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Top 5 Risks Travellers Face in Adventure Travel
Sun basking on the beach with glass of cocktail in the hand may not be an ideal holiday style for everybody, thus a new form of holidaying – adventure sports holidays or adventure travel has become really popular. Adventure sports holidays are where travellers get an opportunity to try their hands at adrenal gushing and challenging activities such as mountain climbing, exploring caves, mountain biking, rafting, bungee jumping etc.
Because of its popularity, adventure travel coupled with adventure sports has become a part of the itinerary of almost all camping sites, resorts and hotels around the world that wish to provide their clients with something extra to do on their stay with there. Inclusion of adventure sports surely adds excitement and thrill to a traveller's halt, but this comes with potential dangers which loom high on personal safety.
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1. All adventure activities and sports include dedicated gear, which is vital and should be used at all time while carrying out an activity. The gear is properly tested before use and almost all activities are carried out in a close observation of an instructor, whose main motive is to maintain your safety and make sure you adhere to all the safety requirements, but there can be a small chance that the safety equipment may fail. Therefore, safety is always an issue with adventure activities.
2. Mountain climbing can be a risky affair because as you travel uphill, the density of the oxygen in the air keeps decreasing which makes breathing difficult. If first aid is not administered, this can lead to chest pain and acute headaches, which if untreated, can lead to heart attack.
3. Mountain biking can be fun until cyclists try to do a little extra. Mountain bikers are at a risk of altitude sickness (as discussed in risk of mountain climbing above) and are also very prone to accidents because of the rough terrains selected for biking.
4. When you hit the water in a raft, you are always wearing a life jacket and are accompanied by an instructor. But the river current can flip you off the boat. Thus, while rafting you're always at the risk of drowning or injuring yourself in the water.
5. Caving or cave exploration is one of the most thrilling adventure activities. Activity depends on the cave and how travellers negotiate squeezes, pitches, waters and rocks. Though caving has become safer with safety equipment but still travellers and adventurers are at risk of falling rocks, floods, falling, hypothermia and fatigue.


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Real beginner park, great for scaredy bois like me who don't wanna have to explain a broken arm at work on monday.
It would be a decent half pipe if cleaned up and made smooth but other than that its pretty crap not much better that the actual innisfail skate park I really think that we need a new and improved skate park here in innisfail
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These pics are old now.
The Park has been dug up and redone.
It's 4 times the size now, does get really busy.
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For Alcohol Awareness Month, The Office of Campus Life and The Health & Wellness Center bring you Hope in Recovery, a moving event on April 8, at 8 p.m. in Wilson Formal.
Date: April 8, 2019 - April 8, 2019
Time: 8 p.m.
Location: Wilson Formal Lounge, Haffey Hall
Hosted by the Office of Campus Life and the Health and Wellness Center
Hope in Recovery will feature two local people who will be sharing their story of addiction, strength, and recovery.
Lore McSpadden of Positive Force Movement (featured in Vice) and Robert Veeder (featured in Huffpost) will be sharing their stories with us. Lore is a performing strength artist and will bend their story into a sculpture and Robert will captivate us with how he found hope after his drinking and driving accident in 2003 cost six people their lives.
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Automated container handling in port terminals
Shipping containers revolutionized the movement of goods, driving change and efficiency throughout the global supply chain. The next revolution in container handling is the application of automation to operating the container terminal. At this time there are multiple automated container terminals in operation and more in development globally.
The automation challenge has been in the part of the terminal where the containers are stacked, called the block. One end of the block services the ships being loaded and unloaded, and the other end services trucks and trains being loaded and unloaded. A typical layout is shown in Figure 1. Stacks are usually five containers high with a narrow space between the rows, and there are typically eight rows of containers side by side per section, stretching for up to a quarter mile (400 meters), to the right in the photograph. The sections are duplicated in a parallel manner.
Rail-mounted gantry cranes are not new to the industry; however, they are now gaining traction in the marine terminal world. The large cranes, called automatic stacking cranes (ASC), are typically 80 ft high and 110 ft wide and have been developed to handle up to 10 rows of containers. Two ASCs share a pair of rails, moving up and down the rails carrying containers, continually stacking and unstacking them. These cranes are blue in Figure 1. Innovative crane engineering allows the cranes to work without operators. This significant advancement has been brought about by sophisticated optical systems on the cranes which
recognize the containers, and new scheduling software in the port management supervisory computer. The complete system provides a huge improvement in terminal productivity, and also in the reliability of the container handling.
Motion control
Unmanned gantry cranes can position containers typically within +/- 50 mm using laser-based guidance systems. This doesn't sound difficult until you consider the 40 ft container may weigh 40 tons and be moving at speeds of 5 m/sec in gantry travel mode. The cranes handle all ISO standard 20 ft, 40 ft, and 45 ft containers.
Each crane typically has more than 20 three-phase, 460 V motors, each with its own variable frequency drive to vary the speed in both directions. The table shows the main crane functions.
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Advanced automation systems
Sophisticated sensors are mounted on the crane to detect the position of the moving parts, the load, and target destination. These sensing systems include encoders and scanning laser rangefinders as shown in Figure 3.
The automatic position indication system makes direct measurements of the gantry, trolley, and hoist position via laser rangefinders, so as to compensate for factors such as rope stretch and wheel slippage. The automatic landing system uses laser scanners on the trolley to measure the position of the spreader (the container pickup assembly) relative to the container below.
Gantry position along the rails is determined using an antenna which picks up signals from transponders embedded in the surface.
The optical positioning system uses laser scanners which measure the distance and angle to surfaces, such as the container, the lifting spreader, and target container, as shown in Figure 3. A second axis scanner picks up the ends of the containers. With these measurements the crane control can automatically pick and land containers in the stacks, based on instructions issued by the yard management computer system.
