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Attack on liberalism
Art can flourish only in freedom
IT is the height of illiberalism that a student of fine arts of M.S. University of Baroda had to remain in jail for a few days for no other fault than giving a free rein to his creative instinct while doing an assignment. The paintings the students did were not for public display but for peer review and assessment by the teachers. But this did not prevent some Sangh Parivar activists from barging into the campus and creating a ruckus.
Display of intolerance
Law and order must be maintained
The bloody clashes between the supporters of Dera Sacha Sauda and those of various Sikh organisations in Bathinda on Monday which left a large number of persons injured were only the spillover effect of the tension existing between the two sides ever since the Sirsa-based dera issued an edict to its followers to vote for the Congress in the recent Assembly elections in Punjab. This cost the Akalis quite a few seats in the Malwa region and left them sore.
Wheat imports again
Killings in Karachi
Polity under strain
Maya wave
Beginning of end
General unrest
Sheer patronage
Diplomatic fraud
God's lesser children
Two faces of police
Lack of political will
Incentives not enough for agricultural growth
The Prime Minister has promised incentives to states that will increase spending on agriculture — from the present 3.5 per cent of their outlay to 6 per cent — and make state-specific strategies to lift agricultural growth. To raise economic growth to 10 per cent, agricultural growth has to be at least 4 per cent. This is what the Eleventh Plan has proposed. How can it happen?
Threat from SEZs
Inequality will worsen
by Arun Kumar
The programme of Special Economic Zones (SEZs) has resulted in much agitation and confusion. The SEZ policy has undergone rapid changes. After the agitation in Nandigram, an Empowered Group of Ministers (eGOM) was set up to go into the matter, but it simply suggested a middle path which has left the concerned parties dissatisfied. Opponents of SEZs feel the idea has not addressed their core concerns while the corporate people feel their interest has not been adequately protected.
by Raj Chatterjee
Every now and again, I create a rumpus in my house making everyone search for my spectacles. This ends when my servant tells me that he can see them sticking out of my shirt pocket. It's the same with "lost" keys, or forgetting the due dates of electricity and telephone bills or the birthdays and wedding anniversaries of my children.
Son and substance
Family welfare in the DMK
by Shastri Ramachandaran
The brothers Maran had it coming. They were getting too big for their boots. They forgot the simple fact that the boots, given by the DMK, can also be taken away by the DMK. Which is what patriarch Muthuvel Karunanidhi did when he had Dayanidhi Maran dropped from the Union Cabinet.
Lessons for Brown from across the Atlantic
by Mary Dejevsky
Who could this be? He was convinced of his destiny from an early age and prepared for it by immersing himself in the small print of politics. He clambered effortlessly up the mountain of power. Then suddenly, with the summit at last in sight, he was overtaken by a slicker rival. Too decent to fight, he settled for an uneasy relationship with the victor, and a long, brooding, wait.
India's inconvenient truth
by Shakuntala Rao
The star of this year's Oscars was neither Martin Scorsese (who won for best director) nor Clint Eastwood or a host of Hollywood luminaries sitting on the front rows of the Shrine Auditorium. This year's star was a man who likes to refer to himself as, "I used to be the next President of the United States." It was Albert Gore, Jr.
IT is the height of illiberalism that a student of fine arts of M.S. University of Baroda had to remain in jail for a few days for no other fault than giving a free rein to his creative instinct while doing an assignment. The paintings the students did were not for public display but for peer review and assessment by the teachers. But this did not prevent some Sangh Parivar activists from barging into the campus and creating a ruckus. Instead of taking action against them, Mr Narendra Modi's police slapped some charges under the Indian Penal Code on the student, Chandramohan, and put him behind bars. It is unfortunate that the magistrate, who allowed his incarceration, did not bother to think about the injustice involved in the treatment meted out to him.
Worse things followed when the Dean of the faculty to which the student belonged refused to close down the protest exhibition the students organised. For his uprightness, the Dean was suspended. All through, the university authorities seemed to dance to the whimsical tunes of the Parivar activists. It is an axiom that art and artists can flourish only in an atmosphere of freedom where there are no restrictions on creativity. History is witness to the fact that works of great artistic worth were created only in liberal societies. The relatively peaceful Elizabethan period in England and the Gupta period in India saw the profusion of art and literature. On the contrary, fundamentalist societies cannot tolerate works of art, as was manifest in the blasting to smithereens of the centuries-old Buddha statues in Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley.
Since time immemorial, India has remained a haven of artistic freedom as is borne out by the temple carvings in places as far apart as Konark and Khajuraho. It is nobody's case that the nation is turning into a fascist citadel but incidents like the hounding of M.F. Husain, just because he painted some deities in the nude, the ban of a book on Sivaji and the highly unreadable Satanic Verses, the attack on the shooting of the film Water and the ritualistic attack on shops selling Valentine cards suggest that things are not hunky-dory on the liberal front. As the Baroda incident denotes the high-water mark of illiberalism, it needs to be protested by all those who want art and culture to flourish in the country without let or hindrance.
The bloody clashes between the supporters of Dera Sacha Sauda and those of various Sikh organisations in Bathinda on Monday which left a large number of persons injured were only the spillover effect of the tension existing between the two sides ever since the Sirsa-based dera issued an edict to its followers to vote for the Congress in the recent Assembly elections in Punjab. This cost the Akalis quite a few seats in the Malwa region and left them sore. Under the circumstances, the "provocation" caused by a controversial advertisement inserted by the dera in various newspapers grew larger than life. What is worse, both sides engaged in a free for all, which was uncalled for, to say the least. A similar instance of an avoidable display of intolerance was SAD (Amritsar) chief Simranjit Singh Mann's protest at Jalandhar over the installation of the statue of former Chief Minister Beant Singh. The problem is that Punjab has just come out of a very difficult phase of terrorism, which too began with similar clashes and tension. The situation should not at all be allowed to go out of hand yet again.
The Great Gurus are too exalted to be aped or mocked by anyone. If taking offence at the dera chief dressing himself in a long robe was a case of over-reaction, so was the offence taken by the dera followers over an attempt to burn the effigy of their head. Democratic forms of protest cannot be silenced through unlawful means. In this case, it is not a question of who was right and who was wrong, but only that of who was more wrong.
While committed followers of a sect or an organisation tend to be partisan, the police has to maintain strict neutrality. Equally significantly, it must be doing its duty diligently. Had it anticipated the tension that was in the air and taken preventive steps, no-holds-barred clashes may have been averted. It must recover lost ground and ensure that no one is allowed to take the law into his own hands, irrespective of his or her denomination or political dispensation.
The Prime Minister has promised incentives to states that will increase spending on agriculture — from the present 3.5 per cent of their outlay to 6 per cent — and make state-specific strategies to lift agricultural growth. To raise economic growth to 10 per cent, agricultural growth has to be at least 4 per cent. This is what the Eleventh Plan has proposed. How can it happen? The National Commission on Farmers headed by Mr M.S. Swaminathan has produced a five-volume report on what is wrong with agriculture and what needs to be done to make the Second Green Revolution a reality.
However, the Centre is addressing only a part of the problem. The Union Budget for 2007-08 has doubled farm credit, cut interest rates on farm loans to 7 per cent and earmarked more funds for irrigation. The Prime Minister's package for distressed farmers included the waiving of interest on loans and rescheduling of repayments. Now the Prime Minister has tried to rope in states by dangling sops. That may not work to the desired extent. The quality of leadership and governance in most states is unfortunately poor. Incentives alone will not lure them to perform better. The Centre needs to be a bit tough with them.
Now that a study of the Indian Institute of Public Administration has established the advantages of power reforms, the Centre must ask the states to implement the Electricity Act. Growth is dependent heavily on power and there is an urgent need to generate more electricity and a foolproof distribution network. Water management and rainwater harvesting are the key to promoting dryland farming and expanding the area under wheat and pulses. Lack of quality inputs results in low productivity. Rural connectivity, linkages with markets, contract farming and supplementary income-generating avenues too should be on the agenda. What rural India needs is a specific, workable plan for agricultural growth through central and state coordination. Essentially, what is required is political will which is lacking both at the Centre and in the states.
If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise. — William Blake
If only a few SEZs were planned, perhaps, it would not have mattered. But hundreds of them are slated to come up all over the country. They have the potential of displacing substantial numbers of people. This would be on top of the ongoing displacement due to the many projects coming up (or planned) in the country like steel plants, power stations, airports and their expansion and road networks.
The proponents of SEZs suggest that displacement is a necessary cost of development/ industrialisation. It is argued that SEZs are necessary to achieve high rates of growth, high levels of investment and for employment generation. Are these arguments valid?
The SEZ policy has been implemented since 2006 with the notification of the rules. As per the official data, the economy prior to 2006 had already achieved a high rate of growth of 8 per cent and had shown record rates of investment at about 32 per cent of the GDP. Thus, SEZs are not necessary to achieve high levels of growth. Alternative policies can result in rapid growth.
Another argument is that SEZs will result in a faster increase in exports. But even before they have come up, exports have risen rapidly in the last many years. So, they are not the only way to achieve this objective. Some have argued that they will provide the market that may otherwise narrow down and, therefore, help sustain the growth momentum.
