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The upcoming Mindy Project stars Kaling as a young doctor who is trying to balance her promising professional life with a rocky personal life. The project stars Kaling, Anna Camp (True Blood), Chris Messina (Six Feet Under), Stephen Tobolowsky (Spaceballs, Groundhog's Day), Amanda Setton, Ed Weeks and Zoe Jarman. Her Office co-star Ed Helms has a recurring role, as well as Bill Hader and Ike Barinholtz. Check out the trailer below.
The Office returns to NBC on Sept, 20; The Mindy Project premieres on Fox Sept. 25. But get this. You'll be able to catch the premiere episode online — through Yahoo, Hulu, AOL, MSN, Fox.com, Facebook, Xfinity — from Aug. 27 to Sept. 9.

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Eagles running back LeSean McCoy released a statement Monday apologizing for a spat with the mother of his son on Twitter late Saturday night.
In the public exchange on the social networking site, the woman criticized McCoy, saying he had abandoned their son, among other personal and graphic insults. McCoy responded with insults of his own, and even encouraged his followers to tell the woman to "get a job n stop begging for child support money."
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TribeVibe's arrival on Indians.com raised at least one question – how would Jordan Bastian, the master of his very own Major League Bastian blogosphere domain, react to the new kid on the block? Would there be backlash resulting from the increased competition? Should we expect a steady dose of press box silent treatment? Or would he bake us cookies and welcome TribeVibe to the MLBlogs neighborhood?
To find out, TribeVibe turned to Bart Swain, the senior (emphasis on senior) member of the Indians Baseball Information Department, to execute these hard-hitting questions and find out how Jordan has adjusted to his new scene after completing his first full season covering the Tribe in 2011. Bart, a native of Elyria (OH) and proud graduate of Ohio University, has been with the Indians since 1992 and would be happy to tell you all about his love for the Ohio State Buckeyes. Bart also throws batting practice. A self-described "roaming gnome," Jordan was born in California and raised in the south suburbs of Chicago with a two-year high school stint in Colorado Springs. He graduated from Michigan State University's School of Journalism and covered the Toronto Blue Jays for MLB.com for 5 years before starting his Indians beat in November of 2010. Jordan also owns a fancy camera.
Let the friendly banter and good-natured barbs commence.
TribeVibe: How do you like Cleveland?
Jordan Bastian: We have enjoyed Cleveland since the move; it was a great move for our family. I grew up in the Midwest, in the south suburbs of Chicago, and the place where we live in Cleveland feels a lot like the area where my wife and I grew up. We have felt right at home, the team has been great to deal with – a great PR staff [smirking] – it has been a great move and we are really happy we did it. It is a place we can see ourselves for a long time.
TV: Did you enjoy your time in Toronto?
JB: I did, I enjoyed Toronto a lot. It was cool to be right out of college, newly-wed, living downtown in a big city, covering a big league ballclub. It was a fun experience being in that type of situation. But after five years there it was a family need to get somewhere that was closer to home.
TV: Is this an easy team to cover?
JB: I think Cleveland is a great team to cover. I would say first and foremost because it is such a young team and they are really easy to deal with and really easy going. I have been lucky that the three GM's that I have had to deal with [Alex Anthopoulos, J. P. Ricciardi, Chris Antonetti] have all been very accessible. Chris falls right along those same lines. If you need him he will be available for you and Manny Acta is great to deal with in terms of availability for the media and just being easy to get along with. It has been a really smooth transition and a fun team to cover.
TV: Do you still enjoy the travel and the day to day stuff?
JB: One thing I do when I am on the road is get out and experience cities a little bit, whether it's going to museums or going for a run or things of that nature that make the travel more bearable. It can be tough being in airports and hotels away from our families as much as we are. Being away can be tough, so keeping yourself active and getting the most out of each trip is key.
TV: I have noticed you have a camera [laughter from JB]; would you call yourself a photo-journalist?
JB: No I wouldn't. I would say that photography has been a family hobby that was passed down from my dad and my brother – they were big into photography, I have always toyed around with it on the side when I am not covering baseball and I got a new camera over the winter using [hotel] points. I have always taken some photos each spring to enhance my blog and fans seems to like it, so it has been something I have done to keep that hobby alive and [spring training] is a good time to kind of work on different types of photos.
TV: As camp went along, we [regrettably] saw less and less of your photos. Were the game schedule, increased roster activity and regular season preparation to blame for this sad turn of events?
Exactly. For the past 4-5 years, I've always tried to use those first two weeks of spring training workouts to take the majority of my photos. That really helps me throughout the year when I do blog entries or things like that. Throughout the season I can use my original content instead of using photos from other places.
TV: Now you're also a runner, correct?
JB: Yeah.
TV: How would you describe your level of running? Novice, intermediate, expert?
It was something that started as a weight loss venture. When I stopped playing baseball in college I put on a lot of weight and I decided I needed something to keep me motivated. I have never been a "go to the gym to workout" type guy and I needed that carrot dangling in front of me, so I took up marathoning to always have something on the schedule. You cannot mail in marathon training, you have to stay motivated. I wouldn't call myself an expert – I'm just an average runner – but I have done 6 marathons. It's something I do to stay in shape, keep myself motivated and keep the mind busy.
TV: Now your last marathon wasn't your most successful…
JB: [interrupting] It was my worst marathon.
TV: Would you attribute that to being a little under conditioned and out of shape?
JB: I was a little under conditioned and out of shape. I would also say that the bridges in NY just absolutely killed me, namely the elevation change leading up to them, and I wasn't prepared for that. In the future if I were to run NYC again I would probably go into downtown Cleveland and run some of those bridges a little more often rather than doing all my training closer to home along Lake Road. That was a big part of it and there were some unforeseen circumstances that crept up that really killed my time.
TV: Would you care to elaborate on those unforeseen circumstances?
JB: They are pretty gross actually, so no; I do not want to elaborate. I don't want to. I think in baseball terms you would call them flu-like symptoms or stomach issues.
TV: So when our players come into camp out of shape, you find different ways of asking management "how does Player X look to you right now?". If someone were to say "How does Jordan Bastian look to you right now?", how would you answer that question…
JB: I would say he came into camp in pretty good shape and maybe, um, let spring training get away from him. A couple of pounds have been put on, but once the regular season gets into full swing and he is in the lineup on a more everyday basis, I think the weight will come right off.
TV: Just a few more….
JB: [Conversational laughter]
TV: What type of injury would be the toughest to come back from?
JB: I think an injury to the index finger on my right hand would be devastating and very tough to overcome. I do a lot of typing with that finger. I could do without the pinkie and ring fingers but that index finger is key.
