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Saturday, November 15, 2008

Some thoughts on “Union says more job cuts coming at the Baltimore Sun”

Union says more job cuts coming at the Baltimore Sun” Thursday, November 13, 2008 Baltimore Business Journal - by Julekha Dash Staff

Hat Tip: The Gunpowder Chronicle

November 15th, 2008 - My thoughts, for what they are worth…

Lately the topic of another round of layoffs and adjustments in the business of Tribune and the Baltimore Sun has been the subject of some discussions among several of us who work for Tribune. (See my media disclosure here. I work for Tribune.)

I have also been a critic of the Baltimore Sun’s political coverage in the past and I agree that the widespread perception of bias on the part of the Baltimore Sun has been detrimental to the overall health of the paper.

Moreover I continue to believe that liberal media bias plagues too much of the traditional mainstream media.

However, when I read criticism that involves hyperbolic name-calling, the critic loses the argument with me. (And yes, I am aware of past columns and blog posts in which I have engaged in some name calling… I guess I am a recovering name caller…)

Nevertheless, the editorial board of the Baltimore Sun continues to promote the paper in an unfavorable light. The fact that I disagree with much of the editorial slant does not concern me. What concerns me is that all too often the position of the board is inconsistent, displays situational principles, and is personality driven.

Perhaps this is simply the nature of the beast, but I would much rather see objective consistent community-benefit-driven analysis and commentary, instead of a newspaper editorial board parroting the talking points and spin of a particular individual, political party, or ideology.

To say it clearly, anything Illinois Sen. Barack Obama or Maryland Governor O’Malley = GOOD. Anything conservative, Arizona Sen. John McCain, or former Governor Robert l. Ehrlich = BAD.

If you need a more recent example, take a look at slots: Slots under Governor Ehrlich = BAD. Slots under Governor O’Malley = GOOD. What changed…?

However, the local community newspaper arm of Tribune – The Baltimore Sun, the Patuxent Publishing Company, (Explore Baltimore Co., Explore Carroll Co. - the paper for which I write, and Explore Howard Co.,) continues to deliver quality news and reporting. Of course, part of the reason for that is that those of us on the local community level have a higher level of accountability in that we can often be found at the same pizza parlor and grocery store check out line with the very folks we cover.

Nonetheless, the current economic times are a strain on all businesses, including newspapers, the metros, and the community newspapers alike.

In spite of the bewildering approach of the Baltimore Sun’s editorial board, most all the reporters are quite professional, talented, and objective in their reporting.

In the end they all have families and unless a particular individual displays a personal animus or maliciousness; critics of the paper may benefit from a more constructive engagement with the reporters. And I hate to see anyone lose his or her job – especially these days.

And especially a writer: What do you call a writer without a significant other? Homeless.

There is a growing perception that the management of the Baltimore Sun is trying hard to adjust to the times – with more accessibility and less of the condescending arrogance that has manifested in the corporate personality of the paper in the past.

As an aside; whether I agree or disagree with the columnists, I like the sharp writing of most of the columnists (and most of the reporters) – and I like the paper’s recent foray into blogs. And I like the improvements in the web site.

The debate about blogger journalists versus traditional print media journalists has been getting increasingly boring – see 20070112 Some wisdom about the silliest debate in journalism. There are good and bad in both camps. If you don’t like a particular writer, don’t read them.

I read writers – not headlines - and not papers...

Attempting to promote blogs and new media by carelessly denigrating traditional print media is a disservice to all journalists and journalism and brings all of us down.

Considering the challenges at the local level, in Maryland and the nation; the press has, if anything, an increased responsibility and there is an important role for the Baltimore Sun to play.

We need greater cooperation, collaboration – and we need all hands on deck.

Kevin Dayhoff

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Union says more job cuts coming at the Baltimore Sun

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Baltimore Business Journal - by
Julekha Dash Staff

A
Baltimore Sun union said Thursday it expects another round of job cuts at the newspaper, and officials are preparing to fight any future layoffs.

The Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild said it expects more job cuts within days. Angie Kuhl, a unit chair with the union, said she does not know how many job cuts are planned. But union officials don’t expect buyouts to be offered, as they have been in the past, and the cuts will impact the newsroom.

Renee Mutchnik, a Baltimore Sun spokeswoman, said Sun management has no comment.

The Sun eliminated 100 positions at the paper in August. It also recently eliminated its standalone Maryland and Business sections as part of an overall redesign.

[…]

Tribune Co., the Sun’s parent, posted a $124 million third quarter loss this month.

The newspaper, Maryland’s largest daily publication, saw its average Sunday circulation number fall 3.9 percent to 350,640 during the period.

Read the entire article here: Union says more job cuts coming at the Baltimore Sun

Tribune Co. posts $124M loss

http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/stories/2008/11/10/daily53.html

20081113 Some thoughts on
Union says more job cuts coming at the Baltimore Sun

Friday, November 14, 2008

Cyber Journalist.net Newsletter for November 14 2008

Cyber Journalist.net Newsletter for November 14 2008

CYBERJOURNALIST.NET

Study: Unlicensed stories reel in Internet readers
The Associated Press reports that the audience reading unauthorized online copies of newspaper and magazine articles is nearly 1.5 times larger, on average, than the readership on their own Web sites, according to a study released Thursday. Read more »
Written by Jon · Filed Under News · Comment

Don’t Count Matt Drudge Out
Jack Shafer says Matt Drudge’s demise is greatly exaggerated.
Read more »
Written by Jon · Filed Under Business Bytes, General News, News · Comment

Innovation: Twitter and Current TV founders discuss the future of news at the Web 2.0 Summit
Here is video and summary from Chris O’Brien of “The Media Business: New Approaches.” panel at the Web 2.o summit, which was moderated by Ken Auletta of the New Yorker and included Evan Williams of Twitter and Joel Hyatt of Current TV. Read more »
Written by Jon · Filed Under Convergence · Comment

Internet freedom in Egypt
Here is a short video that explains how blogs are being used in Egypt to expose human rights abuses, how Facebook and Twitter have been used to organize demos and strikes. Read more »
Written by Jon · Filed Under Citizen Media Monitor, Convergence, The Weblog Blog · Comment

Glamour.com redesigns
Glamour.com has launched a redesign, featuring more video, blogs, expanded editorial coverage and more interaction between high-profile editors and their readers, The Guardian reports. Read more »
Written by Jon · Filed Under Design and Usability · Comment

The Transformation of NPR
Long defined by its radio programming, National Public Radio is reinventing itself as a multiplatform force.
Written by Jon · Filed Under Future of Media · Comment

Interactive Forms Give Power to Election Perspectives
The 2008 presidential race inspired a lot of innovative storytelling, including how we experienced coverage of the historic finale last night, writes Poynter’s Sara Quinn. Here’s a look at two projects that captured events in unique ways. Read more »
Written by Jon · Filed Under Great Interactive Storytelling, Great Work Gallery · Comment

‘Video Your Vote’ in action
See the videos that have been submitted so far to the YouTube/PBS “Video Your Vote” project from voters around the country…
Written by Jon · Filed Under Cool stuff, Great Citizen Journalism, Great Ideas, Great Work Gallery, Innovation · Comment

Twitter Vote Report
Twitter Vote Report is an all-volunteer network of software developers, designers, and other collaborators who have teamed up to help track voting problems on Election Day. Read more »
Written by Jon · Filed Under Citizen Media Monitor, Cool stuff, Great Citizen Journalism, Great Ideas, Great Interactive Storytelling, Great Use of Community, Great Work Gallery, Innovation, The Weblog Blog · 2 Comments

Where to Get Live Election Night Coverage Online
Here’s a nice wrap-up at BusinessWeek.com on what the major sites are planning for election day coverage online… Read more »
Written by Jon · Filed Under News · 1 Comment

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20081114 Cyberjournalist Net Newsletter for November 14 2008

