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4 Amish Arrested on Alcohol Charges After Buggy Hits Cop Car
Post Date: 2012-03-12 18:54:10 by Buzzard
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Four young Amish adults were charged with illegal possession of alcohol after their buggy collided with a police car, authorities say Authorities in western New York say they've charged four young Amish adults with illegal possession of alcohol after their buggy collided with a police car responding to a report of a drinking party under way. The Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office tells media outlets that the crash occurred around 7:15 Sunday in the rural town of Sherman, near the Pennsylvania border in New York's southwest corner. Officials say deputies were responding to reports that people were drinking in several Amish buggies on a country road. As a patrol car arrived on ...
Anonymous--Would Like Your Opinions and Any Good Articles You Can Link To About Them--I Think They're Not Really What They Claim to Be But What Do I Know?
Post Date: 2012-03-11 00:43:50 by James Deffenbach
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My son-in-law asked me what I thought about the group Anonymous and I told him that I thought they were a government front. I have read some articles that say they are and others just as adamantly say they aren't. Whether it started out as a government owned front or not it seems they have been infiltrated and some of the members turn to snitching when they get banged up. There is an article about one of them here.
U.S. regional dictionary gets in last word as it wraps up work
Post Date: 2012-03-10 04:15:32 by Tatarewicz
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Dictionary of American Regional English has finally reached its final word - "zydeco" - as researchers wrap up almost 50 years of work charting the rich variety of American speech. The dictionary's official publication date is March 20 but lexicographers and word fans have been celebrating ever since its fifth and final volume emerged earlier this year. "It truly is America's dictionary," Ben Zimmer, a language columnist and lexicographer, told a Washington, D.C. news conference on Thursday. He said when the final printed volume was delivered to its longtime editor, Joan Houston Hall, at a meeting of fellow dialect scholars: ...
Sons of Bill - Santa Ana Winds (2012)
Post Date: 2012-03-08 18:46:06 by bluegrass
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Poster Comment:These kids are friends of mine. I hope you dig the song.
When you swim in a creek and an eel bites your cheek...
Post Date: 2012-03-08 18:06:54 by James Deffenbach
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Rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose dies in Millbrae
Post Date: 2012-03-04 18:36:53 by Buzzard
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Rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose, who formed the band that bore his name and performed with some of rock's heavy hitters, has died, his booking agent said Sunday. Montrose died Saturday at his home in Millbrae, agent Jim Douglas said. He was 64. Montrose had been in declining health for some time, battling prostate cancer and "personal demons," Douglas said. Besides forming his own band in 1973, Montrose performed with a number of rockers, including Sammy Hagar, Herbie Hancock, Van Morrison, Boz Scaggs and the Edgar Winter Group. "The guy was such a legendary figure for so many people," Douglas said. "He influenced so many bands." Douglas described ...
New Video Shows Japanese Speech-Jamming Gun in Action
Post Date: 2012-03-03 01:23:05 by Tatarewicz
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Two Japanese researchers recently introduced a prototype for a device they call a SpeechJammer that can literally “jam” someone’s voice — effectively stopping them from talking. Now they’ve released a video of the device in action. “We have to establish and obey rules for proper turn-taking,” write Kazutaka Kurihara and Koji Tsukada in their article on the SpeechJammer (PDF). “However, some people tend to lengthen their turns or deliberately disrupt other people when it is their turn … rather than achieve more fruitful discussions.” The researchers released the video after their paper went viral Thursday, to the authors’ apparent ...
Official List Of Words Feds Monitor On Social Networking Sites
Post Date: 2012-03-02 22:55:36 by wudidiz
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Official List Of Words Feds Monitor On Social Networking Sites
Your Water Bill is About to Triple
Post Date: 2012-03-01 22:59:53 by Tatarewicz
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You thought paying between $4 and $6 for gas was rough. Now, this... According to a recent report, Americans could pay up to $900 more per year for water as the nation's water system suffers. America is about to revamp and expand the underground drinking systems in our nation. Cost? About $1 trillion throughout the next 25 years. Therefore, utility rates are going up to compensate for some of those costly endeavors. There is some good news: after the expensive infrastructure processes are completed, water will be less expensive in thefuture. Unfortunately, delays will cost more than a pretty penny... According the the American Water Works Association, fixing the system now would ...
freerepublic.com is down
Post Date: 2012-02-28 15:15:28 by bluegrass
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www.freerepublic.com What a shame. ; )
Red card discipline in Swedish school
Post Date: 2012-02-27 22:38:51 by Tatarewicz
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As schools in Sweden look for new ways to tackle the problem of unruly students, one school has found success using methods normally employed on the football pitch, The Local's Geoff Mortimore discovers. Headlines about bullying, school violence, and concerns about a lack of respect for educators on the part of students, while perhaps exaggerating the problem, have nevertheless focused attention on the issue of discipline in Swedish schools. Across the country, schools are trying out various initiatives, including a few rather unorthodox methods for keeping disruptive students in check. While the rough and tumble world of the football pitch may strike many as an odd place to look for ...