TV: Your favorite stadium?
JB: It depends on what you mean by favorite. I'd say Safeco Field in Seattle is at the top of the list in terms of being a great place to work in a great city to visit – and it's a gorgeous ballpark, especially when the roof is open. San Francisco (AT&T Park) and San Diego (Petco Park) are high on my list, too. If you're asking me as a baseball fan, I'd probably say Fenway Park or Wrigley Field because I'm a big baseball history buff.
TV: Favorite city to visit and squeeze in a run?
JB: Boston. I love staying out in Brookline, which is about a 20-minute walk from Fenway. It's a quiet part of the city where you can run west to the Chestnut Hill reservoir or north to the Charles River. That's easily my favorite city to run in. As for road cities in general, I'd say San Francisco, Seattle and New York are high on the list. I don't really count Chicago because I'm always visiting family. I don't actually spend much time downtown on road trips there.
TV: Are you "Chicago-tough"?
JB: Nice. I like to think I'm tough, but my wife would probably disagree. Besides, all us sportswriters are a little soft around the middle. Maybe it's all that Chicago pizza I ate growing up. I am the grandson of a steel worker and I did grow up with parents who preached being able to fend for yourself and to not always rely on others. I do think that has carried over to my career. Does that make me Chicago-tough? I don't know. I set my high school's all-time record for being hit by the pitch. That's got to be worth something, right?
TV: What was your time at NYC marathon and what is your PB [personal best]?
JB: I honestly don't know what my time was for New York. I never looked it up. I think it was around 4:45 or 4:50. A lot of people would say that's a time to be proud of, but I was pretty disappointed and embarrassed. I could be a 3:30 marathoner. I ran a 1:42 half marathon in Cleveland last year. My best time for a full is 3:43 in Tampa in February of 2010, but that was two years ago. I'm running the Cleveland full in May and am hoping to be around four hours again. This job makes it hard to train completely right, and having a two-year-old son doesn't make squeezing in long runs any easier. If I give up sleeping, I think I could find enough hours.
[EDITOR's NOTE: A quick search on the internet reveals JB ran the 2011 NYC Marathon in 4:50:09, so there's that.]
TV: Are you worried TribeVibe is going to run over the Major League Bastian blog? A "new sheriff in town" so to speak?
JB: Well, considering @tribeinsider likes to frequently remind me how far behind I am in terms of Twitter followers, I'm sure TribeVibe will gain a pretty good following as well – I'm sure I'll hear all about it. It's not a competition, though. I think fans will get a cool behind the scenes look at the Indians on TribeVibe and some solid baseball analysis over at Major League Bastian. Maybe it'll be like having two Number One starters in the same rotation.
TV: Good stuff, my friend. Thank you for being a good sport.


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For Romeo and Juliet my universal theme is how young people are immature when it comes to love. The issue relating to today's teens is suicide and running away because of "love".
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Works Cited Entries (Story: The Heist)
"Diamond Heist at Brussels Sparks Hunt for 8 Masked Men, and an estimated $50M in gems." CBS News. CBS Interactive Inc. 19 Feb. 2013. Web. 11 March, 2013. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57569989/diamond-heist-at-brussels-airport-sparks-hunt-for-8-masked-men-and-an-estimated-$50m-in-gems/
Higgins, Andrew. "Brazen Jewel Robbery at Brussels Nets $50 Million in Diamonds." The New York Times Europe. The New York Times Company, 19 February, 2013. Web. 11 March, 2013.http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/20/world/europe/thieves-steal-millions-in-diamonds-at-brussels-airport.html?_r=1&
Phillips, Mark. "$50M Diamond Heist: Behind the Crime, Potential Payoff on Black Market." CBS This Morning. CBS Interactive Inc. 20 Feb. 2013. Web. 11 March, 2013. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57570219/$50m-diamond-heist-behind-the-crime-potential-payoff-on-black-market/
Van der Cruysse, Jan."Brussels Diamond Robbery Nets 'Gigantic' Haul." BBC News Europe. BBC, 19 Feb. 2013. Web. 11 March, 2013. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-21504112
Short Story : The Heist
It's 7:00 p.m at my small home, located in Belgium. Just an hour before I do the most risky thing I have ever imagined. Sweat is dripping off my forehead from the nerves, but I can't be nervous in front of the guys. In about twenty minutes I would have to meet with all seven of them, so we could prepare for our difficult task. But why am I doing it? I was having second thoughts, although its too late to change my mind now. They talked me into stealing millions of dollars worth of diamonds, well he I should say. The he I'm talking about is Simon, the one who convinced us all that this was a good idea.
It all started in July of last year. It was a warm, sunny day when he invited us all over. He was throwing a party, well that's what we all thought. When we arrived at his house no one else was there, it was just Simon sitting there waiting.
"Hey Simon, where is everyone?" I asked him, slowly walking towards him with the others.
"I have to talk to you guys about something...." he said, slowly trailing off.
"Yeah, what?" Benjamin responded, before I could say anything..
"Well I've been thinking and.... you guys have always wanted to be rich haven't you?" Simon nervously said.
"Yeah, so what's your point?" I told him
"I found a way we can be... I was thinking diamonds..."
"What about them?"
"We could steal them, and then sell them for money"
"What?? Are you crazy?" I said, shocked at what my friend just told us.
"Are trying to get us put in jail, or even worse killed?" Benji said, just as shocked as me.
The other guys, Lucas, Bryan, Vincent, Niels and Pierre, just stood there speechless.
"No it would work I swear! I have it all figured out, we even have Max and Robin on the inside to help us." he pleaded.
"Huh? Are you thinking of going to the airport to take them?" I nearly shouted.
"He has gone completely mad...." Niels whispered to me.
Simon went on trying to convince us, and soon everyone started to think we should do it. Everyone except for me, but I played along with them because I didn't want to make my friends mad.
"I'm definitely in on this, it's a great idea Simon," I said, trying to sound happy.
"Oh thanks Victor, I knew you would all come around," Simon said, satisfied with our responses.
I still didn't think we should do it, but they all started making more complex plans to have a quick escape, and never get caught. Eventually I was convinced it would work, but I really didn't want to do it. Those diamonds aren't ours to take, and I didn't want to be known as a thief.
I still think about that day, regretting ever agreeing to help them. I should have said no, but I was too worried about losing my friendship with them. Now the time has come to actually do it, almost a year later. Still nervous, I got in my car and started driving to our meeting point. It felt like the longest trip ever, just to get to a construction site a few minutes away from my house. I arrived just as the others got there, while they looked calm and ready, I had butterflies in my stomach.