However, the world economy is slowing down. Dependence on exports from SEZs may result in a problem rather than a solution. If the export market remains at the expense of the home market, then the problem would persist and perhaps aggravate even if the world economy does not slow down. This is probed further in what follows.
The SEZ policy is based on giving large concessions to the business community (foreign or indigenous). Concessions are proposed in corporation tax, income tax, customs, excise, services tax and sales tax. Land is being made available at cheap rates, etc. Thus, SEZs are guaranteeing a high rate of profit to their developers and the entrepreneurs setting up units there. This will lower the share of wages in the economy and adversely impact the mass consumption markets. Exports and investments will have to overcome this tendency of the market to contract.
Exports may or may not rise given the uncertainty in the international market. Thus, much will depend on what happens to investments. Clearly, investments will rise in the SEZs due to the concessions being offered. However, at least a part of this will be at the expense of the existing investments in the rest of the economy.
First, the existing assets will be destroyed on the land on which SEZs will come up. Like, in the case of agricultural land acquired to set up an SEZ, the investment in wells, irrigation, bunds, etc, would be lost substantially. Once agriculture in an area declines, the capital invested in related agricultural activity will also be wasted like in storage, transportation, oil-crushers, black-smithy, carpentry, etc. Apart from the loss of these tangible assets, there would be breakdown of a community and a way of life which is never valued.
Second, given the incentives, capital from the non-SEZ areas would move to the SEZs to take advantage of the concessions. Factories would simply be shut down because a shift is not allowed. Earlier investment would be written off. In brief, due to these two reasons, the net investment would rise less than the gross investment would.
These two aspects of loss in the capital stock would also substantially impact jobs — employment associated with them would also be destroyed. The impact on jobs would not just be the number of jobs created by the SEZs but also the number of jobs that would be lost due to them. Further, since the new industry in the SEZs is likely to be much more capital intensive than either agriculture that it would displace or the industry that would shift to the SEZs, the number of jobs likely to be created in the SEZs would be less than the jobs they would eliminate.
Thus, unless investment rises by a very substantial amount, there would be a net loss of jobs. This would be in keeping with the trend of falling net number of jobs in the organised sector during the last seven years in spite of 65 per cent of all investment going into this sector.
Could it be the case that those whose land will be acquired will receive compensation and they will invest and create jobs? This is unlikely since small industries are facing increasing sickness. Further, in this era of `core competency', when businesses are going for specialisation and giving up their side-businesses, how feasible is it to expect agriculturists to suddenly become businessmen? A large part of the compensation may simply be blown up.
Thus, the claim that jobs and the investment level would rise substantially is unlikely to fructify. If employment falls in the net, the market cannot grow unless investment grows substantially. But, as suggested above, net investment will not increase much. Thus, growth would not pick up and would be hard to sustain.
The policy then amounts to giving concessions to the corporate sector and trying to achieve growth at a higher cost with all the costs falling on the farmers, tribals and workers. This will lead to a dramatic rise in disparities in society that are already getting accentuated due to the relative stagnation in agriculture and with growth concentrated in organised sector industry and services.
Is taking the middle path, as the eGOM did, the correct thing? Not when the policy is unsuitable for the majority. Gandhiji argued that the policy-maker should `look at the last person'. Marginalisation of the marginalised cannot be right since that can only create further inequity. Already, there is much dissatisfaction in the country. Rather than douse the fires, the SEZ policy will only fuel them.n
The writer teaches at JNU, New Delhi.
Senile decay? Maybe, though my doctor assures me that such memory lapses affect most people in my age group.
In fact, an intriguing game that I play in my idle moments is trying to recall the names of my former colleagues and close friends whom I have not seen for many years. Sometimes, it takes me a minute or two to do so; at others, days later, when I am not making a conscious effort in this direction the name pops up by itself.
In happy contrast to these spells of forgetfulness is my capacity to remember faces, names, places and events that took place several decades ago with the utmost clarity, down to the minutest detail.
In the 1920s, when I was what would now be called a "teen-ager", we lived in an old house on Nicholson Road just behind the northern portion of the city wall, the location of much carnage during the upheaval of 1857.
Five minutes' walk from our house brought me to the bazaar in Mori Gate (originally Moira Bastion) where lived that renowned Anglophile, Nirad Chaudhri. Near his residence was a bookseller, J.M. Jaina, whose shop I visited every Saturday to buy, for four annas, the latest issue of a magazine which contained, in serial form, the exploits of the super-sleuth, Sexton Blake and his stooge, Tinker.
On Sunday evenings, escorted by our cook's son, I was allowed to see a silent, English film at Delhi's only cinema, the Elphinstone Picture Palace on Queen's Road which led to the Old Delhi railway station. Tickets to the 2nd class cost eight annas. The projectors were powered by a gasfired generator in the compound which occasionally broke down whereupon the disappointed audience were told to line up at the ticket office and obtain refunds.
My escort was greatly shocked at the kissing that went on in the films. I took great pains to explain that this was a form of greeting, like shaking hands, in Western countries and that there was nothing immoral about it. I don't think I was able to quite convince him.
Among my favourites on the silver screen were Douglas Fairbanks who made his mark with "The Thief of Baghdad" and his wife Mary Pickford who was also his leading lady, Greta Garbo and Rudolph Valentino, considered to be the handsomest male actor in Hollywood. He died in August, 1926. I went into mourning and eschewed sweets for a week!
And, of course, there was the little man in baggy trousers and a bowler hat, the king of comedy, Charlie Chaplin.
In his autobiography Chaplin says: "Through humour we see in what seems important, the unimportant, in what seems rational, the irrational. Because of humour we are less overwhelmed by the vicissitudes of life."
I dare say, today Chaplin's brand of humour would be called "corny" by our young people. More's the pity. It certainly brightened my little world.
The shoe on the foot of the other brother, Kalanidhi, has also begun pinching. Being well heeled is not enough to prevail in the DMK. Money and media power should be matched with political savvy, too. The Maran brothers were savvy as corporate honchos are, not in the gritty way of hard-bitten politicos.
So, while Karunanidhi earns no cheers for keeping the party within the family, there may be few tears for Dayanidhi being dumped. Even for one who has been minister for information technology, Dayanidhi will find that it is not easy to reboot and start up again. He has no password to login to the DMK dialog box. He has been denied access.
This is not the only irony. For a man who claims he made information technology and communication cheaper and easier across the country to attribute his fall from grace to "misinformation" is a bit rich. And rich as the Maran brothers are, the DMK will not be any the poorer for discarding them. The party, and the family interest to which it is dedicated, will be better served with Dayanidhi being made an example of what lies in store for anyone who steps out of line.
At 84, Karunanidhi, who just celebrated 50 years as a legislator, has one overriding ambition: to see his son M K Stalin succeed him at the helm of the party and government.
The party is Karunanidhi, and his family. But for his iron grip the party may not have overcome the many threats it faced, particularly from the time of the Emergency, to survive as the force it is today. Having withstood undemocratic dismissals from office, splits, defections, desertions and periodic machinations by Central agencies and the Congress party at the Centre to break the DMK, Karunanidhi is very proprietorial about the party.
Through these various periods of crisis, a few stalwarts such as K. Anbazhagan and Arcot Veerasamy have remained steadfastly by his side. The late Murasoli Maran, father of Kalanidhi and Dayanidhi, was close to Karunandhi, and despite the latter's affection for him, there were times when he was sidelined or kept out of the decision-making loop. When it comes to his political interests, Karunanidhi is most uncompromising.
It is no secret that Karunanidhi favours Stalin as his political heir. Yet, Stalin unlike his brother M.K. Azhagiri is a politician in his own right. His political spurs were won in the dark days of the Emergency when he was put behind bars, where DMK activists were among the worst victims of torture. He was persecuted by successive AIADMK regimes and was Jayalalithaa's special target. A former mayor of Chennai, he fought his political battles, emerged unscathed from the corruption cases foisted on him and never flexed his muscles as his father's son. His low-key approach and deference to the stalwarts who struggled to make the DMK what it is today has gained him a large measure of acceptability across sections in the party.
In contrast, Azhagiri is seen as a bit of a loose canon and was once expelled from the party. He represents 'muscle' power and has been a thorn in the side of Karunanidhi. However, while he could be "managed" within the party, he could be a source of greater trouble if kept out. With great difficulty Azhagiri has been kept in check in order to pave the way for Stalin.
Such a fine balance that keeps the peace between the conflicting ambitions of his sons and in tune with party expectations is hard at the best of times. It is harder when he takes on the responsibility to build up the sons of his nephew Murasoli Maran. Dayanidhi was a political cipher until the DMK sent him to Parliament and the Union Cabinet. The fact that his portfolio could serve the interests of the Maran family's media empire was ignored, thanks to Karunanidhi.
Marans' media business, with Sun TV as its flagship, has flourished because of the DMK's patronage and Dayanidhi's position. Unlike Karunanidhi's sons who toil in the rough and tumble of state politics, Maran's sons are on velvet. Flashy and fashionable, their lifestyle and conspicuous living were the cause of much resentment in the party.
The proverbial last straw was the Maran family-owned daily, Dinakaran, publishing a poll that showed 70 per cent support for Stalin as Karunanidhi's successor. Azhagiri, whose men went on a rampage, was provoked not by a meagre 2 per cent wanting him as Karunanidhi's political heir; he was enraged that the poll gave him a mere 6 per cent in Madurai, which he sees as his fiefdom. To make matters worse, 'Others' in the survey ranked below Stalin and 'Others' was a euphemism for Dayanidhi.
