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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

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Government Wants Organic Small-Batch Ice Cream Maker To Stop Making Organic Small-Batch Ice Cream

Nice Cream is a small ice cream company in Chicago that does something strange and daring in the modern food landscape: they make and sell ice cream using only ingredients with names that ordinary people can pronounce. Ingredients such as "cream," "eggs," and "pie." The tiny company was a classic recession success story: a laid-off teacher experiments at home with her Cuisinart ice cream maker, and with hard work and creativity creates a delicious product that's eventually sold at Whole Foods. But the state of Illinois doesn't really see it that way, and Nice Cream will have to shut down or make drastic changes to its products and process in order to stay legal. They're first, and other small-batch ice cream makers could be next.

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GOVERNOR MARTIN O’MALLEY ANNOUNCES FUNDING FOR HARRIET TUBMAN VISITOR CENTER

Memorial to Freedom Fighter slated to open in 2013, 100 years after her death

CAMBRIDGE, MD (August 16, 2011) – Governor Martin O’Malley today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded the State of Maryland $8.5 million in Federal Transportation Enhancement Program funding for construction of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center in Dorchester County. This is the final funding component necessary for the $21 million project of national significance to move forward.

The construction is estimated to support as many as 225 local jobs in all facets of the construction industry over the course of a year. In addition, Harriet Tubman State Park, the site of the center, will directly support 10 full-time employees as well as spinoff jobs related to hospitality, tour guides and recreational activities. Upon completion of the center, visitation to the park is anticipated to grow to more than 200,000 annually, with an anticipated long-term economic impact of $20 million annually.

“Once complete, the Visitor Center will honor one of our nation’s great and courageous heroes,” said Governor O’Malley. “Like Marylanders today, Harriet Tubman understood that we progress as a people not on the weakness, but on the strength of our neighbors. This Visitor Center is a step forward in promoting Maryland’s critical role in the fight for freedom, in recognizing the efforts of a remarkable Marylander, and for creating new jobs on the Eastern Shore. Together, we can educate and share the story of how Tubman and those like her changed the course of American history, bending the arc toward justice.”

The long-awaited Visitor Center, 10-miles south of Cambridge on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, is the key component of an effort to create a Scenic Byway and National Historical Park honoring Maryland native Harriet Ross Tubman. This historic endeavor is extremely important to Eastern Shore residents and is of local, regional, national and international significance. Groundbreaking for the center will take place next year, with the center slated for completion in 2013, 100 years after Tubman’s death.

The project has been made possible by unparalleled collaboration at the federal, state and local level. The Maryland Departments of Natural Resources, Business and Economic Development, Transportation via the State Highway Administration, and General Services are all project partners.

Senator Barbara Mikulski played a critical role in obtaining nearly $1 million in Housing and Urban Development grants for the project. Senator Ben Cardin is currently pursuing a National Historic Park designation that would create a National Park Service unit comprising significant lands in Dorchester, Caroline and Talbot County. The Maryland Departments of Business and Economic Development, Natural Resources , Transportation via the State Highway Administration and General Services are all project partners.

“Harriet Tubman was a courageous fighter who delivered 300 slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad and was tireless in her commitment to fight for those who could not fight themselves. I am proud to support federal dollars that will help honor her memory,” said Senator Barbara Mikulski. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Harriet Tubman knew that, and so do I. Her legacy continues to inspire me and I am proud to fight every day for the freedom and equality she dedicated her life to.”

“Harriet Tubman left a remarkable legacy for Maryland and I commend the State for moving forward with funding to complete the Harriet Tubman Visitors Center,” said Senator Ben Cardin, who has introduced legislation to create a National Historical Park on the Eastern Shore in her name. “The Visitors Center will attract thousands of visitors a year to Dorchester County and the Eastern Shore and they will learn about her life and her courage as a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad. The Visitors Center also will help preserve the important historical significance of her life and times on the Eastern Shore.”

The center will provide a year-round exhibit exploring Tubman’s birthplace and early life in Dorchester County, and her successful efforts to help slaves secure freedom. The facility also will provide information about the federally-designated Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway, which winds from Maryland north to Ontario, Canada.

“We’re looking forward to the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Center, which will add to the great tourism and culture of Dorchester County,” said Donald Pinder, president of the Harriet Tubman Organization, which has worked for many years to bring this project to fruition. “The story of Harriet Tubman is an international story about freedom, which is one of the most important words in our vocabulary right now.”

