Mum’s the word – at least officially – at City Hall this week after the return of a city official who had been suspended for drinking on the job.
Those involved with the issue on the city’s side would only say that it was a “personnel matter,” with the official in question saying they “want to leave this behind and move forward.”
The city does not typically disclose individual personnel decisions.
However, this particular incident stands to have wider implications, given that it has exacerbated the already tense relationship between the city and the Ocean City Brewing Company, and raised the issue of favoritism in City Hall.
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Saturday, June 28, 2014
Cheat sheet shows illegal immigrants how to stay in U.S. if detained
Immigrants who illegally cross the U.S. border from Mexico are using a 'cheat sheet' to memorize answers they should give to American authorities that will help them stay in the United States if they are detained, it was claimed today.
A guide given to immigrant instructs them to request asylum and say they have family in the United States and fleeing violent drug cartels in their home country.
The Blaze, a conservative news site, obtained a copy of the Spanish-language cheat sheet that was found near the border crossing in McAllen, Texas.
Illegal immigrants who request asylum are held for an asylum hearing in front of an immigration judge.
A guide given to immigrant instructs them to request asylum and say they have family in the United States and fleeing violent drug cartels in their home country.
The Blaze, a conservative news site, obtained a copy of the Spanish-language cheat sheet that was found near the border crossing in McAllen, Texas.
Illegal immigrants who request asylum are held for an asylum hearing in front of an immigration judge.
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Democrats Put Cochran Over the Top
You have to hand it to the GOP establishment. When their interests are threatened, they pull out all the stops. They demonstrated that in dragging GOP senator Thad Cochran across the finish line in tonight’s runoff in Mississippi.
Imagine if a tea-party candidate in some state had openly appealed to registered Libertarians to help him win a close primary runoff. There would have been howls of outrage that people who didn’t agree with Republican values on social issues and foreign policy were being invited to decide a GOP race. Well, Thad Cochran’s allies performed a version of that ploy tonight by openly encouraging liberal Democrats to vote in the primary. Turnout was up by some 15 percent from the June 3 contest between Cochran and Chris McDaniel. The New York Times reported that “turnout increased by 92 percent in Jefferson County, the county where black voters represent the largest share of eligible voters in the country.”
Thad Cochran will continue in the Senate only because the GOP establishment used “walking around” money to drum up minority liberal voters for Cochran. In Mississippi, despite an unenforceable law saying that only voters intending to vote Republican can participate in GOP primaries, there was nothing preventing that kind of primary manipulation.
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Imagine if a tea-party candidate in some state had openly appealed to registered Libertarians to help him win a close primary runoff. There would have been howls of outrage that people who didn’t agree with Republican values on social issues and foreign policy were being invited to decide a GOP race. Well, Thad Cochran’s allies performed a version of that ploy tonight by openly encouraging liberal Democrats to vote in the primary. Turnout was up by some 15 percent from the June 3 contest between Cochran and Chris McDaniel. The New York Times reported that “turnout increased by 92 percent in Jefferson County, the county where black voters represent the largest share of eligible voters in the country.”
Thad Cochran will continue in the Senate only because the GOP establishment used “walking around” money to drum up minority liberal voters for Cochran. In Mississippi, despite an unenforceable law saying that only voters intending to vote Republican can participate in GOP primaries, there was nothing preventing that kind of primary manipulation.
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County Adopts Area Sanitary Service Fees
Seven of the county’s 11 sanitary service areas have no changes in user frees in the Water and Wastewater Enterprise Fund adopted June 18.
The service areas with no changes in user fees are Ocean Pines, West Ocean City, Assateague Point, The Landings, Mystic Harbour, Lighthouse Sound and River Run.
Ratepayers in the Briddletown sanitary service area will have an increase from $55.50 to $61 per EDU (equivalent dwelling unit, the same approximately amount of water and sewer flow used for an average single-family residence) per quarter domestic flat rate and from $20 to $22 per quarter domestic pool fee and from $25 to $50 per quarter domestic irrigation fee.
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The service areas with no changes in user fees are Ocean Pines, West Ocean City, Assateague Point, The Landings, Mystic Harbour, Lighthouse Sound and River Run.
