Tuesday, July 30, 2013

The Catoctin Banner | Arts & Entertainment

Carlton Harbaugh article -1On Saturday, June 29, 2013, a new photography exhibit entitled ?Chesapeake Tribute: People and Places? opened in the Van Lennep Auditorium of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels, Maryland. The show continues through September and is free for CBMM members or with museum admission.

Featuring the work of area photographers Carlton Harbaugh, Bea Poulin, and Joanne Riley, the exhibit includes images that represent an era the photographers believe is fast disappearing from the Chesapeake landscape and seascape. The tribute includes photographs of aging Chesapeake Bay Architecture, Chesapeake Bay Built Waterman Boats, and the Celebration of a Charter Boat Captain?s life.

Carlton Harbaugh spent the first twelve years of his life in Havre de Grace, Maryland, along the Chesapeake Bay on a Military Installation of the 29th Div. It was here in Havre De Grace that Carlton became interested in Photography with his parents? Argus 75 twin lens reflex (120 film) camera, a basic 60?s camera with fixed lens that was the norm. This is where he saw his first Naval Ship with the crew of Sailors in their Tropical Whites on the deck for their morning quarters and inspection; this was later to influence his decision to join the U.S. Navy. Also, the morning of the ship departing Havre de Grace, to his surprise, he saw a car driving down the city boat ramp directly into the Chesapeake Bay, his first and only Aqua Car (German Car) that could drive on the highway but also had a propeller and was seaworthy. He then relocated to Harbaugh Valley in Sabillasville, Maryland, where his family and ancestors settled from Germany in the 1730s. In 1974, after graduating from Catoctin High School, he served in the U.S. Navy, working in Photographic Intelligence and serving as original Crew aboard the USS Nimitz CVN-68, and later with Reconn Squadrons and Special Forces, supporting many missions, including Bosnia.

In 1986, he relocated to Southern Maryland, along the Chesapeake Bay while still on active duty.

Carlton saw a way of life disappearing and made it his mission to photograph and capture the life of Watermen and a way of life along the Chesapeake Bay. Carlton retired from the Navy in 1997, and relocated back to Sabillasville in 2010. That was also the year that Carlton?s mother was diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung Cancer.

Harbaugh is a member of The Royal Photographic Society, the National Press Photographers Association, a founding member of the Muddy Creek Artists Guild, Member of the Northwestern Frederick County Civic Association, life member of the UDT-SEAL Association, life member of the Disabled American Veterans Association, and a Veterans of the Vietnam War Life Member.

In November 2012, while watching MPTV, Carlton saw a special on the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, where the highlight was a Photographic Exhibition of the Chesapeake Bay. He contacted the Museum Curators and set up an appointment to meet with them about an idea for a Photographic Exhibition of his Bay-related photographs and invited two of his photographer friends to join in the Exhibition with their own Chesapeake Bay-related Photographs. Their work was reviewed and accepted, and the Exhibit opened on June 29, 2013, and runs until September 29, 2013.

The two photographers, who are also part of the show, are Bea Poulin, founding President of Muddy Creek Artists Guide of Shady Side Maryland, whose photographs include Chesapeake Bay architecture of old farmhouses, abandoned churches, tobacco barns, and more.

Also, Joanne Riley of Churchton, Maryland, a self-taught photographer whose subjects include boat captains, children, charter boats, models, and more. Joanne Riley is also founding member of Muddy Creek Artist Guild.

The exhibit is open daily, from 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. For more information, visit www.cbmm.org or call 410-745-2916.

Source: http://thecatoctinbanner.com/arts-entertainment/

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Texas lawmakers defeat key transportation amendment

by CHRIS TOMLINSON and WILL WEISSERT

Associated Press

Posted on July 29, 2013 at 5:50 PM

Updated today at 8:25 PM

AUSTIN (AP) ? A proposed constitutional amendment boosting funding for roads and transportation infrastructure by more than $840 annually garnered just 84 votes in the Texas House late Monday, 16 fewer than it needed for approval and likely setting the stage for a third special session.

