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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

This week in The Tentacle

This week in The Tentacle

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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
A Fallen Hero Comes Home….
Kevin E. Dayhoff
As I surveyed the huge display of American flags and the mass of community that showed-up at the Union Bridge fire hall on Monday morning to pay their final respects to Marine Staff Sergeant Charles Isaac Cartwright; I could not help but think of the famous quote: “Where do we get such men?”

Different Country, Same Elections
Tom McLaughlin
Kuching, Malaysia – He who can stuff the most ballot boxes wins the election. I really can’t understand why the Western world cannot accept this obvious concept of democracy.

Tuesday, November 17, 2009
The First Amendment: Again
Roy Meachum
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”

Monday, November 16, 2009
Just Dithering About College
Steven R. Berryman
A quick overnight out toward Maryland’s Eastern Shore over the past weekend took yours truly and my oldest son Paul to Salisbury University for a pre-admissions visit.

Putting His Right Foot Forward
Michael Kurtianyk
I must say that I am impressed with the caliber of Mayor-Elect Randy McClement’s transition team. Beginning with Dale Driscoll, whom I admire greatly, and Alderman-Elect Karen Lewis Young, who will be co-chair with Mr. Driscoll.

Friday, November 13, 2009
Three Mass Murders
Roy Meachum
Before history dawned, tribes killed killers for revenge. Has mankind abandoned the “eye for an eye” mentality? We offer three current examples, including Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.

A Job Well Done…
Joe Charlebois
The demonization of the Frederick County Sheriff’s office continues. The latest attempt to derail the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency’s 287(g) program has reached the top steps of the federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Maryland.

The Path Not Taken…
Derek Shackelford
Thomas “Tip” O’Neill, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, once coined the phrase, “All politics is local.” This can be interpreted to mean politicians should be able to understand their local constituents and the policies that affect them the most – the local political issues.

Thursday, November 12, 2009
Fulfill the Promises or Face Consequences
Tony Soltero
There's a lot of anger out there. It's been out there for several years, and every year Americans take the occasion of elections to express this anger.

Helping the Bad Guys Succeed
Patricia A. Kelly
I’m sitting at my computer wearing a pendant that reads, in Arabic, “There is no God but God”. I‘m not a Muslim. I’m wearing it in sympathy for the many innocent Muslims who will suffer more hatred as a result of the Fort Hood killings by Major Nidal Malik Hasan.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Stop with the Political Correctness…
Kevin E. Dayhoff
As Americans look forward to honoring our nation’s veterans today; we do so with heavy hearts in the wake of the senseless and cowardly murder of a dozen soldiers and one civilian at the Fort Hood (TX) Soldier Readiness Processing Center last Thursday.

Tom Goes Spark’in – Part 2
Tom McLaughlin
Kuching, Malaysia – I decided that I was tired of living, sleeping and traveling alone. I am ready to find a wife and begin a new marriage after five years of bachelorhood. I have met many ladies here in Malaysia and have been courting a 42-year-old Malay girl. (see last weeks column).

Tuesday, November 10, 2009
“Berlin bleibt doch Berlin”
Roy Meachum
That’s how Marlene Dietrich sang it. “Berlin remains Berlin after all” may be the closest translation I can make in English. I lived there years before the Wall went up; the 20th anniversary of its fall was celebrated around the world yesterday, setting off memories in me.

Math Anxiety: Causes and Cures
Nick Diaz
Test anxiety is a common problem for many students, regardless of level – middle, high, or college. At the college level, this is an especially difficult problem for those who are in “developmental” courses. Unfortunately, it is also common to experience test anxiety only in math, and not in other courses.

Monday, November 9, 2009
Various and Sundry…around the horn
Steven R. Berryman
Last week’s column went out on The Tentacle at over 1,400 words and I swore to do better this week. To wit, I offer you these nicely abbreviated sundry items:

Extend the Credit; Curb the Fraud
Michael Kurtianyk
Last Friday, President Barack Obama signed a bill extending the first-time homebuyer tax credit through April 30, 2010. Though controversial (more on this later), overall, it’s a positive step to improve our economy.

REVIEW: Michael Jackson, I Never Knew You
Roy Meachum
It was a surprise. Young people were walking around the local movie theatres with pasteboard and plastic festooning their wrists. A guy when asked where he was going responded: “The Michael Jackson movie.”