Ratepayers in the Briddletown sanitary service area will have an increase from $55.50 to $61 per EDU (equivalent dwelling unit, the same approximately amount of water and sewer flow used for an average single-family residence) per quarter domestic flat rate and from $20 to $22 per quarter domestic pool fee and from $25 to $50 per quarter domestic irrigation fee.
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Mother returns from two years service to discover daughter has died
A military mother and veteran is facing heartbreak after being told that her daughter died four days after she arrived back home in Virginia following two-years in Afghanistan.
Tammy Wilson discovered her daughter Amber Schei had died in a hit-and-run on Saturday in San Diego and instead of her tearful reunion with her 'beautiful angel', Wilson will now have to plan her 27-year-old girl's funeral.
Having struggled to hold down a steady job recently, Schei was also in a recovery home and hoping to be brought back together with her 10-year-old daughter.
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Tammy Wilson discovered her daughter Amber Schei had died in a hit-and-run on Saturday in San Diego and instead of her tearful reunion with her 'beautiful angel', Wilson will now have to plan her 27-year-old girl's funeral.
Having struggled to hold down a steady job recently, Schei was also in a recovery home and hoping to be brought back together with her 10-year-old daughter.
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MSP Press Release DUI Related Collision 6-28-14
DEPARTMENT OF MARYLAND STATE POLICE
BARRACK “V” BERLIN
9758 Ocean Gateway Berlin, Maryland 21811
(410) 641-3101 Fax (410) 641-3259
Case #: 14-MSP-019594
Date: 6/27/2014
Time: 1904 hrs
Location: Route 90 @ St. Martins Neck Road, Berlin, Worcester County Maryland
Incident: Motor Vehicle Collision; DUI
Narrative: Ron Alan Wesche (W/M, 47 yrs/age of Bishopville, MD) was traveling eastbound along MD Route 90 near St Martins Neck Road operating a 1997 Dodge truck. Wesche failed to maintain control of the vehicle and caused it to crash into a 2013 Chevy.. Wesche refused medical treatment, but it was determined through the investigation he may have been impaired. Wesche unsatisfactorily performed standardized field sobriety testing and was subsequently arrested. Wesche was transported to the MSP Berlin Barrack, but he refused to submit to a breath test. He was subsequently charged with the collision event and the DUI.
Investigating Trooper(s): Tpr. Lomax
Duty Officer: Cpl Kulig
Barrack Commander: Lt. E.W. Starner
Assistant Commander: F/Sgt. Davala
Criminal Investigation Commander: D/Sgt. Sharp
Rich Perdue takes $1.3 million more from taxpayers
It was announced yesterday that Delaware officials awarded Perdue up to $1.3 million more in taxpayer money that Perdue applied for -- to expand its processing plant in Milford.
“When I came in (as chairman), there were 12,000 people and $1billion (to) $1.2 billion in sales.... Now there’s $7 billion in sales and 21,000 employees.”
-- Jim Perdue as quoted May 15, 2014
-- Jim Perdue as quoted May 15, 2014
ALL Of The Net Jobs Gains In The U.S. Since 2000 Have Gone To Immigrants
Nearly 6 million more people are working in the U.S. now than in 2000, but the number of native-born Americans holding jobs has declined slightly, from 114.8 million to 114.7 million, according to census figures crunched by CIS. Instead, all of that job growth — a total of 5.7 million — has gone to immigrants.
Some of the native-born are unemployed, but a huge number have been chased from the workforce altogether, in part because of competition from immigrants, said Steven A. Camarota, research director for CIS and lead author of the report.
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Update on Wor- Wic's Ray Hoy
Several weeks ago we reported that Wor Wic President Ray Hoy was a finalist for the Delaware Tech President's role.
Here is an update and it looks like Mr. Hoy's competitor for the job may have a slight edge, though nothing final will be decided until after July 9.
Dr. Brainard’s appointment is effective July 1 and will continue until the presidential search has concluded and a new president is installed. A decision regarding the next president has not yet been made. The Board will reconvene on July 9 to conduct final interviews with the remaining candidates and vote on the selection of the College’s fifth president at that time."
