RE-PURPOSING OLD WRENCHES

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RE-PURPOSING OLD WRENCHES

Lost Wrenches.

 No wonder I can never find the right size, he's got them all!
How cool is this guy???
He lives near Boort, Victoria, Australia and does it all by himself from a wheel chair. Amazing!

 

The 19-Year-Old Dairy Queen Manager Who Stood Up For A Blind Customer Is Looking For A Favor

The 19-year-old Dairy Queen manager who shot to fame last year after standing up for a blind man says he is currently working on purchasing his own Dairy Queen.

Joey Prusak, whose courageous defense of a blind customer went viral last September, told TheBlaze he is now focused more than ever on opening up a location of his own.

“I had a a meeting with the CEO of Dairy Queen and I told him I wanted to open my own store,” said Prusak, who has worked at the Minnesota location since he was 14. “I need help finding a location because they are really picky about locations. So they are looking into a couple spots right now that they could possibly use a store.”

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Stunning Photos Capture the Moment a Woman Literally Blew Life Back Into a Dying Baby

It seemed like the worst place for an emergency. A Florida woman found herself in a mid-afternoon traffic jam on Miami’s 836 expressway with an unconscious baby.

The Miami Herald reported that Pamela Rauseo had her 5-month-old nephew, Sebastian de la Cruz, in her care when he stopped breathing. The baby was born early and had respiratory issues, according to the newspaper.

But when Rauseo saw he was turning blue in the back seat, she leapt from the car and screamed for help. Lucila Godoy heard Rauseo’s cries and left her own toddler in the back seat of her car, rushing to the 37-year-old aunt’s aid.

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Classes Taught By Men

Men Teaching Classes for Women at
THE ADULT LEARNING CENTER

REGISTRATION MUST BE COMPLETED
By January 25, 2013 

NOTE: DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY AND DIFFICULTY LEVEL
OF THEIR CONTENTS, CLASS SIZES WILL BE LIMITED TO 8 PARTICIPANTS MAXIMUM .
Class 1 Up in Winter, Down in Summer - How to Adjust a Thermostat
Step by Step, with Slide Presentation.
Meets 4 weeks, Monday and Wednesday for 2 hrs beginning at 7:00 PM..

Class 2
Which Takes More Energy - Putting the Toilet Seat Down, or Bitching About It for 3 Hours?
Round Table Discussion.
Meets 2 weeks, Saturday 12:00 for 2 hours.

Class 3
Is It Possible To Drive Past a Wal-Mart Without Stopping?--Group Debate.
Meets 4 weeks, Saturday 10:00 PM for 2 hours.

Class 4
Fundamental Differences Between a Purse and a Suitcase--Pictures and Explanatory Graphics.
Meets Saturdays at 2:00 PM for 3 weeks. 

Class 5
Curling Irons--Can They Levitate and Fly Into The Bathroom Cabinet?
Examples on Video.
Meets 4 weeks, Tuesday and Thursday for 2 hours beginning
At 7:00 PM

Class 6
How to Ask Questions During Commercials and Be Quiet During the Program
Help Line Support and Support Groups. 
Meets 4 Weeks, Friday and Sunday 7:00 PM 

Class 7
Can a Bath Be Taken Without 14 Different Kinds of Soaps and Shampoos?
Open Forum..
Monday at 8:00 PM, 2 hours. 

Class 8
Health Watch--They Make Medicine for PMS - USE IT!
Three nights; Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7:00 PM for 2 hours.

Class 9 
I Was Wrong and He Was Right!--Real Life Testimonials.
Tuesdays at 6:00 PM Location to be determined. 

Class 10
How to Parallel Park In Less Than 20 Minutes Without an Insurance Claim.
Driving Simulations.
4 weeks, Saturday's noon, 2 hours.

Class 11

Learning to Live--How to Apply Brakes Without Throwing Passengers Through the Windshield.
Tuesdays at 7:00 PM, location to be determined 

Class 12
How to Shop by Yourself.
Meets 4 weeks, Tuesday and Thursday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM.

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309,079 UMD Social Security Numbers Compromised

Massive, sophisticated cyberattack nets names, birth dates, university ID numbers and Social Security numbers of all who have received university ID numbers since 1998

A massive cyberattack struck university networks Tuesday morning, putting personal student, faculty and staff information at risk.

