem.'"
For the most part, that pitch works.
'Everybody has something to hate'
In the August NBC/WSJ poll, even though only about one-in-ten Americans approved of Congress, four times as many said that their own representatives deserved re-election.
Apart from keeping the same lawmakers they seem bent on throwing out, the public has also sent mixed signals on whether or not it wants a government divided between two parties.
For more than 20 of the last 30 years, the White House has been controlled by a different party than one or both houses of Congress.
Boehner likely to be reelected speaker, but there could be drama
With Congress frequently butting heads with the president -- particularly on budgetary matters that could have real and unpleasant consequences for American taxpayers -- it's not easy for lawmakers to compete for a "Miss Congeniality" trophy.
"These fights, combined with difficult economic times, leave the public to understandably think very poorly of the Congress," says Thomas Mann, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institute and the co-author of a recent book on political dysfunction.
"I don't think it's destined to always be that way, but when you have a war going on between the two major parties, not just during campaign season but throughout the governing season, then it's not surprising for Congress to get these kind of ratings," Mann said.
House Republicans are under the public microscope after apparently delaying action on a Hurricane Sandy relief package.
Making matters worse for Congress: the issues at stake often involve spending cuts and federal program changes likely to affect voters directly -- many of them negatively.
"We have an enormous deficit and the only steps that we can take to reduce the deficit are painful and unpopular," says Pitney. "Plus, you have split party control, so everybody has something to hate."
Public wants unity
In a model divided government, the Congress would serve -- at least in principle -- to cancel the most partisan priorities from the executive branch in favor of centrist ideals.
But with that rosy idea of balance often replaced by inaction and gridlock, polling suggests that the country may be shifting toward a preference for unity.
A recent Gallup survey showed that the number of Americans who said they want to see divided government is at record lows, with just 23 percent favoring a president and a Congress from different parties.
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That's a finding that Brock McCleary, the former deputy executive director of the National Republican Congressional Committee and founder of the survey firm Harper Polling, has seen replicated in polls throughout various House districts.
"Our assumption was voters would want one branch of government as a nice check and balance on the other one and think that as long as everyone's tapping the brakes on one another it's probably better for the country," he said. "But we would go and look at polling and find that wasn't actually the case. Very few people were telling pollsters that's what they wanted."
But, McCleary added, that sentiment didn't translate into change in the two most recent elections in 2010 and 2012, which resulted in a Republican House despite a fairly decisive re-election for a Democratic president.
Rep. John Yarmuth, D-Ky., joins Chris Cillizza to talk about Tuesday night's fiscal cliff negotiations and how the House closed session on a sour note.
"There's a disconnect there," he said.
With divided government in place for at least the next two years, and with the vast majority up for re-election likely to return each year -- Congress's best hope may ultimately depend on the economy that each party aims to improve. But in the immediate future, those prospects look bleak.
"People generally need to feel as though the country is back on the right track," said McCleary. "Until that turns around it, sliding approval numbers are a fact of life for American politicians."


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Brenner Children's pediatric emergency department has moved back to its original location. Learn more
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Implantable contraception is a small, flexible plastic tube containing hormones that doctors insert just under the skin of the upper arm. The hormones delivered in this way can help protect against pregnancy for up to 3 years.
One form of implantable contraception is currently available in the United States. It is a matchstick-sized flexible tube that can be left in place and protects against pregnancy for up to 3 years.
The implanted tube slowly releases low levels of the hormone progestin to prevent pregnancy. It primarily works by preventing ovulation (the release of an egg during the monthly cycle). If a girl doesn't ovulate, she cannot become pregnant because there is no egg to be fertilized. The progestin released by the device also thickens the mucus around the cervix. This helps prevent sperm from entering the uterus. The progestin also thins the lining of the uterus so if the egg is fertilized it may be less likely to attach to the wall of the uterus.
Implantable contraception is a very effective method of birth control. Over the course of 1 year, fewer than 1 out of 100 typical couples using implantable contraception will have an accidental pregnancy. The chance of getting pregnant will increase if a girl waits longer than 3 years to replace the tube. Because if this, it's important to keep a record of when tubes were inserted and switch to another method of contraception or get a new contraceptive implant.
In general, how well each type of birth control method works depends on a lot of things. These include whether a person has any health conditions or is taking medications or herbal supplements that might interfere with its use. For example, certain antibiotics or an herb like St. John's wort can interfere with the effectiveness of implantable contraception.
How well a particular method of birth control works also depends on whether the method chosen is convenient — and whether the person remembers to use it correctly all the time. This means the implant must be in a good position and working properly, and that a girl needs to remember to have it replaced on time. The only way to be 100% sure that you won't become pregnant or get an STD is to not have sex at all (called abstinence).
Implantable contraception does not protect against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Couples having sex must always use condoms along with implantable contraception to protect against STDs.
Many young women who get contraceptive implants will notice a change in their periods. Other side effects that some girls have include:
Some of these side effects may improve with time.
Smoking cigarettes while using implantable contraception can increase a girl's risk of certain side effects. This is why health professionals advise young women who use this type of birth control not to smoke.
Young women who have a hard time remembering to take birth control pills and who want long-term protection against pregnancy may be interested in implantable contraception.
Not all women can — or should — use implantable contraception. In some cases, health conditions make it less effective or more risky to use. For example, implantable contraception is not recommended for women who have had blood clots, liver disease, unexplained vaginal bleeding, or certain types of cancer. Talk to your doctor if you have diabetes, migraine headaches, depression, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, gallbladder problems, seizures, kidney disease, or other medical problems. Also let the doctor know if you have any allergies.