There is a remote control room in the operations building with operator stations and video screens to allow the crane to be switched to manual control if unexpected conditions occur. Currently, human control is used when the automated crane interfaces with a manned over-the-road truck at the delivery gate. Safety is paramount for automated ASCs and as such a wide variety of systems and controls are in place to assure that automated ASCs and people never have an unfortunate moment.
Programmable logic controller
Variable frequency drives power the motors providing the hoist, trolley, and gantry functions. The drives run using dc power supplied by a common regenerative central converter, and independent inverters provide 3-phase ac, pulse width modulated power to the motors.
A PLC controls the drives' speed over a local area network. The PLC takes the position data, compares it with the desired position supplied by the yard computer, and directs the variable frequency drives. The main PLC functions are:
- Sequence control for unmanned container handling
- Absolute measurement of gantry, trolley, and hoist position
- Spreader sway control in the gantry and trolley directions
- Collision avoidance with the other crane in the same block
- Interface to the terminal operating system and remote operator station over fiber optic Ethernet.
In addition a PC is dedicated to the laser scanners and to four video cameras, which supply video to the remote operator stations. The only manned cranes in the terminal are those loading and unloading the ships, and small shuttle cranes which move containers from the dock to the container stacking area.
Crane automation allows unmanned, 24/7 operation of all the stacking cranes, providing the terminal with significant cost savings. In addition, mechanical damage caused by operator skill or diligence is reduced, and container tracking is improved with reduced losses through miscommunication and human errors during container handling.
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In a special crossover episode, Mike, Bryan, and Bobby from Full of Sith invite us onto their show to discuss all things Star Wars, from The Force Awakens trailer to a Mace Windu spinoff to the question of whether The Old Republic is really a Star Wars story. We also discuss our history with the Star Wars franchise and our work on The ForceCast. Enjoy two shows in one with this podcast crossover!
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The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Commerce and Economy has asserted that the recently undertaken measures implemented to regulate the foreign currency exchange market in Egypt has not affected the inflow of foreign investments into the country.
According to a recent report appearing in Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper, last January, the government enacted several measures to control the exchange rate of foreign currencies in general and of the US dollar in particular. These measures aim to stabilize the currency market in Egypt as well as provide a better investment climate, rid of speculation and ambiguity.
The Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Commerce and Economy estimates the value of the incoming foreign direct investments by the end of 2001 at $8.9 billion. The value of these investments hit $5.1 billion in 1998. This noticeable increase manifests the international investors' confidence in the Egyptian national economy. –(Albawaba-MEBG)
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Shortly after 10:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 6, a sound like a plane crashing in my yard took me to my window. Nothing stirred, then neighbors came running out of their houses. Around the corner I followed, my shoes crunching on bits of glass and plastic. It was dark. Porch lights cast a dull glow over a grim scene.
Voices were yelling, "Push! Push" A Toyota Tundra truck that a moment ago was laying on its side bounced upright on its tires. The driver's upper body had been pinned under the truck.
"He's breathing," shouted a young man in a blue Blockbuster shirt. "I need light," he pleaded. A bystander with a phone to his ear yelled, "I have 911 right now." Someone used the glow from their iPhone to illuminate the driver.
"He's not breathing," Blockbuster man said aloud. "I got no pulse. I'll do CPR. Somebody give him breaths," he calmly requested to others. A San Diego sheriff's deputy arrived and said he'd get his mask. They did their best, but the driver was dead.
Afterward, Jeremy, who works at Blockbuster in El Cajon, said, "A thick, viscous fluid was coming out of his mouth like he had bit off his tongue, and he had a bad gash in his head."
As friends of the driver arrived at the scene, a story emerged. A 24-year-old married man had been drinking beer with his friends. When he wanted to leave, his friends offered to drive him. He refused. Someone said, "My mom said he peeled out going crazy."
A neighbor said the truck "screamed through the stop sign" at 11th and Grove. The truck hit a parked VW Passat, flipped on its side and did a 180, crashing against two more parked cars."
The driver's wife soon arrived. Deputies kept her back behind crime-scene tape. "Why can't I see him," she demanded. Two deputies took her aside. "They worked on him -- but they couldn't do anything," they told her. "Oh, my God! He's dead? I need to see him. Please," she pleaded before she collapsed in the street. "He can come back! He can't be gone!"
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- Carjacker nabbed at edge of Fallbrook — May 14, 2014
- Curious car accident in Oceanside — Feb. 4, 2013
- Fallbrook Man Guilty of Cutting Brake Cable — Oct. 23, 2011
- Teen Driver Injures Border Bandit Biker — March 20, 2011
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The Reader just lost a reader and customer....have you no empathy for the family and friends of this young man? Publishing an article based on hearsay? Let him and his family rest...please
The stringer article does not identify the driver who according to the Sheriffs report "was speeding for some unknown reason". Witness's at the scene guessed the speed of the truck at 50mph on a residential street that parallels an elementary school. I have written letters to the Mayor and City Manager of Imperial Beach and to the South County Eagle & Times suggesting the residents who responded to the scene be recognized for their heroic efforts. The letter basically said the following:
"On Thursday night August 6 Imperial Beach residents along 11th Street and Grove responded heroically after a speeding Toyota Tundra pickup truck hit several parked cars lost a front tire flipped on its side partially ejecting the driver. Residents swarmed out of their homes and without regard to their own safety lifted the truck off the driver and several attempted to resuscitate him. If this accident had occurred during the day and video taken it would have made a compelling news story broadcast across the nation, but since it happened in the dark only those neighbors that participated know the actions they took. Actions that make people, ordinary people, Heroes. Their heroism and bravery are a credit to the people of Imperial Beach and all of San Diego County. I have mentioned to Sheriff Deputy Lopez the investigating officer that those people involved need to be recognized for their actions. I have suggested to Mayor Janney that an award or public recognition was in order for the civic bravery displayed by the residents of 11th and Grove."