"Here," Simon said, handing us all loaded machine guns and what we would be wearing.
We took them in silence, and put on the hoods and masks. Simon then walked over to me and held out his hand.
"Victor, you are gonna drive us in," he told me. Then he dropped the keys into my hand, and I gripped the cold metal tightly.
"Alright," I said, hiding my discomfort.
I didn't want to contribute too much in the process of this, so maybe I would feel a bit less guilty about it. That plan didn't work too well, but I got into the car anyway and told everyone to get in. I should have a pretty easy time getting into the airport, since I'm driving a police car. Then we will be able to grab the diamonds and quickly be on our way.
We were almost to the airport fence, which already had a small opening for us to get in. This was thanks to our friends on the inside, Max and Robin. They have been helping get all the information we need to make it quick and professional. I could see it now, but it was smaller than I thought it would be. I took a deep breath and prepared myself for the impact. BAM! The car hit the sides of the fence, as I sped through it. We were now approaching the armoured van which was just now loading the precious gems into the cargo of the plane.
"STOP! Or I'll shoot." Simon said, waving his gun in the air.
All of the workers dropped to the ground, some crying for us to let them live. Little did they know, we had absolutely no plans of hurting anyone. We actually wanted to make sure nobody got injured, but we still got what we wanted. Pierre and the others quickly took as many packets as they could and stuffed them into the car, but I waited in the drivers seat. I didn't want risk anything, and had to make sure I was ready to speed out of there. It only took them eleven minutes to take most of them, then we were speeding away in the night. I never looked back.
Its been only a day since the heist, and its already everywhere. Headlines of " Diamond Heist sparks hunt for 8 masked men, and $50M worth of gems" flood the news. They are on a rapid search for us, so I had to get out of here. I called the other guys today, and they were going to leave too. It was just too risky to stay, so I decided to move to The United States. I figured I would have a good life there, and it was far from here. Before we all left Simon gave us our share of the profit. I should be ecstatic right now, because I am rich. I would finally prove my dad wrong, but I need a pretty good cover story for where I got all the money. He never thought I wouldn't amount to anything, well anything good he always said. I always wanted a good job and a family, but things just never worked out for me. Now was my chance.
The next day I boarded my flight with all of my belongings. I'm not really sure where the rest of our small group was going, but I wished them well. I found my seat and prepared for the long ride. I looked around, because I felt like everyone else knew what I did. But deep down I know I'm only being paranoid, since there is no way they could know. The whole ride I thought about how my life would be from now on. I decided, even though I don't need one, I would get a job anyway.
I finally was here, in New York City, with my new life awaiting me. I stayed in a motel for a few days, as I found a house and applied for jobs. The first night I flipped on the television, to my horror there it was. On the news, even here, was what I had contributed to. I couldn't believe it was in America too! No matter how hard I tried I just couldn't get away from what I did.
It's been twenty years since that hard time. I have donated most of the money to charity and helped with various organizations for the people. To this day I feel guilty for what I did, so this is the only way I can feel better about myself. I have a wife and three kids too, we are happily living in California. Although I regret what I did, I have found happiness in life. I never got caught, no one did. I still kept looking at any leads they got on it, which now were none. We were all safe, as far as I know nobody got busted. I'm not sure what they were doing, but I hoped it was good. I hope none of them committed any more crimes since that day. Now I just had to live the rest of my life, because my life in crime was over. For good.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
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For my research story I am writing about the diamond heist that happened at the Brussels Airports in Belgium, London. I will be doing it from the perspective of one of the eight thieves that stole the diamonds. They did it in under 11 minutes and took 120 packets of diamonds which were estimated to value at around 50 million dollars. I will be writing it like a short story but I am going to have some emails in it.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A week after their show got axed by HGTV, brothers and business owners David and Jason Benham are still making headlines.
But instead of defending their reputation, they're now using each interview to share their Christian faith.
"We feel as though God wants us to actually stand up, lift Him up -- lift up His standard, silence this bully and lift up the banner of Jesus Christ in this situation. So that's our goal right now," Jason told CBN News.
The twins say that bully is an agenda from some militant gay groups and others on the left bearing down on America in what some describe as a "silencing war" on religious freedom.
"We do feel compelled by God that we need to point this nation back to our foundation in Jesus Christ," David told CBN News. "We need to point this nation back to the fact that we do have religious freedom and religious liberty and the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press and freedom of expression."
"And that any agenda that would seek to silence anyone on either side of any issue, for any matter, that forces them back into a closet, we've got to stand against that," he continued. "And it's Christians that have be the salt and the light of the earth to lead the way in this charge."
On May 7, HGTV canceled the brothers' reality show "Flip It Forward" because of complaints about their Christian faith.
The network's decision came after the website Right Wing News, which is funded by the liberal People for the American Way, published some of David's past comments regarding his pro-life and pro-traditional marriage views.
"Where we are in terms of national sin, where we approve of what God disapproves of, when we do that it will ultimately get to the point where that sin will become an agenda that not only dominates and permeates, but it seeks to assassinate anyone who speaks out against it. That's where we are as a nation," David said.
Surprisingly, they lay the blame for the nation's moral decay on the Church.
"We have more churches in America than we have ever had," David noted. "Just in our city alone we have 1,300 churches, and yet we're aborting millions of boys and girls -- little image bearers of God."
"We can't keep just having church and allow this to happen and think that the blessing of God is going to be on our nation," he warned.
While they've endured nasty criticism, they say they've also been encouraged by the support they've received both online and in person.
Their biggest supporters, however, are the women who know them best: their wives who spoke exclusively to CBN News.
"It's really neat to see how the Lord has prepared us and our kids during this time," Jason's wife, Tori, said. "There's been such grace over us. And a lot of people have reached out with support and love."
CBN news asked them what they would tell the world about who their husbands are.
"I want people to know that he has a huge heart for the Lord and a huge heart for people," David's wife, Lori Benham, said. "And when you get to know him, if you speak to him one-on-one, and it's not just through media, you'll see that it is the real deal."
Meanwhile, Tori described her husband, Jason, as a man of God and a good father and husband.
"I live with him every single day, and I can honestly tell you that there's nobody that I respect more than Jason Benham," she said. "And I'm so thankful for the man of God that he is and the husband and the father he's become."
The brothers' wives have been surprised at the support they've gotten from people from across political and ideological spectrums.
"We can't even count how many letters, emails, Facebook, even tweets that are coming to us from folks in the gay community, from Muslims, from so many different people that completely disagree with our beliefs but that say 'We stand with you. Thank you for taking this on. This is not America. It's about time someone stood for the principles for that founded this country,'" David said.
