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Transportation Act advances start of project that will support nearly 50 jobs
ANNAPOLIS, MD (July 11, 2013) – Gov. Martin O'Malley today announced $3.7 million from the 2013 Transportation Infrastructure Investment Act will be used to build a roundabout at the intersection of MD 822 (University of Maryland Eastern Shore Boulevard) and MD 675 (Somerset Avenue) in Princess Anne. The state projects it will support nearly 50 jobs and construct a long-awaited safety improvement project for the Eastern Shore.
"Thanks to the better choices we've made to pass the Transportation Act, we can continue to create jobs for our families and advance crucial safety projects like this roundabout across the State," O'Malley said.
Construction is scheduled to begin this fall. New sidewalks will be built along Somerset Avenue from the roundabout to MD 362 (Mt. Vernon Road), and the project also includes drainage improvements and modernizing stormwater treatment facilities.
"The UMES-Somerset Avenue Roundabout Project demonstrates how our citizens, towns, counties and the state government achieve success by working together," state Sen. Jim Mathias said. "In this project, years of pedestrian safety concerns, as well as traffic issues affecting the residents of Princess Anne and students of UMES, and serious storm water management issues that have been problematic to the region for many years have been remedied. I'm very pleased of our accomplishments and grateful the funds have been made available for this project to become a reality."
When complete in fall 2014, the roundabout will enhance the safety of pedestrians and motorists traveling to the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, which has approximately 4,500 students. UMES Boulevard will be open to traffic during construction.
"These long-awaited and critical safety improvements are celebrated by all of us who call Princess Anne our home," Del. Charles Otto said. "For more than 20 years, this has been a priority, and I applaud everyone who worked to get the funding to move this project forward."
Building the roundabout will require moving several water and sewer lines. The Town of Princess Anne has applied for a $250,000 Community Development Block Grant from the state to cover the cost of moving the local utility lines to enable the project to move forward. The total cost of the roundabout and sidewalk improvements, including right-of-way, design and construction, is $4.1 million.
"Princess Anne is a growing community and infrastructure sits at the top of our list of things to get done," said Garland Hayward, President of the Princess Anne County Commissioners. "On behalf of all of Princess Anne and UMES, I can't express how grateful we are to the State for making these much needed safety improvements possible."
"Improved access to our campus and the safety of our students, who must walk along roads with no sidewalks, have been long-standing concerns of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore," UMES President Juliette Bell said. "We are delighted that this project will be underway soon and extremely grateful to Governor O'Malley and the State for making this funding possible."
At Gov. O'Malley's urging, Maryland lawmakers passed the historic Transportation Infrastructure Investment Act of 2013, which is expected to support more than 57,200 jobs and invest an average of $800 million annually in transportation projects for a total of $4.4 billion over the next six years.
The governor recently announced more than $1.5 billion in new funds to advance highway and transit projects throughout the State, including construction of major highway and bridge projects that will improve safety and support economic development.
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Norma,I wondered how the mixed dough balls would work, especially since I recalled that Tom Lehmann had discussed how to combine different size dough balls to form a single dough ball. I hunted down the thread where he discusses this matter, at http://thinktank.pmq.com/viewtopic.php?p=44360#44360.BTW, how did the pizzas made from the commingled doughs taste and did the larger amount of Mexican manteca that you used produce the desired degree of bottom crust crispiness that you were hoping for?Peter
It is a wonder that my combined dough balls relaxed and were useable. Do you have any explanation on how the combined doughs, then made into dough balls, could have aligned the gluten okay to be able to be used?
Norma,That might be a question to pose to Tom Lehmann. Rest almost always helps gluten to relax, and maybe the protease enzymes softened the gluten to the point where the dough became softer and easier to handle. Peter
Norma,Was the commingled dough pizza baked in Steve's oven?BTW, did you notice that you passed the basic Lehmann NY style dough thread at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,576.0.html in terms of number of posts (replies) and total pages?Peter
Norma,That's one hell of a pillowy crust in those cheese pie pics! One could sleep on that pizza Btw, if your thread also exceeds the number of views of the Lehmann dough thread, I'll open a bottle of Veuve Clicquot in your honor.
Btw, if your thread also exceeds the number of views of the Lehmann dough thread, I'll open a bottle of Veuve Clicquot in your honor.

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Conservatives see the worldview of people concerned about climate change as antithetical to their own.if we eliminate all subsidies for all fuels, because subsidies distort the marketplace. And we need to attach all costs to all fuels, which is the other distortion of the marketplace. The first one is something that conservatives are familiar with – that tune is playing on conservative radio right now, of eliminating all subsidies for all fuels. Now it's been focused on Solyndra [the bankrupt solar company] and the excesses of the Obama administration, but we believe that conservatives will recognize pretty quickly that this should include other fuels. That means eliminating fossil fuel subsidies as well. That part isn't playing on the radio now, but that's a tune we have to introduce to conservative ears and see if we can make people recognize that that it's bedrock conservatism: I shouldn't be able to do on my property something that harms you and your property.