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Even if you're too young or too hip for hits like "Mandy," "I Write the Songs," "One Voice," "Can't Smile Without You," and the iconic "Copacabana (At the Copa)," you're familiar with the music of Barry Manilow. Think of timeless commercial tunes like "I Am Stuck on Band-Aid" and "Like a Good Neighbor, State Farm is There," or "You Deserve a Break Today" for McDonald's – Manilow started his career performing and writing for New York's advertising jingle circuit.
Growing up in Brooklyn, Manilow was studying accordion and playing piano by the age of seven, attending New York College of Music and Juilliard. He began working with Bette Midler in 1971, and recorded his debut solo album the following year. Since then, he's released 40 albums and won Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Awards as a performer, producer, author, and actor.
The singer has also been contributing to numerous communities through his Manilow Fund for Health & Hope, a non-profit charity supporting local, grass-roots organizations focusing on cancer, AIDS, children's issues, abuse, homelessness, and music education. Part of that Fund is the Manilow Music Project, formed in 2008 by Manilow and some friends. The Project donates instruments, sheet music, and music stands to school music programs, responding to depleted budgets and funding cuts.
Thanks to a local instrument drive kicked off with Manilow's donation of a Yamaha piano, Phoenix high schools became the latest beneficiaries of his philanthropy. Bring a new or gently used musical instrument as a donation to his Comerica Theatre performance, and you'll receive two free tickets to the show.
"I think Manilow's concerned that, with these shrinking education budgets, the first thing to go are the arts…that's just a shame," says Phoenix Union High School District Community Relations Manager Craig Pletenik. "And if we can recycle some music, hopefully we can also recycle arts education."
More than 3,400 students participate in music classes throughout the district. "Many of our students come from lower socio-economic conditions," Pletenik continues, "and music programs can be very expensive to run. We don't have students coming to school with their own instruments," he explains. "They don't even rent them – they borrow them from our inventory."
So far, 19 instruments have been donated. According to Rebecca Grace, band director at Carl Hayden High School and the coordinator of the instrument drive, "The average instrument cost is between $300 and $700, and practically none of our students have their own; they can't afford them." She elaborates, "The district has a performing arts supply budget, but most of the money has been eaten up over the last eight years by the huge cost of purchasing band uniforms for 10 marching bands."
Consider indulging in some melody-rich, jazz-inflected pop and simultaneously supporting music in Phoenix schools by bringing an instrument to the concert. "What a neat program," says Pletenik enthusiastically. "Even if they only collect 20 instruments, that's 20 kids who now might have an opportunity to play music that they otherwise might not have…and the piano [donation] is tremendously generous."
- Barry Manilow performs at Comerica Theatre in downtown Phoenix tonight, Sunday, December 9, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available at manilow.com or livenation.com, at the door, or by calling 800-745-3000.
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Dr. Steven Jones, Professor, FRSC, FCAHS
Head of Bioinformatics and Co-Director, Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer
Canada Research Chair in Computational Genomics, University of British Columbia
Professor, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University
Professor, Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
Cancer Bioinformatics and Genomics
My research program is firmly entrenched in cancer genomics to understand the mutational landscape of cancer. The goal of this is to help understand the diversity of oncogenic driving events that accrue and give rise to cancer and ensure its progression. The computational detection and study of the oncogenic events should also provide an understanding of how the disease might be mitigated and therapeutics might be targeted - either by more precisely aligning known therapeutics with the observed mutational profile or by using the mutational information to help identify novel therapeutic targets. My laboratory has been extensively analyzing data next-generation to achieve these goals and have developed a number of computational approaches and methodologies to this end.
A significant part of my research program is to determine within specific cancers how the specific oncogenic profile with a individual cancer might be innovatively exploited. One example is in Lymphoma, where mutations in either MLL2 or EZH2 are found in the majority of patient samples and it is now apparent that modifications in epigenetic programming are a key aspect of this disease. Within my research program, we have identified a number of epigenetic target that have the potential to be modulated in such a way as to reverse the effects of the oncogenic mutations in EZH2 and MLL2. We have been using computational approaches, such as molecular docking and molecular dynamics to identify and refine compounds that can modify the epigenetic program. This is research area is also complimentary to my laboratory's other role as a data analysis centre for the Canadian Epigenetics, Environment and Health Research Consortium (CEEHRC).
In 2005 Steven Jones was identified as one of Canada's top 40 professionals under 40 by Caldwell Partners International as well as by Business in Vancouver. He also received the Spencer Award for IT innovation as well as the 2007 Medical Genetics teaching award for UBC. Further contributions include his involvement as the founding director of the CIHR/MSFHR Bioinformatics Training Program as well as director of the University of British Columbia Bioinformatics Graduate Program. In 2011 he was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for his contributions to Genomics and Bioinformatics. In 2012, Dr Jones was a recipient of the prestigious UBC Killam teaching prize in recognition of his contributions to graduate bioinformatic education. In May of 2014 Dr. Jones was awarded the Distinguished Achievement Award by the Faculty of Medicine at UBC and in June 2014 he became a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.
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B.Sc., Biochemistry (honours), Bristol University, Bristol, UK
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. - The Southern Conference has added three universities as associate members in the sport of wrestling, it was announced Monday. Campbell University, Gardner-Webb University and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville will join the league beginning with the 2011-12 season.
The addition of the three schools, in conjunction with UNCG's discontinuation of its program following the 2010-11 season, will bring the conference's wrestling membership to eight schools.
"The addition of these three programs should help solidify the sport of wrestling in the Southern Conference," said conference commissioner John Iamarino. "We are confident the new members will lead to a more exciting championship and greater opportunities to advance SoCon wrestlers to NCAA postseason competition."
Campbell, located in Buies Creek, N.C., and Gardner-Webb, situated in Boiling Springs, N.C., are familiar to SoCon teams, as four of six league teams competed against the Camels in dual meets last season while the Runnin' Bulldogs faced each conference team. Campbell and Gardner-Webb are full-time members of the Big South Conference.
Campbell, which has an enrollment of 3,000 students on its main campus, has fielded a wrestling program since 1968.
Gardner-Webb, boasting a student population of 4,300, is entering its 23rd season of wrestling in 2011-12.