Despite the recent turn of events, the brothers are devoted to finishing the projects from their now-cancelled show.
They're also offering to take no commission on the homes they sell to help the cash-strapped families who were slated to appear on the HGTV program.
The brothers say at least one of the families used their entire life savings to learn about what they describe as "principled flipping," which focuses on building relationships between spouses, parents, and children while buying property to turn a profit.
The twins have emphasized that while they don't hate or discriminate against homosexuals or anyone else, when it comes to the battle against religious freedom, they won't back down.
"What we want to do is not just represent Christ in a loving way. What we want to do is win this battle. We don't just want to fight it. We want to win it," Jason said.
"Nobody in the world knew who we were," he continued. "And God had simply just told us the same thing he told every human being today: Be faithful right where I put you and when the enemy shows up, don't back down."
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Gov. Rick Snyder is scheduled to sign legislation related to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan on Monday at the healthcare giant's Detroit headquarters.
The legislation will allow Blue Cross to transition into a nonprofit mutual insurer. Snyder's signature had been expected since the Legislature finalized the Blue Cross bills earlier this month.
Snyder had vetoed bills related to Blue Cross late last year because Republican lawmakers added abortion restrictions into the bills. The vetoed legislation would have allowed health insurance coverage for elective abortions only through an optional rider. It also would have excluded abortions for rape, incest or the health of the woman in the definition of elective abortion, requiring women in those situations to purchase elective abortion coverage, according to Snyder.
That language was not included in the new version of legislation that is set to get Snyder's signature Monday.
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Blue Cross reports 'relatively small' $2.5M net income loss for 2012
Blue Cross has been exempt from paying state and local taxes largely because it has a unique role in Michigan health care. The company acts as the state's insurer of last resort and provides coverage for people with pre-existing health conditions. But changes were proposed partly because the federal Affordable Care Act will require all insurers to offer coverage regardless of health status starting in 2014.
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Mlawula Fishes Checklist
Labeo molybdinus du Plessis, 1963
Cyprinidae (Barbs, yellowfish, labeos)
(Leaden labeo)
Status: Abundant
Swaziland information for this species: Abundant in all rivers throughout Swaziland except in the highveld region. Currently recorded from Komati and Mbuluzi systems where it was not found by Clay (op. cit).
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Combining Multiple Query Results
I'm putting together a (hopefully) highly automated database that will allow me to produce clear reports for various areas of responsibility in a new job.
I have 3 excel spreadsheets linked directly to access, containing work queue reports. I then run queries that copy new work items into a main table, followed by a query that looks for work items that no longer appear (i.e. work is finished and closed) and then automatically inputs the date.
For reporting purposes i initially want a basic output, i.e. work items raised, and work items closed, for each area of resposnibility. The only trouble i've found is that i have to do a different query for each output, then another query that pulls all the other queries together in order to maniuplate into a graph...
So at the moment i have two queries per responsibility, and one pulling those two together i.e.:
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SELECT Count(ticketsds.id) AS [DS New]
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WHERE (((Format(ticketsds.[date received],"mmm"))=Forms!ReportingDate!comboMonth));
Closed Work Items:
SELECT Count(ticketsds.id) AS [DS Closed]
FROM TicketsDS
WHERE (((Format(ticketsds.[datefinished],"mmm"))=Forms!ReportingDate!comboMonth));
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SELECT DSClosed.[DS Closed], DSNew.[DS New]
FROM DSClosed, DSNew;
Is there anyway of combining the first two queries into one, rather than have 3??
Any help would be greatly appreciated, as if i could find out how to do this it woudl enable me to streamline other queries....
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by Judith Krantz
For her third outing, the current queen of the trash novel combines the worlds of New York modeling and French modern art. The name of her heroine alone—Fauve—is enough to cause any literate reader to drop the book like a hot, foul-smelling brick. But Krantz fans apparently dote on these sugar-coated lives of glamour, big money and fame. They've come to expect, for example, "the most famous of all the modeling agencies in the world." Fauve, who is second-in-command, is more chic than any of her models. She gets word that her father has died. Then Krantz reverts to the days when Paris' Left Bank had a great artist in every garret and none was greater than Fauve's father. The paintings that launched him are a series of nude portraits of Fauve's grandmother, the most beautiful model on the Left Bank. (Fauve's mother is the greatest photographer's model ever.) At the end Fauve refuses to go to the old man's funeral in Provence because she thinks he's rotten. In fact, he really did love her—her beauty and truth had caused him to become good. Fauve and her papa and everyone else, of course, behave in irrational ways to suit Krantz's erratic plot. This book is still better than her Princess Daisy, but it hasn't the burst of fresh energy that made Scruples such engaging junk. (Crown, $15.95)
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"I'm a little nervous about tonight. I'm far more nervous about tomorrow."
So said Maple & Motor's Jack Perkins Monday, shortly before the Food Network aired the episode of Diners, Drive-ins and Dives shot at Perkins's eatery last December, when Guy Fieri left his shiny DayGlo mark on its white brick walls.
With a to-do list that included Pepes and Mitos (whose ep recently aired), Pecan Lodge and Afrah, Cane Rosso, that was Fieri's second swing through town. He'd been here in '09 too, dining on freebies at Louie's, Twisted Root and Avila's. The latter almost didn't survive the ensuing crush of crowds and cash generated by the TV PR.
It's already hard enough to get into Maple & Motor for lunch; place just ain't that big. Now, though, even bigger crowds will come, fueled by the Triple-D effect and Perkins's ability to turn an eight-ounce ball of meat into a grilled-jalapeno bacon cheeseburger that managed to look as good on TV as it actually tastes. To which Barbara Perkins, Jack's mom, responds with a resounding: "Just like I taught him!"
Barbara and Howard, Jack's dad, were among the small group Perkins invited to the restaurant last night, where he had a big screen set up to broadcast the episode. Also on hand: the restaurant's staff; chefs Matt McCallister (who hopes to open FT 33 in the Design District by September) and Jeffery Hobbs; Chamberlain's Steak and Chop House director of operations and proprietor Jeff Barker; Perkins's business partner Austen Wright; FreshPoint's Lucian LaBarba; Jeffrey Bartley, president of deBoulle Diamond and Jewelry; and two dozen more friends and family.
Alas, there were no burgers on the menu last night; Perkins gave the staff the night off and asked instead that guests bring dishes for a potluck.
He had one other request: no talking during the segment, which came last during the 9 p.m. broadcast devoted to sandwiches.
