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Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Rumors that Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) will retire are not true

February 15, 6:47 PM Baltimore Republican Examiner Sean O'Donnell

http://www.examiner.com/x-3108-Baltimore-Republican-Examiner~y2010m2d15-Rumors-that-Barbara-Mikulski-will-retire-are-not-true

A recent blog post by “The Vail Spot” has gotten many Marylanders excited about a possible retirement from Democratic Senator Barbara Mikulski. Unfortunately, according to numerous sources, the rumor is not true.

Chris Cillizza of the Washington Post, Mike Memoli of RealClearPolitics, and the National Review Online have all reported that the 73 year-old Senator will not step down anytime soon.

[…]

Since 1976, Mikulski has never gotten less than 60% of the vote in any election.

Read Mr. O'Donnell’s entire analysis here: http://www.examiner.com/x-3108-Baltimore-Republican-Examiner~y2010m2d15-Rumors-that-Barbara-Mikulski-will-retire-are-not-true
For more headlines: See below.

Vancouver 2010 Get exclusive coverage from Examiners on the Winter Games in Vancouver.

Washington Post Q & A with Republican state Senator Allan Kittleman

Snow-related political updates in Maryland

Gallup: Maryland is more conservative than liberal

Q & A with Casey Clark, Democratic candidate for Maryland's 6th District

New research ranks Maryland dead last in personal freedom

The Maryland Republican Party is broke

Can Ehrlich win in 2010?

God gets on the ballot in Texas

Can Obama and cult liberals be reprogrammed with film therapy?

Idaho lawmakers introduce tougher laws against those hiring illegal aliens

President Obama scores a war on terror victory with the capture of Taliban's top military commander

Global warming: Phil Jones and the upcoming investigation--the Kabuki Dance begins

How to get more streets plowed

Graffiti artists and taggers display handiwork

Chrysler Bankruptcy, case of judicial fraud? Dealership Attorneys to appeal Motion denial

Whistleblower Laura Magdalene Eisenhower, Ike’s great-granddaughter, outs secret Mars colony project

California High Speed Rail - Ridership from which all good things come and the "Typo"

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Byron York - Rachel Maddow throws a cheap shot at an honest vote

"Just this week you were at a community college touting a $350,000 green technology education program, talking about how great that was going to be for your district," she said to Schock. "You voted against the bill that created that grant. And so that's happening a lot with Republicans sort of taking credit for things that Democratic bills do, and then Republicans simultaneously touting their votes against them and trashing them."

Michael Barone - Democrats exiting the sinking ship? Part 23: Sen. Evan Bayh

Where does this leave Democrats in the 2010 Senate contests? Not in very good shape.

David Freddoso - Little-known Dem could ruin Bayh's succession plan, if enough Hoosiers help out tonight

If no one else qualifies for the May primary ballot, Democratic party leaders will choose their nominee in a caucus. But there is still someone out there trying to gather the signatures needed to get the Democratic nomination:

Susan Ferrechio - Bayh drops re-election bid, sending Dems scrambling again

With Bayh's retirement, there are now eight Senate seats currently held by Democrats that Republicans may grab this fall.

Julie Mason - Uncertainty rules on White House terror policies

While White House officials ponder how best to proceed, Republicans are seizing the opening to raise a warning about Obama's national security credentials.

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Let's Get Real: Barbara Mikulski Does Not Fear a Loss This Year. - Jim Geraghty

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/02/lets-get-real-barbara-mikulski-does-not.html

Many, many readers are excited about the rumor, eminating from The Vail Spot blog, that Sen. Barbara Mikulski will retire.

Mike Memoli of RealClearPolitics and Chris Cillizza of the Post are both reporting from unnamed sources that the rumor is not true.

Read the entire post here: Let's Get Real: Barbara Mikulski Does Not Fear a Loss This Year. - Jim Geraghty

Related:

Rumors that Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) is retiring are NOT TRUE, according to informed D source. about 10 hours ago from HootSuite Retweeted by 9 people Reply Retweet TheFix The Fix http://twitter.com/TheFix/statuses/9155212720

About that Mikulski retirement rumor: two sources saying it's not true. about 10 hours ago from web Retweeted by 1 person Reply Retweet mikememoli Mike Memoli http://twitter.com/mikememoli/statuses/9154736056

Paul West - Obama HHS pick: Mikulski? - -
February 3, 2009 http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2009/02/paul-west-obama-hhs-pick-mikulski.html

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Recent columns in The Tentacle

Recent columns in The Tentacle by Kevin Dayhoff http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41

February 10, 2010
A Complex and Complicated Life
Kevin E. Dayhoff
John P. Murtha, the Democrat congressman from Pennsylvania, died at Virginia Hospital Center Monday at the age of 77 after complications from gall-bladder surgery.