SIUE, a school with 14,107 students located in suburban St. Louis, has a rich wrestling tradition, including three consecutive Division II national championships in 1984, '85 and '86. The Cougars are members of the Ohio Valley Conference for the majority of their sports.
The Cougars, which are in their final year of transition to full Division I membership status, will become eligible to compete for the Southern Conference championship starting in the 2012-13 season.
The three new institutions will join with Appalachian State University, The Citadel, Davidson College, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Virginia Military Institute as the eight schools in the Southern Conference for wrestling.
The Southern Conference, which first held a wrestling championship in 1930 and has done so in each season since 1947, will conduct its 75th wrestling championship in Chattanooga, Tenn. next March. The league itself, founded in 1921, is entering its 91st season in 2011-12.


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Actor Michael Chiklis is the latest to join the ranks of the American Horror Story elite in its fourth season, Freak Show.
The television show, which changes gears and tells a new story each season, will feature Chiklis as the father of a character played by Evan Peters and the ex-husband of the character played by Kathy Bates.
Also returning for the fourth season of the show is Jessica Lange, Sarah Paulson, Angela Basset and Frances Conroy.
The season is set in 1950 Jupiter, Fla., and will star Lange as the manager of one of the last-remaining freak shows in the United States.
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I also found this brownie recipe on the Recchiuti website and thought I would make them in addition to the cookies since we are going to be up there for a few days, and lets face it, you can never have enough dessert lying around right?! Although I haven't tried these yet, they look amazing though and I am hoping they are better than the cookies turned out to be. We shall see…
These brownies were a happy accident. Whenever I'd make marshmallows I'd be left with a bowl of oddly shaped trimmings that tasted great. My wife Jacky suggested I toss them in a batch of our brownies with some nuts and test them out at the Saturday morning Farmers' Market. They were a hit. Make them and you'll see why.
Yields: 16 brownies
Oven temp: 325
Bake time: Approx 45 min
- Flavorless vegetable oil for the pan
- 5-1/2 ounces 100% unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped, divided
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter with 82% butterfat, cut into 1-inch slices (I used regular salted butter)
- 2/3 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3 extra-large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract, preferably Madagascar Bourbon
- 1-1/3 cups granulated cane sugar
- 1/3 cup walnut halves, roasted and roughly chopped
- 6 Vanilla Bean Marshmallows, cut into quarters
Preheat the oven to 325°F. Line the bottom of an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper and liberally coat the paper and the pan sides
with flavorless vegetable oil.
Put 3 ounces of the chocolate and the butter in a medium stainless-steel bowl and set over a pot of simmering water. Heat, stirring occasionally, until the chocolate and butter melt and are fully combined and the mixture is smooth. Lift the bowl from the pot. Set aside.
Sift the flour and salt together into a bowl. In another bowl, combine the eggs and vanilla extract and whisk together by hand until blended. Whisk in the sugar.
Whisk the egg mixture into the chocolate. Add the flour and the remaining 2 ½ ounces chocolate to the batter and, using a rubber spatula, mix well. Then mix in the walnuts.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Spread it evenly with a small offset spatula. Scatter the marshmallow pieces evenly over the surface and push them halfway into the batter. The tops should remain uncovered.
Bake on the middle shelf of the oven until the marshmallows are browned and a skewer inserted into the center of the brownie sheet comes out with some batter clinging to it, about 45 minutes. Let cool completely in the pan on a wire rack, then cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until cold.
Run a table knife around the edge of the pan to loosen the sides of the brownie, and then slide the brownie, still on the paper, onto a work surface. Using a ruler to guide you and a sharp knife, cut into sixteen 2-inch squares. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to three weeks.
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At last, help for owners of vacation homes
State OKs $2M in low-interest loans to stormproof buildings
Owners of second homes and businesses whose properties need raising and stormproofing in accordance with new coastal flood zone maps haven't had much help getting the money to tackle these expensive tasks -- until now.
The State Bond Commission recently approved $2 million to do just that, thanks to a new assistance package being called the Shoreline Resiliency Fund. The program will provide loans of up to $300,000 for 10 years with no principal or interest for one year.
For the first time, officials said, second-home property owners will be able to apply for the help.
"One of the issues of concern in Milford was the lack of help for the second homeowner," said state Housing Commissioner Evonne Klein. "If you're a Connecticut resident, and you have a second home on the shore, and you qualify, you could secure this loan to elevate your home."
Existing programs administered by both the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development don't address second homeowners, officials said.
"So this program will help fill that void," Klein said.
More InformationWho qualifies?
You must be a resident of Connecticut
Your property can be a second home or a 1- to 4-unit rental property where you live
Businesses can also apply
Buildings must be subject to coastal flooding and located in either Zone VE or Coastal Zone AE as defined by FEMA
There is no income cap
This is a state program that is not administered by municipal governments, according to officials. It is expected that people with property in hard-hit shoreline communities, including Milford, Fairfield, Stamford and Norwalk, will be among the first to apply for the money, although anyone qualified along the state's shoreline can apply.
To be eligible for a loan, Connecticut homeowners' and business owners' structures must be subject to coastal flooding and located in either Zone VE or Coastal Zone AE as defined by FEMA and the National Flood Insurance Program.
Shoreline Resiliency funds can be used to elevate or floodproof primary and secondary single-family homes, 1- to 4-unit owner-occupied rentals and businesses. There is no income cap for applicants.
Businesses can also use the money to harden their structures against flooding and wave action, as many business buildings aren't suitable for raising.
The money isn't available just yet, however. Klein said her department is seeking a nonprofit agency -- called a community development financial institution, or CDFI -- to administer the fund.
"Essentially, this would be a low-interest loan for people seeking to elevate their homes," she said.
Officials said $2 million isn't a lot of money when it comes to elevating homes. A single job can easily cost $150,000 or more, including the cost of jacking up the house, pouring a new foundation and reconnecting the utilities.
