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Persephone Books is back from holiday and all is as normal (except we are closed next Saturday August 30th). The October books have just arrived: they will be published officially on October 23rd and the new Biannually sent out on October 20th. Also the new Classic edition of The Home-Maker
and the Persephone Diary for 2015 are in and are already for sale – there seemed no point in embargoing them because of some artificial publication date. Lastly, the reprints of Julian Grenfell, The Shuttle and The Persephone Book of Short Stories have been delivered; so now the next books in the queue to be reprinted are The Montana Stories, They Can't Ration These, The Fortnight in September (yes, it's a pity that it will be out during September this year) and Miss Buncle Married.
All the Persephone girls have managed to read several novels apiece while on holiday, almost every one of them of a nicely middlebrow nature (the New York Times ran a good article about the middlebrow here). The best book of the lot (surely? please put forward rival bests) was The Bookstore by Deborah Meyler
(who has something of Meg Wolitzer about her and no greater praise can one give). Naturally The Bookstore is not on the Booker Longlist, although the much less good We are All Completely Beside Ourselves is firmly on it, presumably as a sop to women readers. Buy The Bookstore straightaway people, you will love it (yes, it's now among the Fifty Books we Wish we had Published). Also read this funny (sassy, even if we don't use the word much any more) autobiographical piece and the blog post that went up recently. It begins thus: 'It is on my mind that children and teenagers don't know anything about what is happening in the world – NOTHING!!! When I was little, we sometimes watched John Craven's Newsround and then the six o'clock news would come on. Now, we don't have a TV, and this is supposed to be a good thing…' She concludes that all schools should have 45 minutes of current affairs a week, which of course they should (and what about bringing Newsround back again?). Relevant anecdote: my great-niece recently went with my nephew to Germany where my father and grandfather
were being commemorated by a stolpersteine set in to the pavement – there are now 45,000 commemorating former Jewish inhabitants. My nephew wrote: 'The Mayor of Frankethal, Herr Theo Wieder, made a very good speech in which he emphasised the importance of learning from the past. "We have enjoyed a long period of peace in Europe, but events in the world around us show how fragile this is –we must understand through knowledge of history the necessity as individuals to make moral choices." Laura said to me later that her history lessons at her (British) school are just about facts – and how much better it would be for it to be about ethical responsibility too.' So true, so true. And of course if there is one thing above all others we hope Persephone books are about, even if remotely or tangentially, it is ethical responsibility/ moral values..
The Observer reviewed Home Front approvingly.
We are loving it and in fact work stops at noon at Persephone Books so that we can all listen (odd to think that it's going to run for four years). The Guardian ran a review of Philippa Lewis's excellent book Everyman's Castle about English domestic architecture, and there was a panegyric by AN Wilson in the Telegraph in June.
On Saturday September 27th at 2 o'clock Persephone Books will be appearing at Charleston's Small Wonder Festival with Diana Athill, author of Persephone Book No. 92 Midsummer Night in the Workhouse and of course one of the contributing authors to The Persephone Book of Short Stories. There is going to be a three part television drama about the Bloomsbury Group
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about the Indian mathematician Ramanujan, based on the rather wonderful book by David Leavitt called The Indian Clerk (thoroughly recommended); it stars Jeremy Irons.
In the Guardian column A Book that Changed Me (btw, why don't they ever ask women to choose a book that changed them?) John Crace wrote eloquently about Rebecca (permanently in our Fifty Books we Wish we had Published) and David Kynaston wrote wisely and tenderly about Howards End (David is writing the Preface to Mollie Panter-Downes's London War Notes which we publish in April next year).
Very sadly a good friend to Persephone, Sue Rees, died last week. Sue happened to be in the shop on 9/11 helping out and my goodness was she helpful as the ghastly news came in; she envelope-stuffed twice a year, she helped at the Country Living Fair (we shall be there this year and will miss her very much) and, most importantly, through Sue's flourishing book groups she made many people aware of Persephone who might otherwise not have known us. There was another death: Candida Lycett Green, John Betjeman's daughter, who did many wonderful things in her life and in particular wrote a column called Unwrecked England which became a marvelous book (at the moment only available as an e-book from Hive although a new paperback edition is on the way).
On five fortnightly Saturdays beginning on October 4th, at City College, Brighton and Hove, Sarah Tobias will continue her course called The Novel as Social History. This coming term the emphasis will be on the Edwardian period and one of the novels under discussion will be William – an Englishman by Cicely Hamilton (which will also be the subject of the Persephone Book Group on September 3rd at 6.30). Finally, on 16th October Professor Janet Todd will give a lecture at St Pancras Old Church at 7 pm about Mary Wollstonecraft, 'the most famous female political author of the revolutionary period, one of a group of literary women involved in political debates about society during the Enlightenment':
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MOTHER NATURE hasn't been kind throughout the month of March and has played havoc with regional racing.
As I type this on Monday afternoon, snow continues to come down with the openers at Sharon Speedway and Mercer Raceway Park looming this weekend.
Weather permitting, Sharon will host an open practice from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday followed by the "Springduro 150" Enduro paying $1,000 to-win at 2:30 p.m. Mercer meanwhile hopes to start the 62nd anniversary season Saturday at 7 p.m. with ULMS Super Late Models, UEMS E-Mods, Crate Late Models, and Mini Stocks.
Through it all, some racing has taken place. Since the last time I wrote, the third weekend of March was pretty much a write-off. One track that did get part of their weekend in was Selinsgrove (PA) Speedway. The Friday, March 15 show for the "358" Modifieds was won by Duane Howard over a 27-car field and finished up before the nasty weather hit that took out racing everywhere on Saturday and Sunday. A year ago, temperatures were around 80 degrees and races were held in front of packed grandstands!
This past weekend, I was able to sneak in four races in three days despite some of my first options being cancelled. Attica (OH) Raceway Park cancelled their scheduled Friday night opener early in the week due to wet grounds and a cold forecast. Williams Grove Speedway pulled the plug on Thursday for their Friday night opener due to the cold temperatures and high winds. Sharon Speedway had to postpone their practice and Enduro one week due to being unable to get on the speedway with the wet grounds.