This upset the family, which closed ranks against the Maran clan. The poll was viewed as a deliberate ploy to stir fresh hostilities between Azhagiri and Stalin; and as a sign of the Maran brothers taking a deeper plunge in politics with Dayanidhi openly coveting the chief minister's post. This was, doubtless, "detrimental to the interests" of the party, the interest of the party being the interest of Karunanidhi. Any queering of the pitch for Stalin, particularly by ambitious insiders, needed to be crushed swiftly and surely.
The message – that the high profile, media power and financial clout of the Maran brothers do not give them any right to meddle in party politics – had to be driven home. Much to his peril, Dayanidhi presumed otherwise. Kalanidhi is on the block. Whether he has got a breather or this is just the pause between two acts has to be watched.
Or this? At a time when his contemporaries were enjoying family life, his own was struck by tragedy. Never enough of a showman to enjoy the performance, he faltered repeatedly on the campaign trail and allowed himself to be talked into gimmickry. Everyone said he was much nicer, and wittier, in private.
Watching British Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown launch himself into this pretend-campaign for the Labour leadership, are you not struck by the resemblance? The Chancellor, with his new haircut and broader-shouldered suit, is a dead-ringer for the man who now introduces himself around the world as "once the next President of the United States".
Al Gore seemed a safe bet to succeed one of the most gifted American politicians of the 20th century. The assumption was that he would be carried safely to the White House in Bill Clinton's slipstream. But his ambition was thwarted.
Personally, Gore was never comfortable promoting himself. His constant image changes during the 2000 election campaign projected a man uncomfortable in his skin. He could not master the autocue either. Clinton's assured genius eclipsed him.
Gore was politically unlucky, too. Even when he and Clinton had ceased to be rivals, Clinton managed to blight Gore's career. His big mistake – his dalliance with Monica Lewinsky and his lies about it – resulted in impeachment. But he remained in office, largely because so many Americans forgave him.
The real price was paid by Al Gore. Overnight, his years as Bill Clinton's loyal vice-president turned from asset into liability. Instead of trading on his eight-year association with Clinton's policy successes, Gore had to keep a distance. But he was not so convincing as President in his own right that his election was secure.
Tony Blair set Gordon Brown a similar dilemma – the mistakes being plural and led by Iraq – or he would have done, if there were a real contest for the leadership. Even in this non-contest, Brown is constrained by the Blair bequest. ABC (Anything But Clinton) was the unspoken motto in the US 2000 elections. The subtext of Gordon Brown's launch speeches is nothing so much as ABB.
Everything is "new" – after a decade in which Brown has been the most senior member of the Blair government. Anything that has been inherited is unique to him – his manse upbringing, his "moral compass" and his running of the economy.
In his launch speech, Brown even co-opted, in mutant form, one of Clinton's most satisfying phrases – "there is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right with America". The Brown version – "there is no problem too big in Britain that cannot be sorted out by what's best in Britain" – hardly has the same ring, but you get the idea.
Might Gordon Brown have made a better Prime Minister 10 years ago? Then again, would such a clumsy campaigner have been electable without the Blair years? In the US, nostalgia for Gore has been a recurrent theme of the past 10 years.
In one crucial respect, Brown is more fortunate than Al Gore. He has the practice-run of this non-contest before he must face the real thing. In 2000, Al Gore had to be anti-Clinton and anti-Bush at once. Even without his distaste for campaigning, he would have struggled.
With luck, Gordon Brown can exorcise the demons of Tony Blair before preparing his assault on David Cameron's green and pleasant land. If he has to fight on both fronts at once, he may find himself on the climate change circuit – his fate linked again with that of the once "next" US President.
By arrangement with The Independent
As Gore has said repeatedly, he did not set out to win an Oscar. Instead, after the disputed presidential elections of 2000, he set out to convince the world of an issue he cared deeply about, what he called An Incovenient Truth (also the title of the documentary for which he won the Oscar).
Two years ago, global warming was still considered a fringe issue to many. Thanks to Al Gore's film which has now grossed six million dollars worldwide, the issue has taken centerstage in world politics.
While Gore has added star power to debates about global warming, Indian documentary filmmakers have been making movies on climate change for years. From the human and environmental disaster of Narmada valley project to melting of the Himalayan glaciers, our own homegrown filmmakers have been tackling these thorny topics long before Gore's entry into the world of cinema.
"People in India, unlike the West, don't understand the seriousness of the issue," said veteran documentary filmmaker Mike Pandey in a recent interview to Frontline magazine, "They think global warming is a fantasy. Indians are using fossil fuel like never before. We have constructed oven-like buildings and spend enormous energy cooling them." Pandey laments about his own film, Global Warming, which went largely unnoticed when it was released in India a few years prior to An Inconvenient Truth.
Limited funding sources, fewer venues, and apathetic audiences do not encourage good filmmaking about a troubling issue like climate change. In spite of handicaps, a handful of filmmakers in the subcontinent continue to do ground-breaking work.
Chandigarh-based journalist Manmohan Singh's recent film, The Wailing Glaciers, narrates how the glaciers in the western Himalayan region are melting at an alarming rate. Naresh Newar, a journalist from Nepal, whose film, Meltdown in Nepal, is a brilliant look at the melting of one of the biggest glaciers in the Solukhumbu region. Sanjay Kak's documentary, Words on Water, is a thoughtful account of the human cost brought about by poor developmental planning and climate changes.
Few in India know of a festival held in Bristol, UK, euphemistically referred to as the "Green Oscars" where filmmakers, from around the world, gather each year. Funded by the British government and World Wildlife Federation, films awarded at this festival are about environmental conservation, wildlife, and global climate change. While Indian filmmakers are ignored at the Oscars in Los Angeles, films from India, like the ones by Pandey and Kak, have won several "Green Oscars."
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The West Hill Pond Association is an Association of Associations. The Trustees represent various stakeholders with interests in managing and protecting the lake. The Trustees are all serve in a voluntary fashion.
The West Hill Pond Association owns, regulates, and controls the water rights to West Hill Pond. Those rights include, without limitation, ownership of the dam, the gatehouse located on the dam, all appurtenances thereto and rights of way to and from the dam. By functioning as an Association with specific directives and structure, the interests of all the stakeholders can be heard and considered, and actions taken to support the best interests of all parties represented by the Association.
promote the general welfare of the community around West Hill Pond and the Towns of New Hartford and Barkhamsted, Connecticut, by owning, regulating and controlling the water rights to West Hill Pond. To maintain, improve and enhance the quality of water in West Hill Pond, Connecticut, and its watershed; to control and abate pollution therein; and to design, create, implement and conduct projects to that end.
In practical terms this means the Association volunteers meet to discuss topics of concern and determine if action is required and what that action might be. This typically involves working with local and state agencies, with scientists and engineers, with various stakeholders and members of the public, and in seeking sources of funding to assist with the execution of projects. We work very diligently to make sure we are representing all interests to the very best of our ability. Our trustees and officers welcome input on how we are doing and expressions of concern about issues relevant to the water quality of West Hill Pond.
The Association's affairs are controlled by a Board of Trustees each of whom has been appointed by Organizations with a vested interest in participating in the West Hill Pond Association. These Organizations include: The Laurel Acres Property Owners Association, Incorporated; The West Hill Lake Shore Property Owners Association, Incorporated; West Hill Beach Club, Inc.; Marstan Trails Homeowner's Association, Inc.; Town of New Hartford; Connecticut Yankee Council, BSA, Camp Sequassen; Connecticut Rivers Council, BSA, Camp Workcoeman.
There is a Bylaws which in combination with the Association's Certificate of Incorporation, governs the organization's actions and scope of responsibility.


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Q: mysqli fetch_object returning non-object in the first element of the result set array I have a particular mysqli query that returns an empty element at the 0th position in the result set array. This empty non-object element seems to cause problems when I try to loop through the result set to display to screen
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i.e. when I print_r($projAreas)
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A: Try this ....
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A: try this
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The annual children's Christmas program was tonight. Adorable angels sang their hearts out. One of the wise men cutely missed his cue. Enthusiastic three-year-olds rang jingle bells.
It was one of those shows that just give you the warm fuzzies.
I sat in the audience with Joseph on my lap. Unsure how he would last for an hour-long performance, I brought enough snacks to feed a zoo, and chose a seat near an exit, just-in-case we needed to discreetly duck out due to a toddler tantrum.
Thankfully, the cute kids and the Christmas carols had him absolutely mesmerized.
It was me who could barely keep it together as we sang the last verse of Away in a Manger.
As I whispered the lyrics, arms wrapped around my snuggled-up son, I couldn't help but think of the dear children who I believe are now with Jesus. The faces who were probably prepared to be in holiday pageants of their own. The little ones who were taken much too quickly, by horrific, unfathomable means.
I prayed for the parents who will never again have the chance to hold their sweet sons and daughters. I prayed that those little souls are being held in His tender care.
There are no more words to write. No explanations seem to be enough. No platitudes make it better. No solutions can take away the sting.
So I sat and I prayed. And I choose to trust in something bigger than myself. Bigger than the awful atrocities this world bears.
