Noncable internet providers offer broadband speed to just 22 percent of the population in poor areas
When noncable internet providers — outlets like AT&T or Verizon — choose which communities to offer the fastest connections, they don’t juice up their networks so everyone in their service areas has the option of buying quicker speeds. Instead, they tend to favor the wealthy over the poor, according to an investigation by the Center for Public Integrity.
The Center’s data analysis found that the largest noncable internet providers collectively offer faster speeds to about 40 percent of the population they serve nationwide in wealthy areas compared with just 22 percent of the population in poor areas. That leaves tens of millions of Americans with the choice of either purchasing an expensive connection from the only provider in their area, typically a cable company, or just doing the best they can with slower speeds. Middle-income areas don’t fare much better, with a bit more than 27 percent of the population having access to a DSL provider’s fastest speeds. The Center reached its conclusions by merging the latest Federal Communications Commission data with income information from the U.S. Census Bureau.
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Memphis activists target Confederate monuments after failed attempt to dig up general's grave
Social justice warriors in Memphis, Tennessee are staging a rally to pressure city officials into removing Confederate statues in the community, the latest stunt aimed at snubbing out the region’s forefathers.
Organizers for the group that calls itself “Take Em Down 901” are advertising the protest at Bruce Elementary School on Bellevue Boulevard for 6 p.m. Tuesday “to discuss action steps to remove Confederate statues in Memphis,” according to the group’s Facebook page.
The group is led by Tami Sawyer, “a political leader, speaker, writer & activist for Social Justice and Educational Equity.”
Sawyer told WMC last week that she’s leading a boycott of the city’s famed 4th Bluff Park until the city removes statue of Jefferson Davis, and her group is urging the public to avoid scheduled summer events like “Downtown Yoga in the Park” and an art show until they get their way.
“Having the statutes (sic) is another thing that says black people don’t matter in Memphis,” she said.
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Organizers for the group that calls itself “Take Em Down 901” are advertising the protest at Bruce Elementary School on Bellevue Boulevard for 6 p.m. Tuesday “to discuss action steps to remove Confederate statues in Memphis,” according to the group’s Facebook page.
The group is led by Tami Sawyer, “a political leader, speaker, writer & activist for Social Justice and Educational Equity.”
Sawyer told WMC last week that she’s leading a boycott of the city’s famed 4th Bluff Park until the city removes statue of Jefferson Davis, and her group is urging the public to avoid scheduled summer events like “Downtown Yoga in the Park” and an art show until they get their way.
“Having the statutes (sic) is another thing that says black people don’t matter in Memphis,” she said.
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Five Hurt After Underground Steam Explosion Near Camden Yards
Five people have been hurt after an underground steam explosion occurred underneath a roadway near Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
Fire officials said a steam pipe exploded around 6:15 p.m. Tuesday on Eutaw Street between West Lombard and Pratt streets outside the Holiday Inn. Police said no criminal actions are suspected.
Two people were being treated at the scene. There were no serious injuries, fire officials said.
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Cholesterol-lowering jab could help prevent heart attacks
Promising early research shows the injection can direct immune system to lower cholesterol
A new vaccination that prevents heart attacks and could provide an effective alternative to statins is being developed by Austrian scientists.
mmune system to lower cholesterol – and if given yearly to at-risk patients, may help keep arteries clear and reduce the risk ofheart disease.
Patients have been enrolled into an early-stage clinical trial to see if the approach, so far tested on mice, will work in humans.
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A new vaccination that prevents heart attacks and could provide an effective alternative to statins is being developed by Austrian scientists.
mmune system to lower cholesterol – and if given yearly to at-risk patients, may help keep arteries clear and reduce the risk ofheart disease.
Patients have been enrolled into an early-stage clinical trial to see if the approach, so far tested on mice, will work in humans.
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Why They Are After Trump
For several months, I have felt that the Trump=Russia witch hunt was a diversion. Sure, they want Trump out, but not for the stated reason – not for Russia. They want Trump out because what he represents is a voice for people who are tired of seeing every libertine, immoral, property rights and wealth destroying progressive platform agenda shoved down their throats. Trump ran against almost every plank of this life-destroying force.
I wrote on this topic in March; from the conclusion:
Russia is a diversion; it is useful as a means to an end. It isn’t the end. The end is the salvation of the many pillars of the progressive agenda; the end is the final destruction of western, classical liberal, civilization.
Don’t expect me to explain it as well as Judge Napolitano can and has; I have listened to and read several commentators on the topic of the special prosecutor, Comey’s testimony, etc. I can only offer a semi-ignorant layman’s summary.
A special prosecutor was appointed with no crime to prosecute; with no crime to prosecute, you have a dozen of the most aggressive, capable attorneys looking for something…anything. Show me the man and I will show you the crime.
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I wrote on this topic in March; from the conclusion:
Russia is a diversion; it is useful as a means to an end. It isn’t the end. The end is the salvation of the many pillars of the progressive agenda; the end is the final destruction of western, classical liberal, civilization.
Don’t expect me to explain it as well as Judge Napolitano can and has; I have listened to and read several commentators on the topic of the special prosecutor, Comey’s testimony, etc. I can only offer a semi-ignorant layman’s summary.
A special prosecutor was appointed with no crime to prosecute; with no crime to prosecute, you have a dozen of the most aggressive, capable attorneys looking for something…anything. Show me the man and I will show you the crime.
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"I have one message to Iran: Do not threaten Israel"
Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it had fired six missiles from western Iran into northeastern Syria on Sunday, targeting "terror bases."
The Guard said the strike was "in retaliation" for June 7 attacks in Tehran that killed 17 people in the first IS-claimed operations in the country.
Netanyahu has repeatedly said Iran is a threat to the Jewish state, the Middle East and potentially the world.
"We follow their actions and we follow their words," he said Monday. "I have one message to Iran: Do not threaten Israel."
"The army and our security forces are constantly monitoring the activity of Iran in the region," Netanyahu told senior members of his Likud party on Monday.
"This activity also includes their attempts to establish themselves in Syria and, of course, to transfer advanced weapons to Hezbollah and other operations," a party statement quoted him as saying.
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DISGUSTING: Liberals Mocked Student Who Was Beaten To Death By North Korea
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Sea Turtle Washed Ashore In Ocean City On Saturday
OCEAN CITY – A leatherback sea turtle washed ashore in Ocean City last weekend, hours after it was first seen in the shallow areas of the water.
Tyaskin resident Jody Earp said she and her family were on the beach for the OC Air Show when they saw the sea turtle swimming close to the shore on 4th Street between 1:30 p.m. and 2 p.m.
Earp, who was in the water, said she saw a fin appear in front of her before immediately yelling out that it was a shark.
“People had gotten out of the water fast and then within moments we could see it was a turtle as he stuck his head up,” she said.
Earp said she, her husband and several people gathered around to view the sea turtle, but expressed concern that a nearby lifeguard did not clear the water.
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Travelers Left A Record $867,800 In Change At TSA Checkpoints Last Year
Sure, forgetting a few pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters might not seem like a lot to leave behind when dashing through airport security, but it adds up. To that end, the Transportation Security Administration says it once again collected a record number of change last year.
The Washington Post reports that the TSA collected more than $867,812.39 in change from forgetful passengers last year, besting its previous record of $765,759 collected in 2015.
The new haul bring the TSA’s total coin collection tab to more than $5.1 million since 2008, when $383,000 was collected.
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The Washington Post reports that the TSA collected more than $867,812.39 in change from forgetful passengers last year, besting its previous record of $765,759 collected in 2015.
The new haul bring the TSA’s total coin collection tab to more than $5.1 million since 2008, when $383,000 was collected.
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Michael Brown's Parents Settle Wrongful Death Lawsuit With Ferguson, Mo.
Nearly three years after their son's death sparked nationwide protests, the parents of Michael Brown have settled their wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Ferguson, Mo.
Brown, who was African-American, was shot and killed by a white police officer in August 2014.
As we reported, Brown's parents filed a civil lawsuit against the city of Ferguson, former police chief Thomas Jackson and former police officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed the unarmed 18-year-old.
The lawsuit claimed Wilson "unjustifiably shot and killed" Brown, using "an unnecessary and unreasonable" amount of force.
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Brown, who was African-American, was shot and killed by a white police officer in August 2014.
As we reported, Brown's parents filed a civil lawsuit against the city of Ferguson, former police chief Thomas Jackson and former police officer Darren Wilson, who shot and killed the unarmed 18-year-old.
The lawsuit claimed Wilson "unjustifiably shot and killed" Brown, using "an unnecessary and unreasonable" amount of force.