On Friday I made the long trip to Potomac Speedway for their 40th season opener. Potomac is a small 3/8-mile high-banked dirt oval located about 40 miles south of Washington D.C. in Mechanicsville, MD. I left early to try to beat the Friday D.C. rush hour traffic, but it was still steady traffic the last two to two and half hours of the trip. This is one reason why Potomac doesn't start racing until 8 p.m.
While temperatures didn't get out of the 20s with snow showers here, the daytime temp hit 50 at Potomac and skies were sunny.
The temperature though dropped fast once the sun went down and was in the mid 30s when I left the track around 10 p.m. Car counts were disappointing with just 10 Super Late Models for $2,000 to-win and only 12 Limited Late Models.
I can see why they have cut the Super Late Models down to just 12 shows and will be running Crate Late Models on a bi-weekly basis in 2013. In fact, there were only 59 cars total in the five divisions.
Defending champion Kenny Moreland led all 35 laps of the Super Late Model feature for the $2,000 win.
Just nine cars took the green…that might have been the longest race I've seen in a long time for that number of cars. Two cautions slowed the event as the last 22 went green-to-checkered. J.T. Spence, Dale Hollidge, David Williams, and Deane Guy rounded out the top five. Other winners were Derrick Quade in the Limited Late Models, Mike Corbin in the Stocks, Matt Tarbox in the Hobby Stocks, and Kevin Pollard in the U-Cars. Potomac made for my 153rd lifetime speedway to see a race at. For more information, check out their website www.potomacspeedway.com. On Saturday morning I headed due north into Pennsylvania for the annual Trail-Way/Lincoln Speedway day/night doubleheader. Ten miles separate the tracks, which are basically located in the same town of Hanover with Trail-Way to the west of town and Lincoln to the north of town in Abbottstown.
While Sprint Cars rule on the big tracks in central Pa., the Micro Sprint division is where a lot of today's Sprint Car racers have come from, and Trail-Way has been a proving ground for many years. Several divisions of Micros are always present at Trail-Way's and this year's event included 27 600cc Micros, 21 270cc Micros and 6 of their new class of stock 600cc Micros in addition to 21 Legend Cars.
The track is located on the Hostetter's Farm, who also own the speedway and the wind just blows right across the fields uncontested. Picking up victories were Shawn Seifert (600s), Nik Gower (270s), Scott Gobrecht (Legends) and Kyle Brown (Stock 600s).
Trail-Way will be back in action again this Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. with a similar program before switching up to Friday nights when the "358" Sprint Cars headline the program. For more information, check out their website at www.trail-wayspeedway.com.
After Trail-Way, I headed across town to Lincoln. While most other regional tracks such as Port Royal, Selinsgrove, and Winchester all cancelled due to the cold, Lincoln as usual went on with their program. The daytime high was in the mid 40s, but this was the first night show with racing starting at 6 p.m. This was already Lincoln's fourth event of the year as 27 "410" Sprint Cars were present along with 24 "358" Late Models and 14 Thundercars for those divisions' first race of the year. A very good crowd was again on hand.
With the Port Royal cancellation, Lincoln picked up Lance Dewease, Greg Hodnett, and Michael Ruttkamp, but none of those racers would play into the finish as it was invader Cole Duncan scoring the upset victory. Last July, the Lockbourne, Ohio racer shocked the PA Posse when he won the $5,000 prize at Path Valley in the return of Sprint Cars.
The son of veteran Ohio and All Star racer Rodney Duncan, Cole is now making a name for himself. The second generation racer has won events at Lernerville, Skyline, Wayne County, and Fremont Speedways, but his two wins in central Pa. have no doubt been his biggest!
In his heat race, Duncan raced from eighth to fourth to make the handicap inversion. Duncan was at Lincoln on week two, but dropped out of the feature and because he hadn't competed anywhere else earned the pole position with his low money earning average.
Duncan shot into the lead at the start of the 25-lap feature. All eyes were on 10th starting Brian Montieth, who was clear up to fourth after one lap!
Montieth then passed Billy Pauch, Jr. for third on lap three and got past Hodnett for second on lap seven. Montieth tried everything over the final 18 laps and pulled even with Duncan a couple times, but wasn't able to make the pass as Duncan held on for the $3,300 win. Duncan's win came one day after his 21st birthday! Duncan actually got his start racing Sprints at 15 years of age in western Pa. after a very successful career in the Quarter Midgets.
Point leader Brent Marks turned in another solid effort in third after starting 12th. Fred Rahmer captured another top five in fourth to keep pace with Marks in the championship race. Hodnett dropped to fifth. In the companion action, Gene Knaub charged from the 11th starting spot to pass Jake Jones on lap 15 of the "358" Late Model main. Knaub went unchallenged for the win over Jones in the 20-lap feature. Duane Watson led from green-to-checkered to take the 20-lap $500 to-win Thundercar feature victory.
My original plan on Sunday was to go to Hagerstown (MD) Speedway for their twice postponed completion of the "Fall Brawl" from last October; however, for the second straight week Hagerstown pulled the plug on Friday afternoon due to the forecast.
No make-up date has been announced, but it's looking like it might not happen now until fall!
With that said, I headed north to Big Diamond Speedway in Minersville for their season opener.
The racing during the "358" Modified feature was excellent, but the event was plagued with nine cautions that ruined a lot of the up-front battles.
Full-time racer, Craig VonDohren, picked up the $3,000 victory in a race that saw just 11 of the 28 starters finish the 35 lapper. VonDohren started fourth and took third from Keith Hoffman on lap 10. VonDohren was in the right spot at the right time when the first and second place cars of NY invader Bobby Varin and Duane Howard tangled in lapped traffic on lap 25.
VonDohren was given the lead as Varin stopped on the track and Howard was put to the tail for rough driving. VonDohren went on for the victory. Pole-sitter Kevin Albert, who led the first four laps before dropping out the top five, hung on to finish second. Jon Kellner was third after starting 13th. Varin and Howard worked their way back to fourth and fifth at the finish. Andy Burkhart took one of the nastiest barrel-roll Modified flips I've ever seen going over the embankment behind the backstretch. He was okay.