I take comfort that one day, every tear will be wiped away. All of the sad things will be made new. Gungor's This is Not The End is a song (listen here) that gave Jonny and I comfort last year at this time when someone we knew heart-wrenchingly left this world too soon.
We will open our eyes wide, wider.
Oh, and you know you'll be alright.
We will shine like the stars bright, brighter.
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Free State diamond mines are expanding production. Reduced global and domestic demand has affected coal and gold miners and employment is down, but diamond production is on the up.
Mar 28, 20140183;32;In the 1970s, South Africa was the world's most prolific exporter of gold. Over the years, industrial decline has seen widespread closures of the mines across the country. However, Johannesburg sits on the biggest gold basin ever discovered.
Gold output nationwide has fallen by about 85 percent since 1980, according to government statistics. South Africa now produces only 6 percent of the worlds gold, as recent exploration here has yielded little, while countries such as Brazil and Mongolia have found new deposits.
South Africa First 20 Years of Democracy (1994 2014) Discovery of the Gold in 1884. Geldenhuis Estates, Langlaagte, Robinson and Wolhouter mines. By then 14 mines and 93 stamps were in operation, with a total annual output of 19,080 oz of gold.
Jul 11, 20180183;32;South Africas biggest gold producers and mining unions start wage talks Wednesday against the backdrop of stark declines in the industry that was once the worlds largest.
Well, maybe theres one an express elevator in a South African gold mine that runs 3 kilometers straight into Earth. This week, scientists were set to begin drilling a 750 meter deep hole from the bottom of the Moab Khotsong mine, located some 180 kilometers southwest of Johannesburg, South Africa.
The earnings from South Africas gold exports increased sharply after Britain and the United States abandoned the gold standard in the early 1930s. White farmers prospered; new secondary industries were established; and South Africans of all races continued to flock to the towns.
AngloGold Ashantis Vaal River operation comprises of three deep level mines and one surface operation Great Noligwa, Kopanang, Moab Khotsong and the surface sources operations.
South Africas importance in terms of gold has been diminishing for years, however. Last year, the country was the worlds sixth largest gold producer with 145 tons, which equates to 4.9% of global mining production according to the WBMS.
Jun 16, 20140183;32;New archaeological and scientific discoveries made by Michael Tellinger, Johan Heine and a team of leading scientists, show that the Sumerians and even the Egyptians inherited all their knowledge from an earlier civilization that lived at the southern tip of Africa more than 200,000 years ago mining gold.
Formerly the Chamber of Mines of South Africa Fact sheet The Minerals Council plans to redouble its efforts to engage on issues honestly, practically and as pre emptively as possible as it introduces the new brand, vision and positioning of the organisation.
Ophir is a former gold mining town in New South Wales. Ora Banda is a former gold mining town in Western Australia. Whilst not a town, Parramatta Road in Sydney has over 100 abandoned and boarded up stores on its 23 kilometres (14 mi) long strip.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) South African gold producers will likely reach a settlement within six weeks in a lawsuit over a fatal lung disease that companies have set aside 5 billion rand ($420 million) in provisions for, a lawyer and industry group said on Sunday.
South Africa First 20 Years of Democracy (1994 2014) Discovery of the Gold in 1884. Capital, mine personnel and technical expertise were available from the Kimberley diamond mines, as well as the gold fields of Australia and North America.
About 80,000 gold miners in South Africa walked out on strike on Tuesday night, raising fears of renewed violence in the crisis hit industry and underlining the government's dwindling authority.


In light of Gone Girl keeping the top spot at the box office, it struck me that it's an authentic voice and story. The ensemble comedy, This is Where I Leave You, is out of the top ten after two weeks. The Judge, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall, with anything starring the former oozes integrity and the latter is one of the few bankable stars, debuted at fifth. It didn't strike me as an authentic work; more as a John Grisham-esque courtroom thriller, and though we haven't seen one in a while, we have seen them before. Watch for original works such as Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Birdman and Nightcrawler to triumph in the weeks ahead. Reading The New York Times interview with Michael Keaton, Birdman appears a frontrunner for this year's Oscar race, and is a completely original work, deriving and arising from the director's experiences. It's also eight years after The New Yorker declared "something was afoot in Mexican filmmaking." Remember 2006, when Inarritu's Babel, Del Torro's Pan's Labyrinth, and Alfonso Cuaron's Children of Men all came out? Recall last year, when Curaon's Gravity won seven Oscars. The three are still on a roll, and taking their time, which proves to produce original work.


Scientists have discovered a network of brain cells that keep track of time within our experiences and memories, timestamping every event and recording their order much like a filing system.
The research at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology suggests that our brain has its own temporal yardsticks different from the clocks with standardized units minutes and hours, reports Eurek Alert.
Fascinatingly, our neural clocks can be tuned to a varying phenomenon, for example, the circadian clock is tuned to rise and fall of daylight while the hippocampal time cells track time spans up to 10 seconds precisely, notes Daily Mail.


The Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism Organizing Collective is excited to announce specific financial support for Black UUs to attend UUA General Assembly 2016 in Columbus, OH.
Critical to our mission of expanding the role & visibility of Black UUs within out faith is creating spaces that are both welcoming to Black UUs and that are created with the needs of Black UUs in mind. This year at General Assembly, as we present content, a worship service, healing space and more centered on and created for Black UUs, it is vital that we facilitate increased participation at GA by Black UUs.
Effective immediately, we are happy to cover the registration costs for any Black UU interested in attending UUA GA 2016. We are also able to offer a limited amount of financial support for transportation & housing costs for Black UUs.
We look forward to seeing you in Columbus in June!
BLUU GA 2016 Tshirts NOW AVAILABLE!
In advance of UUA General Assembly 2016, the Black Lives of UU Organizing Collective is pleased to make our official UUA GA 2016 T-shirt available for purchase.


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State Police Investigating a Fatal Motorcycle Crash West of Georgetown
Georgetown, De. – The Delaware State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit is investigating a fatal motorcycle crash that occurred earlier today west of Georgetown.
The preliminary investigation has determined the incident occurred around 11:06 a.m. Thursday, April 20, 2017, as Howard A. Scheweitzer, 62 of Laurel, was operating a 2003 Harley Davidson motorcycle northbound on East Trap Pond Road (CR 62) approaching the intersection at Piney Grove Road. A 2004 Ford Explorer operated by Yajira Quintana-Tinoco, 31, of Seaford, was traveling eastbound on Piney Grove Rd (CR 329), and stopped at a posted stop sign at the intersection of East Trap Pond Road. Yajira Quintana-Tinoco failed to remain stopped at the stop sign and entered the intersection directly into the path of the motorcycle. Scheweitzer was unable to avoid the collision, and the front of the motorcycle struck the right front of the Ford Explorer within the intersection.
Scheweitzer, who was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash, was ejected from the motorcycle upon impact and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Yajira Quintana-Tinoco, as well as two juvenile passengers in her vehicle, were uninjured.
This crash remains under investigation by the Delaware State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit. Impairment on the part of both parties is not being considered as a factor in this crash.
The intersection of East Trap Pond Road and Piney Grove Road was closed for approximately 2.5 hours as the crash was investigated and cleared.
If you or someone you know is a victim or witness of crime or have lost a loved one to a sudden death and are in need of assistance, the Delaware State Police Victim Services Unit/Delaware Victim Center is available to offer you support and resources 24 hours a day through a toll-free hotline
Marijuana activists will pass out thousands of joints to members of Congress on 4/20
Capitol Hill is about to get a bit hazy.
Congressional Democrats and Republicans will be given the opportunity to bake out a "Joint Session" of Congress on Thursday, as Americans across the nation celebrate the unofficial weed-smoking holiday known as 4/20.
Members of DCMJ, a pro-cannabis activist group, plans to camp out near Capitol Hill to puff-puff-pass out at least 1,000 free marijuana joints to members of Congress, congressional staffers, interns and credentialed members of the press. The group offers to give out two joints per person, as long as the tokers are older than 21.
Since state law allows D.C. residents to possess, grow and give away marijuana, the group will most likely be allowed to carry out the pot-smoking event without obstruction.
Young Doctor Tries To Outsmart An "Old Geezer." What Actually Happens Is Pure Gold!
An old geezer, who had been a retired farmer for a long time, became very bored and decided to open a medical clinic. He put a sign up outside that said: Dr. Geezer's clinic. "Get your treatment for $500, if not cured get back $1,000."
Doctor "Young," who was positive that this old geezer didn't know anything about medicine, thought this would be a great opportunity to get an easy $1,000.
So he went to Dr. Geezer's clinic
Dr. Young: "Dr. Geezer, I have lost all taste in my mouth. Can you please help me?"
Dr. Geezer: "Nurse, please bring medicine from box 22 and put 3 drops in Dr. Young's mouth."
Dr. Young: "Aagh! This is gasoline!"
Dr. Geezer: "Congratulations! You've got your taste back. That will be $500."
Dr. Young gets annoyed and leaves in a haste. He's angry now, and spends the next few days trying to figure out a way to recover his money. He returns to Dr. Geezer's office once he thinks of a clever plan…
Dr. Young: "I have lost my memory, I cannot remember anything."
Dr. Geezer: "Nurse, please bring medicine from box 22 and put 3 drops in the patient's mouth."
Dr. Young: "Oh no you don't. That is Gasoline!"
Dr. Geezer: "Congratulations! You've got your memory back. That will be $500."
Dr. Young, after having lost $1000 total, leaves angrily and comes back after several more days.
Dr. Young: "My eyesight has become weak. I can hardly see!"
Dr. Geezer: "Well, I don't have any medicine for that so… Here's your $1000 back."
Dr. Young: "But this is only $500…"
Dr. Geezer: "Congratulations! You got your vision back! That will be $500."
Moral of story — Just because you're "Young" doesn't mean that you can outsmart an old "Geezer "
From 'F-Bomb' To 'Photobomb,' How The Dictionary Keeps Up With English
In 2017 alone, Merriam-Webster added more than 1,000 words to its dictionary. Noah Webster himself might have struggled to define these new English terms — such asbinge-watch, humblebrag, photobomb, NSFW, truther, face-palm and listicle.
But language is a "living thing," says lexicographer Kory Stamper, an associate editor at Merriam-Webster — and it's constantly shifting in use and meaning.
"A lot of times people assume that English as we speak it is something that was curated maybe by some dudes in frilly shirts back in the 1700s," Stamper explains. "But in fact, a language is ... always influenced by the people who come in and speak it or come in and conquer it."
Stamper's new book, Word by Word, describes the painstaking process of keeping the dictionary up to date. Five years ago, for instance, Merriam-Webster added the term f-bomb to its pages — an addition that reflected, Stamper says, the term's widespread, sustained and meaningful use in society.
"People assume that ... there's boundaries set around [the English language], and that all the good stuff is on the inside and everything on the outside is bad or not worth using," she says. "But it's all worth using, and all of it is required to make the language flourish."
Trump Administration awards grants to states to combat opioid crisis
HHS will administer grants totaling $485 million to all 50 states
Secretary Price sends letter to governors: "Through a sustained focus on people, patients, and partnerships, I am confident that together we can turn the tide on this public health crisis."
Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, M.D. today announced that HHS will soon provide $485 million in grants to help states and territories combat opioid addiction. The funding, which is the first of two rounds provided for in the 21st Century Cures Act, will be provided through the State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis Grants administered by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).
The funding will be issued to all 50 states, the District of Columbia, four U.S. territories, and the free associated states of Palau and Micronesia. Funding will support a comprehensive array of prevention, treatment, and recovery services depending on the needs of recipients. States and territories were awarded funds based on rates of overdose deaths and unmet need for opioid addiction treatment.
Justice Department Has A Message To Cities, States: Comply With Federal Laws Or Else
The U.S. Justice Department is sending a message to state and local governments: Failure to comply with federal laws could have big consequences.
This year, most of the conversation has focused on whether sanctuary cities that limit their cooperation with federal immigration authorities will be able to keep grant money for their police departments. But veterans of the Justice Department said that's only a piece of what could be at stake.
A little-noticed portion of a memo Attorney General Jeff Sessions signed on March 31 directed his deputies to review local and state compliance with "all federal laws."
"I think it's cause for concern," said Miriam Krinsky, a former federal prosecutor who now works with newly elected district attorneys and state attorneys. "With federal money moving forward, there could be the potential for federal strings to be attached."
REMINDER: AUTHORS ON DELMARVA BOOK TALK SERIES RETURNS
AUTHORS ON DELMARVA BOOK TALK SERIES RETURNS
Westside Historical Society is proud to announce the return of the popular series of talks by local authors on books they have written about Delmarva! The first of the 2017 Series will be held on April 21, starting at 5pm with a chance to meet and greet the author, at Laytons Chance Winery near Vienna.
This initial gathering promises to be a special one, with the featured author being Dr. Clara Small, retired History Prof from Salisbury University and now Chair of Social Sciences at UMES. Dr. Small is well known locally and regionally for her groundbreaking research on the role played by local African-American men as combatants in the Civil War. Her first book, Men of Color: To Arms! Manumitted Slaves and Free Blacks from the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland Who Served in the Civil War, primarily with Worcester and Somerset County enlisted men. Continuing the line of research, her newest work, "hot off the presses" investigates those men from Dorchester County and is entitled They Wore Blue and Their Hearts Were Loyal, the United States Colored Troops of Dorchester County, Maryland: Slaves and Free Blacks who Served in the Civil War. This will be Dr Small's first public discussion of it. In addition, a third work not yet released is entitled Compass Points: Profiles and Biographies of African Americans from the Delmarva Peninsula, Vol. I and she promises to reveal some of the finds from that one as well.
This first talk in Westside's book talk series will start with a chance to meet and greet Dr. Small from 5 pm to about 5:45, followed by her talk and then questions and answers. She promises to bring copies of her books (the ones now available) for sale! Refreshments will be available. Registration is not required, but for more information you can phone Westside Historical Society at 410-726-8047, or email westsidehistorical@gmail.com or phone Layton's Chance Vineyards and Winery at (410) 228-1205, and for directions to the Winery go to their web site at www.laytonschance.com .
Feds Warn Social Media 'Influencers' To Stop It Already With The Stealth Ads
Like it or not, the fact is that we've crossed through the mirror into a world where people are paid lots of money to mention a product, wear an article of clothing, or sip some ab-tightening tea… not because they are famous but because they get paid lots of money to mention products they got for free, wear comped clothing, and drink dubious tea — a well-dressed, flat-tummied, ouroboros shown off in impeccably framed and filtered Instagram shots. You might find it repellant, but it's legal, so long as all of that cash and compensation is adequately disclosed — a message that a number of "influencers" and their handlers have either ignored or not received.
SU Announces New Solar Parking Lot
SALISBURY, MD---When it comes to electricity, Salisbury University soon will have it made in the shade — literally.
On the eve of Earth Day, the University announced plans for a new solar parking lot. Solar canopies covering SU's Parking Lot H, on College Avenue, will collect energy from the sun to help power adjacent academic buildings while providing shade for vehicles using the lot.
"The panels will generate approximately 765,000 kilowatt hours of electricity annually," said Wayne Shelton, SU director of campus sustainability and environmental safety. "Comparatively, that quantity represents 51 percent of the electricity used by Holloway Hall, 34 percent of the consumption in Fulton Hall or 32 percent of Conway Hall."
Standard Solar, the contractor installing the system, will own, operate and maintain it for 20 years, after which ownership will revert to SU. The project also will include an educational display listing performance data and related information.
Mortgage Applications rise as Rates dip
Applications for mortgages jump 1.3% as borrowing costs ease a tad, making homes more affordable and decision to refinance easier.
NEW YORK — A dip in mortgage rates gave Americans a good reason to take out home-related loans last week, as applications for mortgages jumped 1.3%, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.
The jump in seasonally adjusted mortgage applications for the week ended August 3 came as the interest rate on 30-year fixed mortgages fell to 4.73%, from a 2013 high of 4.80% a week ago, the MBA said.
However, much of the gains came from the refinance index, which jumped 2% from the previous week. Applications for the purchase index actually dropped 0.4%. The refinance index's share of total applications climbed to 61%, up from 60% in the prior week.
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Elijah Cummings on Trump's Authenticity & Bannon's Influence
Feds knew of 700 Wells Fargo whistleblower cases in 2010
America's chief federal banking regulator admits it failed to act on numerous "red flags" at Wells Fargo that could have stopped the fake account scandal years earlier.
One particularly alarming red flag that went unheeded: In January 2010, the regulator was aware of "700 cases of whistleblower complaints" about Wells Fargo's sales tactics.
An internal review published on Wednesday by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency found that the regulator didn't live up to its responsibilities. The report found that oversight ofWells Fargo (WFC) was "untimely and ineffective" and federal examiners overseeing the bank "missed" several opportunities to uncover the problems that led to the creation of millions of fake accounts
Kamenetz Defends His Executive Order On Immigration
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz is defending his executive order codifying police and correction officers' practices barring cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
Kamenetz talked about a variety of topics with C4 on WBAL Wednesday, a day after County Council Republicans proposed a measure that would counter Kamenetz's order issued earlier this month.
He said Trump administration rhetoric and actions on immigration have left immigrants worried about their own safety.
New Bills Being Signed Into Law Helping 1st Responders, Combating Sex Trafficking
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Hundreds of new bills were signed into law in Annapolis on Tuesday.
As Alex Demetrick reports, one helps sex trafficking victims, and another helps first responders stay in Maryland.
Sex trafficking targets children as well as adults.
"My mom had a boyfriend who would molest me and then, in turn, shoot me up with heroin so he could market me to his friends," says one victim.
"Over the past four or five years we've received up to 213 child victims in our state," says Nadine Finnegan-Carr, with the University of Maryland School of Social Work.
Trump's Approval Ratings Jump to 50 Percent
President Donald Trump's approval ratings have improved to 50 percent according to a new Rasmussen poll.
This is the first time the president's overall approval rating has been back in the 50s in nearly a month. Just after his inauguration, Trump's job approval peaked at 59% and remained in the 50s every day until early March. It's gone as low as 42% since then.
Trump's ratings have improved despite multiple reports of staff infighting in the White House and after his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trump also approved a missile attack in response to Syria's use of chemical weapons, and the military dropping the "Mother of All Bombs" on Islamic State terrorists in Afghanistan.