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Cops shocked by Md. teen caught impersonating police
WASHINGTON — Police in Montgomery County want to know if residents interacted with a teen trying to pass himself off as a police officer.
“I was shocked at his demeanor and his boldness,” said Fourth District Commander Laura Lanham. “It really does give me pause.”
Police arrested 19-year-old Philip Jonathan Ross, of Dickerson, Maryland, for impersonating a police officer on June 12 after an officer saw a white Ford Crown Victoria driving at a high rate of speed and using its emergency white and red lights as if they were sirens.
Several cars did move out of the way for the speeding vehicle and at one point the car even attempted to back up another officer making a traffic stop.
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“I was shocked at his demeanor and his boldness,” said Fourth District Commander Laura Lanham. “It really does give me pause.”
Police arrested 19-year-old Philip Jonathan Ross, of Dickerson, Maryland, for impersonating a police officer on June 12 after an officer saw a white Ford Crown Victoria driving at a high rate of speed and using its emergency white and red lights as if they were sirens.
Several cars did move out of the way for the speeding vehicle and at one point the car even attempted to back up another officer making a traffic stop.
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Philip Morris uses chemical industry consultants to perpetuate 'light cigarette' myth
In a landmark ruling nearly a decade ago, a federal judge ordered tobacco companies to stop lying.
After listening to 84 witnesses and perusing tens of thousands of exhibits, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler of the District of Columbia took a year to write a 1,652-page opinion detailing the companies’ elaborate strategy to deny the harmful effects of smoking.
“In short, [the companies] have marketed and sold their lethal product with zeal, with deception, with a single-minded focus on their financial success, and without regard for the human tragedy or social costs that success exacted,” Kessler wrote in United States of America v. Philip Morris USA.
Kessler noted that the Justice Department, in a racketeering lawsuit, had presented “overwhelming evidence” of a conspiracy to defraud the public. She ordered the companies to take a number of actions, including ceasing to claim there was such a thing as a low-tar cigarette that reduced the risk of disease. The evidence showed this simply was not true.
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CREEPY JOE STRIKES AGAIN: Former Vice President Biden Kisses Woman Without Consent
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s history of lecherous behavior has been seared into the American consciousness. Despite cries from the American public to cease this predatory behavior, Uncle Joe the Pervert continues his reign of terror even out of office.
The latest attack came Wednesday when a young African American woman posted an Instagram video from her college graduation.
The video starts out innocently enough—with the young woman and the former vice president smiling. Suddenly, Biden embraces her cheek without asking for written (never mind spoken) consent. After the woman realizes what’s happening, she immediately lets out an incoherent scream before pulling away in terror.
Biden was the commencement speaker at Morgan State University—a location that, of course, provides ample opportunities to prey on unsuspecting women.
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The latest attack came Wednesday when a young African American woman posted an Instagram video from her college graduation.
The video starts out innocently enough—with the young woman and the former vice president smiling. Suddenly, Biden embraces her cheek without asking for written (never mind spoken) consent. After the woman realizes what’s happening, she immediately lets out an incoherent scream before pulling away in terror.
Biden was the commencement speaker at Morgan State University—a location that, of course, provides ample opportunities to prey on unsuspecting women.
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Black Feminist Should Reject Wonder Woman Because She Isn't Black. Or Something.
It's been unsurprising that many feminists have embraced her as their own. After all, she's a woman fighting a war at a time when the patriarchy was actually a very real thing...and kicking more butt than any man in the movie in the process.
What is unfortunate is that for some people, even that isn't enough. Arielle Iniko Newton begins this piece about the movie at Essense with:
Author's Note: If you ain’t a Black woman or femme, this conversation ain’t for you.
Yes, that's actually how this dreck starts out. Frankly, with an invitation like that, how can a white cis male such as myself refuse?
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Republican Study Committee Lists Conservative Demands for Senate Health Care Bill
The conservative Republican Study Committee (RSC) drafted a letter to send to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) demanding that the Senate adopt the House’s more conservative health care reforms.
The letter, obtained by the Independent Journal Review, details the Committee’s concerns with the Senate’s bill to repeal Obamacare. The letter states, “We write to express our serious concerns regarding recent reports suggesting that the Senate’s efforts to produce a reconciliation bill repealing the Affordable Care Act are headed in a direction that may jeopardize final passage in the House of Representatives.”
The conservatives cheered the House’s health care discourse, noting that the “vigorous and robust debate” between members allowed for crucial changes that allowed the bill to pass. Meanwhile, the Senate has remained secretive about its health care bill despite reports that McConnell will have the Senate on the bill before the July 4th recess.
Republican Study Committee Chairman Mark Walker (R-SC) wrote that there are four parts of the House’s Americans Health Care Act (AHCA) that remain crucial for House support of the bill:
The letter, obtained by the Independent Journal Review, details the Committee’s concerns with the Senate’s bill to repeal Obamacare. The letter states, “We write to express our serious concerns regarding recent reports suggesting that the Senate’s efforts to produce a reconciliation bill repealing the Affordable Care Act are headed in a direction that may jeopardize final passage in the House of Representatives.”
The conservatives cheered the House’s health care discourse, noting that the “vigorous and robust debate” between members allowed for crucial changes that allowed the bill to pass. Meanwhile, the Senate has remained secretive about its health care bill despite reports that McConnell will have the Senate on the bill before the July 4th recess.
Republican Study Committee Chairman Mark Walker (R-SC) wrote that there are four parts of the House’s Americans Health Care Act (AHCA) that remain crucial for House support of the bill:
Florida Democratic Party Chair: 'They're Like Children, These Black Lawmakers'
Florida Democratic Party chairman Stephen Bittel is considering resigning following backlash from racially charged comments he made toward members of the legislative black caucus.
The tension started at a Saturday fundraiser for the Florida Democratic Party, the Miami Herald reports. Bittel shortened the program by removing a segment in which state legislators would be recognized.
Bittel referred to the anger from lawmakers over the snub as "childish." Bittel also said State Sen. Oscar Braynon (D.), a black legislator who expressed lawmakers' unhappiness to the chairman, was acting "like a three year old."
After the dinner, white State Sen. Lauren Book (D.) asked Bittel about the situation.
"They're like children, these black lawmakers. They just don't get it," Bittel said. "I raised more money in this amount of time than they ever could."
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The tension started at a Saturday fundraiser for the Florida Democratic Party, the Miami Herald reports. Bittel shortened the program by removing a segment in which state legislators would be recognized.
Bittel referred to the anger from lawmakers over the snub as "childish." Bittel also said State Sen. Oscar Braynon (D.), a black legislator who expressed lawmakers' unhappiness to the chairman, was acting "like a three year old."
After the dinner, white State Sen. Lauren Book (D.) asked Bittel about the situation.
"They're like children, these black lawmakers. They just don't get it," Bittel said. "I raised more money in this amount of time than they ever could."
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Council Approves Tiered Parking Rates At Inlet Lot On Fourth Of July
In 2013, the Mayor and Council approved a one-day only flat fee of $50 for parking all day at the Inlet lot on the Fourth of July. The intent was to allow visitors to park in the prime Inlet lot all day for an upfront fee of $50 and stay for the entire day straight through the Fourth of July fireworks and beyond.
In addition, the primary goal was to alleviate the massive traffic jams on the Inlet lot following the fireworks when hundreds of cars would stack up trying to pay as they exited the lot, sometimes for several hours. The $50 flat fee for all-day parking at the Inlet lot was successful in the first year and the following year, the fee schedule was modified to $50 if entering the lot before 3 p.m. and $30 after 3 p.m.
On Monday, Public Works Director Hal Adkins recommended a new fee schedule at the Inlet lot for the Fourth of July when the holiday falls on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. Adkins and his staff recommended continuing the $50 fee at the start of the day from 6 a.m. to noon, $30 if entering from noon to 3 p.m., $20 if entering from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and just $10 after 6 p.m.
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Chelsea Clinton Scolds Steve Bannon for ‘Fat-Shaming’ Sean Spicer
A grouchy Chelsea Clinton took issue Tuesday with a joke reportedly made by White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon — accusing him of ‘fat-shaming’ White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer.
The former first daughter, who is definitely not running for political office anytime soon, was reacting to a report in the Atlantic about the scaling back of White House press briefings. The article included a text message Bannon sent to a reporter asking why fewer briefings were being held on-camera.
“Sean got fatter,” Bannon reportedly quipped.
The response did not sit well with Clinton 3.0, who accused the White House of “using fat shaming to justify increased opacity.”
The former first daughter, who is definitely not running for political office anytime soon, was reacting to a report in the Atlantic about the scaling back of White House press briefings. The article included a text message Bannon sent to a reporter asking why fewer briefings were being held on-camera.
