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Tuesday, August 20, 2019
The 201 Most Commonly Misspelled Words in English
With a little practice, you can improve your spelling. Begin by reviewing this list of 201 of some of the most commonly misspelled words in English, including advice on how to remember the correct spelling and how to use the words in a sentence. When you're done, test your ability to spell these words with spelling review exercisesand a quiz on 25 commonly misspelled words.
Commonly Misspelled Words
The following table includes the word in the first column, tips such as advice or mnemonic devices for remembering the correct spelling in column two, and the word used correctly in a sentence in column three.
Where appropriate, some letters are intentionally uppercased while others are lowercased to make the mnemonic device more useful.
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Commonly Misspelled Words
The following table includes the word in the first column, tips such as advice or mnemonic devices for remembering the correct spelling in column two, and the word used correctly in a sentence in column three.
Where appropriate, some letters are intentionally uppercased while others are lowercased to make the mnemonic device more useful.
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Monday, August 19, 2019
Baltimore City Woman Sentenced for Medicaid Fraud
BALTIMORE, MD (August 19, 2019) - Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh announced today that Mariah Larease Moore, 25, was convicted of felony Medicaid fraud related to the purported care of her grandmother. Anne Arundel County Circuit Court Judge Laura S. Ripken sentenced Moore to one year incarceration, all suspended, placed her on three years probation, and ordered more than $29,000 in restitution to the Medicaid program.
According to documents filed in court, Moore worked for Abel Health Care, Inc., which was owned by Moore’s mother and located in Towson. Abel was an authorized provider of services to Medicaid recipients. Her services included in-home, personal care services, consisting of assistance with such things as dressing, bathing, grooming, toileting, and the administration of medicines.
From December 2013 through February 2016, Moore fraudulently represented to Medicaid on numerous occasions that she was caring for her grandmother through Abel when Moore was, in fact, not doing so and could not have been doing so. During that time period, Moore was working at another job located in Baltimore County.
In making today’s announcement, Attorney General Frosh thanked the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, specifically Assistant Attorney General Marilee Miller, Senior Investigative Auditor Todd Sheffer, and Fraud Investigators Prashani Mankhusu and Carl Stambaugh. Attorney General Frosh also thanked the Maryland Department of Health, Medicaid Provider Services - ISAS Division for their assistance with the investigation and prosecution of the case.
Rep. Harris Announces $150,000 in Grants for Rural Development in Somerset and Talbot Counties
Rep. Harris Announces $150,000 in Grants for Rural Development in Somerset and Talbot Counties
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Monday, August 19th, Congressman Andy Harris, M.D. (MD-01) announced a total of $150,000 in grant awards in Somerset and Talbot counties through the Department of Agriculture’s Office of Rural Development. Specifically, the grants include:
$50,000 to assist with the purchase of an enhanced security system and an emergency chase vehicle for the Princess Anne Volunteer Fire Company. The new vehicle “will benefit the region and citizens by providing more reliable, enhanced medical and emergency services and address the growing Opioid crisis by delivering antidotes for individuals that have overdosed,” according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The funds were awarded through both the Economic Impact Initiative Grants program and the Community Facilities Direct Loans and Grants program.
$50,000 to assist with the funding of a pre-school facility at White Marsh Elementary School in Trappe, Maryland. The project includes “the relocation of a temporary classroom from Easton Elementary School. Talbot County Board of Education assisted with the relocation and placement of the structure. The new pre-school facility provides child care for the Town of Trappe,” according to the USDA. The funds were awarded through the Community Facilities Direct Loans and Grants program.
$50,000 to assist with the funding of a street sweeper for the town of St. Michaels, in Talbot County. The funds were awarded through the Community Facilities Direct Loans and Grants program.
Congressman Harris made the following statement:
“As a member of the Agriculture and Rural Development Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, I understand the need to invest in rural America and support our local economy. These awards from the Department of Agriculture are a welcome investment in Talbot and Somerset Counties, and as a physician, I am particularly committed to improving medical services in our local communities and assisting families impacted by the opioid crisis.”
Stacey Abrams Says Voter Suppression Worse Now Than In The 1960s
Failed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams suggested voter suppression is more “insidious” today than it was in the 1960s, and she reiterated her claim she “won” her 2018 election.