Jared Umbenhauer dominated the 20-lap Sportsman Modified feature leading the entire way, while Kyle Killian captured the Stock main event. Big Diamond will now return to their normal Friday night racing. Check them out at www.bigdiamondspeedway.net.
Mike Leone is motorsports columnist for Allied News. Follow his updates on Twitter @mikevleone.


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Last November I'd written a piece on CBS' old announcing team of Pat Summerall and Tom Brookshier. The story already had been finished for a week when the phone rang, and it was Brookshier calling back because he had forgotten to mention a cute little incident from 1980. Their Thanksgiving broadcast — Bears at Lions.
"The last flight out of Detroit was around 4 in the afternoon," he told me, "and if you don't make that one you gotta wait until the next day to leave.
"It looked like the Lions were going to win, then the Bears scored 10 points in the fourth quarter to tie it, but all we're thinking about is getting home. We started packing up our stuff. It goes into overtime, and a guy from the Bears takes the kickoff all the way back. By the time he crossed the goal line, Pat and I were already getting in a limo outside. No way were we going to miss that plane. They guys in the booth covered for us … saying there was a little bit of 'technical difficulty' in our lines."
That was typical Brookshier, the yarn spinner. That was the way he handled business in the CBS booth, too, calling football games. Summerall would feed you the down and distance and the technicalities, the play-by-play maestro, and Brookie would fill in with the juicy stuff, the campfire tales, the cream filling. He was like a good bartender, the guy who'd keep you hanging around on a slow night. I wish more broadcasters worked that way.
Brookshier the player was a Colorado defensive back, an electric hitter and tackler, and he defended for the Eagles a bunch of seasons, winning a ring on their tough 1960 club as a first-team All-Pro.
Then in '61 he was zeroing in on a Chicago Bears sweep when a pair of blockers scissored him and snapped his right shinbone to pieces. Waiting for an ambulance in the Wrigley Field mud, he held up a cigarette; three years later he was holding a CBS microphone.
"I learned as I went along," Brookshier said. "The play-by-play announcers would let you do your own thing. They'd lead you at times, throw things at you like, 'Tom, what do you think Theismann was doing on that play?' Most of us color analysts are generally outspoken by nature, so the reply would be something like, He just threw his helmet. He's mad because he had a receiver wide open and he missed him. For a quarterback, that's about the biggest sin there is.
"The biggest fear I had was overhyping the situation. You know, a two-yard gain is a two-yard gain. Sometimes it's a good defensive play and sometimes it's just a lousy offensive play."
CBS was loaded with greats in those years, voices blessed by God, and so Brookie was paired up with names like Lindsey Nelson and Jack Buck and Ray Scott. In 1972, he made an uncomfortable name for himself, nationally, when he tried to interview a troubled Duane Thomas after Dallas had put away Miami in Super Bowl VI. Thomas had earned the nickname "The Sphinx" for his mysterious, tight-lipped behavior, and the night before the game The Sphinx came up during a late CBS production meeting.
"I knew this situation — interviewing Duane — was going to potentially be a problem for us if Dallas won the game," Brookshier remembered. "So I wanted to clear the issue with our whole crew, to make sure everybody was on the same page. I asked [CBS president] Bob Wood, 'What if Duane Thomas wants to talk tomorrow? What do I let him say?'
"Thomas hadn't spoken to the press for the previous six or seven weeks. Everybody else in the room thought it was a ridiculous question, but Wood paused for a minute and said, 'If he wants to speak, let him say anything he wants. We'll deal with it.' Thank God I'd cleared that up the night before. I wasn't counting on Thomas to spill his guts to us, but we would at least be ready if he did talk."
Well, Thomas agreed to talk, but when he stepped in front of the cameras, he clammed back up and the whole jerkiness of it threw Brookshier for a loop.
"During the interview, the first thing that flashed threw my mind was the play where Thomas had made a linebacker miss him at the goal line," Brookshier said. "I gave him one of those questions about his speed, and he gave me that infamous "Evidently" response. I said to myself, Oh … my … God. Is he going to stand here and give me one-word answers all day? Jim Brown, who somehow became Thomas' advisor of sorts, saw I was starting to sweat, so he tried to break the ice a little bit.
"He said, 'Are you nervous, Brook?' Well, yeah I am! I'm on national television trying to come up with questions for this guy, but I know he's not going to give me any kind of real answer no matter what I ask!"
My favorite Brookshier tale came out of another Super Bowl, No. 4, Vikings and Chiefs. They played that game in New Orleans, and one night Brookshier and a chunk of the CBS crew made a French Quarter tour and ran into a bunch of good-looking gals over in the corner.
"Turns out," Brookshier told me, "they were all wives of Minnesota players. One of them was the wife of Joe Kapp, the Viking quarterback. I said to her, 'You're gonna be with the Super Bowl champions tomorrow night.'
"She said, 'Oh no, we're not.' I was shocked. I asked, 'why not?'
"She said, 'Joe doesn't think his offensive line can block these guys. They're very worried. They think Kansas City is really tough.'
"I almost fell through the floor, but women are honest as hell and they'll tell you the truth. Well, we went ahead and did the game and as I watched I kept thinking, 'Kapp was right — the Vikings can't block these guys.' "
Brookshier and Summerall were the toast of football from 1974-80. Their last call together was the '80 NFC championship game, as the network brass had plans to move a new guy into Brookie's prime-time seat. The new guy was John Madden.
"There had been rumors floating around," Brookshier remembered. "Neither of us hoped they were true, but unfortunately Madden-Summerall was their plan. The one good thing that came out of it was me getting the chance to do some play-by-play work, which I enjoyed quite a bit."
I'm glad Tom Brookshier called back that December day, with his funny little airplane tale. I didn't know he was sick. I didn't know about the cancer that ended up taking his life at the age of 78 on Friday night. I didn't know it was the last Brookshier story I'd ever hear.