“Sean got fatter,” Bannon reportedly quipped.
The response did not sit well with Clinton 3.0, who accused the White House of “using fat shaming to justify increased opacity.”
University Socialist Group Calls for Beheading Republicans
Responding to a story about a professor at the Art Institute of Washington who allegedly claimed that House Republicans should be “lined up and shot,” the Young Democratic Socialists at the University of Georgia reportedly tweeted that the Republican members of the House should instead be “guillotined.”
In response to a storm of criticism and a statement from administrators claiming that the campus police department is investigating their call for violence, the Young Democratic Socialists chapter announced that they would disassociate from the University. The student group deleted not only the offending tweet but their Twitter account in its entirety.
“Recent events have made clear that the only way forward is through the democratic will and revolutionary spirit of our members and community.."
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College Professor Calls Whites ‘Inhuman @ssholes’ and Says ‘Let Them Die’
There is nowhere that outright racism is really considered acceptable in today’s society — nowhere except academia, that is. On college campuses, it’s fine for professors to spew all kinds of race-based hatred, as long as it’s directed towards the “right” race. Consider this Trinity College professor, who responded to news of the Steve Scalise shooting by saying that first responders should have just let them die… because some of the victims were white.
Johnny Eric Williams is an associate professor of sociology, and was evidently incensed that Scalise, a congressional aide, and two Capitol Police officers would not succumb to their wounds after being targeted by James T. Hodgkinson, a progressive Bernie Sanders supporter.
Sunday, Williams took to his Facebook page, writing that the victims of the shooting should have died. “It is past time for the racially oppressed to do what people who believe themselves to be ‘white’ will not do, put end to the vectors of their destructive mythology of whiteness and their white supremacy system. #LetThemFuckingDie,” he wrote.
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Johnny Eric Williams is an associate professor of sociology, and was evidently incensed that Scalise, a congressional aide, and two Capitol Police officers would not succumb to their wounds after being targeted by James T. Hodgkinson, a progressive Bernie Sanders supporter.
Sunday, Williams took to his Facebook page, writing that the victims of the shooting should have died. “It is past time for the racially oppressed to do what people who believe themselves to be ‘white’ will not do, put end to the vectors of their destructive mythology of whiteness and their white supremacy system. #LetThemFuckingDie,” he wrote.
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Is Earth Alone? Kepler Finds 4,034 Possible Companions
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Are we still alone?
Setting the stage for the next chapter in the quest to end cosmic loneliness, astronomers released a list on Monday of 4,034 objects they are 90 percent sure are planets orbiting other stars.
The new list is the final and most reliable result of a four-year cosmic census of a tiny region of the Milky Way by NASA’s Kepler spacecraft.
“The search for planets is the search for life,” said Natalie Batalha, a Kepler mission scientist from NASA’s Ames Research Center. “These results will form the basis for future searches for life.”
Extrapolated from one small patch to the entire sky, the data will help NASA design a space telescope for the 2030s or thereabouts, big and powerful enough to discern the images of planets around other stars.
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Setting the stage for the next chapter in the quest to end cosmic loneliness, astronomers released a list on Monday of 4,034 objects they are 90 percent sure are planets orbiting other stars.
The new list is the final and most reliable result of a four-year cosmic census of a tiny region of the Milky Way by NASA’s Kepler spacecraft.
“The search for planets is the search for life,” said Natalie Batalha, a Kepler mission scientist from NASA’s Ames Research Center. “These results will form the basis for future searches for life.”
Extrapolated from one small patch to the entire sky, the data will help NASA design a space telescope for the 2030s or thereabouts, big and powerful enough to discern the images of planets around other stars.
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Three University of Albany Students Who Faked a Hate Crime Only Get Probation
Ariel Agudio, Asha Burwell, and Alexis Briggs were all students at the University at Albany. They claimed that they were attacked while riding a bus by a group of white men, who called them the n-word and assaulted them. The three students also got into a fight with other bus riders, but accused the other people of starting the altercation.
The hate crime accusation took off like wildfire. A Twitter hashtag campaign was launched, #DefendBlackGirlsUAlbany. Protest marches at the school took place, with Black Lives Matter participating and arranging for speakers to attend. NFL players and celebrities began to chime in. And even Hillary Clinton spoke up about the alleged incident:
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St. Louis Cardinals Take Huge Stand For Christianity… Tick Off LGBT Community
So the LGBT community can have their own parades around the nation, they can dedicate a whole month to their sexuality, and they have everyone else afraid of saying something that is slightly less than idolizing. Why, then, is the idea of the St. Louis Cardinals having a Christian Day so unbearable?
Why is the LGBT community so intolerant of Christians? Why aren’t they more understand of people who are different than them? Why are they denying their right to celebrate their faith, while at the same right demanding the right to celebrate who they choose to sleep with?
Seems hypocritical if you ask me.
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Why is the LGBT community so intolerant of Christians? Why aren’t they more understand of people who are different than them? Why are they denying their right to celebrate their faith, while at the same right demanding the right to celebrate who they choose to sleep with?
Seems hypocritical if you ask me.
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Governor Larry Hogan Addresses Business Leaders at French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Emphasizes Maryland’s Economic Advantages During Trade Mission to Paris Air Show
ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor Larry Hogan today delivered remarks at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs as part of an ongoing economic development trade mission to Europe, which includes the Paris Air Show in Paris, France. The governor was joined by French officials and business leaders, as well as representatives from the United States’ and Canadian Embassies in Paris, and state officials and members of the Maryland delegation at the event, which was hosted by the Office of Science & Technology of the French Embassy in the U.S.
“Maryland is proud of our excellent relationship with France, which is evident through the success of the French-headquartered companies in our state,” said Governor Hogan. “Looking ahead, we want to further expand Maryland’s relationship with France and find ways to do even more together in the future.”
For the past two years, the Hogan administration has made economic development a top priority, attracting nearly 100,000 new jobs to the state. Maryland offers numerous advantages to the international business community, particularly in the fields of cybersecurity and aerospace technology – key industries represented at the Paris Air Show that are critical to the state’s economy.
“Maryland is a thriving location for space exploration, satellite technology and research, and design and manufacturing of unmanned aerial vehicles and robotics,” Governor Hogan continued. “In the emerging field of cyber security, Maryland has become the cyber capital of the world. There is no better time to invest in Maryland than right now.”
ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor Larry Hogan today delivered remarks at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs as part of an ongoing economic development trade mission to Europe, which includes the Paris Air Show in Paris, France. The governor was joined by French officials and business leaders, as well as representatives from the United States’ and Canadian Embassies in Paris, and state officials and members of the Maryland delegation at the event, which was hosted by the Office of Science & Technology of the French Embassy in the U.S.
“Maryland is proud of our excellent relationship with France, which is evident through the success of the French-headquartered companies in our state,” said Governor Hogan. “Looking ahead, we want to further expand Maryland’s relationship with France and find ways to do even more together in the future.”
For the past two years, the Hogan administration has made economic development a top priority, attracting nearly 100,000 new jobs to the state. Maryland offers numerous advantages to the international business community, particularly in the fields of cybersecurity and aerospace technology – key industries represented at the Paris Air Show that are critical to the state’s economy.
“Maryland is a thriving location for space exploration, satellite technology and research, and design and manufacturing of unmanned aerial vehicles and robotics,” Governor Hogan continued. “In the emerging field of cyber security, Maryland has become the cyber capital of the world. There is no better time to invest in Maryland than right now.”
UPDATE: Mauled teen texted mom before attack
ANCHORAGE (KTUU) - UPDATE, 10:35 a.m. MONDAY: Alaska State Troopers have identified the victim of Sunday's bear mauling at Bird Ridge as 16-year-old Patrick Cooper of Anchorage.
ORIGINAL STORY:
A parent's worst nightmare came to life this Father's Day when a teen running an annual trail race was fatally mauled by a bear near Bird Creek.
Law enforcement officials and fellow competitors said a 16-year-old boy was participating in the Robert Spurr Memorial Hill Climb at Bird Ridge, which was being run for the 29th year straight.
Dozens of runners, including the teen, toed the starting line that morning for the mountain race that begins at the start of Bird Ridge Trail, and meanders through heavily wooded terrain. As for the ascent, that's a 3,400-foot vertical climb that spans three miles for adult racers and half that for juniors, those who are 17 and younger taking on the mountain.
Challenging terrain, but in those three decades, many said the territory had never proven to be a big problem.
That all changed shortly after noon Sunday.
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ORIGINAL STORY:
A parent's worst nightmare came to life this Father's Day when a teen running an annual trail race was fatally mauled by a bear near Bird Creek.