Perkins, sitting between Mom and Dad, devoured the few minutes in silence, sporting a grin that grew a little broader as the episode wrapped with a sloppy, surreal face-off during which Fieri and Tim Love stuffed their faces with a gargantuan burger dripping with, among other things, brisket and chili.
"That will not be on the menu," Perkins would later insist.
The restaurant opens at 10:45 this morning. Perkins expects to roll in around 10:15. He says he didn't sleep much last night, checking Facebook and Twitter and reading notes from friends -- "good stuff."
He threatened last night to stay away today.
"It's normally my day off," he says. "But I won't do that, not today."


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From Martinsburg:
In reference to one of the two deer in front of the Christmas tree in the town's square (near the library): The head/neck of the deer who moves his head, does not light up.
From Martinsburg:
"We must reject the idea that every time a law is broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It's time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions." - Ronald Reagan.
From Ranson:
It seems like I have held and hugged my children more since the shooting than all the years prior. I encourage everyone to take a minute and talk to your children too. Tell them you love them.
From Inwood:
How is it? How is it that with all the Second Amendment wing nuts careful parsing of the amendment's words they completely blinded the term "well regulated"?
From Harpers Ferry:
I got a 1.7 percent increase in Social Security. That gave me a $11 raise.
From Bunker Hill:
Thank you South Berkeley Fire Company for riding through Ridgeway East subdivision Tuesday evening with Santa Claus on top of the firetruck. That was awesome. My kids loved it.
From Stohr's Crossroad:
Second Amendment fanatics are right. The founders were all seeing and knew that armed mobs cause more death and dismemberment than threats deterred. That's why the second and third words in the Second Amendment are "well regulated." The founders wanted gun control.
From Charles Town:
Why do so many people make the leap from "limit access to assault weapons" straight to "They're going to take our guns!" so quickly? Fully automatic weapons have been so heavily regulated they are virtually unobtainable for years, yet I can still walk into Walmart and buy a shotgun if I want to. Calm down, and cut out the paranoid histrionics. Nobody wants to take your Remington.
From Martinsburg:
I applaud the MHS Thespians for wanting to help, but bears? Look at the photos, there are bears, toys, candles, flowers, etc. by the thousand. Do something meaningful. Donate the bears to Toys for Tots in honor of the children of Newtown. Take the money and establish a scholarship for survivors or siblings. Pay it forward.
From Martinsburg:
Gun control is an unintelligent response made by unintelligent fearful people. Do we ban forks because you eat too much? Do we can pencils because you can't spell? If Dec. 21, 2012 is not the end of the world then, I am sure it's fast approaching.
From Harpers Ferry:
To the Martinsburg caller regarding tattoos diminishing the chance of gaining employment. It is closed-minded individuals like yourself that encourage discrimination and prejudice. Obtaining employment should be based on an individual's skills and abilities. Their gender, ethnicity, religion, tattoos, and/or piercings should not matter.
From Martinsburg:
Passing gun laws will not stop people from owning guns, it will only decide if they own them lawfully or unlawfully.
From Charles Town:
People determined to kill people usually succeed. Take away the guns and they'll use knives or swords. Take away the knives and swords and they'll use sticks or stones. Good luck taking away all the sticks and stones.
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I would just like to say a HUGE thank you to the South Berkeley Fire Department for driving Santa around. We were so surprised and my son is still talking about it... then again, so am I!
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We would like to thank some very special friends, the Burdette Drive Rescue Team - Jodi, Troy, Jen and Jenifer. These special people stood in the cold and rain with us for three days, trying to get our kitten "Baby" out of their tree. They called fire departments, called tree trimmers and tried many things. They finally reached Paul Rankin, and he climbed about 60 feet in one minute. I thank God for animal lovers like you. Thank you!
From Martinsburg:
Is there a functioning fire alarm system in the North Middle School gym? My daughter was telling me that before the fire department came last week a teacher had to come into the gym and yell for everyone to evacuate because the alarm was not working. Does anyone think this is a problem?
From Harpers Ferry:
Jefferson High School needs to put in place a better security plan for allowing visitors to enter the building. A staff member should be at the door to verify an individual's photo ID.
From Bunker Hill:
I'd rather hear about officers pulling actual criminals off the streets, not kids with 1.2 grams of marijuana! Not only did you arrest him, but you are charging him with a felony that'll follow him the rest of his life and inhibit him from joining the workforce. If he can't make money legally, where do you think he'll turn?
From Winchester:
To the Inwood caller re:America's death of spirituality: I attend Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Winchester. We have a Saturday night Mass, three Sunday morning Masses, a Spanish Mass, a Sunday night Mass and a Mass in a Clarke County chapel. If you're not there 10 minutes early, the church is full and you stand in the narthex. Maybe somebody is spiritually challenged, but not my fellow Catholics.
From Martinsburg:
Axes, bayonets, bricks, butcher-knives, cars, fists, forks, hammers, hatchets, poisons, smothering-pillows, shovels, shoves (from a tower), sledge-hammers, sticks, stones, straight-razors, swords, tazers, and guns don't kill people. People kill people! Arm teachers and administrators!
From Berkeley County:
I agree with the Winchester, Va., comment as to the condition of the roadsides in Berkeley County. The amount of litter is horrendous and gets worse every day. However I would like to point out that the last two times I saw trash thrown from the windows of vehicles the vehicles were sporting Virginia tags.
From Martinsburg:
Shame on The Journal for putting ads in the Sunday comics section. Some of those strips are now squeezed and distorted so that they're almost too small to read, and there are already far too many ads in the other sections. Is it really necessary to commercialize every square inch of the Sunday paper?
From Hedgesville:
1,036 children will be killed today in the United States. No guns will be used to commit any of these killings. Where's the outage for abortion killings?
From Hedgesville:
Regarding mass murderers, "Why are these killers always men? What is it that we teach our young men in this world that makes them think it's a mark of manliness to kill the unarmed and innocent? Whatever it is, it's disgusting. It's not manly to kill any unarmed human. It's miserable, crawling cowardice." - Ben Stein.
From Gerrardstown:
President Reagan, President Ford, Senator Manchin, Senator Warner and Joe Scarbourogh are all right. It's past time to control military weapon sales to civilians.
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To Newtown, Conn.: Thoughts and prayers to all that lost loved ones. To Martinsburg: We don't have the private schools and mansions, but put things in perspective and stop expecting others to raise your children.