A question comes to me, 'Congressman Inglis, do you believe, yes or no, in human causation of climate change'?"And I was in Congress for six years, and then I was out for six years and in those six years, my children started to grow up. My son, my oldest of five kids, was voting for the first time in 2004 when I was running again, and he said, "You know, dad, I'll vote for you, but you have to clean up your act on the environment." I had this new constituency, an important constituency, because they could change the locks on the doors. My son and his four sisters all felt the same, and his mother did too.
You've got to give me a corresponding tax cut if you're going to price carbon.There are other ways, but the bill that I had was a $15 a ton tax on carbon rising to $100 a ton over 30 years. And I was always open to whether that trajectory should be changed. The reason I had such flexibility is because of what I would say next: You then offset that [carbon tax] with a reduction in payroll taxes, dollar for dollar. And that's why I was so flexible. It's a tax swap, that's what I was talking about. It wouldn't grow the government, and it would approximate the attachment of these negative externalities to combustion fossil fuels.
When the left is talking to the right about these issues, it comes across as, 'We know better than you do.'"They're really a little bit embarrassed by what's on the [conservative] radio, because they know it doesn't match up with what they are learning in economics, physics, and chemistry. And so we want to help them to see there's a way that you can be conservative, not want to grow government, and actually be for social-issue accountability, which is a key component of what social-issue conservatives believe. You've got to be accountable. Behavior has consequences, so attach the cost to something so that the market can judge it.


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What makes for a good conference? It's tempting to reduce it to a simple equation: C+P+L=E. Content plus people plus location equals experience. I'm just back from three consecutive conferences and in addition to my annual sense of wonder at the librarian obsession with conferencing, I've been mulling over conferences in general, and technology-oriented conferences in particular.
Content, people, and location are all important, but I'd add expectations, technology level, format, and focus to that equation. Computers in Libraries was one of the first conferences I attended and it is, in many ways, my mental model for a conference. However, every year (and this year was no exception), I talk to an attendee who expected more "under the hood" tech. I've come to think of CiL as if it were a more tech-focused section of a large conference like ALA. The daily keynotes give big-picture "state of libraries and technology in the world" talks and the sessions focus on presenters' projects and pet passions. It's not a good venue for detailed technical discussions – the shorter sessions don't lend themselves to it and even if the sessions were longer, the audience's diversity is a complicating factor.
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I'm pleased to report that I've found an easy way to beat jet lag – stay on the opposite coast for thirty-six hours only and try not to sleep too much. If my PLA experience is any indication, it works pretty well, so long as you don't mind being completely exhausted – I didn't even change the time on my watch.
I wish I could offer a full report on PLA, but my experience was something of a whirlwind, punctuated by Voodoo donuts, a lovely Oregon pinot noir, and coffee. Lots and lots of coffee. I made it to the Top Tech Trends (TTT) panel, (good thing, since I was on the panel) which was PLA's first Top Tech Trends presentation.
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It's hard not to make new friends at library conferences. This is doubly true in Boston, a city that redefines the term "lost." The unofficial activity of ALA Midwinter 2010 seemed to be standing on a corner, smartphone in hand, trying to align the map on the screen with the streets (please note: I used to live in Boston, and think it's a great place. Still, I accidentally went to the airport one morning on my way to the convention center). Post-conference, lots of folks are blogging about the great people they met, either through serendipity or at meet-ups, and I'm reminded that the power of conferences almost always stems from the people who attend.
I've been jokingly referring to my time at Midwinter as "a weekend spent talking to angry librarians," though I think "angry" is too strong a word. I noticed a pervasive sense of frustration among the people I spoke with, many of whom expressed some professional exasperation with their jobs, the profession as a whole, or both. Everyone I spoke to was passionately committed to their patrons, to librarianship, to libraries, but all felt they were swimming upstream in some way or another.
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Technology makes us stupider. No, wait, that's not right, is it? Technology lets us use our time, energy, and skills in new ways, which are inevitably called "modernity"...and modernity is inevitably chastised for being stupider then The Good Old Days. Cell phones have allowed us to stop memorizing phone numbers (they have also forced filmmakers and novelists to create a whole new genre of suspense clichés: the "my battery is dead and soon I will be too!" scene) and spell check allows us to find out the correct spelling of a word after typing it, rather than before.
But there's always a kernel of fear when we feel a skill slipping away; a small, panicky voice that says we're losing something essential. Anecdotally, it's easy to back that feeling up – who hasn't lost something to a data mishap that they would have had stored in another format in the past? Personally, I recently lost my entire phone book to a badly-timed sync. I still have the phone numbers of childhood playmates committed to memory, but all I could do to recreate my contact list was beg for texts on Twitter and Facebook.
