A Viewer Writes: Interesting Idea?

Just a thought. But if the IRS were to change the wording from, "Would you like to contribute $3 to the Presidential Election?. Instead to read, "Would you like to contribute $3 to the reelection of Donald Trump? I think over the next four years all of us hard working people who were heard over all of the liberals, snowflakes and otherwise entitled people would contribute so much over the nextvfour years we would almost assure ourselves another four years. Who knows maybe even have enough left over to substantially reduce the national debt and even get some back in our own pockets for a change instead of the other way around. Just a thought. Here is my $3

Sky Art By God Absolutely Amazing!

Sky Art By God

Absolutely Amazing!

1.      Line of building towers flanking from a thunderstorm.

2.      Sun setting behind cumulus clouds.

3.      Cloud to cloud to ground lightning.

What really caused Delaware's prisoners to revolt at Vaughn Correctional Center

'We knew it was coming'

Trouble at Delaware’s toughest prison percolated for years before inmates took control of a building and killed a correctional officer.

In interviews with The News Journal, three dozen inmates and their families, prison advocates and former and current correctional officers said anyone at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center could see the deadly standoff coming.

Inmates insist that they continuously begged for respect from officers, better counseling and drug treatment, access to doctors and opportunities to earn a high school or college diploma.

"We've been trying to reach out – pushing the pen – and it was like no one was hearing us," said one Vaughn inmate whose identity was verified by the newspaper but requested anonymity for fear of retaliation. "We've been crying out for years."

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Majority of Americans Approve of Trump’s Performance So Far, But Not the Media

A new poll shows a majority of Americans approve of President Donald Trump's job performance, while a significant portion of the public believe the media is biased against the president. The Daily Tracking Presidential Poll was conducted by conservative polling firm Rasmussen Reports.

The poll reported that 55 percent of likely voters support the Trump's performance so far, while 45 percent of voters oppose it. Trump has 38 percent of voters strongly agreeing with his performance and 36% strongly disagreeing.

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Someone Get This Dog A Bone!

El Paso Electric Targets Rooftop Solar Customers Again

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However, the utility is again proposing to create a separate rate class for its rooftop solar customers. In its announcement, EPE claims the new structure would “reflect the unique service characteristics and cost of service for this group of customers” and include a new monthly demand charge “to recover the cost of grid-related services.”

According to an EPE fact sheet on its website, the proposed solar provisions would increase a residential solar customer’s monthly bill by $14.09, on average. The utility says it has also proposed “identical” rate structure changes for small commercial customers with rooftop solar.

Here is the link to the article: http://solarindustrymag.com/el-paso-electric-targets-rooftop-solar-customers-again?utm_medium=email&utm_source=LNH+02-17-2017&utm_campaign=SI+Latest+News+Headlines

Just watch - Maryland utilities will also uncork a whole new rate classification - and - rate hikes - especially with the legislature's override of Hogans Veto on the accellerated Maryland Renewable Portfolio Standards, and, with the advent of the Community Solar act - HB-1087.

Unfortunately - that's just the way it works here in Maryland.

A Few Rogue Border Agents Still Resist Trump Policies

Some border patrol stations have been slow to carry out President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement executive order and instead have continued former President Barack Obama’s “catch-and-release” policies, according to a union official.

Brandon Judd, president of the National Border Patrol Council, told LifeZette that he raised concerns Thursday with U.S. Border Patrol Chief Ronald Vitiello. He said he is confident that issue soon will be corrected.

But Judd said as recently as Thursday, some border patrol stations were still releasing border-jumpers, often without even issuing notices to appear in immigration court hearings.

Judd said some managers have been waiting for specific written guidelines to filter down from the Department of Homeland Security. He said he considers that unnecessary since the president’s executive order is crystal clear. He said anyone apprehended by border patrol agents should be turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement authorities-- that agency and immigration judges are charged with deciding whether someone should be deported.

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Better Move To Compromise On Fireworks

This week’s dialogue on fireworks and special events among Ocean City business owners, tourism officials and the Mayor and Council revealed some interesting and diverse thoughts.

Although concerns have been expressed privately the last couple summers, this was the first we have heard public comments being made about the negative impact the weekly fireworks shows have on commerce on the Boardwalk. A few summers ago, the town began offering short fireworks displays at 10 p.m. during July and August on Mondays and Tuesdays to boost attendance during traditionally quiet evenings. The idea is to give visitors who have already chosen Ocean City as their vacation destination some free family entertainment to enjoy while here.

While the intentions are sound, the business owners’ concerns expressed this week deserve serious consideration. The thought of dozens of shoppers waiting in line to pay for their goods at the Boardwalk Quiet Storm store immediately leaving behind their planned purchases when the fireworks start to boom is disturbing. Other restaurateurs along the Boardwalk confirm on Mondays and Tuesdays during the summer their places empty out for the fireworks.

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'So Dishonest..'

Thursday at a press conference to announce his pick of Alexander Acosta for the vacant Secretary of Labor post, President Donald Trump ripped the “dishonest” press and suggested they are intentionally being an obstacle to his effort to take the “entrenched power structure.”