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temperature of an Intel Q6600? I've tried ksensors (front end for
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the CPU. I've also tried GKrellM and it shows hard drive and graphics
card temps, but not CPU. Is there something else that needs to be
configured somewhere in lm_sensors so that these front ends apps can see
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I know there are lots of programs for that 'other' OS that will let you
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Laying Down the Law: Post-Racialism and the De-Racination Project
Peter Halewood
Albany Law School
December 1, 2009
Albany Law Review, Vol. 72, No. 1047, 2009
Albany Law School Research Paper No. 34
This essay explores the structural inadequacy of law to deliver a post-white society. De-racination of our law has instead led to a re-entrenchment of whiteness and material white privilege in the name of post-racialism. The racial-industrial complex is both masked and benefited by the discourse of post-racialism.
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"Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning." ~ Maya Angelou ~
"...and the three wise Vaders arrived from the east on their Tyrannosaur with gifts of lightsabers, sabbac cards, and myrrh. And Bill S. Preston, Esq. and Ted "Theodore" Logan, tending their most excellent flock of Battle Beasts, came to the baby Riker, and sang to him of San Dimas High School football whilst the drummer boy Metamorpho kept time. And the Batman, Dark Angel of Gotham, looked over the baby Riker's M.U.S.C.L.E.S men., and saw that it was good."


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President Clueless reads books to school children
While Rome burns. Remind you of anyone? Shouldn't he be showing them how to use a PC instead?
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We're not calling it early, but chances are strong Swartz Creek and Fenton will be the spotlight of our football coverage Friday.
The Flint Metro League showdown, which has league title implications, leads the poll with 980 votes (91 percent) as of 10 a.m. Monday morning. The next closest game -- Genesee at Burton Bendle -- has just 32 votes. If the voting holds, this will be the largest margin of victory for any poll winner this season.
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HEDGESVILLE - In her first game as a varsity setter for the Hedgesville Eagles, Taylor Fox made her presence known.
Fox overcame opening-match jitters to tally 54 assists, finding Kaitlyn Semler (23 kills) and Hannah Weaver (20 kills) for 43 of her assists in a 25-20, 23-25, 25-19, 25-20 victory over the Millbrook, Va. Pioneers Thursday night in the Eagles' season-opener at the Miller Center.
"Through the opening scrimmages and a lot of time playing, she was able to do well," Hedgesville coach Joy Vandine said of Fox. "Our setter from last year's team graduated, and she was able to step up and show that it is her spot."
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While Hedgesville's Taylor Fox, left, spikes the ball against Milbrook, Va., on Thursday evening, the sophomore did most of her damage by setting up her teammates as the Eagles opened the season with a victory. (Journal photo by Spenser Leatherman)
Hedgesville picked up the early advantage in the opening set.
The Eagles went back and forth with Millbrook throughout the first set as the match was even at 17-17. Two service points by Jordan Butler gave Hedgesville a 20-17 lead before she lost serve. A string of three service points by Jordyn Munson gave Hedgesville a 24-18 lead before the Eagles tipped a Pioneer block, causing Taylor Linder to lose serve and give the Eagles the 25-20 victory.
The Pioneers bounced back in the second set, holding off a run of two service points by Fox to take a 25-23 victory.
"We needed to play as a team and focus on our coverage," Millbrook coach Ashley Sutphin said. "We needed to get our blocks as well."
the second set, holding a 14-8 lead before Millbrook scored eight of the next 10 points to tie the set at 16.
Back and forth they went before Courtney Adams scored the final service point for Millbrook.
Following the second serve defeat, Hedgesville bounced back to win the final two sets 25-19 and 25-20, respectively.
"We had to readjust a little bit," Vandine said. "We had to go back to the basics, getting serves in, making good passes and swinging on the spikes."
Both sides struggled to gain control of the third set, but Hedgesville finally did on the serve of Ashley Ferretti.
Feretti scored three service points to give the Eagles the 11-8 advantage before losing serve. The Eagles gained serve back on a lob shot by Semler that landed in to give Cassidy Ferrari the chance to give the Eagles more separation.
"Cassidy has been pushing to serve in practice," Vandine said Ferretti, who finished the match with 24 digs. "Her in the back row has never been a worry because we know she's going to get to the ball no matter what."


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A Southern Hills Love Affair
If there was ever a case of love at first sight of a golf course, that passion struck me like a thunderbolt once I stepped out of my car and peered over the green hills and tree-lined fairways of Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa.
The 6th Hole at Southern Hills
Okay, it could be that the eastern Oklahoma heat wave of July 2010 had finally gotten to me. Or maybe it was the 105-degree index, bolstered by withering humidity. Or perhaps it was the fact that my round at Southern Hills was the second of the day and the seventh I had played on seven different courses in a span of three and a half steaming days.
Somebody get me an ice towel, please, and a bottle of water.
Those in the know claim there are three stages of love: the initial rush of lust, the feeling-out process as ideas are exchanged during courtship, and the continuing growth of feelings as a relationship is cultivated and experiences are shared. My time at Southern Hills was more like a one-afternoon stand that still lingers, even when I tee it up on some of the nation's finest tracks.
For me, every course - and I have trod plenty of great ones - gets compared to Southern Hills. It wasn't my first golf love, but it has burned a hole in my memory that I can't, and don't want to, shake.
I am not one to resort to hyperbole and (God forbid) sentiment. But as I sat down to write this feature, I have spent time replaying my trip around Perry Maxwell's Depression-era jewel. It's been a real pleasure to recall.
For those of you who only recognize Southern Hills from its appearances on television, here's a little background on the place:
The original course at Southern Hills Country Club was designed in 1935 on 300 acres of land donated by multimillionaire oilman Waite Phillips. The construction costs were raised by the founding members and the club opened for play in 1936.
Shortly after the course was completed, the 1946 USGA's Women's Amateur was awarded the club. Including that first championship, the club has hosted 15 big events, including three U.S. Opens, four PGA Championships, the inaugural U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur and - most recently - the 2009 U.S. Amateur.
Southern Hills has hosted more major championships than any American course except Augusta National, Oakmont and Oakland Hills, and aspires to host even more. It's on the short list for a future U.S Open, perhaps in 2020.
Southern Hills' 17th Green
Character Galore
Maxwell's central design philosophy was to enhance nature, not disturb it. At Southern Hills, he began with a beautiful piece of land and drew from its rolling hills a golf course of truly remarkable caliber. In the club's early years the layout was rather barren, but in the 1950s a tree-planting program was implemented. Today the tree-lined fairways are some of the most evident threats to par.
Many of Maxwell's greens' designs at places like Crystal Downs and Prairie Dunes are considered a bit extreme, with knobs and knolls and multiple levels. At Southern Hills his work is much more subtle, with slants and slopes and nuanced breaks.
Southern Hills has a great routing, thanks to a little bit of everything, from long par-3s to short par-4s and intricate par-5s.
