60 Minutes reports on Marcellus Shale
60 Minutes video on Marcellsu Shale.
Shale Gas Drilling: Pros & Cons
November 14, 2010 12:34 PM
While some complain that extracting natural gas from shale rock formations is tainting their water supply, others who have allowed drilling on their property are getting wealthy. Lesley Stahl reports…
Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7054210n&tag=contentMain;contentBody#ixzz167v6ckVI
THANK YOU VETERANS! Happy Veterans Day!
Give thanks today for the many folks who served the US and for those who laid down their lives that we may be able to enjoy the freedoms that we have today. THANK YOU!
From Wikipedia:
Veterans Day is an annual United States holiday honoring military veterans. A federal holiday, it is observed on November 11. It is also celebrated as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day in other parts of the world, falling on November 11, the anniversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. (Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice.)
History
The U.S. President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed an Armistice Day for November 11, 1919. In proclaiming the holiday, he said
“To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with lots of pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations.”[2]
The United States Congress passed a concurrent resolution seven years later on June 4, 1926, requesting that the President (Calvin Coolidge) issue another proclamation to observe November 11 with appropriate ceremonies.[2] An Act (52 Stat. 351; 5 U.S. Code, Sec. 87a) approved May 13, 1938, made the 11th of November in each year a legal holiday; “a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as ‘Armistice Day’.”
In 1953, an Emporia, Kansas shoe store owner named Alfred King had the idea to expand Armistice Day to celebrate all veterans, not just those who served in World War I. King had been actively involved with the American War Dads during World War II. He began a campaign to turn Armistice Day into “All” Veterans Day. The Emporia Chamber of Commerce took up the cause after determining that 90% of Emporia merchants as well as the Board of Education supported closing their doors on November 11 to honor veterans. With the help of then-U.S. Rep. Ed Rees, also from Emporia, a bill for the holiday was pushed through Congress. President Dwight Eisenhower signed it into law on May 26, 1954.[3]
Congress amended this act on June 1, 1954, replacing “Armistice” with Veterans, and it has been known as Veterans Day since.[4][5]
Although originally scheduled for celebration on November 11 of every year, starting in 1971 in accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, Veterans Day was moved to the fourth Monday of October. In 1978 it was moved back to its original celebration on November 11. Since this change, there has been a trend against being closed on the holiday. It began with businesses (excluding banks) and in recent years some schools and local governments have also chosen to remain open.
A Summertime Palette
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These varying hues of pink, yellow, green, and purple are most pleasing to the human eye, at least most would agree, and the Mountaintop is no where lacking in such colors. August marks the time when plants mature, coming to their full potential, whether it be to please the eye, or to feed a hungry mouth. Sweet corn on the cob is being sold across the county, as are tomatoes and melons and squash, among many other tasty and healthful foods. Also shown in this photo is Maryland’s state flower, the black-eyed Susan, bobbing its bright head. The summer is short in Garrett County, but certainly does not lack the season’s beauty. Photo by Lisa Rook.
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FireFly Farms Earns Blue Ribbon For Bleu Goat Cheese
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Aug. 11, 2011
Firefly Farms, producer of goat cheeses from Maryland’s Allegheny Plateau, has earned a top honor at this year’s American Cheese Society’s annual conference, which was held in Montreal, Canada.
FireFly’s aged goat cheese, Mountain Top Bleu, received the first place ribbon, beating out numerous other blue-veined goat cheeses. The ribbon marked the 14th individual honor received by Mountain Top Bleu, which has been recognized by Saveur Magazine as one of its 50 favorite American cheeses.
“This is the 44th individual award for our FireFly Farms product line,” explained Matt Cedro, head cheese maker.
“It always feels great to have our work recognized on the national stage. We are very proud of all our cheeses and to receive this type of recognition is wonderful.”
“It all began nearly 10 years ago with a first-place ribbon for Mountain Top Bleu at the ACS in 2002,” added Mike Kock, FireFly Farms president.
“As we move our creamery to Accident and prepare to expand our business, it’s greatly fulfilling that Mountain Top Bleu has remained America’s best.”
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Let The Fun Begin
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In addition to the rides and games of the midway, the 55th annual Garrett County Agriculture Fair will offer a wide range of fun activities for the whole family. Exhibits, musical entertainment, art displays, a magic show, and a wide variety of food and beverages are just some of the offerings that the $10 flat entrance fee will purchase. The event will take place from Aug. 13 to 20 at the fairgrounds in McHenry. For a complete schedule one may visit the web site www.garrettcountyfair.org.
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Paddlers Compete At Championships
Maryland Holds First State Paddling Match
POSTED: 10:12 pm EDT August 13, 2011
UPDATED: 10:17 pm EDT August 13, 2011
MCHENRY, Md. — Canoeists and kayakers are competing in Maryland’s first state paddling championships in McHenry.