Tunguska-Sized Asteroid Homing on Earth
Post Date: 2012-02-27 20:26:08 by Tatarewicz
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An asteroid of the same class as one that allegedly detonated over Tunguska River in 1908 will pass by Earth next year, flying closer than some man-made satellites, according to NASA. The asteroid, 2012 DA14, will miss the planet by 26,900 kilometers on February 15, 2013, which is closer than satellites in the geostationary orbit of 35,700 kilometers, according to data on NASA’s website published Sunday. The asteroid, first detected by the Spanish Observatorio Astronomico de La Sagra, is between 40 and 95 meters in diameter and belongs to Apollo group of near-Earth asteroids, many of which are potential collision hazards. Astronomer groups around the world are continuing ...
Guide to Brainwashing Little Kids
Post Date: 2012-02-27 16:34:49 by bluegrass
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It is rare that people are truly interested in ugly side of history, politics, or human nature. In search for such people I have decided to share some of my experiences with one ugly side of communism -- brainwashing and control of “intellectual” elite. In recent years, there appears to be (finally) some growing unease among the Americans over what it is that the public schools really “teach.” Many people cannot understand why would somebody ever come up with “sex-ed,” or “death-ed,” or fanatical environmental “science,” or “political correctness,” and push it on kids who barely know how to read. Many of those who do the pushing do ...
Can Gauck be Germany's president 'while living in sin?'
Post Date: 2012-02-27 08:24:51 by Tatarewicz
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Germans generally agree that Joachim Gauck is a good choice for president. But can the ex-pastor be the nation's moral authority while staying married to one woman yet living with another set to become First Lady? Have your say. In Germany the president’s role is mainly a ceremonial one, but from time to time he’s expected to step in and provide the country with some direction. Former President Christian Wulff used his soapbox to promote integration of Germany's Muslims. Others have expounded on various aspects of German society. But some conservative politicians – particularly in the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) – have said Gauck’s personal ...
Extend your German vocabulary with Vocalex
Post Date: 2012-02-27 07:58:18 by Tatarewicz
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Innovative Swedish software can help you expand your German vocabulary rapidly, using words and images. It is generally accepted that the best way to learn any foreign language is by living in the country in question. However, it is not always that simple, especially these days, where many Germans not only speak English fluently, but all too often want to use you as an audience for their linguistic talents. So even if you are thinking moving to Germany, or are already here, simply immersing yourself in the daily life of the country will not be enough. Luckily, help is at hand, in the shape of Vocalex, a new form of teaching software from Lingusoft. Quite simply, learning a new language ...
Data hacking by China likely led to demise of Canada IT giant Nortel
Post Date: 2012-02-27 02:03:36 by Tatarewicz
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An electronic stealth operation allegedly based in China hacks into Nortel Networks Inc., Canada’s high-flying telecom superstar, loots its secrets for a decade and, says one cyber-security expert, contributes to the company’s fatal implosion. Queen’s University professor David Skillicorn points out that after the hackers penetrated Nortel around 2000, they began stealing technical papers, research and development reports, and strategic business plans. After that, Nortel couldn’t compete for contracts “because the hackers had their technical knowledge, their financials, their bids, before they submitted them,” Skillicorn told Postmedia News. “How can you ...
We Want $2.50 Per Gallon Gas—We Want Newt Gingrich!
Post Date: 2012-02-26 22:57:07 by wudidiz
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Apostrophe Abuse
Post Date: 2012-02-25 10:32:13 by christine
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"your so kewl lets get 2gether sumtim" Sometimes a person can wonder if anyone knows how to spell anymore. Sometimes a person has to wonder if teachers have just given up on grammar and punctuation altogether. Sometimes a person wonders what all the fuss is about if other people can figure out what's being said. Are you well-versed in homophones, possessive pronouns, and punctuation? Do you know why apostrophes are being overworked and underpaid? Do you spend so much time text messaging on your phone that you no longer know how to spell without numbers? Do you wonder why the non-word "gooder" is in the title? Go on, take the quiz and see what the teacher would give ...