Law enforcement officials and fellow competitors said a 16-year-old boy was participating in the Robert Spurr Memorial Hill Climb at Bird Ridge, which was being run for the 29th year straight.
Dozens of runners, including the teen, toed the starting line that morning for the mountain race that begins at the start of Bird Ridge Trail, and meanders through heavily wooded terrain. As for the ascent, that's a 3,400-foot vertical climb that spans three miles for adult racers and half that for juniors, those who are 17 and younger taking on the mountain.
Challenging terrain, but in those three decades, many said the territory had never proven to be a big problem.
That all changed shortly after noon Sunday.
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Tuesday, June 20, 2017
“Westside Historical Society Offers Traditional Basket Making Class”
The Westside Historical Society, in an effort to help save our traditional crafts, will offer their annual class in making woven wood baskets, taught by expert basket maker Susan Taylor. Taylor is never satisfied to make a simple basket. Hers are always special and this year’s will feature an American Flag! A work of art that also is functional!
The class will begin at 10 and last until approximately 3 pm, in Mardela Springs. A minimum of six and maximum of 10 students will be admitted to the class, and since Taylor will need time to prepare the wooden strips, registration must be made by July 1. No walk-ins are accepted. This class, Taylor promises, is a fairly easy one to do. Cost will be $45, and all tools and materials are provided. Students may bring lunch or order in; snacks will be provided. Taylor is a real “hand-on” teacher, ensuring a beautiful, professional looking end result!
The study of basket making as art was virtually ignored until the 20th century ; many thought it to be ordinary and simply a part of domestic life and functional use. But historians see it as a key to learn about the daily lives of people and their lifestyles and very worthy of study and research. And in recent years, basket making has been elevated to a fine art, with exhibits of beautiful hand-woven baskets featured in the Smithsonian and other major museums. The National Basketry Organization promotes basketry as contemporary art nationally. In Maryland, those who hope to save this craft and art form have realized we are losing our basket-making traditions and cultures. The skills, patterns, materials, and forms of baskets woven by Native Americans, watermen, and farmers are being saved and passed on to new generations. The functions of baskets vary widely, from containers for fish and eels, apples and eggs, flowers and herbs to drying tobacco and a host of other items.
Anyone who is interested in joining us for this special tradition and art form – and a fun day -- is urged to contact Sylvia Bradley for more information or to register, either by phone at 410-726-8047, or email westsidehistorical@gmail.com.
EVENT DATE: JULY 15, 2017
DEADLINE TO REGISTER: JULY 1, 2017
Survival secrets of otters BBC documentary
Otter-obsessed wildlife cameraman Charlie Hamilton James made for Wisconsin's Wild Instincts Rehabilitation Centre to study three orphaned male river otters ahead of their release back into the wild, to get a further insight into what makes the creatures so unique.
Hamilton James, who fronts Supercharged Otters: Natural World on the BBC, also filmed otters in various scenarios, slowing the footage down to 40 times slower than real time to allow him to study their movements in meticulous detail.
He said the footage backed up theories that the creatures can smell even underwater, after placing a plastic flake of fish and a real chunk of salmon under the water to see how the otter behaved.
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Barbie's boyfriend Ken gets a makeover: Cornrows, man buns and new skin tones
Mattel is introducing 15 new looks for the male doll, including different skin tones, body shapes and hair styles.
Barbie had a similar makeover more than a year ago, both part of the toy company’s plan to make its dolls more diverse and appealing to today’s kids.
Ken hadn’t changed much since he was introduced 56 years ago as Barbie’s blue-eyed, chiseled boyfriend. Now he’ll be sold in three body shapes: “slim,” “broad” and “original.”
He’ll have modern hairdos, such as cornrows and man buns, and come in seven skin tones. And he’ll also be sporting new fashions: think skinny ties, plaid shirts and graphic tees.
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Missing Dog 6-20-17 (UPDATED)
The End Of Pretend Looms As "The Well Is Going Dry This Summer"
It ain’t bragging if it’s true. I’ve said repeatedly on this blog for years that the federal government would only become more impotent, more incompetent, and more ineffectual as The Long Emergency rolled out. And here we are now, at just such pass in history.
The process has been well underway since the beginning of the century. Even the attempts to expand its scope and reach — such as the post 9-11 addition of God-knows-how-many new intelligence services — has only produced an epic clusterfuck of cross-purposed mission creep that threatens the federal government’s existential legitimacy.
After nearly a year of investigating, the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, the DIA, DHS, et. al. haven’t been able to leak any substantial fact about “Russian collusion” with the Trump election campaign - and, considering the torrent of leaks about all manner of other collateral matters during this same period, it seems impossible to conclude that there is anything actually there besides utterly manufactured hysteria.
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The process has been well underway since the beginning of the century. Even the attempts to expand its scope and reach — such as the post 9-11 addition of God-knows-how-many new intelligence services — has only produced an epic clusterfuck of cross-purposed mission creep that threatens the federal government’s existential legitimacy.
After nearly a year of investigating, the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, the DIA, DHS, et. al. haven’t been able to leak any substantial fact about “Russian collusion” with the Trump election campaign - and, considering the torrent of leaks about all manner of other collateral matters during this same period, it seems impossible to conclude that there is anything actually there besides utterly manufactured hysteria.
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First White Marlin of Ocean City’s 2017 Season Reeled In
As the angler reeling in the first white marlin of the season, Taylor will receive a $5,000 prize awarded by the Town of Ocean City. “Ocean City is proud to be the White Marlin Capital of the World,” commented Mayor Rick Meehan. “What a fantastic way to kick off the start to our summer than the first white marlin catch of the season. It’s a symbolic start to the fishing season and hopefully a sign of many more for our offshore fishermen this summer.”
The prize money will be awarded to Taylor at the Mayor and Council Regular Session meeting on July 3.
The Marketing Strategy for Unhealthy Products: Racially Profile
Tobacco and soda companies disproportionately target minority citizens and lawmakers with advertising and lobbying. One city is fed up.
If you still watch cable television or saw the Super Bowl this year, you may have seenone of the latest ads from the anti-smoking nonprofit the Truth Initiative.
They bring to light the fact that tobacco companies racially profile as a form of marketing. According to one of the ads, a study in the American Journal of Public Health found that tobacco advertising in big cities is 10 times more likely to appear in black neighborhoods.
Big Tobacco isn't the only industry that sells unhealthy products and engages in racial profiling to do it. The soda industry is guilty, too.
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If you still watch cable television or saw the Super Bowl this year, you may have seenone of the latest ads from the anti-smoking nonprofit the Truth Initiative.
They bring to light the fact that tobacco companies racially profile as a form of marketing. According to one of the ads, a study in the American Journal of Public Health found that tobacco advertising in big cities is 10 times more likely to appear in black neighborhoods.
Big Tobacco isn't the only industry that sells unhealthy products and engages in racial profiling to do it. The soda industry is guilty, too.
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Alexandria Shooter Hodgkinson Said to Be Abusive Alcoholic
Cathy Rainbolt became a foster child of Hodgkinson and his wife, Sue, in 2003, the Chicago Tribune reported Monday. Rainbolt died in 2015 from a drug overdose, but court reports show that before she left the Hodgkinson household she was a victim of physical and verbal abuse.
Rainbolt told a judge before she died that Hodgkinson would drink every day, hit her in the face, and drag her by the hair when she would try to get away.
Rainbolt found solace at a neighbor's house. She went to live with the neighbors, Nicki Stieren and her daughter Janae Rainbolt, and took the daughter's last name after she was released from the Hodgkinsons' care. According to court reports, Hodgkinson went into Stieren's house and chased Rainbolt before grabbing her by the hair, pulling her off the floor where she was hiding under the bed and throwing her back down to the ground.
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Fresh terror in Brussels
Suspected suicide bomber threatening train passengers 'shouts Allahu Akbar and triggers an explosion' at city's central station as he is gunned down by soldiers
A suspected suicide bomber who allegedly shouted 'Allahu Akbar' before triggering an explosion at Brussels Central Station has been gunned down and killed by soldiers.
Shots rang out soon after 8pm on Tuesday as police and soldiers moved in to 'neutralise' the man, who was said to be 'threatening rail passengers' in what is being considered as a terrorist incident.
The attacker was not confirmed dead for several hours after being shot as medics could not approach him for fear that the explosives strapped to him could go off, official authorities said.
Initial reports suggested the suspect - described as being 'tanned, well-built and in his 30s' - was wearing an explosive vest or rucksack, while witnesses later claimed he tried to blow up a trolley or a suitcase.
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Shots rang out soon after 8pm on Tuesday as police and soldiers moved in to 'neutralise' the man, who was said to be 'threatening rail passengers' in what is being considered as a terrorist incident.