"I make this presentation directly to the American people with the media present, which is an honor to have you this morning because many of our nation’s reporters and folks will not tell you the truth, and will not treat the wonderful people of our country with the respect that they deserve.

"And I hope going forward we can be a little bit, a little bit different and get along better if that’s possible. Maybe it’s not, and that’s OK too.

"Much of the media in Washington, D.C. and New York and Los Angeles, in particular, speaks not for the people but for the special interests and for those profiting off a very, very obviously broken system. The press has become so dishonest that if we don’t talk about it, we are doing a tremendous disservice to the American people, a tremendous disservice. We have to talk about it, to find out what’s going on because the press honestly is out of control. The level of dishonesty is out of control.."

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What Old People Mean When They Say Millennials

Kids with ADHD Have Some Smaller Brain Regions than Normal

Children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder have several brain regions that are slightly smaller than usual, more evidence that the disorder should be considered a neurological condition, a new study says.

The study, the largest review of ADHD patients' brain scans ever conducted, might also provide clues for developing new treatments.

"If you know what region of the brain is involved in ADHD, you could possibly target that part with medication," said Martine Hoogman of Radboud University in the Netherlands, the study's lead author.

ADHD causes inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity, although a given person may not show all those traits.

Hoogman and colleagues analyzed MRI scans for more than 3,200 people in nine countries aged four to 63, of whom 1,713 who had ADHD. They found that the brains of children with the condition were slightly smaller in five regions, including those that control emotions, voluntary movement and understanding.

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Free admission to national seashore, Monday

Monday marks the second of 10 fee-free days on the Maryland side of the Assateague Island National Seashore for 2017, granting everyone a stone’s throw, or farther, away unfettered access to miles of shoreline, trails and more to explore.

“You’ll have the beach all to yourself, which is kind of wonderful and addicting,” park spokeswoman Liz Davis said. “Right now, we have a skinny staff so there aren’t any official programs.”

The visitor center will be open, Davis said, offering a couple of free movies about the park, but the rest is up to the visitors themselves.

Beachcombing, she said, might be more fruitful than during the summer months, because there is much less competition for prized shells, driftwood or sea glass.

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Trump to MSM: "The public doesn't believe you people anymore."

President Trump’s feud with the media turned into an all-out war Thursday afternoon.

His early presidency beset by damaging leaks and a burst of staff turmoil, Trump used a hastily called press conference to blast the media’s coverage of his administration in his strongest terms yet. He claimed the press is “out of control,” reports on his team’s ties to Russia are “fake,” and news outlets are attacking him because they oppose his agenda.

"The media’s trying to attack our administration because they know we are following through on the pledges that we made, and they’re not happy about it," Trump declared at the White House.

The president spoke and took questions for over an hour, even joking with some reporters toward the end and saying he was having fun. In a bid to preempt negative coverage of his remarks, Trump insisted he was not "ranting and raving." But he lamented that the "tone" of coverage of his administration is one of "such hatred."

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Eight Tourist Attractions Slated For New State Signs

OCEAN CITY – Eight public attractions in the Town of Ocean City will receive new signs from the Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) as part of the Tourist Area and Corridor (TAC) Signing Program.

In a Transportation Committee meeting Tuesday, Donna Abbott, Ocean City’s tourism and marketing director, announced that SHA officials have approved new signage for eight locations – Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum, Sunset Park, Ocean Bowl Skate Park, the Visitor Center, Center for the Arts, Northside Park, Eagle’s Landing Golf Course, bayside fishing and Boardwalk, and Ocean City Aviation Association (OCAA) Veterans Memorial, located at the airport.

Two of the locations – bayside fishing and Boardwalk and the OCAA Veterans Memorial – must address certain issues in the design process before appropriate signs are installed.

Ocean City and Worcester County were invited to partake in the TAC Signing Program early last year in an effort to create a unified signage system that highlights attractions in towns throughout the state.

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Troopers Arrest Three Following Burger King Robbery In Seaford

Michael Jarvis

William B. Snyder

Seaford- Delaware State Police have arrested three subjects following the robbery of a Seaford area Burger King Restaurant that occurred yesterday afternoon.

The investigation determined that the incident occurred at approximately 1:29 p.m. yesterday, Friday, February 17, 2017, as a male suspect, later identified as Michael Jarvis, 47, of Lincoln, DE, entered the Burger King Restaurant, located at 24465 Sussex Highway, Seaford. Jarvis approached the sales counter where he presented and demand note for cash to a female employee. The note implied that Jarvis was armed, however, he did not display a weapon. The employee did not comply with the Jarvis' demands, and instead, turned the note over to the restaurant manager. The manager complied with the note and turned over an undisclosed amount of money to Jarvis. He then exited the restaurant and fled to an awaiting car, which was parked a short distance away, and which was occupied by two other suspects, later identified as Sara Ryder, 24, of Milford, and William B. Snyder, 38, of Lincoln. Several restaurant employees and a customer of the restaurant, after realizing a robbery had just occurred, chased Jarvis to the waiting car and were able to obtain its registration number, which they provided to emergency call takers. The vehicle, which was described as a 2008 Toyota Scion, then fled the area operated by Sara Ryder. There were no injuries.

