Sexual healing

February 8, 2013
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Let’s get one thing straight: burlesque is all about sex. It’s the thing that distinguishes it from other performing arts. While other artistic media may communicate using sexiness as an accent, with burlesque, sex is the language itself. Even if that sexuality is being expressed ever so subtly, burlesque is all about the adult version…

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What’s love without a little beheading?

February 4, 2013
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I’ve never been a fan of Valentine’s Day. Even when I have a boyfriend I totally adore—and I actually do—I’ve never been able to thaw my January-frozen heart enough to warm up to a holiday known for its overpriced roses and empty-headed sentiment. Now perhaps,…

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All taxes are redistribution of wealth

February 3, 2013
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Once tax policy is set on things like deductions, subsidies, loopholes and credits, and taxes are actually collected, the money is always redistributed. All taxes. It does not make any difference what kind of taxes: income taxes, payroll taxes, sales taxes, property taxes, real estate…

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Ghosts on Third & Mulberry

February 3, 2013
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Today, there’s a parking lot. And a church, a former bus station, an empty grass square… There’s nothing remarkable about the corner of Third and Mulberry. You’ve driven through this…

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The myth of energy independence

February 3, 2013
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The definition of “energy independence” is evolving.  Until recently, it meant the United States producing enough oil domestically to no longer be dependent on other nations for any of our…

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Letter to a brother

February 2, 2013
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What follows is a letter that I wrote to my brother Chico during the summer of 1987. At the time he was a man in his mid-thirties, but he looked…

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Date hike at Jacobi Falls

February 2, 2013
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If you are tired of dinner and a movie after your first or twentieth date, consider a hike to beautiful Jacoby Falls. The falls are located in the Loyalsock State…

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Movie review: “Silver Linings Playbook”

February 1, 2013
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Directed by David O. Russell With Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro   Silver Linings Playbook is a feel-good movie that goes beyond the usual film of that sort;…

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My two cents on gun safety

February 1, 2013
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I support the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Always have. Always will. Our Constitution is a marvelous document; it provides for a government of, by, and…

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Style and affordability in the same sentence?

February 1, 2013
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      The desire to look fabulous vs. the need to save money is a battle that many have waged with their bank accounts for as long as department…

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Local love: What you love about small-town PA

February 1, 2013
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        What I love about small-town life in Williamsport necessarily involves what I do not like. Every coin has two sides. Every glass at some time is…

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WXPI goes live and local

February 1, 2013
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We, at WXPI, are excited and proud to begin line of programming, beginning April 1 (no fooling!), designed to entertain and inform our listeners. Learn about local issues. Hear about…

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Health care reform – are we there yet?

February 1, 2013
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The U.S. has the world’s most expensive health care system, yet the World Health Organization ranks us 37th among nations in overall health statistics. Federal health reform will not change…

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Students’ Page (contributed by The Academia)

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Kierah, age 9—The Academia I would like to tell you about who we are and where we go to school each day.  We go to The Academia, which is in…

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Rich people don’t create jobs

February 1, 2013
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That, at least, is what Richard Hanauer thinks. And, who is Richard Hanauer?  Well, he happens to be a Seattle-based billionaire venture capitalist and entrepreneur.  Recently, he made his case…

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Movie Review: “Promised Land”

Promised LandDirected by Gus Van SantWith Matt Damon, Frances McDormand, John Krasinski I was seething with frustration as I watched the second scene of Promised Land. Already the film was…

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WXPI program schedule for December – January 2013

Williamsport Community Radio continues to evolve, with as much input from our listeners as we can get our hands (or ears) on. We have a mix of local music and…

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HOROSCOPES

December 18, 2012
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ARIES—In your attempt to outdo yourself with decorations this year, your flashing light display will induce seizures in your neighbors but they will never be able to prove it. So…

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THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN FROM THE GROUND UP

December 18, 2012
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”So if you’re willing to work with me one more time, and stand with me one more time, and knock on some doors one more time, and make some phone…

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COOL PICKS

December 18, 2012
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Merry Millheim  Millheim, PA  December 7: 5-10:30 pm  December 8: 10 am-10 pm  December 9: 1-6 pm  Shop Locally, Buy Unique: In its second annual holiday celebration, “Merry Millheim” returns…

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Melancholia

December 18, 2012
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spoiler of its own ending: the Earth is destroyed by a rogue planet, unmoored from its solar system and barreling through our own. It’s a breathtaking image that leaves little…

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By the Numbers

December 18, 2012
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Farthest you can be from a McDonald’s eatery, by car, while in the continental United States, in miles……………………………………………………………………………………………145  Uninsured citizens: Rank among the world’s developed nations, 2012…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..1  Healthcare costs: Rank…

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The Pot Calling the Kettle Black

December 18, 2012
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Republicans frequently condemn what they see as an America fast evolving into a “food stamp society” with more and more people not paying federal income taxes. They call these people…

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A Hike at the End of the World

December 18, 2012
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About a hundred and fifty years ago, settlers traversed the wilderness along rugged roads barely wide enough for their wagons. The thick forests covered the top of the vast plateaus,…

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Overburden

December 18, 2012
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My heart is heavy.  Rock of ages,  strip mined  of what’s stuck beneath  the surface.  All this runoff  just so I could,  baring it all  and laying it to waste. …

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Book Review: The Pale King

December 18, 2012
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THE PALE KING  By David Foster Wallace  548 pages. Little, Brown & Company. $27.99.  The elephant in the room of every The Pale King review is, of course, that Wallace…

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OR THE BEGINNING? Cliff Rieders Talks Mysticism and Living Well

December 18, 2012
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Whether this is the beginning or the end of the world is a question whose answer is unknowable and that is probably not even worth asking. Some answers are here on terra firma for…

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“Every time I hand him an olive branch, he whittles it into a Lincoln Log and adds it to his angry fort.”

December 18, 2012
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Dove done gone pecked out mah eyes  an’ made nes t s out t a tha socket s .  At ’s why ah cain’t see s t raight .  Wel…

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THE END … The Guardian Interviews Astrologer Sue J. Morris

December 1, 2012
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What is happening astrologically with the close of 2012? We’ve heard a lot about transition and planetary alignment. Can you comment on this?  SJM: We are in a period when…

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Unconstitutional Intrusions in the Name of Religion

December 1, 2012
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Roman Catholic Bishop Daniel Jenky, of Peoria, Illinois, ordered all parish priests in his diocese to read a letter to their congregations condemning Barack Obama. The letter, to be read…

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If Any Place Is Sacred, Aren’t They All?

December 1, 2012
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If I were going to make a movie, I’d set the entire film in one place (a farmhouse, say, in northeast Pennsylvania, near the crossing of two one-time Indian trails…

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Sound of the Hills

December 1, 2012
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They’ve given the business  to my mother’s favorite hill,  just off Little Plum Run Road.  Once, a cascading glade,  the kind you’d see  in those old movies,  couples, bounding  endless…

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Local Parks Get a Financial Facelift

December 1, 2012
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Local Parks Get a Financial Facelift  A mock-up of the new Danville Riverfront Park  The Susquehanna Greenway Partnership has partnered with the DCNR to award $60,000 in mini-grants to community…

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Williamsport High Schoolers Answer The Guardian’s Call

Williamsport Area High School students accepted the challenge of creating a piece inspired by “The Beginning of the World” or “The End of the World.” The students are enrolled in…

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Letters To The Editor

December 1, 2012
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Dear Editor,  A recent editorial cartoon asked “Which is the most powerful place in America?” There were four choices: The White House, The Pentagon, the U.S. Capitol or the voting…

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Outdoor Magic

December 1, 2012
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It’s like you’re in another world. You can’t see past the vastness of the trees, the expanse of the blue sky, or the snow crunching beneath your feet. The sound…

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Closing The Center: the End of an Era or a New Beginning?

December 1, 2012
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Let me bring you up to speed about what’s going on at the Campbell Street Center, which is scheduled to close by the end of November.  First a bit of…

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The Editor’s View

December 1, 2012
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When I first learned I’d be editing The Williamsport Guardian, I thought, “Wait, will they really let a Republican edit this thing?” Turns out they will! Don’t worry–my rightward leanings…

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