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			<title>August 2008 is a busy month for the Buffalo Trace Mounted Patrol</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:49:02 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>The first item on the August agenda was perimeter security for the 2nd Annual Balloon Race held on the campus of the Maysville Community College.  
 
The event was a fundraiser for an area non-profit, so making sure the crowds flowed smoothly thru the parking areas and the ticket booths were...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>The first item on the August agenda was perimeter security for the 2nd Annual Balloon Race held on the campus of the Maysville Community College. <br />
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The event was a fundraiser for an area non-profit, so making sure the crowds flowed smoothly thru the parking areas and the ticket booths were essential to the success of the event. The Patrol worked along the busy Hwy. 68 corridor and secured the rural fields around the campus. <br />
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Incorporating mini training sessions while working volunteer events is a priority of Robert Milward, the Patrol’s training officer and founder. A trainer could never plan all the variables that arise during an actual event. <br />
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While working with area law enforcement and other agencies for this event, an opportunity to interact with a Life Flight helicopter became available. Horses and riders were staged for the arrival of the helicopter and began their sensitivity training. <br />
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The horses mastered the skill needed to remain calm as the copter flew overhead at a low altitude. The hardest part was when the “hot copter” scooted 100 feet at grass level across the field like a high-speed vehicle. <br />
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The horses and riders are constantly being trained to remain calm around people, emergency vehicles and other man made distractions.<br />
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Six members of the Buffalo Trace Mounted Patrol are graduates of the Kentucky Ground Search and Rescue class held for the Area 8 Emergency Management Personnel. The Buffalo Trace Mounted Patrol is a 911 Search and Rescue Resource for the State of Kentucky dispatched by the Mason County, Kentucky 911 operator. <br />
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Labor Day Weekend will find the Patrol near Fleming County, Kentucky providing assistance to a large outdoor Music Festival.<br />
For more information on membership, sponsorship or training opportunities with the Buffalo Trace Mounted Patrol, visit <a href="http://www.BuffaloTraceMountedPatrol.com" target="_blank">www.BuffaloTraceMountedPatrol.com</a> or call their training center. 606-742-9559</div>

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			<title>catapult  ??????????</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:33:04 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[No, they didn't know what the word meant but they sure knew what they were up to. The Gandbabies were here last Friday, their last day together before school started. We were having a blast catching frogs and butterflies, the usual stuff. I was alone with the little boogers and ran into the house...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>No, they didn't know what the word meant but they sure knew what they were up to. The Gandbabies were here last Friday, their last day together before school started. We were having a blast catching frogs and butterflies, the usual stuff. I was alone with the little boogers and ran into the house to &quot;potty,&quot; been around kids way tooo long. Only gone a few minutes, literally, when I opened the door there were all four of them huddled around the limb of the spruce tree. The two oldest boys, 6 and 4, had pulled the limb down to the ground and had talked the 4 year old girl into riding the branch like a horse. When I stepped out and asked them what they were up to the boys immediately let the branch loose hoping to catapult her into the sky. :eek: Didn't work, thank God. The 2 year old was standing there saying, &quot;tree&quot; one of his favorite few words. She fell into the grass and I went to her rescue. She had the tree sap from the branch all over her little arms and legs. She said, &quot;Granny, I was just going to fly a little.&quot;</div>

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			<title>the outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:04:59 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Schaub, 86, has adored horses all his life and served for about 30 years as a mounted police officer for the Essex County Police Department in New Jersey. Schaub suffers from mild dementia and can no longer walk.  
 
But on Tuesday, he left his bed for the first time in more than a year to meet...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Schaub, 86, has adored horses all his life and served for about 30 years as a mounted police officer for the Essex County Police Department in New Jersey. Schaub suffers from mild dementia and can no longer walk. <br />
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But on Tuesday, he left his bed for the first time in more than a year to meet Calippo.<br />
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The meeting was a bit awkward at first. The proper way to feed a horse a snack is with an outstretched palm so no fingers are accidentally nipped. Schaub was at first unable to uncurl his hands, but by the end of the session, he was able to straighten his hand to offer apple chunks.<br />
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Read More about this session with a horse and the man who loves them.<br />
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<a href="http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/article763570.ece" target="_blank">LINK</a></div>

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			<title>Thanks a bunch!!!</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:19:18 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[To everyone here who has read my blogs and has left comments and who also voted for my blogging, I wish to give you a BIG HUG and many thanks. I've never blogged before and still don't know if I did it right but is sure is fun. I love reading and sharing on this site and the casino is a blast. Yep,...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>To everyone here who has read my blogs and has left comments and who also voted for my blogging, I wish to give you a BIG HUG and many thanks. I've never blogged before and still don't know if I did it right but is sure is fun. I love reading and sharing on this site and the casino is a blast. Yep, I've lost a lot of money and am having fun doing it. The most favorite thing is the 5 card stud, Let'm ride. I get totally carried away with it. I'm also hooked terribly with the marble game on the arcades site. I can't get away from it at all. Yep, I'm a marble addict!!!   :biggrin:  Anyway thanks a bunch and I'll keep blogging as things pop into my head.  Thanks a bunch!!!</div>

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			<title>Kickball</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:05:54 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[This past Sunday, we had a cookout for family to celebrate the kids going back to school. After all were fed & basic cleanup done, we started a hilarious game of Kickball. This was a game everyone could play! Ages ranged from almost 3 to 50. Teams were divided with yours truly picked last (me being...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>This past Sunday, we had a cookout for family to celebrate the kids going back to school. After all were fed &amp; basic cleanup done, we started a hilarious game of Kickball. This was a game everyone could play! Ages ranged from almost 3 to 50. Teams were divided with yours truly picked last (me being the oldest, aka slowest). Bases were designated, a fence post for first, pair if flipflops for second, an old pie pan for third,  a former mole mound for home. Rules discussed for homeruns, 2 base rule, etc. The little ones didn't care, they just wanted to kick and run! The game began - foul balls, pop-ups, sliding into first base (ouch)- with very little semblance to order. The laughs, applauding, and encouraging yells of 'run, run, run!' filled the neighborhood. We played till dark, 3 innings........score 11 to 8. :drum:</div>

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			<title>police agencies using social networking site</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:20:19 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Male 
 
 
89 years old 
 
 
Richmond, Kentucky 
 
 
United States</description>
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Scroll down this MySpace.com page. The About Me section reveals more appropriate details about the user than the biographical sketch, including the page creator's mission: to protect life and and reduce crime.<br />
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The page belongs to the Richmond Police Department.<br />
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<b>Three Kentucky police departments </b>have created pages on the popular social-networking Web site to obtain crime-solving tips from the public, alert communities about investigations and deter online child predators. <br />
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Richmond police once found a man who was wanted for months after someone sent police a MySpace message about the suspect's whereabouts, said Reardon. He said the page was created about three years ago, after detectives at the department suggested using MySpace as a crime-solving tool.<br />
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Alexandria police were inspired by Richmond's use of the social networking site and started a page about a year ago. Richmond has the No. 1 spot in the Alexandria Police Department's top 12 friends.<br />
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Alexandria police Lt. Dan Wittrock said crimes have been reported through the site by people who may not have interacted with law enforcement without the MySpace Page.<br />
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Neither department has befriended Louisville Police — Internet Crimes Against Children, which created a MySpace page about 9 months ago. But several teenagers have signed up as friends with the unit, and police say that could reduce the risk that they'll become victims of child predators. MySpace requires users to be 14 or older.<br />
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Louisville police Detective Dan Jackman said he tells teen-agers about the page when he visits schools, and <b>he urges parents to have their children place Louisville police among their top friends so the department's badge — the profile picture — will show up on the MySpace user's main page.</b><br />
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”That's a deterrent,“ Jackman said. ”They may find another child ... but maybe not this one.“<br />
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Louisville ”pimped“ its profile with cartoon penguins using Pimp-my-profile.com, a layout design site. It includes a video message from the Department of Justice's Project Safe Childhood and a RSS feed of children missing nationwide.<br />
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On Richmond's page, general interests — where users typically lists activities such as reading and shopping — listed include finding a named suspect in a Richmond robbery and a stabbing last month. The department also posts photos of police cruisers, crime suspects and bundles of marijuana and cash from drug busts.<br />
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Then there's the extra details MySpace requests from users that don't pertain to police departments: The age is false because there's a maximum number the site will allow, the department is not a Sagittarius, and Reardon said the mood was set to ”accomplished“ because that was more appropriate than other options such as ”angry“ and ”blah.“ <br />
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Visit Alexandria's MySpace page for photos and information about police programs, all set to the Bad Boys theme from Cops.<br />
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MySpace — a site that has largely been used by teen-agers, celebrities, entertainers and, most recently, politicians — was discussed as a tool for police during a nationwide training about Internet crimes that Jackman said he attended last year in Columbus, Ohio.<br />
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Jackman said he was familiar with MySpace through his work; Internet Crimes Against Children is a section within the Crimes Against Children Unit. Some children tell Louisville police about incidents such as online harassment to avoid consequences of alerting a school counselor or parent who may not allow them to continue using the Internet, he said.<br />
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Louisville police may later create profiles on Facebook and other social-networking sites.<br />
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MySpace works with law enforcement in investigations and prosecutions, officials with the social-networking site say. And 11 states, including Kentucky, have laws that require sex offenders to register e-mail addresses, which are blocked from the site.<br />
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Alexandria police welcome tips from the community through any venue, Wittrock said.<br />
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”Whatever the person feels comfortable doing,“ Wittrock said. ”As long as we receive that information, that's all that's important.“<br />
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<a href="http://www.kentucky.com/211/story/480399.html" target="_blank">More Information</a></div>

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			<title>Update on Gas Bill</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:53:37 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Update on gas bill. I got a new gas bill last month for $139 and some cents. I called the gas company and told them it has been 100 degees here for the past 3 months and mentioned the previous balance due on last month's bill of $12,901.61, she said that was a mis type. Well no DA..it didn't take a...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Update on gas bill. I got a new gas bill last month for $139 and some cents. I called the gas company and told them it has been 100 degees here for the past 3 months and mentioned the previous balance due on last month's bill of $12,901.61, she said that was a mis type. Well no DA..it didn't take a rocket scientist to figure that one out..she ask me to go read the meter...ME.. well for one thing I don't get paid to do someone elses job..I read it..then she said she would send a gas man down to check it out to make sure I didn't have any leaks....well I should hope not I would of blown the entire second street up..GEEZ.. Now this was 2 weeks ago. The gas guy came to the house and informed me that the meter had been read wrong..well imagine that.. He said I would be getting a new bill..well I did and it was another credit, this one was for $34.00. Ok..wondering why this is important to me..this is my fourth credit straight in a row..So I am wondering how much gas did I really use last winter and why didn't they just send me a check like I send then to pay...RIGHT....I have more info on this, but I won't post it, don't want to get anyone in trouble...good info though.....:eek:</div>

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			<title>“Say ‘Whoa’ to drugs!’’</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:55:35 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Downtown Toledo’s warehouse district wraps around a pocket of country, where horses flip their tails in a paddock, hay is piled in a barn, and stables are scented with manure. 
 