"This would be the first round of funding, and we expect that there will be more in the future," Klein said.
"This funding is an important first step," said Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. "Once up and running, this program will get funding to homeowners and business owners to ensure that when the next storm hits Connecticut, it will not have the same devastating impact."
Information on the loan application process will be made available soon, officials said.
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Friday, August 24, 2012
Kindergarten Color Days - Blue
Today is Paige's Blue Day in Kindergarten.
Blue Day lunch is packed in a Lunchbots Trio container:
The Trio has three sections, two squarish and one long space.
The long space here holds waffle pretzels and a string cheese.
One square section has four mini ham and cheese sandwiches and almonds. The sandwiches were cut into the little animal faces, an elephant and a bunny, using this cutter set. Cutest little cutters ever. They are my favorite and my best.
The second square spot has as silicone cup of blueberries with the blue crayon pick and some cucumber slices fill in the spaces around it.
Monday is purple day. Paige can barely contain herself. ;-)
Supplies used in the making of this bento:
8 comments:
- Sheila said... [Reply to comment]
Did the string cheese come with a crayon label or is that a sticker?
- August 24, 2012 at 10:02 AM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
It is printed on the wrapper! Such a nice and effortless tie-in! :)
- August 24, 2012 at 10:47 AM
- Meredith said... [Reply to comment]
That is a very cute cutter set. Did one sandwich make 4 little ones or are they bigger than that?
- August 24, 2012 at 12:55 PM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
Meredith, I use large sized bread (Arnold's multigrain) and out of one slice of bread I could get 4 animal cutouts, enough to make two mini sandwiches. I used two slices of bread to make the four complete mini sandwiches.
These cutters are not itty bitty. An adult would be able to eat one in one bite- a big bite. For a child they are about two bites each, I'd say.
- August 24, 2012 at 2:47 PM
- Meredith said... [Reply to comment]
Thanks! The stencil cutters I've had for 2 years have yet to work well on bread, so I appreciate your comments.
- August 24, 2012 at 5:17 PM
- Sarah Hendrix said... [Reply to comment]
This is so cute! All your lunches are so inspiring to me! My kids are starting school on Monday and I am so excited to make their lunches. :) I am wondering though, I have been searching all over the internet for the exact four square lock and lock boxes that you use.... I cannot find them! I found one with dividers but not the removable parts. Do you know where I could find the exact one that you use? Thank you so much!
- August 26, 2012 at 12:11 AM
- Sheila said... [Reply to comment]
I found them, thanks! Super cute!! I might have to stock up if the expiration dates are far enough out. ;)
- August 27, 2012 at 10:41 AM
- Melissa said... [Reply to comment]
Sheila, I always stock pile my favorite products too. As long as I don't forget about them, or lose them, it all works out in my favor! :p
Sarah Hendrix - they reason you haven't been able to find that exact Lock & Lock box is because it has been discontinued. :( There is a similar one that I thought was replacing it, but it is showing up as out of stock everywhere I've looked. Not sure if it's due to it also being discontinued, or simply because of the back-to-school rush on lunch products. I'm so sorry to be bearer of bad news. :(
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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. --The Tennessee Tech women's basketball team will bid farewell to five seniors Saturday night in the regular season finale against Morehead State. The seniors, Katherine Barker, Kellie Cook, Kylie Cook, Lashay Davis, and Jala Harris will sport purple and gold for the last time in the Eblen Center in a game that would clinch the top seed in the East Division and possibly grab a share of the OVC Regular Season Title. Tip-off is slated for 5:30 p.m. with senior recognition set for half-time.
Tennessee Tech (17-11, 11-4 OVC) vs. Morehead State (5-10, 9-20 OVC)
Saturday, March 2, 2013
5:30 p.m. CT
Hooper Eblen Center - Cookeville, Tenn.
The Broadcasts
TV: WCTE (Buddy Pearson, Bill Worrell)
Radio: Fox Sports Radio, 106.1 The Eagle (Roger Ealey)
Webcast: OVC Digital Network
Live Stats
Setting the Stage
The Ohio Valley Conference Tournament is within sight, but one final obstacle stands in the way the Golden Eagles and entering the tournament as the top seed in the East and a two-bye schedule.
Morehead State has been mathematically eliminated from the tournament after losing at Tennessee State Thursday, but enter the Eblen Center playing for pride. Tech is playing for much more. With the win, Tech will seal the top seed in the East, but could capture a share of the Regular Season Championship as well. A few other pieces must fall into place, but the Golden Eagles control their own destiny.
In their final outing, five seniors will be honored in a special senior recognition presentation. At half-time of the women's game Katherine Barker, Kellie Cook, Kylie Cook, Lashay Davis and Jala Harris will be honored for their time at Tech.
In a special promotion, prize packages for the women's OVC basketball tournament will be up for grabs.
A Glance at the Golden Eagles
The senior class has accumulated 71 wins over four years, while this is only the first year all five members have played together. The Golden Eagles can accredit the seniors 71 victories over the past four seasons and a 39-17 record at home in front of the Purple and Gold faithful.
Katherine Barker: Barker has played for Tech since joining the squad as a freshman in 2009. Daughter of hall of fame women's basketball player Anita Meyers Barker, Katherine has played in over 75 games as a vital role player for the Golden Eagles, and 22 starts. The guard had a career high 10 points this season verses Akron and is averaging 12 minutes per game. Barker was named the teams best defensive player her freshman season and given the Golden Eagle Award last season as a junior. Barker has been on the OVC Commissioner's and Tech Athletic Director's Honor Roll all three years and received the OVC Medal of Honor in 2011.
Kellie Cook: Cook has been in the forefront of Tech basketball for the past four seasons. Kellie became one of six guards in program history to record a 30 point game when she scored 36 points against East Tennessee State last season. Cook, a captain of this seasons squad, has played in over 100 games as a Golden Eagles, with a career 784 points. Kellie is a two time recipient of the OVC Medal of Honor, two time recipient of the Tennessee Tech JP Hendrix Leadership Award, and a consistent member of the OVC Commissioners and Tech Athletic Director's Honor Roll. During Cook's freshman season, Kellie has named Freshman of the Week.