Librarians are, naturally, more focused on teaching people how to acquire new skills that they need to navigate modernity. Showing someone how to apply for a job, file their taxes, get government information or socialize online are all daily public service tasks. Many libraries maintain two (or more) tiers of services, one for technologically inclined patrons and one for people without email. Read More »
What do four-year olds know that three-year olds don't? In college, I took a class on linguistics that focused on brain development. The professor told us about an experiment done with small children. The children are told a story about Billy and his father baking a cake and leaving it in the cupboard to cool. Billy goes outside to play and while he's outside, his father moves the cake to the fridge. When Billy comes back in, where will he look for the cake? The three year olds say he will look in the fridge, while the four year olds know that Billy will look in the cupboard.
Although we start to understand how to put ourselves into another's shoes at age four, it's a skill we continue to hone for the rest of our lives. It's a fundamental part of a reference interview; when we ask our patrons about what they're asking us, we're probing to find out where they think the cake is. It's a tough question to keep asking. We all drift towards assuming our experiences, perspective, and understanding of the world are shared and easily grasped. We know where Billy will look for the cake, but how often do we assume that local practice is common to all libraries?
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TechSource has a long tradition of insightful posts about Open Source Software. I am always mindful that I write for the blog that hosted Karen Schneider's IT and Sympathy, which introduced much of libraryland to the idea that OSS is free as in kittens, not free as in beer. As I am about to embark on an OSS adventure (which sounds like the name of a ship to me: The OSS Adventure), I thought I'd add my lack of insight to the fray. Read More »
There are roughly 8 gajillion websites devoted to social media. Like many librarians, my RSS reader is crammed with them. I am not above clicking "mark all as read" on a fairly regular basis. Even the blogs that are supposed to act as filters, linking only to the best and most interesting posts, can become overwhelming. Increasingly, I rely on the human filter that is Twitter to let me know when there's an article worth reading. Earlier in September, my twitter friends alerted me to a post on Social Media Explorer about "social business." Read More »
Technology and reference are intertwining strands of public service. The task of keeping up with Librarians (and their jobs) is getting techier. As our systems get more sophisticated and our desire to overhaul and remake those systems gets more intense, libraries need librarians who are tech savvy and back office staff who are pure tech. It's not uncommon to hear librarians declare that "Technology is Reference", but is that a one-way street? There's no doubt that reference librarians need a strong technology skill set, but do our techies need to have public service experience or skills? Read More »
Here in the Northeast, it seems that summer means pretending we're living in the Pacific Northwest. We spent much of June huddled under umbrellas and hoping our patrons don't snap when they see our cheerful suggestions for beach reading. Librarians choose lighter fare for our pleasure reading in the warmer (or wetter, as the case may be) month to offset summer's serious work. Academic librarians (I am told) cram their big projects into the studentless (or at least student – light) months between school years. Public librarians have summer reading, countless storytimes, bored teenagers and harried adults to work with. For many of us summer also means a new year. Fiscally, that is. Read More »
As we barrel into this dismal fiscal year, libraries are scrapping to keep funding, prevent lay-offs and even stay open. Things like cool technology and even books start looking like objects of unrequited love. Where will we be without our stuff?
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Splits, spares and strikes: 710 series was no mistake for Virch at Superior Lanes
Maybe it was her new bowling ball. Or maybe it was competing with the best Marquette County could offer.
Either way, Hope Virch of Marquette rolled her 14th career 700 series last week in Superior Lanes' Tuesday Night Mixed League, where she is secretary-treasurer.
Virch, 52, hit 710 on games of 257, 218 and 235, though she was in a foul mood for two minutes afterward.
"I had added it up in my head that I needed 245 the last game to get to 700," she told me, "and so I thought I needed the first strike in the 10th (frame of the third game)."
Entering the 10th working on six strikes in a row, she left a single pin and spared it for what she thought was a series in the 690s.
"I came back and my daughter (and teammate) Maria said 'Congratulations!' and I said 'For what?' and she told me I hit 710," Hope Virch said. "Then I realized I had added up the first two games wrong."
She credits her new 14-pound Storm Marvel Pearl reactive resin ball for recent success.
"I've only had it for about two weeks, and this was the first time I threw it all three games," Virch said. "But the lowest score I've had with it so far is 570."
She said it was suggested to her by Storm Products certified instructor Steve Richter of Sheboygan, Wis., who Country Lanes manager Clay Sandberg has brought here for several years to offer lessons for area bowlers.
"Steve recommended I get that ball after our lesson last October," Virch said. "I kept putting it off until I bowled with Allen Lancour and we won the Carp River Doubles (tournament at Country) in February. Part of the first-place prize was a new bowling ball."
She said this ball hooks more than any other she's owned.
"I had to learn how to throw a swing shot again," she said.
She explained that she normally rolls the ball straight down the right side of the lane and lets it hook into her righthander's 1-3 pocket.
A swing shot is one where the ball starts near the middle of the lane – or for some of the big-hooking men, well over by the left gutter – and is aimed toward the right gutter. A large amount of hook in the ball pulls it back from the verge of disaster, and with the angle into the pocket, often hits with more power.
And that usually translates into more strikes.