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Jump on the new media bandwagon by Richard Simon, Multimedia Reporter

Jump on the new media bandwagon by Richard Simon, Multimedia Reporter

On the Record

October 24, 2008

Richard Simon has an interesting post about the new social media on the web site “On the Record

I’ve been pretty positively impressed with Facebook for keeping track of friends and colleagues who are now spread throughout the far corners of the globe…

Meanwhile Mr. Simon writes:

When I was in college four short months ago, almost everyone I knew had a Facebook or MySpace account. If you didn’t have one (I was in this camp for a little bit), you felt like you were out of the loop on so many issues. Little did I know that outside of the land of academia, this still holds true.

Last night,
Warschawski, a Baltimore public relations firm, hosted a “Martini Marketing Event” at Luckie’s Tavern in Power Plant Live, where social networking guru Peter Shankman spoke about the current state and future of social media.

If you’re not familiar with Shankman’s work, he is the founder and CEO of
The Geek Factory and a go-to guy on marketing issues for CNN, Fox News and MSNBC.

The lecture was pretty eye-opening as Shankman talked about how prevalent social media has become. At one point, Shankman said “social media is life.” He asked the attendees to raise their hands if they had a Facebook account, and almost every hand went up.


[...]

Read Mr. Simon’s entire post here: Jump on the new media bandwagon

20081024 Jump on the new media bandwagon by Richard Simon

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Wired: Palin E-Mail Hacker Says It Was Easy

Wired: Palin E-Mail Hacker Says It Was Easy

By Kim Zetter September 18, 2008 1:05:46 PMCategories:
Election '08, Hacks and Cracks

A person claiming to be the
hacker who obtained access to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's private Yahoo e-mail on Tuesday has posted a supposed first-person account of the hack, revealing the relatively simple steps he says he took to crack the private e-mail of the Republican vice-presidential candidate.

The story was briefly posted Wednesday to the 4chan forum where the hack first surfaced. Bloggers have connected the handle of the poster, "Rubico," to an e-mail address, and tentatively identified the owner as a college student in Tennessee.

Threat Level was unable to reach the student by phone because his number is unlisted. A person who identified himself as the student's father, when reached at home, said he could not talk about the matter and would have no comment. The father is a Democratic state representative in Tennessee. Threat Level is not identifying them by name because authorities have not identified any suspects in the case, and the link to the student so far is tenuous.

As detailed in the postings, the Palin hack didn't require any real skill. Instead, the hacker simply reset Palin's password using her birthdate, ZIP code and information about where she met her spouse -- the security question on her Yahoo account, which was answered (Wasilla High) by a simple Google search.


The simplicity of the attack, of course, makes it no less illegal.

The hacker said that he read all of the e-mails in the Palin account and found "nothing incriminating, nothing that would derail her campaign as I had hoped. All I saw was personal stuff, some clerical stuff from when she was governor…. And pictures of her family."

[…]


Read the entire post here: Palin E-Mail Hacker Says It Was Easy

20080918 Wired Palin Email Hacker says it was easy

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/09/palin-e-mail-ha.html

Skits, Not Pantsuits: And the hacker is...(alleged to be…)


Skits, Not Pantsuits: And the hacker is... (alleged to be…)

Thursday, September 18, 2008

And the hacker is... (alleged to be…)

My name is David Kernell I am 15 a white cacasian male i live in memphis, TN.

This bio was posted in 2003 to a blog linked to the email address rubico10@yahoo.com. Now he would be about 20. There is a democrat representative from TN named
Mike Kernell. Coincidence?

Email:
rubico10@yahoo.com

Blog:
http://apocalypticvisions.blogspot.com/

(h/t:
Malkin and her readers)

[…]

Read the entire post here: And the hacker is...

20080918 Skirts Not Pantsuits And the hacker is...

Monday, September 15, 2008

On the Record: Is your linking legal?

On the Record: Is your linking legal?

Posted by Jackie Sauter Filed Under
law September 12, 2008

Ever wonder if your Web site hyperlinks were legal? I never did, but now I do.

Jennifer Reisinger of Sheboygan, Wis. received a cease-and-desist letter over a link on her site for her business as a Web developer. The link went to the home page for the Sheboygan Police Department. She immediately removed it, probably thinking the whole matter was finished — but it wasn’t.

Read the rest of the post here: Is your linking legal?

20080912 On the Record is your linking legal

Wednesday, September 03, 2008

Andrew Breitbart at the Republican National Convention


Andrew Breitbart, September 1, 2008 at the Republican National Convention Photo by Kevin Dayhoff www.kevindayhoff.net

September 1, 2008


On opening day of the Republican National Convention I took the opportunity to visit the print media news centers. They were large and complicated partitioned beehives of activity with what seemed to be miles of wires everywhere. When I stopped by the Washington Post news center, I found well-known blogger Andrew Breitbart (
www.breitbart.com) and his business partner Larry Solov.

Mr. Breitbart was in make-up getting ready for a guest appearance on a Post news video… He was quite friendly and talkative and appeared to having the time of his life.

*****
The Transom - The New York Observer: Andrew Breitbart Loves a Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy by Spencer Morgan

Andrew Breitbart Loves a Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy by Spencer Morgan September 2, 2008

Tags:
Convention, Style, Andrew Breitbart

ST. PAUL—His name may sound unfamiliar, but Andrew Breitbart has built a career helping to create the Drudge Report and the Huffington Post, while also overseeing his own news-aggregation site breitbart.com—and becoming prominent in a largely underground movement of conservatives in Hollywood. Next week he plans to launch a new site (
www.breitbart.com/bighollywood) that will give voice to this rogue community in the entertainment industry.

[…]

We had just left the National Review party and were headed to the National Journal party. At both events, the Los Angeles-based Mr. Breitbart, who is 39 and the father of four children, was the only person not wearing a blazer. “No matter how hard I try, I don’t fit in at these things.”

So he claims. Before we left, the pundit Jonah Goldberg accused him of being the most popular guy in the room.

At the National Journal party, publisher David Bradley was delighted to finally put a face to the name. “That’s Andrew Breitbart?” he exclaimed. Walking into the Weekly Standard party, a friend from L.A. greeted him. “Have you had a chance to take a shower yet?” joked Steve McEveety, who is Mel Gibson’s producing partner.

Read the rest of the article here:
Andrew Breitbart Loves a Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy

20080902 The Transom NY Observer Andrew Breitbart
20080901 Andrew Breitbart at the Republican National Convention

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

The MSM’s Latest Embarrassment by Jennifer Rubin

20080810 The MSM’s Latest Embarrassment by Jennifer Rubin

Did ya notice: “Commentary” – “Contentions” -
The MSM’s Latest Embarrassment by Jennifer Rubin - 08.10.2008?

The MSM’s Latest Embarrassment

When John Edwards admitted Friday that he lied about his affair with filmmaker Rielle Hunter, a former employee of his campaign, he may have ended his public life but he certainly ratified an end to the era in which traditional media set the agenda for national political journalism.

Read the rest here: The MSM’s Latest Embarrassment

http://www.commentarymagazine.com

Commentary” – “Contentions” -

20080810 The MSM’s Latest Embarrassment by Jennifer Rubin

Saturday, June 21, 2008

20080613 Facebook No Longer The Second Largest Social Network


Michael Arrington, TechCrunch.com Friday, June 13, 2008

It was sort of inevitable given Facebook's monster growth over the last few years, but April 2008 was the milestone: Facebook officially caught up to MySpace in terms of unique monthly worldwide visitors, according to data released by Comscore and shown above. Both services are attracting around 115 million people to their respective sites each month.

Most of Facebook's user growth, however, has been in international markets - MySpace is still dominates Facebook in the U.S. market, with 72 million monthly uniques. Facebook has 36 million monthly uniques, up from 23 million a year ago.