Officials estimate 309,079 student, faculty and staff records were compromised, including names, birth dates, university ID numbers and Social Security numbers. No financial, medical or academic information was accessed, university officials said.

The database that was accessed contained information from everyone who has received a university ID from the College Park or Shady Grove campuses since 1998.

Because identity theft is possible, officials said the university will offer those affected one free year of credit monitoring from a yet-to-be-determined company.

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Someone Struck Back at Missouri’s Common Core ‘Tin Foil’ Amendment in the Best Way

He probably should have seen this one coming.

The Missouri lawmaker who added $8 to the state’s proposed budget for tin foil hats for Common Core opponents got a little something in return.

A photo posted online showed Republican state Rep. Mike Lair’s chamber desk completely wrapped in tin foil. Lair’s colleague, state Rep. Bryan Spencer (R), posted the picture on Facebook with the caption: “Guess [whose] desk this is…..Mike Lair.”
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Smigiel Wins In SLAPP Suit

Cecil County Executive, Terri Moore had filed a Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP Suit), against me. A SLAPP Suit is a lawsuit that is intended to censor, intimidate and silence critics by burdening them with the cost of legal defense until they abandon their criticism or opposition. The local paper ran a headline saying that I was being sued for $40,000 because I had filed a law suit on behalf of the Chairman of the Republican Central Committee. It gave the appearance that I had filed a “frivolous” lawsuit that had no merit and had wasted taxpayer money forcing the county to defend said suit.

The fact is the judge wrote “Notwithstanding the aforesaid, the facts underlying the Complaint are not disputed by the parties, and lead to the inescapable conclusion that Ms. Moore circumvented the intent of the provisions of the newly-enacted Cecil County Charter which provided for party central committee participation in filling County Council vacancies. Equally obvious, the Complaint was filed to thwart the perceived deception by Ms Moore and had a legitimate basis at least in fact”

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25 Charged In Fraud Involving Home Care In DC

Twenty-five people were charged Thursday with obtaining at least $75 million in fraudulent Medicaid payments from the District of Columbia government, a series of cases that federal prosecutors said added up to the largest health-care fraud in the city's history.

The alleged schemes, which prosecutors said were similar but not necessarily part of a unified conspiracy, involved bogus claims for home care services, a category of Medicaid claim that has grown dramatically in the city over the past 8 years. The uptick in billings for home care -- from $40 million in 2006 to $280 million last year -- was part of what tipped off authorities to illegal activity, U.S. Attorney Ronald Machen said.

"We concluded that much of the growth was due to aggressive networks of fraudsters paying kickbacks to beneficiaries to manufacture false claims for nonexistent services," Machen said, later adding: "Medicaid fraud in the District of Columbia is at epidemic levels."
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House of Cards Issues Ultimatum To Governor O'Malley - Give Us Back Our Tax Breaks Or We Are Out of Here

Today, House of Cards Productions issued an ultimatum to Governor O'Malley - give us back our tax breaks or we are dismantling our stages and sets and moving to another State.

In a written letter to Maryland's Governor Martin O'Malley - it stated;

Give us millions more dollars in tax credits, or we will “break down our stage, sets and offices and set up in another state.

A similar letter also went to Maryland House Speaker, Michael Busch.

In addition to bringing a burst of buzz and excitement, the show created nearly 6,000 jobs and pumped more than $250 million into the state economy, economic development officials say.
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Trouble In The Making!

The Federal Communications Commission takes a second shot at net neutrality. It will draft new rules to ensure broadband providers treat all Internet traffic equally. A federal appeals court struck down the current rules last month. It suggested the FCC had exceeded its authority. The agency will not appeal. In a statement, Chairman Tom Wheeler says the new proposal will meet the court's requirements.

Delaware State Police Investigation Into Compromised Drug Evidence

Wilmington- Delaware State Police Criminal Investigative Unit along with the Delaware Attorney General’s Office initiated a joint investigation over the course of the last month, after the discovery of drug evidence submitted for analysis to the Controlled Substances Lab within the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner was found to be compromised after being returned to the submitting police agencies. The identified compromises included drug evidence tampered with, missing, and/or substituted.

The Delaware State Police and Department of Justice initiated the investigation, including internal audits of police evidence lockers which detected discrepancies amongst several Delaware law enforcement agencies that existed between drug evidence submitted to the OCME Controlled Substances Lab and evidence returned to police evidence lockers in sealed envelopes after analysis and testing.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is fully cooperating in the investigation and all drug evidence has been secured. Based on the nature of the ongoing investigation, the Controlled Substances Lab has discontinued drug analysis; however, all other functions of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner remain uninterrupted and fully functional.