It sounds sweet and laid-back, but it’s all business here at 122 South St. Clair St. It’s the headquarters of the Toledo...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Downtown Toledo’s warehouse district wraps around a pocket of country, where horses flip their tails in a paddock, hay is piled in a barn, and stables are scented with manure.<br />
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It sounds sweet and laid-back, but it’s all business here at 122 South St. Clair St. It’s the headquarters of the Toledo Police Department’s mounted patrol, made up of a sergeant, eight patrolmen, and nine horses: Klinger, Duke, Mister, Renegade, Tarta Walker, Doc, KO, Rookie, and a big guy—make that a huge guy—that arrived on June 30.<br />
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“He’s not named yet,” says Sgt. Ron Parton, who usually rides Duke, the only thoroughbred in the unit. The newcomer, a Belgian draft horse from Ashtabula, Ohio, that was purchased entirely with donations, is here on a standard 90-day trial.<br />
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He already meets some of the qualifications of a Toledo police horse. They’re all gelded (castrated) males, and at least 15-2 hands high (meaning big enough to carry an officer comfortably through a shift). What he still has to prove is that he’s calm, sociable, and able to be desensitized to the sounds, obstacles, and changing landscape of a city.<br />
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“You have to train your horses daily,” the sergeant says. Doc, for example, is wary of manhole covers but will now reluctantly proceed over them. Not so a thoroughbred who was sent home a year ago because he refused to walk through puddles.<br />
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Educational props in the paddock include mattresses that the horses walk over and a trough they walk through.<br />
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They push a colorful, 72-inch ball with their chests to train for crowd control. Officers line the hourses up and set off fireworks.<br />
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Most of the horses also have to learn to be neck reined by a one-handed rider, rather than being steered in the usual two-handed fashion. “We have to keep the gun hand free,” Sergeant Parton explains.<br />
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Their real purpose, after all, is police work. They’re not just pretty faces—especially KO, a 13-year-old Paint who has a habit of hanging his fat, pink tongue out of the side of his mouth.<br />
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“They know when it’s business or it’s a leisure walk,” Sergeant Parton says.<br />
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The unit patrols downtown and into adjacent neighborhoods, magnets for residents who approach with outstretched hands. “People come out and talk. They won’t do that if you’re in a car,” Sergeant Parton says.<br />
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The horses enjoy the contact as much as the humans do. <br />
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Fuss a bit over Renegade, a handsome Tennessee Walker, and then walk away: He’ll call you back for more by loudly smacking his lips. (Hey, it works for him).<br />
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The mounted patrol isn’t dispatched to calls, but will take them if they happen to be close, Sergeant Parton says.<br />
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But they’re not the best choice when stealth is required.<br />
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“Obviously it’s going to be hard to sneak up on somebody,” he points out. And when they do make an arrest, they have to call for a crew to transport the suspect. <br />
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But the mounted patrol is ideal for crowd control — with face shields for the horses if conditions call for extra protection.<br />
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“One of these guys is worth 10 to 12 officers on foot,” Sergeant Parton says while stroking Klinger, a 9-year-old Tennessee Walking Horse that was donated by the Toledo Mud Hens in 2006. “People on foot don’t want to have a confrontation with a horse. In a crowd situation, there’s nothing better.”<br />
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The mounted patrol is on the streets around Fifth Third Field for all the Hens’ home games. Kids swarm them, asking the officers for their cards. Paid for with grant funds and similar to baseball trading cards, each shows an officer and steed on one side, and information about both of them on the back.<br />
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<b>Plus this: “Say ‘Whoa’ to drugs!’’ </b>The horses also ride in parades and police funeral processions, and make celebrity appearances at places such as elementary schools and senior centers. Getting all that attention, having one’s own trading card — it’s enough to go to an officer’s head. Except for one thing: stable duty. Members of the mounted patrol polish the tack, shower the horses, distribute rations of grain and hay, and clean the stalls every day.<br />
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<a href="http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080803/NEWS03/893540913" target="_blank"><br />
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			<title>Kimberly C. Morton, Attorney at Law</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:02:03 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>After a brief stint in Montana, Kimberly C. Morton has come back to Kentucky, the home of her ancestors, to practice law. 
 
Kimberly moved to Morehead in 2002 to work for Legal Aid of the Bluegrass, something she said she always wanted to do after receiving her law degree at Loyola Law School in...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>After a brief stint in Montana, Kimberly C. Morton has come back to Kentucky, the home of her ancestors, to practice law.<br />
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Kimberly moved to Morehead in 2002 to work for Legal Aid of the Bluegrass, something she said she always wanted to do after receiving her law degree at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.<br />
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&quot;I really wanted to work for legal aid originally and I was hoping to get to Kentucky,&quot; she said of her move across country in 2002.<br />
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After two years in Morehead, she moved to Montana in 2004, but decided to come back to Kentucky in 2006. By that time her mother, B.J. Morton and brother, Talbert had moved to Washington from California. Kimberly joined her family in Washington and opened her solo practice in 2007.<br />
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With her mother's family being from Madisonville, Kimberly decided to conduct research into the family's history and genealogy and discovered her ancestors, the Tongates, actually lived in Washington for several years before migrating to western Kentucky in the late 1700s.<br />
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&quot;It makes sense. It (Washington) was the central town here and people would stop here for a few years,&quot; Kimberly said. During her research, Kimberly said she couldn't find any birth records or property records on the family, illustrating the point they were in the area for only a short time.<br />
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In addition to her practice and spending time with family, Kimberly owns five horses, and has recently taken up golf. By her own admission, she's &quot;horse crazy,&quot; and has had her own horse since the age of 9.<br />
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Kimberly's general practice includes family law issues of divorce, custody and domestic violence, criminal and civil law and she has recently moved into the area of loan workouts, working with homeowners and mortgage companies to stave off foreclosures. She has also begun to work with cases involving predatory lending practices.<br />
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Her office is located at 2110 Old Main Street in the Washington Historic District of Maysville; business hours are Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; telephone number is 606-375-0900 and e-mail address is: <a href="mailto:kimberlycmorton@gmail.com">kimberlycmorton@gmail.com</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.maysville-online.com/articles/2008/08/01/lifestyles/524spotlight.txt" target="_blank">source</a></div>

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			<title><![CDATA[Ryan's Myspace Page Update!]]></title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:39:39 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Thanks to all who have added Ryan to their myspace page! We now have over 70 people added and we want to add more. Please add Ryan if you haven't already done so. Every little bit helps. We would  appreciate any people promoting porn  to keep off this site and not try to email or add Ryan's Sight...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Thanks to all who have added Ryan to their myspace page! We now have over 70 people added and we want to add more. Please add Ryan if you haven't already done so. Every little bit helps. We would  appreciate any people promoting porn  to keep off this site and not try to email or add Ryan's Sight Fight. The same goes for debt solutions, get rich quick scams, and any other person who wants to advertise on this site. Thanks to all who have helped &amp; continue to help. The site is <a href="http://www.myspace.com/ryansfightforsight" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/ryansfightforsight</a></div>

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			<title>Am I behind?</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:28:56 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[In this present time of all these new fangled machines, I'm lost.  My first new car I bought had a CD player in it which my girls discovered while out for a drive. I'm a radio girl myself. They had already been collecting CD's and had way too many. The next ride we took my oldest brought along some...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>In this present time of all these new fangled machines, I'm lost.  My first new car I bought had a CD player in it which my girls discovered while out for a drive. I'm a radio girl myself. They had already been collecting CD's and had way too many. The next ride we took my oldest brought along some of her collection. Now remember I grew up with 78's, 45's, albums and 8 track tapes. I also broke down and had a few cassettes. The CD's were something I had little experience with, well none to tell you the truth. She pulls out the first CD and puts it in the little slot and the song plays. We all enjoy it and the system in my car is awesome, I love extra bass. When it was over it pops out. She starts putting it back into the folder and I ask her, &quot;aren't you going to turn it over to the other side?&quot; :eek: The girls were laughing so hard I had to pull over and find out what was sooooo funny. She said there is only one side and I in turn told her, &quot;that's a waste of money!&quot;  :cool:  yep I'm behind.</div>

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			<title>Going to greener pastures</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:08:27 GMT</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[Doc's Valentine has patrolled the streets of Charleston for nearly 14 years, working some of the toughest neighborhoods in the city.  
 
Now, he's getting ready to retire to a quiet life on a farm in Ravenel, where Officer Susan Strobel hopes to visit him. Doc, as he's known in the Charleston...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Doc's Valentine has patrolled the streets of Charleston for nearly 14 years, working some of the toughest neighborhoods in the city. <br />
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Now, he's getting ready to retire to a quiet life on a farm in Ravenel, where Officer Susan Strobel hopes to visit him. Doc, as he's known in the Charleston Police Department stables, is the latest horse to be retired from the city's mounted patrol. <br />
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When police horses end their working lives, they can't just go home with their officer partners, the way police dogs often do, so the department looks for suitable people with the land and the financial resources to care for the animals. <br />
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<b>Official department policy, which is in the process of being changed, says that police animals should be sold to the highest bidder, like used police cars and office equipment. In practice, the dogs and horses have always been adopted out when they are too old to work, police officials said. </b><br />
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&quot;The horses are like the officers' partners,&quot; said Master Patrol Officer Ed Davis, supervisor of the horse patrol. &quot;It's not like a car.&quot;<br />
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Doc was born on Valentine's Day in 1985, sired by a horse named Doc, which is how he got the name Doc's Valentine. <br />
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At 23, he's an elder in the police stables, on the high side of retirement age, and he just had abdominal surgery. <br />
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Strobel patrolled atop Doc for the past six years and visited him several times a week when he was recovering from his surgery. <br />
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&quot;Horses are really creatures of habit,&quot; she said. &quot;It was good for him to see a familiar face.&quot;<br />
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They used to patrol the East Side together. Once, they were sent out of state to help another city keep order at a Mardi Gras celebration. <br />
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Now, Doc will be put out to pasture, like other police horses before him. <br />
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&quot;He's done his time,&quot; Strobel said. &quot;I'm excited for him.&quot;<br />
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<a href="http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/jul/25/going_greener_pastures48654/" target="_blank">source</a></div>

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			<title>Cum mula peperit</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:58:49 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Mule fertility is so rare that the Romans had a saying, “Cum mula peperit” meaning *“when a mule foals,” *or in modern terms, “when **** freezes over.” 
 
The DNA of a foal born in the U.S. was sent to the University of Kentucky (UK) in Lexington. Breeders of race horses frequently have DNA testing...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Mule fertility is so rare that the Romans had a saying, “Cum mula peperit” meaning <b>“when a mule foals,” </b>or in modern terms, “when **** freezes over.”<br />
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The DNA of a foal born in the U.S. was sent to the University of Kentucky (UK) in Lexington. Breeders of race horses frequently have DNA testing done at UK to prove the identity of the sires of their foals. On May 4, 2007 the hair collected from Kate and the baby was sent by express mail to the equine science lab at the University of Kentucky. <br />
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Two weeks later, after thorough testing, the director of the lab called with the good news that the DNA of Kate matched that of her baby. The tests are extremely accurate, leaving no doubt that the molly mule, Kate, had conceived and given birth.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mulesandmore.com/articles/Oct07/MiracleBabyUpdate3.htm" target="_blank">http://www.mulesandmore.com/articles...abyUpdate3.htm</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaR5UT4aWE0&amp;feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaR5U...eature=related</a></div>

