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THIS ISSUE:   "Urban Magic- A Poem", By James Locke   "Earth Day- 2005", By James Locke "Traveling Home - Part 1 - A Biography of Place", By James Locke "An Allegorical Journey - Part 1l - A Biography of Place", By James Locke   "Lost Pennies", By Mark Steel "Becoming Native" By Jim Minick back to the index Gardening, Organics, Farm & Homesteading Info for the Country Life at LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO SHARE YOUR COUNTRY LIFE? USE FCIV'S PERSONALS' LISTINGS >> HERE << FCIV's Link Exchange page..links shared with other websites To choose an FCIV link for your website exchange Click here AREA MUSIC EVENTS  Floyd Virginia's Community Floyd County's Community Forum Floyd Virginia's Community Message Board Floyd Tourism Directory Please Support Independent Local Groups Offering Free Community Recycling of Reusable Goods Note: "Sharecycle" originated in Floyd, Virginia Participate in Reuse-Recycling Starting one in your community? Drop us the info and we'll add your link here New River Valley Sharecycle Franklin County Sharecycle FREESHARE MONROE COUNTY WVA. SHARECYCLE FLOYD COUNTY SHARECYCLE Sharecycle Home Base - Register your Sharecycle group here. FLOYDHARVESTFESTIVAL.ORG Coming to Floyd? Click image for visitor information back to the index Floyd County Online Personals Click on logo below Seven blunders of the world that lead to violence: wealth without work pleasure without conscience knowledge without character commerce without morality science without humanity worship without sacrifice politics without principle     - Mahatma Gandhi         (1869-1948) It's To Us! ---------------------------------------------- Digital TV transition may leave low-income rural viewers in the dark With the upcoming government coerced transition from analog TV signal to digital signal many rural residents may learn that they will not be able to receive some or even any of the channels they formerly were able to receive on their television sets using a regular antenna. This situation may force residents barely able to afford groceries and a full tank of gas or home heating fuel, to have to invest in expensive cable or satellite dish receivers just to be able to watch TV. This could actually create a social crisis as we all depend on TV for important weather and news information and alerts. Have you found problems receiving TV signals since either buying a digital TV or began using a converter box? Remember, with the creation of TV transmission, the law stated that the airwaves, those used for Television & radio transmission, are meant to be free and available to the public. Yet the new law will require many people to have to purchase a method that will often be costly beyond fair reason. Let us know of your experiences. ALSO U.S. could face glitch in TV converter box program By Peter Kaplan Tue Jun 10, 6:52 PM ET   WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials are facing a potential glitch in a program designed to help television viewers make the switch to digital TV next year.   A Commerce Department official told House lawmakers that more money might be needed to mail out all the $40 government coupons that will be available to subsidize converter boxes that some TV owners will need for the February 2009 switchover. Bernadette McGuire-Rivera, associate director of the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, said at a hearing that it was possible the agency "would have to get more money, basically to buy more stamps to send out coupons." "This sounds like it could be a big problem here," Rep. Edward Markey, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, said at the hearing before the panel. The NTIA is an arm of the Commerce Department that is overseeing the converter box program. Congress ordered the February 17, 2009 switch to digital television to free public airwaves for other uses, such as for police and fire departments. The switch also is to lead to improved picture and sound for TV viewers. The transition is being closely watched because owners of analog televisions will be unable to watch television unless they subscribe to satellite or digital cable, replace their TV with a digital television by that date, or get a converter box. The federal government is subsidizing the cost of buying a digital-analog converter box by offering the $40 discount coupons to anyone who owns an analog television. The $1.5 billion program has enough funding to subsidize as many as 33.5 million converter boxes. The converter box coupons expire if they are not redeemed within 90 days. More than 100 retailers have been certified to participate in the converter box program, including Best Buy Co Inc (BBY.N), Circuit City Stores Inc (CC.N), RadioShack Corp (RSH.N), Sears Holdings Corp (SHLD.O), Target Corp (TGT.N) and Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N). The government began mailing coupons on February 21. As of June 3, it had received requests for more than 16 million coupons, McGuire-Rivera said in a prepared statement. But extra coupon mailings could be needed because many people who applied for them did not use them before they expired. Only 42 percent of the coupons sought by consumers were being redeemed before they expired, according to NTIA figures. Funds for expired, unredeemed coupons are being returned to the subsidy program and will be available so more coupons can be mailed. But McGuire-Rivera said, "The program currently has limited administrative funds to distribute additional numbers of coupons that might be issued from the returned funds." The NTIA issued a statement after the hearing saying it "has no plans to ask Congress for any additional funds." A more accurate forecast of the costs would be possible sometime after July 1, when NTIA gets further redemption information. (Editing by Leslie Gevirtz) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get Fit without Joining a Gym It's my opinion and in my experience, if you are seeking to improve your fitness level or lose weight, so much of that can be done with a much smaller investment in just a few items to create your own home gym that suits your specific physical needs. Also consider daily walking of ten minutes or more, practicing yoga and stretching (stretching properly is most important before and after exercising), get a friend or your spouse or kid involved to have a nearby work-out buddy, drink lots of your own good Floyd County water and stop stuffing your face with junk foods and just plain get off your butt more often. Use a push mower sometimes instead of that riding mower. Most people do not utilize fitness center memberships beyond a limited degree and end up wasting their money. Do it at home! Above all and first of all, make certain you are healthy enough to undertake any new fitness related activity. Check with your doctor first!! - Michelle Hussong We don't have any connection to or with the following, these links are offered as examples of what you can find to help yourself on the web; Here are a few links to help you Do It At Home!: Home Fitness Fitness Home-Workout ********************** Returning to One's Roots *************************** It might have been the long way home, but Robert Weeks' journey brought him back to Floyd, and he's forever grateful. After attending Bridgewater College he left the region to find a job in his field of graphic design. After twelve years of living in Northern Virginia, upstate New York and elsewhere, the Floyd native returned to his roots. Why? 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