No further information will be released at this time as to not jeopardize any of these efforts by discussing the investigative details.

Historical Photos

Miss America 1924 

Helen Keller Meeting Charlie Chaplin 

 

Leather gloves worn by Lincoln to Ford's Theater on the night
of his assassination. Blood stains are visible at the cuffs. 

BREAKING NEWS: FCC Backs Off Newsroom Survey Plan

The Federal Communications Commission announced Friday that it was putting on hold a controversial study of American newsrooms, after complaints from Republican lawmakers and media groups that the project was too intrusive.

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New 2014-2015 Vaccination Requirements For Students Entering Kindergarten, 7th Grade

New Maryland immunization regulations will mean additional vaccinations for students entering kindergarten and 7th grade in the 2014-15 school year.

-Students entering kindergarten in 2014-15 will be required to have had two (2) doses of Varicella vaccine (for Chickenpox). Currently, only one (1) dose of Varicella vaccine is required.

-Students entering 7th grade in 2014-15 will be required to have had one (1) dose of Tdap vaccine and one (1) dose of Meningococcal vaccine. These vaccine requirements are new for 7th graders.

Wicomico County Public Schools is informing parents of the new vaccination requirements now so they will have ample time to ensure that children have the required vaccinations prior to the start of the 2014-15 school year. Middle schools have begun sharing a notice of the new requirements for 7th graders, and information on the new requirements for kindergartners will be shared with parents of current prekindergarten students as well as with parents of incoming kindergartners during kindergarten registration, which begins April 30.

Lawmakers Consider Small Business Retirement Deduction Bill

State lawmakers are considering a bill that supporters say will make retirement plans available to private sector workers who are not covered by employer-sponsored plans, or who have little if any retirement savings.

The measure would apply to businesses with at least five employees that currently don't offer retirement plans. Those employers would be required to give employees the option of a payroll deduction with the money going to either a state sponsored, non-profit plan, or a private retirement plans.

Under the legislation, employers would not be required to make any contributions to the retirement plan, and employees could opt out of the payroll deduction.

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Somerset County Sheriff's Office Press Release 2-21-14

Tosha Denise Bratten of Salisbury, arrested 2-12-14 on a warrant for failing to appear in court. Bratten was later released on personal recognizance.

Jodi Serman of Seaford , arrested 2-13-14 on a Delaware fugitive warrant. Serman was held without bond.

William Jesse Payne of Princess Anne, arrested 2-14-14 for driving under the influence of alcohol, driving while intoxicated by alcohol, driver consuming alcohol, unsafe lane change, negligent driving, operating a unregistered vehicle, and driving a vehicle with switched tags. Payne was later released on citations pending court actions. The arrest was the result of a traffic stop conducted by deputies on Ocean Highway, Princess Anne.

Larry Antonio Belote of Salisbury, arrested 2-16-14 for driving under the influence of alcohol, driving while impaired by alcohol, negligent driving, and driving on a suspended driver’s license. Belote was later released on citations pending court actions. The arrest was the result of a traffic stop conducted by deputies on Ocean Highway, Princess Anne.

Bernard Alonzo White of Princess Anne, arrested 2-16-14 for driving under the influence of alcohol, driving while impaired by alcohol, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, failure to obey a lawful order, and two counts of assault on a police officer. The arrest was the result of a traffic stop conducted by deputies on Ocean Highway where deputies saw a vehicle traveling northbound in the southbound lanes in the area of Deal Island Rd. Deputies report that White became combative with deputies and refused arrest. White was held on a $ 50,000 bond.

Morris Allan Borden Sr. of Marion station, arrested 2-16-14 on a warrant for failing to appear in court. Borden was held on a $ 500.00 bond.

Victor Marcus White of Princess Anne, criminal summons served 2-19-14 for cds possession marijuana. White was released on signature.

Shawn Tony Tilghman of Crisfield, arrested 2-19-14 on a warrant for violation of probation, and a criminal summons for theft less than $1,000 and conspiracy to commit theft less than $ 1,000. Tilghman was held without bond.

Stanford Dorman Taylor of Crisfield, criminal summons served 2-19-14 for cds possession not marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Taylor was released on signature pending court actions.