Anyone who thinks she might be pregnant should not have contraceptive implants inserted.
Implantable contraception is only available through a doctor or other medical professional who has been trained in how to insert it. Some local health clinics may also be able to insert implantable contraception. A doctor may require two office visits: one to examine you and talk about implantable contraception and one to insert the tube itself. How soon the doctor is able to insert the implant depends on when a girl had her last period and what type of birth control she is currently using.
After numbing the inside of the upper arm, the doctor will use a small needle to insert the tube just under the surface. The whole process only takes a few minutes. After the tube is put in, a girl shouldn't do any heavy lifting for a few days.
A medical practitioner must remove the tube after 3 years — it cannot be left in a girl's arm, even after it is no longer working. To remove the tube, the medical practitioner numbs the area, makes a small cut in the arm and pulls out the tube. The tube can be removed any time after insertion — there's no need to wait the full 3 years, but you must go to the doctor to have it removed. To avoid an unplanned pregnancy, it's important to keep a record of when the implant was inserted and to either switch to another method of birth control or get a new implant inserted after 3 years.
The cost of implantable contraception varies widely based on location and insurance coverage. It can range from several hundred dollars to over $1,000. There is also a charge for a doctor to remove the tube.
Reviewed by: Mary L. Gavin, MD
Date reviewed: August 2013
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CrashBand - genuinely nice/smart/funny. I would always read and enjoy his posts. My "best friend" here for a while I guess.
Edge - back in '09 when I joined you were cool to me.
AbramIsaac - great poster. Just a fantastic all round contributer to the forum.
Bigray - you've always been cool to me. Really funny guy, keep blazing.
SajN - for keeping the forum going this long.
Menzo - we've had our ups and downs but you're cool.
EG. - cool poster, one if my favourites by the end.
Blu - RIP without Blu I'd never have become an active member.
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The Demography of Sexual Behavior
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Rihanna Tweets Then Deletes '#FreePalestine'by Mandi Salerno | PopCrush
Is Rihanna making a name for herself as the next politically active celebrity?
Earlier today (July 15), Rihanna tweeted "#FreePalestine," publicly choosing a side in the contentious Middle Eastern conflict between Palestine and Israel. Just eight minutes later, the tweet was deleted.
But as most big celebrities know, deleting a tweet only brings more attention to it. Screenshots of the tweet started circulating within moments, making her hashtag a permanent fixture in her social media history. Sorry, RiRi, but there's no escaping the Internet! Or your 36 million Twitter followers.
Rihanna Tweets #FreePalestine … Quickly Takes it Back http://t.co/yohKJr3HR2
— TMZ (@TMZ) July 15, 2014
Just three days ago, NBA player Dwight Howard pulled a nearly identical stunt. The basketball star tweeted "#FreePalestine" before deleting it almost immediately afterward. Unlike Rihanna, who has kept silent on her mysteriously disappearing tweet, Dwight revoked and apologized for his statement.
previous tweet was a mistake. I have never commented on international politics and never will.
— Dwight Howard (@DwightHoward) July 12, 2014
I apologize if I offended anyone with my previous tweet, it was a mistake!
— Dwight Howard (@DwightHoward) July 12, 2014
It isn't clear what, or who, is the cause of Rihanna deleting her tweet, but whatever the reason, it seems like it's going to be quietly brushed under the rug.


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by Paula M. Riley
It is said that it takes a village to raise a child. Chestnut Hill area nonprofits are realizing that this applies to fundraising and event promotion as well.
"In this economic climate, we need to rely on one another more," said Laurene Topping, board member of Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels (CHMOW). She is working with Nicole Martz, chair of CHMOW's major fundraiser, the Meals on Wheels Tailgate Party, to do just that.
This casual (jeans welcome) event on Thursday, April 26, at Flourtown Country Club will be an enjoyable evening of games, food, music and drink. Adults will be encouraged to try games such as the Wine Toss (think "ring the bottle"), the Bag-O tournament and a Hole in One competition. A silent auction will feature sporting event tickets, vacation getaways, restaurant gift certificates, jewelry and vouchers to Philadelphia museums and attractions. Food, drink, a live acoustic guitar player and DJ will create an exciting and festive atmosphere.
Planning the party certainly required a lot of work, but the real work comes after – promoting the event and encouraging guests to register in advance. Topping and her team looked to the relationships CHMOW has established with area nonprofits to get the word out.
The Chestnut Hill Center for Enrichment (CHCE) has spread the word of the Tailgate Party to its members through signage at the center, newsletter announcements and personal invitations. Marilyn Paucker, board member of CHCE, sits on the Tailgate Party planning committee.
Last fall, when CHCE was hosting its primary fundraiser, CHCE Design Show House, a group of CHMOW board members volunteered at the house as hostesses. Paucker appreciated this support but is most proud of the CHMOW/CHCE collaboration on the Fourth Tuesday of the Month Lunches.
"These have been a huge success for us," Paucker said.
CHMOW and Keystone House provide the lunches, guests pay $6, and CHCE Board members set up, serve and clean up.
The lunch gatherings help CHCE fulfill its mission of bringing adults together, Keystone House (which cooks all CHMOW meals) makes a nominal profit and CHMOW can share its message with the 50 or more participants each month. Paucker cited other local organizations with which she has such mutually beneficial relationships. She explained that the Design House fostered many of these.
