Viral Plumber Who Dove Into Sewer to Fix Pipe Gets Free Jeans For a Year
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A photo of a hard-working plumber who went above and beyond the call of duty to fix a broken pipe is going viral. A homeowner snapped this shot of Jimmie Cox diving into murky water to try and fix the problem. Inside Edition connected Cox with Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs, who commended the plumber for his dedication to his dirty job. A photo of a hard-working plumber who went above and beyond the call of duty to fix a broken pipe is going viral. A homeowner snapped this shot of Jimmie Cox diving into murky water to try and fix the problem. Inside Edition connected Cox with Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs, who commended the plumber for his dedication to his dirty job. Cox was photographed with only his legs still dry and wearing Wrangler jeans, so the company is also giving him a year's supply of pants
5sept2017
AGENDA
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2017 – COUNCIL CHAMBERS – 8:00 P.M.
I. CALL MEETING TO ORDER:
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
III. QUORUM:
IV. AGENDA ADDITIONS/DELETIONS/AMENDMENTS:
V. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION:
VI. PRESENTATIONS:
VII. CITY BOARDS AND COMMITTEES:
A. Appointments/Re-appointments/Swearing-in
VIII. COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS:
IX. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT:
X. CONSENT AGENDA:
A. Approval of August 7 Meeting Minutes
B. Approval of Resolution R-49-17 Accepting the Construction of the Private Stormwater Management Facility Constructed Under the Permit SWM3-15 at Children of America and Releasing the Construction Securities Required Therewith
C. Approval of Resolution R-50-17 Approving Variance Application BV-5-17, a Request by Vera Hernandez and Tania Lopez to Allow 70 Linear Feet of Six Foot High Wooden Replacement Fencing Along Stonybrook Drive When, According to the Prince George’s County Zoning Ordinance, Such Fencing Shall Not be More Than Four Feet High, at 12415 Stonehaven Lane
D. Approval of Resolution R-51-17 Approving Variance Application BV-6-17, a Request by Patty and Glenn Stewart to Allow 99 Linear Feet of Six Foot High Wooden Replacement Fencing Along Buckingham Drive When, According to the Prince George’s County Zoning Ordinance, Such Fencing Shall Not be More Than Four Feet High, at 12701 Beaverdale Lane
E. Approval of Resolution R-52-17 Awarding a Contract for Replacement of the ADA Ramp and Stairs at the Bowie Playhouse
F. Approval of Resolution R-53-17 Accepting the Construction of the Private Stormwater Management Facility Constructed Under the Permit PSWM1-0114 at Bowie Medical Center and Releasing the Construction Securities Required Therewith
G. Approval of Resolution R-54-17 Waiving by Two-Thirds Vote the Bidding Requirements of Section 61 of the City Charter, to Allow the City to Enter Into a Contract With Motorola Solutions, Inc. for the Purchase and Installation of Equipment for the Police Department’s Call Center
H. Approval of Correspondence to the City’s Legislative Delegation re: HB 1570/2017
XI. OLD BUSINESS:
A. City Transportation Priority List Draft Letters - Staff from the Department of Planning and Economic Development will present the draft Transportation Priority List letters – Public Hearing/Eligible for Action
XII. NEW BUSINESS:
A. Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) - This report identifies the extent to which the City has satisfied specific goals and objectives delineated in its Annual Action Plan for Fiscal Year 2017 – Resolution R-47-17 – Public Hearing/Eligible for Action
B. SCMAGLEV NEPA Process Briefing - Mr. John Trueschler with the Maryland Transit Administration, will brief Council on the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) process
XIII. ADJOURNMENT AND MOVE TO CLOSE SESSION:
Statutory Authority to Close Session, General Provisions Article, §3-305(b)(14): Before a contract is awarded or bids are opened, to discuss a matter directly related to a negotiating strategy or the contents of a bid or proposal, if public discussion or disclosure would adversely impact the ability of the public body to participate in the competitive bidding or proposal process.
What Time Was the American Revolution? Reflections on a Familiar Narrative
This lecture challenged our traditional assumptions about the chronology of the American Revolution. T.H. Breen rejected a familiar story that begins in the early 1760s with the coronation of George III and then traces a slow buildup of grievances until the colonists declare independence and set the country on the road to the Constitution. This talk introduced a radically different timeline that reinterprets the beginning and end of the Revolution and, in the process, restores the ordinary American people to the events that shaped the nation.
Speaker Biography: Timothy Breen is the William Smith Mason Professor of American History Emeritus at Northwestern University and the James Marsh Professor at-large at the University of Vermont.
For transcript and more information, visit
Ohio: 200 Years
Ohio represents us all. In its dramatic history and astonishing diversity, Ohio closely replicates the vast, complicated, and turbulent place called America. The film offers a snapshot of the state's colorful history along with insights into the Ohio of today: a mix of odd, funny moments and life-changing events.
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Auburn Coach Wife Kristi Malzahn Agrees with Match & eHarmony: Men are Jerks
My advice is this: Settle! That's right. Don't worry about passion or intense connection. Don't nix a guy based on his annoying habit of yelling Bravo! in movie theaters. Overlook his halitosis or abysmal sense of aesthetics. Because if you want to have the infrastructure in place to have a family, settling is the way to go. Based on my observations, in fact, settling will probably make you happier in the long run, since many of those who marry with great expectations become more disillusioned with each passing year. (It's hard to maintain that level of zing when the conversation morphs into discussions about who's changing the diapers or balancing the checkbook.)
Obviously, I wasn't always an advocate of settling. In fact, it took not settling to make me realize that settling is the better option, and even though settling is a rampant phenomenon, talking about it in a positive light makes people profoundly uncomfortable. Whenever I make the case for settling, people look at me with creased brows of disapproval or frowns of disappointment, the way a child might look at an older sibling who just informed her that Jerry's Kids aren't going to walk, even if you send them money. It's not only politically incorrect to get behind settling, it's downright un-American. Our culture tells us to keep our eyes on the prize (while our mothers, who know better, tell us not to be so picky), and the theme of holding out for true love (whatever that is—look at the divorce rate) permeates our collective mentality.
Even situation comedies, starting in the 1970s with The Mary Tyler Moore Show and going all the way to Friends, feature endearing single women in the dating trenches, and there's supposed to be something romantic and even heroic about their search for true love. Of course, the crucial difference is that, whereas the earlier series begins after Mary has been jilted by her fiancé, the more modern-day Friends opens as Rachel Green leaves her nice-guy orthodontist fiancé at the altar simply because she isn't feeling it. But either way, in episode after episode, as both women continue to be unlucky in love, settling starts to look pretty darn appealing. Mary is supposed to be contentedly independent and fulfilled by her newsroom family, but in fact her life seems lonely. Are we to assume that at the end of the series, Mary, by then in her late 30s, found her soul mate after the lights in the newsroom went out and her work family was disbanded? If her experience was anything like mine or that of my single friends, it's unlikely.
And while Rachel and her supposed soul mate, Ross, finally get together (for the umpteenth time) in the finale of Friends, do we feel confident that she'll be happier with Ross than she would have been had she settled down with Barry, the orthodontist, 10 years earlier? She and Ross have passion but have never had long-term stability, and the fireworks she experiences with him but not with Barry might actually turn out to be a liability, given how many times their relationship has already gone up in flames. It's equally questionable whether Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw, who cheated on her kindhearted and generous boyfriend, Aidan, only to end up with the more exciting but self-absorbed Mr. Big, will be better off in the framework of marriage and family. (Some time after the breakup, when Carrie ran into Aidan on the street, he was carrying his infant in a Baby Björn. Can anyone imagine Mr. Big walking around with a Björn?)