Jessie Lamont Copes Jr. of Salisbury, arrested 2-19-14 on criminal indictments for possession of cds not marijuana, possession with the intent to distribute narcotics, possession with the intent to distribute narcotics within a 1000 feet of school zone, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Copes was held on a $ 200,000 bond.

Private-Public Water Partnership, UN Agenda 21

Water is a precious and scarce commodity for some nations who are geographically located in areas prone to draught or with a predominant desert landscape.

It is priceless in certain locales and so abundant in others that the marginal utility of an additional gallon of water is very low. When something is overabundant people tend to abuse it.

Water pollution affects industrialized, developing, and under-developed nations. We should not worry though, the United Nations has a plan for that; we are living in the “water for life decade 2005-2015.” Its website, “UN Water,” proclaimed at the January 8-10, 2013 conference, “Preparing for the 2013 International Year. Water Cooperation: Making it Happen!”

How is this going to happen? It is called “water diplomacy,” forming private-public partnerships, “supporting all stakeholders, including those in governments, international organizations, private sector, civil society, and academia at an appropriate level while considering cultural aspects in different cooperation initiatives.” It sounds purposefully complex and confusing but it is just another arm of the United Nations’ ever encroaching agenda.

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Record Numbers Apply For Police Department Positions

Gearing up for the summer season, the Ocean City Police Department has tested its highest-ever number of applicants for seasonal and potentially full-time officer positions.

OCPD Capt. Greg Guiton said at last week’s police commission meeting that the department has tested 646 officer applicants since this past summer, up from 574 last off-season. Even more applicants would’ve been included if not for weather.

“That affected us tremendously this year,” Guiton said. “Since a lot of our applicants are in college, we had several schools that pushed their exam dates back because of weather, so they had exams on our testing dates.”

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Senator Colburn Reports From Annapolis (Next Week)

ANNAPOLIS – Senator Richard F. Colburn (R. Eastern Shore) reported on events that will take place next week. Senator Colburn stated, “A Montgomery County Senator recently stated, “A healthy Bay is important to Maryland’s economy, and all Marylanders benefit from making the Bay cleaner. So, it’s important that all major polluters of the Bay pay their fair share, and this legislation ensures that one of the biggest sources of pollution begins to do just that.” On Tuesday, February 25, the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs (EHEA) Committee is scheduled to hear Senate Bill 725 (Chesapeake Bay – Nutrient Management – Poultry Fair Share Act) sponsored by Senator Richard Madaleno (D. 

Montgomery Co). This bill would establish a chicken manure pollution fee of five cents per chicken payable to the Comptroller by a poultry integrator. It would also require the Comptroller to transfer revenue from the fee to the Maryland Agriculture Water Quality Cost Share Program in the Department of Agriculture for cover crop activities. Despite the fact that the Governor has stated that he will veto such a bill, and the House bill has been withdrawn, the Senator from Montgomery County is moving forward with Senate Bill 725.

As a result of this absurd bill, I have sponsored Senate Bill 1071 (Montgomery County and Prince George’s County Fair Share Act of 2014). This bill would require the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) to impose on every year a sewage and sludge remediation charge to WSSC rate payers. It would also require the Montgomery County Council and the Prince George’s County Council to meet each year to determine the amount of the sewage and sludge remediation charge. It would require the councils to consider certain anticipated costs when determining the amount of sewage and sludge. The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission provides water and sewer service to Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties. There are areas of their sewage collection system that illegally discharges sludge into the Potomac River and that are subject to numerous sewage spills caused by a variety of factors, including excessive stormwater runoff and flooding, power outages, and line breaks, etc. For the years 2010 through 2013, WSSC reported 42.2 million gallons of sewage spills, which is an average of 10.5 million gallons per year (or 28,800) gallons per day). My bill would create a $1 Billion Sewage and Sludge Remediation fund to be paid for by Montgomery and Prince George’s County WSSC ratepayers to address their sewage spills.

Senator Madaleno’s Senate Bill 725 is just the latest attack on the Eastern Shore agriculture and seafood industries. Over the span of 28 General Assembly Sessions, I have witnessed Montgomery and Prince George’s County legislators introduce countless short-sighted measures that would cripple or eliminate the Shore’s two most important industries. Senate Bill 1071 will help these two urban Washington D.C. counties to be held accountable for their part in the Bay clean-up.

Several bills that I have sponsored will be heard next week: