Sunday, December 30, 2012

Washington DC Big Sky and our Nation's Capitol

We visited the National Christmas tree in a cold windy Washington DC

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Taneytown man armed with hammer shot and killed by local police Christmas evening

By Kevin E. Dayhoff, December 26, 2012 http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/ph-ce-police-shooting-1226-20121226,0,6149880.story

The peace and tranquility of a white Christmas in Carroll County was shattered Tuesday evening as word spread quickly through the community of a deadly shooting in Taneytown involving a police officer.

The news comes at a time when many have grown weary of bad news. Not even the unexpected late snowfall on Christmas Eve could overcome the heavy hearts of many just weeks after the December 14 shooting death of 26 people, most of them children, in an elementary school massacre in Newtown, Connecticut.

Then on Christmas Eve, much of the local news media reported that a gunman in upstate New York allegedly set fire to his house and ambushed and killed two volunteer firefighters and wounded two more who were responding to the fire.

Bad news involving firefighters, police officers, and emergency medical personnel always travels quickly in Carroll County that has long been understood as being the home of many of Maryland’s first responders.

Late in the evening on Christmas Day, Greg Shipley, a spokesperson for the Maryland State Police confirmed the incident and released additional details that a Taneytown police officer had shot and killed a man who had threatened the lives of several police officers in the otherwise peaceful northwestern Carroll County community.

Police say that Edward L. Becker, Jr., 26, of the unit-block of Commerce Drive, Taneytown, Md, was pronounced dead at the Carroll Hospital Center, as a result of the incident.

According to Shipley, “A Carroll County man armed with a hammer and acting disorderly was fatally wounded by a Taneytown Police Department officer when he failed to surrender and advanced threateningly at the officer.

The state police say that shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Christmas Day, “the parents of Becker called 911 and reported he had been drinking and was acting disorderly. Becker’s father reported his son was smashing windows out of his truck with a hammer…”

Three Taneytown police department officers responded to the area of the address on Commerce Street, according the police report. At the scene they “saw Becker walking down the street toward them.

“They exited their vehicles and began shouting commands to Becker to drop the hammer and surrender. Becker continued to approach. The officers, who were all in uniform and marked patrol cars, retreated down the street and positioned themselves behind their police cars.

“The investigation indicates the officers continued to shout commands to Becker to drop the hammer and surrender. Becker ignored the commands and continued to approach the officers…

After Becker got to within approximately an arm’s length of an officer and raised the hammer, one of the officers fired his service weapon, striking Becker.

Police at the scene administered first aid and called emergency medical personnel to the scene.

“The officer involved is a four and one-half year veteran of the Taneytown Police Department…,” say police. The Taneytown police officer has been placed on routine administrate leave by Taneytown Police Chief William Tyler, “which is procedure in police-involved shootings.”

Tyler “requested the police-involved shooting be investigated by the Maryland State Police homicide unit and troopers from the Westminster Barrack responded to the scene to conduct the investigation, according to Shipley.

The investigation is continuing. Upon completion, it will be forwarded to the Carroll County State's Attorney's Office for review... Taneytown man armed with hammer shot and killed by local police Christmas evening

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Tuesday, December 25, 2012

It's a White Christmas morning in Westminster

Over the hill and around the bend Westminster awakes to a foggy White Christmas

Christmas morning greeted us with 28 degrees fog and a White Christmas

Monday, December 24, 2012

All the stockings are hung and waiting for Santa Claus

It is a white Christmas in Westminster at the Carroll County Court House

Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster is all ready for the Christmas Eve service

One Court St near the Court House in Westminster for a white Christmas

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Zombie Outbreak Response Team member

These are corner stones that mark the boundary between Baltimore & Frederick Cos

Off Track Art will soon be changing-out the current display.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Lonely is the treadmill runner

Bananas Bananas Bananas

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

NYT Aggressively Pushing Gun Control in Massacre Coverage, Promises More to Come

New York Times' Helene Cooper: Choose Between 2nd Amendment Rights or 'Kids [Being] Safe' at School
New York Times White House reporter Helene Cooper: "And if killing, you know, twenty 5- to 10-year-olds doesn't do it for this country, then than means the other conversation we should be having is just simply saying, 'You know what? The right for older people to bear arms is more important than the right of little kids to be safe when they go to school.'"