February 3, 2010
Standing up by sitting down
Kevin E. Dayhoff
On Monday February 1, 1960, four students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College walked into the historic 1929 F. W. Woolworth Five-and-Dime building at 301 North Elm Street in Greensboro, N.C., and ordered lunch.

January 27, 2010
“Mac” Mathias: A Civil Rights Lion
Kevin E. Dayhoff
Former Republican U.S. Senator Charles McCurdy (Mac) Mathias, a native son of Frederick, has died at the age of 87. He was living in Chevy Chase, where his family reported that he died Monday from complications of Parkinson's disease.

January 20, 2010
Hating over Haiti
Kevin E. Dayhoff
In a moment that could warm all but the coldest of hearts last Saturday, in the midst of all the despair that is now Haiti, Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton set aside their political differences for a joint appeal to raise money for that earthquake-ravaged country.

January 13, 2010
Spontaneous Incompetence
Kevin E. Dayhoff
In an incident, almost totally ignored by the dominant United States major news media, comes word that an American hero, the renown Army Green Beret-turned-Iraq/Afghanistan war correspondent, Michael Yon, was “arrested” January 5 as he entered the country for failing to disclose his income.

January 6, 2010
The Problem with Underwear
Kevin E. Dayhoff
The tranquility of the holidays was rudely interrupted by reality Christmas morning as the news spread quickly that a terrorist with an explosive device concealed in his underwear attempted to bomb Northwest Airlines flight 253 as it approached Detroit.

December 30, 2009
The Taxing Dilemma of 2010
Kevin E. Dayhoff
As we ponder the past year and look forward to 2010 with great trepidation, so far there has been little mentioned about what Congress will do with the temporary tax cuts enacted during the administration of George W. Bush that are scheduled to expire at the end of the coming year?

December 23, 2009
The Lottery – Congressional Style
Kevin E. Dayhoff
Monday was the darkest day of the year and that’s not just because the ignoramus, cataclysmic, health care reform bill in Congress passed another procedural test just minutes after 1 A.M. in the U.S. Senate by a vote of 60 Democrats to 40 Republicans.

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Monday, February 15, 2010

Ice Cream

Ice Cream

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream.

In Jupiter, Florida, we stopped over at a family member’s house, Brian and Trudy’s, for ice cream.

And ah, well, we had just a few flavors from to choose…

Ice cream at Brian and Trudy’s, February 5, 2010 by Kevin Dayhoff

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[20100205 Ice Cream in Jupiter] Babylon Family, Food ice cream, Smurf family, US st Florida 2010 Feb

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In Blizzard, Conservatives Mock Global Warming Alarmists, Left and Media Outraged

The Balance Sheet - The Weekly Newsletter of the Business and Media Institute:

In Blizzard, Conservatives Mock Global Warming Alarmists, Left and Media Outraged
Mainstream media continue defense of man-made global warming theory in the wake of East Coast blizzards adding “snowpocalypse” to the long list of problems blamed on the theory: heat waves, hurricanes, lack of snow, an Air France plane crash and women forced into prostitution.

It Doesn't Matter What You Do, You Just Caused Global Warming
Blizzards only the latest of hundreds of claims left uses to argue climate heating up while their science claims go into deep freeze.

VIDEO: From Hurricanes to Heat Waves, Blizzards to Bridge Collapse: Media Say It’s All Global Warming
From California wildfires, polar ice melt, rain, floods, tornadoes, snow, no snow -- all signs of global warming say public figures.

You can also find Dan Gainor's commentary on The Fox Forum.
You can also check out BMI’s editorial cartoon: Bottom Lines by Glenn Foden.

Follow BMI on Twitter:
@DanGainor
@MattPhilbin
@BizMediaJulia
@JPoor007

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February 15 1898 The Maine Explodes

Welcome to the THIS DAY IN HISTORY newsletter from History.com

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February 15: General Interest
1898 : The Maine explodes

A massive explosion of unknown origin sinks the battleship USS Maine in Cuba's Havana harbor, killing 260 of the fewer than 400 American crew members aboard.