Virch certainly got them, as she hit 700 despite missing two spares. But she rolled four strikes in a row twice in the first game and had a five-bagger in Game 2 and six straight in Game 3.
Oops, I've totally left you hanging from the first paragraph when I said Virch was bowling with the county's best.
She was part of, actually the women's organizer for, the inaugural Baker Team Challenge that concluded on April 14. It pitted all-star teams from the county's two centers.
Ishpeming had sizable leads in points after the April 7 action, 40-10 for the men and 31-19 for the women as they bowled 15 Baker-style games each night. Baker games have team members alternate frames to come up with a single-game score.
Marquette won both rematches, but while Ishpeming was able to hang on for a 55-45 final advantage on the women's side at Country Lanes, the big-city men crushed the West Enders 44-6 in Week 2 for a 54-46 victory.
The guys used lead-weighted pins at Superior in the rematch, putting a premium on quality shots as most off-hits wouldn't become lucky strikes.
While Marquette had eight games over 200, only one eclipsed 220. Meanwhile, Ishpeming struggled to just two 200s and a score as low as 129, though they only lost that game by 31 pins.
The women played under more typical conditions with Marquette prevailing 26-24 with eight 200s and only two games under 170. Ishpeming had five 200s and only three under 170, all in the final five-game block.
So the first-time winners are Ishpeming women Jessica Ayotte, Brenda Carlson, Kaytlynne Carlson, Heather Sandberg and Diana Windahl; and Marquette men Jeff Miller, Mike Musolf, Scott Salminen, Justin Stephens and Dave Stevenson.
Men's and women's plaques prepared by Republic Memorials owner Pat Gingras are in the works that have room to list each year's winning team on them for a long time to come.
Steve Brownlee can be reached at 906-228-2500, ext. 246.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (91 votes).
In short: 90 IN THE SHADEIn full: The extra drink station was needed (well done).Nice scenery.Enjoyable.Date of review: July 2, 2006
In short: Nice relaxed race but gad it was hotIn full: Definite PB potential if it's not as hot as it was this year. Some nice touches, such as the timing pen markers being the wrong way round, the double-start (at least for those nearer the back. The bottle of wine I was presented with at the end was definitely a nice touch. Parkland location good for a picnic afterwards. Must also congratulate them on adding in an extra drinks station, it was needed.Date of review: July 2, 2006
In short: Like Easy-Jet. No frills but it does the job.Date of review: July 6, 2005
In short: Good raceIn full: Increase in marshalling required, particularly on the course.Also back marker requiredMarshalls needed communication method i.e. radio to increase responsivness time to emergenciesDate of review: July 5, 2005
In short: Everything about it was very good; the Maitre d' needs voice coaching but otherwise a great day out.Date of review: July 4, 2005
In short: Beautiful countryside, well-organised.Date of review: July 4, 2005
In short: Interesting course, well organised and I got a PB.Date of review: July 4, 2005
In short: friendly, well-organised, not that flatIn full: Well-organised race in pleasant countryside. The fairly gentle slopes and one little hill may not be enough to make it officially undulating, but if you're expecting a billiard table you'll be disappointed.The one organisational problem is the bottle-neck at the start. There were apparently problems with the edge of the footpath not being trimmed, but really the path was just too narrow. The starters were arranged into time-bands, and some runners didn't help by being over-optimistic about their finishing time, but I suspect the only solution will be to redesign the course so that it's wide enough until the field spreads out.Date of review: July 4, 2005
In short: Fantastic atmosphereDate of review: July 4, 2005
In short: First 10K I've done,nice course,clostraphobic start to race but soon splits once race gets going, nasty short sharp hill around 7K, the cows seemed interested spectators though,Great race!!!!!Date of review: July 3, 2005
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Military, medical profession needs new thinking on PTSD
Linda Fletcher thinks it's time to start thinking differently about post-traumatic stress disorder – how it is defined, diagnosed and treated.
Given the huge numbers of military veterans suffering the horrors of PTSD and the limited success the medical profession has had dealing with its debilitating symptoms, the sooner the better.
Fletcher, who now lives in Long Lake Township, is uniquely qualified to talk about PTSD. She is a retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. and a 22-year veteran of the Army Nurse Corps.
Her father was a career Army officer who, she believes, suffered from PTSD most of his adult life after his combat experiences in Italy in WWII, where he was awarded the Silver Star.
Fletcher's concerned about the long-term effects PTSD will have on veterans, their families and society.
"What we are doing doesn't work," she said. "We're still treating people from World War II and Vietnam. It's incredibly expensive and there is a lot of collateral damage – drug and alcohol abuse, inability to hold a job, homelessness, suicide, fractured homes. … It's a huge problem and it's just getting bigger."
PTSD is triggered by a terrifying and/or tragic event – war, combat, catastrophe and abuse of all kinds. Symptoms include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety. Timely diagnosis and effective treatment have become a major national concern.
Nearly 30 percent of veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have PTSD and 50 percent of those do not seek treatment.