NYT Aggressively Pushing Gun Control in Massacre Coverage, Promises More to Come
The Times aggressively promoted Democrats exploiting the massacre to push for gun control legislation. "Democrats seemed to be hoping to seize on the momentum from the shooting, in which 20 first graders were killed, and the resulting outrage and despondency of millions of Americans, to gingerly build a coalition of lawmakers who might be able to create some form of compromise limits on gun sales or types." The Times also ran three editorials pushing gun control on Tuesday, and promised more to come.

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Monday, December 17, 2012

Lonely is the runner who runs in circles for five miles in the fog at McDaniel

Sunday, December 16, 2012

The D.A.R.E. mascot at the MD Troopers Assoc. Lodge # 20 Christmas for Kids

Annual Christmas for Kids MTA Lodge 20, MTA MD St Troopers Assoc. Lodge # 20, MD State Police, Annual Christmas,

A sea of presents awaits families at Md Troopers Assoc Christmas for Kids

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A message of perserverance

Tina Becker MSP gives some last minute instructions MSP recruits at Xmas 4 Kids

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Saturday, December 15, 2012

NAACP Pardon Wilmington 10

NAACP: Pardon Wilmington 10

http://www.naacp.org/news/entry/pardon-the-wilmington-ten

The NAACP has launched a campaign to pardon the Wilmington Ten. Forty years ago, ten young activists were falsely accused and framed for crimes they did not commit. And though they all went on to become leaders in their community—their names were never cleared. Add your name to this petition asking North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue to pardon the Wilmington Ten.

The Wilmington Ten included Rev. Benjamin Chavis—who later went on to become the leader of the NAACP and eight African-American male high school students, and an older white women activist. They each spent four to six years incarcerated for a crime they did not commit.

The state of North Carolina has let forty years pass without clearing the names of the Wilmington Ten—it is high time for justice to be served. Sign your name to the NAACP petition asking for Governor Perdue to pardon the Wilmington Ten and clear their names once and for all.

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The Christmas trees look great in sanctuary of Grace Lutheran Church Westminster

"13 Cent Killers" by John J. Culbertson USMC

ABOUT 13 CENT KILLERS

"13 Cent Killers" by John J. Culbertson USMC

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Mass Market Paperback Published by Presidio Press Jan 01, 2003 | 288 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780345459145

“It’s not easy to stay alive with a $1,000 bounty on your head.”

In 1967, a bullet cost thirteen cents, and no one gave Uncle Sam a bigger bang for his buck than the 5th Marine Regiment Sniper Platoon. So feared were these lethal marksmen that the Viet Cong offered huge rewards for killing them. Now noted Vietnam author John J. Culbertson, a former 5th Marine sniper himself, presents the riveting true stories of young Americans who fought with bolt rifles and bounties on their heads during the fiercest combat of the war, from 1967 through the desperate Tet battle for Hue in early ’68.

In spotter/shooter pairs, sniper teams accompanied battle-hardened Marine rifle companies like the 2/5 on patrols and combat missions. Whether fighting their way out of a Viet Cong “kill zone” or battling superior numbers of NVA crack troops, the sniper teams were at the cutting edge in the art of jungle warfare, showing the patience, stealth, combat marksmanship, and raw courage that made the unit the most decorated regimental sniper platoon in the Vietnam War. Harrowing and unforgettable, these accounts pay tribute to the heroes who made the greatest sacrifice of all–and leave no doubt that among 5th Marine snipers uncommon valor was truly a common virtue.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John J. Culbertson served with the 2/5, 1st Marine Division, at An Hoa, Republic of Vietnam, from December 1966 to July 1967. Mr. Culbertson served as a Marine Rifleman, MOS 0311, on Operation Tuscaloosa.