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The Atlanta Falcons came up just short in their attempt to climb into first place in the NFC South, but Matt Ryan had a solid day of passing against the New Orleans Saints secondary. Ryan finished the day with 351 passing yards, two touchdowns and an interception. They didn't get the win, but for fantasy football purposes, that is a great day, netting out to approximately 20 points in many leagues.
Ryan has been a bit up and down at times but is still capable of big games like this. More importantly, we are getting more and more confirmation of the questionable nature of the Saints defense, particularly on the road. The Saints will win games, but week in and week out, QBs facing off against the Saints have some solid fantasy value. The Saints are on a bye next week, but after that bye, quarterbacks like Eli Manning, Matthew Stafford and even Matt Hasselbeck and Christian Ponder could be in for big games in the coming weeks.
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This is a non-issue. Let's move on to bigger and better things like high rise apartments
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If most of the employees live locally (Mountain View, Palo Alto, Los Altos, Sunnyvale), then those tremendously expensive highway projects will be a waste of money. The city needs to look at ways to move people around the city more efficiently. Bike lanes and shuttle busses can be implemented quickly and cheaply.
How about extending the Stevens Creek Trail into Cupertino and extending the Permanente Creek Trail into Los Altos? These projects can be completed for a tiny fraction of that $500 million proposed freeway ramp, and in a tiny fraction of the time.
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I heard those things are awfully loud
They ride as softly as a cloud
Is there a chance the track may bend??
Not on your life, my Hindu friend
What about us brain dead slobs?
You'll be given cushy jobs
Where you sent here by the devil?
No good man I'm on the level
The ring broke off my pudding can
Take my pen knife my good man
I say its Spiringfeild's only choice
Throw up your hands and raise your voice
But Mainstreet's still all cracked and broken!
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American Express has also launched its own $100 million fund. It will use the fund to invest in startups, specifically ones that focus on mobile payment solutions, fraud detection, ecommerce, loyalty and reward platforms, and data.
American Express has long been dedicated to small businesses. It spends a lot of time and resources on its small business blog, Amex Open Forum. Investing in payment-focused startups is a smart way for it to keep up to speed on innovations in its space.


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Updated Nov. 13 to correct status of air emissions permit
With sustained high prices for oil and gasoline, it may now be just a matter of years before the nation's first plant to convert coal to liquid transportation fuels is built.
TransGas Development Systems still is on track to start construction on its Adams Fork plant in Mingo County in the first quarter of 2013, according to Randall Harris, TransGas project developer for the Mingo County Redevelopment Authority.
"We're still moving forward," Harris said.
"This whole fundraising part of the development is strange to me. I'm an engineer. (TransGas Development Systems President Adam Victor) and his crowd are the people who know how to do that," he said. "I tag along and explain the technology, and they're still of the opinion they're going to be able to close this thing the first part of 2013."
The Adams Fork project is designed to convert 7,500 tons of local coal per day to 18,000 barrels of gasoline and 300 barrels of liquefied petroleum gas, or propane, according to 2011 information on the project.
Initial site work was begun on the $4 billion plant over the summer, and Harris said the company has plot plans and the "geotech" work that characterizes the soil and underlying rock.
Although Adams Fork originally was announced as having a 48-month timeline, that included this period of seeking financing so the actual construction schedule will be a little shorter — anywhere from 39 to 46 months, Harris said.
The company's air emissions permit, which had been under appeal, is now final, Harris said.
"There is a dispute between (the state Department of Environmental Protection) and the review board over administrative process," he said, adding that that does not affect the validity of the permit.
If everything moves forward on schedule, that would put the plant in operation by the beginning of 2017.
TransGas is not the only company looking to get the first commercial-scale coal-to-liquids plant in the U.S. in operation.
Some companies put out a lot of press but a very few actually are moving forward, Harris said.
Although he declined to list them, he acknowledged familiarity and communication with DKRW Advanced Fuels of Houston, which has proposed to build the Medicine Bow Fuel & Power plant in Wyoming.
DKRW recently signed a deal with China Petrochemical Corp., known familiarly as Sinopec, for engineering, procurement and construction, and it also is looking to China for financing.
"We're all using a lot of the same financing people — there are only so many in the world that can raise that kind of money," Harris said. "So there's a lot of background chatter as to who's committed to what."
The Medicine Bow project has been estimated to cost $2 billion. Although it originally was proposed to produce about 20,000 barrels per day of gasoline, Harris said he thinks the developers have reduced the scale.
All of the serious coal-to-liquids developers are using basically the same processes, he said.
Asked whether there's a friendly race among them to get the first plant online, Harris demurred.
"it's not really a race because there's no real advantage to anybody that wins," he said.
"The position we've always taken is 'the more the merrier,' because we're trying to build an industry," he said. "That's the reason there's quite a bit of background discussion among the serious developers."


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A thorough debunking of the baseless, ignorant and uninformed media narrative of current UCLA basketball fanbase - particularly alumni being spoiled beyond belief by the Wooden dynasty, and would...
ESPN ranks UCLA as the second best program of last 50 years.
Interesting matrix on where UCLA fits in as either a "football school" or "basketball school" or both based on record of last six years.
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Although the book does have its interesting moments -- some factual, some gossipy -- it more reminded me of my law school days (now more than 25 years ago) of listening to a student "briefing a case" to the professor and class. That was uninteresting. What's more, the book makes an argument that a pervasive right wing conspiracy is afoot in the the selection of Justices to overturn Roe v. Wade and other cases of perceived judicial activism. That could be, but I felt the arguments as presented were either weak, unsupported, or did not add up. I thought Woodward's "The Brethren" was far better. This book was quite underwhelming.
"Interesting and Well Done"
This book is highly interesting and relevant. I was only disappointed that the book came to an end. I wish it had been lengthier.
I think the stories, occasionally wrapped in life lessons, could not have been more interesting. If this book is not a bestseller, it should be.
It did make me laugh. And it did have touching moments.