The terrain features scores of lofty trees which, combined with elevation changes between tees and the fairways and Maxwell's marvelous greens complexes, place a premium on accuracy and course management.
You can see the Tulsa skyline from Southern Hills Country Club, but it isn't the view that's the attraction. This is a golfer's course, a par-71, 7,150-yard superior test of skill.
Although there are plenty of drops and rises, Southern Hills does not feature huge elevation changes. It's the constant changing of angles into the greens that makes it different, along with doglegs turning in various directions, a slightly elevated green or the roll of the fairway, or the positioning of bunkers and water. The player must swing with confidence as there's a price to be paid for tentativeness.
The first hole - a 464-yard par-4 - drops some 40 feet from tee to fairway and sends the player into the valley through which the course is routed. Also on the front nine is the tough, 486-yard par-4 second (with a 225-yard carry over the bunkers and a winding creek that turns and parallels the fairway); the 655-yard par-5 fifth with a landing area squeezed by bunkers and a well-protected elevated green; and the 245-yard par-3 eighth, which is bordered on the back by an embankment and a creek.
The inward nine at Southern Hills crosses decidedly wavier terrain. Perhaps the best hole here is the famed 458-yard, par- 4 12th, which has been called by Arnold Palmer and Ben Hogan as one of the top two-shotters in the country. The fairway doglegs left, with a bunker along the left requiring a carry of at least 260 yards. With water and bunkers encircling the green, this is usually among the toughest holes on the course.
Southern Hills' closing stretch offers exhilaration and exasperation. No. 16 - a 567-yard par-5 - bears a gentle slope 245 yards off the tee that must be carried to provide a good view of the green. A long- to middle-iron is then necessary to reach the smallish putting surface.
On the 358-yard par-4 17th, a creek borders the entire port side. An accurate short-iron second is needed to reach the shallow, two-level, elevated green that offers some perilous pin locations.
The Approach to Southern Hills' Final Hole
Southern Hills' closer is considered by many as one of the great finishing holes in golf. The dogleg-right requires a drive to a plateau to reach the left side of the fairway 200 yards from an elevated putting surface. A long-iron or fairway wood must carry to the green, which sits in the shadows of the clubhouse and slopes severely back to front. The 18th is the most difficult par on the course, but also the most exciting.
The track's most charming characteristic is its constant variety. Besides the original course, which was renovated by Keith Foster in 1999 and carries a rating of 75.2 and a slope of 137 from the tips, the club includes the nine-hole West Course, designed by Ben Crenshaw in 1992.
A shotmaker's course set in our nation's heartland, Southern Hills is considered one of Maxwell's supreme designs and is consistently ranked as one of the top courses in the United States and the world by Golf Magazine. The course is ranked No. 15 on Golf Digest's list of "America's 100 Greatest Golf Courses."
In my opinion, it's No. 1 with a bullet.
Steve Habel is one of Cybergolf's national correspondents, contributing news stories, features, equipment and book reviews and personality profiles from his base in Central Texas. He is also the managing editor for Texas CEO Magazine and works as a contributing editor for Horns Illustrated magazine, a publication focusing on University of Texas sports. He also writes a blog (www.shotoverthegreen.blogspot.com), which features news on golf and the Longhorns, and another (www.checkinginandplayingthrough.blogspot.com) on his many travels, which took him across the nation and to 105 different golf course in 2009. Habel is a member of the Golf Writers Association of America and the Texas Golf Writers Association.
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IFA: Panasonic launches 5in Android and Windows-powered Toughpads
'Indestructible' FZ-E1 and FZ-X1 5in tablets mark its latest run at the B2B market
BERLIN: PANASONIC LAUNCHED its Toughpad FZ-E1 and FZ-X1 Windows and Android tablets at IFA that it calls "indestructible", as its latest entries in the $800m rugged device market.
The Windows Embedded 8.1 powered FZ-E1 and Android powered FZ-X1 were unveiled at MWC in February and are designed to offer enterprise firms working in hazardous industries a 4G-enabled mobile solution.
Panasonic director of product solutions Mark Thorne said, the firm expects them to fill a gap in the enterprise product market and were designed based on customer feedback.
"Our entire product development is designed to create a better life and doing this we listen to our customers. We have people using handheld devices [tablets] but they've said traditionally the devices are too weak or not strong enough and complained that don't have a removable battery," he said.
"Then with smartphones we found our customers said they're not enterprise ready as they're not secure and don't have key functionalities, like a barcode reader."
He said the move is part of Panasonic's ongoing strategy to become a business-to-business company and expects them to earn the firm at least $8m within on year.
"Panasonic for years has been famous for consumer products, but recently this market has become very competitive, so we've been moving from a business-to-consumer to a business-to-business company," he said.
"If we look at small-form rugged device forecasts, this business is currently worth $800m. In the first year we want one percent of that."
Both Panasonic Toughpads feature 5in HD 1280x720 resolution displays, with a glove-use mode, water mode and sunlight readability functions, and both come with IP68 certification.
The certification means the Toughpads can survive in hazardous conditions. Panasonic claims they can survive a three-metre fall, and a 400g iron ball being dropped onto them from heights up to 80cm.
Both Toughpads have docks for add-on peripherals, meaning those who need to can add new functions to them. Thorne highlighted the Toughpads' peripheral support as a key selling point.
"The environments [Toughpads] are used in always require additional solutions. For example our customers tell us they need it to integrate with cars, so we've worked to do this," he said. "We know it will be used in manufacturing, where workers will want it to integrate with forklifts, so we're working to do this."
From a hardware perspective the Windows-powered FZ-E1 runs using a 2.3GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor. The Android-powered FZ-X1 uses a 1.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chip.
Both Toughpads will feature 2GB of RAM and 32GB of built-in storage. They will also both include 8MP rear cameras and removable 6,200mAh batteries. They are both available now, with the FZ-E1 priced at €1,428 and the FZ-X1 at €1,385.
Samsung also made its first delve into the rugged tablet market at IFA this year with the unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy Tab Active. µ
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Go-cart racing. Drive-in movies. A beer garden. An ice hockey rink.
Those activities are not offered at the Jackson County Fairgrounds now, but they could become new features at the 40-acre site in the future.
They were among more than 40 ideas local community leaders listed Monday during a brainstorming session aimed to find ways to make the fairgrounds profitable year-round.
"The issue is how do we maximize or capitalize on (the fairgrounds)," said Lynn R. Harvey, a former Michigan State University professor of agricultural economics, who facilitated the discussion.