He completed 1st MarDiv Sniper School in Da Nang, where he earned the secondary MOS 8541.

He was wounded in action and earned three Purple Hearts. He also was awarded the Combat Action Ribbon, Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit Commendation, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, and multiple expert rifleman badge awards. Mr. Culbertson received an honorable discharge from the U.S. Marine Corps in 1971 at the rank of sergeant.

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Thursday, December 13, 2012

Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack: Eurozone Crisis: The Economist: Argentina’s debt d...

Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack: Eurozone Crisis: The Economist: Argentina’s debt d...:

The Economist: Argentina’s debt default Gauchos and gadflies

I’ve read it several times and gain more insights every time I read it…

Creditors’ decade-long battle with Argentina shows just how tangled sovereign defaults can be Oct 22nd 2011 NEW YORKhttp://www.economist.com/node/21533453

AS GREECE flirts with disaster and several other European countries buckle under heavy debts, creditors’ experience with Argentina should serve as a sobering reminder about the mess that can follow a sovereign default. A decade after the Latin American country welshed on $81 billion, disgruntled creditors are still chasing their money. The litigation, and Argentina’s defiance in the face of judgments against it, complicate its plans to return to international capital markets....

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20121213 Articles on the eurozone crisis, sovereign debt crisis, Argentina, Italy, - and Greece in particular: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2012/12/articles-on-eurozone-crisis-sovereign.html

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20121205 Why Greece Matters by Kevin E. Dayhoff http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2012/12/why-greece-matters-by-kevin-e-dayhoff.html

20121202 Rick Steves: June 11, 2012 “Greece in Economic Crisis and Your Travel Dreams” Retrieved December 2, 2012 http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2012/12/rick-steves-greece-in-economic-crisis.html

20111027 BBC - Timeline: The unfolding eurozone crisis http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2011/11/bbc-timeline-unfolding-eurozone-crisis.html

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Γιατί Ελλάδα Θέματα από τον Kevin Ε. Dayhoff 5 Δεκεμβρίου του 2012

20121202 In Greek Why Greece Matters by Kevin E. Dayhoff

Γιατί Ελλάδα Θέματα από τον Kevin Ε. Dayhoff 5 Δεκεμβρίου του 2012

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Δεδομένου ότι η παγκόσμια οικονομική ύφεση εισέρχεται έκτο χρόνο της, και «δημοσιονομική γκρεμό», η λεγόμενη αποκαλυπτική δεσπόζει στις ΗΠΑ, η ελληνική χορωδία επαναλαμβάνει σε αυτή την παγκόσμια οικονομική όπερα-έπαιξε από ένα all-πολύ γνωστό ρεφραίν την περασμένη Παρασκευή, όταν η γερμανική Bundestag εγκριθεί περισσότερα κεφάλαια διάσωσης για την Ελλάδα.

Ναι, Ελλάδα - ότι η μικρή χώρα των περίπου 11 εκατομμυρίων ανθρώπων στο ανατολικό τμήμα της Μεσογείου, ανάμεσα στην Ιταλία και την Τουρκία, με μόλις δύο τοις εκατό του συνολικού Ακαθάριστου Εγχώριου Προϊόντος της Ευρώπης, και άξια ανταγωνίζεται με την Αργεντινή και τις ΗΠΑ να κερδίσουν πάνω από 100 τοις εκατό του παγκόσμιου, του καθενός χρόνια, η οικονομική ημικρανία.

Θυμηθείτε, δεν ήταν πολύ καιρό μετά την Μεγάλη Ύφεση πήρε επίσημα ξεκινήσει το Δεκέμβριο του 2007, όταν άρχισαν να rumblings να ακούσει ότι η Ελλάδα ήταν τεχνικά σε πτώχευση.

