Saturday, October 15, 2011

The Wall Street Journal - On the Editorial Page: The Exasperation of the Democratic Billionaire

October 15, 2011 -- 5:00 a.m. EDT

See all of today's editorials and op-eds, video interviews and commentary on Opinion Journal.

JAMES FREEMAN
Mortimer Zuckerman: The Exasperation of the Democratic Billionaire

Real-estate and newspaper mogul Mortimer Zuckerman voted for Obama but began seeing trouble as soon as the stimulus went into the pockets of municipal unions.

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RUPERT MURDOCH
Rupert Murdoch: The Steve Jobs Model for Education Reform

If we can engage a child's imagination, there's no limit to what he or she can learn.

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HOLMAN W. JENKINS, JR.
Jenkins: Class War---or Generational War?

Let's have this fight today, before demographics turn even more unfavorable to the young and productive.

REVIEW & OUTLOOK

A Better Idea for Green Jobs

It's crazy to educate the world's brightest and then deport them.

Class Dismissed

HHS pulls the plug on one of ObamaCare's main fiscal illusions.

Egypt's Fading Spring

While Tunisia votes, Cairo still lacks a democratic transition.

TODAY'S COLUMNIST

PEGGY NOONAN
Noonan: This Is No Time for Moderation

America can't trim and tweak its way back to economic dynamism.

BEST OF THE WEB TODAY

JAMES TARANTO
Best of the Web Today: Ho Hum, a Black Candidate

Though Herman Cain's race does agitate some on the left.

COMMENTARY

Steve Malanga: How California Drives Away Jobs and Business

The Golden State continues to incubate cutting-edge companies in Silicon Valley, but then the successful firms expand elsewhere to avoid the state's tax and other burdens.

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Notable & Quotable

Mark A. Calabria on the shifting arguments of liberal Nobel Economics laureate Joseph Stiglitz.

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WEEKEND BOOK REVIEWS

MARTIN FLETCHER
Five Best: Nations and Lives in Transition

For every refugee or exile starting a new life, there is another story of a country undergoing change—the country left behind or the adopted home. Martin Fletcher, NBC New's former Tel Aviv bureau chief, says these books excel in telling those stories.

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SAM SACKS
Rebel Ascendant

A literary iconoclast's riotous storytelling has found world-wide success. But a question lingers: How good is Haruki Murakami? Sam Sacks reviews.

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JAMES KENNEDY
Instinct With Hellish Life

"Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!" tells of how an obscure Haitian bogey rose from the dead to conquer literature and popular culture. James Kennedy reviews.

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MATT LABASH
Buy the Ticket, Take the Ride

"Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone," a collection of the writing of Hunter S. Thompson, reveals a talented outsider who, in his early days, changed the meaning of journalism. Matt Labash reviews.

See all of today's editorials and op-eds, video interviews and commentary on Opinion Journal.

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Celebrating Carroll County: Forty Years of Recreation and Parks (VIDEO) and more from Westminster Patch

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October 15, 2011

Celebrating Carroll County: Forty Years of Recreation and Parks (VIDEO)

Kym Byrnes | Oct 14, 2011 | 0 Comments

This year the Carroll County Department of Recreation and Parks is celebrating forty years of service.

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Opinion

October 15, 2011

From the Farm: Recipes for Corn

Emily Lowe | Oct 15, 2011 | 0 Comments

Looking back on a long, sweet summer, you can also preserve corn for the colder months ahead.

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Community Bulletin

October 15, 2011

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Vince Buscemi of Westminster is new Director of Digital Communications and Social Media at McDaniel College

Cheryl Knauer | Oct 14, 2011

Vince Buscemi of Westminster, Md., is the new director of digital communications and social media at McDaniel College overseeing the…

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The Arc Receives Accreditation

Lisa Albin | Oct 14, 2011

The Arc Carroll County has been re-accredited for three years by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF…

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October 15, 2011

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Carroll County Ag Center Corn Maze

Join us for Carroll County Ag Center Corn Maze. This years theme is the top 5 agriculture commodities. Group prices avaiable. …

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Mother Goose Meets Mother Nature for Child Care Professionals

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J.O.S.H. Foundation Children's Charity sale

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Lego Creations Library Program

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Moon over downtown Westminster Maryland

Friday, October 14, 2011

Birdie's is awesome & has gr8 coffee 2 boot - Sammi's boot i.e.

