House Free for the Taking! Just One Catch
This is the ultimate in an affordable house. It's FREE.
That's right. Free. A house in the college town of Manhattan, Kansas is being given away free. There is a catch, though. The new owner has to pick it up and move it.
The Associated Press reports that the large, two-story house, which is currently owned by and located on the property of the First Presbyterian Church, was built in 1890. Along with 3,200 square feet of living space, it has six bedrooms, a garage and a patio.
Why is the church giving it away to anyone who will pay the hefty fees to have it moved? In recent years, the house was used as an emergency shelter for the town of Manhattan, but it's been vacant since last fall. Now the church wants to use the area for green space.
The house has not been appraised because it is affiliated with a tax-exempt religious organization.
On the Internet: www.ap.org
Also...I would like to welcome TWO new Additions to the Awesome Link List . I welcome Miss Destructo and The Augusta Street Trading Company which are both in Greenville
WELCOME GUYS!!!
27 May 2009
26 May 2009
This is Why you should'nt go on Ebay.....( with kids in the room )
Toddler buys earthmover in online auction
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A New Zealand mom made some online bids on toys before napping. Then her 3-year-old daughter took over and bought a bigger plaything than expected - a huge earth-moving digger for a cool $12,300.
Pipi Quinlan made the winning 20,000 New Zealand dollar ($12,300) bid on the Kobelco digger with a few mouse clicks at the auction site TradeMe while her parents slept, the Rodney Times newspaper reported in northern New Zealand.
``The first I knew about it was when I came down and opened up the computer,'' said Pipi's mother, Sarah Quinlan.
``I saw an e-mail from TradeMe saying I had won an auction and another e-mail from the seller saying something like `I think you'll love this digger,''' she was quoted as saying in the paper.
Quinlan said she had made auction bids on several toy sets and assumed she had bought a toy digger.
``It wasn't until I went back and reread the e-mails that I saw $20,000 - and got the shock of my life.''
She immediately called the auction site and the seller to explain what happened.
TradeMe reimbursed the seller's costs for the auction and the digger was relisted.
On the 'Net: www.trademe.co.nz
On The Internet: www.ap.org
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - A New Zealand mom made some online bids on toys before napping. Then her 3-year-old daughter took over and bought a bigger plaything than expected - a huge earth-moving digger for a cool $12,300.
Pipi Quinlan made the winning 20,000 New Zealand dollar ($12,300) bid on the Kobelco digger with a few mouse clicks at the auction site TradeMe while her parents slept, the Rodney Times newspaper reported in northern New Zealand.
``The first I knew about it was when I came down and opened up the computer,'' said Pipi's mother, Sarah Quinlan.
``I saw an e-mail from TradeMe saying I had won an auction and another e-mail from the seller saying something like `I think you'll love this digger,''' she was quoted as saying in the paper.
Quinlan said she had made auction bids on several toy sets and assumed she had bought a toy digger.
``It wasn't until I went back and reread the e-mails that I saw $20,000 - and got the shock of my life.''
She immediately called the auction site and the seller to explain what happened.
TradeMe reimbursed the seller's costs for the auction and the digger was relisted.
On the 'Net: www.trademe.co.nz
On The Internet: www.ap.org
21 May 2009
Summer Vacation? DONT GO HERE!!!
This U.S. City Has One Kidnapping a Day
It's a shocking fact: Phoenix, the fifth-largest U.S. city, has, on average, one kidnapping every day. And those are just the kidnappings the police know about. They think there are many more that go unreported. What is going on in Phoenix?
America's Most Wanted calls Phoenix, "Ground Zero for the nation's kidnappers." Criminals are kidnapping other criminals and torturing them while holding out for ransom money that typically ranges from $30,000 to $1 million. The victims are hardcore drug dealers, smugglers and leaders of coyote organizations who are being kidnapped and extorted for money by their underworld rivals. Most of the suspects and victims have ties to Mexico. And it's happening at the rate of about one day. Phoenix cops are investigating 368 kidnappings in 2008 and 357 in 2007. Although dozens of arrests have been made, there were 101 reported kidnappings as of March 31, 2009. If this trend continues, Phoenix will have a record increase in kidnappings--for the fourth consecutive year. What is worse is police suspect the reported kidnappings represent about one-third or less of the real number. Since the victims tend to be smugglers, drug dealers or illegal immigrants, they don't want to call the police.
