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Friday, January 10, 2014

Lonely is the runner that toils in the cold and the fog. Least it is not snowing

#KED #Westminster

Lonely is the runner that toils in the cold and the fog. Least it is not snowing

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How to prevent strangers on Google+ from flooding your Gmail inbox | PCWorld

How to prevent strangers on Google+ from flooding your Gmail inbox | PCWorld:

Ian Paul@ianpaul

January 10, 2014 http://www.pcworld.com/article/2086722/how-to-prevent-strangers-on-google-from-flooding-your-gmail-inbox.html#tk.nl_today

"If you use Google+ and Gmail, Google is about to open your email account to a whole new level of spam. A new feature rolling out over the next couple of days makes it possible for any Google+ user to email you, as long as they follow you on Google+—they don’t need to know your actual email address, and you don't even have to follow them back. And to make it even worse, Google took the Facebook approach by turning on the new feature by default.

Fun, right? Not so much. I’ve already got this new “feature” in my inbox and the first thing I did was turn it off. Today, I’m going to show you how to do the same thing.

But first, let’s cover the basics about how this new “email via Google+” feature works." READ MORE: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2086722/how-to-prevent-strangers-on-google-from-flooding-your-gmail-inbox.html#tk.nl_today

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When the Settings panel opens, scroll down the “General” tab until you see “Email via Google+” label. (If you don’t see the new setting in your Gmail account, check back over the next few days, as the feature is still rolling out to all Gmail users.) Click on the drop-down menu and choose the setting that you’re most comfortable with. Remember, by default Google is letting anyone from Google+ send you unsolicited mail. I chose to stop Google+ emails completely by selecting “No one,” as you can see below... READ MORE: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2086722/how-to-prevent-strangers-on-google-from-flooding-your-gmail-inbox.html#tk.nl_today
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FAIRBANKS, Alaska: New Year's revelers destroy Interior town's Internet link | State News | ADN.com

FAIRBANKS, Alaska: New Year's revelers destroy Interior town's Internet link | State News | ADN.com:

http://www.adn.com/2014/01/10/3266863/new-years-revelers-destroy-tanana.html#emlnl=Morning_Newsletter

"FAIRBANKS, ALASKA — A New Year's tradition has left residents in one Interior Alaska community off the grid.

The traditional way to ring in the new year is to shoot off guns at midnight on Jan. 1 in Tanana, a community of about 250 residents 150 miles west of Fairbanks.

But this year, one or more revelers with .410-gauge shotguns shot out one of the town's main fiber-optic cable lines." ... Read more: http://www.adn.com/2014/01/10/3266863/new-years-revelers-destroy-tanana.html#emlnl=Morning_Newsletter

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NRA News Special Report From Ginny Simone | "The Wrong House: Career Cri...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Sbf_piIQQ

NRA News Special Report From Ginny Simone | "The Wrong House: Career Cri...Published on Nov 22, 2013

"He couldn't have picked a worse neighborhood or a worse house." When career criminal Kevin Wayne Chapman targeted the residence of West Taylor for a home invasion, he chose the wrong house. Ginny's report includes an exclusive interview with would-be victim West Taylor.

Tune in to http://www.NRANews.com/Ginny every week for the latest from Ginny Simone.

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoffTwitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff
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MidAtlantic Farm Credit Blog: 10 Ways to Boost Your Immune System This Winter

10 Ways to Boost Your Immune System This Winter (Part 2)

Posted on: January 07, 2014

If the first 5 ways to boost your immune system isn’t enough, check out these tips, as well. Then, leave your ideas in the comments section…we can never be too cautious, right? 6. Cook nutrient rich dinners. Use a wide variety of vegetables such as sweet potatoes, cabbage and carrots to make soups, stews and […]

10 Ways to Boost Your Immune System This Winter (Part 1)

Posted on: January 06, 2014

It’s no fun being sick, especially doing the cold winter months. Here are 10 simple ways to alter your lifestyle to stay more cold and flu resistant this winter: Get plenty of sleep. Sleep deprivation takes its toll on the immune system because your cells regenerate while you rest. Try to go to bed at […]