No it didn't take a wrong turn. It's a railroad track maintenance vehicle.

Home court is place to fight cancer at Manchester Valley

"Game on, cancer!"

Serve Up a Cure at Manchester Valley High

http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/ph-ce-serve-cure-1016-20111013,0,133265.story

Home court is place to fight cancer at Manchester Valley

School rallies around player's mom for annual Serve Up a Cure event

By Katie V. Jones

"Game on, cancer!”

With those words, Katie White and her fellow Manchester Valley High School teammates took to the volleyball court Oct. 12 to fight not only their opponents from Brunswick, but cancer — in all its many forms.

Fighting cancer has become a personal mission for the team. During the squad's first season three years ago — Manchester Valley had just opened — White's mother, Cheryl, was diagnosed with cervical cancer. The team banded together and with the help of coach Mindy Unger, organized the first Serve Up a Cure fundraiser. ...

http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/ph-ce-serve-cure-1016-20111013,0,133265.story

... And photo gallery

http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/ph-ce-serve-cure-pg,0,2498717.photogallery

LABELS: JOURNALISTS JONES-KATIE JONES, MEDICINE HEALTH CANCER, NEWSPAPERS EXPLORE CARROLL

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Dr. Ward discusses the work of Bill Gollings at McDaniel College.

Dr. discusses the work of Bill Gollings' cowboy at McDaniel College

Dr. Griffin introduces Dr.Ward's lecture Bill Gollings' cowboy art at McDaniel

Hank Jr. pens song ripping "Fox & Friends," ESPN

(CBS/AP) October 10, 2011

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Hank Williams Jr. is about to have his say.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/10/sports/main20118058.shtml?tag=stack

Williams' has cut a new song "I'll Keep My ...," calling out "Fox & Friends" and ESPN after an interview last week on the Fox News talk show led to the end of his association with the sports network and "Monday Night Football," long home to his "Are you ready for some football?" theme.

He's also scheduled to appear on "The View" and "Hannity" on Tuesday to discuss the uproar that sprung up after he made an analogy that President Barack Obama and House Speaker Rep. John Boehner golfing together was like Nazi leader Adolph Hitler and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu playing a round.

ESPN decided to pull Williams' intro from last Monday's "MNF" telecast after the comments and the move became permanent Thursday when both sides said they'd decided to pull the spot.

ESPN benches Hank Williams Jr. for good
Hank Williams Jr.: Sports and (un)popular culture

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/10/10/sports/main20118058.shtml?tag=stack

Hank Jr. pens song ripping "Fox & Friends," ESPN

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Washington Examiner - Hayley Peterson: Md. GOP teams with minorities on alternate congressional map

By: Hayley Peterson | 10/12/11 8:05 PM

Examiner Staff Writer http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/2011/10/md-gop-teams-minorities-alternate-congressional-map

Maryland Republicans will present the General Assembly with several alternative redistricting maps next week in an effort to save Western Maryland's 6th District -- one of the state's two Republican-majority districts -- from turning blue.

Under a plan supported by Gov. Martin O'Malley's council on redistricting, the 6th District would lose four Republican-leaning counties and gain a slew of voters from liberal Montgomery County. O'Malley is expected to introduce a version of the plan to the General Assembly when it begins its special session on Monday.

Three alternative maps floated by state lawmakers would preserve the Republican solidarity of the current District 6, create a new conservative-leaning district in Anne Arundel County and parts of Southern Maryland, as well as add a majority-minority district along the Montgomery County border with Prince George's County.