One of the first American battleships, the Maine weighed more than 6,000 tons and was built at a cost of more than $2 million. Ostensibly on a friendly visit, the Maine had been sent to Cuba to protect the interests of Americans there after a rebellion against Spanish rule broke out in Havana in January.

An official U.S. Naval Court of Inquiry ruled in March that the ship was blown up by a mine, without directly placing the blame on Spain. Much of Congress and a majority of the American public expressed little doubt that Spain was responsible and called for a declaration of war.

Subsequent diplomatic failures to resolve the Maine matter, coupled with United States indignation over Spain's brutal suppression of the Cuban rebellion and continued losses to American investment, led to the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in April 1898.

Within three months, the United States had decisively defeated Spanish forces on land and sea, and in August an armistice halted the fighting. On December 12, 1898, the Treaty of Paris was signed between the United States and Spain, officially ending the Spanish-American War and granting the United States its first overseas empire with the ceding of such former Spanish possessions as Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.

In 1976, a team of American naval investigators concluded that the Maine explosion was likely caused by a fire that ignited its ammunition stocks, not by a Spanish mine or act of sabotage.

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One is the loneliest number

One is the loneliest number

“One is the loneliest number for a solitary Sudoku player” by Kevin Dayhoff February 14, 2010.

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Red lips

“Red lips” by Kevin Dayhoff December 5, 2009

[20091205 red lips]

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Donations to help the Sykesville Fire Dept rebuild

Donations to help the Sykesville Fire Dept rebuild

R.I.P Station 12! South Side Pride!

Donations to help the Sykesville Fire Dept rebuild…

Donations of cash or checks to help the company rebuild can be sent to Sykesville Freedom District Fire Department Inc., P.O. Box 275, Sykesville, MD 21784.

Photos from Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eldersburg-MD/RIP-Station-12-South-Side-Pride/326355621843?ref=mf&v=wall#!/album.php?aid=184527&id=326355621843

For more information about the fire see: Explore Carroll Sykesville fire hall destroyed by Schelle - - “Sykesville fire hall destroyed in roof collapse and blaze - Weight of snow triggers roof collapse, which ignites blaze” By Charles Schelle cschelle@patuxent.com Posted http://www.explorecarroll.com/news/3947/sykesville-fire/ 2/14/10

20100214 sdosm Donations to help Sville Fire Dept rebuild Fire CC Depts 12 Sykesville, Public Safety Carroll Co Emerg Resp, Weather Winter, Weather Winter Snow

Carroll County Government Press Releases Update: Sykesville fire hall damaged by roof collapse fire http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/02/carroll-county-government-press.html

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Mad 4 U

“Mad 4 U” by Kevin Dayhoff February 14, 2010

[20100214 Mad 4 U]

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Sunday, February 14, 2010

Explore Carroll Twitter Updates

Follow Explore Carroll http://www.explorecarroll.com/ on Twitter: http://twitter.com/CarrollEagle

For Westminster baker, every day is Fasnacht Day http://bit.ly/9S5srV about 10 hours ago

Community Notes http://bit.ly/9lkDeD about 22 hours ago

DAYHOFF: For Valentine's Day, traditions range from cards to Crokinole http://bit.ly/cl6NLE about 22 hours ago

Worship Notes http://bit.ly/dxCjyx about 22 hours ago

BETTER: Roses are red, violets are blue, if you bring candy, I will kill you http://bit.ly/dweSb7 about 22 hours ago

Roses are red, violets are blue. I hate snow and you should too http://tinyurl.com/yjnfcfg

http://www.explorecarroll.com/community/3954/valentines-traditions/ http://tinyurl.com/yjnfcfg

https://twitter.com/CarrollEagle

20100214 sdsom Explore Carroll Twitter Updates

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Main Street Westminster MD after a heavy snowfall circa 1940s

Update: Historian Joe Getty says: “could be the "Palm Sunday Snowstorm" of 1942. My Northern News article this week mentions it: "An unusual storm known as the “Palm Sunday Snowstorm... See More” hit Carroll County on March 29-30, 1942. In Westminster, this storm delivered one of largest one-day accumulations (22 inches in 24 hours) and a total of 32 inches. This was a localized storm that primarily affected only Maryland instead of the broader mid-Atlantic region. As a late season storm, the wet, heavy snow fell on trees and plants that had already blossomed and caused damage to crops and fruit trees, fallen limbs and branches and downed power lines throughout this region."