“Governor Martin O'Malley's announcement regarding funding for the Harriet Ross Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor's Center is a major step in keeping the history, legacy and memory of this great woman alive for generations to come in the State of Maryland and around the world,” said Cambridge Mayor Victoria Jackson-Stanley. “The major goal of the Visitors Center is to be a principal point of contact for visitor orientation to and interpretation of Harriet Tubman's role in the Underground Railroad. The Center will also have significant stimulus for the local, regional and state economy. We thank Governor Martin O'Malley for his continued support of this project and the City of Cambridge as a whole.”

Underground Railroad 'conductor' Harriet Tubman was born in Dorchester County on the Madison Plantation of Anthony Thompson. Tubman escaped to freedom in 1849, after which, she made 13 trips to Maryland, leading 70 of her family and friends to freedom.

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Wal-Mart Earnings And Sales Rise

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, posted gains Tuesday in quarterly earnings and sales and raised its earnings guidance for all of the current fiscal year.

The company said earnings from continuing operations rose 5.7% to $3.8 billion in the fiscal second quarter, which ended July 31. On a per-share basis, earnings climbed 12.4% to $1.09.

If you ever want to know when you've reached the Main Stream Media, (MSM) level, just wait to get a call from a corporation like WalMart/Sam's Club about an article you produced and Public relations is interested in clearing the air.

That is what happened yesterday but I've been too busy to return the call. I can tell you it is in reference to the ground beef recall but the details will have to wait.

Sinepuxent Receipts – White Peach Ice Cream

The first weeks in August are typically when Delmarva’s white peaches are perfect for picking. As a child, I remember going to Vessey’s Orchard in Rehobeth, MD to pick white peaches. The Pocomoke River always looked so inviting on a hot summer day. I usually found the best peaches on the ground – these were the ripest ones and the sweetest. Of course a sampling of the fallen peach had to be done to make sure they were alright. After filling our baskets and toting them to the car, we would stop to settle-up with the Vessey family. Being hot, sweaty and sticky from picking, I would race to the windmill and drink the cold, refreshing and sweet well water. What could be better? Some of the best things in life are the simplest.

White peaches make far better ice cream that yellow peaches. Not only do they make the ice cream more eye appealing, but also they add a tartness that yellow peaches do not have.

White Peach Ice Cream

(Makes 1 Gallon)

Juice of 1 lemon

4 cups white peaches, sliced

6 scrapes of fresh nutmeg

½ tsp. salt

2 tbsp. flour

1 ½ cups sugar

2 quarts half & half

1 tbsp. vanilla

Rock salt

Ice

In a large saucepan squeeze juice from lemon. Peel and slice fresh ripe white peaches into lemon juice, stirring occasionally. Add nutmeg and stir again. Combine salt, flour and sugar very well and then add to peaches. Cook peaches until soft, about 5 minutes. Cooking will kill bacteria, if any, alleviate a flour taste and cause the mixture to thicken slightly. Remove from heat and cool to room temperature.

Ready the ice cream maker. When peaches are cool, add to freezer. Add half & half and vanilla. Mixture should not reach top of freezer to allow ice cream to expand. Insert paddle and secure lid. Add ice and salt around freezer and either crank or turn on the machine. Continue until cranking becomes very stiff or machine has turned off. Remove lid and paddle, cover with waxed paper and replace lid. Keep in ice bath for about 45 minutes to an hour to allow ice cream to harden. Serve.

Another great white peach recipe is White Peach Fluff which can be found in Sinepuxent Receipts. Order your copy today at www.sinepuxent.com.

Tom Clarke is the author of “Sinepuxent Receipts, A Personal Collection of Eastern Shore Cooking”. Tom lives in Hebron. When not cooking for friends or developing new recipes (“receipts”), Tom sings in the choir at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church. All profits from the sale of “Sinepuxent Receipts” go to the St. Peter’s Church Organ Fund.

Airline Sex Scandal Delays Ad Campaign

(CNN) -- Widely circulated photos of Cathay Pacific crew members apparently engaged in a sex act have postponed the launch of an airline ad campaign, according to the New York Times.he slogan: "meet the team who go the extra mile to make you feel special."

The second installment of the international ad campaign focusing on the company's employees was due to launch next month but will be postponed until October 1, the Times reported."The original timing doesn't suit us," an airline spokesman told the newspaper.

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Billboard Blitz For 877-Why-Islam Info Hotline

CNN) – Want to learn more about Islam? There’s a hotline for that. And, through the end of the month, lots of roadside billboards to get the word out about it.

Two 48 foot-tall billboards towering over the New Jersey Turnpike bear the messages "877-Why-Islam — Get the Facts” and “Ramadan — 1.57 Billion Celebrating. Find Out Why.”

The signs are part of the Islamic Circle of North America’s 1-877-Why-Islam outreach project, established in 1999 with an eye toward educating Americans about Islam and Muslims.