Read the rest of the article here: Facebook No Longer The Second Largest Social Network

Sunday, June 15, 2008

20080615 Creating a Jubilee County: 35th Blog Carnival of Maryland & Happy Father's Day!

Creating a Jubilee County: 35th Blog Carnival of Maryland & Happy Father's Day!

June 15, 2008

"Creating a Jubilee County: Prince George's Co., MD"

has posted:35th Blog Carnival of Maryland & Happy Father's Day!


Carnival of Maryland Hosted by Maryland Blogger Alliance of which this blog is a part.

My post from Prince George's County for this article is Change is in the air... something you can always count on. Changes include Jews & Muslims finding common ground, other local news stories, an upcoming national March for Change, and an alternative to driving with these higher gas prices. Feel free to check this entire blog while you're visiting by clicking on [info]prince_georges. Here are the entries for today's carnival:

Check it out here: 35th Blog Carnival of Maryland & Happy Father's Day!
And also check out her work at: http://uu-mom.livejournal.com/ and her video at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wezp1W2HKlU


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20080615 Creating a Jubilee County: 35th Blog Carnival of Maryland & Happy Father's Day!


Monday, June 09, 2008

20080608 Doug Ross reveals that the Official Obama blog explains how the Jewish Lobby Works



Obama web site on “How the Jewish Lobby Works.”

June 8th, 2008 - Doug Ross reveals that the Official Obama blog explains how the Jewish Lobby Works

On Sunday morning, June 8, 2008, Doug Ross posted: “Official Obama blog explains how the Jewish Lobby Works

“Now that's change we can believe in!

Update: Lest one think this is some sort of anomaly, the Obama campaign blogs of Dewan Karim

("In collaboration with the Clintons, they [the Jewish Lobby] dispatched a number of "candidacy assassinators" including former Clinton special counsel, Lanny Davis, Florida congress woman, Debbie Wasserman-Shultz, California congress man, Brad Sherman, CNN news anchor, Wolf Blitzer [vis-a-vis Lou Dobbs], Independent Senator, Joseph Lieberman, the far right crippled Washington Post Journalist, Charles Krauthammer and others to torpedo Obama's nomination bid.")

and Elaine Kelley

("Senator Obama is for real change or just business as usual. I'd like to know why Sen. Obama started to speak the truth about Palestine/Israel, then did a 90-degree right turn. I want to believe he stands for change we can believe in. But can anyone run for high office in this country without being raked over by AIPAC?") are sufficient evidence otherwise.

Update: Fausta has a good summary of this and other controversial posts hosted by the brilliant, uber-Internet-savvy Obama campaign (via Larwyn).

Linked by: LGF, Gateway Pundit, Protein Wisdom, American Thinker, Atlas, Carl in Jerusalem, and Memeorandum. Thanks!

Little Green Footballs picked up the story by 10:13 AM: “Searching Obama's Site for 'Jewish Lobby'

“A search of the official my.barackobama.com site for “Jewish Lobby” reveals an enormous amount of antisemitic hatred being posted. This is really shocking stuff, and shows beyond any doubt that this is no fluke.”

By 5:22 PM “Israel Matzav” picked it up and posted “Obama explains how the 'Jewish lobby' works,” which is where I found it…

“Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama's official web site has provided seemingly unlimited blogging space for anti-Semites of every race, color and creed to spit their venom about Israel and Jews. Doug Ross has discovered yet another blog on Obama's official web site that explains how the 'Jewish lobby' works. The blog has been around since at least April.”

Stop The ACLU” picked it up from the “Israel Matzav” site later and posted: “Obama Site Scrubbed of Anti-Jewish Stuff

Newsbusters: Will the media ignore this? Absolutely.

Doug Ross, Protein Wisdom, Rezko Watch, Powerline, Atlas Shrugs, Rhymes With Right, LGF, Michelle Malkin, Macsmind, and Hot Air have details and screenshots.

Original report from Israel Matzav.

[…]

No wonder he was endorsed by Hamas!