Socialist Venezuelan Leader Steps Up Arming of Supporters After Outlawing, Confiscating Civilian Guns
Maduro plans to arm 400,000 supporters amid protests and unrest
The socialist leader of Venezuela announced in a speech to regime loyalists his plan to arm hundreds of thousands of supporters after a years-long campaign to confiscate civilian-owned guns.
"A gun for every militiaman!" Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro said to uniformed militia members outside the presidential palace, Fox News reported on Tuesday. The Bolivarian militias, created by Maduro's predecessor Hugo Chavez, already number in the hundreds of thousands and are being used to supplement the regime's armed forces. Maduro is boosting the number of armed supporters in hopes of keeping control over the country from what he labels "imperialist aggression."
The arming of Maduro's supporters comes five years after Venezuela's socialist regime outlawed the commercial sale and civilian ownership of firearms. Only the military, police, and groups like security companies can buy guns and only directly from one state-run arms company under the law passed in 2012, according to the BBC. The country recently doubled down on its gun ban through a combination of gun buybacks and confiscations in the summer of 2016.
Bill O'Reilly is leaving Fox News with a payout of up to $25 million, the equivalent of one year of his salary
For 21st Century Fox, the network's parent company, payouts related to sexual harassment allegations at Fox News now total more than $85 million. The vast majority of that — up to $65 million in exit packages — is being paid to the men who were ousted from the network because of the harassment allegations.
Mr. O'Reilly, 67, was forced out of the network on Wednesday following the disclosure of a series of sexual harassment allegations against him and an internal investigation that unearthed more women with complaints about his behavior.
USCIS Will Issue Redesigned Green Cards and Employment Authorization Documents
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced a redesign to the Permanent Resident Card (also known as a Green Card) and the Employment Authorization Document (EAD) as part of the Next Generation Secure Identification Document Project. USCIS will begin issuing the new cards on May 1, 2017.
These redesigns use enhanced graphics and fraud-resistant security features to create cards that are highly secure and more tamper-resistant than the ones currently in use.
The new card designs demonstrate USCIS' commitment to continue taking a proactive approach against the threat of document tampering and fraud. They are also part of an ongoing effort between USCIS, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to enhance document security and deter counterfeiting and fraud.
The Redesigned Cards
The new Green Cards and EADs will:
Display the individual's photos on both sides;
Show a unique graphic image and color palette:
Green Cards will have an image of the Statue of Liberty and a predominately green palette;
EAD cards will have an image of a bald eagle and a predominately red palette;
Have embedded holographic images; and
No longer display the individual's signature.
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Rep. Jason Chaffetz won't run for re-election in 2018
Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the high-profile chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, won't seek re-election in 2018.
"After long consultation with my family and prayerful consideration, I have decided I will not be a candidate for any office in 2018," Chaffetz said in a statement on Facebook.
Chaffetz's role as the leader of the House Oversight Committee put him in the spotlight as he led investigations into Hillary Clinton's private email server and many aspects of former President Barack Obama's administration.
Chaffetz has also drawn flack for not being as animated to investigate President Trump's business connections and how they might impact his presidency. In his statement, Chaffetz ruled out running for any political office in 2018. There have been rumblings about potential Republican challengers for Sen. Orrin Hatch's seat in the U.S. Senate. Hatch seems intent on running for re-election in 2018, but rumors have seen several high-profile names, such as Mitt Romney, floated for the seat.
Ocean City Firefighter Dies In Motorcycle Accident
Joe, it is with a heavy heart that I must inform you of the tragic motorcycle accident this morning in Georgetown De. That claimed the life of a long time Ocean City firefighter/paramedic Alan Schweitzer. Please keep his family, friends and fellow brothers and sisters of the fire service in your thoughts and prayers as we deal with this difficult loss.
Berlin's Proposed Budget Reduces Spending By 10%
BERLIN – Town officials kicked off the annual budget process with a work session to discuss the projected $8 million general fund budget for the coming year.
The Berlin Council met Monday to take a preliminary look at the proposed $8,060,970 general fund budget for FY2018. As proposed the budget is 10 percent lower than the current year's spending plan.
"What this budget process seeks to do is simply an ongoing commitment to provide the financial tools for the town to take care of our immediate needs while also planning for the future," Mayor Gee Williams said.
According to Williams, the decrease in the proposed general fund budget relates to last year's purchase of what is now known as Berlin Falls Park.
Look how much different the Liberal paper calls this
Purple Georgia 6th: Ossoff Scores Big Win But Faces June Runoff
http://www.nationalmemo.com/purple-georgia-6th-ossoff-scores-big-win-but-faces-june-runoff/
(no mention of his not living in his district, or his other misdeeds)
as compared to the Conservative side:
Democrats Fail to 'Flip the Sixth' in Georgia Special Election
Democrat Jon Ossoff falls short of 50%, will face Republican Karen Handel in June runoff
http://freebeacon.com/politics/democrats-fail-to-flip-the-sixth-in-georgia-special-election/?utm_source=Freedom%20Mail&utm_campaign=58e9867af0-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_04_18&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b5e6e0e9ea-58e9867af0-46016557
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ONE YEAR AGO TODAY!
Leaked Email Shows George Soros' MEDIA MATTERS Orchestrated O'Reilly Smear Campaign
Wednesday, Glenn Beck tweeted out a screenshot of an email from the Bonner Group. The Bonner Group is a leftist fundraising Super PAC for Hillary Clinton under the employ of George Soros' Media Matters.
The email reads:
"For years Bill O'Reilly has been one of the worst purveyors of misinformation on Fox News. A serial misinformer, pushing many of the most extreme, sexist, racist, homophobic, and xenophobic conservative theories on TV . . . Thanks to Media Matters, O'Reilly and Fox News are being held accountable."
GOP Senator Gets Rich Blocking Obamacare Repeals
Here's why globalists inside GOP won't roll back Obamacare
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tennessee Republican Sen. Bob Corker, an avowed enemy of the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac shareholders seeking to end the Obama administration Net Worth Sweep, has built a personal fortune of approximately $50 million since being elected to the Senate in 2006.
But Corker has been anything but forthcoming in accurately disclosing the true amount of his wealth, or making it clear to the public the methods he used to accumulate it.
Consider the many different estimates of Corker's wealth in the public record since he was elected to the U.S. Senate.
Examining North Korea's Missiles
At a recent military parade, North Korea displayed several missiles at a time of heightened tensions with the United States. Here's a closer look at what some of them are designed to do.
Which cars will most likely last for 200,000 miles?
If you want a vehicle that can make it to 200,000 miles, what should you buy? Probably not a sedan. A new study finds that large SUVs are the likeliest to keep going to that mileage marker and beyond.
Research from iSeeCars.com found that the Ford Expedition and Toyota Sequoia are four times as likely and the Chevrolet Suburban 3.5 times as likely as the average vehicle to be still on the road at 200,000 miles. The study looked at the 13 million used cars sold last year ranging from 1981 models to 2017.
Overall, 1.3 percent of average vehicles made it to 200,000, while the percentage for the Ford Expedition was 5.7, with the Toyota Sequoia at 5.6 and the Chevrolet Suburban at 4.8.
"Supersized SUVs are often workhorses for families," said Phong Ly, CEO of iSeeCars.com. "They typically transport eight people and usually have significant towing capacity for families who boat or camp."
Private Group Chips In $5K For First White Marlin Prize; Season's First Billfish Could Now Be Worth $15,000
OCEAN CITY — A little over a week after voting to eliminate or at least redirect the $5,000 dedicated as prize money for the first white marlin of the season, the city's elected officials voted to restore the funding and vowed to work with the fishing community to better market the annual milestone.
Two weeks ago, the Mayor and Council voted to eliminate the $5,000 prize citing a perceived lack of importance and interest in the annual milestone. The fishing community reacted with what can best be described as outrage in the council's decision to eliminate the prize in the White Marlin Capital of the World.
Various marinas and other businesses rallied to piece together a private sector prize going beyond the city's annual $5,000 within a day of the decision. It's important to note the Ocean City Marlin Club already provides a $5,000 match if the boat landing the season's first white marlin is a club member.
Arizona Dem Took Contributions From Owner of Site Linked to Underage Prostitution
Owners began increasing political contributions to Democrats when legal troubles piled up (Updated)
David Garcia, a Democratic candidate for governor in Arizona, accepted campaign contributions from the owner of a website that is tied to underage trafficking and prostitution.
Michael G. Lacey, who in 2012 sold his newspaper holdings and spun off the classified ad website Backpage.com into its own entity, has given $162,000 in contributions to a number of Democratic politicians at the state and federal levels since legal problems against the site began to mount, the Arizona Republic reported.
The publication missed one Democratic politician in the state who received funds from Lacey as he began to ramp up his political contributions: David Garcia, who is currently challenging Republican Gov. Doug Ducey.
When Garcia ran for state superintendent of public instruction in 2014, Lacey gave his campaign$2,000 in donations. Lacey did not contribute to any other state-level candidate that year other than Garcia. Rather, he donated to a Democratic group in Sedona, Arizona and Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego.
Comedy's Most Wanted show at the WY&CC Cancelled
Salisbury, MD – Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Comedy's Most Wanted show scheduled for Saturday, April 22 at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center has been cancelled.
Ticket holders who paid with credit card will be automatically refunded within five working days.