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The Funeral Where do we get such men

A Fallen Hero Comes Home…. “Where do we get such men?”

Kevin E. Dayhoff Wednesday, November 18, 2009

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As I surveyed the huge display of American flags and the mass of community that showed-up at the Union Bridge fire hall on Monday morning to pay their final respects to Marine Staff Sergeant Charles Isaac Cartwright; I could not help but think of the famous quote: “Where do we get such men?”

Read the rest of my Tentacle column here: A Fallen Hero Comes Home….

The Funeral Kevin Dayhoff Nov. 16, 2009

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Monday, November 16, 2009

Fallen hero Marine Charles I Cartwright honored

Remembering a fighter, warrior ... and community man

Hundreds attend Cartwright memorial in Union Bridge

By Kevin Dayhoff, Posted at http://www.explorecarroll.com/news/3636/cartwright%20funeral/ 11/16/09

Picture 1 and 2 (Enlarge) A member of the Maryland Patriot Guard salutes as a Marine Corps Honor Guard carries the casket for Staff Sergeant Charles I. Cartwright who died Nov. 7 while serving in Afghanistan at funeral services Monday morning. (Photo by Kevin Dayhoff) Click here for a larger image: http://twitpic.com/pu4hq

More than 500 people crowded into the social hall at the Union Bridge fire station today to pay respects to Staff Sergeant Charles Isaac Cartwright, 26, of Union Bridge, who died Nov. 7 while supporting combat operations in Farah province, Afghanistan.

Cartwright was assigned as a member of Marine Special Operations Company A, serving his fifth overseas tour, three in Iraq and one previously in Afghanistan.

Read the rest of my article here: Remembering a fighter, warrior ... and community man Hundreds attend Cartwright memorial in Union Bridge
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Sunday, November 15, 2009

Taylorsville United Methodist Church

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Local University to ban eating ice cream on campus

A leading “Local University” will be an ice cream-free campus, according to recent widely circulated media reports. (Click here for a larger image: http://twitpic.com/plzlw )

November 14, 2009 by Kant BeTrue New Bedford Herald http://tinyurl.com/yck8ubq

The policy was announced last Wednesday by university officials as they sipped bottled water and munched on simulated fiber-bars, Manhattan style fish assholes and giant curried water bugs. (Click here for a larger image of the “Red Curry Giant Water Bugs: http://twitpic.com/plzzd )

University officials expressed pride at becoming “Maryland's first four-year college to ban an activity once as commonplace as lounging on the quad,” according to one local newspaper.

The sloth-like “lounging in the quad” is also under consideration to be banned. “We want a healthy – and all-conforming campus, that is obedient and health-conscious,” said officials.

“The reason for the policy, which goes into effect in August, is simple, administrators said: They want to reduce health risks from (eating ice cream) and secondhand exposure to (obese students.”)

"I don't try to guide people in how they live their lives, but I am going to protect the campus so it's clean and pleasant for as many people as possible," said the Local University President, Dr. Knowles Jerry-Ben, known affectionately on campus as “Dr. Kno,” who cited a study by The Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Eating ice cream is decadent, indulgent, and delicious, however, the consumer watchdog group is warning many ice cream treats are “coronaries in cones.” Many top brands contain huge amounts of calories and saturated fats said CSPI.

According to one publication, which reported upon the study, “the researchers were astounded at the calories and saturated fat content in a single cone of many products sold by companies like Baskin-Robbins, Ben & Jerry's and Haagen-Dazs.”

Local University has concurrently announced that all products manufactured by Baskin-Robbins, Ben & Jerry's and Haagen-Dazs are not only banned on campus, but also prohibited within a ten-mile radius of the university campus.

Also, all local rallies and celebrations of National Ice Cream Day, usually held every year on July 15, are also now banned. Defiant demonstrators will be dealt with sternly, warned one official as he manically munched on the cardboard wrapper of a simulated fiber-bar.

When asked to comment on a Frederick News-Post article from 2007 that noted “In 1984, President Reagan designated National Ice Cream Day and declared July to be National Ice Cream Month,” one university official belched that President Ronald Reagan and any reference to the former president or his words or “utterances” is now deemed “hate-speech” and also banned on campus.