The lower chamber will convene again Tuesday, the last day of the second extra legislative session, and is expected to reconsider the vote ? but supporters and opponents agreed the outcome appears unlikely to change. Gov. Rick Perry has promised to call lawmakers back yet again if they fail to pass the package of new funding for road and bridge construction.

"It is disappointing that some members of the House today needlessly delayed our state's ability to deal with the added strain our increasing population and surging economy are placing on our roads and highways," Perry said in a statement. He added: "Legislators have been in Austin for nearly seven months now, and to go home without dealing with one of the most pressing issues facing all Texans is simply unacceptable."

The regular, 140-day session ended on May 27 but a state that prides itself on having a part-time Legislature is now facing the prospect of seeing its lawmakers in session 230 days thanks to three, 30-day special sessions.

The Housed needed two-thirds of its 150 members to support the would-be constitutional amendment, which would ask voters in November 2014 to approve the additional spending on transportation.

Experts say Texas needs $4 billion extra in the state budget to maintain the current road network given the state's booming population, but the Republican majority refuses to consider raising taxes.

Instead they have proposed taking an estimated $848 million in oil and gas taxes that would normally flow into the state's cash reserves or Rainy Day Fund. Supporters say that funding will be a good start toward fixing the problem.

But some conservatives opposed the plan, saying the state shouldn't be using its Rainy Day Fund for ongoing expenses. Meanwhile, a number of Democrats opposed it because the funding package might have included a floor for the Rainy Day Fund of $6 billion that would have halted all diversion to transportation if the fund fell below that amount.

Discrepancies between funding proposals passed in the House and Senate, as well as disagreement on the proposed floor, delayed the final vote until Monday. In all, House Democrats voted 26-13 in favor of the amendment, while Republicans supported it 58-27. At least 26 lawmakers were absent from Monday's vote.

The measure's sponsor in the House, Democratic Rep. Joe Pickett of El Paso, said it was so late in the summer that many representatives were absent for the vote. He said the House will move to reconsider Tuesday, but that the prospects appear bleak because many lawmakers will still be absent, and those present are unlikely to change their minds.

"I think it would be pretty difficult," Pickett said. "Very difficult to get bodies that weren't here back in time, or cajole ... others into voting differently."

House Speaker Joe Straus, a San Antonio Republican, said "as today's vote shows, members have become increasingly uncomfortable with the idea of diverting and indefinitely dedicating funds away from the Rainy Day Fund to roads."

"Diverting a capped amount of money from the Rainy Day fund to repair roads is much like using a Band-Aid to cover a pothole," Straus said in a statement. "In the end, you still have a pothole and you've spent a lot of money without solving the fundamental problem."

Funding for roads was set to pass at the end of the first special session but died as collateral damage when Democratic state Sen. Wendy Davis of Fort Worth filibustered a sweeping bill imposing some of the country's strictest limits on abortion. The Legislature has since passed the abortion restrictions.

With the transportation plan still not passed, Perry has promised to call lawmakers back for another 30 days. From the House floor, though, Pickett implored the governor: "Don't call us back tomorrow."

"Let us relax, let us have a vacation, let us have a summer," he said, adding of next year's election cycle: "Let us get through the primaries and then we can come back."

The Senate, meanwhile, adjourned without voting, but plans to approve the measure by two-thirds on Tuesday. Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, who oversees legislation there, said of the House: "It is my hope that they will bring this up for reconsideration."

"They are optimistic they can get the votes," Dewhurst said. "But I will leave that to them."

Source: http://www.wfaa.com/news/texas-news/Texas-lawmakers-defeat-key-transportation-amendment-217460771.html

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Charlize Theron pairs with Bunim/Murray for fashion-based reality show

By Tim Kenneally

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Charlize Theron is about to get real with Bunim/Murray Productions.

Theron's Denver & Delilah production company is pairing with Bunim/Murray for a reality series "Whose Closet Is it Anyway?"

The series, which is based on a format from Keshet International that first aired in Israel in 2011, explores what would happen if someone swapped your entire closet with somebody else's. In each episode, three women, each with a distinct style and a strong fashion sense, trade their entire closets and have to cope with each of the other women's wardrobes. Each woman has to change her entire look and try on styles that are totally different from her own, all while going about her usual routine. What does it feel like to walk in another woman's stilettos? Will her family like her new look? What will her boss have to say?