Why Succession Planning is Important to Easements

Posted on: January 03, 2014

Land ownership is the first step in succession planning! While this appears to be a simple statement, the misinterpretation of who owns land is one of the most vexing issues in the easement program. It goes without saying that in order to effect an easement on a property, only the rightful owner can make this […]

10 New Year’s Resolutions You Can Actually Keep

Posted on: January 02, 2014

Now that we have entered 2014, this is the time to make resolutions for the new year. But, let’s be honest…how many years have you actually kept your new year’s resolution? Most likely, none (or maybe a couple). Therefore, instead of vowing to lose 25 pounds, work out 5 days per week, give up something […]

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The New Athenian: Greeks Desperately Seek Good Authority in EU

The New Athenian: Greeks Desperately Seek Good Authority in EU:

Greeks Desperately Seek Good Authority in EU

John Psaropoulos at The New Athenian - 7 hours ago

This article was published by Al Jazeera English. The Greeks had said that theirs will be an austere presidency, and they showed from day one that they mean it. EU press rooms are normally lavishly catered. Greece produced canteens of black coffee and a number of sandwiches so small that their reputation traveled much further than they did. The EU presidency may not be the grand institution it was when Greece last held it in 2003, ushering in a massive expansion into Eastern Europe; heads of government and foreign ministers now have permanent chairs to their councils, sparing the ... more » http://www.thenewathenian.com/2014/01/greeks-desperately-seek-good-authority.html

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Wall Street Lournal: Law & Order: Political Victims Unit and other news, editorials and opinions

Law & Order: Political Victims Unit

BY JAMES FREEMAN AND BRIAN CARNEY

LAW & ORDER: POLITICAL VICTIMS UNIT

Rep. Jim Jordan co-authored a letter this week to Attorney General Eric Holderexpressing outrage that an Obama political donor is leading the IRS investigation. Mr. Jordan tells us that the FBI informed the House Oversight Committee last fall that Assistant Director Valerie Parlave of the FBI's Washington Field Office was running the case. But the committee later learned from former IRS staff that Justice Civil Rights Division attorney Barbara Bosserman, the Democratic political donor, has taken the lead in questioning witnesses. Justice says it's not allowed to consider political affiliations in making personnel decisions. But we wonder why Congress only learned about her role from third parties.
Meanwhile, a Journal editorial this morning compares the IRS scandal to the September closure of New Jersey traffic lanes. And Peggy Noonan says there's a lesson in Jersey for politicians nationwide.

ECONOMISTS EXPECT JOB GAINS...

Today is job-report day. The consensus is for 200,000 net new jobs in December, and no change in the 7% unemployment rate.

...BUT PERHAPS NOT ENOUGH TO STOP PRINTING MONEY

Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis President Narayana Kocherlakota said Thursdayevening that weak inflation and "too high" levels of unemployment argue in favor of the central bank doing more to help the economy, reports Dow Jones. Meanwhile the European Central Bank seems just as eager to print more money.

Read today's full column »

ON THE EDITORIAL PAGE

How Christie Ended Up in This Jam

Grand Theft Disability

Christie and the IRS

Law & Order: Political Victims Unit

COMMENTARY

Fouad Ajami: Obama and the Sunni-Shiite War

Mitchell S. Rosenthal: Let's Not Kid Ourselves About Marijuana

Joni Eareckson Tada: The Disability Double Standard

David N. Laband: An Economics Lesson at the Baggage Carousel

Lucia A. Silecchia: Peter Stuyvesant vs. the Quakers

Notable & Quotable

Review: The Triumph of Human Empire

TODAY'S COLUMNISTS

Kimberley Strassel: Harry Reid's Senate Shutdown

Political Diary: Chris Christie's Bridge Scandal

Political Diary: Jerry Brown's Tax-and-Spend Games

Best of the Web Today: 'Parity' or Parody?