The news account had cited that “Reagan recognized ice cream as a fun and nutritious food enjoyed by 90 percent of the nation's population, according to the website for the International Dairy Foods Association.

One university official reminded the audience that the International Dairy Foods Association – the IDFA - is now on the Obama administration’s terrorist watch list for propagandizing that “The average amount of ice cream consumed in the United States on any given day in July is 5.3 million gallons.”

The inquiring reporter was immediately – and forcibly - removed from the news conference in handcuffs for asking questions considered seditious in tenor and rebellious in nature.

As the reporter, B. P. Ward of the Potomac Publishing Co., was dragged from the room, he shouted, “George Washington spent $200 on ice cream in the summer of 1790 – that’s a lot of money for back then.”

To which several university officials responded that any reference to President Washington is also seditious… and now banned.

Meanwhile, a published account noted that “Everyone knows that ice cream isn’t a health food, acknowledges the U.S.-based food sleuths famed for blowing the whistle on movie theatre popcorn and MSG in Chinese takeout,” which are also already banned from the campus.

The published account on the perils of ice cream noted, “A CSPI study released Wednesday found a regular scoop of premium ice cream provides 250 to 350 calories and half a day's worth of artery clogging saturated fat.

“‘That's twice what you'd get in a supermarket ice cream like Bryers,’ nutritionist Jayne Hurley told a Washington press conference.

“It can get worse. The food police say a large vanilla shake from Baskin-Robbins has more than 1,000 calories and 32 grams of saturated fat. That's like eating three McDonald's Quarter Pounders.”

All McDonald’s products have been banned from the university campus for some time, noted university officials.

“Hurley even had a warning about empty cones.

“‘This empty chocolate dipped waffle cone from Ben & Jerry's is the equivalent to a half pound rack of baby backribs…”

Waffles, baby backribs and all meat are also banned from the campus, university officials said with noticeable pride, while spitting-out giant water bug shells.

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Recently ABC News Medical Unit reported that “While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention consistently report that meat is the number one cause of foodborne illness, they are not the only foods to be wary of.

“A new report from the Center for Science in the Public Interest found that a number of food poisoning cases are caused by some unexpected foods, including leafy greens, potatoes, and ice cream.”

Local University officials said that a ban on leafy greens and potatoes is also under consideration, which cited that, the “CSPI reported that leafy greens, including spinach, lettuce, and cabbage, were responsible for 363 outbreaks between 1990 and 2006 and caused 13,568 cases of illness.”

Eating hamburgers and all meat products, waffles, ice cream, popcorn, and Chinese food is “already banned in campus buildings at (Local University,) but under the new rules, it will be off-limits on the grounds: on sidewalks, in garages and parking lots, and even outside the bar … at the local bistro.”

Local University “joins a rapidly growing list of U.S. colleges - at least 365, according to the (American Say No to Ice Cream Rights Foundation) - that have banned (eating ice cream) on campus.”

According to a local publication: “Last year, Montgomery College became the first Maryland institution of higher education to take the leap. Harford, Frederick, and Carroll community colleges have followed suit. Pennsylvania's university system has banned (eating ice cream) on all of its campuses.”

Dr. Kno “said a survey found that a very small percentage of students and faculty (eat ice cream) and that those who do, (eat ice cream) less frequently than they did in the past. The policy encountered some opposition from student leaders.”

However, all opposition, dialogue, and discussion of university policies have long been banned on campus, following recent successful attempts at banning any opposition to the Ruling Party, on both the state and national level.

Some students “wondered if the university will be able to enforce the rule, noting that a current ban on (eating ice cream) within 30 feet of school buildings is only loosely followed.”

Directing their attention to the 30-foot rule, university officials deny that students have been beaten for violating the rules; however, a small number of students were imprisoned last year for eating ice cream.

University officials, speaking on the condition of animosity, said, that the arrests and incarcerations will continue until the mood and moral of the campus improves and conformity abounds.

“Students and staff members who violate the rules will face fines and sanctions. Visitors who” eat ice cream “may be barred from future access to the 328-acre campus,” and sent to a fat-farm for re-education…

“Some students said the ban on (ice cream) will improve campus.”