Fletcher, who will teach a two-session Northwestern Michigan College extended education class on the issue later this month, thinks the current medical definition of PTSD fails to cover the full range of dissociative symptoms veterans suffer.
It also does not address psychological/spiritual symptoms such as deep shame, guilt and rage that can come out of combat experiences.
PTSD is currently defined as an "anxiety disorder" in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association.
Fletcher said there is increasing talk of broadening the definition to encompass the dissociative aspects of PTSD.
Area veterans can turn to the Veterans Administration's Traverse City Vet Center, which opened in January of 2011; It provides a non-clinical setting where veterans can get help for PTSD and other readjustment issues.
The statistics tell part of the story. A U.S. military veteran commits suicide every 65 minutes on the average and about 22 veterans committed suicide each day in 2010, according to federal studies. Many of them are believed to have been suffering from PTSD.
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It's time for a Best Kids Film category at the Academy Awards and here (since you asked) are my nominations
For years I did a best KidFilm story around Oscar time in which I gave kids a chance to vote for their favorite kids' films of the year — you know the ones that kids love but never stand a chance of getting nominated for an Oscar (Harry Potter, anyone?). We even did a best animated film long years before Academy finally relented and made that a (hugely) successful category.
Thousands of ballots would stream in from individual kids and schools around Texas, always with the kids telling me why they loved the ones they did and many many hours went to tallying those ballots and reading each and every comment as I selected a spokeschild for each winning film.
Well, with the snubfest continuing for kids' live-action faves at the big people's table, I'd like to give the kids an opportunity yet again to vote for their favorites, albeit in a modified form. I'm leaving out the animated films, since they seem well represented in the long and short forms. But here are my nominees for best kids' films. You can just vote for your favorite. But if you want to add a comment as to why you picked the film along with contact information for fact-checking, I just may use your comments in a follow-up on the results as well. Happy voting! And feel free to write-in any favorites (The Odd Life of Timothy Green?) that I left off the list.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (185 votes).
In short: great race with tough hills 10 to 12 miles. well organised and friendly marshalls.Date of review: November 24, 2008
In short: undulated,cold and exposed would have been great in the spring In full: coldest race of the year so far, scenic in places around the country roads.small community centre ,very crowded, decent momento. nowhere else to go after except local pub.will probably be there next year.Date of review: November 24, 2008
In short: Worth the early start . . .In full: You would not expect to get a PB here . . . I did though, and I think a few others did too. Miles 10 to 12 were a bit tough / relentless, but the rest was pleasant enough. Slightly muddy getting to the start, but you couldn't really fault the excellent marshals . . . thanks to the police too . . .Date of review: November 24, 2008
In short: Worthy challenge for a first timerIn full: My first half marathon. I found it a challenge, both due to the hilly nature of the course and to the weather conditions. It was so satisfying to finish inside my expected time and completing this course will give me great confidence in future races. The organisers & marshalls were superb in their support.Date of review: November 24, 2008
In short: Enjoyable HM with tough last 2 milesDate of review: November 24, 2008
In short: Great HalfIn full: Weather conditions made the walk across the field from car park to start very muddy. But race started on time and was very well marshalled with 4 water stations. Have run summer races with less water. Sponges maybe a bit over the top but that can't be a negative.Challenging course but some nice scenic bits. Friendly local support dotted around.Date of review: November 24, 2008
In short: Very enjoyable despite the weather!In full: Undulating race, on fairly quiet rural roads. Very well marshalled - the poor marshalls must have been frozen so a big thanks to them!I did better than I expected so left very happy.I was well protected from the weather with hat, gloves & coat - certainly not a race for vest & shorts!Date of review: November 24, 2008
In short: Beautiful scenery, friendly marshalls, and a bisciut and momento to finish!Date of review: November 24, 2008
In short: A bit too cold today for a PB! Back next year! In full: I felt that the large bottles of water issued at the water stations were a bit over the top, when a cup full would have been just as good! There is only so much ice cold water that you want too drink! Date of review: November 23, 2008
In short: Nice run, lot of busy road. Great Marshalls !In full: Well worth the trip. Quite up and down with a long drag from 11 to 12m. Lots of toilets at start."No toilets on route" what's that about? it's a race! ever seen ANY toilets on a route other than BIG marathons? Date of review: November 23, 2008
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Walker says he's not going to raise sales tax
Proposal would eliminate income, raise sales tax
MADISON, Wis. - Gov. Scott Walker says he won't be proposing eliminating the income tax in favor of a steep sales tax hike.
Walker commented on the tax shift Wednesday after being asked to respond to comments made by his Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch.
On Tuesday, Huebsch told the Wisconsin Counties Association at its annual meeting that Walker was taking a look at eliminating the income tax and increasing the sales tax to make up the difference. Huebsch referenced similar moves being made in other states.
But Walker said he's open to having a broader discussion about tax policy later, but not in the budget he will introduce on Feb. 20.
Wisconsin Democratic Party Chairman Mike Tate says a sales tax increase would be an attack on the middle class.