"In planning the Design House, I spoke to Bill Valerio (executive director, Woodmere Art Museum) about other upcoming events," she said. "Without a skipping a beat, he said, 'Come on up, let's talk – you can have your event here.'"
Meeting space seems to be a common barter between nonprofit organizations. Joanna Naylor of Mt. Airy Learning Tree (MALT) gives a full-page advertisement in the MALT catalog to the Lutheran Theological Society, which offers room rental at no charge for MALT classes.
"Everything we do at MALT is about pure collaboration with other nonprofits," Naylor said. "This is at our core – to raise all the boats, not just the Learning Tree, but the teachers, the class locations and the organizations we partner with."
In planning the MALT fundraiser, the Hidden Gardens Tour on May 19, Naylor's team reached out to CHCE, Center on the Hill, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Christ Lutheran Church and Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting to encourage them to invite members and include the event in newsletters and other communications. Proceeds from this event benefit the Make This Our Home Fund to build handicapped accessible access to the MALT headquarters in Mt. Airy.
Each fundraiser sponsored by an area nonprofit has such notable recipients. CHMOW's leaders passionately believe their mission to feed and provide companionship to their clients illustrates the village concept perfectly.
"The people we are serving are the ones that were serving us years ago," Topping explained. "We are responsible for taking care of each other,"
The same could be said for supporting each other's nonprofits.
Having so many worthy causes could create a competitive landscape among area nonprofits but leaders at these organizations have found the key.
"What makes this area so great," according to Nancy Ryan, CHMOW board member, "is that the nonprofits around here get it – they realize that we will all be stronger if we work together."
Paucker agrees.
"We are all in the same boat, looking for members, donors, attendees," she said. "We have to get creative in our approaches, and collaboration is one of these creative and successful solutions."
For more info on the CHMOW Tailgate Party visit www.chestnuthillmow.com. To RSVP for the Hidden Gardens Tour visit www.mtairylearningtree.org and to learn about CHCE, go to hwww.chenrichment.org


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Tremendous defensive efforts by both teams
Peyton Manning's skills are definitely declining. I'm glad he got another Superbowl win. He'd be smart to retire.
Cam Newton, despite being a great athlete, turned out to be a petulant baby.
Von Miller deserved that MVP award.
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Alabama banned it. The Republican National Committee (RNC) officially opposes it. Even a group of Democrats has now joined the fight. And the movement to stop it is growing stronger every single day. Twenty years after the United Nations birthed the global "sustainable development" scheme known as Agenda 21, its tentacles have stretched across America into every level of government. But the battle to stop it is in full swing.
While the planetary plot was never ratified by the U.S. Senate, the executive branch has played a crucial role in its success thus far, using grants and mandates to foist it on the American people. Bush, Clinton, and Obama all worked on implementing it. But now, activists from across the political spectrum — Tea Party groups, Occupy Wall Street types, Republicans, liberals, and moderates — are turning up the heat. Scientists are defecting in record numbers, too.
Of course, opposition has existed all along, though it was largely ignored by the establishment press and the political class. In the United States in recent years, however, outrage over the controversial global plan has become overwhelming — impossible to conceal any longer. So in response to the growing nationwide outcry, cities, counties, political parties, and states have all started to take action to defend citizens and their rights. It is paying off; more victories are being announced almost weekly.
"Think globally, act locally"
"Think globally, act locally" has been the marching slogan of the environmental Left for many years, as its partisans have worked to fasten, incrementally, more and more of Agenda 21's global mandates on local communities. In the past few years, opponents of Agenda 21 have gone to the same playbook.
Local governments, for example, are withdrawing en masse from the UN's chief mechanism for foisting the plan on communities: ICLEI-Local Governments for Local Environmental Initiatives — formerly known as the International Council of Local Environmental Initiatives. Dozens of cities and counties have already withdrawn from ICLEI in recent years. In fact, membership in the international organization has declined from over 600 local governments in America in 2009 to well under 550 today. And a new wave of withdrawals is expected in 2012 as public outrage over the schemes and the dangers they represent to freedom continues to build.
"This organization is a threat to our individual rights and our local government's sovereignty in decision-making," noted College Station, Texas, City Councilman Jess Fields when announcing that the local government was withdrawing from ICLEI, citing UN documents to highlight the danger. "It is an insidious, extreme institution that does not represent our citizens, and for our taxpayers to continue to fund it would be ridiculous."
"We do not need international organizations leading the way for us in how we develop our planning and development tools and regulations," Fields added. "It is better for policies to reflect the actual needs of our community than some amorphous concept of greenness or sustainability, promoted by an overarching international body."
Shortly after College Station's withdrawal, Irving, Texas, also dropped its membership. "Agenda 21 is becoming a hot issue in Texas because of its connection to the United Nations," noted activist Frank Koch, founder of the grass-roots group Stop Agenda 21 in Texas working to expose and fight the UN scheme in the Lone Star State. "I applaud Irving, Texas, for having the wisdom to join the growing number of cities rejecting this insidious program."
Ocean County, New Jersey, rejected the scheme recently as well. "According to Agenda 21 policy, social justice is described as the right and opportunity of all people to benefit equally from the resources afforded us by society and the environment which would be accomplished by socialist/communist redistribution of wealth," county lawmakers said in a resolution slamming ICLEI and the UN.
