Month: July 2009
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Beer Summit
From XKCD.com “Understocked” 5 out of 5 Stars! Definitely.
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In Florence Things go BOOM!
Residents in Florence, Kentucky had one of those moments where life was continuing as normal then a random event happens. An event so unusual that it causes time to pause and consider what just occurred. “All of sudden out of nowhere, we just had this big boom and explosion and I saw it across the…
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Soapbox Derby Akron Champs
Kelsey Moores finished 8th in the Stock division at Akron, Ohio. Stock Division 1. Sarah Whitaker, Norton, Ohio 2. Mallory Robb, Anderson, Ind. 3. Laura Geer, North Summit, Ohio 4. Bryce Taylor, LaMesa, Calif. 5. Melody Castner, Youngstown, Ohio 6. Christian Fortner, Kansas City, Mo. 7. Katy Williams, Marietta, Ga. 8. Kelsey Moores, Hopkinsville, Ky.…
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Clear Day
A great day to be outside. The farmer’s market at Bradford Square Mall was lined with vendors. Humidity has come down dramatically since I complained about it on June 28. The low tonight and tomorrow is forecast to be in the 50’s. There’s some people in Minnesota already talking about Global Cooling. Today, walking down…
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Tip for Energynet Customers
Last week, my Internet service was switched from New Wave Communications to HES Energynet. Even though New Wave promised 1.5 megabits for our tier of service it only rarely met that level. Many times downloads would stall for no apparent reason. It is possible that some fault lies with my wireless router. Like I will…
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Fool’s Gold
At the risk of providing these people with more business. I want to talk about these brainless commercials advertising gold coins. Last week, I watched a show on the history channel about Fort Knox, KY and all the Capital ‘G’old that’s held there. Of course, while the tv show speaks about Gold that means something…
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Review: CrimeReports.com
Recently the Hopkinsville Police Department started publishing crime data for the city through CrimeReports.com. Among the positives for this service is the data itself which seems to be posted on a timely basis. CrimeReports.com provides two different views of the data; one is google map-based, the other uses a bar chart, pie chart, and line…
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Free Healthcare is not Free
“The United States is the only civilized country that does not have ‘free’ healthcare!” –Jane Doe This statement was spoken today by a woman dealing with some potentially serious medical problems. She was concerned about the high cost of medical testing. Not to mention the medical bills to come later if she actually undergoes treatment.…