“By not having eating ice cream on campus, kids will stop eating ice cream,” said a senior, “can world peace be too far away as a result?”

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Kant Betrue, a Carthaginian with a Doctorate in Modern Anxiety and a minor in ennui; whose family settled in Westminster after the Third Punic War, has been with the New Bedford Herald since the 1960s (he can’t remember exactly when in the 1960s…). A Pulverized Prize winner for journalism, he writes about issues ranging from the international syntactic semiotic economics to avatars of hyper-theoretical exploding toilets.

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Saturday, November 14, 2009

Obituary for Fallen Hero SSgt. Charles Cartwright

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Obituary for Fallen Hero SSgt. Charles Cartwright

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Staff Sergeant Charles Isaac Cartwright, 26, of Oceanside, Calif., and formerly of Union Bridge, died Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in the Farah province of Afghanistan.

Born March 23, 1983 in Westminster, he was the son of H. Michael and Carol Ann Cartwright of Union Bridge.

He was the husband of Marissa Cartwright, his wife of 11 months.

He was a 2001 graduate of Walkersville High School and joined the U.S. Marine Corps on Sept. 9, 2001 and graduated from Parris Island on Dec. 7, 2001, and the School Of Infantry in January 2002.

Staff Sgt. Cartwright was currently assigned as a member of Marine Special Operations Company A, serving his 5th tour, three previously in Iraq and one in Afghanistan.

On Labor Day weekend this year he was wounded in Afghanistan and received his second purple heart.

He also received the valor award during his third tour in Iraq.

Other decorations awarded to him were Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, two Combat Action Ribbons, Navy Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit Commendation, two Marine Corps Good Conduct Medals, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, two Iraqi Campaign Medals, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, four Sea Service Deployment Ribbons, NATO Medal and two Certificates of Commendation.

He was a member of Johnsville United Methodist Church; Maryland Demolay, Frederick Chapter, where he had achieved the Chevalier status; and the VFW Post 8806, Union Bridge.

Charlie enjoyed running, having run the Orange County marathon, as well as having competed in a triathlon.

He also enjoyed wrestling, surfing, walking with his wife and their blue tick coon dog, Waylon, on the beach, cooking and having friends over for dinner parties.

Surviving, in addition to his wife and parents, are sister, Rebecca Ann Cartwright of Russell Spring, KY; maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ralph G. Eyler Sr. of Prince Frederick; uncles, Ralph G. Eyler Jr. and wife Judy of Salida, Colo. and Philip P. Cartwright and wife Cyndy of Lexington Park; and four cousins, Catherine Moir and husband Kenneth and children Samantha and Luke, Kenneth Eyler and wife Maria and children Anthony and Olivia, Suzanne Cartwright-Fiol and husband Frank and son Sebastian and Lauren M. Cartwright.

A funeral service will be held Monday, Nov. 16 at 11:00 a.m. at the Union Bridge Fireman’s Building, 8 W. Locust St., Union Bridge. Rev. Ernest Thayle, his pastor, and Rev. Richard Michael, pastor of St. James Lutheran Church, Union Bridge, will officiate.

The family will receive friends at Johnsville United Methodist Church, 11106 Green Valley Rd., Union Bridge, Sunday, Nov. 15 from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Memorial donations may be made to Wounded Warriors Project, 7020 A.C. Skinner Parkway, Suite 100, Jacksonville, Fla. 32256, or Surf Rider Foundation, San Diego Chapter, P.O. Box 1511, Solana Beach, Calif. 92075.

Arrangements by Hartzler Funeral Home, Union Bridge.

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Covered bridge at Valley Forge

Covered bridge at Valley Forge

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The yellow leaves of late fall are all that remain of the woodland foliage the day after Veteran’s Day; but they shine brightly on the one-lane covered bridge, built in 1865, that spans Valley Creek in Valley Forge National Historical Park, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Photo by Kevin Dayhoff November 12, 2009

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Covered bridge at Valley Forge Pennsylvania Kevin Dayhoff 12Nov09

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Flag at National Memorial Arch in Valley Forge National Historical Park

Flag at Valley Forge National Memorial Arch

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The flag flies proud in the gray cold rainy weather at the National Memorial Arch in Valley Forge National Historical Park.