The attacker was not confirmed dead for several hours after being shot as medics could not approach him for fear that the explosives strapped to him could go off, official authorities said.
Initial reports suggested the suspect - described as being 'tanned, well-built and in his 30s' - was wearing an explosive vest or rucksack, while witnesses later claimed he tried to blow up a trolley or a suitcase.
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Obese judge rakes in cash for doing nothing at all
An obese judge did not do his $193,000-a-year job for over three years because he was too fat — and will still retire with a hefty pension even though an ethics panel found he milked the system, The Post has learned.
Acting Supreme Court Judge Daniel J. McCullough, 65, stepped down last month, after a state ethics probe determined that he “persistently failed to report to work” since April 2014 instead of going on proper medical leave.
Had he taken such leave, McCullough would also have taken a pay cut. His decision to remain an “active” judge prompted the state Commission on Judicial Conduct to find last month that McCullough failed “to respect and comply with the law.”
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Acting Supreme Court Judge Daniel J. McCullough, 65, stepped down last month, after a state ethics probe determined that he “persistently failed to report to work” since April 2014 instead of going on proper medical leave.
Had he taken such leave, McCullough would also have taken a pay cut. His decision to remain an “active” judge prompted the state Commission on Judicial Conduct to find last month that McCullough failed “to respect and comply with the law.”
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EPA Ends $1 Million Taxpayer-Funded Gym Membership Program
The new administration under EPA administrator Scott Pruitt identified the gym memberships as an abuse of taxpayer dollars. Examples of the program's misuse included $15,000 for gym memberships for 37 EPA scientists in Las Vegas last year.
"We have ended taxpayer-funded fitness centers at EPA; a program that was costing American taxpayers $900,000 per year," said EPA spokesperson Jahan Wilcox. "Disinvestment in using federal funds for EPA fitness centers will allow the agency to invest this money in core activities to protect the environment."
Pruitt vowed an end to taxpayer-funded programs after the Washington Free Beacon report on the agency spending $15,000 on gym memberships in Las Vegas, earlier this year. Employees in the U.S. Environmental Science Division billed taxpayers $399 each for gym memberships, even though employees had access to a "state-of-the-art" gym on the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) campus.
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MISSING from Assateague Rd. - Berlin/Ocean City, MD area....
Wicomico County Man Charged with Illegal Harvesting, Health Violations
Maryland Natural Resources Police officers on surveillance at the Nanticoke River Oyster Sanctuary charged a Wicomico County man with illegal harvesting and public health violations.
David Messick, 32, of Bivalve, received citations for harvesting out of season, harvesting wild oysters more than 150 feet inside a sanctuary, failing to provide shade on his vessel to control the Vibrio bacteria and harvesting on the aquaculture lease of another.
When officers approached Messick June 6, he had four bushels of oysters on board his boat that he said came from his leased area. When they checked his claim, the officers found that the lease had been terminated by the state in March for failure to pay rent. In fact, the oysters came from the sanctuary and a lease that belonged to another man.
After checking GPS coordinates with a state hydrographer, officers issued citations. The oysters were returned to the water.
Messick has been scheduled for a hearing in Wicomico County District Court Aug. 1.
Caddell: 'Resistance' Rhetoric Fueling ‘Raging Fever’ in Unbalanced People
Pat Caddell talked all things media and President Trump with Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Monday.
Caddell said, “I think they are united in a narrative. And that narrative is, somebody did something wrong. It was Donald Trump and therefore, at the end of the day, he must not be president.”
“They’re still fighting the campaign that they lost,” he added, meaning the media.
“They will not put out things that disagree with their narrative,” said Caddell. “That’s when they stop being a press. They’ve become propagandists and this is really dangerous stuff. It is really scary because for many voters, they don’t know where to turn, necessarily, to get a view that gives them both sides.”
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Caddell said, “I think they are united in a narrative. And that narrative is, somebody did something wrong. It was Donald Trump and therefore, at the end of the day, he must not be president.”
“They’re still fighting the campaign that they lost,” he added, meaning the media.
“They will not put out things that disagree with their narrative,” said Caddell. “That’s when they stop being a press. They’ve become propagandists and this is really dangerous stuff. It is really scary because for many voters, they don’t know where to turn, necessarily, to get a view that gives them both sides.”
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Youthful patriotism on parade in Millsboro on the Fourth
The 11th Annual Celebration and Children’s Parade will be held Tuesday, July 4 starting at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mark’s Labyrinth, located at the corner of State and Ellis streets in Millsboro.
Following a brief patriotic ceremony which includes the voice of Sussex County’s own Cathy Gorman, children dressed in patriotic colors and costumes will parade on the church grounds to the St. Mark’s Parish Hall.
Each child will receive a special gift for participating.
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Congressman Warns of Rise of ‘Militant Left’ in U.S. Politics
During the June 18 airing of Breitbart News Sunday, Representative Trent Franks (R-AZ) warned of the rise of the “militant left” in U.S. politics.
On June 16, Breitbart News quoted a Daily Caller report which indicated the Alexandria attacker had an “assassination” list in his pocket, a list which contained the name of Rep. Franks.
While a guest on Breitbart News Sunday, Franks said news of the list has been widely reported, and he does not see a need to try to “characterize the list” because “[he] thinks it has already been fairly accurately characterized.” Moreover, he said he did on want to say anything that “impedes the investigation of the Capitol Police or the FBI.” He added, “I want to be sure they have the opportunity to express the character of the list as they choose because they may have important reasons for doing so.”
Franks then shifted focus from the list in order to talk of causal matters. He said that the attack appears to be “premeditated,” which means “we have devolved to a great point in our society now. To the point where the militant left is out there to the extent that they are willing to shoot people.”
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On June 16, Breitbart News quoted a Daily Caller report which indicated the Alexandria attacker had an “assassination” list in his pocket, a list which contained the name of Rep. Franks.
While a guest on Breitbart News Sunday, Franks said news of the list has been widely reported, and he does not see a need to try to “characterize the list” because “[he] thinks it has already been fairly accurately characterized.” Moreover, he said he did on want to say anything that “impedes the investigation of the Capitol Police or the FBI.” He added, “I want to be sure they have the opportunity to express the character of the list as they choose because they may have important reasons for doing so.”
Franks then shifted focus from the list in order to talk of causal matters. He said that the attack appears to be “premeditated,” which means “we have devolved to a great point in our society now. To the point where the militant left is out there to the extent that they are willing to shoot people.”
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2017 Worcester County Fair Schedule Of Events
Great event for the whole family!! Activities for all ages!! Livestock shows all weekend, craft vendors and food vendors. FREE ADMISSION! Friday June 23rd through Sunday June 25th. Plenty of shade!! www.worcestercountyfair.com
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Judicial Watch: Susan Rice 'Unmasking' Requests Sealed in Obama Library
Information regarding the unmasking of Trump campaign and transition members by former President Barack Obama's national security adviser, Susan Rice, is stored at the Obama Library — and will be under lock-and-key for five years, a watchdog group said Monday.
Judicial Watch said it was told about the sealed documents in a letter from the National Security Council.
The NSC told Judicial Watch it won't hand over the unmasking records, nor any intelligence community information about Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election, Judicial Watch reported.
The president of Judicial Watch, Tom Fitton, was livid about the Obama Library storage of the material — and said he hoped special counsel Robert Mueller and Congress would look into the matter.
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Judicial Watch said it was told about the sealed documents in a letter from the National Security Council.
The NSC told Judicial Watch it won't hand over the unmasking records, nor any intelligence community information about Russian involvement in the 2016 presidential election, Judicial Watch reported.
The president of Judicial Watch, Tom Fitton, was livid about the Obama Library storage of the material — and said he hoped special counsel Robert Mueller and Congress would look into the matter.
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Senator, Interrupted: Kamala Harris outrage illustrates feminism's inability to react in proportion
[by Emily Jashinsky]
American females live in the freest and fairest society that has ever existed for our sex, but modern liberal feminism is dedicated to painting contemporary U.S. culture as a nightmare of misogyny. Many media feminists spent last week offering their outrage over the tremendous scourge of men interrupting women mid-sentence.
Mid. Sentence.
Can you believe it?
It is almost as though Hillary Clinton's candidacy was one long and beautiful sentence, interrupted callously by the misogynistic patriarch our twisted society enabled.
In all seriousness, that feminists devoted so much enthusiasm to rallying around Kamala Harris (or Elizabeth Warren), a United States senator and the former California attorney general, because she was interrupted not once, but twice, by a male colleague in so many days tells you where the movement's priorities are. In an article published in its Business section, the New York Times compared treatment of Harris to a joke former Uber board member David Bonderman made at a meeting on Tuesday, quipping that adding more women to the board would result in "more talking."