Victims are mercilessly tortured until the ransom money is received. They are cut, beaten, burned, pistol-whipped, shot, sodomized with sharp objects and electrocuted, as well as deprived of food and water. In Mexico, kidnapping victims are usually killed, often by beheading, but in Phoenix only two have died from the torture. "It gets close sometimes," Lt. Lauri Burgett, who heads the Home Invasion and Kidnapping Enforcement squad, told CNN about how far the torture can go toward death. "It's all about the money. And there's so much money to be made in this that you can't stop it, but you can try to reveal it, and then you can try to do something about it," Burgett explained to CNN.
www.CNN.com
**Dont forget about Art Walk tonight Downtown Spartanburg**
It's a shocking fact: Phoenix, the fifth-largest U.S. city, has, on average, one kidnapping every day. And those are just the kidnappings the police know about. They think there are many more that go unreported. What is going on in Phoenix?
America's Most Wanted calls Phoenix, "Ground Zero for the nation's kidnappers." Criminals are kidnapping other criminals and torturing them while holding out for ransom money that typically ranges from $30,000 to $1 million. The victims are hardcore drug dealers, smugglers and leaders of coyote organizations who are being kidnapped and extorted for money by their underworld rivals. Most of the suspects and victims have ties to Mexico. And it's happening at the rate of about one day. Phoenix cops are investigating 368 kidnappings in 2008 and 357 in 2007. Although dozens of arrests have been made, there were 101 reported kidnappings as of March 31, 2009. If this trend continues, Phoenix will have a record increase in kidnappings--for the fourth consecutive year. What is worse is police suspect the reported kidnappings represent about one-third or less of the real number. Since the victims tend to be smugglers, drug dealers or illegal immigrants, they don't want to call the police.
Victims are mercilessly tortured until the ransom money is received. They are cut, beaten, burned, pistol-whipped, shot, sodomized with sharp objects and electrocuted, as well as deprived of food and water. In Mexico, kidnapping victims are usually killed, often by beheading, but in Phoenix only two have died from the torture. "It gets close sometimes," Lt. Lauri Burgett, who heads the Home Invasion and Kidnapping Enforcement squad, told CNN about how far the torture can go toward death. "It's all about the money. And there's so much money to be made in this that you can't stop it, but you can try to reveal it, and then you can try to do something about it," Burgett explained to CNN.
www.CNN.com
**Dont forget about Art Walk tonight Downtown Spartanburg**
20 May 2009
Oops..I almost Forgot...
ART WALK
Art Walk Spartanburg returns on Thursday, May 21 from 5 to 9 p.m. Posters and maps are available at all the art venues, and the trolley will be circulating between the exhibitions.
Brookgreen Gardens presents 20 works from its world-renowned collection. Explore the art of sculpture on exhibit at Chapman Cultural Center, Converse College and Wofford College. One night only, all three locations will be on the trolley stops for the Art Walk.
Carolina Gallery, at 145 West Main Street, continues "His and Hers, Recent Works by Trey Finney and Christine Lawrence."
MYST, at 154 West Main Street, exhibits the abstract, surreal and expressive work of over twenty artists.
Spectrum, will be open at 151 West Main Street, with a selection of framed, affordable prints.
The Artists Gallery at 172 East Main Street will display several additional photographs this month. Open only on the night of each Art Walk, this gallery exhibits Stephen Stinson's photographic portraits of artists, reproduced as giclees on canvas by Ed Emory of Carolina Gallery.
Gallery 155, at 155 East Broad Street, features rotating exhibitions with works from the Johnson Collection.