OPINION VIDEOS

Opinion: Chris Christie's Political Jam

Opinion: Unleashing Fannie and Freddie

Opinion: How the War on Poverty Has Harmed Hispanics

Opinion: Turkey's Erdogan Purges the Police

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Thursday, January 09, 2014

MRC Appearance Alert: Bozell on FNC’s Hannity Tonight Thursday January 9, 2014

MRC Appearance Alert: Bozell on FNC’s Hannity Tonight

6:45 PM EST, Thursday, January 9, 2014

    MRC President Brent Bozell is scheduled to appear tonight (Thursday) on the Fox News Channel’s ‘Hannity,’ where he’ll provide expert comment for the “Media Mash” segment. He should appear with Hannity about twenty minutes into the January 9 program, so 10:20 PM EST, 9:20 PM CST, 8:20 PM MST, 7:20 PM PST.

    Hannity will re-run at 1 AM EST, 12 midmight CST, 11 PM MST and 10 PM PST.

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    Scheduled topics for Thursday’s night’s Hannity:

    # Networks Flood the Zone with Massive Coverage Of Chris Christie Scandal. See:
http://www.mrc.org/biasalerts/theres-already-17-times-more-coverage-christie-scandal-last-six-months-irs

    # NBC's Todd: Christie's Media 'Free Ride' is Over, 'Welcome to the Vetting Process' for 2016. Check:
http://www.mrc.org/biasalerts/nbcs-todd-christies-media-free-ride-over-welcome-vetting-process-2016

    # Liberal Media Suggest Robert Gates’ Memoir an “Act of Betrayal.” Go to:
http://www.mrc.org/biasalerts/nbc-ungrateful-bob-gates-blindsided-white-house-blistering-new-memoir

    # CNN’s Cuomo: Trying to Pay for New Spending = Holding People Hostage. Details:
http://www.mrc.org/biasalerts/cnns-cuomo-slaps-republicans-taking-americans-hostage-over-spending-cuts

    # CNN’s Candy Crowley: ‘Why Would I Become a Republican’ If I’m Unemployed or on Minimum Wage? See:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2014/01/05/candy-crowley-if-i-m-unemployed-or-minimum-wage-why-would-i-become-re

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Hampstead Sportsman Drawing and Dinner March 29, 2014

Hampstead Sportsmans Drawing

SPORTSMAN DRAWING & DINNER
March 29, 2014
Held at the Firehall

Doors Open at 4 pm. Dinner at 5:30 pm.

Menu to include Pit Beef, Fried Chicken, Sides, Beer and Soda

$30.00 Donation admits 1 Person, $10 Per Guest

Only 350 Tickets to be Sold
One ticket raffled day of drawing guaranteed to be in the top 3 prizes.
Gun Jar Games and Tear Open Games.
For Tickets Call: Richard (443) 375-6373

Prizes:

350. Ruger Hawkeye SS 7MM Mag.

349. Marlin 1895 GBL45/70

348. T/C Encore 25-06

347. $30 Cash

325. Weatherby Vanguard 30-06

301. $30 Cash

300. T/C Venture 270

297. $30 Cash

275. Ruger LCR Revolver 357 Mag.

265. $30 Cash

250. Mossberg 935 12 Ga. Semi-auto

225. $30 Cash

200. Remington 870 Exp 12 Ga.

175. $30 Cash

150. Mossberg 500 Camo Slug 12 Ga.

125. $30 Cash

100. Stevens 320 12 Ga. Pump

75. $30 Cash

50. Ruger 10/22

25. $30 Cash

2. H&R Partner 12 Ga. Pump

1. $30 Cash
Loser Drawing: Must be present to win. Henry Golden Boy 22 LR
2nd Losers Drawing!

A gun safe will be given away at the end of the evening. If you do not win one of the above prizes on the numbered admission tickets, your ticket will be entered for a chance at the gun safe. YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN!
Firearms supplied by: Stateline Gun Exchange, LLC

115 W. Main Street, Emmitsburg, MD 21727

All regulated firearms to be picked up at gun shop after background check.