"Η Ελλάδα ξεκίνησε την κρίση το 2009 με την εισδοχή το έλλειμμα του προϋπολογισμού θα είναι 12,9% του ΑΕΠ, πάνω από τέσσερις φορές της ΕΕ όριο του 3%», σύμφωνα με ένα άρθρο που γράφτηκε για About.com από την Kimberly Amado.

Πάνω από τα πολλά χρόνια από τότε που Ελλάδα εισήχθη για πρώτη φορά στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση το 1981, και ιδιαίτερα μετά το 2001, όταν εντάχθηκε στην ευρωζώνη? Ο ιστορικός γη της μυθολογίας, αρχαίου πολιτισμού, και την γενέτειρα των Ολυμπιακών Αγώνων, έχει ζήσει τεράστια, πολύ πέρα από τα μέσα της και ταλαντεύτηκε προς αθέτησης των δανείων της και οικονομικό χάος για πάνω από τέσσερα χρόνια.

Πέστε ότι δεν είναι έτσι. Η Ελλάδα είναι η ουσία της αρχαίας λαϊκές παραδόσεις, οι αρχές της δημοκρατίας και της δυτικής φιλοσοφίας με μια τεκμηριωμένη ιστορία που χρονολογείται από τον 3ο αιώνα π.Χ., με ένα σύγχρονο, υψηλό βιοτικό επίπεδο, ότι το περιοδικό The Economist, εξίσου υψηλή θέση ως 22η στον κόσμο, όπως πρόσφατα ως 2005 ...

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Why Greece Matters by Kevin E. Dayhoff December 5, 2012

TheTentacle.com http://tinyurl.com/dxxwya5

As the global financial recession enters its sixth year, and the so-called apocalyptic ‘fiscal cliff’ looms large in the U.S., the repeating Greek chorus in this global economic opera played-out an all-too familiar refrain last Friday when the German Bundestag approved more bailout funds for Greece.

Yes, Greece – that tiny country of approximately 11 million people in the eastern portion of the Mediterranean between Italy and Turkey, with barely two-percent of the entire Gross Domestic Product of Europe, and capably competes with Argentina and the U.S. to command over 100 percent of everyone’s global, chronic, economic migraine headache.

Remember, it was not long after the Great Recession officially got underway in December 2007, when rumblings started to be heard that Greece was technically bankrupt.

“Greece kicked off the crisis in 2009 by admitting its budget deficit would be 12.9% of GDP, more than four times the EU's 3% limit,” according to an article written for About.com by Kimberly Amado.

Over the many years since Greece was first admitted into the European Union in 1981, and especially since 2001 when it joined the eurozone; the storied land of mythology, ancient civilization, and the birthplace of the Olympics, has lived huge, way beyond its means and lurched toward defaulting on its loans and economic chaos for over four years.

Say it ain’t so. Greece is the stuff of ancient lore, the beginnings of democracy and western philosophy with a documented history that dates back to the 3rd century BC, with a modern, high standard of living that The Economist ranked as high as 22nd in the world as recently as 2005…

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20121205 Why Greece Matters by Kevin E. Dayhoff http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2012/12/why-greece-matters-by-kevin-e-dayhoff.html

20111027 BBC - Timeline: The unfolding eurozone crisis http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2011/11/bbc-timeline-unfolding-eurozone-crisis.html

20111022 Eurozone Crisis: The Economist: Argentina’s debt default Gauchos and gadflies http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2012/02/economist-argentinas-debt-default.html

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20121205 Why Greece Matters by Kevin E. Dayhoff http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2012/12/why-greece-matters-by-kevin-e-dayhoff.html

20111027 BBC - Timeline: The unfolding eurozone crisis http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2011/11/bbc-timeline-unfolding-eurozone-crisis.html

20111022 Eurozone Crisis: The Economist: Argentina’s debt default Gauchos and gadflies http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2012/02/economist-argentinas-debt-default.html

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

McDaniel College Athletic Stadium December 12, 2012

Westminster Maryland Online: The Rev. John Buchheister, 87, a retired Elder, di...