The Showroom, at HUB-BUB, 149 S. Daniel Morgan Avenue, continues their "Hit the Deck: Art on Skateboards" show.
The Spartanburg Art Museum is hosting "Blossom: Art of Flowers," an exhibit selected from 1,742 entries by 970 artists from 14 countries, and "Betty Bramlett: Past and Present," a reflection of life and experience. The Artists Guild Gallery continues "Town and Country: Urban Scenes", by Isabel Forbes, and "Beyond City Limits," by Garry Turpin.
The Crescent Gallery will hold an opening reception for "The Lady and the Lay of the Land," work by Rebecca N. King.
Several local retail merchants are participating by extending their hours for the evening.
Art Walk Spartanburg returns every third Thursday of the month with all venues open to the public.
Art Walk Spartanburg returns on Thursday, May 21 from 5 to 9 p.m. Posters and maps are available at all the art venues, and the trolley will be circulating between the exhibitions.
Brookgreen Gardens presents 20 works from its world-renowned collection. Explore the art of sculpture on exhibit at Chapman Cultural Center, Converse College and Wofford College. One night only, all three locations will be on the trolley stops for the Art Walk.
Carolina Gallery, at 145 West Main Street, continues "His and Hers, Recent Works by Trey Finney and Christine Lawrence."
MYST, at 154 West Main Street, exhibits the abstract, surreal and expressive work of over twenty artists.
Spectrum, will be open at 151 West Main Street, with a selection of framed, affordable prints.
The Artists Gallery at 172 East Main Street will display several additional photographs this month. Open only on the night of each Art Walk, this gallery exhibits Stephen Stinson's photographic portraits of artists, reproduced as giclees on canvas by Ed Emory of Carolina Gallery.
Gallery 155, at 155 East Broad Street, features rotating exhibitions with works from the Johnson Collection.
The Showroom, at HUB-BUB, 149 S. Daniel Morgan Avenue, continues their "Hit the Deck: Art on Skateboards" show.
The Spartanburg Art Museum is hosting "Blossom: Art of Flowers," an exhibit selected from 1,742 entries by 970 artists from 14 countries, and "Betty Bramlett: Past and Present," a reflection of life and experience. The Artists Guild Gallery continues "Town and Country: Urban Scenes", by Isabel Forbes, and "Beyond City Limits," by Garry Turpin.
The Crescent Gallery will hold an opening reception for "The Lady and the Lay of the Land," work by Rebecca N. King.
Several local retail merchants are participating by extending their hours for the evening.
Art Walk Spartanburg returns every third Thursday of the month with all venues open to the public.
15 May 2009
Wouldn't It Be Funny If.....
Read the Story First..you'll get the rest of the title then....
2 Yellowstone workers fired after watering geyser
By BOB MOEN
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Two seasonal Yellowstone National Parkconcession workers have been fired after a live webcam caught them urinating into the Old Faithful geyser.
Park spokesman Al Nash says a 23-year-old man on Tuesday was fined $750 and placed on three years of unsupervised probation for urinating, being off trail in a restricted area and taking items from the area. The man also was banned from Yellowstone for two years.
The second employee's case is pending.
The park's dispatch center was called after someone watching a webcam on the geyser saw six employees leaving the trail and walking on Old Faithful on May 4.
The geyser was not erupting at the time.
Xanterra Parks & Resorts general manager Jim McCaleb says the former concession workers were hired at the Old Faithful Inn and that such incidents were rare.
** Can anyone say 2nd-3rd Degree Burns?
2 Yellowstone workers fired after watering geyser
By BOB MOEN
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Two seasonal Yellowstone National Parkconcession workers have been fired after a live webcam caught them urinating into the Old Faithful geyser.
Park spokesman Al Nash says a 23-year-old man on Tuesday was fined $750 and placed on three years of unsupervised probation for urinating, being off trail in a restricted area and taking items from the area. The man also was banned from Yellowstone for two years.
The second employee's case is pending.
The park's dispatch center was called after someone watching a webcam on the geyser saw six employees leaving the trail and walking on Old Faithful on May 4.