Attachments:

Gun Flyer 2.doc (227k)

Hampstead Sportsman Drawing and Dinner March 29, 2014

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MRC Alert: NBC: Ungrateful Bob Gates 'Blindsided' White House With 'Blistering New Memoir'

Tracking Liberal Media Bias Since 1996
Thursday January 09, 2014 @ 08:21 AM ET

1. NBC: Ungrateful Bob Gates 'Blindsided' White House With 'Blistering New Memoir'
At the top of Wednesday's NBC Today, co-host Matt Lauer portrayed former Defense Secretary Robert Gates as an ungrateful and disgruntled ex-employee: "Blindsided. President Obama's former Defense Secretary Robert Gates takes on his old boss – the man who awarded him the Medal of Freedom – in a blistering new memoir. This morning, what may have made him turn?" In the report that followed later, correspondent Andrea Mitchell fretted: "President Obama's decision to keep George Bush's defense secretary, a Republican, has now blown back on the White House." Like Lauer, she made sure to note how Obama had honored Gates: "Gates gave no hint of his resentment when he left the cabinet two years ago and President Obama awarded him the Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor."

2. Networks Ignore Gun Company Putting U.S. Troops First, Rejecting $15 Million Deal With Pakistan
A Utah-based gun manufacturer turned down a $15 million contract with Pakistan in the name of keeping weapons from falling into the hands of America's enemies. ABC, CBS and NBC, networks that routinely demonize the firearms industry and promote gun control, ignored this positive story. Only Fox News highlighted Desert Tech's decision to put the troops before profit. Fox and Friends co-anchor Brian Kilmeade on Tuesday explained, "Fifteen million is a lot of money. But for this Utah gun manufacturing company, it represents more than a year of solid business." He added, "So, you think they would jump at the chance to make 15 million bucks in one day. But the guys at Desert Tech said no because the weapons were headed to Pakistan."

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Wednesday, January 08, 2014

Clean-up #Westminster Fire Dept hrs after first alarm Westminster Livestock Yard

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Clean-up at the #Westminster Fire Dept station hrs after first alarm Westminster Livestock Yard

Clean-up #Westminster Fire Dept hrs after first alarm Westminster Livestock Yard

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Tuesday, January 07, 2014

How To Fix The "You need permission to perform this action." Error On Windows

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC3jHe3IYXQ

The "You need permission to perform this action" error message in the Microsoft Windows 7 and 8 operating systems is a horrible-horrible problem.

One wonders why Microsoft does not fix it? Folders and files of which I had routine and easy access in the past are often and unexpectedly unavailable to me now that I am using Windows 7. It is totally nuts...

This video was quite helpful... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oC3jHe3IYXQ
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My 2014 Resolution: Stop the Travel Industry's Customer Service Armageddon | Christopher Elliott

My 2014 Resolution: Stop the Travel Industry's Customer Service Armageddon | Christopher Elliott: "

Christopher ElliottAuthor, How to Be the World's Smartest Traveler (and Save Time, Money, and Hassle)
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My 2014 Resolution: Stop the Travel Industry's Customer Service Armageddon
Posted: 01/05/2014" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/christopher-elliott/my-2014-resolution-stop-t_b_4545312.html?utm_hp_ref=tw

When you spend most of your waking hours advocating for consumers, it's easy to lose your sense of perspective. Complaints pour in, often hundreds per day. I can't help but feel like the customer service apocalypse is imminent.

My resolution for 2014 simple: Stop Servicemaggendon by putting what really matters in my consumer advocacy crosshairs and keep the discourse civil and fair.

What matters? Well, from my point of view, it's obvious that we're halfway down a long slide into the customer-service toilet, with only a little pipe to go before we're flushed out to the sewer. How we approach this precipitous decline matters. It requires a clear-headed, well-reasoned and polite discussion -- otherwise the problem could get worse.

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Craig and Haddaway Release Plan to Bypass Problem-Plagued Maryland Exchange

Craig and Haddaway Release Plan to Bypass Problem-Plagued Maryland Exchange

Up to $150 million would be re-allocated to promote alternative enrollment options

Harford County Executive and Maryland candidate for Governor David Craig released today a plan to avoid the under-performing state health exchange and enable people to obtain health insurance through other means. The plan consists of ending the current emphasis on Maryland Health Connection and instead diverts marketing and outreach resources to promoting direct enrollment options through insurance carriers or utilizing the assistance of Maryland-based insurance brokers.

“The O’Malley-Brown Administration needs to understand what everyone else does - that the cure is worse than the disease,” said Craig. “The task before us is how to mitigate this situation so people can get health care, because Maryland citizens are still having trouble with the website. The state exchange enrollment numbers are simply not holding up and continue to lag behind other states. The Administration is also not able to give a precise number of how many people are not getting coverage even after they believe they have enrolled in a plan.”