This is a must-read. I am usually a harsh critic, but I really really liked this book.
"The sky is not falling"
I eagerly anticipated that this book would be as insightful as the author's most recent book, The World is Flat (which was a wonderful book). Unfortunately, my expectations were not met.
The basic premise for Friedman's argument -- that America's current fossil-fuel infrastructure mandates drastic change because CO2 by-products cause "weather-weirding" or global warming -- is based on razor thin credible evidence. I realize that this is a controversial subject and that reasonable minds can differ; however, the author presents virtually no alternative viewpoints on whether global warming exists and whether it is man-made.
I did appreciate some of Friedman's prescient political and social forecasting. I also liked some of the history of how we ended up where we are. Nevertheless, I think the debate over global warming is based on political faith and not on scientific fact.
Despite all of this, I concur with Friedman's goal of changing our energy infrastructure NOT because of global warming, but because it will further our national interests of less dependency on foreign oil, reduce the influence of "oil dictators," and create a cleaner environment.
This book is just "ok." It is not earth shattering, however, and I don't buy into its alarmist tones without a further factual basis.
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This is a masterpiece. The history is excellent. The writing style is great. The narration is fantastic. Rarely do I give such high marks, but this book has it all. Even if you have no interest in history, you will still be interested in this book. A friend of mine, who I recommended this book, called me up nearly in tears after listening to the passage of FDR's death. In a word, "riveting."
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FPL CEO, other execs dine at White House – on their own dimeFriday, October 9th, 2009 by Dara Kam
FPL Group CEO Lew Hay and three other chief executives broke bread with President Barack Obama yesterday in the president's private dining room.
But taxpayers needn't worry about picking up the tab for the Hay and the bosses of Amazon.com, Kraft and Eastman Kodak.
The Wall Street Journal's Elizabeth Williamson blogged that the four chiefs whipped out their credit cards at the end of a sandwich and salad luncheon "for the same price as the going rate outside the walls of the White House."
It was the third Dutch-treat lunch hosted by the president at the White House, Williamson reported.
Obama's no-free-lunch policy is meant to reflect the administration's harsh view of coziness between elected officials and special interests.
That attitude is also reflected in Florida's gift ban laws that make it illegal for legislators or their staff from accepting goodies of any sort – including meals, beverages and even after-dinner mints – from lobbyists or for lobbyists to give them.


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When are the industrial leaders going to realize that shooting for a higher profit margin will be the demise of US production as is already evidenced?
Just throwing this out there. Anyone notice it's a bitch to repair things anymore because it wasn't designed by the guy the used to fix them?
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Mack Rhoades chose the former Texas Tech head coach to take over at Houston. The real news, in my mind, is what happened with Billy Gillispie? Did he simply take too long to make up his mind?
The El Paso Times' Biill Knight has a nice round-up of where the UTEP mens basketball coaching search stands as of this morning. With all the movement in the last 24 hours, I wouldn't be surprised if we have an official announcement very soon. Excerpt: "Most thought Floyd to be the top choice, but recently his name has drifted out of the picture. He interviewed with UTEP athletic director Bob Stull last weekend in New Orleans. Floyd also interviewed with the University of Houston last weekend. Sources close to the search say "it's not dead yet" and that it is safe to assume talks are still ongoing with Floyd."
Jones has done an incredible job at Marshall and is now off to take over the UCF program in Orlando. This is a bad day in Huntington. With Jones gone, I assume that all but guarantees that Hassan Whiteside will make himself eligible for the NBA Draft too. Front Page Bump Update: Hassan Whiteside Has Declared for the NBA Draft Ouch. Marshall lost a smart up and coming coach and the best player they've had in decades in a matter of hours. At least Whiteside had the courtesy to go pro and not to a rival C-USA school.
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Some great rolling shots of an impressive color on the F10 M5 – Individual Frozen Cashmere Silver.
Finding rivals to pitch the Nissan GT-R against on circuit is tough – its performance far outstrips traditional foes at its price point. But what about the king of the super saloons, the BMW M5? EVO finds out which is quicker round the challenging turns of the Anglesey Circuit.
This morning's Nordschleife Touristenfahrten session was closed today – because of the M5 Ring-Taxi crashed on Nürburgring track – with paying customers aboard! Luckily no one was hurt except for the driver's ego. At first(early reports said) it was thought the crash was caused due to the driver drifting in the Brunchen-II turn. Turns out the driver of the Ring Taxi was just driving way over his head and the "red mist" got the better of his judgment. He really ought to have yielded … CONTINUED
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Carly B and her sidekick Becky made sure we had lots of great activities and absolutely outstanding nightly entertainment in the main theatre (The Coral), the productions varied from comedy to music and everything in between.
This all does not happen without exceptional leadership and the captain and his staff must work very hard to make sure everyone is happy and satisfied as there is a lot of cruise competition out there.
We highly recommend the Radiance Class of Royal Caribbean, they are an absolutely beautiful ship.
We also went on two shore excursions. In Cozumel we went on the Amazing Cozumel Race, (like the amazing race), it was a lot of fun and you get to see lots of Cozumel. The townspeople were very helpful, however we did not win, (hard to believe, ha, ha).
In Costa Maya we had a great experience on a tour by Native Choice. We did the Mayan Experience and it was nothing short of terrific. Joel, the guide, was a wealth of great information on the Mayan people. We then had lunch with a Mayan family. If you want to get a great cultural experience, this is the excursion for you. The vans they use are air conditioned and modern as it involves some travel to do this tour, but well worth it. (They do the driving.)
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A 30 year old man is arrested for robbing Discontent in Bismarck.
Steven Mears is charged with theft of property in the Friday afternoon incident.
Authorities say Mears walked into the store on Main Avenue and demanded money.
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The employees handed over the cash.
Two hours later, Mears is accused of stabbing a Pizza Hut patron at the Broadway restaurant.
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Dr. Nasia Safdar and state epidemiologist Jeff Davis answer viewers' questions. Educational specialist Sue Todey discusses the strategy she has suggested for classrooms throughout the state to avoid spreading the virus.