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You will discover that the environment here is extremely student focused. We want you to be successful and to have a positive learning experience. I encourage you to fully utilize the many services available here at IPFW, including Student Life, Supplemental Instruction, Career Services, and the counseling services through Parkview. Please seek assistance before there are issues or crises. I would also hope that you help others in their personal path by informing members of the university community of their concerns and struggles. We can only help those that have been identified.
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Most of us love long, lazy days on the beach and sultry nights spent dining al fresco, but the heat and the humidity of the summer months can sometimes cause our makeup to run.
Makeup artist to the stars, Kimara Ahnert, recently dished a few tips to Access Hollywood to help women avoid the unflattering effects of blurry makeup.
Ahnert suggested that active women who want to look fresh despite their busy schedules and the balmy weather can turn to waterproof mascara for a pristine appearance.
"Waterproof mascara, an old standby, has an added polymer that makes the formula stick to your lashes and resistant to water," she told the news provider. "To avoid mascara smudges on your eyelids, apply a dusting of pressed powder on your brow bone."
The expert, who has worked with the likes of Brooke Shields, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Gwyneth Paltrow, also suggested using oil-free foundations and concealer during the warm months.
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
Since last Tuesday, the 22nd of November when the first fire was intentionally set, the Israeli fire service and rearguard soldiers have fought the flames in numerous places like Haifa and the Jerusalem mountains. More than 500 homes and houses have been completely destroyed and in Haifa more than 60,000 people were evacuated at the height of the attacks. Firefighting aircraft from all over the world helped to fight the fires. Israel's citizens have been standing shoulder-to-shoulder in support, among them Arab citizens, who opened their hearts and doors to fire victims.
Approximately 28 square kilometers of forests in Haifa and the Jerusalem hills have been destroyed. Now the houses have to be rebuilt and the forests have to be replanted. It will take years and, in some cases, even decades until nature regenerates itself.
Actively contribute to planting not only a seedling, but hope in Israel, "As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease." Genesis 8:22


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Deer Exclosure Creates Plant Life
If you are walking down the Yellow Trail near Big Pond you might have noticed a fenced rectangular structure 8-feet high about 100-feet off the trail in the woods. An informational sign marks the spot on the trail. The exclosure was constructed by volunteers with donated materials in 2007. This exclosure is designed to keep deer out so that any resulting changes in forest vegetation can be documented.
Throughout our region deer exist today at a much higher population than they did pre-settlement. This is the case whether you are located in a place where hunting occurs. Due to overpopulation deer have changed our forests. Because deer are everywhere, what we think of as a "normal" forest is actually one that has had all of the palatable understory species selectively removed. The remaining dominant plants are species that are unpalatable to deer.
To understand what our pre-settlement forests may have looked like, deer exclosures allow plants to grow without the presence of deer. In the exclosures plants are protected from deer, but the large mesh of the fence allows egress by pretty much all of the other animal species present in our forests and, of course, seeds and pollen can enter freely also. Inside the exclosure seedlings can grow, leaves can expand, stems can lengthen, and flowers and fruits can develop without getting nipped by the relentlessly hungry deer. This summer, if you look inside the deer exclosure you will see that the herbs and shrubs are taller, denser and support more flowers and fruits than those outside of the exclosure.
However, you might ask, "What about the species that have disappeared because the deer ate them all?" Although many species are difficult to find in our forests today, some of these species have persisted underground as seeds. Viable seeds that persist in the soil are collectively called the seedbank, which may remain viable for many years. If provided with the appropriate conditions, these seeds will germinate and, if located inside a deer exclosure, the seedlings may survive and grow. For this reason, you may see species inside the exclosure that do not occur outside of the exclosure.
So what has happened since the deer exclosure was built in 2007? We established four 1-square-meter study plots inside the exclosure and another four 1-square-meter study plots nearby but outside of the exclosure.
Each year we record the percent cover, density and height of each plant species in each of the plots. In 2008, an average of 53 percent of the study plots outside of the exclosure supported vegetation, but this had decreased to 45 percent by 2012. In 2008 this "outside" vegetation was composed of 28 species across all four plots, and this was unchanged in 2012, but three of the species had disappeared and three new species had appeared.
On average, plants were about 1 inch taller in 2012, as a result of increased height by ferns and several shrub species. Lastly, the number of individual plants in the "outside" plots increased slightly.
Now let's compare this with the changes that occurred in study plots inside the exclosure. In 2008 the "inside" plots had 30 species, and by 2012 this had increased to 38 species with the loss of one species and the gain of nine new species.
In 2008 the "inside" plots were on average 56 percent covered with vegetation, and by 2012 this had increased to 76 percent. The plants had on average increased in height by more than 2 inches, however, the number of individual plants in a plot increased only slightly.
Thus, plants in plots inside the exclosure were wider and taller, and there were quite a few new species, but there were not more individual plants than in 2008. New species included sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis) which was also new outside of the exclosure, wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens), fly honeysuckle (Diervillia lonicera), and several grasses and sedges.