Ticket holders who paid with cash must contact the box office concerning their refund. These ticket holders will receive a refund check. Please allow at least two weeks to receive your check.
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Ocean Pines Pulls Back Proposed Family Night At Adult Pool
OCEAN PINES – Officials in Ocean Pines have decided to remove a proposed family night function from the community's adults-only swimming pool this summer after actions taken by the acting general manager to change pool operations without the knowledge of the board created uproar among some residents.
In a special meeting last week to hear and address residents' concerns, the Ocean Pines Association (OPA) Board of Directors voted to remove Sunday Family Funday from the Oasis pool, an event which was scheduled from 2-6 p.m. Sunday evenings throughout the summer season.
Realization about changes in the pool schedule came after the association released its spring and summer Activity Guide earlier this month. Not only would the association be opening its adults-only pool to families once a week, but it would also offer an adults-only swim those same evenings at the Swim and Racquet Club pool.
History of EPA Employee Misconduct Could Result in Layoffs
Only 6.5 percent of EPA employees are 'essential'
The Environmental Protection Agency has been riddled with employee misconduct, including workers who drink, smoke marijuana, and watch porn on the job.
Inspector general reports over the past few years detailing employee misbehavior could serve as ammunition for EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, who is seeking to eliminate 25 percent of the 15,000 employees at the agency.
Only 6.5 percent of EPA employees are "essential," according to the government's own calculations when it faced a shutdown in 2013. At the time, just 1,069 employees were deemed necessary to continue working during the 16 days the government closed.
Taxpayers Spend 113 Days Working to Pay Nation's Tax Burden
Americans will spend $5.1 trillion on federal, state, and local taxes in 2017
This year, taxpayers will spend 113 days working to pay for the nation's tax burden, according to a report from the Tax Foundation.
Tax Freedom Day is April 23, 113 days into the year, and falls 5 days after taxes are collected on April 18. Tax Freedom Day would fall roughly two weeks later on May 7 if federal borrowing or future taxes were included.
"Tax Freedom Day takes all federal, state, and local taxes—individual as well as payroll, sales and excise, corporate and property taxes—and divides them by the nation's income," the report says.
Americans will spend upward of $5.1 trillion on taxes, which includes $3.5 trillion in federal taxes and $1.6 trillion in state and local taxes, according to the report.
"This year, Americans will work the longest—46 days—to pay federal, state, and local individual income taxes," the report states. "Payroll taxes will take 26 days to pay, followed by sales and excise taxes (15 days), corporate income taxes (10 days), and property taxes (10 days). The remaining six days are spent paying estate and inheritance taxes, customs duties, and other taxes."
Report: Taxpayers Potentially Paid Thousands of Union Officials
New bill would prevent full-time union workers from getting taxpayer-funded bonuses, pensions
An analysis by a pro-free-market think tank estimates that at least 1,000 federal workers paid with taxpayer dollars exclusively worked for labor organizations rather than performing duties at their government jobs.
Taxpayers spent $162.5 million on federal employees performing union activities in 2014, according to the Office of Personnel Management's most recent data. The Competitive Enterprise Institute used official budget documents and Freedom of Information Act requests to validate how many federal employees worked under such conditions.
"It is likely that thousands of federal employees spend 100 percent of their time performing union activity instead of the public service they were hired to do," the CEI report published Tuesday says (emphasis in the original).
On May 19th & 20th, Main St Gym, along with Pohanka of Salisbury, will host the 2017 Junior Olympic Regional Championships at the Main St. Gym. Tickets are $20 for 1 day and $35 for two day passes. VIP table are also available in advance by calling 410-430-6687.
Last Saturday three Main St Gym boxers advanced to this regional tournament by competing in Baltimore at the Upton Boxing Center. Kobe Moore won on a walkover in the 165lb division for 15 &16 year olds, Jordan Brown of Delmar won a hard fought battle and will advance in the 125lb 13&14 year olds division and Erick Acosta stepped up to show he was ready to move on in the 119lb 13 &14 year old division.
In the non- tournament bouts of Saturday nights card, Salisbury's Harlem Beteck emerged from the ring as a winner with Jonathan Stevens and Gavin Brown losing close decisions.
"I am so proud of all these young guys," said Coach Hal Chernoff. "We took 10 kids that were ring ready to fight but only 5 were matched. Over the years Main St. has earned respect for having well trained kids that could compete on any level, but now we are impressing other programs with the number of kids ready to compete", Chernoff added . "As the numbers grow in the gym, our goal to make it a good experience for the kids so they want to stay, improve and compete".
Like any successful program it takes a team to get the job done and Chernoff claims to have anexcellent coaching staff under him in coaches Ryan Watson and Tyrone Hargrove. "This week I will be traveling to NY to work the corner of Shawn Porter in the Porter /Berto fight, on that same day, Coaches, Watson and Hargrove will take, Thomas Mottinger and James McMurdo to the Regional Golden Gloves Championship in Fort Washington MD." said Coach Chernoff. Mottinger fights in the open class heavyweight division and McMurdo in the novice super heavyweight division. A win for Mottinger will send him to the National Golden Gloves in Louisiana . Then on May 19th Chernoff and his staff will host the JO Regionals, here in Salisbury with the hopes that Kobe Moore, Jordan Brown and Erick Acosta can advance to the Nationals Junior Olympics in Charleston W.Va..
What; Junior Olympic Boxing Championships
When: May 19th &20th
Where: Main St Gym in Salisbury
Cost; $20 1 night, $35- 2 night
Micc; Food by Flannerys, Music
Rental Company Owner Fined After Pleading Guilty In Fatal Pontoon Boat Incident
OCEAN CITY — A downtown Ocean City watersports rental company and its owner charged last year with numerous violations following the death of a nine-year-old boy who fell from a rented pontoon boat pleaded guilty this week and paid $320 in fines.
Following an investigation into a tragic incident last August when a boy fell from the bow of a rented pontoon boat and was fatally struck by the vessel's propeller, Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) applied for charges in District Court in Worcester County against OC Watersports LLC and owner Tyler Barnes, who operated the watercraft rental operation near the base of the Route 50 Bridge at Talbot Street. The NRP's application for charges was reviewed by a Worcester County District Court commissioner, who determined probable cause existed for the five charges.
Shortly before 3 p.m. last Aug. 17, the U.S. Coast Guard and NRP officers responded to a reported accident involving a rented pontoon boat in the Sinepuxent Bay behind Ocean City. The nine-year-old victim, who was riding on the vessel's bow, fell overboard and was struck by the boat's propeller and was seriously injured. The child later succumbed to injuries sustained from the propeller strike.
FBI Investigating Radical Terrorists in All 50 States as Threats Hit Peak
Terrorists inside America plotting attacks 'each and every single day'
Federal authorities have open investigations into radical Islamic terrorists in all 50 states, according to the Department of Homeland Security, which is warning that the threat of terrorism in the United States has reached an all time high with radicalized individuals in the country plotting to strike "each and every single day."
The FBI has "open terrorist investigations in all 50 states," according to DHS Secretary John Kelly, who disclosed on Tuesday that there have been at least 37 "ISIS-linked plots to attack our country" since 2013, a number that shows no signs of diminishing.
Kelly, in his first wide-ranging public address on the threat of terrorism in America since taking office, warned that America's borders remain wide-open and that there is evidence terror-linked individuals are exploiting these national security weaknesses and entering the United States.
"We don't know their intentions," Kelly said during an address at George Washington University. "We don't know why they're here or why they're coming. We are completely blind to what they're capable of."
Plunging Used Car Prices Wreak Havoc On Rental Car Bondholders
Once hedge fund darlings, almost no one is more perfectly aligned to get obliterated by falling used car prices than America's auto rental companies, Hertz and Avis. As Bloomberg notes today, on a combined basis, Hertz and Avis dump about 400,000 vehicles per year into the used car market and operate fleets that are multiple times larger.
And with used car prices plunging, bondholders are starting to get slightly anxious about the collateral impact of writing down billions of dollars worth of capital assets.
Debt issued by Hertz Global Holdings Inc. and Avis Budget Group Inc., which had traded at or above par in recent years, tumbled to new lows earlier this month amid signs that used-vehicle prices are dropping twice as much as expected. That's bad news for companies that collectively have to dispose of about 400,000 vehicles a year, and especially for Hertz, whose junk-rated debt is teetering close to a downgrade.
Hertz and Avis typically buy the cars outright from manufacturers or get them on a contract with a buyback agreement. The latter, called program cars, cost more because manufacturers assume the resale price risk. Vehicles that Avis and Hertz buy outright are called risk cars because rental companies make their own assumptions about what the cars will be worth when it's time to sell. Combined with closely held Enterprise Holdings Inc., the three companies control more than 95 percent of the U.S. rental fleet, according to Manheim.
Program cars made up only 20 percent of Hertz's U.S. fleet last year, according to a company filing, less than half the 44 percent for Avis's total fleet. Hertz will try to buy more of those this year, Chief Financial Officer Tom Kennedy told investors during a February earnings call.
Almost 24,000 drug cases in Massachusetts dismissed
Approximately 24,000 drug convictions in Massachusetts that were tainted by a former state drug lab chemist who pleaded guilty to tampering with evidence and falsifying tests have been dismissed.
'That is a victory for regular people, for people who've been tarnished by these drug convictions,' said Carl Williams, a staff attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union, according to CNN.
