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After a few minutes of agonizing over my morning Bourbon I decided to start my own Blog, just to see what happens. If you're bored or curious, point your browser at Mad Jack's Shack and be amused for a while.
My thanks to Chris for the advertisement.
After making plans to shut down the university around the holidays, the University of Toledo now says it will not require unpaid furlough days of its employees this year.
The reversal occurs after a public outcry over what some call excessive administrative bonuses, but UT President Lloyd Jacobs said the change is because enrollment is higher than expected.
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090905/NEWS16/909059998
From the Toledo Blade:Toledoan Hostetler, 31, is one of six invited to design a premium 16-ounce bottle for Mountain Dew that debuts as a limited edition on 9/9/09. Silk screened on an aluminum vessel with a pry-off cap, Hostetler's design sports 10 eyes, each about two inches wide. The bottom eye is a closed line of lashes. In an abbreviated spiral climbing toward the cap, eyes open gradually until the topmost eye pops with an emerald iris the size of a quarter.
“The idea is that by the time you finish the bottle you're wide awake,” says Mr. Hostetler, whose contribution is attributed to UPSO, his creative moniker.
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The Oregon Property TAX Levy was defeated by almost 80% ! Great news. A big win for property owners. Oregon needs to have the state fix the problem. Like they promised to do. But have not! Thanks for voting NO. Remember, Taxes are like Drugs, Just Say NO !
Results of the weekend strawpole for the Toledo Mayoral race shows Keith Wilkowski getting 64% of the vote. The link is attached.
http://www.ohiodailyblog.com/content/weekend-straw-poll--toledos-next-mayor
There's something about being naked that makes a person forget a layoff, pay cut or a shrunken retirement account.
The economic recession is "doing us a lot of favors, maybe because there's the idea that if you've lost the shirt off your back, you should go nude," said Erich Schuttauf, executive director of the American Association for Nude Recreation.
There's something about being naked that makes a person forget a layoff, pay cut or a shrunken retirement account. Promoters say nude vacations offer a complete escape from stress and the norm. 1 of 2 At least that's how the promoters of nude travel see it. The economic recession is "doing us a lot of favors, maybe because there's the idea that if you've lost the shirt off your back, you should go nude," said Erich Schuttauf, executive director of the American Association for Nude Recreation.
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Boehner Invites High School Students to Compete in Congressional Art Competition
Mar 25, 2009
Congressman John Boehner (R-West Chester) invites 8th Congressional District high school students to participate in An Artistic Discovery, a congressional art competition in which the winner’s artwork will hang in the U.S. Capitol for one year.
Since i posted a story on ladies turning to stripping to make ends meet, i saw this and wondered how people feel about belly dancing? :) i think it is very cool, and sexy, but not in a sexual way. at least that's not how it's intended if it's done correctly. :)
WOOD COUNTY, OH - Felony charges against a Tennessee man accused of stabbing Toledo radio personality Troy Neff during a road rage incident in December have been dropped.
Last week the case against Jeffrey T. Hardeman, 42, was dismissed after the Wood County grand jury failed to return formal indictment against the Knoxville, Tenn., man.
From Wired Magazine, a look-through of the technology and techniques used to recruit supporters and votes. Pretty interesting...
The Obama campaign has been building, tweaking and tinkering with its technology and organizational infrastructure since it kicked off in February 2007, and today has most sophisticated organizing apparatus of any presidential campaign in history. Previous political campaigns have tapped the internet in innovative ways — Howard Dean's 2004 presidential run, and Ron Paul's bid for this year's Republican nomination, to name two. But Obama is the first to successfully integrate technology with a revamped model of political organization that stresses volunteer participation and feedback on a massive scale, erecting a vast, intricate machine set to fuel an unprecedented get-out-the-vote drive in the final days before Tuesday's election.
From toledoblade.com:
In a major boost to northwest Ohio’s position as a budding center of low-cost solar-panel production, First Solar Inc. said yesterday that it will more than double the size of its operations in Perrysburg Township and add 134 jobs.
OMG! This really sounds like a huge step forward to finding the cure for this horrible disease. Awesome!
http://www.fox11az.com/news/topstories/stories/NWkmsb20080730_hiv_breakt...
HOUSTON -- There is real hope that what’s happening in a Houston lab might lead to a cure for HIV.
10:16 AM MST on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
By Lee McGuire / KHOU-TV News
I went to Dan Rodger's seminar on helping the homeless. He
wants to see them get back into the job market and an apt. He has
strict recovery programs for those that want change in their lives.
Toledo Banner store donated to Cherry Street ministries
This is the best website I've visited in a long time. I have been reading up and discovering so much about Oil Reserves, Oil Alternatives, Hydrogen, Biofuels, Oilgae, and so forth.
Silicon Valley is experimenting with bacteria that have been genetically altered to provide 'renewable petroleum'
The ACLU is raising record amounts of money to infiltrate the Midwest with their perverse ideology.
http://license.icopyright.net/user/viewFreeUse.act?fuid=MTEzNTQwNw==
This Thursday at 7pm you will be able to take a look for yourself at what should/could be the future of Toledo and Northwest Ohio. WSPD is holding a free and open to the public showing of Brian McMahon's Intermodal presentation in the Health Education Building on the Health Science Campus of UT, that's the former MCO campus. If you enter on Glendale follow the signs to Lot 3 and park free.
The former GOP congressman from Georgia accuses the government of irresponsible spending. He says McCain can't call himself a true conservative. Clinton and Obama campaign in West Virginia.
WASHINGTON -- Bob Barr, a former congressman from Georgia and a former Republican, today announced his candidacy for president as a Libertarian who would rein in federal spending and foreign wars.