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Among the Republicans proposing alternative maps are Sen. E.J. Pipkin, R-Eastern Shore, Sen. Joseph M. Getty, R-Carroll and Baltimore counties, and Del. Michael Hough, R-Frederick and Washington counties. Hough's proposal, which was crafted by the Fannie Lou Hamer PAC, would create a black-majority district by adding Charles County to Prince George's County.

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http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/2011/10/md-gop-teams-minorities-alternate-congressional-map

20111013 WEx Md GOP teams w minorities on alt map

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I have been approached by several people lately wanting to know how to identify a Meth Lab.

Here are pictures of four Labs. I think it's pretty obvious which one is the Meth Lab. I hope this helps. Let me know if I can be of any further service in this matter.

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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Business Insider - CHARTS: Here's What The Wall Street Protesters Are So Angry About...

CHARTS: Here's What The Wall Street Protesters Are So Angry About...

Henry Blodget | Oct. 11, 2011

http://www.businessinsider.com/what-wall-street-protesters-are-so-angry-about-2011-10?op=1

The "Occupy Wall Street" protests are gaining momentum, having spread from a small park in New York to marches to other cities across the country.

So far, the protests seem fueled by a collective sense that things in our economy are not fair or right. But the protesters have not done a good job of focusing their complaints—and thus have been skewered as malcontents who don't know what they stand for or want.

[...]

So, what are the protesters so upset about, really?

Do they have legitimate gripes?

To answer the latter question first, yes, they have very legitimate gripes.

And if America cannot figure out a way to address these gripes, the country will likely become increasingly "de-stabilized," as sociologists might say. And in that scenario, the current protests will likely be only the beginning....

[...]

http://www.businessinsider.com/what-wall-street-protesters-are-so-angry-about-2011-10?op=1

Business Insider - CHARTS: Here's What The Wall Street Protesters Are So Angry About...

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The Huffington Post Media Brief: Bill O'Reilly vs. Tavis Smiley/Cornel West, Keith Olbermann's New Addition, Bill Maher's Violent Murdoch Thoughts

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

WATCH: O'Reilly's Hall Of Fame Clash With Tavis Smiley, Cornel West

Bill O'Reilly welcomed radio host Tavis Smiley and Prof. Cornel West onto his Tuesday show. The resulting dust-up was nothing short of a cable news classic.

Smiley and West have become a bona fide double act, regularly making the cable news rounds. O'Reilly brought them on to discuss the Occupy Wall Street movement and poverty in America. He set up the conversation by saying that the two were overlooking key statistics in their battle against poverty that showed the problem to be as much one of "personal responsibility" as economic injustice.

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	Arianna Huffington: Bonjour, Paris: HuffPost and Le MondeAnnounce Le Huffington Post! I'm in Paris this week to announce the upcoming launch of Le Huffington Post, in partnership with Le Monde and French media powerhouse Les Nouvelles Editions Indépendantes (LNEI).
	Maurice Chammah: What Really Happened Sunday Night in Cairo? What happened on Sunday in Egypt? Over the coming days, international media will clean up its coverage and separate fact from fiction, while the viewers feel like they're getting the real story.
	Mark Simpson: Fag Up! Here's a red-blooded idea. Whenever you hear "man" or "he" or "guy" or "bro" strapped onto the front of some word in a desperate attempt to try and butch it up and banish the inner sissy, just replace it with "fag."
	Josh Golin: The Best Reason Not to Skip the Footloose Remake At the end of September, Paramount began advertising Footloose on the in-school TV network Channel One News. That means for 5.5 million students, watching Footloose commercials is a compulsory part of the school day.
	Barry Sussman: Kenneth Dahlberg's Role in Watergate Obituaries of Kenneth Dahlberg, who died at age 94 on Oct. 4th, pointed out that he unwittingly played a key role in the unraveling of Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal coverup. That's an understatement.