According to the National Park Service, “The United States Memorial Arch, located at the intersection of Outerline Drive and Gulph Road, was erected to commemorate the arrival of General George Washington and his Continental Army into Valley Forge.”

Construction began on the arch in 1914 and it was dedicated on June 19, 1917.

Photo by Kevin Dayhoff November 12, 2009

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Flag at National Memorial Arch in Valley Forge National Historical Park - Kevin Dayhoff Nov. 12, 2009

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Thursday, November 12, 2009
Fulfill the Promises or Face Consequences
Tony Soltero
There's a lot of anger out there. It's been out there for several years, and every year Americans take the occasion of elections to express this anger.

Helping the Bad Guys Succeed
Patricia A. Kelly
I’m sitting at my computer wearing a pendant that reads, in Arabic, “There is no God but God”. I‘m not a Muslim. I’m wearing it in sympathy for the many innocent Muslims who will suffer more hatred as a result of the Fort Hood killings by Major Nidal Malik Hasan.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Stop with the Political Correctness…
Kevin E. Dayhoff
As Americans look forward to honoring our nation’s veterans today; we do so with heavy hearts in the wake of the senseless and cowardly murder of a dozen soldiers and one civilian at the Fort Hood (TX) Soldier Readiness Processing Center last Thursday.

Tom Goes Spark’in – Part 2
Tom McLaughlin
Kuching, Malaysia – I decided that I was tired of living, sleeping and traveling alone. I am ready to find a wife and begin a new marriage after five years of bachelorhood. I have met many ladies here in Malaysia and have been courting a 42-year-old Malay girl. (see last weeks column).

Tuesday, November 10, 2009
“Berlin bleibt doch Berlin”
Roy Meachum
That’s how Marlene Dietrich sang it. “Berlin remains Berlin after all” may be the closest translation I can make in English. I lived there years before the Wall went up; the 20th anniversary of its fall was celebrated around the world yesterday, setting off memories in me.

Math Anxiety: Causes and Cures
Nick Diaz
Test anxiety is a common problem for many students, regardless of level – middle, high, or college. At the college level, this is an especially difficult problem for those who are in “developmental” courses. Unfortunately, it is also common to experience test anxiety only in math, and not in other courses.

Monday, November 9, 2009
Various and Sundry…around the horn
Steven R. Berryman
Last week’s column went out on The Tentacle at over 1,400 words and I swore to do better this week. To wit, I offer you these nicely abbreviated sundry items:

Extend the Credit; Curb the Fraud
Michael Kurtianyk
Last Friday, President Barack Obama signed a bill extending the first-time homebuyer tax credit through April 30, 2010. Though controversial (more on this later), overall, it’s a positive step to improve our economy.

REVIEW: Michael Jackson, I Never Knew You
Roy Meachum
It was a surprise. Young people were walking around the local movie theatres with pasteboard and plastic festooning their wrists. A guy when asked where he was going responded: “The Michael Jackson movie.”

Friday, November 6, 2009
Jennifer Factor
Roy Meachum
She certainly has a way about her. The sometime saloonkeeper and Irish gift merchant that came up from Washington to attend Mount St. Mary’s and decided she liked what she saw. Jennifer Dougherty has been a heavy factor in Frederick’s elections the last eight years.

District Elections
Joe Charlebois
As the newly elected administration at Frederick’s City Hall moves in, one thing is certain; with or without the annexations, Frederick will need to grow. Mayor-elect Randy Mc Clement understands this. More homes will need to be built and land will need to be acquired if new business is to take up roots and provide good paying local jobs.

Thursday, November 5, 2009
Happy Days Are Here Again?
Chris Cavey
Tuesday evening I joined the Republican faithful gathered in Frederick at The Green Turtle to watch election results. While they were cheering the victory of Randy McClement, mayor-elect of Frederick City, I couldn’t help but think that perhaps the political pendulum crossed the apex and was now swinging the other way. Their way.

Looking Back Going Forward
Michael Kurtianyk
The results are in, and the voters have chosen Randy McClement over Jason Judd in the City of Frederick election. Before getting into the specifics, Congratulations are due both candidates for running a strong, civil race. Despite pressures from others, both men campaigned without slinging mud. Let’s hope the county races next year are run with the same decorum and respect.

Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Pulling the Plug on Maryland
Kevin E. Dayhoff
Word spread quickly through Maryland early Monday evening that the Black and Decker Manufacturing Company is “merging” with The Stanley Works. Black and Decker employees were notified by email at 4:30 P.M. of the $4.5 billion all-stock acquisition of the venerable old Maryland manufacturer.

Tom Goes Spark’in
Tom McLaughlin
Kuching, Malaysia – Being a relatively healthy male, I enjoy the company of women and learning the dating customs has been a challenge. Wandering around in my mid 50’s, yet thinking I am in my 20’s, I have met and carefully enjoyed many platonic associations.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Pushkin between the Polls
Roy Meachum
On this voting day in the city, I can almost envy Pushkin; the boy Pointer will sail through the whole democratic process unaffected. He might be inconvenienced by accompanying me to the basement of Evangelical Lutheran Church on East Church Street. Although his shank is long and his beard grizzled, he always finds admirers. No sweat.

20091112 sdosm This week in The Tentacle

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

RIP MarSOC Sgt. Charles I. Cartwright, 26, of Union Bridge, Md.

MarSOC Sgt. Charles I. Cartwright, 26, of Union Bridge, Md., died Nov. 7 while supporting combat operations in Farah province, Afghanistan.

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For more: go to: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2009/11/funeral-where-do-we-get-such-men.html and

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/search/label/Military%20Fallen%20Hero%20Cartwright%20C%20I

Wednesday, November 18, 2009
A Fallen Hero Comes Home….
Kevin E. Dayhoff
As I surveyed the huge display of American flags and the mass of community that showed-up at the Union Bridge fire hall on Monday morning to pay their final respects to Marine Staff Sergeant Charles Isaac Cartwright; I could not help but think of the famous quote: “Where do we get such men?”

and http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2009/11/fallen-hero-marine-charles-i-cartwright.html

Related: http://tinyurl.com/ygk4wet 20091110 DOD release 882 09 Cartwright killed in Afghanistan Current Events, Military Carroll Co, Military Marines, World Middle East Afghanistan

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Four Injured In Multi-Vehicle Crash On I-795

NEWS RELEASE
DEPARTMENT OF
MARYLAND STATE POLICE
HEADQUARTERS: PIKESVILLE, MD 21208
(410)486-3101 TTY For Hearing Impaired (410)486-0677
Toll Free: 1-800-525-5555 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 10, 2009

FOUR INJURED IN MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH ON I-795

(Reisterstown, MD) – Four people were injured this morning in a six-vehicle crash on I-795 that occurred when a northbound vehicle crossed the median and struck five southbound vehicles.

The driver of the northbound 1999 Lexus 300 is identified as Antonio Martinez, 44, of Owings Mills, Md. Martinez was transported by ambulance to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he is currently in stable condition.

The driver of the first southbound vehicle is identified as Douglas A. Rill, 55, of Upperco, Md. He was driving a 2009 Chevrolet Malibu and refused treatment at the scene.

The second southbound vehicle was a 1999 Ford F-350 pickup, operated by John Adams, Jr., 49, of Reisterstown, Md. Adams was transported by ambulance to Sinai Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The third southbound vehicle involved was a 2005 Chrysler 300, driven by Damon E. Secoski, 33, of Hanover, Pa. Secoski refused treatment at the scene.

The driver of the fourth southbound vehicle was Amanda B. Goodacre, 27, of Westminster. She was driving a 1999 Toyota Camry and was transported by ambulance to the Carroll Hospital Center with what are believed to be non-life threatening injuries.

The driver of the fifth southbound vehicle is identified as Maryland State Police Crime Scene Technician Danielle M. Goodnow, 26, who is assigned to the Forensic Sciences Division. She was driving a 2002 Chevrolet van, owned by the State Police and used as a crime lab vehicle.

Troopers from the Golden Ring Barracks were dispatched to southbound I-795 about one-half mile south of the Rt. 140 split shortly after 9:00 a.m. today. Troopers from the Maryland State Police CRASH Team also responded and are assisting with the investigation.

The preliminary investigation indicates that for unknown reasons, the northbound vehicle driven by Martinez crossed the grass median of I-795 and traveled into the southbound lanes. Martinez’s vehicle first struck Rill’s vehicle head-on, then began spinning and successively struck the four other vehicles before coming to rest in the median.