Statement by States
State officials all across the country, meanwhile, are fighting back as well. Alabama recently became the first state to formally ban Agenda 21 within its territory, when Governor Robert Bentley (pictured above) signed into law strongly worded legislation prohibiting any involvement in the scheme by state agencies or local governments. The legislation was passed unanimously in both the Alabama House and Senate.
"The State of Alabama and all political subdivisions may not adopt or implement policy recommendations that deliberately or inadvertently infringe or restrict private property rights without due process, as may be required by policy recommendations originating in, or traceable to 'Agenda 21,'" the law states.
The people of Alabama, acting through their elected representatives — not UN bureaucrats — have the authority to develop the state's environmental and development policies, the official synopsis of the law explains. Therefore, infringements on the property rights of citizens linked to "any other international law or ancillary plan of action that contravenes the Constitution of the United States or the Constitution of the State of Alabama" are also prohibited under the new measure.
As the law points out, the UN has enlisted a broad array of non-governmental and inter-governmental organizations in its effort to foist Agenda 21 on the world, most notably the Germany-based ICLEI. But the new measure takes direct aim at that problem, too: "The State of Alabama and all political subdivisions may not enter into any agreement, expend any sum of money, or receive funds contracting services, or giving financial aid to or from" any such entities, as defined in Agenda 21 documents.
Responding to an article about the new law, popular U.K. Telegraph columnist James Delingpole said Alabama had just "helped save the world" with its victory against Agenda 21. Citing Delingpole's piece, Investor's Business Daily said in an editorial: "Alabama has just told the U.N. and the EPA what they need to be told — don't tread on us." The alternative media, of course, praised the landmark achievement as well.
Before Alabama adopted its tough law, lawmakers in Arizona almost succeeded in adopting a similar measure. The popular bill would have prohibited all state agencies and political subdivisions from implementing or supporting any portion of the UN's so-called "sustainable development" scheme. After being approved by the state Senate, it cleared several initial hurdles in Arizona's House of Representatives. The legislative session, however, ended before the measure obtained final approval.
Tennessee recently adopted a strongly worded resolution slamming the UN scheme as "insidious" and "socialist." "This United Nations Agenda 21 plan of radical so-called 'sustainable development' views the American way of life of private property ownership, single-family homes, private car ownership and individual travel choices, and privately owned farms all as destructive to the environment," the resolution explains. "We hereby endorse rejection of its radical policies and rejection of any grant monies attached to it."
Kansas, New Hampshire, Arkansas, Louisiana, and numerous other state legislatures are also working on similar anti-Agenda 21 measures.
Going Forward
The RNC adopted a strongly worded resolution slamming Agenda 21. "The United Nations Agenda 21 is a comprehensive plan of extreme environmentalism, social engineering, and global political control," it states, noting that the scheme would — by its own admission in official documents — use "socialist" and "communist" redistribution of wealth to advance the UN's vision of so-called "social justice."
"The Republican National Committee recognizes the destructive and insidious nature of United Nations Agenda 21 and hereby exposes to the public and public policy makers the dangerous intent of the plan," it added.
Numerous state parties followed suit. The Texas GOP, for example, passed a resolution denouncing Agenda 21 as a serious threat to the U.S. Constitution, the individual rights of Americans, and the institution of private property.
On June 2, North Carolina's GOP also adopted a resolution.
A broad array of activists and organizations ranging from Democrats Against UN Agenda 21 to The John Birch Society, Americans for Prosperity, Tom DeWeese's American Policy Center, and numerous other conservative and libertarian groups has put the UN scheme on the map. And candidates for office all across the land, from city and county government to state legislatures, to governor (North Carolina) to the U.S. Senate (Texas), have made opposition to Agenda 21 a focal point of their campaigns.
Former Charlotte, North Carolina, Mayor Pat McCrory, who is now the Republican candidate for governor of the Tar Heel State, says he is "proud to support" the NCGOP's resolution against Agenda 21.
"Under the guise of world sustainability the plan establishes a regime of rules that attempt[s] to bypass Congress and the American people, handing … power over vast areas of the US economy to unelected UN bureaucrats," said insurgent Tea Party Republican Ted Cruz, a leading contender in Texas' U.S. Senate race. "Agenda 21 is wrong, and it must be stopped."
When asked by The New American at Rio+20 about the growing U.S. opposition and Alabama's latest prohibition in particular, ICLEI President David Cadman seemed perplexed. "I haven't seen that about Alabama, and I'm quite surprised about that," he said, adding that he did not think states could pass such laws.
On the growing backlash against "sustainability" more generally, Cadman also sounded somewhat confused. "I've got to confess I don't really understand the Tea Party.... We find that [opposition] nowhere else but in America," he said. "I think, quite frankly, a lot of that is because America is not well served by its media…. There are times when I'll turn on Fox News, and I'll say, 'This wouldn't be allowed in Canada,'" Cadman added, pointing to Canadian laws that force media outlets to give "both sides of the story."
In reality, the establishment press and an assortment of attack dogs including UN-funded propaganda organs and the discredited Southern Poverty Law Center are fighting back hard against the opposition. But each time Agenda 21 critics are attacked, a tsunami of activists exposing the UN scheme flood the article's comment section with links to the global body's documents. And, perhaps more importantly, awareness of the global plan spreads even further — with the growing resistance that entails.