Organizers of the event at Adventure Sports Center International overlooking Deep Creek Lake said the slalom races were held on the upper section of the center’s whitewater course. The mountaintop sports center is hosting the International Canoe Federation’s canoe slalom world championships in 2014.
Read more: http://www.wbaltv.com/entertainment/28858911/detail.html#ixzz1VCTjO5zv
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Lakeside adventures
Sunday August 14, 2011
Lakeside adventures
by The Associated Press
By Lindsey Fleming
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va.
Aug. 14–STORY AND PHOTOS BY LINDSEY FLEMING THE DOMINION POST
THIS IS the third in a three-part series about day trips.
Traveling has become something of a ritual in responsibility for me. It seems I can’t go farther than the grocery store without a Garmin to guide me and a multitude of itineraries, back-up plans and emergency contacts in tow.
There was a time, about five years ago, when I traveled across the Atlantic, canceled my flight back home and happily roamed foreign lands months longer than expected — with not a checklist in site.
I don’t know what kind of voodoo magic burgeoning adulthood cast on me between now and then that makes planning out possible ventures on Google Maps’ street-view a requirement, but I aim to change it.
With that in mind, I decided to pick a place for my day trip and plan little else.
After a chat with my friend, I settled on the Deep Creek Lake area in Garrett County, Md. Not exactly a trek across the Amazon, true, but you gotta start somewhere. And a beautiful lake, only an hour away, with some of the easiest directions I’ve ever encountered, seemed a perfect first step.
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July 2011 Real Estate Market Update - Residential
24 homes sold in the month of July 2011 at Deep Creek Lake & Garrett County. Compared to last July, we were only 2 sales short. We are only down one transaction from June 2011 – overall, I think that’s great. I believe that the vacation rental market trending down over the month of June in the past few years has an effect on the July sales numbers. If people aren’t here on vacation, they aren’t buying homes. Same thing for primary residential homes – kids are in school, sports & activities later and later every year. Of course, the market is changing, too. But, people are still buying real estate at Deep Creek Lake & in Garrett County.
Let’s take a look at the rest of the stats:
There are 64 homes under contract right now (56 last month).
The average list vs. ORIGINAL sales price was 88.25% – UP a whopping 6.5% from last month (81.77%).
The ADJUSTED list vs sale price was 91.58%, up more than 3% from last month (88.28%).
The current # of active/for sale listings in MRIS (minus timeshares) is 810, up from last months 780. We have a 33.75 month supply of homes available (minus timeshares) based solely on the July sales numbers. This number is up from last month’s 31 month supply.
Random observations:
•3 ‘newer’ homes sold in July (5 years old or less)
•It appears that 17 or so of these sales were vacation homes
•13 homes sold under $300,000 (last month was 13)
•13 homes sold under $400,000
•2 homes sold over $ 1 million (5 homes last month)
•2 homes sold for higher than full price or at full price (last month was 2)
•One house sold for 68.92% of asking price – 122 Sand Spring Rd
•The oldest home that sold was 74 yrs old
•The average age of the homes that sold was 23 years (23 last month)
•5 condo/townhouse properties sold (1 last month)
Here are the statistical breakdowns:
Average Sale Price: $404,750 (last month $495,235)
Average Days on Market: 163/190 (last month 185/246) (days on market with current broker/total days on market)
More in depth stats by price range, from our friends at RBIntel. These stats are updated daily, not monthly and include timeshares. So, our numbers will differ slightly.
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Outdoors Girl: End of the trail
So this is it. The last Outdoors Girl post.
I’m heading off for the family’s annual striped bass and bluefish fishing vacation on Chappaquiddick Island and when I return after Labor Day it will be to a desk on the Metro staff, where my Sun career started 23 years ago.
What a great 11 1/2-year romp through the outdoors. What an honor to follow in the footsteps of Rachel Carson, who had this job in the 1930s, fly fishing guru Lefty Kreh and Maryland outdoors editor emeritus Bill Burton. What a pleasure to meet and talk with you on the trails and on the water.
Thanks one and all. And thanks to my editors, who didn’t always get where I was going, but had the courage and sense of fun to say, “OK.”
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Affordable rentals tough to come by in state
Maryland among least-affordable states; waiting lists for housing vouchers boast thousands of applicants
by Margie Hyslop, Staff Writer
As a senior information specialist working for the Department of Health and Human Services, Christina Bradshaw has what a housing official called a “good job.”
Yet, Bradshaw said after a divorce she faced the choice of living in a community she could afford or one that was a good environment for her three kids.
Bradshaw wanted to continue living in the house she rents in Silver Spring, a challenge given that in Maryland the average hourly wage needed to pay for a modest two-bedroom apartment is $24.76. That’s the fourth-highest figure in the nation, behind Hawaii, the District of Columbia (at $28.10) and California, according to “Out of Reach 2011,” the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s latest report on obstacles that low-wage workers face in their search for housing.
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