Someone must pay the counseling bills of the poor women subjected to the trauma of a man making a bad joke, considering how fragile and ill-equipped we are to cope with such cutting rhetoric..
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American females live in the freest and fairest society that has ever existed for our sex, but modern liberal feminism is dedicated to painting contemporary U.S. culture as a nightmare of misogyny. Many media feminists spent last week offering their outrage over the tremendous scourge of men interrupting women mid-sentence.
Mid. Sentence.
Can you believe it?
It is almost as though Hillary Clinton's candidacy was one long and beautiful sentence, interrupted callously by the misogynistic patriarch our twisted society enabled.
In all seriousness, that feminists devoted so much enthusiasm to rallying around Kamala Harris (or Elizabeth Warren), a United States senator and the former California attorney general, because she was interrupted not once, but twice, by a male colleague in so many days tells you where the movement's priorities are. In an article published in its Business section, the New York Times compared treatment of Harris to a joke former Uber board member David Bonderman made at a meeting on Tuesday, quipping that adding more women to the board would result in "more talking."
Someone must pay the counseling bills of the poor women subjected to the trauma of a man making a bad joke, considering how fragile and ill-equipped we are to cope with such cutting rhetoric..
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Online Retail Boom Means More Warehouse Workers, And Robots To Accompany Them
There's a good chance something you've bought online has been in the hands of a "picker" first. These are the workers in warehouses who pick, pack and ship all those things we're ordering.
At Amazon and other companies, they're working side by side with robots. Experts say while the robots are replacing some human workers, the machines aren't quite ready to take over completely.
To keep pace with a growing hunger for fast delivery, more pickers are being hired in the distribution industry. And on the outskirts of the Bay Area, a school is using technology to train students in these new jobs.
Patterson High School is about two hours east of San Francisco. It's surrounded by the farmland of California's Central Valley, which produces half of the country's fruits, vegetables and nuts. But this group of students isn't learning how to be farmers. They're training to work in warehouses.
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At Amazon and other companies, they're working side by side with robots. Experts say while the robots are replacing some human workers, the machines aren't quite ready to take over completely.
To keep pace with a growing hunger for fast delivery, more pickers are being hired in the distribution industry. And on the outskirts of the Bay Area, a school is using technology to train students in these new jobs.
Patterson High School is about two hours east of San Francisco. It's surrounded by the farmland of California's Central Valley, which produces half of the country's fruits, vegetables and nuts. But this group of students isn't learning how to be farmers. They're training to work in warehouses.
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'Resisting' Democracy and Decency
“Liberals protest; radicals rebel. Liberals become indignant; radicals become fighting mad and go into action. Liberals do not modify their personal lives and what they give to a cause is a small part of their lives; radicals give themselves to the cause. Liberals give and take oral arguments; radicals give and take the hard, dirty, bitter way of life.” —from Saul Alinsky’s “Reveille for Radicals,” published in 1946
Perhaps nothing has contributed to the toxic nature of today’s political climate more than the disturbing reality that a once classically liberal Democrat Party has been hijacked by the radical Left. This is not the party of John F. Kennedy, Tip O'Neill or former DNC chair Henry “Scoop” Jackson, who simultaneously supported liberal causes while remaining staunchly anti-Communist. Today’s DNC chair is Thomas Perez, whose contribution to “thoughtful” debate is to assert that Republicans “don’t give a s—t about people,” and declare that Donald Trump “didn’t win the election.”
But Donald Trump did win the election, despite the recounts, the death threats and petitions aimed at getting Electoral College voters to subvert the will of the people, and the felonious Inauguration Day riots, courtesy of leftist thugs who smashed property and threw rocks at police.
And ever since, a Democrat Party, aided and abetted by a corrupt phalanx of leftist radicals in media, academia, Hollywood and vast swaths of the unelected federal bureaucracy, has made it clear Donald Trump must not be merely challenged or discredited.
He must first be demonized and then impeached — by any means necessary.
Hence, a severed presidential head is presented as comedy..
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Perhaps nothing has contributed to the toxic nature of today’s political climate more than the disturbing reality that a once classically liberal Democrat Party has been hijacked by the radical Left. This is not the party of John F. Kennedy, Tip O'Neill or former DNC chair Henry “Scoop” Jackson, who simultaneously supported liberal causes while remaining staunchly anti-Communist. Today’s DNC chair is Thomas Perez, whose contribution to “thoughtful” debate is to assert that Republicans “don’t give a s—t about people,” and declare that Donald Trump “didn’t win the election.”
But Donald Trump did win the election, despite the recounts, the death threats and petitions aimed at getting Electoral College voters to subvert the will of the people, and the felonious Inauguration Day riots, courtesy of leftist thugs who smashed property and threw rocks at police.
And ever since, a Democrat Party, aided and abetted by a corrupt phalanx of leftist radicals in media, academia, Hollywood and vast swaths of the unelected federal bureaucracy, has made it clear Donald Trump must not be merely challenged or discredited.
He must first be demonized and then impeached — by any means necessary.
Hence, a severed presidential head is presented as comedy..
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Collecting LGBT Census Data Is 'Essential' To Federal Agency, Document Shows
The U.S. Census Bureau has never asked Americans about sexual orientation and gender identity. Last year, though, requests for that data came from more than 75 members of Congress and multiple federal agencies.
Still, the Census Bureau concluded "there was no federal data need" to collect this information, the bureau's outgoing director, John Thompson, wrote in March.
A document obtained by NPR through a Freedom of Information Act request, however, reveals that the Department of Housing and Urban Development told the bureau that there indeed was a need.
"Valid, reliable, and nationally representative data on sexual orientation and gender identity are essential to HUD fulfilling its mission," former HUD Secretary Julián Castro wrote in a letter to Thompson dated June 30, 2016.
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Still, the Census Bureau concluded "there was no federal data need" to collect this information, the bureau's outgoing director, John Thompson, wrote in March.
A document obtained by NPR through a Freedom of Information Act request, however, reveals that the Department of Housing and Urban Development told the bureau that there indeed was a need.
"Valid, reliable, and nationally representative data on sexual orientation and gender identity are essential to HUD fulfilling its mission," former HUD Secretary Julián Castro wrote in a letter to Thompson dated June 30, 2016.
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Supreme Court to hear potentially landmark Wisconsin case on partisan gerrymandering
The Supreme Court declared Monday that it will consider whether gerrymandered election maps favoring one political party over another violate the Constitution, a potentially fundamental change in the way American elections are conducted.
The justices regularly are called to invalidate state electoral maps that have been illegally drawn to reduce the influence of racial minorities by depressing the impact of their votes.
But the Supreme Court has long been tolerant of partisan gerrymandering - and some justices have thought that the court shouldn't even be involved. A finding otherwise would have a revolutionary impact on the reapportionment that will take place after the 2020 election and could come at the expense of Republicans, who control the process in the majority of states.
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The justices regularly are called to invalidate state electoral maps that have been illegally drawn to reduce the influence of racial minorities by depressing the impact of their votes.
But the Supreme Court has long been tolerant of partisan gerrymandering - and some justices have thought that the court shouldn't even be involved. A finding otherwise would have a revolutionary impact on the reapportionment that will take place after the 2020 election and could come at the expense of Republicans, who control the process in the majority of states.
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Jay Sekulow, Donald Trump's attorney, says there's 'nothing to investigate' over James Comey firing
President Trump’s attorney Jay Sekulow reiterated Monday that “there is nothing to investigate” when it comes to the president’s decision to fire former FBI Director James B. Comey.
“As I’ve said for the last weekend, the president of the United States takes action receiving — a letter actually from his attorney general and a memorandum from his deputy attorney general. In that letter, there’s a recommendation for the removal of James Comey, and then he takes action for the removal of James Comey,” Mr. Sekulow said on Fox News.
“There’s nothing to investigate. That’s the constitutional rights and protections under the president’s authority as commander-in-chief,” he said.
Mr. Sekulow also defended his claim made over the weekend that Mr. Trump is not under investigation. Mr. Sekulowsaid the question posed to him asked if the president’s legal team had been notified by the special counsel as to whether the president was under investigation, which Mr. Sekulow denied Sunday.
He reiterated on CNN Monday morning, “I don’t know what they’re doing. I haven’t made that call.”
Mr. Sekulow even went so far as to say he couldn’t confirm there even was an investigation at all.
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“As I’ve said for the last weekend, the president of the United States takes action receiving — a letter actually from his attorney general and a memorandum from his deputy attorney general. In that letter, there’s a recommendation for the removal of James Comey, and then he takes action for the removal of James Comey,” Mr. Sekulow said on Fox News.