The geyser was not erupting at the time.
Xanterra Parks & Resorts general manager Jim McCaleb says the former concession workers were hired at the Old Faithful Inn and that such incidents were rare.
** Can anyone say 2nd-3rd Degree Burns?
14 May 2009
Back...By Popular Demand?
Yes, I am back...Have you all Missed me? I know you have...I have been away doing artsy things and it has finally setttled down ( for now ) . I missed you all....Thanks for your Patience.
"Now, For something you'll really enjoy "
The Following Story is Interesting....
Dog does what rain or snow can't: Halt mail
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Cozmo the Jack Russell terrier has donewhat neither rain, sleet nor the gloom of night has been able to do - keep postal carriers in Clarksburg from their appointed rounds. Postal Service spokeswoman Cathy Yarosky said mail delivery to seven homes on Milford Street was halted because of the 20-pound terrier.
She said a carrier was injured after falling while trying to run away from Cozmo.
Cozmo's owners Jimmy and Justine Marino, said the dog has never bitten anyone. But they acknowledged he has gotten out of the yard a few times.
The Marinos have been told mail delivery won't resume until they get rid of the dog. Jimmy Marino said efforts to find a new home for Cozmo have been unsuccessful.
The Information is from: The Exponent Telegram, www.cpubco.com
** Now wouldn't that make you Barking Mad?
"Now, For something you'll really enjoy "
The Following Story is Interesting....
Dog does what rain or snow can't: Halt mail
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) - Cozmo the Jack Russell terrier has donewhat neither rain, sleet nor the gloom of night has been able to do - keep postal carriers in Clarksburg from their appointed rounds. Postal Service spokeswoman Cathy Yarosky said mail delivery to seven homes on Milford Street was halted because of the 20-pound terrier.
She said a carrier was injured after falling while trying to run away from Cozmo.
Cozmo's owners Jimmy and Justine Marino, said the dog has never bitten anyone. But they acknowledged he has gotten out of the yard a few times.
The Marinos have been told mail delivery won't resume until they get rid of the dog. Jimmy Marino said efforts to find a new home for Cozmo have been unsuccessful.
The Information is from: The Exponent Telegram, www.cpubco.com
** Now wouldn't that make you Barking Mad?
20 April 2009
10 Years Ago....
Ten Years ago a Terrible Tragedy Occured in Colorado.
On the morning of April 20, 1999, two Columbine seniors unleashed an attack with guns and pipe bombs killing 12 students and a teacher. A bigger bomb, which they hoped would destroy the crowded cafeteria, failed to go off.
The gunmen, Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, committed suicide
Please Observe a Moment of Silence and Reflect this day with Prayer and Ask God to Protect our Schools and Teachers.
On the morning of April 20, 1999, two Columbine seniors unleashed an attack with guns and pipe bombs killing 12 students and a teacher. A bigger bomb, which they hoped would destroy the crowded cafeteria, failed to go off.
The gunmen, Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, committed suicide
Please Observe a Moment of Silence and Reflect this day with Prayer and Ask God to Protect our Schools and Teachers.
14 April 2009
Why do i get the feeling....
They Should have left what they found , BURIED!!
Look What They Dug Up in an Oasis!
They number in the dozens, these brightly painted mummies that are as much as 4,000 years old. Archaeologists working in an Egyptian oasis uncovered an ancient Egypt burial chamber containing 53 rock-hewn tombs that date to the Middle Kingdom, from 2061 to 1786 B.C.
"Four of the mummies date back to the 22nd Dynasty (931 to 725 BC) and are considered some of the most beautiful mummies found," Zahi Hawass, Egypt's antiquities chief, told Agence France Presse. The mummies, all of which were wrapped in linen, were brightly painted in the traditional ancient Egyptian colors of turquoise, terracotta and gold.
Discovered near the Ilahun pyramid in Fayoum oasis south of Cairo, the necropolis also contained 15 painted masks, a Middle Kingdom funerary chapel with an offering table, amulets and clay pots.