— Photo of Alabama Governor Robert Bentley: AP Images
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William R. SCHWYHART was born 1 Nov 1890, in Missouri, and died 24 Nov 1964 in Taney Co, Missouri. William and his wife, Annie (ALLEY) SCHWYHART, and their family appear in the 1930 U.S. Census in Cedar Creek Twp, Taney Co, MO, where he is listed as a farmer. He is 39, she, listed as Annie, is 28, listed with four children and a mother-in-law, Rhoda Alley, 63, Widow. The children were Percy R., 10, Isaac W., 8, James O., 4, Lizzie R., 4/12. William was the sone of James and Elizabeth OVERSTREET SCHWYHART. William and Annie were married in 1918 and had 9 children. He served as Pvt 3 Co 164 Depot Brigade WWI.
Annie ALLEY SCHWYHART was born 29 Jun 1900 and 11 Sep 1994 in Holliser, Taney Co, Missouri, per SSDI information.
John SCHWYHART was the fifth child of William and Annie SCHWYHART, born 18 Dec 1931 and died 2 Dec 1985, and left a wife and four children.
Rhoda J. (maiden name unknown) ALLEY was born 2 Dec 1865 and died 9 Apr 1951.
The McCarty Cemetery is located on Hwy M, south of Cedar Creek, approx. 6 miles. Some information from: http://www.wrvhs.org/taney/mccarty.html You can see the location on the map, scan of 2010-2012 MO Highway Map.
Here I am at the cemetery in 1999.
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I'M back from a great week away fishing on the North Tyne last week where I had three salmon and lost a fourth after having it on for a couple of minutes.
It felt very big and has been getting bigger the more I tell the story. Because of the peaty water up there I will never know how big it was. Isn't it odd how we remember more clearly the fish we lose than those we catch?
I came back to hundreds of e-mails and a string of meetings including an event at Number 10 Downing Street where I met the Prime Minister and the new Secretary of State for the Environment and was able to raise the issue of cormorant predation on behalf of anglers.
Our cormorant campaign is going really well, and we're getting many copies of letters from MPs back to anglers who have sent their postcards to the House of Commons demanding an end to the expensive and time-consuming red tape surrounding the control of cormorants and goosanders. If you haven't sent a postcard yet, please pick one up from your local tackle shop or fishery, or send a letter to your MP – full instructions are on our web site at www.anglingtrust.net/cormorants
The team have all been as busy as ever. They all work long beyond their contracted hours for the benefit of all anglers. If only all anglers were members of the Angling Trust, we'd be able to do far more.
The Bexhill Sea Angling festival kicked off last weekend with the boat and kayak competitions. Anglers have been hitting the beaches since Monday for the five day-long specimen competition with the AT's David Mitchell snatching a few hours fishing to try and take the top prize before he mans the Angling Trust stand on the seafront this weekend. Thousands of people are expected to come to Bexhill on Saturday and Sunday to compete in the competitions, get a free coaching session from a top coach and enjoy the many events taking place outside the town's famous De La Warr Pavilion.
Massive news this week was that Sean Ashby of Drennan Team England took the Individual World Championship title at the 59th Nations World Championship on the River Morava in the Czech Republic with a fantastic performance of bleak fishing to record a perfect two point score. This was always going to be a difficult event for Drennan Team England, as early reports intimated that bleak would dominate, but they finished in a very creditable 6th place, just 14 points off a medal, with Poland coming out as eventual winners. Many congratulations to Sean for this fantastic achievement.
Our Membership Manager Will Smith attended the official opening of Ludlow's new fishing shop JMC Tackle last weekend with Angling Trust Ambassador Des Taylor. Shop manager Ben Trow took the opportunity to pledge their support for our work by signing up JMC Tackle as an Angling Trust Trade Member. Ben is a fanatical river and carp angler so knows how important it is for businesses like his to back our work fighting for fish and fishing. Read more HERE.
Fish Legal, the Angling Trust's legal arm, is next week fighting the biggest case in the 60 year history of the organisation to try to stop a hydropower turbine being built on a weir on the River Trent. Most of the legal team spent the whole weekend in the office, working until 1 in the morning, to get all the papers for the case printed out. To give you some idea of the quantity of paper, this involved nearly 20 lever arch files of documents. There is no way an angling club could fight this case on its own, or by paying a solicitor to fight the case for them. It is only because all our members contribute their subscriptions and donations that we are able to take on a company which has hired top lawyers and barristers. There will be another update in next week's blog, but we don't expect a decision for a few months.
Our campaigns coordinator Martin Salter has been busy drumming up support for the Thames Tideway Tunnel at the Thames Festival where he was joined by Debbie Leach of the environmental charity Thames 21 and well known river carp catcher Richard Crimp of Thames Anglers Conservancy. The Thames Tunnel has long been supported by the Angling Trust as the only way to end the scandal that sees 39 million tonnes of untreated sewage discharged into the tidal river every year from London's outdated combined storm overflows. The Angling Trust is a founder member of the Thames Tunnel Now Coalition of 30 groups and organisations that are campaigning for a cleaner Thames.
Staying with London, I see that next Wednesday evening at Fishmongers Hall Martin is the keynote speaker at the joint EA, Angling Trust and Thames 21 event entitled 'Getting London Fishing'.
There is a lot of good stuff that is already happening in the capital with angling access to great sites run by Lea Valley Park, London Wildlife Trust, Thames Water, the Royal Parks and free fishing on the Thames and Lea.