Kylie Cook: Cook has played for the Golden Eagles with her twin sister Kellie for four years. The forward has averaged 3.4 points per game over the course of her career, recording 95 career starts. Cook lead the team in three-pointers her freshman season and finished two seasons with over 100 rebounds. Kylie has been on the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll every year as well as the Tech Athletic Director's honor roll every semester.
Lashay Davis:Davis transfered from Western Kentucky after her freshman season, and was a member of the 2010-11 Tech squad. After taking a season off, Davis returned to the Golden Eagles for her final season and has played in all 28 games this season getting the starting nod 11 times. Lashay was named OVC Newcomer of the Week once this season and ranks fourth in the OVC in three-point field goal percentage.
Jala Harris: Harris transfered from the Univeristy of Alabama Birmingham after her freshman season to rejoin her former high school teammates Kellie and Kylie Cook. At UAB, Harris was named a Conference USA Freshman and Sixth Player of the Year. She was also second team All-Conference USA and Conference USA All Freshman Team. At Tech, Harris made an instant impact on the Golden Eagles as a junior. She finished last season as Tech's second lead scorer, and broke the 20-point plateau on four occasions. She was named to the all-OVC second team, the OVC Newcomer team and the OVC all-Tournament team. Harris was named OVC Newcomer of the week three times and was Tech's Newcomer of the Year. Jala was on the Tech Athletic Director's Honor Roll last season.
The Golden Eagles defeated Eastern Kentucky in their last outing 67-47. Only two players scored in double-figures, but Molly Heady had a season best 19 points after going 4-5 from behind the arc shooting 75 percent from the floor. Eight different Golden Eagles scored in the contest and Tech made eight threes.
As a team, the Golden Eagles average 66.2 points, 6.5 threes, 35.3 rebounds, 12.4 assists, 7.4 steals and 2.5 blocks per game.
A Look at the Eagles
Morehead State lost its last outing at Tennessee State 82-57. The Eagles have lost two in a row, but downed Jacksonville State at home after losing to Tech at home. Morehead is led by Terrice Robinson and Almesha Jones, who average 17.3 and 11.2 points per game respectively. The Eagles are led by Casey Ryans on the boards with 5.7 rebounds.
As a team, the Eagles average 56.1 points, 7.5 three-pointers, 29.1 rebounds, 11.6 assists, and 8.0 steals per game.
Series History
This will be the 75th meeting between the pair of eagles, and the Golden Eagles hold a 56-19 advantage. Tech has taken every meeting since Morehead State's Hodges took the helm.
Two weeks ago when the Golden Eagles traveled to Morehead, Ky., Tech defeated the Eagles 84-70, scoring the most points since defeating Tennessee Wesleyan in its first game of the season. Four different players scored in double figures including sophomore Diamond Henderson who tossed in a game high 26 points, shooting 62 percent from the floor. The Purple and Gold drained seven threes with Tech's bench outscored the Eagles 21-7.
Last season Tech swept the home and away series, defeating Morehead 68-50 at home and ran away with a slim 57-53 victory in Morehead. Seniors Jala Harris and Kellie Cook each had eight points in the win in Kentucky, while Harris had a breakout night when the Golden Eagles hosted scoring a game-high 18 points, earning her OVC Newcomer of the Week honors.


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Georgia Family History Research
This entry was originally written by the Johni Cerny and Robert S. Davis for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
History of Georgia
Georgia was founded in 1733 to give new lives to deserving non-Roman Catholics in the New World. Despite involvements of Georgia's founder, James Oglethorpe, with debtors' prisons, no debtors or criminals were allowed to be sent to Georgia. Nevertheless, the myth that Georgia was a debtors' colony or a type of Botany Bay seems impossible to lay to rest with the truth.
Trustees of the colony sent about 5,000 persons from Great Britain to Georgia, and information about most of those colonists is published in E. Merton Coulter and Albert B. Saye, A List of the Early Settlers of Georgia (Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1949). Each colonist received fifty acres of land, while those who paid their own passage might have received up to 500 acres.
The Salzburgers, central European Protestants, became the first non-British group to settle in Georgia beginning in 1734. They established themselves at Ebenezer in what is now Effingham County. After Georgia became a royal province in 1753, settlers began to move in from Virginia and the Carolinas in large numbers. Other immigrants included Scots-Irish, Scots-Highlanders, and Portuguese Jews.
When the Revolutionary War began, Georgia consisted of twelve parishes (which did not function as governments, however) and a large area of ceded lands that the Cherokee and Creek Indians had yielded to the colony in 1773. Georgia's first constitution, dated 1777, provided for the creation of Wilkes, Richmond, Burke, Effingham, Chatham, Liberty, Glynn, and Camden counties. In 1784 Washington and Franklin counties were organized. Eventually Georgia had as many as 161 counties. (Campbell and Milton counties were merged with Fulton County in 1932.) Many Georgia counties have the same names as towns not in those respective counties, causing endless confusion for researchers. For example, the city of Macon is in Bibb County and not in nearby Macon County. Other counties in Georgia, such as Houston, Randolph and Walton, have the same names as other counties no longer in existence.
The Civil War left Georgia devastated with enormous strains upon the state's few factories and fragile railroad system. Factories and foundries of Atlanta, Griswaldville, Rome, and Roswell were completely destroyed. Millions of dollars in capital were lost by the emancipation of slaves. The soil was worn out and farm animals were gone.
The end of the war did not bring immediate recovery. Federal direct taxes added to the burden. Thousands of people, African American and white, were displaced or missed in the 1870 federal census. Economic and social pressures led to racial conflict.
The decades following the war brought Georgia its last wave of nineteenth-century migration. North Carolinians came south to take advantage of the pine forests for turpentine and naval stores. Lumber, marble, granite, coal, and kaoline became major businesses, although cotton remained 'king' through the first half of the twentieth century.