This marks the first reality venture for Denver & Delilah, and the first joint production venture for Bunim/Murray.

"Charlize and her Denver & Delilah team have wonderful instincts and a fresh perspective which we think is a big plus in creating and selling reality television," said Jonathan Murray, Chairman of Bunim/Murray Productions.

Colleen Ocean Hall, whose credits include Ashton Kutcher's Katalyst Films and Television, has been named senior vice president of development for the venture.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/charlize-theron-pairs-bunim-murray-fashion-based-reality-233115717.html

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Monday, July 29, 2013

Wave of car bombings targets Iraqi Shi'ites, killing 44

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Twelve car bombs exploded across Iraq early on Monday, killing at least 44 people in predominantly Shi'ite areas, police and medical sources said.

At least 10 people were killed when two car bombs blew up near a bus station in the city of Kut, 150 kilometers (95 miles) southeast of the capital, police said.

Four more died in a blast in the town of Mahmoudiya, about 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad.

The rest of the bombings took place across Baghdad, in Sadr city, Habibiya, Hurriya, Bayaa, Ur, Shurta, Kadhimiya and Risala neighborhoods.

A relentless campaign of bombings and shootings has killed nearly 4,000 people in Iraq since the start of the year, according to violence monitoring group Iraq Body Count.

The violence has raised fears of a return to full-blown conflict in a country where Kurds, Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims have yet to find a stable way of sharing power.

In recent months, Sunni Islamist militants have regained momentum an their insurgency against the Shi'ite-led government, striking with a ferocity not seen in years.

In July alone, more than 810 people have lost their lives in militant attacks.

Sectarian tensions across the region have been inflamed by the civil war in neighboring Syria, which has drawn Shi'ites and Sunnis from Iraq and beyond into battle on opposite sides.

(Reporting by Kareem Raheem and Jaafar al Taie; Writing by Isabel Coles; Editing by John Stonestreet)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/eight-car-bombs-kill-26-across-baghdad-police-061653841.html

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Animal rights group may come to roo man's rescue

Topics:? animal welfare, barrister, colin candy, hervey bay, high court, kangaroo

 Colin Candy, with Frances the kangaroo, is standing strong after 12 years of defending his right to have roos in his backyard.
Colin Candy, with Frances the kangaroo, is standing strong after 12 years of defending his right to have roos in his backyard. Valerie Horton

AN ANIMAL rights organisation is assessing the merits of Colin Candy's High Court case to see if it can offer legal help to the kangaroo crusader.

A spokeswoman for the Barristers Animal Welfare Panel confirmed the organisation was looking into whether there were grounds for an appeal in the ongoing court battle Mr Candy has waged for more than a decade.

The court case started over a kangaroo named Mitchell, which Mr Candy and his family raised from when it was a joey.

In 2001, officers from the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service raided the family's Hervey Bay home and took the kangaroo.

Mr Candy, who now owns five kangaroos, had to sell his house to cover his expenses as he travelled between Brisbane and Hervey Bay for court hearings.

He is attempting to seek compensation for mental anguish, the loss of his home and the loss of the kangaroo.




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Sunday, July 28, 2013

NASA's Garver Proposes Carving Piece Off Big Asteroid For Near-Earth Mining

[unable to retrieve full-text content]MarkWhittington writes "According to a July 26, 2013 story in Space News, NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver mused about what appeared to be a change to the space agency's asteroid snatching mission at the NewSpace 2013 conference. Apparently the idea is to send a robot to a larger asteroid than originally planned, carve out a chunk of it, and then bring it to lunar orbit for an crew of astronauts to visit in an Orion space ship. Garver's proposed change would widen the number of target asteroids and would test technologies important for asteroid mining. But it would also increase the complexity and certainly the cost of the asteroid mission. There are a lot of unanswered questions, such as what kind of mechanism would be involved in taking a piece of an asteroid and moving it? At the same conference Garver had hinted at a willingness to consider mounting a program of "sustainable" lunar exploration, as some in Congress have demanded, concurrent with the asteroid mission."

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