There are also some great participation and coaching projects run by T21, Les Webber, Get Hooked on Fishing, and others but we want to see more. The Trust's National Angling Development manager Clive Copeland will be there too to talk about setting up an Angling Action Group for London. If you live locally and want to come along contact Grant Fear at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Finally, I have to say that hearing about Martin's catches at home and abroad is becoming deeply tedious. It was bad enough watching him catch a salmon on his first ever attempt but I now see that he is no longer a bass virgin and 'popped his cherry' in some style last week with eleven fish on his first outing. Go to the Angling Trust Facebook page HERE if you want to see his insufferably smug face (along with some good looking fish).
Until next time…
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Great summer of angling – and lots to look forward, by Angling Trust's Martin Salter
Angling Trust make decision-makers aware of angling issues that YOU care about
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(CNN) — Isaac lost its hurricane status Wednesday afternoon, but its relentless waves of rain brought dangerous storm surge and flooding to much of coastal Louisiana.
The slow-moving system, downgraded to a tropical storm, threatened to keep churning for another day.
Dozens of families that had ignored mandatory evacuation orders in a low-lying area retreated to their attics and roofs and sought rescue amid the howling wind and pounding rain.
The punishing conditions will persist "all day today, into tonight, into tomorrow," said Richard Knabb, director of the National Hurricane Center.
As of 2 p.m. CT, Isaac's maximum sustained winds were at 70 miles per hour — below the hurricane threshold of 74 mph.
The storm's center was about 55 miles south-southeast of Baton Rouge and about 50 miles west-southwest of New Orleans, the hurricane center said.
Isaac was creeping across the region at only 6 miles per hour, giving it a long time to inflict damage.
Gov. Bobby Jindal said there was a report of a fatality in a fire early Wednesday, but officials had not confirmed the report.
Officials were quick to emphasize that the huge federal investments in recent years to avoid a repeat of Hurricane Katrina's horror had worked.
"The system that the country invested in is absolutely paying off," said Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu.
Despite the "terrible, determined, and nasty storm," there has been "no massive and catastrophic flooding," Landrieu said, crediting "the extraordinary investments."
"There is no evidence of any (water) overtopping (canals)" in the city, said the senator's brother, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu. "We have full confidence the levees will hold."
But in nearby Plaquemines Parish, a levee overtopped, creating a kind of flooding the parish did not see even during Hurricane Katrina, which hit seven years ago Wednesday.
More than 150 calls came in to 911 from people wanting to be rescued, said Terry Rutherford, commander of authorities in Plaquemines Parish.
By mid-morning, 75 people had been rescued from flooded homes and rooftops in Braithwaite in Plaquemines Parish, CNN affiliate WWL reported. At least 25 others were awaiting rescue on the parish's east bank, the report said, citing parish President Billy Nungesser.
Emergency management officials reported the overtopping of an 18-mile stretch of the back levee from Braithwaite to White Ditch, according to the the National Weather Service office in New Orleans.
The levee is maintained by the parish and is not part of the federal hurricane protection levee system, according to office.
Katrina breached the levee in two places, the Army Corps of Engineers said.
"It's very unfortunate that people did not heed the warnings," Mary Landrieu told CNN, adding, "our hearts go out" to them.
"Now the Coast Guard's got to go out with winds still gusting 60 to 70 miles per hour in some areas" to save them, she said.
The New Orleans levee system and pump stations were working furiously to deal with the deluge.
The system was rebuilt and reinforced at a cost of $14 billion after it failed when Katrina struck in 2005. Nearly 1,800 people died as a result of that storm, the majority when levees failed and flooded.
Landrieu said she was among some officials who had pushed for Plaquemines Parish to be included in the federally funded projects, but the corps follows a formula "based on economic impact" that leaves out some rural or sparsely populated areas.
However, Jindal said federal dollars were appropriated for that levee since Katrina, but so far not been used for construction, although there had been some kind of construction done on the levee.
Officials were considering intentionally breaching the levee downstream to allow some of the floodwater to flow back out of the inundated area, Jindal said.
Isaac could bring 14 inches of rain across the region, and as much as 20 inches in some areas, including parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, the hurricane center had predicted.
The center of the storm "will move farther inland over Louisiana today and tomorrow, and move over southern Arkansas by early Friday," the hurricane center said.
More than 750,000 customers were without power in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Texas, according to regional power companies.
Some of the most dire conditions were in Plaquemines Parish.
Three adults and an infant in Mississippi were rescued overnight from a houseboat, the state's emergency operations center said.
Isaac "delivered more of a punch than originally thought," said Nungesser, parish president.
"We have reports of people on their roofs, in attics, in 12 to 14 feet of water," he said Wednesday morning.
Some residents saved three people, including a woman who was on her roof, Nungesser said.
Those homes were on the east bank of a levee, but "this storm is going to kick around and deliver the same type of flow to the west bank," he said.
Parish resident Gene Oddo told WWL that he was in his attic with his wife and 18-month-old baby girl.
"The water came up so quick, it looks like we lost everything," he said. He and his wife have drinking water, baby food and other necessities, he said.
"I would rather be here to save what I can, because insurance doesn't cover all that much," Oddo said.
Oddo said the water was above his front door, and he did not expect it to reach the attic. But if it does, "I'm gonna have to shoot a hole in the attic to get up here on the roof."
His neighbors, including a 92-year-old man who refused to leave his home, were in a similar predicament, he said.
"People who went through Katrina are pretty nervous about storms, and large numbers of people have left," Lynn Magnuson, 58, said Tuesday in a CNN iReport.
Magnuson said the Lower 9th Ward, which was hard hit by Katrina, "is pretty empty right now."