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What is the difference between seasonal influenza and the H1N1 flu?
Seasonal influenza is caused by viruses that have been interacting with humans for many generations. The human immune system is able to mount a quick immune response when encountering the same seasonal strain(s) again. The new 2009 H1N1 influenza, (formerly known as swine flu) emerged in the spring of 2009. Because humans have never been infected with this strain of the influenza virus, the immune system often cannot react as quickly or effectively as it can with familiar viruses.
While seasonal influenza is most threatening to those with weak immune systems, such as the very young and old, the 2009 H1N1 virus appears to be a threat to healthy, young adults, children and pregnant women. Although the populations most affected differ, the symptoms of seasonal and H1N1 influenza are very similar and can only be distinguished by a medical professional.
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What is H1N1 Flu?
H1N1 Flu is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza virus that regularly causes outbreaks of influenza among pigs. Swine flu viruses do not normally infect humans, however, human infections do occur, and cases of human-to-human spread of swine flu viruses has been documented. But further study has shown that this new virus is very different from what normally circulates in North American pigs. It has two genes from flu viruses that normally circulate in pigs in Europe and Asia and avian genes and human genes. Scientists call this a "quadruple reassortant" virus.
How is it spread?
Human infection with flu viruses from pigs most likely to occur from close proximity to infected pigs, such as in pig barns and livestock exhibits housing pigs. Human-to-human transmission of swine flu is thought to occur in the same way as seasonal flu in people, which is mainly through the coughing or sneezing of people infected with the influenza virus. People may become infected by touching something with flu viruses on it and then touching their mouth or nose.
Can I get H1N1 flu by eating pork?
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Will my flu shot protect me from swine flu?
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What are the symptoms of H1N1 Flu?
The symptoms of H1N1 Flu in people are similar to those of regular human seasonal influenza. They include fever, lethargy, lack of appetite, coughing, and aches and pains.
What should you do if you have symptoms?
If you get mild flu symptoms, stay home to heal more quickly and prevent spread to others. If you get more severe flu symptoms, contact a health care provider. If you get flu symptoms and have had contact with someone who has recently arrived from Mexico, contact a health care provider.
How can I prevent getting or spreading swine flu?
Swine flu is a lung disease which affects the whole body. It is contracted mainly by breathing in the virus on droplets from cough. The steps you take to help protect yourself, and prevent its spread are the same steps you would take to prevent the spread of regular seasonal flu:
Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it. Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective. Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread this way. Try to avoid close contact with sick people. If you get sick with influenza, CDC recommends that you stay home from work or school and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them.
For more on how to prevent the flu, visit our Flu and Cold Survival Guide.
Should I wear a face mask?
Ordinary face masks are not likely to provide significant protection and are currently not recommended in the US. In the event of widespread infection in a given area this recommendation might change. The American Lung Association suggests that people follow the advice of local authorities.
Prevention and Treatment from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This season, there is a seasonal flu vaccine to protect against seasonal flu viruses and a 2009 H1N1 vaccine to protect against the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus (sometimes called "swine flu"). A flu vaccine is the first and most important step in protecting against flu infection.
Take these everyday steps to protect your health:
Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.
Wash your hands often with soap and water. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand rub.* Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread this way. Try to avoid close contact with sick people. If you are sick with flu-like illness, CDC recommends that you stay home for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone except to get medical care or for other necessities. (Your fever should be gone without the use of a fever-reducing medicine.) Keep away from others as much as possible to keep from making others sick. Other important actions that you can take are:
Follow public health advice regarding school closures, avoiding crowds and other social distancing measures.
Be prepared in case you get sick and need to stay home for a week or so; a supply of over-the-counter medicines, alcohol-based hand rubs * (for when soap and water are not available), tissues and other related items could help you to avoid the need to make trips out in public while you are sick and contagious.
What is the best way to keep from spreading the virus through coughing
or sneezing?
If you are sick with flu-like illness, CDC recommends that you stay home for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone except to get medical care or for other necessities. (Your fever should be gone without the use of a fever-reducing medicine.) Keep away from others as much as possible. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing or sneezing. Put your used tissue in the waste basket. Then, clean your hands, and do so every time you cough or sneeze.
If I have a family member at home who is sick with 2009 H1N1 flu,
should I go to work?
Employees who are well but who have an ill family member at home with 2009 H1N1 flu can go to work as usual. These employees should monitor their health every day, and take everyday precautions including covering their coughs and sneezes and washing their hands often with soap and water, especially after they cough or sneeze. If soap and water are not available, they should use an alcohol-based hand rub.* If they become ill, they should notify their supervisor and stay home. Employees who have an underlying medical condition or who are pregnant should call their health care provider for advice, because they might need to receive influenza antiviral drugs. For more information please see General Business and Workplace Guidance for the Prevention of Novel Influenza A (H1N1) Flu in Workers.
What is the best technique for washing my hands to avoid getting the
Washing your hands often will help protect you from germs. CDC recommends that when you wash your hands -- with soap and warm water -- that you wash for 15 to 20 seconds. When soap and water are not available, alcohol-based disposable hand wipes or gel sanitizers may be used.* You can find them in most supermarkets and drugstores. If using gel, rub your hands until the gel is dry. The gel doesn't need water to work; the alcohol in it kills the germs on your hands.
What should I do if I get sick?
For information about what to do if you get sick with flu-like symptoms this season, see What To Do If You Get Sick: 2009 H1N1 and Seasonal Flu. A downloadable flyer containing this information also is available at http://www.cdc.gov/flu/freeresources/2009-10/pdf/what_to_do_if_you_get_sick.pdf
What are "emergency warning signs" that should signal anyone to seek medical care urgently?
In children:
Fast breathing or trouble breathing
Bluish skin color
Not drinking enough fluids
Not waking up or not interacting
Being so irritable that the child does not want to be held
Flu-like symptoms improve but then return with fever and worse cough
Fever with a rash
In adults:
Difficulty breathing or shortness of breath
Pain or pressure in the chest or abdomen
Sudden dizziness
Severe or persistent vomiting
Contamination & Cleaning
How long can influenza virus remain viable on objects (such as books
and doorknobs)?