Here is an update and it looks like Mr. Hoy's competitor for the job may have a slight edge, though nothing final will be decided until after July 9.
- 20 candidates came from 15 different states, the District of Columbia and Ontario, Canada.
- States represented included California; New York; New Jersey; Florida; Delaware; Maryland;Pennsylvania; Virginia; Ohio; Indiana; Minnesota; Michigan; Colorado; Connecticut and WestVirginia.
- Six candidates were offered initial interviews.
- Three of the six accepted and were interviewed.
- Two of the three candidates were selected as finalists.Of the 20 applications that were received, ACCT identified 9 as potentially qualified to lead an institution the size of Delaware Tech. Only 4 had experience with a multi-campus community college system, and only 2 (including our internal candidate) had experience with an institution comparable to Delaware Tech in enrollment and budget. Most of the remaining candidates were either presidents or vice presidents of small single campus institutions equal to or smaller than our smallest campus. There was also a college faculty member, a high school administrator and a high school teacher in the pool. Of the 6 individuals selected for interview, only 3 were identified as “strong” candidates by each member of the Search Committee. Two of the three accepted an interview, and both were selected as finalists. Delaware Tech Executive Vice President, Dr. Mark Brainard, is one of the finalists. The other finalist is Dr. Murray Hoy, who currently serves as President of Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury, Md.
Dr. Brainard currently serves as Delaware Tech’s executive vice presidentwhere he works collaboratively with the president in providing strategic thinking and direction for all administrative areas and has day-to-day responsibility for management of the major operational divisions at the College.
Dr. Brainard’s appointment is effective July 1 and will continue until the presidential search has concluded and a new president is installed. A decision regarding the next president has not yet been made. The Board will reconvene on July 9 to conduct final interviews with the remaining candidates and vote on the selection of the College’s fifth president at that time."
Worcester Joins OC And Wicomico In Sports Alliance
Worcester County will join the Mid-Atlantic Sports Alliance to attract more amateur sports events to the area.
“I think this is one of the best things we’ve done in a long, long time,” said Bud Church, president of the Worcester County Commissioners, during their meeting June 17.
The commissioners approved the request of Recreation and Parks Director Paige Hurley to join Ocean City and Wicomico County, which are already alliance members. The alliance, Hurley said, “is a unique marketing approach.”
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“I think this is one of the best things we’ve done in a long, long time,” said Bud Church, president of the Worcester County Commissioners, during their meeting June 17.
The commissioners approved the request of Recreation and Parks Director Paige Hurley to join Ocean City and Wicomico County, which are already alliance members. The alliance, Hurley said, “is a unique marketing approach.”
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The scandal of fiddled global warming data
The US has actually been cooling since the Thirties, the hottest decade on record
When future generations try to understand how the world got carried away around the end of the 20th century by the panic over global warming, few things will amaze them more than the part played in stoking up the scare by the fiddling of official temperature data. There was already much evidence of this seven years ago, when I was writing my history of the scare, The Real Global Warming Disaster. But now another damning example has been uncovered by Steven Goddard’s US blog Real Science, showing how shamelessly manipulated has been one of the world’s most influential climate records, the graph of US surface temperature records published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Goddard shows how, in recent years, NOAA’s US Historical Climatology Network (USHCN) has been “adjusting” its record by replacing real temperatures with data “fabricated” by computer models. The effect of this has been to downgrade earlier temperatures and to exaggerate those from recent decades, to give the impression that the Earth has been warming up much more than is justified by the actual data. In several posts headed “Data tampering at USHCN/GISS”, Goddard compares the currently published temperature graphs with those based only on temperatures measured at the time. These show that the US has actually been cooling since the Thirties, the hottest decade on record; whereas the latest graph, nearly half of it based on “fabricated” data, shows it to have been warming at a rate equivalent to more than 3 degrees centigrade per century.