About 1,000 National Guard troops and more than 2,900 law enforcement officers are in the city ready to address issues related to the storm, Mayor Landrieu said.
Isaac made its second landfall at about 2 a.m. CT near Port Fourchon, in southeast Louisiana 60 miles southeast of New Orleans, after slamming first into Plaquemines Parish along the coast and then wobbling back over the water near the mouth of the Mississippi River, the National Hurricane Center said in an early morning update.
The storm caused significant surges and flooding, including in some places not directly in Isaac's path. Storm surges of 9.9 feet were reported in Shell Beach, Louisiana, and 6.2 feet in Waveland, Mississippi, according to the hurricane center.
Forecasters predicted water levels would rise between 6 and 12 feet on the coast in Mississippi and southeastern Louisiana alone.
In Biloxi, Mississippi, 50-year-old Alfonso Walker was keeping a close eye on the progress of the 195-mile-wide hurricane.
He watched as a storm surge sent waves crashing over the pier at the IP Biloxi Hotel & Casino.
"I went through Hurricane Camille in 1969 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005, where I lost everything, and every other hurricane in between those two that came through," he said in a CNN iReport.
"So I'm a little concerned."
Isaac, which was a tropical storm last week in the Atlantic Ocean, killed nearly two dozen people in Haiti and the Dominican Republic before starting its journey across the Gulf of Mexico.
On Tuesday, Isaac grew to a Category 1 hurricane. It is significantly weaker than Category 3 Katrina, though forecasters warn it is capable of causing significant flooding.
Isaac earlier prompted some airports to close in New Orleans; Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi; and Mobile, Alabama.
Mobile Regional Airport said Wednesday it was reopening runways and resuming some flights, and Pensacola International Airport announced it reopened in the morning, with the first flight landing at 10:01 a.m.
Major ports along the Gulf Coast and the Mississippi River from Baton Rouge to its mouth were closed, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. Amtrak suspended train service to and from New Orleans on Wednesday, and area businesses have come to a standstill.
CNN's Brian Todd, Soledad O'Brien, Ed Lavandera, John Zarrella, Joe Sterling, Anika Chin, Greg Botelho, Mike Ahlers, Aaron Cooper and Ed Payne contributed to this report.


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We've been waiting for someone to come up with a definitive ESPN drinking game, and even though this might not be the definitive one, it's pretty close. Here's a fun "Pardon The Interruption" sampling:
Whenever Mike Wilbon or Tony Kornheiser utters the statement "Your Boy," take a swig of beer.
When a dirty old man homily or anecdote is uttered by TK, take a swig. When Wilbon says a dirty old man homily or anecdote, take a shot.
If there is a guest host subbing in, take a shot.
Every time either man says "Sawx" in that weird ass way swig.
There's a bunch more, even an "Around the Horn" drinking game. Our favorite observation, however, is that Bill Simmons looks vaguely like Mark Linn-Baker from "Perfect Strangers." Other than the hair, he kind of does.
ESPN Drinking Games [Deadly Hippos]


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(visited by Dan Johnson)
05-Apr-2003 -- 05-April-2003 39N 119W is located on a hill side in the desert East of Yerington Nevada. Access is via well maintained roads that lead within a quarter of a mile of the actual confluence. We started out to just scout the area but we got within a few miles and the road was in good shape so we decided to forge on. Arriving at the confluence about mid-day the weather was cool and clear. After parking we headed cross country until the GPS showed all zeros. The soil around the confluence is loose and clay like in texture. I would not recommend a visit in wet weather.


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The Clout of a Compliment
"Hand us that attaché case or we'll kill you!"
This was the frightening threat heard by the London businessman who had just emerged from an important deal that brought him 100,000 pounds sterling in cash. He realized that the three thugs standing before him had trailed him and were out to get his money.
A flash of inspiration moved him to thus address the young leader of the gang:
"You look to me like a decent person and an intelligent one. Why do you want my money?"
Totally taken aback by this question the gangster stammered that he needed the money for alcohol and drugs.
"How much do you need for that?" he was asked.
"Five pounds," was the reply.
So the businessman took out a ten-pound note and handed it to him and his would-be assailants left.
The next morning the much-relieved businessman was coming out of his synagogue and was met by the gang leader who handed him a five-pound note as change for the ten he had received.
"I am 27 years old," he explained, "and no one has ever complimented me as being decent or intelligent. I was so moved by what you said that I even refused to keep the extra money you gave me."


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Former Beloit Daily News Publisher William Behling Dies at 84
William D. Behling, retired editor and publisher of the Beloit (Wis.) Daily News, died on Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2013, at his home in Roscoe, Ill. He was 84.
Behling began his newspaper career with the Beloit Daily News in 1946. He served in a number of editorial positions, including as executive editor, prior to being named publisher and editor of the Rhinelander (Wis.) Daily News in 1972. He returned to Beloit as publisher and editor in 1979, serving in that capacity until his retirement in 1994. Following retirement he continued to consult with the newspaper, in the role of editor emeritus. He was a past president of the Wisconsin Association Press Editors and had been inducted into the Wisconsin Newspaper Association Hall of Fame.
He is survived by his wife, Betty; two sons, Don and Dave; and a daughter, Diane.


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Hawkfish wrote:UGH. Good Bye 3/4 of WR staff on this team this year.
theENGLISHseahawk wrote:Allen needs to really flash at the combine. Big bodied guy but not sure he's the great athlete some suggest. More of a possession type. Much prefer Brandon Coleman at Rutgers.