“We have always struggled with voter suppression,” Abrams said to ABC’s Lindsey Davis on Sunday. “But what’s happened in the last 20 years, is that it’s gone underground. It’s no longer hoses and laws that say you cannot vote, it is this insidious nature that says it’s race neutral, that we’re just putting in these laws in place for everyone, but we know it has a disproportionate effect on the communities that have long been marginalized.”
Abrams said there has been a “constriction” over the past two decades on who has the right to vote, repeating her long-held views that voter ID laws and other election regulations are “rigging the game” against people of color.
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“We have always struggled with voter suppression,” Abrams said to ABC’s Lindsey Davis on Sunday. “But what’s happened in the last 20 years, is that it’s gone underground. It’s no longer hoses and laws that say you cannot vote, it is this insidious nature that says it’s race neutral, that we’re just putting in these laws in place for everyone, but we know it has a disproportionate effect on the communities that have long been marginalized.”
Abrams said there has been a “constriction” over the past two decades on who has the right to vote, repeating her long-held views that voter ID laws and other election regulations are “rigging the game” against people of color.
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90% of the Racism in America Comes from the Democratic Party and the Left
Ninety percent of the racism in America today comes from the Democratic Party and the Left. They live off it and exploit it. It is unconscionable to the degree they do this, ruining the lives and futures of the very people they say they are helping in the process.
I am uniquely positioned to say this because I spent most of my life on the Left and was a civil rights worker in the South in my early twenties. I was also, to my everlasting regret, a donor to the Black Panther Party in the seventies.
So I have seen this personally from both sides and my conclusion is inescapable. The Left is far, far worse. They are obsessed with race in a manner that does not allow them to see straight. Further, they project racism onto others continually, exacerbating situations, which in most instances weren't even there in the first place. From Al Sharpton to Hillary Clinton, they all do it.
Barack Obama is one of the worst offenders in this regard. Recently, in reaction to the horrid actions of the deranged, but solitary racist Dylann Root, the president claimed racism is in our DNA.
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Editor's Note: This article is from 2015. Seems nothing has changed.
I am uniquely positioned to say this because I spent most of my life on the Left and was a civil rights worker in the South in my early twenties. I was also, to my everlasting regret, a donor to the Black Panther Party in the seventies.
So I have seen this personally from both sides and my conclusion is inescapable. The Left is far, far worse. They are obsessed with race in a manner that does not allow them to see straight. Further, they project racism onto others continually, exacerbating situations, which in most instances weren't even there in the first place. From Al Sharpton to Hillary Clinton, they all do it.
Barack Obama is one of the worst offenders in this regard. Recently, in reaction to the horrid actions of the deranged, but solitary racist Dylann Root, the president claimed racism is in our DNA.
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Editor's Note: This article is from 2015. Seems nothing has changed.
** PENNSYLVANIA WOMAN ARRESTED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT, RESISTING ARREST **
Rehoboth Beach, Del. Kiley Dippery, 22, of Hummelstown, PA was arrested on Friday after officers responded to her location on Rehoboth Avenue when she suddenly began screaming.
Just before 11:00pm on August 16 2019, officers near the area of 143 Rehoboth Avenue heard a woman begin to scream loudly. Through investigation, officers determined that Dippery had become separated from her boyfriend and assisted Dippery back to her hotel room where she was reunited with her boyfriend.
Within minutes of departing the hotel, officers were called back as Dippery was again screaming loudly. Once contacted, Dippery would not stop screaming and had drawn the attention of several hotel guests. Dippery was placed under arrest and had to be assisted out of the hotel. While officers were attempting to place Dippery into a patrol vehicle she became combative and kicked an officer in the leg. Neither Dippery nor the officer were injured.
Once in custody, Dippery vomited in the patrol vehicle and later vomited and urinated on the floor of the holding area of the Rehoboth Beach Police Department.
Dippery was charged with resisting arrest with force or violence, which is a felony. She was charged with offensive touching of a law enforcement officer, disorderly conduct - unreasonable noise, and disorderly conduct - creating a physically offensive condition which serves no purpose, which are all misdemeanors. Dippery was committed to Sussex Correctional Institutional in default of $3,200.00 secured bail.