Westminster Maryland Online: The Rev. John Buchheister, 87, a retired Elder, di...: The Rev. John Buchheister, 87, a retired Elder, died Dec. 8. December 10, 2012 PRAYERS FOR THE PEOPLE The Rev. John Buchhe...

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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

The Rev. John P. Buchheister, United Methodist district leader

The Rev. John P. Buchheister, United Methodist district leader

He led churches in Homeland and Perry Hall and was a gifted singer

By Jacques Kelly, The Baltimore Sun 8:11 p.m. EST, December 10, 2012 People Obituaries, Religion United Methodist, Religion Westminster United Methodist

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/obituaries/bs-md-ob-john-buchheister-20121210,0,6829650.story

The Rev. John Paul Buchheister Sr., a retired pastor who had been a United Methodist Church district superintendent, died of cardiac failure Saturday at Oak Crest Village. He was 87 and had lived in Lutherville.

Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Harry Buchheister, a chocolate candy and taffy confectioner. He grew up on Wilkens Avenue in Violetville in Southwest Baltimore and was a 1943 graduate of Polytechnic Institute, where he was quarterback of the school's football team.

He joined the Navy and was sent to the University of North Carolina, where he took courses at its preflight school. There he played for the school's football and lacrosse teams. He also played sandlot football for the old Wilkens Athletic Association.

After the war he considered joining the family candy business but instead enrolled at the Westminster Theological Seminary in Westminster. He had earlier organized a men's Bible study class at Violetville Methodist Church.

As a student minister, he served United Methodist congregations at Level in Harford County, where he helped organize a volunteer fire company. When assigned to Perry Hall, he built a new church and helped form a recreation council so his son could play football.

A 1956 article in The Baltimore Sun noted that he led the singing at a Methodist youth meeting sponsored by the Temperance League of Maryland and Delaware.

From 1964 to 1971, he was pastor of Westminster United Methodist Church. While in Carroll County, he saw a need for housing for the elderly and began the planning for the Timber Ridge Apartments… http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/obituaries/bs-md-ob-john-buchheister-20121210,0,6829650.story

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Eagle Archive: Where were you when Twinkie the Kid and Captain Cupcake died?

Eagle Archive: Where were you when Twinkie the Kid and Captain Cupcake died?

Eagle Archive: Where were you when Twinkie the Kid and Captain Cupcake died? By Kevin E. Dayhoff Dec 8, 2012 http://tinyurl.com/bqf5tfo

November 21, 2012, was a sad day.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-1209-20121208,0,344660.story

As many were looking forward to sharing Thanksgiving dinner with friends and family; Hostess Brands, the makers of Twinkies, Wonder Bread, Ding Dongs and many other culinary delights high in the food pyramid, announced it was closing its 85-year old business.

The Hostess Brands website did not mince words, "Hostess Brands is Closed. We are sorry to announce that Hostess Brands, Inc. has been forced by a Bakers Union strike to shut down all operations and sell all company assets.

"Thank you for all of your loyalty and support over the years. …The wind down means the closure of 33 bakeries, 565 distribution centers, approximately 5,500 delivery routes, 570 bakery outlet stores and the loss of 18,500 jobs."

If such treats as Suzy Q's, Dolly Madison Zingers and HoHos are not a critical part of your childhood, then certainly you remember the holy trinity of spokespersons for Hostess: Captain Cupcake, Fruit Pie the Magician and Twinkie the Kid.

Certainly many of the 30 Hostess products are a strong childhood memory for many Carroll Countians. As soon as the news that an expiration date had finally been determined for the Twinkies family, the Eagle Archives crisis lines lit-up with inquiries as whether or not it was true that Dolly Madison and Twinkie the Kid were no longer with us… http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archive-1209-20121208,0,344660.story

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