Due to the number of vehicles involved and the size of the crash scene, State Police had to close southbound I-795 for about two hours. Baltimore County Police and State Highway Administration personnel assisted with the road closures and detours. One lane of traffic was able to get by the scene by about 11:00 a.m. and the entire roadway was reopened shortly after noon.

Charges have not been placed at this time. No causes of the crash have been ruled out. Upon completion of their investigation, Maryland State Police investigators will present their findings to the Baltimore County State’s Attorney’s Office for review and consultation regarding charges. The investigation is continuing.

CONTACT: Lt. Jim DeWees
Commander, Golden Ring Barracks
410-780-2700

20091109 Four Injured In Multi-Vehicle Crash On I-795 I-795, MD co Baltimore Co issues, MD State Police, Public Safety Traffic Safety

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

November 9, 1923 Maryland Governor Ritchie Re-Elected

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Picture caption and credit: Maryland Governor Albert Cabell Ritchie served from Jan. 14, 1920 to Jan. 9, 1935. This is a press photograph from the George Grantham Bain collection, which was purchased by the Library of Congress in 1948. (Digital ID ggbain.29462) According to the library, there are no known restrictions on the use of these photos. The date of this photograph is unknown. [19320000 c nd MD Gov Albert Ritchie]

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Today – err, yesterday in history it was reported:

Gov. Ritchie Re-Elected by 41,000 -- Only Executive to Serve Successive Terms--All State Candidates Win. Democrats Elect Nine Local Candidates in Carroll.—

Governor Ritchie lost Carroll County by 1657 on Tuesday. Four years ago he was defeated by less than 500.

Holland pulled through by only 14 over Gordy, Robinson lost to Coleman by only 19, Young carried the county over Brewer by 4.

Judge Thomas beats Brooks by 1799, the highest lead over any opponent in the county.

"Bill" Phillips carries the county over "Bill" Bowers by 546.

Samuel J. Stone is improving as he runs. He beat Kephart by 962.

State's Attorney Brown was re-elected by 225 over Walsh.

Daniel J. Hesson defeated Walter R. Rudy by 546 for State Senator.

The house of Delegates will be three Democrats—C. Scott Bollinger, John T. Yingling and Francis Earl Shriner, and one Republican, Melvin W. Routson.

The Judges of the Orphans' Court will be Thomas J. Haines, Democrat; J. Webster Ebaugh and William E. Green, Republicans.

William A. Roop, who ran for re-election for County Commissioner was defeated by John W. Reaver by 238.

John J. Johns is surveyor by defeating John D. Roop, Jr., by 663.

Miss Mary Janet Miller, Socialist, received 55 votes in the county. She ran ahead of any Socialist or Labor candidate for State offices.

Democratic Advocate, November 9, 1923.

19231109 Nov 9 1923 Gov Ritchie Re Elected

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Union Bridge MD Marine killed in Afghanistan

Sgt. Charles I. Cartwright, 26, of Union Bridge, Md., died Nov. 7 while supporting combat operations in Farah province, Afghanistan.

Updated with photo - November 11, 2009

It was sometime on Monday, November 9, 2009 that I learned that “Sgt. Charles I. Cartwright, 26, of Union Bridge, Md., died Nov. 7 while supporting combat operations in Farah province, Afghanistan.

Sadly, his death has just today been confirmed in a DoD news release:

“He was assigned to 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, Camp Pendleton, Calif,” according to a U.S. Department of Defense news release - http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=13115

The news had spread through the Carroll County Maryland firefighting community because Sgt. Cartwright is the son of Mike Cartwright, the Union Bridge Volunteer Fire Co. assistant chief.

At the time this is written, it is believed that Sgt. Cartwright, a highly decorated Marine, was on his fourth tour in the Middle East.

Our hearts and prayers go out to the family. We are grateful for his service to our country and saddened by his loss.

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U.S. Department of Defense
Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs)
News Release
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
No. 882-09
November 10, 2009

DoD Identifies Marine Casualty

The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Marine who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.

Sgt. Charles I. Cartwright, 26, of Union Bridge, Md., died Nov. 7 while supporting combat operations in Farah province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, Camp Pendleton, Calif.

