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Day after day we’ve heard the bad news about tens of thousands—even millions—of people losing their jobs. But there’s at least one organization that’s hiring. And hiring nearly one and a half million people.

It’s the U.S. Census Bureau.
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The Census Bureau is hiring hundreds of people for each office. And it’s opening 3 offices in Maryland, two in DC, and more in Northern Virginia.

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• Panetta a surprise pick to run the CIASen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), head of the Senate Intelligence Committee“I was not informed about the selection of Leon Panetta to be the CIA director,“ Feinstein said. “My position has consistently been that I believe the agency is best served by having an intelligence professional in charge at this time.“ Related: Panetta Picked to Head CIA
• NBC bumps Ann Coulter, denies conspiracyNEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - NBC News denied Monday that conservative author Ann Coulter has been banned from the network after “Today” dropped her from Tuesday’s program because of breaking-news events. The Coulter incident garnered huge headlines on the Drudge Report, which reported that network sources said NBC was not going to allow the frequent guest to appear any more.
• Abell speaks out on yesterday’s incident…...as the parent of a McDonough student, NOT as a BoE member.My son went to school today. I had no doubts about sending him to school. I personally know the principal and the officer at McDonough and know that violence is not tolerated. Most of you are reacting on rumors (i.e. he threatened some girl last year). I trust that McDonough, as all our schools, are a safe environment for our children. If I didn’t my child would not be there today. I also trust that Ms. Petty, Mr. Richmond, and Charles County Sheriff’s Office will handle the suspect appropriately… Listen to Jennifer.
• Attention Commuters: Look for an improvement in Metro rail service real soonMetro reports selling nearly 20,000 commemorative Barack Obama SmarTrip fare cards since they went on sale yesterday. The card costs either $10 with no fare loaded, or $20 if you actually want to use it to ride. The Obama SmarTrip card shows a picture of the president-elect smiling, with gold letters across the front. [WTOP]
• Open Thread - I overslept editionYou guys are on your own this morning. I just rolled out of bed. Later dudes. Busch says he plans to run for re-election in 2010 [Sun] Obama’s Justice pick draws fire of pro-lifers [Times]
• RNC hopefuls predict Obama backlashThe candidates vying to lead the Republican National Committee predicted at a Monday debate that the Obama administration would outspend its political capital and spark a ballot box backlash. “I think they’re going to give us the gift of an overreaching, overpowering government that will limit our freedom,” South Carolina Republican Party Chair Katon Dawson said, arguing that Obama’s agenda would amount to “overpromising and building up bigger government.”

• Another Top 10 ListThe 10 Best American Movies Stanley Fish | New York Times It’s Top Ten time again, and like everyone else I have a list, in my case a list of the 10 best American movies ever. Here it is, with brief descriptions and no justifications. Only the first two films are in order. The others are all [...]
• A Dissenting View on MacsSwitcher's lament: The case against Mac CNETcom Think moving from a Windows PC to a Mac is easy? My experience, and my wife's, may encourage you to think differently. Here's the story: When my latest Thinkpad began to get unreasonably slow, as Windows laptops often do after a year or so of use, I thought it'd be a [...]
• Planners Look to Pax River as Guide Ahead of Military Base Expansions By Ashley Halsey III Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, January 5, 2009; Page B01 Where once there were trees and fields there stand office buildings adorned with the names of giant military contractors: Northrup Grumman, Sikorsky, Raytheon and more. The road leading to the Patuxent River Naval Air Station has widened from two lanes to six and [...]
• Stabbing at McDonough High School This morningJanuary 5, 2009 Dear Parents/Guardians: I want to make you aware of a serious incident that occurred late this morning in the school hallway. A student attacked another student with a knife and stabbed her. A third student was able to intervene and our administrators as well as community police officer went immediately to [...]
• Site takes bets on your ability to fufill New Year’s resolutionsNathan Hager, WTOP.com WASHINGTON - Already finding yourself falling behind on your New Year's resolution? Maybe you should put your money where your mouth is. A group of Yale economists has created stickk.com, a Web site where you can put money down on the promise that you will fulfill your New Year's resolution. "You can put up $100 [...]
• Poetry SaturdayWhen I was a kid I had one book of poems. It was the selected poems of Robert Service. He was known as the Bard of the Yukon and wrote a lot of poems about gold mining and the northern territories and, basically, the hard life that comes with living in such an unforgiving climate. [...]

• They Said It...Best Quotes of 2008 (Scroll Down) "The additional traffic and noise brought on by the truck washing facility will have a negative impact on the village character and the county's ability to make the community safe for pedestrian access that is vital to the success of Village Center." State planner Stephanie Martins in a letter to the Charles County Commissioners about the proposed rezoning of a property owned by Chaney Enterprises in Hughesville.
• Attention Hughesville Business Owners...FYI:  2009: A New Year With New Opportunities
• 2008: TOP STORIES OF THE YEARControversy in Hughesville (scroll down) The owner of a local surface mining company stirred up a hornet's nest early this spring when he proposed to rezone 150 acres in Hughesville in the event that he needed the land to relocate a gravel wash plant to a portion of the property. Frank Chaney II, president of the board of Chaney Enterprises Inc. in Waldorf, submitted a request early this year to the county planning office to rezone the property west of the Hughesville Post Office and the Brookleigh Woods subdivision on Prince Frederick Road from agricultural conservation/village residential to heavy industrial in March. Chaney said during public hearings held this year by the Charles County Planning Commission and Charles County commissioners that the rezoning was warranted because there has been a significant change in the neighborhood and that a mistake was made when the parcel was originally rezoned. The completion of the Hughesville bypass, declining businesses in the village and the death of the tobacco industry in Southern Maryland have all contributed to the change in the neighborhood, Chaney testified. The relocation of the gravel wash plant that is sandwiched between Acton Lane and Mattawoman-Beantown Road might be necessary in the near future if the county proceeds with plans to extend Post Office Road, Chaney said. But, Hughesville residents strongly opposed the rezoning, stating in public hearings that having a gravel wash plant in the village would increase heavy truck traffic, drastically reduce property values and create traffic safety hazards on Prince Frederick Road. The county's planning staff indicated in a staff report that the rezoning of the land is not consistent with the county's comprehensive plan, the Hughesville revitalization plan, the county's transportation plan or the Patuxent River Policy Plan, which was adopted by the county commissioners in 1984 and revised in 1997. Although the planning staff concluded that there was no evidence that the neighborhood had changed or that there had been a mistake in the original zoning the planning commission voted in May to recommend that the county commissioners approve the rezoning request. The planning commission's decision added fuel to the fire for Hughesville residents and they gathered ammunition to confront the issue again during a county commissioner public hearing held in June on the rezoning request. The commissioners have deferred making a decision on the request until March. In the meantime, they have asked Chaney to provide them with a revised traffic study and an updated plan that includes restrictions on noise and light pollution, increased vegetation buffering, limits on nuisance noises and 10 to 15 acres set aside for the American Red Cross and the College of Southern Maryland. "I would like to see the company put something else there," said Sandra Thorne in an earlier interview. Thorne's father sold the land in question to Chaney many years ago. "I don't see how a gravel wash plant is going to help the community or create any jobs down here. They'll just take the people who work at the plant in Waldorf and put them down here." Nancy Bromley McConaty________________________________________Comments:  The fact that the Maryland Department of Planning issued the very same determination as county planning staff was omitted.  In addition, the commissioners' decision on this request was last postponed until January 2009, and now we find it has been postponed until March 2009.  However, the commissioners' request to Chaney to provide them the additional information, in the meantime, suggests they have already made their decision.  This is information that would be required if the request were approved.  Chaney isn't complaining about the postponement...does he know something the public doesn't?
• Hughesville 10K/Festival Pictures are Posted!Click Here:  Hughesville 10K/Festival Pictures
• Habitat for Humanity to Open Secondhand Store in Hughesville WaPo (Scroll Down)The store will accept donated clothes and household goods for resale to benefit home construction programs in the county. Agency leaders said the opening comes at a crucial time, because many residents need discounted goods and the homes that the sales will help fund. The store is also expected to be a boon to Hughesville, with a commercial corridor that has struggled since construction began on the cross-county connector. Town leaders have pushed for small businesses to open, saying they want to revive the village feeling the town had during the past century.
• Outlet for entrepreneurial drive Testing the waters: Mike Hill, owner of Legacy Limousine LLC in Hughesville, didn't do much homework before he decided to try the limousine business. "I had been in printing for 12 years," Hill said. "And I was tired of working for someone else. I decided to go to California on a whim and buy a limousine. I didn't see a lot of them here, so I thought I would be able to get a good deal out there. I ended up with a nice car, which I had shipped back to Maryland." Hill decided to take it slowly the first few years in his business, working at his regular job during the week and driving the limo on weekends. "I just wanted to test the waters," Hill said. Hill eventually bought out Luxury Transportation and quit his printing job. That was seven years ago. "Today, I own nine limos," Hill said. "I have Lincoln stretches, Hummer H2 stretches, [a Cadillac] Escalade stretch and two limo buses, which are getting to be the most popular rental we have."

• Stabbing at McDonoughBelow is a letter going home with McDonough students today...what are these kids thinking? Dear Parents/Guardians:I want to make you aware of a serious incident that occurred late this morning in the school hallway. A student attacked another student with a knife and stabbed her. A third student was able to intervene and our administrators as well as community police officer went immediately to the area and got the situation under control.The student who was stabbed was flown to an area hospital for treatment of her injuries. Our initial information is that the injuries are serious, but not life threatening. The student with the knife was taken to Civista Medical Center in the custody of police for treatment of a wound sustained in this incident. The school nurse treated the third student who intervened.The administrators and I are continuing our investigation into this situation. We take the possession of weapons and attacks on students seriously, and in addition to possible criminal charges placed by police, any student in possession of a weapon on school grounds is subject to discipline up to and including expulsion. I ask you to again review the school system’s Code of Conduct and talk to your children about the seriousness of bringing weapons to school and the severe consequences of disregarding the rules. Please also remind your students that if they have any information about any illegal, threatening or dangerous activity, they should immediately contact a staff member at the school.Thank you for your continued support. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to call the office or e-mail me at jpetty@ccboe.com.Sincerely,Jervie PettyPrincipalMaurice J. McDonough High School(301)934-2944
• Schools around state crack down on tagYou've gotta be kidding me....in the age of a fast food restaurant on every corner, both parents working and too busy to cook nutritious meals, and school systems strapped for money and time just to meet the academic requirements much less provide adequate time for physical education, we are now going to tell all the overweight, latchkey kids they can't run around and play tag at recess? What is this world coming to? It's not like a mandatory requirement at recess, it's OPTIONAL!!Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2008By MEGAN A. CONLANCapital News ServiceANNAPOLIS — Maryland elementary schools are restricting the types of games students can play at recess, causing some people to worry that administrators are eliminating the very activities that let kids be kids.Although most schools already prohibit games like dodgeball and tackle football, stringent no contact policies are, in some cases, affecting more basic childhood games as well. Tag is one game being questioned at more Maryland schools.Read more HERE
• Open Thread Sunday!"Open Thread" is a place for you to tell me what you would like to see on this site. What can I do to make it more user-friendly, topics you would like to see discussed in the future, questions or concerns. If I missed your questions on another thread, please direct me to them here.So here you go, give me your feedback.
• Open Thread Sunday!"Open Thread" is a place for you to tell me what you would like to see on this site. What can I do to make it more user-friendly, topics you would like to see discussed in the future, questions or concerns. If I missed your questions on another thread, please direct me to them here.So here you go, give me your feedback.
• Open Thread Sunday!"Open Thread" is a place for you to tell me what you would like to see on this site. What can I do to make it more user-friendly, topics you would like to see discussed in the future, questions or concerns. If I missed your questions on another thread, please direct me to them here.So here you go, give me your feedback.
• NOTES: Board Meeting 12/9/08The Board Meeting Tuesday, December 9th will be re-broadcast on Channel 96 on Wednesdays at 6 p.m.; Fridays at 9 a.m.; and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. . To view the full agenda and the various reports, please visit BoardDocs.IMHO, nothing major happened at this meeting. All the reports are online by clicking on the link above. Only votes taken were minutes from the last meeting, minutes from a teleconference call, and personnel. All motions passed. Here's a breakdown of topics...Superintendents ReportBoard Correspondance - heard from libraries about opportunitiesEACC UpdateStudent Board MemberCIP StatusConstructionBridge Plan Update

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