{A commenter on “Obama Site Scrubbed of Anti-Jewish Stuff,” Angie noted on June 8th, 2008 10:52 pm - PS: The Google cache on this is still available:

http://72.14.205.104/search?q=cache:URodhaDcfJgJ:my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/juancarloscruz/gG5BSr+site:barackobama.com+socialist+jewish-lobby&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us}

An excerpt from the “Post from Socialists for Obama”

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/juancarloscruz/gG5BSr

… read before it was deleted:

NO LOBBY IS FEARED MORE or catered to by politicians than the Jewish Lobby. If a politician does not play ball with the Jewish Lobby, he will not get elected, or re-elected, and he will either be smeared or ignored by the Jewish-owned major media.

All Jewish lobbies and organizations are interconnected and there are hundreds upon hundreds of them. The leaders of the numerous Jewish Lobby Groups go to the same synagogues, country clubs, and share the same Jewish investment bankers. And this inter-connectedness extends to the Jews who run the Federal Reserve Bank, US Homeland Security, and the US State Department.

In other words, “Jews stick together.” Americans must know how extremely powerful the Jewish Lobby is and how it operates to undermine America’s interests both at home and abroad. At home - by corrupting America’s political system, and abroad - by dictating American Foreign Policy against America’s best interests.

*****

My initial reaction was that the post in question, “How the jewish[sic] lobby works,” was found on the community, user-generated page of the presumptive Democrat presidential candidate’s site and that policing a national site must be difficult.

That because the post appears on his site in the “Community Blog” section may represent the views of Senator Obama supporters, it certainly doesn’t necessarily represent the views of the Democrat candidate.

As I have said before, as much as questions continue about the fact that the Senator sat in the pews for twenty years, it does not necessarily mean that he agreed with Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

However, this revelation is yet another paper cut in shark-infested waters as concern grows about his approach to foreign policy, national security matters, and his positions on supporting Israel.

All this said, perhaps, Little Green Footballs was reading my mind, when it wrote:

“By the way, it is absolutely no excuse to say that “anyone can post a blog there.” Barack Obama isn’t running a Blogspot blog, he’s running for president of the United States, and his official web site is full of hatred and antisemitism.”

Folks – it is going to be a long summer…

Thursday, January 03, 2008

20080102 Fragmentary patchworks


Fragmentary patchworks of autochthonous and foreign elements.

January 2nd, 2008 by Kevin Dayhoff

Happy New Year Mr. Isaac Smith. Thanks for the mention - The List (No, Not the Washington Post's). [Free State Politics Maryland's online progressive community.]

Michael Swartz's list of local blogs to watch in 2008 is pretty good. It is missing a few good blogs of note, however…

As much as I agreed with most, but not all, of Mr. Swartz’s list, your list is right on the money. I also miss Stephanie Dray’s Jousting for Justice. And I am very happy that Crablaw's Maryland Weekly is back…

And thanks for calling to our attention the Washington Post’s list: Year in Review 2007 - “The List: What's In and Out for 2008” BY HANK STUEVER - WASHINGTON POST STAFF WRITER - – what a hoot. (And don’t miss giving The Year That Was 2007 by Brian Griffiths a good read. He obviously spent some time thinking about it…)

Your post could not have been timed better as it came shortly after a conversation with a dear colleague who said they like my blog – although I’m too liberal.

Ay caramba - whatever.

Along that thread, another colleague said “Dayhoff … your problem is that you like everybody.”

To that I plead guilty – life is way to short. Then again, maybe not – I don’t like mean people; and that personality defect occurs in folks from all political persuasions.

I simply do not allow politics to dictate my friends - - and I don’t like folks who do pick their friends based on politics. (I’ll be having lunch later in the week with a dear friend with whom I disagree about everything when it comes to politics.) I can disagree with folks about issues, but more often than not – I like the person…

As far as your observation: “… his actual blog hard to read -- its look is extremely busy and most of the posts are just link aggregations…” Hey, you oughta be in my head…

At least with the blog, there is an attempt at organization… I also find my blog “hard to read” and try as I might, after blogging for a number of years, it is still way too busy.