I really have a bad feeling about this Discovery!!!
Look What They Dug Up in an Oasis!
They number in the dozens, these brightly painted mummies that are as much as 4,000 years old. Archaeologists working in an Egyptian oasis uncovered an ancient Egypt burial chamber containing 53 rock-hewn tombs that date to the Middle Kingdom, from 2061 to 1786 B.C.
"Four of the mummies date back to the 22nd Dynasty (931 to 725 BC) and are considered some of the most beautiful mummies found," Zahi Hawass, Egypt's antiquities chief, told Agence France Presse. The mummies, all of which were wrapped in linen, were brightly painted in the traditional ancient Egyptian colors of turquoise, terracotta and gold.
Discovered near the Ilahun pyramid in Fayoum oasis south of Cairo, the necropolis also contained 15 painted masks, a Middle Kingdom funerary chapel with an offering table, amulets and clay pots.
I really have a bad feeling about this Discovery!!!
13 April 2009
Found this online....
Faith-Inspiring Biblical Discovery
When police raided suspected antiquity smugglers in Cyprus, they hit gold. Reuters reports that they found what authorities believe is an ancient version of the Bible written in Syriac, a dialect of the native language of Jesus Christ. The manuscript, which has excerpts of the Bible written in gold lettering on vellum, is about 2,000 years old. The pages are loosely strung together. On one of the pages is a drawing of a tree and eight lines of Syriac script. Jesus spoke Aramaic, and Syriac is a dialect of that. Once widely spoken across much of the Middle East and Central Asia, Syriac is still used in the Syrian Orthodox Church in India, while Aramaic is still used in religious rituals of Maronite Christians in Cyprus.
However there are two big questions: From where did the manuscript come? And is it an original? The answers to those questions mean it could be a priceless religious relic--or a complete fake. Experts said the use of gold lettering on the manuscript is one way to date it. "I'd suspect that it is most likely to be less than 1,000 years old," leading expert Peter Williams, warden of Tyndale House at the University of Cambridge, told Reuters.
In addition, J.F. Coakley, a manuscripts specialist at the University of Cambridge library and fellow of Wolfson College, told Reuters, "The Syriac writing seems to be in the East Syriac script with vowel points, and you do not find such manuscripts before about the 15th century. On the basis of the one photo...if I'm not mistaken some words at least seem to be in modern Syriac, a language that was not written down until the mid-19th century."
So where did the manuscript come from? Charlotte Roueche, a professor of Byzantine studies at King's College London, told Reuters, "One very likely source could be the Tur-Abdin area of Turkey, where there is still a Syriac speaking community." Also found along with the manuscript was a prayer statue and a stone carving of Jesus that is thought to be from a church in northern Cyprus, as well as dynamite. The police have charged the detainees with smuggling antiquities, illegal excavations and the possession of explosives.
www.reuters.org
When police raided suspected antiquity smugglers in Cyprus, they hit gold. Reuters reports that they found what authorities believe is an ancient version of the Bible written in Syriac, a dialect of the native language of Jesus Christ. The manuscript, which has excerpts of the Bible written in gold lettering on vellum, is about 2,000 years old. The pages are loosely strung together. On one of the pages is a drawing of a tree and eight lines of Syriac script. Jesus spoke Aramaic, and Syriac is a dialect of that. Once widely spoken across much of the Middle East and Central Asia, Syriac is still used in the Syrian Orthodox Church in India, while Aramaic is still used in religious rituals of Maronite Christians in Cyprus.
However there are two big questions: From where did the manuscript come? And is it an original? The answers to those questions mean it could be a priceless religious relic--or a complete fake. Experts said the use of gold lettering on the manuscript is one way to date it. "I'd suspect that it is most likely to be less than 1,000 years old," leading expert Peter Williams, warden of Tyndale House at the University of Cambridge, told Reuters.