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When future generations try to understand how the world got carried away around the end of the 20th century by the panic over global warming, few things will amaze them more than the part played in stoking up the scare by the fiddling of official temperature data. There was already much evidence of this seven years ago, when I was writing my history of the scare, The Real Global Warming Disaster. But now another damning example has been uncovered by Steven Goddard’s US blog Real Science, showing how shamelessly manipulated has been one of the world’s most influential climate records, the graph of US surface temperature records published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Goddard shows how, in recent years, NOAA’s US Historical Climatology Network (USHCN) has been “adjusting” its record by replacing real temperatures with data “fabricated” by computer models. The effect of this has been to downgrade earlier temperatures and to exaggerate those from recent decades, to give the impression that the Earth has been warming up much more than is justified by the actual data. In several posts headed “Data tampering at USHCN/GISS”, Goddard compares the currently published temperature graphs with those based only on temperatures measured at the time. These show that the US has actually been cooling since the Thirties, the hottest decade on record; whereas the latest graph, nearly half of it based on “fabricated” data, shows it to have been warming at a rate equivalent to more than 3 degrees centigrade per century.
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Malaysian court tells Christians they can't say 'Allah'
Malaysia's highest court has upheld a ban on Catholics using the word 'Allah' to refer to their own god, ending a years-long legal battle.
The verdict came in what was seen as a test case for the country's wider Christian congregation, but officials insist the verdict is confined to one Catholic newspaper.
Worshippers can still use 'Allah' to refer to God in church, the government said.
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The verdict came in what was seen as a test case for the country's wider Christian congregation, but officials insist the verdict is confined to one Catholic newspaper.
Worshippers can still use 'Allah' to refer to God in church, the government said.
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'No hand on the f***ing tiller': The moment Hillary let loose on Obama
The moment Hillary Clinton let loose on Obama during booze-fueled rant, new book reveals
Hillary Clinton berated President Barack Obama as ‘incompetent and feckless' and said he had become 'a joke' after having one too many glasses of wine at a reunion dinner last year with friends from college, a new tell-all book reveals.
'When her friends asked Hillary to tell them what she thought — really thought — about the president she had served for four draining years, she lit into Obama with a passion that surprised them all,' former Newsweek editor Edward Klein writes in his book Blood Feud.
'"The thing with Obama is that he can’t be bothered and there is no hand on the tiller half the time,"' Clinton is said to have barked in her boozy rant. ‘That’s the story of the Obama presidency. No hand on the f***ing tiller.’
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Hillary Clinton berated President Barack Obama as ‘incompetent and feckless' and said he had become 'a joke' after having one too many glasses of wine at a reunion dinner last year with friends from college, a new tell-all book reveals.
'When her friends asked Hillary to tell them what she thought — really thought — about the president she had served for four draining years, she lit into Obama with a passion that surprised them all,' former Newsweek editor Edward Klein writes in his book Blood Feud.
'"The thing with Obama is that he can’t be bothered and there is no hand on the tiller half the time,"' Clinton is said to have barked in her boozy rant. ‘That’s the story of the Obama presidency. No hand on the f***ing tiller.’
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15 Things You Should Never Put On Your Resume
How many times have you applied for a job and never heard back?
You tell yourself, “They probably never saw it,” or, “Maybe I just wasn’t a good fit,” and you move on.
But, more likely, your resume just didn’t impress.
Hiring managers receive dozens — sometimes hundreds — of resumes for any given opening. They don’t have the time or resources to review each one closely, so they spend approximately six seconds on their initial “fit/no fit” decision.
You may be perfect for the job, but if your resume has just one typo, if it’s formatted poorly, or you use the wrong font, it could easily end up in the “no fit” pile.
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You tell yourself, “They probably never saw it,” or, “Maybe I just wasn’t a good fit,” and you move on.
But, more likely, your resume just didn’t impress.
Hiring managers receive dozens — sometimes hundreds — of resumes for any given opening. They don’t have the time or resources to review each one closely, so they spend approximately six seconds on their initial “fit/no fit” decision.
You may be perfect for the job, but if your resume has just one typo, if it’s formatted poorly, or you use the wrong font, it could easily end up in the “no fit” pile.
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10 Facts About The SWATification Of America That Everyone Should Know
SWAT team raids more than 25 times higher than in 1980
The number of SWAT team raids in the United States every year is now more than 25 times higher than it was back in 1980.