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OTTAWA — The number of single fathers in Canada grew at more than two-and-a-half times the rate of single mothers, according to data from the 2011 census.
The latest figures from Statistics Canada continued a decade-long shift in the makeup of lone-parent families, with single fathers now numbering more than 305,000 nationwide, up from the 280,000 recorded in the 2006 census.
The 16.2 per cent increase in the number of single fathers outpaced the 14 per cent growth between 2001 and 2006, a figure that at the time experts suggested was partially a result of the courts granting more fathers full custody of their children.
The number of single mothers have not faded, though. They head up about eight in 10 lone-parent families — more than 1.2 million women were single parents in Canada in 2011, according to census data released Wednesday. Their numbers grew at a rate of six per cent, the same pace recorded between 2001 and 2006.
Single parents were most likely to be between 40 and 49 years old and have one child. But an increasing number of children under the age of 14 — about one in five across the country — live with a single parent.
In 2011, there were more than 1.5 million lone-parent families in Canada, up from the more than 1.4 million recorded in 2006, an increase of eight per cent.
The last time the country saw such a high number of single parents was in the early part of the 20th century, in 1921, when high mortality rates left one-tenth of the population without one of their parents.
In 1941, single-parent families represented 12.2 per cent of the population. Near the height of the Baby Boom generation in 1961, their share of the population was 8.4 per cent — a figure that wasn't surpassed until 1986.
In 2011, lone-parent families represented 16.3 per cent of all families in Canada, an increase of 0.6 per cent over the past 10 years, but almost double the number in 1961.
Their financial situation, though, is not entirely clear. The census didn't track their earnings; that data will come out next year with the findings from the National Household Survey.
Studies have suggested that the financial condition for single mothers has improved over time as they age and increase their earning potential.
"That being said, still a lot of them were below the poverty line," said Celine Le Bourdais, the Canada Research Chair in Social Statistics and Family Change from McGill University.
These children may also have the other parent still in their lives, either through financial support, which helps the lone-parent household, or emotional support to the child, Le Bourdais said.
The census data doesn't suggest how many of the children live part-time with the other parent.
Le Bourdais said the key for policy planners is to come up with programs that help single parents who have unique economic and social needs, whether they're single for a few months or few years.
"You need to keep support (flowing)," Le Bourdais said. "For a lot of them, it won't be that long a period in their life."
The ratio of single parents was highest in the North, where they head up nearly one-third of Nunavut's families. For the provinces, the percentage of single parents ranged from a low of 14.5 per cent in Alberta to a high of 17.3 per cent in Nova Scotia.
Windsor, Ont., had the highest ratio of single-parent families than any other metropolitan area in the 2011 census, with nearly 20 per cent of all families in the border city being single mothers and fathers.
When looking at all census subdivisions — all those municipalities with a population of 5,000 or more — Yarmouth, N.S., bumped Prince Albert, Sask., as the city with the highest percentage of single-parent families.
Lone-parent families by city
Windsor, Ont.
Number of families: 89,545
Lone-parent families: 17,315
Percentage: 19.3
Brantford, Ont.
Number of families; 39,025
Lone-parent families: 7,350
Percentage: 18.8
Saint John, N.B.
Number of families: 37,340
Lone-parent families: 6,965
Percentage: 18.7
Number of families: 1,034,500
Lone-parent families: 189,540
Percentage: 18.3
Regina, Sask.
Number of families: 57,975
Lone-parent families: 10,540
Percentage: 18.2
Number of families: 198,070
Lone-parent families: 35,680
Percentage: 18
Toronto, Ont.
Number of families: 1,529,235
Lone-parent families: 272,320
Percentage: 17.8
Number of families: 340,515
Lone-parent families: 56,365
Percentage: 16.6
Saskatoon, Sask.
Number of families: 69,990
Lone-parent families: 11,435
Percentage: 16.3
Number of families: 316,575
Lone-parent families: 50,350
Percentage: 15.9
Number of families: 330,630
Lone-parent families: 46,620
Percentage: 14.1
Number of families: 633,460
Lone-parent families: 98,280
Percentage: 15.5
Number of families: 95,425
Lone-parent families: 14,630
Percentage: 15.3


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For you avid "Mad Men" watchers out there, it no doubt came as a surprise that Don Draper (Jon Hamm) proposed to his secretary Megan Calvet (Jessica Pare) in this season's finale. ABCNews.com chatted with Jessica Pare and asked her about her somewhat large teeth: What was that all about -- the throwaway line about your bad teeth? I think it's a moment where it's sort of intimate between the two of them. She's being open and vulnerable and he is asking her about her evening. It's something that bothered her. Do your teeth bother you? I rarely think about them, although it's happened before that I get comments and that, of course, makes me self-conscious. But I never get anything stuck in my teeth! All we can say is "Bravo Jessica!" She obviously takes very good care of her pearly whites and has a healthy oral care routine. It's important to brush and floss regularly to avoid getting food particles stuck in your teeth. These food particles can become plaque and eventually tartar than can lead to unsightly gums. Check out TheraBreath's complete line of PerioTherapy to keep unsightly gums at bay.
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While I'm bummed it's not coming out, I can understand everyone else's relief.
What happened to the comments by Hasbro at TF to the effect that if you didn't see it here I won't be coming out this year?
I stopped trusting Hasbro after they told us that the Imperial Shuttle would be limited to 5,000 and would only be available at FAO Scwartz for that limited time.
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