Perhaps my blog is a manifestation of being a hypergraphic attention deficit disorder hyperactive dyslexic. Maybe – just maybe, one day I’ll figure out what I’m doing. Being a technology geek – one would’ve thought blogging would be easy for me. It is not.

At this point, on the blog evolutionary scale, my blog is a monkey on roller skates. The monkey may or may not be wearing a pink tutu - this is for you to decide.

Years ago, I thought blogging would be easy for a columnist and short story writer. It has not been the case. And within the last number of months, I picked up a third (newspaper) column every week; which just proves the “Peter Principle” is real. I’m now way beyond my intellectual and cognitive abilities.

Heckfire – some days, I’m proud to have even found the time, much less the cognitive abilities - to post “link aggregations.”

Meanwhile, I am painstakingly determined to promote constant attention on current procedures of transacting business focusing emphasis on innovative ways to better, if not supercede, the expectations of quality. What I really need in order to navigate the treacherous waters that lie ahead is a list of specific unknown problems I will encounter.

Always remember, the purpose of my blog is to discuss fragmentary patchworks of autochthonous and foreign elements as juxtaposed by the undeniable command mortality of insignificant self-inflicted syntactic semiotic economics which sometimes may cause irreproducible results unless there is a pre-emptive digital fallibility matrix which would require an integrated third-generational triangulated refinement of indefinite managerial potential.

As I wax philosophic with metaphysical postulations, incomplete aphorisms and inconsistent sophism that allows me to conclude, more and more sure, that the only true thing about anything is nothing.

Now I know you believe you understand what you think I just said but I am sure that you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.

As always, your thoughtful consideration is appreciated regardless of the outcome on any particular issue. Whether we agree or disagree, always find my door open for friendly civil and constructive dialogue.

Pray for my wife.

Best wishes for a great 2008.

Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.

www.kevindayhoff.net

E-mail him at: kdayhoff AT carr.org or kevindayhoff AT gmail.com

His columns and articles appear in The Tentacle - www.thetentacle.com; Westminster Eagle Opinion; www.thewestminstereagle.com, Winchester Report and The Sunday Carroll Eagle – in the Sunday Carroll County section of the Baltimore Sun. Get Westminster Eagle RSS Feed

Friday, November 02, 2007

20071101 Robert Farrow: Remember When Sen. Reid Suddenly Closed The Senate Last Year?

Robert Farrow: Remember When Sen. Reid Suddenly Closed The Senate Last Year?

Subtitled: Baltimore Reporter - Robert Farrow watch: See at the bottom of the post for other content rich material…

Yet another in a long list of “must reads” from Robert Farrow over at “The Baltimore Reporter”:

11/1/2007

Remember When Sen. Reid Suddenly Closed The Senate Last Year?

Filed under: General

Robert Farrow @ 8:50 pm

Crossposted from Flopping Aces

Last year, Senator Harry Reid ordered the senate [closed to discuss](http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/01/senate.iraq/) classified matters.

When closed, he ranted and raved and complained that the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) hadn’t released its vaunted “Phase II” report concerning pre-war intelligence on Iraq compared to pre-war statements about that intelligence…

[…]

Read the rest here:

Several other of my favorites on his site, among many, are:

More Time Spent Wasted By Democrat Controlled Congress

Hillary Clinton Wins the I Hate Bush Debate

Here Come the Catches

Good news from Iraq

Bush to Pelosi: Your House is a Mess

And not to be missed is another post I wanted to call to the readers’ attention the other day: Edwards Demands Student Remove Video From Youtube (video)

John Edwards attempts to kill story filed by a journalism student at UNC.

Here, I’ll post the YouTube video, but go here for additional insights and commentary by “The Baltimore Reporter,” here: Edwards Demands Student Remove Video From Youtube (video)

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

20070924 Teen Finds Her Flickr Image On Bus Stop Ad


File under “Oops.”