Unlike the state as a whole, Atlanta itself recovered almost immediately after the Civil War as a transportation center. Today, it is still the hub of the South, with interstate roads, railways, and air travel. The growth of Atlanta has been explosive, producing two distinct parts of Georgia'Atlanta and its suburbs, as a modern, industrial, urban complex with many people born outside the state; and the rest of the state, which remains rural with declining population and wealth.


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Did he hit the lottery? Inherit a fortune? Strike oil in the Texas desert? No, no, and no. Rob instead became an investor, studying personal finance and stock picking while still a college student in Virginia. That's right -- while his peers were soaking in beer, Rob was soaking in the writings of investing masters, who counseled him to regularly invest in the stocks of firms with durable advantages.
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That's when his dad, a military officer of 28 years, stepped in. "[He] asked me if I had ever heard of mutual funds, to which I replied that I had not." After a little convincing, Rob and his dad filled out the paperwork for a managed fund. Ticker watching would soon follow, "it was exciting and I cheered the days when it went up and grumbled at the days when it went down, as I'm sure we all do."
But ticker watching was only the beginning. Rob says he would quiz his dad about investing at dinner. He read. And he watched the talking heads on CNBC with his grandfather during visits to Ohio. A passion was forming.
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Then, at age 19, he got careless. Like everyone else on the planet at the time, Rob was caught up in the dot-com bubble. But unlike me, who wistfully bought shares of Amazon.com after Jeff Bezos appeared on the cover of Time, and who let go of a 20-bagger investment in Sun Microsystems
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For a while, he was. Within months Rob had earned a 1,000% return buying and selling call options. But then came the crash and his gains disappeared faster than K-Fed's rap career. "I was lucky. ... I really only lost my initial startup money." From then on, he'd look before jumping into any new investment.
Today, he prefers dividend payers, which he buys through a series of direct purchase plans. That's smart. Thousands of stocks can be bought this way, including Walgreen
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Needed: 3-game win streak
Game 4 recap
In his blog, Todd Zolecki questioned if last night's loss ranked up there with Black Friday in 1977. In my mind, heck no. We had a lead in the NLCS game against the Dodgers.
Last night we couldn't get the big hit. When we trailed by two runs, it seemed like 20. But, this resilient team battled and tied the game before the gut-wrenching ninth. Damon should get credit for the win. He had a nine-pitch AB against Brad and with the shift on for Teixeira, he pulled off the first-ever double-steal in the WS.
Utley's homer was his fifth in his World Series history, which ties Billy Martin for the most by a second baseman.
All of the Phillies World Series homers have come with no one on base. Gotta change that pattern.
Posada had nine mound visits, plus four others with the pitching coach. That set a record for a World Series game in November. .
Now, we're faced with winning three in a row. We had 12 winning streaks of three or more games during the season. The Yankees, seven losing streaks of three or more games.
Two other WS teams have come back from being down 3-1, 1979 Orioles and 1985 Royals. Time to join the list.
Ceremonial first ball
Hall of Famers Robin Roberts and Jim Bunning will throw the ceremonial first balls tonight. Jayson Werth, a native of Roberts' hometown in Springfield, IL, will catch Robbie; J. A. Happ will catch Bunning . . . Delivering the game ball to the mound with a member of the Boys & Girls Club will be Greg Gross.
Postseason Memories
Greg Gross played with the Phillies from 1979 through 1988. During his 17-year big league career, he also played with the Astros and Cubs. His post-season experience with the Phillies included in the 1981 NLDS, 1980 and 1983 NLCS and World Series in '80 and '83. Had three key pinch hits in the 1980 NLCS win over Houston. He is the Phillies all-time leader with 117 pinch hits. Now, 57, "GG" is a coach in the Phillies minor league system and resides in suburban Philadelphia.
What is your favorite memory of October baseball as a child?
"As a child, I remember racing home from school to catch the end of games."
As a player, what was the biggest change between the regular season and postseason?
"The total electricity in the ballpark from batting practice to the end of the game. It was something you never forget."
What is your fondest personal postseason memory?
"The excitement of Game 5 in the 1980 NLCS against Houston and getting to the World Series. The victory parade that followed was another ever-lasting memory."
Where were you when the Phillies won the World Series last October?
"Watching it on the television after being in the stands at the rain out a couple of nights earlier."
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2015-06-09 - When a lifelong runner and a football player met at college, their relationship was bound to be based on the active, outdoor lifestyle. Now located in L.A., Kevin and Jessica Dorsey (with daughter Lily), talk about their default setting as runners and their first impression of the Bugaboo Runner.
When did you start running and why?
Jessica Dorsey: "I started running at a very early age, in primary school, but started to really get into running when I was about 12 years old; I used to get up really early and run to the donut store and back. Kevin and I met at college in Wisconsin in my third year, he was a college football player but was injured early in his career, I got him into running!"
What type of runner are you?
Jessica: "Definitely an endurance runner, I run marathons including LA, Boston, Sacramento, around five to date. But I also love to go on shorter 5K walks or along the beach with my husband and daughter Lily."
Kevin: "I run to exercise, to feel good and to feel fast.
How did it feel to complete your first marathon?
Jessica: "Well I have been running for a long time but running my first marathon in 2012 just felt magical. I was immediately hooked. I started marathon training after I had Lily and would often go out with a jogging stroller; she's been with me from the start which is amazing."
What does running mean to you?
Jessica: "Running means everything to me. Because it plays such a big part in my life (and my family's life) I think about running all the time and link many of my personal goals to running, when I see a hill or beautiful landscape I think about running. It's also a great time for reflection. "
How often do you run?
Jessica: "I train about three times a week, and go on different types of runs. Weekend runs are usually long, and for discovering new trails. I just pick somewhere to go running and Kevin will come get me at the end."
Does your kid like to come running?