Experts say men score higher in libido, while women's sex drive is more "fluid."

Birds do it, bees do it, and men do it any old time. But women will only do it if the candles are scented just right -- and their partner has done the dishes first. A stereotype, sure, but is it true? Do men really have stronger sex drives than women?

I present to you four more issues to worry about as a parent. I am fully aware that you are probably already on information overload and ready to pull your hair out but nonetheless here goes:

1. A Canadian study conducted at the Institute of Child Study at Toronto University suggests that children who lie are simply in the process of developing their intelligence. If this is the case then should we praise our kids for lying and hope that this will lead to intellectual superiority?

(CNN) -- A 7-year-old boy with cerebral palsy and other disabilities including not being able to speak was decapitated, and his biological father has confessed to the killing, police in Thibodaux, Louisiana, said Monday.

The child's head was found Sunday by the side of a city street, detective Ricky Ross said.

Avery Bechtel, 13, Struck Last Friday While Crossing The Easton Bypass Has Died

Avery Bechtel, 13, of St. Michaels pased away at about 10 a.m. Monday from injuries she received after being struck by a car Friday night on the Easton Bypass near Marlboro Road, according to a release from the Easton Police Department.

School officials have scheduled grief counseling from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday at St. Michaels High School. Avery was an honor student at St. Michaels Middle School, and she would have entered eighth grade next week.

Breaking News--Fitch Affirms United States at AAA; Outlook Stable

The affirmation of the US 'AAA' sovereign rating reflects the fact that the key pillars of US's exceptional creditworthiness remains intact: its pivotal role in the global financial system and the flexible, diversified and wealthy economy that provides its revenue base.

Monetary and exchange rate flexibility further enhances the capacity of the economy to absorb and adjust to 'shocks'.

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Jimmy O'Bama

Lockheed Martin To Lay Off 35 At Md. Military Facilities

Lockheed Martin Corp. is warning state regulators that it will lay off 35 employees based at five Marylandmilitary facilities because a contract to provide services at those locations is not being renewed.

The Bethesda-based defense contractor told the state Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation that layoffs would affect four employees based at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, two employees based at a Naval Observatory location in Montgomery County, 14 employees based at two Naval Support Activity locations in Maryland and 15 employees based at the Naval Air Station in Patuxent River.

STATE POLICE CRIME LAB TO RECEIVE INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION

(PIKESVILLE, MD) – The Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences Division Laboratory will be awarded the highest level of accreditation given by an international crime laboratory accrediting organization. The lab is the first full-service state or local, non-federal crime lab in Maryland to receive this level of certification.

The Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences Division Laboratory is an important part of public safety efforts across the state. Last year, the lab received evidence from almost 19,000 criminal cases to process in the forensic fields of biology, toxicology, trace evidence, latent print/impressions, drug analysis, and firearms/tool marks.

About 68 percent of the analyses requested came from local law enforcement agencies. The full-service Maryland State Police lab will accept casework for analysis from any Maryland law enforcement agency. The lab also houses Maryland’s DNA database and is the state level access point to the national Combined DNA Index System (CODIS).

WHAT: Highest Level of Accreditation Awarded To
Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences Division Laboratory

WHEN: Wednesday, August 17, 2011 11:00 a.m.

WHERE:Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences Division Laboratory
221 Milford Mill Road
Pikesville, MD 21208

Addiction Now Defined As Brain Disorder, Not Behavior Issue

Addiction is a chronic brain disorder and not simply a behavior problem involving alcohol, drugs, gambling or sex, experts contend in a new definition of addiction, one that is not solely related to problematic substance abuse.

Decades of research convinced American Society of Addiction Medicine to change definition

The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) just released this new definition of addiction after a four-year process involving more than 80 experts.

"At its core, addiction isn't just a social problem or a moral problem or a criminal problem. It's a brain problem whose behaviors manifest in all these other areas," said Dr. Michael Miller, past president of ASAM who oversaw the development of the new definition. "Many behaviors driven by addiction are real problems and sometimes criminal acts. But the disease is about brains, not drugs. It's about underlying neurology, not outward actions."

Missouri Man Admits Using Bag To Suffocate, Dispose Of Girl

(CNN) -- A 43-year-old Missouri man told police that he suffocated his 3-year-old neighbor with a plastic bag, then stuffed her body in the same bag and tossed her from a highway, according to a court document.Shawn Morgan of Senath has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Breeann Rodriguez.

The girl was last seen on August 6, riding her pink bicycle with her brother outside their home in Senath. While authorities have found her bike, authorities continued to search Monday for her body, Dunklin County Prosecuting Attorney Stephen Sokoloff said.

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