Tree seedlings were also more common inside the deer exclosure. About 80 percent of the plant species that were flowering and fruiting from 2008 to 2012 occurred inside the deer exclosure. The presence of non-native species was negligible both inside and outside the exclosure.
You can see that the deer exclosure provides a good snapshot and pilot study of the dramatic effects of deer upon our native forest vegetation. It is likely that our forests are very different than they used to be. In the absence of deer the vegetation became more diverse, occupied more of the forest floor, and flowered and fruited more often. However, it is possible that the particular location of the deer exclosure is unusual, and this would have happened with or without the fence. For this reason, the construction of multiple deer exclosures in differing habitats would better enable us to speculate with certainty how deer are changing our forests.
Jonathan and Priscilla Titus are professors at SUNY Fredonia. They and their students have been using the deer exclosure at Audubon as a resource during their classes. Plans are drawn for more exclosures on the property. Audubon is located at 1600 Riverside Road, just off Route 62 between Warren and Jamestown. The trails are open from dawn to dusk, and the center is open from 10 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. daily. Information can be had by calling 569-2345 or visiting jamestownaudubon.org.


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If you were to meet the Cary family, you wouldn't know that four of their seven children are foster kids.
Chris and Konnie Cary, of Carrollton, are parents to Joel, 14, Sarah, 11, Jacob, 11, Levi, 8, Gage, 6, Jordyn, 5, and Max, 2.
They all work and play together like siblings, even though Jacob and the three youngest are only living with them temporarily.
Sometimes, with the right group of people, it doesn't matter how much time passes from the last time you were together.
That's the way it was for me the weekend of June 23-24, when my best friend and I took a road trip to a tiny town in the Catskills of upstate New York to reunite with some of my co-workers from the past.
• Born and raised in Owen County
• Resides in Owen County with his wife of 26 years, Tracy
• Has three children and three grandchildren
• Graduated from Owen County High School and attended night classes at Kentucky State University and Northern Kentucky University
• Worked in construction for more than 25 years
• Served as certified home inspector and building inspector in Owen County for eight years before coming to Carrollton
The weather is getting warmer, and Kentuckians are again firing up their grills for tasty burgers and steaks. Gov. Steve Beshear recognizes this American tradition and has proclaimed May 2012 Beef Month in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
"I urge all Kentuckians to support Kentucky's beef cattle industry and to salute the cattle farmers for their contribution to Kentucky's agricultural and rural economy during the month of May," Beshear said.
With a little understanding, Expected Progeny Differences may actually be the best tool producers have to address the genetics of their herds.
While calculating EPD takes a lot of math, producers do not have to do the math; they just need to understand the answers. The calculation results usually appear in the first pages of a sire summary before the actual EPD tables. They may look a little confusing, but the information is very beneficial. It comes down to the fact that you are buying the DNA of a particular animal.
This is the perfect time to take in the beauty in the state of Kentucky and the good news is that you can get in a lot of good exercise while we are doing it.
In fact, walking and hiking can help you lose weight, decrease blood pressure and improve bone strength.
There's a new face attending to patients at Carroll County Family Practice.
Dr. Milagros Rivera began working at the practice, located in Carroll County Memorial Hospital, about two weeks ago after more than 13 years as a physician in the Louisville metropolitan area.
Rivera, who is fluent in Spanish, has a passion for family practice and hopes to help members of the local Hispanic community.
If you told someone you were going to walk 60 miles over three straight days, they may raise their eyebrows. But that is exactly what Carrollton resident Brittany Belcher and thousands of other people across the country did to raise money for breast cancer research.
"He's tougher than a pine knot."
That's John Boots' assessment of his grandson, Colston, 11, who lives with his family in their Harbor Point home in Carrollton.
Colston Boots, a sixth-grader at Carroll County Middle School, is a rising star on the dirt-bike racing circuit, competing in – and winning – competitions on tracks throughout Kentuckiana.
One of the latest trends to sweep Facebook is groups dedicated to individual cities and counties, showing what makes them unique. They provide a great opportunity to share a funny story or reminisce about days gone by.
The News-Democrat created Carroll County's group on Aug. 4, and as of press time Tuesday, it had 240 members. The following is a sampling of responses by group members.
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Wednesday, June 22
Carrollton Rotary Club meets every Wednesday at noon at Butler Park lodge.
AA Big Book study group meets every Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Carrollton Christian Church, 310 Fifth St.
Cartmell Elementary School Site Based Decision Making Council meets at 3:30 p.m. an the school.
Thursday, June 23
Our family has been a busy one this week. We spent June 12 hosting an engagement party for our daughter and her fiancé.
It was only for the family, but the groom's family is quite large. It was fun for me because now that I no longer cater, I have the time to do more meals and parties for friends and family, which I love to do.
Since I did not know the likes and dislikes of the group we were entertaining, I tried to include some very simple, but well-liked foods that I have served over the years.