Studies have shown that influenza virus can survive on environmental surfaces and can infect a person for 2 to 8 hours after being deposited on the surface.
What kills influenza virus?
Influenza virus is destroyed by heat (167-212°F [75-100°C]). In addition, several chemical germicides, including chlorine, hydrogen peroxide, detergents (soap), iodophors (iodine-based antiseptics), and alcohols are effective against human influenza viruses if used in proper concentration for a sufficient length of time.
What household cleaning should be done to prevent the spread of
influenza virus?
To prevent the spread of influenza virus it is important to keep surfaces (especially bedside tables, surfaces in the bathroom, kitchen counters and toys for children) clean by wiping them down with a household disinfectant according to directions on the product label.
Is there a risk from drinking water?
Tap water that has been treated by conventional disinfection processes does not likely pose a risk for transmission of influenza viruses. Current drinking water treatment regulations provide a high degree of protection from viruses. No research has been completed on the susceptibility of 2009 H1N1 flu virus to conventional drinking water treatment processes.
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By Stuart Hirsch
The Herald Bulletin
ANDERSON, Ind. — The federal government shutdown has caused little if any disruption in Madison County so far.
One obvious reason is there aren't large federal buildings, military bases or national parks in the county. And those federal offices that do exist, such as the Social Security Administration offices on Scatterfield Road, are still operating, albeit with reduced services.
Most of the federal money that comes to the county arrives in the form of grants, for road and bridge improvements, low-income housing assistance, and other large projects.
"Things here should just click right along like they normally do," said Madison County Board of Commissioners President John Richwine, R-North District.
Head Start, a federal preschool program that provides education services to low-income children, was hit with cuts in August after Congress enacted a sequestration of $1.2 trillion in across-the-board cuts over the next 10 years. The program lost 20 education slots in Madison County, as well as reduced transportation funding.
During this shutdown, however, the Head Start program, which serves 294 children in Madison County and another 295 in Delaware County, won't be affected, no matter how long it lasts, said Sherry Edwards, a local Head Start official. "It's very good news."
John Raine, owner of Raine Inc., a local manufacturer of nylon military field gear as well as similar products used by police agencies, said the impact of a government shutdown is hard to assess.
"The impact depends on how long it lasts," he said. Many of the company's products are sold at military exchange retail stores, which aren't affected by the partial government shutdown.
But many civilian military workers, who also buy and use Raine products, have been furloughed and that could affect sales. The bottom line?
"Anytime anyone in our customer base is not being paid, that will affect us," he said.
At Grissom Air Reserve Base 12 miles north of Kokomo, 600 full-time civilian employees and reservists were sent home on Tuesday. And the Indiana National Guard furloughed about 1,000 federal technicians.
Gov. Mike Pence's office said Indiana has enough money on hand to continue many of the largest joint federal-state programs such as Medicaid and unemployment insurance.
In addition, Pence's spokeswoman, Christy Denault, said the state will be able to continue funding welfare benefits and a program that helps pregnant women, mothers and their children through October.
In an interview from her Washington office on Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks, R-District 5, said no one wanted a government shutdown.
"I believe what is happening right now has been building for three years," Brooks said, referring to 2010 when a Republican majority was elected to the House of Representatives. The goal of those Republicans has been to overturn the Affordable Care Act.
She said higher costs to individuals, and small and large businesses alike because of health care reform has been a key issue across the country and in Indiana's 5th District.
Brooks criticized President Barack Obama and Senate Democratic leaders for refusing to negotiate with the House leaders and find common ground to cut short the budget crisis.
Brooks said she was encouraged by the administration's call for a meeting of House and Senate leaders later on Wednesday, but added that it would fall short if the president's only purpose was to convince House leaders to pass a continuing resolution that doesn't address health care and other spending issues.
Like Stu Hirsch on Facebook and follow him @stuhirsch on Twitter, or call 640-4861. The Associated Press contributed to this story.


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Editor, Townsman:
Once again, as I write this, we are in the middle of a snow storm/blizzard and, once again, hundreds of thousands of people are without power.
We all know the definition of insanity: Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.
Are we not doing the very same thing year after year?
I could not possibly be the only one – and I know I am not – who has thought of placing power lines under ground. After all, all our water supply lines are under ground and the same people who receive water also are supplied with electricity.
We have transoceanic cables resting on the floor of the ocean. We have sent probes into Deep Space but we are not able to place power cables a few feet under ground?
Obviously, we have all the technology and then some and, yet, year after year we are sending out construction crews to repair downed cables under the worst possible weather conditions.
Then what is (are) the reason(s) for not applying the obvious solution? Is it money?
Is it cheaper to have numerous repair crews climbing up and down utility poles during the most inclement weather conditions? Having power companies lose income from thousands upon thousands of customers? What about the hardship endured by men, women and children hovering under blankets and waiting for the moment when the lights come back on?
It is not necessary to put the power lines of an entire town under ground at once – I would start with the street where the lines are subject to the most frequent breakdowns and continue street after street.
Years ago, I coined the phrase: Those who have the answer are never asked the question, and those who know what to do are never in a position to do it.
I believe I am as right today as I was then.
Leo Rute
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FRUITLAND, Md. - The Maryland Department of the Environment is currently installing 10 monitoring wells throughout the Morris Mill and Colburn Woods area.
These wells will determine the extent of the contamination and identify exactly where it's coming from.
"This study, it takes approximately two weeks to put the wells in. They have to be sampled, we need to get the results back. Once we get the results from this study, we'll be having another public meeting here in the community - basically give the results to the citizens," Arthur O'Connell of MDE said.
The data is expected to come in sometime next month. So far, we're told MDE has spent $230,000 to pay for the wells and to provide bottled water to affected residents.
The EPA is currently working to install filtration systems at affected homes - they are also expected to do vapor testing.