Kevin (his face lighting up): "Lily loves to come running. She is often the first one to ask whether we can go running or hiking. We play games all the way, she has a great imagination."
How has having a child affected your running?
Kevin: "There's a little more prep but it's fun. Having Lily hasn't slowed us down at all: in fact it's made us more creative."
Jessica: "If I'm going for a run with Lily and the jogging stroller, I grab a few snacks, water and a blanket for her and just go! It's really special that Lily has been along for the ride since she was an infant. She loves it, even if I have to bargain with her a little bit sometimes."
What was your first impression of the Bugaboo Runner?
Jessica: "It's so stylish. I've never seen a jogging stroller that is so functional and easy to run with and also looks great."
Kevin: "It's so smooth!"
Which apps do you use for running + route?
Jessica: "I like Nike+ and have recently invested in a Garmin watch so I use that. I also like listening to Latin workout music while running, but if I had to pick one it would be 'Eye of the Tiger' as cheesy as that sounds."
What is the best thing about running?
Kevin: "Running makes me feel free, it makes me feel alive, but more than anything just free. It's something you can do by yourself with no one around."
Jessica: "The fact that it's so flexible, you can do it anywhere, anytime and it's free. It's also easy to pick up again after an injury for example. I love exploring new places and isn't it better when you can say that your feet took you there?"


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You don't have to make a classic album to make a good one. The Days Run Away, the second record from Sunderland's Frankie & The Heartstrings is never going to appear on a list beside Sgt Peppers and Nevermind, it's unlikely to be discussed by Andrew Collins and John Robb on Channel 4 clip shows, and it's probably not going to bother the top 10, though it certainly deserves to. That's not the kind of brilliant album - and it IS a brilliant album - this is. It's not going to change many lives or break many hearts, but crucially it is going to break some hearts, save a few lives, while it unshowily goes about its business of being the perfect twenty-first century indie pop record.
What The Days Run Away has in spades is charm, character, wit and heart. It's part of a grand tradition of beautifully balanced, honest indie and indie-pop that has its roots in the Eighties and The Smiths, Postcard records and C86, bloomed in the Nineties with the cuter end of Britpop and forged its own identity in the last decade or so thanks to the likes of Los Campisinos, Slow Club, Betty and the Werewolves and the Tender Trap. The kind of bands that come with hand drawn fanzines and and a reverential approach to 7" vinyl. The kind with the history of British alternative music stretching behind them like ghosts, the shades of Johnny Marr and Bernard Butler looking over their shoulder. In this case the latter is literally true, Butler himself is onboard for production duties, and as with the two Libertine's singles he produced (their best two, FYI) his touch is deft and rarely overshadows his charges.
The watchword here is 'pop', from opener 'I Will Follow' onwards The Days Run Away remains punchy, hitting us continually with hooky, chimey riffs, with every chorus a winner. 'That Girl, That Scene' and 'Invitation' are Orange Juice via the Auteurs with added handclaps, 'Nothing Our Way' is a carefree Smiths, while 'Right Noises' and 'She Will Say Goodbye' smack of those second tier britpop bands like Marion, Menswear or My Life Story, and that dear reader is no bad thing. Those bands were a lot better than they got credt for. What's shared with all of those bands is an emotional honesty, lyrics here trim all fat and cut to the core of each song. "I know I'm losing you, I'm losing a friend" sings Frankie Francis on 'Losing You' as Butler sprinkles glockenspiel and rising, slightly discordant strings behind him, "Every time I think of you it makes me cry, I never had the chance to say goodby" he sings on 'First Boy', the record's shimmering heart.
It's a punchy, perfect length as well. The whole thing comes in at a shade over half an hour, with most songs comfortably sailing under the three minute mark. Would that more albums knew to be so succinct. This is a collection of elegantly assembled, fat-free pop songs, made from light and air and heart, and great choruses. It's the soul and centre of indie pop and deserves your immediate attention.
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How Many Eggs In Which Baskets?
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You wouldn't put all your eggs in one basket, CICSwise, would you? A naive reading of the CICS TS 5.1 announcement materials might lead you to suppose you could . This post is about thinking about your CICS region portfolio in the light of this announcement. While every CICS release introduces capabilities that makes it worthwhile to review your region portfolio, 5.1 majors on... [More]
Are You Being Served?
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You Might Just Be A Clone If...
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Drawing The Line
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What's In A Name?
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An Experiment With Job Naming Conventions
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It Depends: SMF 30 Job Timings And CPU Time
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Finding The DB2 Accounting Trace Records For an IMS Batch Job Step
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Wingnut Blogs Raving About Non-Existent 'Obamaphones' Again
The rabid partisan shills of the right wing blogosphere never stop parroting their assigned talking points, and one of the stupidest talking points of them all is the "Obamaphone." The entire wingnut universe just keeps repeating this idiotic falsehood, even though it was debunked long ago.
The Lifeline program that provides phones to low-income Americans (so they won't be cut off from emergency services) was actually started in 1984, as this Wall Street Journal article points out: Millions Improperly Claimed U.S. Phone Subsidies.
The U.S. government spent about $2.2 billion last year to provide phones to low-income Americans, but a Wall Street Journal review of the program shows that a large number of those who received the phones haven't proved they are eligible to receive them.
The Lifeline program—begun in 1984 to ensure that poor people aren't cut off from jobs, families and emergency services—is funded by charges that appear on the monthly bills of every landline and wireless-phone customer. Payouts under the program have shot up from $819 million in 2008, as more wireless carriers have persuaded regulators to let them offer the service.
Nevertheless, the right wingers keep squawking "Obamaphone! Obamaphone!" Notice that they're all linking to this WSJ article that explicitly says the program started in 1984, under Ronald Reagan for Pete's sake, yet they just ignore that troublesome fact and keep ranting.
Do they know they're lying, or are they so locked into their closed loop that they really don't know the difference between reality and fantasy? I think a lot of them are deliberately telling lies, but some, like Jim Hoft, are genuinely that dim-witted.