As America has conducted wars overseas in recent years, our police forces have become increasingly militarized as well. And without a doubt, many of our cities have become much more dangerous places. Thanks torelentless illegal immigration, drug cartels are thriving and there are now at least 1.4 million gang members living in the United States. But there are many that believe that the militarization of our police forces has gone way too far. Almost weekly, SWAT team brutality somewhere in America makes national headlines. You are about to read about a couple of horrific examples of this below. Once upon a time, police in America were helpful and friendly and the public generally trusted them. But now our police forces are being transformed into military-style units that often act like they are in the middle of Iraq or Afghanistan. The following are 10 facts about the SWATification of America that everyone should know…
#1 In 1980, there were approximately 3,000 SWAT raids in the United States. Now, there are more than 80,000 SWAT raids per year in this country.
#2 79 percent of the time, SWAT teams are deployed to private homes.
#3 50 percent of the victims of SWAT raids are either black or Latino.
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The number of SWAT team raids in the United States every year is now more than 25 times higher than it was back in 1980.
As America has conducted wars overseas in recent years, our police forces have become increasingly militarized as well. And without a doubt, many of our cities have become much more dangerous places. Thanks torelentless illegal immigration, drug cartels are thriving and there are now at least 1.4 million gang members living in the United States. But there are many that believe that the militarization of our police forces has gone way too far. Almost weekly, SWAT team brutality somewhere in America makes national headlines. You are about to read about a couple of horrific examples of this below. Once upon a time, police in America were helpful and friendly and the public generally trusted them. But now our police forces are being transformed into military-style units that often act like they are in the middle of Iraq or Afghanistan. The following are 10 facts about the SWATification of America that everyone should know…
#1 In 1980, there were approximately 3,000 SWAT raids in the United States. Now, there are more than 80,000 SWAT raids per year in this country.
#2 79 percent of the time, SWAT teams are deployed to private homes.
#3 50 percent of the victims of SWAT raids are either black or Latino.
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Daily Aspirin Wards Off Pancreatic Cancer: Yale Study
People who take low-dose aspirin for more than 10 years might be reducing their risk for pancreatic cancer, a new study suggests.
Even taking a daily aspirin for just three years lowered the chances of the deadly cancer by 48 percent, the researchers said.
"Aspirin use has potential risks of its own, thus the risks and benefits for each person have to be evaluated based on personal characteristics," said lead researcher Dr. Harvey Risch, a professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health.
Even taking a daily aspirin for just three years lowered the chances of the deadly cancer by 48 percent, the researchers said.
"Aspirin use has potential risks of its own, thus the risks and benefits for each person have to be evaluated based on personal characteristics," said lead researcher Dr. Harvey Risch, a professor of epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health.
The 3 Most Common Reasons People Fail
Failures are unavoidable for even the most talented, driven people.
The successful, however, learn from their setbacks and develop habits that keep them from making the same mistakes repeatedly.
Napoleon Hill, author of "Think and Grow Rich," one of the bestselling books of all time, explained that there are three common reasons people don't achieve success.
He talked about them in an undated radio broadcast most likely from around 1953, since Hill was promoting his book "How to Raise Your Own Salary," published in the same year.
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The successful, however, learn from their setbacks and develop habits that keep them from making the same mistakes repeatedly.
Napoleon Hill, author of "Think and Grow Rich," one of the bestselling books of all time, explained that there are three common reasons people don't achieve success.
He talked about them in an undated radio broadcast most likely from around 1953, since Hill was promoting his book "How to Raise Your Own Salary," published in the same year.
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Transgender priests gives sermon at National Cathedral
An Episcopal priest who was born a woman but is now living as a straight man is the first transgender clergy to give a sermon at the National Cathedral.
The Reverend Dr Cameron Partridge, the Episcopal chaplain at Boston University, offered a sermon from the iconic Canterbury Pulpit as part of the church's celebration of LGBT pride month.
In the sermon, he said gay, lesbian and transgender people can be so consumed by despair and oppression that they fail to see the love of Jesus.
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The Reverend Dr Cameron Partridge, the Episcopal chaplain at Boston University, offered a sermon from the iconic Canterbury Pulpit as part of the church's celebration of LGBT pride month.
In the sermon, he said gay, lesbian and transgender people can be so consumed by despair and oppression that they fail to see the love of Jesus.
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