Teen Finds Her Flickr Image On Bus Stop Ad

Dallas Family Sues Virgin Mobile Over Unauthorized Use Of Girl's Image In Australian Ads

(CBS/AP) DALLAS, Tex., Sept. 25, 2007

Photo credit: Through the magic of the Internet, a photo of Texas teenager Alison Chang ended up on a bus stop advertising mobile phone service in Adelaide, Australia (inset). Virgin Mobile said that it was within their rights to use the original photo posted on Flickr without authorization. (CBS/Justin Wong, Brenton Cleeland)

DALLAS, Tex., Sept. 25, 2007


(CBS/AP) An American family has sued Australia's Virgin Mobile phone company, claiming it caused their teenage daughter grief and humiliation by plastering her photo on billboards and Web site advertisements without consent.

The family of Alison Chang, who lives in Texas, says Virgin Mobile grabbed the picture from Flickr, Yahoo Inc.'s popular photo-sharing Web site, and failed to credit by name the photographer who took the photo.

Chang's photo was part of a Virgin Mobile Australia campaign called "Are You With Us Or What?" It features pictures downloaded from Flickr superimposed with the company's ad slogans.

The picture of 16-year-old Chang flashing a peace sign was taken at an April church car wash by Alison's youth counselor, Justin Ho-Wee Wong, who posted it that day on his Flickr page, according to Alison's brother, Damon.

The commercial use was discovered when Brenton Cleeland, a photographer in Australia, noticed a bus stop ad in Adelaide featuring Chang, with a line on the bottom of the ad saying the image had been taken from www.flickr.com/photos/chewywong.

[…]

Associated Press Writer David Koenig contributed to this report.

Read the entire article here: Teen Finds Her Flickr Image On Bus Stop Ad

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/24/tech/main3290986.shtml

Related: Flickr On The Fly

Internet Fraud: Figures from the FBI on various forms of Web deceit.

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Tuesday, September 11, 2007

20070911 David K Kyle and Brian Griffiths

David K. Kyle and Brian Griffiths

September 11th, 2007

Pictured above is David with his old girlfriend, Madonna, in his pink Yugo era.

And featured below is a video of Brian and David from an earlier time. What folks may not be aware is that Brian and David are the original “Pet Shop Boys.”

As you can read here, the split has been less than kind. Brian has drowned himself in blogging. Madonna left David and now he just mopes about listening to Johnny Cash.

They had lost track of each other only to re-discover each other on BNN.

PS: Brian, you may have to turn up the volume…

Go West Young men – Go West

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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

20070717 Annapolis Mayor Ellen Moyer has a blog


Annapolis Mayor Ellen Moyer has a blog

July 17, 2007

Thanks for the Hat Tip from Maryland Politics Today (Mayor Moyer Is Now A Blogger)

… we learn that Annapolis Mayor Ellen Moyer has a blog. Friday, July 13, 2007 - Ellen Moyer's Bio

A blog is perfect for a mayor or any elected official for that matter. It facilitates getting your message out directly to your constituency and unfiltered…

How many times have ya heard an elected official say, gee, I wish that the paper would cover this or that event or initiative? If you mess-up, and that will happen, the paper will be sure to cover that – all the while overlooking all the positive things that are going on.

And if ya have the time, a blog can be helpful for the inevitable rumor control…

Good for Mayor Moyer…

And thanks again to Maryland Politics Today

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Thursday, July 12, 2007

20070711 Welcome to the Maryland Blogosphere to “Maryland Politics”

Welcome to the Maryland Blogosphere to “Maryland Politics

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

A hearty Welcome to a new web site on the Maryland blogosphere-landscape goes out to “Maryland Politics.”

http://redmaryland.blogspot.com/2007/07/welcome.html

Welcome to Maryland Politics at redmaryland.blogspot.com.

Maryland Politics is devoted to politics within the Free State from a conservative and/or Republican point of view. Participation is open to all but this is primarily a site for we conservatives and Republicans living a minority existence in the state of Maryland.

Read the rest of the introductory post here: Maryland Politics

… and be sure to add a link on your web site – or a bookmark on your internet browser…

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