Maryland’s latest enrollment numbers on private Affordable Care Act-compliant plans are 18,257. Maryland is in a group of state-led exchanges experiencing chronic under-enrollment figures which includes Minnesota, Hawaii and Oregon. On the other hand, California, Connecticut, Kentucky, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont are enrolling people at far higher rates than Maryland among the 14 states in all running their own exchanges. For example, Kentucky, which has a population significantly less than Maryland, reports enrollment numbers of 33,289 in private plans.

According to the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange, people may directly enroll through insurance carriers or seek the assistance of brokers. The problem is there is no public awareness campaign to inform individuals of these other options.

According to the Congressional Research Service, Maryland has received over $123 million in what the federal government deems “level II” grants. In the grant solicitation Gov. Martin O’Malley submitted to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, the funds will in part support advertising and public relations of the exchange. Additionally, the O’Malley – Brown Administration has allocated $24 million in state funds in part to promote exchange outreach efforts according to a Maryland Reporter.com analysis. And the price tag is increasing as up to $14 million in taxpayer dollars are needed to hire a contractor to fix the web site and address enrollment problems.

“Up to $150 million dollars is going towards promoting a failing exchange, and throwing good money after bad needs to end now,” said Craig. “The Administration must realize that their intended solutions are only causing more problems, creating mass confusion, ruining credibility in government and harming our quality of life.”

Craig’s proposal would seek an HHS waiver to re-program funds to launch a public awareness campaign informing consumers of their right to obtain health insurance directly through carriers. A complimentary awareness campaign would inform people of their rights to utilize Maryland insurance brokers who are licensed and experienced in helping individuals with health insurance. Utilizing call centers for those needing assistance with the website would remain in place. Craig, however, would re-examine the navigator model in which people having problems with the website must set appointments with temporary workers disbursed among several organizations.

As for the vexing issue of low-income individuals seeking subsidies, Craig supports U.S. Sens. Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski’s proposal to HHS to enable a direct data hub allowing people to obtain financial assistance without going through an exchange.

O’Malley recently committed more money to re-double a marketing campaign to direct more consumers to the online exchange after numerous technical failures of the website caused a delay in these plans.

Last Friday, the O-Malley-Brown Administration acknowledged systemic problems with transmitting enrollment data to insurers but did not give a precise number of how many are affected which means among the over 18,000 the state counts as having enrolled, a significant number of those may not have health insurance. The Administration will submit emergency legislation to the General Assembly to shuffle those people to another state program, the Maryland Health Insurance Plan.

Lt. Governor candidate and Maryland Delegate Jeannie Haddaway expressed concerns about adding yet more bureaucratic complexity under this approach.

“By simply re-allocating resources, state leaders have the power to mitigate the botched roll-out of Obamacare in Maryland,” said Haddaway. “It will not be successful in doing so, however, by adding more bureaucratic complexity as the Administration's latest proposal does. The priority needs to be enabling consumers not bureaucracy by ensuring that our citizens have access to health insurance as well as access to quality, affordable care.”

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Background:

Maryland enrollment:
http://dev.marylandhealthconnection.com/assets/MHC_Dec_27_2013_Update.pdf

Kentucky enrollment:
http://governor.ky.gov/healthierky/Pages/default.aspx

Federal Funds:
http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R43066.pdf

O’Malley grant application:
http://dhmh.maryland.gov/exchange/pdf/Level2_site.pdf

State Funds:
http://marylandreporter.com/2013/08/11/md-health-insurance-exchange-to-open-this-fall-at-cost-of-200-million-24-million-in-state-funds/

Additional Funds:
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2013-12-18/health/bs-hs-exchange-contractors-20131218_1_state-exchange-federal-exchange-federal-affordable-care-act

Cardin / Mikulski press release:
http://www.mikulski.senate.gov/media/pressrelease/11-19-2013-3.cfm

Emergency legislation and more funds:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/md-politics/omalley-to-push-emergency-health-insurance-legislation/2014/01/03/b2a28306-74a9-11e3-8b3f-b1666705ca3b_story.html

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