Dookhan worked testing drug samples submitted by law enforcement agencies from 2003 until 2012.
The vast majority of 24,000 drug cases potentially tainted by former state chemist Annie Dookhan will be dismissed by mid-April, according to The Boston Globe. This makes it the single largest dismissal of criminal convictions in U.S. history, according to the ACLU.
Only a few hundred cases are expected to remain open to prosecution.
For the 100th Time, It Wasn't Racism
It's been three months since Donald Trump was inaugurated, and many Democrats and Leftmedia political analysts are still looking for reasons for why he actually won. How could America's electorate choose Donald Trump, a man with no political experience, over Hillary Clinton, a woman — a woman! — who'd been around the levers of power her entire adult life?
According to a Washington Post "Monkey Cage" blog, written by Ohio State Professor Thomas Wood, the biggest motivator for Trump voters was, you guessed it, racism. Seriously, this was Wood's conclusion after conducting "research" on the Annual National Election Study (ANES).
Wood's analysis took three popular narratives or motivators to determine people's reasons to vote for Trump and compared them with previous elections. The three motivators were being low income, desiring authoritarianism, and racism. To test these motivators against the ANES data, Wood's used white voters as his sample population and on the issue of racism he used a "symbolic racism scale."
Without belaboring the details, the result of Wood's study supposedly reveals that racial attitudes made a bigger difference in electing Trump than authoritarianism or being low income..
Obama, Comey Relied On Discredited Dossier To Obtain FISA Warrant On Trump Campaign
James Comey, the man who refused to bring charges against Hillary Clinton despite a mountain of concrete evidence that she, and several members of her staff, knowingly violated several federal laws, apparently used the largely discredited "Trump Dossier" to help secure a FISA warrant to secretly monitor Trump's former campaign aide, Carter Page, according to CNN.
Among other things, the dossier alleged that Page met senior Russian officials as an emissary of the Trump campaign, and discussed quid-pro-quo deals relating to sanctions, business opportunities and Russia's interference in the election. Page has denied meeting the officials named in the dossier and says he never cut any political deals with the Kremlin. Per CNN:
The FBI last year used a dossier of allegations of Russian ties to Donald Trump's campaign as part of the justification to win approval to secretly monitor a Trump associate, according to US officials briefed on the investigation.
The dossier has also been cited by FBI Director James Comey in some of his briefings to members of Congress in recent weeks, as one of the sources of information the bureau has used to bolster its investigation, according to US officials briefed on the probe.
This includes approval from the secret court that oversees the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to monitor the communications of Carter Page, two of the officials said. Last year, Page was identified by the Trump campaign as an adviser on national security.
On The Left's Descent To Fascism
The Left is morally and fiscally bankrupt, devoid of coherent solutions, and corrupted by its embrace of the Corporatocracy.
History often surprises us with unexpected ironies. For the past century, the slide to fascism could be found on the Right (conservative, populist, nationalist political parties).
But now it's the Left that's descending into fascism, and few seem to even notice this remarkable development. By Left I mean socialist-leaning, progressive, internationalist/globalist political parties.
What is fascism? There is no one tidy definition, but it has three essential elements:
1) State and corporate elites govern society and the economy as one unified class.
2) This status quo (i.e. The Establishment) seeks to impose a conformity of values and opinion that support the dominant narratives of the status quo via the mass (corporate) media and the state-controlled educational system.
3) Dissent from any quarter is suppressed via mass-media ridicule, the judicial crushing and silencing of whistleblowers, and all the other powers of the central state: rendition, extra-legal imprisonment, political gulags (in our era, disguised as drug-war gulags), character assassination, murder by drone, impoverishing dissenters via firings and blacklists, and on and on.
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New England Patriots Debunk Fake News from CNN and New York Times About White House Visit Today
How the feds are letting germs run wild in hospitals
Going into a hospital? It's getting riskier because of drug-resistant infections — the kind almost no drug can cure. Despite one federal government "action plan" after another, the germs are winning. Government authorities are clueless about how many infections there are or how many patients are dying.
Alarming new research shows one of the deadliest bugs, nicknamed CRE, is actually striking three times more patients than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tells us. One lesson from the war against AIDS: level with the public about the enormity of a problem if you want to start defeating it.
Yet government authorities are doing the opposite, helping hospitals conceal superbug outbreaks from the public and deliberately leaving infections off death certificates.
OK SPD, Why Not Explain WHERE 14 Police Vehicles Were Heading
While one other "social media" source got it 100% wrong and in fact pulled their fake news article, we got it right. However, typical of the Salisbury Police Department, (under strict instructions from the Mayor) refused to tell the public what actually happened and where. The SPD is right, nothing happened in the Doverdale Park area, BUT IT DID HAPPEN where we said it did.
It's all a matter of covering up crime in Salisbury.
Why you should NEVER put fish straight into the fridge
Fish doesn't stay fresh for long, and experts say it's best to eat it on the day you buy it for the best taste.
But if you can't cook it until one or two days after you've bought it, there is a way to keep fish as fresh as the day it was caught.
So if you've been putting fish straight into the fridge before now, you've been storing it wrong.
BREAKING: ISIS Launches Chemical Attack On U.S. Soldiers…
Bad news. Innocent Syrians are not the only ones who are facing the possibility of chemical weapon attacks. Just this past sunday, our own, found themselves under attack from the same chemical weapons terrorizing others in Iraq.
Humanity's enemy, the Islamic State was somehow able to launch a chemical weapons attack against Iraqi, U.s. and Australian troops stationed in the area on Sunday.
As reported so far, there were no U.S. or Australia troops that suffered any severe injuries from the mustard agent, but it wasn't the same for Iraqi soldiers. There were 25 Iraqi units that required emergency treatment after the attack hit.
Things just became very real, very quickly.
The Great Western Economic Depression
Western economies are "recovering". How do we know this? We are told this, over and over and over again by our governments. Then this assertion is repeated thousands of times more by the dutiful parrots of the Corporate media.
The problem is that in the real world there is not a shred of evidence to support this assertion. In the U.S.; ridiculous official lies were created claiming the creation of 15 million new jobs. In reality, there are three millionless Americans with jobs today than at the official end of the "recession".
These imaginary jobs are invented by assorted statistical frauds, with the primary deceit being so-called "seasonal adjustments". To be legitimate, all seasonal adjustments must to net to zero at the end of each year. Instead, in the U.S.A., the biggest job creator in the nation every year is the calendar.
Beyond the grandiose but absurd claims of new jobs in the U.S., there have been few signs of economic health across the Corrupt West. Despite this, these traitorous regimes continue the pretense that their horrific mismanagement of our economies is making things better rather than worse.
Teen accidentally helps discover lost 16th-century civilization in Kansas
A long lost 16th century civilization has been unearthed in rural Kansas — all thanks to a plucky teen who helped archaeologists confirm the incredible discovery.
The metropolis — where up to 20,000 Wichita Indians once lived — was discovered in Arkansas City, in the south-central part of the state, when a high school boy found a cannon ball that tipped off the experts that their long-held suspicions about the existence of Etzanoa were correct, the Kansas City Star reported.
The city, whose name means "The Great Settlement," is believed to be the second-largest Native American city in the US and was the site of a battle between Spanish explorers and Indian warriors in 1601.
"The Spaniards were amazed by the size of Etzanoa," according to Donald Blakeslee, a 73-year-old Wichita State University archaeologist, who announced the discovery.
"They counted 2,000 houses that could hold 10 people each. They said it would take two or three days to walk through it all," said Blakeslee, adding that the patch of land spans thousands of acres.
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One Of Those Days!
Maryland women charged with hate crime in connection with burning of Trump sign
Two Maryland women have been charged with a hate crime in connection with the burning of a Donald Trump presidential campaign sign, according to fire and police officials.
The State Fire Marshal's Office said Monday that a second arrest was made in connection with the April 14 incident on Maryland's Eastern Shore. The office has identified the suspect as Joy M. Shuford, 19, of Owings Mills, Md.
Shuford surrendered to authorities one day after the incident and faces multiple charges including second-degree arson, malicious destruction of property and the commission of a hate crime.
The second suspect has been identified as D'Asia R. Perry, 19, of Baltimore. Perry was found on the University of Maryland Eastern Shore campus and taken into custody. She faces 14 charges in connection with the incident including arson and commission of a hate crime, according to police.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/04/18/maryland-women-charged-with-hate-crime-in-connection-with-burning-trump-sign.html
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Featuring the scorching guitar laden instrumental "Wherefore Art Thou", the delicate "Like Houdini Did", the very funky and honest "Official", the joyous, celebratory title track, the ode to Charleston's Hotel Bennett, where the aforementioned serves as metaphoric fodder for embracing the moment, the uniquely rhythmic "Same Language" ...it goes on and on.
18 songs in all, produced by one of Nashville's finest, Dave Matthews, who claims that this is Eddie's "Sgt. Pepper", referencing the Beatles classic, of course.
It's a record filled with all that is expected in an Eddie Bush work -- poetic lyricism, excellent musicianship, death defying guitar lines, big and meaningful choruses. But there's even a bit more here.
We Loved Aloud is an organic framework, built by Dave and Eddie, that manages to continue finding new musical landscapes, and invites us all to "Love Aloud".