'It's not the life I want to live', says Chinese worker
Post Date: 2012-02-25 02:50:12 by Tatarewicz
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BEIJING - With no idea about her future, Liu Ye walked along the country road that took her home in Central China's Hunan province in July. The 25-year-old migrant worker was returning from neighboring Guangdong province because her parents expected her to date a local man, marry and settle in her hometown to support them in their old age. Liu took her first job in a shoe factory in Shenzhen eight years ago after graduating from a junior middle school. "I wanted to relieve my family's financial burden. It was costing my parents more than 20,000 yuan ($3,174) a year to have four children in school," Liu said. In 2003, as a new assembly line worker in the factory, she ...
New York Man 'Grows' Six Inches Through Surgery
Post Date: 2012-02-25 00:38:04 by Tatarewicz
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At five foot, six inches, Apotheosis was shorter than the average American male and very unhappy about it. So he did something other men who feel short might consider unthinkable: he opted for costly, painful surgeries to make himself "grow" a total of six inches. "I realized that the world looked at me a certain way that I didn't look at myself in that certain way," said the 37-year-old New Yorker, who goes by the pseudonym "Apotheosis" in online forums and asked that "20/20" not use his real name. "I wanted the way I felt about myself and the way the world felt about me to be similar." Apotheosis is one of a "growing" ...
... just adjust your attitude & Thank God you have a job
Post Date: 2012-02-24 12:14:29 by uselesseater
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... just adjust your attitude & Thank God you have a job ".... It's sobering to realize that this has been and is happening everywhere in this country to people with far less stamina or intent to control their own life. ... " That line is brought up front to keep focus on my intent, what I am trying to communicate while some shill prepares their posts for reply ... what the hell chance does a person have of breaking out of this if they are completely oblivious to it all and blaming themselves for failing, blaming themselves for not being strong enough, blaming themselves for letting the stress get to them, etc., etc.? ********************* I tried explaining to boss ...
Public concern about effects on youth of TV dramas
Post Date: 2012-02-24 08:06:01 by Tatarewicz
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BEIJING - More than 80 percent of respondents to a survey reported concerns that unwholesome TV dramas could negatively affect and mislead teenagers, according to results released Thursday. The online survey, conducted among 1,210 people by the China Youth Daily Social Investigation Center, showed that 60 percent of the participants believed that TV dramas have had negative effects on teens, with only four percent of respondents saying the dramas have had positive effects. Song Jun, a senior middle school student in east China's Jiangsu province, said that she has many classmates who are addicted to such TV dramas. "Some of my female classmates dream every day of marrying a ...
Australian woman turns tables on Nigerian scammers
Post Date: 2012-02-24 07:43:30 by Tatarewicz
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Nigerian email scams have become nearly as commonplace as the Internet itself. But one Australian woman wound up in jail after turning the tables--to the tune of $30,000--on a group of con artists. The Courier-Mail reports that Sarah Jane Cochrane-Ramsey, 23, was employed as an "agent" in March 2010 by the Nigerians, but didn't know they were scam artists. Her "job" was to provide access to an Australian bank account opened in her name where the Nigerians could then transfer money they had received from a phony car sales website. Cochrane-Ramsey was told she could keep eight percent of the transfers. But, then she decided to steal from the thieves themselves. ...
Romney Paul Ticket? Would you hold your nose or do it gladly? [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2012-02-23 03:43:54 by titorite
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On the very off chance of a Romney Paul Ticket.... Would you do it? As I think about it...That would be I victory of sorts...... Although I wouldn't want to be Romney on that ticket...... I vote for it. Gladly... But thats me... Would you hold you nose or vote for paul in a vp position with pride?
Plenty of Learning Options for New Wave of NY Urban Beekeepers
Post Date: 2012-02-23 02:21:54 by Tatarewicz
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NEW YORK—As new beekeepers pop up around the five boroughs two years after a city law was amended, taking introductory classes can help newcomers avoid mistakes and learn what beekeeping entails. “Once urban beekeeping became legal [in New York City] … a lot of people just got the bees and they were very, very excited about it,” said Andrew Coté, founder of two groups dealing with bees, including the New York City Beekeepers Association. “And two weeks later they forgot that they had bees on the roof.” During a talk at the Horticultural Society of New York, Coté described the classes the association offers. “[You] learn about how to be ...
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