“There’s nothing to investigate. That’s the constitutional rights and protections under the president’s authority as commander-in-chief,” he said.
Mr. Sekulow also defended his claim made over the weekend that Mr. Trump is not under investigation. Mr. Sekulowsaid the question posed to him asked if the president’s legal team had been notified by the special counsel as to whether the president was under investigation, which Mr. Sekulow denied Sunday.
He reiterated on CNN Monday morning, “I don’t know what they’re doing. I haven’t made that call.”
Mr. Sekulow even went so far as to say he couldn’t confirm there even was an investigation at all.
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Hillary Clinton Told FBI's Mueller To Deliver Uranium To Russians In 2009 "Secret Plane-Side Tarmac Meeting"
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton facilitated the transfer a highly enriched uranium (HEU) previously confiscated by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) during a 2006 “nuclear smuggling sting operation involving one Russian national and several Georgian accomplices,” a newly leaked classified cable shows.
So-called “background” information was provided in the cable which gave vague details on a 2006 nuclear smuggling sting operationin which the U.S. government took possession of some HEU previously owned by the Russians.
"Over two years ago Russia requested a ten-gram sample of highly enriched uranium (HEU) seized in early 2006 in Georgia during a nuclear smuggling sting operation involving one Russian national and several Georgian accomplices. The seized HEU was transferred to U.S. custody and is being held at a secure DOE facility."
The secret “action request,” dated Aug. 17, 2009, was sent out by Secretary of State Clinton and was addressed to the United States Ambassador to Georgia Embassy Tbilisi, the Russian Embassy, and Ambassador John Beyrle.
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So-called “background” information was provided in the cable which gave vague details on a 2006 nuclear smuggling sting operationin which the U.S. government took possession of some HEU previously owned by the Russians.
"Over two years ago Russia requested a ten-gram sample of highly enriched uranium (HEU) seized in early 2006 in Georgia during a nuclear smuggling sting operation involving one Russian national and several Georgian accomplices. The seized HEU was transferred to U.S. custody and is being held at a secure DOE facility."
The secret “action request,” dated Aug. 17, 2009, was sent out by Secretary of State Clinton and was addressed to the United States Ambassador to Georgia Embassy Tbilisi, the Russian Embassy, and Ambassador John Beyrle.
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Col. Shaffer Warns Of Bloody Civil War, Societal Collapse
"If the government doesn't stop violence from the left, the right will inevitably retaliate"
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Shaffer went on Fox & Friends to give the MSM a dose of the truth by exposing the violent left and explaining how they will eventually cause a physical conflict with right-wing Americans.
Following the shooting of Congressman Scalise, some media outlets finally started paying attention to the increasing violence from the political left.
Vice ran the headline “Extremism Experts Are Starting To Worry About The Left” and even NPR asked if left-wing violence is rising.
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Retired Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Shaffer went on Fox & Friends to give the MSM a dose of the truth by exposing the violent left and explaining how they will eventually cause a physical conflict with right-wing Americans.
Following the shooting of Congressman Scalise, some media outlets finally started paying attention to the increasing violence from the political left.
Vice ran the headline “Extremism Experts Are Starting To Worry About The Left” and even NPR asked if left-wing violence is rising.
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Notice of Cancellation - City Council Meeting and Work Session
The Monday, June 26, 2017 Salisbury City Council Meeting has been cancelled due to City Council members attending the MML Convention next week. Additionally, the Work Session scheduled for Monday, July 3, 2017 has been cancelled.
The next City Council Meeting will be held on July 10, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, Room 301, of the Government Office Building. The public is invited to attend.
The next City Council Meeting will be held on July 10, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chambers, Room 301, of the Government Office Building. The public is invited to attend.
They Cut Baby From the Womb, Force Mother to WATCH What They Did to the Newborn
There is no shortage of atrocities committed by ISIS, but what happened to a pregnant woman in Iraq is still beyond the pale. Feral Pirali was captured by ISIS, and spoke about the horrifying torture a friend of hers was forced to endure.
Pirali was a Yazidi activist and interpreter, and in 2010, she was being held by ISIS. During the Women in the World Summit, she told the story of her friend, held by ISIS in 2010 while she was pregnant. Her friend was not able to escape, and the terrorists did the unthinkable to her… and to her baby.
First, they cut open her stomach and removed the baby from her womb. But they were only getting started. “They raped the baby, and they raped her, and they thought she was dead so they left her behind,” Pirali explained. But somehow, her friend survived.
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Pirali was a Yazidi activist and interpreter, and in 2010, she was being held by ISIS. During the Women in the World Summit, she told the story of her friend, held by ISIS in 2010 while she was pregnant. Her friend was not able to escape, and the terrorists did the unthinkable to her… and to her baby.
First, they cut open her stomach and removed the baby from her womb. But they were only getting started. “They raped the baby, and they raped her, and they thought she was dead so they left her behind,” Pirali explained. But somehow, her friend survived.
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First family back in Washington after weekend at Camp David
The first family spent a little more than 24 hours in Frederick County over the weekend and President Donald Trump said he found Camp David to be “incredible,” “beautiful” and “very nice.”
It was the first family’s first visit to the presidential retreat on Catoctin Mountain, and it came one weekend after Melania Trump and the first couple’s 11-year-old son, Barron, officially moved into the White House.
The 143-acre rustic retreat features a presidential cabin along with dozens of others and amenities including tennis courts, a bowling alley, heated swimming pool, hot tub and a single golf hole with multiple tees.
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Black Lives Matter are Outraged Over a Huge Sign in Texas — THIS is Hilarious!
Wagner Supply Company in Odessa, Texas, decided to chime in on the Black Lives Matter vs. All Lives Matter debate with a sign posted in front of their business. The message is simple, and yet the reaction has been overwhelmingly positive.
The sign reads, “2000 years ago Jesus ended the debate of which lives matter. He died for all!”
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Report: Only 1 out of 7 Iranian missiles reached its target
Israeli report says 3 missiles failed to even reach Syrian territory, 3 others missed their targets entirely.
Only one out of the seven missiles which Iran fired at ISIS targets in Syria yesterday reached its target, Channel 2 reported.
“Iran is trying to play at being a great power,” explained Channel 2 Middle East analyst Ehud Ya’ari. “There was no operational need” to attack ISIS from within Iranian territory."
The Iranian military launched a barrage of medium-range missiles on ISIS strongholds across eastern Syria Sunday night, in response to adouble terror attack in Tehran earlier this month which left 17 dead and dozens more wounded.
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Only one out of the seven missiles which Iran fired at ISIS targets in Syria yesterday reached its target, Channel 2 reported.
“Iran is trying to play at being a great power,” explained Channel 2 Middle East analyst Ehud Ya’ari. “There was no operational need” to attack ISIS from within Iranian territory."
The Iranian military launched a barrage of medium-range missiles on ISIS strongholds across eastern Syria Sunday night, in response to adouble terror attack in Tehran earlier this month which left 17 dead and dozens more wounded.
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Teen Was Kicked out Graduation for Only Pants He Can Afford. Then He Sees Stranger Outside….
That’s exactly the predicament Leroy Solis Jr. found himself in when he simply couldn’t afford to meet the dress code for his high school’s graduation ceremony.
MacArthur High School’s graduation dress code stated that boys must wear slacks and a tie, or they may not be able to walk the stage to receive their diplomas. Well, Solis Jr. didn’t have slacks or a tie, and couldn’t ask his father, who is on a fixed income, if he would buy them. Instead, he planned to walk in jeans with no tie, hoping that his gown would be long enough to cover up the fact that he wasn’t wearing slacks.
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‘Harvard lib’ gets first job, until ‘white male’ boss dares to ask why she’s 2 hrs late
There is a new parody video that has just hit social media, and it’s serving as a wake-up call for millennials with a safe space outlook on life. It uproariously projects how it looks when young liberals are faced with their very first job out of school. The real world skills are so much more different from previous generations, and that is something that should be studied. The animal instinct to survive has been robbed from this generation , and replaced with a sense entitlement, no matter how good you are.
Not going to fly in the real world.
The video, from “The Conservative Millennial” Allie Stuckey mocks the first day at a new job by a left wing, safe-spacer fresh from his safe-space of college and their professors.
“I just graduated from college last week. Harvard actually. And I started my new job on Monday so obviously on Sunday night I wanted to go out with my friends and celebrate. It was a late night, so Monday morning, first thing I rolled in around 10:30.”
Things got a little dicey when her fabricated “white, male,” boss asked her where she had been and why she was late to work.
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Not going to fly in the real world.
The video, from “The Conservative Millennial” Allie Stuckey mocks the first day at a new job by a left wing, safe-spacer fresh from his safe-space of college and their professors.