In addition, J.F. Coakley, a manuscripts specialist at the University of Cambridge library and fellow of Wolfson College, told Reuters, "The Syriac writing seems to be in the East Syriac script with vowel points, and you do not find such manuscripts before about the 15th century. On the basis of the one photo...if I'm not mistaken some words at least seem to be in modern Syriac, a language that was not written down until the mid-19th century."
So where did the manuscript come from? Charlotte Roueche, a professor of Byzantine studies at King's College London, told Reuters, "One very likely source could be the Tur-Abdin area of Turkey, where there is still a Syriac speaking community." Also found along with the manuscript was a prayer statue and a stone carving of Jesus that is thought to be from a church in northern Cyprus, as well as dynamite. The police have charged the detainees with smuggling antiquities, illegal excavations and the possession of explosives.
www.reuters.org
10 April 2009
2 Fer or I realize I didn't Post Yesterday
Peter Cooper & Eric Brace
When:Friday, April 10 8:30pm
tickets: $10
Spartanburg natives Peter Cooper and Brian Ashley Jones return for a special double bill. Former Spartan Peter Cooper's new duo album with Eric Brace, You Don't Have To Like Them Both, has already topped the folk charts, and now it's climbing into the Top 10 of the Americana chart. Songwriting luminary Rodney Crowell said that the pair has "made a new record called You Don't Have To Like Them Both. Well, guess what? I like them both. Think of what you liked best about Gordon Lightfoot, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Gram Parsons and Roy Acuff, and then thank God these lads like each other well enough to offer up such a smoking good batch of songs." The Washington Post concluded, Eric Brace and Peter Cooper are in tune.
"Released last year, Cooper's Mission Door album earned praise from Kris Kristofferson, Tom T. Hall and others, and the album wound up on numerous year-end Top 10 lists. Brace is the leader of acclaimed Americana collective Last Train Home. This will be Brace's first time in Spartanburg, though he has heard practically every one of the Ashley Fly stories. Find out more about Peter and the new CD at Peter's site.
Brian Ashley Jones is a soulful singer, accomplished lead guitarist, and versatile songwriter. Described as "Blues Grass", Jones' music is heavily influenced by the guitar driven blues, bluegrass, folk, country, and rock that he absorbed growing up here in Spartanburg.
Now based in Nashville, Jones maintains an active touring schedule and performs about 150 live shows per year at festivals, concert series, radio shows, and songwriter venues as well as leading workshops around the country as part of Nashville Songwriters Association International's Pros On The Road program.
When:Friday, April 10 8:30pm
tickets: $10
Spartanburg natives Peter Cooper and Brian Ashley Jones return for a special double bill. Former Spartan Peter Cooper's new duo album with Eric Brace, You Don't Have To Like Them Both, has already topped the folk charts, and now it's climbing into the Top 10 of the Americana chart. Songwriting luminary Rodney Crowell said that the pair has "made a new record called You Don't Have To Like Them Both. Well, guess what? I like them both. Think of what you liked best about Gordon Lightfoot, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Gram Parsons and Roy Acuff, and then thank God these lads like each other well enough to offer up such a smoking good batch of songs." The Washington Post concluded, Eric Brace and Peter Cooper are in tune.
"Released last year, Cooper's Mission Door album earned praise from Kris Kristofferson, Tom T. Hall and others, and the album wound up on numerous year-end Top 10 lists. Brace is the leader of acclaimed Americana collective Last Train Home. This will be Brace's first time in Spartanburg, though he has heard practically every one of the Ashley Fly stories. Find out more about Peter and the new CD at Peter's site.
Brian Ashley Jones is a soulful singer, accomplished lead guitarist, and versatile songwriter. Described as "Blues Grass", Jones' music is heavily influenced by the guitar driven blues, bluegrass, folk, country, and rock that he absorbed growing up here in Spartanburg.
Now based in Nashville, Jones maintains an active touring schedule and performs about 150 live shows per year at festivals, concert series, radio shows, and songwriter venues as well as leading workshops around the country as part of Nashville Songwriters Association International's Pros On The Road program.
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