The threat of severe storms Friday night and into Saturday morning didn't deter the 15 teams participating in this year's Relay for Life at the Carroll County Fairgrounds.
County Relay Chairman Scott Niswonger said meteorologists earlier in the week forecast a 60 percent chance of severe thunderstorms, prompting him to call a special meeting with team captains and other Relay official Thursday night to determine options for the annual event, which was held from 7 p.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday.
Now that Easter is only a few days away, I have found myself doing a little reminiscing. I remember the way we celebrated Easter when I was a little girl. My maternal grandmother always bought my Easter dress, hat gloves and all. The dresses were always frilly with lots of crinoline underneath. Actually, some of those styles have come back for the younger girls.
General Butler State Resort Park, together with Kentucky Chautauqua, presents a living-history drama, "Lucy Bakewell Audubon: A Kentucky Love Story," at 7 p.m. today, Wednesday, April 20, in the Lodge Lounge.
Lucy Bakewell Audubon was the wife of John James Audubon, the famed naturalist, artist and author of "Birds of America." She felt she was "perfectly suited" for him and was incredibly devoted to him. She made enormous sacrifices and suffered public scorn as she supported her husband's talents.
Bill Davis shared this history of Ghent College and Ghent School with The News-Democrat after the structure was destryoed by fire Sunday. Davis researched this for the "Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky."
Ghent College in Carroll County, Ky., was founded in 1867, when local citizens led by James Frank formed a corporation creating a private nonsectarian college for white students at Ghent. A three-story brick college building was built on the western edge of town the following year, at a cost of $31,700.
The Carroll-Henry county area recently became the inspiration and blank canvas for a student's senior thesis photography project.
Lauren DiFulvio, a senior at College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati, Ohio, photographed a series of portraits and environmental shots in Port Royal, English, Turners Station and Carrollton for her thesis project.
Members of Carroll County Animal Support donated 14 books to Kathryn Winn Primary School's library Monday, April 11, as part of the local celebration of Kentucky Week for the Animals. The books teach about how to care for pets and the importance of adopting shelter dogs and cats.
Principal Gerda Wise received books from CCAS members Robin Caldwell, left, Executive Director Tammie Crawford, center, and Victoria Meister.
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Company expansion in Mason Industrial Park
ELLICOTT – Gren Ventures LLC, is engaged in a new expansion project on Mason Drive in the Mason Industrial Park in the Town of Ellicott. The new construction consists of a 22,875 square foot building, which will serve as their new recycling and warehousing center. The construction project involves driveway, parking, landscaping and improvements to the land.
They will receive a Payment in Lieu of Tax Agreement from the County of Chautauqua Industrial Development Agency. The CCIDA also partnered with M&T Bank on the company's $1,600,000 capital investment, providing a $550,000 AL Tech Loan. Gren Ventures LLC is expanding beyond the new recycling and warehousing center to also accommodate new lines of businesses, and more warehouse space is necessary to house all the new products. The new brands will now be distributed locally; four new employees have been hired, and additional hiring will follow.
Jon Gren Jr. stated, "We are very excited about our expansion project adjacent to our current facility on Mason Drive. Once the building is complete we will be able to process considerably more recycling and will also now be able to process not only aluminum and glass, but also plastic, cardboard and paper. Also, we are in the process of applying for a wine and liquor license that should be finalized around the same time as the building is completed. Our goal is to be a complete beverage company, the only distributor based out of Jamestown and Chautauqua County. We will have products ranging from water, soda and natural drinks to beer wine and liquor. Anheuser-Busch has been and always will be our main supplier but in order to stay competitive in today's marketplace, we felt the need to expand to all beverage markets. The year 2014 will be our 60th year in business and we look forward to servicing Chautauqua County for many years to come."
"It is great to see a well established local company – Arthur R. Gren Company Inc. – expanding in one of our industrial parks, adding jobs, and doing strategic planning for its future. Our hats are off to Jon Gren and his staff for their hard work and for being such a good corporate citizen".said Bill Daly, Administrative Director/CEO of the CCIDA.
Arthur R. Gren Company Inc., located at 1886 Mason Drive, Jamestown, was incorporated in 1954, serving Chautauqua County as a private company wholesale distributer. The company has 36 full-time employees, and this expansion will create new employment.


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So hiring Farmer as Asst GM (a good move, imho) bumps Lombardi up to the GM position (not as good).
Lombardi was certainly deserving of the promotion, seeing all the good work he's done since he got here. Like cutting Rostee Fucker. That was a bold move that few other personnel guys could've made.
A source said Lombardi wanted the GM title originally, but Banner refrained initially.
"At the time, we didn't know if this (Farmer's availability) would happen," Banner said. "I liked the structure of VP/player personnel a little better. It gave him and the department something to aspire to. I thought that was a good thing to have.
Awesome, Banner sees Lombardi as a reckless teenager that needs to prove he can drive within the speed limit in order to get the keys to the car back. Not at all fucking stupid.