“I just graduated from college last week. Harvard actually. And I started my new job on Monday so obviously on Sunday night I wanted to go out with my friends and celebrate. It was a late night, so Monday morning, first thing I rolled in around 10:30.”
Things got a little dicey when her fabricated “white, male,” boss asked her where she had been and why she was late to work.
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Mueller's Real Mandate
The Washington D.C. nomenklatura advanced forward last week with its slow-moving coup d’état against America’s constitutionally elected President.
But even after the federal bureaucracy’s further progress toward undoing the 2016 election, I confess to a faint hope that Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III -- supposed embodiment of upper class, non-partisan, lawyerly virtue -- might actually conduct a fair, focused and swift inquiry into the matter assigned him.
In the end, though, the sensible old lawyer’s voice in my head whispers that this hope is more pipedream than prediction of events.
Here’s the latest state of affairs, no doubt soon to be out of date:
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But even after the federal bureaucracy’s further progress toward undoing the 2016 election, I confess to a faint hope that Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III -- supposed embodiment of upper class, non-partisan, lawyerly virtue -- might actually conduct a fair, focused and swift inquiry into the matter assigned him.
In the end, though, the sensible old lawyer’s voice in my head whispers that this hope is more pipedream than prediction of events.
Here’s the latest state of affairs, no doubt soon to be out of date:
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The violent political Left
Violence is in the air these days.
It was visible to the world on Victoria Square in Manchester and London Bridge in the days before the British general election June 8. It was visible on the baseball field in Alexandria Wednesday morning as a Trump hater and Bernie Sanders volunteer took a rifle and shot House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and four others as Republicans practiced for the congressional baseball game.
Violence is increasingly visible or threatened in the attacks by ski-masked, hammer-armed "antifas" — people employing fascists-style violence on those who disagree — on campuses from Berkeley to New England and in the streets of "cool cities" like Portland. Contrary to mainstream media expectations, the violence and threats come almost entirely from the political Left, not the Right..
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It was visible to the world on Victoria Square in Manchester and London Bridge in the days before the British general election June 8. It was visible on the baseball field in Alexandria Wednesday morning as a Trump hater and Bernie Sanders volunteer took a rifle and shot House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and four others as Republicans practiced for the congressional baseball game.
Violence is increasingly visible or threatened in the attacks by ski-masked, hammer-armed "antifas" — people employing fascists-style violence on those who disagree — on campuses from Berkeley to New England and in the streets of "cool cities" like Portland. Contrary to mainstream media expectations, the violence and threats come almost entirely from the political Left, not the Right..
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Donald Trump calls Mueller move a 'witch hunt' -- and so far, it is
On this, President Donald Trump is correct.
Thursday, Trumptweeted this: “They made up a phony collusion with the Russians story, found zero proof, so now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story. Nice.”
It was the president’s response to reports that Robert Mueller — who was appointed as special counsel to investigate allegations of Trump-Russia collusion in the 2016 elections — is now seeking to interview several high-ranking executive officials to find out if they were asked by the White House to help end an FBI investigation into Team Trump.
Trump also tweeted this: “You are witnessing the single greatest WITCH HUNT in American political history — led by some very bad and conflicted people! #MAGA.”
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Thursday, Trumptweeted this: “They made up a phony collusion with the Russians story, found zero proof, so now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story. Nice.”
It was the president’s response to reports that Robert Mueller — who was appointed as special counsel to investigate allegations of Trump-Russia collusion in the 2016 elections — is now seeking to interview several high-ranking executive officials to find out if they were asked by the White House to help end an FBI investigation into Team Trump.
Trump also tweeted this: “You are witnessing the single greatest WITCH HUNT in American political history — led by some very bad and conflicted people! #MAGA.”
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45 years ago: Hurricane Agnes
The storm caused some of the worst flooding ever in the mid-Atlantic and is responsible for 122 deaths. Forty-eight of those deaths occurred in Pennsylvania.
In 1972 dollars, here’s how much damage Agnes did, according to The Washington Post:
Virginia – $222,000,000
Maryland and D.C. – $110,000,000
The storm dumped about 16 inches of rain in Chantilly, Virginia, 8.16 inches at Reagan National Airport and 6.81 inches in Baltimore.
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ESPN Host: National Anthem Is 'Injecting Politics' Into Sports
At least until I found out the insane thing he believes regarding Colin Kaepernick and the national anthem fiasco that infected the NFL last season:
The "First Take" co-host made the comment on Thursday's show. During a discussion about Seahawks' star Michael Bennett comparing Colin Kaepernick to Muhammad Ali, Kellerman said Kaepernick "did not go looking for a protest. It came to him.”
“He was asked to stand for the national anthem,” Kellerman said. “You do not have to stand for the national anthem. And even if it it was a rule that you did, is that Colin Kaepernick injecting politics in the NFL? No. That’s the NFL injecting politics by playing the national anthem and putting pressure on you to stand for it in the first place.”
Max, just shut the hell up.
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Health Dept Requests Public Comment on 2017-2022 Strategic Plan
AGENCY: Wicomico County Health Department
NOTICE: Notice; request for public comments
SUMMARY: Wicomico County Health Department (WiCHD) requests comments on the Draft 2017-2022 Strategic Plan for the Wicomico County Health Department. The Draft WiCHD Strategic Plan is posted on the Health Department Web site at www.wicomicohealth.org.
DATES: All comments must be received by Friday, July 14, 2017 before the close of business. The electronic survey link will be disabled at 5pm on Friday, July 14, 2017.
ADDRESSES:
Written comments may be submitted to WiCHD in four ways. Comments may be submitted by electronic survey (Public Input Survey for the 2017-2022 Strategic Plan), by email to lisa.renegar@maryland.gov, by fax to 410-548-5184, or by mail: Wicomico County Health Department, Attention Lisa Renegar, Office of Planning & Population Health, 108 East Main Street, Salisbury, MD 21801. Hard copies of the survey and the plan will be located in all Health Department locations. All comments will be made publicly available without redaction at www.wicomicohealth.org. The electronic survey link will be disabled at 5pm on Friday, July 14, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding the Draft WiCHD Strategic Plan should be directed to Lisa Renegar, by email at lisa.renegar@maryland.gov, or by phone at 410-341-6492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Wicomico County Health Department began updating its Strategic Plan in January 2017 in response to the Local Health Improvement Coalition (LHIC) having identified chronic disease and behavioral health as its priority areas. The LHIC is led by the Health Officer of Wicomico County and provides a forum for nonprofit hospitals, community based organizations and other stakeholders to analyze and prioritize community health needs. The purpose of the strategic plan is to provide a clear picture of the goals, objectives and strategic priorities to accomplish within the next five years. The Health Department aims to implement many new goals, objectives, and strategies and will continue to work with stakeholders, coalitions, and partners to achieve the vision of “Healthy people in healthy communities”.
NOTICE: Notice; request for public comments
SUMMARY: Wicomico County Health Department (WiCHD) requests comments on the Draft 2017-2022 Strategic Plan for the Wicomico County Health Department. The Draft WiCHD Strategic Plan is posted on the Health Department Web site at www.wicomicohealth.org.
DATES: All comments must be received by Friday, July 14, 2017 before the close of business. The electronic survey link will be disabled at 5pm on Friday, July 14, 2017.
ADDRESSES:
Written comments may be submitted to WiCHD in four ways. Comments may be submitted by electronic survey (Public Input Survey for the 2017-2022 Strategic Plan), by email to lisa.renegar@maryland.gov, by fax to 410-548-5184, or by mail: Wicomico County Health Department, Attention Lisa Renegar, Office of Planning & Population Health, 108 East Main Street, Salisbury, MD 21801. Hard copies of the survey and the plan will be located in all Health Department locations. All comments will be made publicly available without redaction at www.wicomicohealth.org. The electronic survey link will be disabled at 5pm on Friday, July 14, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding the Draft WiCHD Strategic Plan should be directed to Lisa Renegar, by email at lisa.renegar@maryland.gov, or by phone at 410-341-6492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Wicomico County Health Department began updating its Strategic Plan in January 2017 in response to the Local Health Improvement Coalition (LHIC) having identified chronic disease and behavioral health as its priority areas. The LHIC is led by the Health Officer of Wicomico County and provides a forum for nonprofit hospitals, community based organizations and other stakeholders to analyze and prioritize community health needs. The purpose of the strategic plan is to provide a clear picture of the goals, objectives and strategic priorities to accomplish within the next five years. The Health Department aims to implement many new goals, objectives, and strategies and will continue to work with stakeholders, coalitions, and partners to achieve the vision of “Healthy people in healthy communities”.
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