California Woman Sentenced For Dumping 7 'Palm-Sized' Puppies In Trash
A Southern California woman authorities caught on surveillance video in April dumping a bag of 3-day-old puppies into a trash can has received jail time after changing her plea to guilty.
Deborah Culwell Wednesday was sentenced Wednesday to 365 days in county jail - reduced to 174 days with credit for time served.
The Desert Sun reports the 59-year-old admitted to animal cruelty and animal abandonment charges after previously pleading not guilty.
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Study: Cats DO Know Their Names and Really ARE Ignoring You
Did you just get snubbed by your cat?
Probably.
We all want to give our cats the benefit of the doubt but the chances are they know their own names and are just ignoring our calls, a study suggests.
A group of researchers from Japan recently determined this by conducting a series of experiments over the course of three years to see how 77 cats would respond to their names.
What they found confirms our sneaky suspicion. Cats do know when you are calling them, they are just choosing not to respond, CNN noted.
"Their lack of response may be caused by their low motivation level to interact with humans, or their feelings at the time of the experiment," said Atsuko Saito, first author of the research paper.
This is not the only discovery researchers made.
EPSTEIN PRISON GUARDS “NOT COOPERATING” WITH DOJ PROBE
EPSTEIN PRISON GUARDS “NOT COOPERATING” WITH DOJ PROBE
Employees at the Manhattan Metropolitan Correctional Center where convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein reportedly took his own life last week are not cooperating with the Justice Department investigators according to Fox News.
Two senior DOJ officials sent by Attorney General William Barr have been on-site at MCC while the agency’s Inspector General investigates the situation. According to a senior DOJ official, Barr said that “serious irregularities” had been uncovered at the jail.
The night of Epstein’s death, correctional officers did not check on the extremely high-profile prisoner for “several hours” before he died, despite being required to look in on him every 30 minutes. Moreover, guards are suspected of falsifying log entries to show that they were checking as required, according to the Associated Press.
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Employees at the Manhattan Metropolitan Correctional Center where convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein reportedly took his own life last week are not cooperating with the Justice Department investigators according to Fox News.
Two senior DOJ officials sent by Attorney General William Barr have been on-site at MCC while the agency’s Inspector General investigates the situation. According to a senior DOJ official, Barr said that “serious irregularities” had been uncovered at the jail.
The night of Epstein’s death, correctional officers did not check on the extremely high-profile prisoner for “several hours” before he died, despite being required to look in on him every 30 minutes. Moreover, guards are suspected of falsifying log entries to show that they were checking as required, according to the Associated Press.
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Report: 3 NYPD Officers Injured by Cop-Hating Mob in Brooklyn
Three New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers were injured by “cop-hating mobs” outside a Brooklyn housing project on Sunday, according to a report.
The New York Post reported that at least some of the injuries the officers suffered were from “air mail,” or objects being tossed from the rooftops of the housing projects.
Police ran toward the gunfire when they heard at least six shots come from a rooftop of the housing project in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood.
“Straight up cowards!” one man in the crowd shouted at cops at just after midnight. “You don’t know how to do anything you f–king coward!”
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The New York Post reported that at least some of the injuries the officers suffered were from “air mail,” or objects being tossed from the rooftops of the housing projects.
Police ran toward the gunfire when they heard at least six shots come from a rooftop of the housing project in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood.
“Straight up cowards!” one man in the crowd shouted at cops at just after midnight. “You don’t know how to do anything you f–king coward!”
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Man arrested at library’s mind-boggling, perverse event fights back
A pastor arrested as he approached a Spokane, Washington, library to observe its “Drag Queen Story Hour” is fighting back.
The Pacific Justice Institute, in defense of Pastor Afshin Yaghtin, filed a motion to dismiss the case against him, and a hearing is scheduled in a few weeks.
Yaghtin was arrested even though the drag-queen event was open to the public.
Brad Dacus, president of Pacific Justice, said the criminal charges against the pastor “pose a serious threat to free speech.”
“We are vigorously contesting the charges and will continue seeking justice as long as it takes,” he said.