For additional background information on this Marine, news media representatives may contact the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command public affairs office at 910-440-0770.

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Westminster to honor Veterans Day this Wednesday at 4 PM

Wednesday 11-11-2009: Honoring Veterans Westminster's Veteran's Day Ceremony will be held Wednesday, 4 p.m. at the City Recreation and Parks Family Center, Old Longwell Armory, 11 Longwell Ave.

Hosted by Carroll Post 31 American Legion, the event honors veterans.

Open to all. Call 410-857-7953 or 410-848-9071.

20091111 Westminster to honor Veterans Day this Wednesday at 4 PM

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Monday, November 09, 2009

Ted Zaleski

A triptych of Ted Zaleski, the Carroll County Maryland director of management and budget, from my in depth April 2006 interview with him on the Carroll County budget process.

Kevin Dayhoff April 18, 2009

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[20060418 Ted Zaleski Triptych]

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Financial Times: Grime and punishment By John Thornhill

Financial Times: Grime and punishment By John Thornhill Published: October 30 2009

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a025dd92-c4e3-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.html

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“But modern-day Russia poses particular challenges to the fiction writer: everyday life appears so outlandish, at times, that it would be near-impossible to imagine it if it did not already exist. In a country that can elect to parliament a former KGB officer accused by the British police of murdering a British citizen by slipping radioactive poison into his tea, it must be a hard job for a fiction writer to know where reality ends and fantasy begins. Even the most mundane event can seemingly be explained only by convoluted conspiracy theory. Even the most fantastical event appears commonplace. Truth is so enmeshed in fiction that fiction has had to accelerate to outstrip it.” - Grime and punishment By John Thornhill

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2009/11/financial-times-grime-and-punishment-by.html

Financial Times tells it like it is (about modern Russian fiction)

“The death of Russian literature has been declared many times. Russian poetry was supposed to have perished tragically early, interred with the body of Alexander Pushkin in 1837 following his fateful duel. Then along came Anna Akhmatova, Boris Pasternak, Osip Mandelstam and Marina Tsvetaeva, an astonishing quartet of poets who revived and reinvented the genre in an explosion of creativity in the early 20th century.

“Epic Russian novels, meanwhile, were pronounced dead after Fyodor Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy. But in describing the brutalities of the second world war and the gulag, Vasily Grossman and Alexander Solzhenitsyn proved worthy heirs of those 19th-century masters.

“Once again it has become fashionable to argue that Russian fiction is over, buried under the rubble of the former Soviet Union. Critics have decreed that no classic works of Russian literature have emerged in the past 18 years.

“That may be true, but green shoots are now pushing through the fallen masonry. Four new Russian novels reveal flashes of fabulous writing, at times reminiscent of the wild imaginings of Mikhail Bulgakov, the dystopic visions of Yevgeny Zamyatin or the gentle humanity of Anton Chekhov. Russian literature has long ago left Socialist Realism panting behind – now it is striding out in the company of Capitalist Surrealism.

“But modern-day Russia poses particular challenges to the fiction writer: everyday life appears so outlandish, at times, that it would be near-impossible to imagine it if it did not already exist. In a country that can elect to parliament a former KGB officer accused by the British police of murdering a British citizen by slipping radioactive poison into his tea, it must be a hard job for a fiction writer to know where reality ends and fantasy begins. Even the most mundane event can seemingly be explained only by convoluted conspiracy theory. Even the most fantastical event appears commonplace. Truth is so enmeshed in fiction that fiction has had to accelerate to outstrip it.”

[…]

Read the rest of the article here: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a025dd92-c4e3-11de-8d54-00144feab49a.html

20091030 sdsom FT Grime and punishment By John Thornhill

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Financial Times on Modern Russian fiction: Grime and punishment By John Thornhill http://tinyurl.com/y8smw6j http://twitpic.com/ov2qe

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Art Library Writers Writing, World Russia

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Susquehanna River bridge

“Susquehanna River bridge” in Maryland October 10, 2009 by Kevin Dayhoff

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November 10, 2009 UpDate - correction: My wife tells me that this picture – and the bridges – was taken in Pennsylvania. Oops. I told her it should have been in Maryland. Oh, nevermind. Whatever.

[20091010 Susquehanna River bridge]

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