A short time later, officers from the Seaford Police Department who had responded to the area, located the Scion and conducted a vehicle stop of it. Michael Jarvis, Sara Ryder, and William Snyder were all taken into custody without incident. Evidence linking them to the robbery was located inside of the car.

Netanyahu Threatens to Polygraph Ministers Over Leaks

The team of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened on Tuesday to submit cabinet ministers to polygraph tests after several leaks from the most recent security cabinet meeting about U.S. President Donald Trump.

Netanyahu has flown to Washington to meet with Trump on Wednesday in their first meeting since the billionaire was inaugurated on January 20.

Netanyahu’s chief of staff, Yoav Horowitz, told reporters on the Israeli leader’s trip that he will “consider using polygraphs” to determine who is leaking security cabinet information to the country’s press. “It’s impossible to work like this,” he said. The security cabinet meeting is one of the most private in Israel.

Netanyahu met his cabinet on Sunday for a four-hour meeting to decide on the government’s policy before meeting with Trump. Several Israeli publications reported details of the meeting, including the demands of far-right coalition members Education Minister Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked for Netanyahu to reverse his support of a two-state solution.

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If you have any of these items in the fridge, you need to take them out right now

Do you ever feel like your fridge seems to be getting smaller and smaller? Well, it’s probably because you’re putting things you shouldn’t have to be putting. Many Americans make the mistake of putting everything they get from the grocery store into the fridge, not knowing that it will actually kill the flavor of many foods.

Here’s a list of what you shouldn’t be putting your refrigerator.

1) Baked goods

Storing baked goods will actually cause them to go stale. Counter-intuitive right? Keep food like bread and cookies outside to maintain their freshness.

2) Potatoes

Potatoes don’t like being cold. It turns their starches into sugar, which will ruin their flavor.

3) Tomatoes

Refrigerating tomatoes will actually turn them mushy and ruin their natural flavor.

4) Onions

Onions will lose all their flavor when refrigerated. Keep these guys out of the fridge for the best taste.

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FLASHBACK: DNI Clapper Hopes Lie Detector Tests Will Plug Government Leaks

[Originally published on February 18, 2015]

Any government employees considering leaking classified documents had better not forget to practice their polygraph skills first. They’ll need to pass a lie detector test to get a job in the first place after U.S. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper issued a guidance Wednesday instructing the intelligence community to use polygraphs while screening possible hires.

Potential employees will take a test that “shall cover the topics of espionage, sabotage terrorism, unauthorized disclosure or removal of classified information (including to the media), unauthorized or unreported foreign contacts, and deliberate damage to or misuse of U.S. government information systems or defense systems,” states the guidance, which was first noticed by Steven Aftergood of Secrecy News.

Under the terms of Clapper’s guidance, personnel are to be instructed that disclosing information to “an unauthorized recipient” is explicitly prohibited. The definition includes anyone who doesn’t have the necessary security clearance and without a need to know, especially “any member of the media.”

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Ocean City Bus Cameras Not Expected This Summer

OCEAN CITY – Ocean City officials are still waiting to install camera surveillance equipment on municipal buses with grant money the town received late last year.

In a Transportation Committee meeting Tuesday, Brian Connor, assistant superintendent for transportation, told members there were delays in getting approval to solicit a request for proposal (RFP), which will push back the town’s installation timeline several months.

Last year, the town received a $500,000 grant to install hundreds of surveillance cameras both inside and outside Ocean City’s entire bus fleet, at the recommendation of the Maryland Transit Authority (MTA). Officials could then use the saved footage in the event of an incident.

The original goal to install cameras before the 2017 season begins is no longer an option, according to Connor, who now expects the equipment to be installed this upcoming fall at the earliest.

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Christian university in Texas opens prayer room for Muslim students

A Christian university in Texas has created a prayer room for its Muslim students.

The Methodist-affiliated McMurry University dedicated the space in one of the school’s residential dorms for its Muslim students’ daily prayers.

Before its creation, Muslim students met for prayer in a nearby hotel, a student who helped establish the new prayer room told The College Fix in an interview.

That student, Joe Yousef, is president of McMurry’s Saudi Student Club. Of the roughly 1,000 students attending McMurry, about 60 are Muslim and many come from Saudi Arabia, Yousef said.

Yousef said now that Muslim students have a prayer room on campus, it will be much easier for them to meet both their religious and scholastic obligations.

“On Friday, we get together and sometimes we have to go home to pray and we need to be in university so we don’t have time to go home,” Yousef said.

Yousef admitted that some people at McMurry didn’t like the idea of having the prayer room.

Some students are also supportive.

The room will also serve as a meeting place for a new interfaith club, which is slated to meet for the first time Feb. 21..

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