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The Pacific Justice Institute, in defense of Pastor Afshin Yaghtin, filed a motion to dismiss the case against him, and a hearing is scheduled in a few weeks.
Yaghtin was arrested even though the drag-queen event was open to the public.
Brad Dacus, president of Pacific Justice, said the criminal charges against the pastor “pose a serious threat to free speech.”
“We are vigorously contesting the charges and will continue seeking justice as long as it takes,” he said.
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Queen Anne’s County Man Pleads Guilty to Improper Disposal of Raw Sewage, Required to Pay Fine to Maryland Clean Water Fund
Clazey previously operated a business, Safe Harbor Sanitation, which provided sewage pump out services to marinas on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. On October 26, 2018, a citizen observed Clazey discharging the contents of his pump truck into a storm drain behind the businesses at 200 Kent Landing in Stevensville. After Clazey left, the citizen called the police. Clazey ultimately admitted to discharging raw sewage into the storm drain. Investigation revealed that Clazey no longer held a septage hauler’s license in Queen Anne’s County, or any surrounding county, therefore, he was unable to properly dispose of sewage at the various county-owned waste water treatment plants. Clazey has since closed his sewage business.
The Honorable Judge J. Frederick Price ordered three years of probation before judgment for Clazey and imposed a fine of $10,000, suspending all but $2,000 paid to the Maryland Clean Water Fund.
“Mr. Clazey’s illegal dumping created an environmental hazard,” said Attorney General Frosh. “His illegal activity was a threat to the Chesapeake Bay and the health of the community. We are grateful to all citizens who take the initiative to report environmental violations.”
The Attorney General thanks Environmental Crimes Unit Investigator Bill Schmidt for his assistance in this case.
Former CIA Spook: "Russian Hoax Coup & Epstein Are Interlocked"
Former CIA Officer and whistleblower Kevin Shipp says the Russian hoax and attempted coup of President Trump and the sex trafficking case against Jeffery Epstein are linked together by the same Deep State players.
Shipp explains, “The FBI has completely raided his vault, and they have some pretty damning material..."
Shipp explains, “The FBI has completely raided his vault, and they have some pretty damning material..."
"I don’t know why it took so long, but they have raided Epstein’s island... So, there is a lot of damning information the FBI has now on certain people. At the top of the list, and the one who flew the most, was Bill Clinton. Then he lied about it. They are intertwined in that regard and with the Clinton Foundation that we know is a fraud. It is known around the world, and you’ve got these two intersections with Bill and Hillary Clinton.More
Of course, Hillary Clinton is tied to the dossier in an attempt to get rid of Donald Trump. So, these webs interlocked with each other, and these people interlock with each other. Welcome to the global elite. Welcome to human trafficking. These things are connected, and with Epstein dead, there are a lot of prominent people breathing a sigh of relief—for now. Is Barr aggressive enough? He says he is going to pursue this case anyway. Is he going to call in the people seen on the CD’s, videos and photographs? That remains to be seen.”
37 In MD Sickened In Parasitic Illness Outbreak Linked To Basil
BALTIMORE, MD — A parasitic illness outbreak has sickened 37 people in the last month, the Maryland Department of Health has announced. The cyclosporiasis outbreak has hit 11 states, and tainted fresh basil seems to be the cause of the illness, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. The state Department of Health says it's working with the CDC, several states and public health and regulatory officials to prevent the spread of infections.
Cyclosporiasis is an illness caused by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the microscopic parasite Cyclospora cayetanesis.
CDC's analysis of epidemiologic information indicates that contaminated fresh basil from Mexico is the likely cause of many of the illnesses across the country, but Maryland officials have not yet confirmed the link.
It is unknown at this time if all reported cases of Cyclospora infection in the United States are linked to fresh basil. Other possible sources are also being investigated, authorities said.
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Cyclosporiasis is an illness caused by the ingestion of food or water contaminated with the microscopic parasite Cyclospora cayetanesis.
CDC's analysis of epidemiologic information indicates that contaminated fresh basil from Mexico is the likely cause of many of the illnesses across the country, but Maryland officials have not yet confirmed the link.
It is unknown at this time if all reported cases of Cyclospora infection in the United States are linked to fresh basil. Other possible sources are also being investigated, authorities said.
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