More than 30 people attended the meeting, including local economic, business and government officials, who divided into groups to discuss ways to bring revenue to the fairgrounds following the closure of the Jackson Harness Raceway and dwindling fair attendance.
Other ideas included allowing camping in the fair infield or hosting recreational vehicle, antique, gun or dog-agility shows, gaming events such as bingo and poker or snowmobile and BMX races.
More grandiose ideas such as building a water park or a zoo at the fairgrounds were also mentioned.
Fair board member and county Commissioner Dave Lutchka said all ideas will be considered.
Fair leaders said they need to find year-round activities that could help bring stability to the cash-strapped fairgrounds.
The fair has struggled to pay its bills after this year's fair had the second lowest attendance in a decade. It also is working to close a deficit that totaled nearly $180,000 at the end of last year.
Officials have attributed the fair's financial troubles to low fair attendance and the December closure of the raceway, which was expected to pay $92,500 in rent to the fair until 2012. In July, the raceway's holding company — MTR Gaming Group Inc. — agreed to pay $20,000 to the county to end the raceway's lease.
The Jackson County Board of Commissioners may decide today on whether to approve a loan of up to $100,000 that was requested by the fair board to help stabilize the fair's finances.
Harvey said finding ways to keep the fairgrounds functioning throughout the year needs to be a community effort.
"You need to keep this as part of the community and keep it viable," Harvey said of the grounds.
He said he was amazed with the number of ideas the group came up with in less than an hour.
Napoleon Township Supervisor Denise Butler, who attended the meeting, agreed and said she thought the group presented many good options for the fairgrounds.
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Today is Friday, July 20, the 202nd day of 2012. There are 164 days left in the year.
On this date in the SCV: In 1967, a brush fire came within a few feet of burning down a nursing home on San Fernando Road. Nurses and volunteers evacuated 50 elderly people through thick, black ground-level smoke.
Today's Highlight in History: On July 20, 1969, astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon after reaching the surface in their Apollo 11 lunar module.
Ten years ago: Twenty-nine people died in a blaze started by bartenders who were doing tricks with fire at Utopia, an unlicensed night club in Lima, Peru.
Five years ago: President George W. Bush signed an executive order prohibiting cruel and inhuman treatment, including humiliation or denigration of religious beliefs, in the detention and interrogation of terrorism suspects.Tammy Faye Messner, who as Tammy Faye Bakker helped her husband, Jim, build a multimillion-dollar evangelism empire, then watched it collapse in disgrace, died at age 65 near Kansas City, Mo.
One year ago: Six Republican presidential hopefuls traded tweets in the first presidential debate conducted through Twitter, outlining their agendas across the popular social media service. The last fugitive sought by the U.N.'s Balkan war crimes tribunal, Gordan Hadzic, former leader of Croatia's ethnic Serbs, was seized in a remote mountain forest in northern Serbia. NBA star Yao Ming announced his retirement in his hometown of Shanghai. German-born British painter Lucien Freud, 88, died in London.


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The good, the bad & the ugly of new music
"Hope for the Hopeless"
Brett Dennen
Dualtone Music Group
Brett Dennen has a gift, no question. He can write one heck of a melancholy love song. "Ain't Gonna Lose You," the most popular song off his new record, is a perfect example, with subdued acoustic strumming and simple percussion behind lines like "You can put a stick in my spokes/ I can be the butt of your jokes/ I can be the laughing stock/ I can be the hoax/ but I ain't gonna lose you." His voice, a husky almost asexual tenor, tells story after story about love interests over poppy, perfectly executed folk rock that might remind the listener of Jack Johnson or James Blunt, and while there's politics mixed in with the quirky lyrical turns, it's rare that Dennen offers up a surprise, and that is the biggest trouble with this record.
"Saint Dymphna"
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Sometimes it's hard to know whether you should love or hate these world music weirdoes from New York City. Sure, it's inventive, sure it's "out there," just like its title -- after the patron saint of runaways and people who suffer from mental illness. But where does one draw the line between what is cool because it's challenging and what is just plain not that fun to listen to? On their new record, this trio makes their traditionally tribal stuff a little more electronic, hinting at other experimentalists like Brian Eno or Black Dice. "Princes," with a guest appearance from grime star Tinchy Strider, is a good, spacey cut. And "House Jam," with its chopped up vocal sample and disco-worthy singing from Liz Bougatsos, could actually inspire dancing. But in general this group seems to take its own strangeness too seriously to make music that is any fun.
Flemish Eye
Keep the drumming simple. Keep the vocals drowning in reverb, the guitar lines furtive and strange, and the whole thing interesting enough to make you want to know more. This is how Canadian quartet Women might just get past its thoroughly, almost foolishly generic name. "Black Rice" goes from Beach Boys haze to a trudging garage rock, while other cuts bludgeon the listener with noisy, tapey sound that boasts flourishes of melody even as it is falling apart. The speedy beat of "Cameras" is a nice counterpoint to the singer's lazy delivery, while "Lawncare" boasts an excellent descending guitar riff that sounds like it dropped out of a Broken Social Scene or Pavement song and is looking for a new home. Hard to know how the band members will recreate its sound live, but if they do, the guys in Women will be on their way to making "Women" a pick for best underground music of 2008.
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BLOSSBURG - About two dozen residents met at the fire hall to discuss their concerns about how a proposed quarry in Hamilton Township, just south of the borough, would affect borough roads and water supplies.
Because the proposed quarry on 39 acres owned by the Signor brothers would be in Hamilton Township, if the permit applied for by Glenn O. Hawbaker Inc. is granted, there technically is nothing the borough can do to stop it, said council President Tom Bogaczyk.
"The only thing we can say anything about is their proposed ingress and egress at William B. Street," he said.
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This is an access road that leads to property where a quarry is proposed.
Borough Manager George Lloyd read a letter from the state Department of Environmental Protection's Bureau of District Mining Operations geologist John Mital, noting that council's concerns about its water supplies at Bellman Run and Baldwin Run and the borough's roads at the quarry's access point were "under review."
The only other access would be up a steep hill past the gun club in Hamilton Township, which is not easily traversed, especially in winter.
But representatives from the two entities, Hawbaker and DEP, could not be in attendance at Wednesday's meeting.
Instead, they have agreed to meet with residents at the fire hall Nov. 13.
The meeting will go from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., with the first hour for questions and answers and the last two hours for sworn testimony from residents, Bogaczyk said.
DEP also will accept statements by mail from residents postmarked no later than Friday.
"Be prepared at the next meeting with your questions in writing," he said. "I might suggest you zero in on safety and the water situation. There's not a whole lot we can do to keep them off state roads, but we can express concerns," he added.