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			<title>Cherry coolaid</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:53:54 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>I was making some cherry coolaid for my little men and the smell started memories flooding my mind. :) I remember the very first time I took a drink of coolaid. I was about 7 or 8 years old and it was at the Vacation Bible School I was attending. I can still taste that fabulous sweet cherry flavor...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>I was making some cherry coolaid for my little men and the smell started memories flooding my mind. :) I remember the very first time I took a drink of coolaid. I was about 7 or 8 years old and it was at the Vacation Bible School I was attending. I can still taste that fabulous sweet cherry flavor and I took my time sipping it slowly. When I was young in my house we didn't get treats, pop or coolaid and candies whenever we wanted. It was heavenly  to have sweets when I was growing up. Okay I'm 50 something, :eek: and to tell my girls and grandkids this is like telling them a story from the dinosaur age, they just can't comprehend it!!!!!</div>

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			<title>Homemade Portals, now with more HTML!</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:43:39 GMT</pubDate>
			<description>Do you find yourself going to several web sites regularly? How do you get to them, by bookmarks? Typing in the URL? Do you like a home page that pops up every time you turn on your browser? As nice and convent as they are, there is problems. The occasional time when the site was down, or at peak...</description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>Do you find yourself going to several web sites regularly? How do you get to them, by bookmarks? Typing in the URL? Do you like a home page that pops up every time you turn on your browser? As nice and convent as they are, there is problems. The occasional time when the site was down, or at peak times the portal takes forever to load! The biggest complaint I have; They don't have every site I go to on a regular basis. AOL for example, wouldn't have a link to Microsoft's site, and vice versa. Wouldn't it be nice to have a page of links to your most regularly visited sites on one page, that also loads within seconds when you pop up the browser? Or even better, going out to a friends home, or the office, and be able to take that with you?<br />
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The concept of a homemade portal is something that I read about five or so years ago though John Dvorak's column, in PC Magazine. He spoke of having a simple web page with the links to his most visited sites. Written in pure text, with maybe a bit of background color to make it easier on the eyes, the page loaded in less than 1 second, because it was on his hard drive permanently. <br />
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Today, five years or so later, I'm on version 6 of my own portal. It now lists approximately 45 sites I visit regularly (such as my Internet banking site) to my mail boxes, to various news sites (such as CNN) to even 32 different comic strips, for my very own comics page. I can even custom tailor any link with the exact URL of the page I want. This is a major benefit, if I want to bypass any delays, nuances, or to go to specific pages.<br />
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In the last two years, I've made a version for the office. Custom made with office sites in mind, the employees can easily jump into financial sites, clients web pages, and reference sites (such as Google Maps) The biggest benefit? Having links to seldom used, but still important web sites. I've been told several times that this is really a great idea, and I even wrote a custom portal for one of our employees. Using her own links.<br />
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But what I found to be the greatest benefit. I can take this portal of mine anywhere I go on a flash drive, and load it up into any person's or office system that has a browser. (with their permission of course!) Just imagine, with your friend's computer, and being able to visit your favorite sites, check your e-mails, or financial information.<br />
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Interested in making your own? If you can make very very basic web pages, then you can make your own portal. They're basically HTML 3 web pages, with basic tables, and links. You can add your own coloring, background pictures, or make it as elaberate as you wish. It's totally up to you of course. Since it's on your harddrive, it'll load in seconds. <br />
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But, not sure if you want to tackle this on your own? Ask someone who writes web sites, or at least knows how to write a web page. The office's site took about 5 minutes to write, my new one took about an hour (but it's more complex than the office) so your cost should be very minimal. You'll just have to give them a list of the sites you want on it, and if you want a background picture, be sure to supply that as well.<br />
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The possiblities are endless, and loads of fun, making your own portal <br />
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<i>I've attached my current portal to this in a zip file. Just decompress it to a directory, and click on 'portal.html' to pull it up in your current browser.<br />
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As I was finishing this, I found Dvorak's blog about this, and <a href="http://www.dvorak.org/home.htm" target="_blank">here is his new portal </a>that he makes available on his blog. <br />
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Addendium: I just found a problem with the portal. Nothing computer threatening, but things arn't quite debugged as I thought :\ I'll see if I can't post my older blog that I used for 6 months instead.<br />
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- Kc</div>

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