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Lynne D. Schwabe was owner of Schwabe-May of Charleston, ran her own marketing consulting firm and is a nationally recognized motivational speaker. She has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Women's Wear Daily, and has appeared on CNBC's Power Lunch. She is now director of development for the National Youth Science Foundation. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
It was all quite legitimate: I was sitting, chatting with my son-in-law about perfectly innocuous things, when he began talking about sex. Oh, nothing specific or personal. Tripp is a life coach, whose mission in life is to help men become "New Men" and, as his website (thenewmanpodcast.com) says, "Navigate the changing course of relationships." I think this means that with Tripp's help, men learn the art of being "present," and thus will be able to understand their wives, girlfriends, and significant others in an empathetic and sensitive way. A noble cause.
His new quest is to explore the whole men are from Mars, women from Venus thing. He clearly understands that men and women think differently about almost everything, and he wants to teach his clients how to better communicate with women, which ultimately would lead to a closer understanding of each other. Needless to say, to be complete, these discussions sooner or later have to deal with sex.
Tripp is 40. He is married to the most perfect woman in the world. They have the most perfect child … and the most perfect mother-in-law. I wasn't about to volunteer my older and somewhat more cynical views on the subject. Thinking about sex rarely, in my experience, leads to a sheltered private island of sanity and wellbeing. Thinking too much about sex tends to get you kicked off that island, even at my age. Our urges are comprehensively disruptive. That most men understand that is a given. This should be a fertile field for Tripp's practice, as most men think about sex something like every seven seconds. Drawing the logical conclusion: men are in a state of constant disruption. They probably all need Tripp's help.
A recent book, "How to Think More About Sex" by Alain de Botton, reflects more of my thinking. Given the subprimate level of intelligence and wit in most self-help books, you run the risk of leading your thousands of brain cells into a non-redemptive land of over-simplified thinking if you read one. However, this book wanders to some strange and counterintuitive places. Mr. de Botton proposes new, more accurate language for brides and grooms to employ at the alter: "I promise to be disappointed by you and you alone. I promise to make you the sole repository of my regrets, rather than distribute them widely through multiple affairs and a life of sexual Don Juanism. I have surveyed the different options for unhappiness, and it is you I have chosen to commit myself to."
When spouses cheat, de Botton suggests that the betrayed should consider saying sorry first: "sorry for being themselves, sorry for getting old, sorry for being boring sometimes, sorry for forcing their partners to lie by setting the bar of truthfulness forbiddingly high, and (while we're at it) sorry for being human."
I am not this highly evolved. When a long-ago husband cheated on me, I wanted to gouge out his eyeballs (and a couple of other vital body parts), make soup out of them and force him to eat it. On the other hand, I get that any close relationship takes more understanding than any of us has, more compassion, more empathy and more humor. The occasional feather boa and garter belt can also provide a boost. And being fully appreciative of the other person's talents, accomplishments and even bad jokes goes farther toward keeping couples together than frolicking in a hot tub.
But, I am keeping my wisdom to myself. I applaud my son-in-law's ambition and hope he makes enormous progress, both in the teaching of this kind of appreciation and in the practicing of it. I hope he will understand how to counsel a client whose wife is earning 30 percent less than he is and whose career is going all Titanic when the question, "Who will look after the kids?" raises its head. Or someone whose wife is upset with his pleasingly nonproductive activities like fishing, golf, listening to records, playing on the Xbox and pretending to be goblins in World of Warcraft. Or a guy who is baffled by the fact that his wife spends her spare time taking on the never-ending list of self-improvements or domestic tasks: homework, counseling the troubled, deworming the cat, doing pelvic-floor exercises, trying to be inventive with cabbage and exfoliating ingrowing hairs.
I'm confident that he will help men by telling them to eliminate self-sabotaging patterns, how to engage in the practice of mindfulness and tell them how to go about rewriting the narratives that define them.
And, since I am the perfect mother-in-law, I'll continue to keep my big mouth shut.


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By DAN HEATH Press-Republican
---- — PLATTSBURGH — Dollar General will host a grand-opening celebration at its recently opened store in the City of Plattsburgh.
The event starts at 8 a.m. Saturday and will include free prizes and special deals at the 4989 South Catherine St. location. Giveaways include a $10 gift card for the first 50 shoppers and a Dollar General tote bag to the first 200 shoppers.
The City of Plattsburgh Planning Board approved the plan for the former Lavin Candy Co. property in October.
The 9,100-square-foot store is about 2,000 square feet larger than the typical Dollar General.
City of Plattsburgh Mayor Donald Kasprzak said the city is very appreciative of the company's decision to build in the South End.
"It's just another sign that Plattsburgh continues in a positive direction with economic development," he said.
"We know this store will definitely be supported by the residents of the City of Plattsburgh."
Dollar General Senior Vice President of Real Estate and Store Development Dan Nieser said company officials hope Plattsburgh customers will enjoy shopping at the new store.
"Dollar General is committed to delivering a pleasant shopping experience that includes a convenient location, a wide assortment of merchandise and great prices on quality products," he said in a press release.
Traditional Dollar General stores employ about six to 10 people, depending on the need. Anyone interested in joining the Dollar General team may visit the Career section at dollargeneral.com.
According to the company website, the first Dollar General opened in 1955 in Springfield, Ky. There are now more than 10,000 stores in 40 states.
The company also has 12 distribution centers and employs more than 90,000 people. It reported $16 billion in sales in fiscal 2012.
The average store has between 10,000 and 12,000 stocked units. The chain concentrates on national name and private brands of food, housewares, seasonal items, cleaning supplies, basic apparel and health and beauty products.
Dollar General is an ardent supporter of literacy and education, according to its website.
At the cash register of every Dollar General store, customers interested in learning how to read, speak English or get their General Education Diploma can pick up a brochure with a postage-paid reply card that can be mailed in for a referral to a local organization that offers free literacy services.
Since its inception in 1993, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded more than $81 million in grants to nonprofit organizations, helping more than 4.7 million individuals take their first steps toward literacy or continued education.
For more information about the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and its grant programs, visit dgliteracy.com.
Email Dan Heath:firstname.lastname@example.com