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Historical Society of Carroll County has photos of the Palm Sunday Snowstorm that you could compare your image to - Ed Hailfley of Frizzellburg had some great shots of that snowstorm as well.

Click here for a larger image: http://twitpic.com/13b1vq or here: http://kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/post/389787801/main-street-westminster-md-after-a-heavy-snowfall

This image shows Main Street Westminster MD after a heavy snowfall. I do not recall where I got this image… I have always thought that renowned Westminster photographer Charles Magee took the photo after a heavy snowfall in 1946, but this is only hypothecation and in the end, I do not know the year or the photographer. If you know, please be in touch.

Main Street Westminster MD after a heavy snowfall. Circa 1940s.

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Main Street Westminster MD after a heavy snowfall circa 1940s http://tinyurl.com/yje3u3v http://twitpic.com/13b1vq http://kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/post/389787801/main-street-westminster-md-after-a-heavy-snowfall

Also see: Photo of Main St at the railroad tracks Feb 14, 1899 blizzard in Westminster MD http://tinyurl.com/yzxbos7 http://twitpic.com/134olw

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Shirt and shoes required at J’s Lounge Islamorada, Florida

“Shirt and shoes required at J’s Lounge Islamorada, Florida”

Image found at the “Green Turtle Inn Restaurant” MM 81.5 Islamorada, Florida on February 6, 2010

Related: According to the web site for the restaurant, http://www.greenturtlekeys.com/: “Green Turtle Inn Restaurant / We have been a Keys tradition since 1947 / Located at MM 81.5 Islamorada, Florida Keys / Phone: 305-664-2006 / Email: info@greenturtlekeys.com.”

[20100206 1935 Green Turtle Inn] Dayhoff photos travel, Dayhoff Travel, Restaurants, US st Florida 2010 Feb, US st Florida Key West, US st Florida Key West 2010 Feb

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Green Turtle Inn Florida Keys then and now - 1935 and Feb. 6, 2010 By Kevin Dayhoff http://tinyurl.com/yzl8taz http://twitpic.com/120yek http://kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/post/383413482/green-turtle-inn-florida-keys-then-and-now-1935

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Key West sunset

“Key West sunset” February 11 2010 by Kevin Dayhoff

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Still life with two glasses

“Still life with two glasses” February 4, 2010 by Kevin Dayhoff

[20100204 Carrabbas3 Two glasses]

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VP vs. VP: Cheney calls Biden 'dead wrong'

VP vs. VP: Cheney calls Biden 'dead wrong' By: Carol E. Lee February 14, 2010 http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/32937.html

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Politico video: http://www.politico.com/largevideobox.html?id=66508802001

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/02/vp-vs-vp-cheney-calls-biden-dead-wrong.html

In a lengthy, blow-by-blow analysis, Politico recounts today’s war of words between Vice President Joe Biden and former Vice President Dick on the Sunday morning talk show circuit:

Vice President Joe Biden and former Vice President Dick Cheney hurtled barbs across the airwaves Sunday morning in a split-screen debate over terrorism, charging each other with being dangerously “misinformed” or just “dead wrong.”

The rare dueling sit-downs – Biden on NBC and CBS, Cheney on ABC – broke little new ground, but amounted to a point-by-point defense of each vice president’s view of the war on terrorism, and a recitation of how the other side has screwed it up.

Biden said Cheney “doesn’t listen” and has not given President Obama credit for killing dozens of al Qaeda leaders and associates in what he characterized as a more aggressive fight against terrorism than was waged under the Bush administration.

Cheney shot back that Obama has a dangerously passive, pre-9/11 approach to national security that views terrorism as a mere crime, not a strategic threat against the United States.

“It’s the mindset that concerns me,” Cheney said in an interview on ABC’s “This Week.”

The vice presidents differed on the handling of terrorism suspects, the closing of Guantanamo Bay and on the use of enhanced interrogation techniques, such as waterboarding, with Cheney saying the president must have all those tools at his disposal to get information from suspected terrorists and Biden saying flatly that waterboarding is not effective and should not be used in any circumstances.

Cheney did agree with the Obama administration on two points. He echoed his fellow Republicans by expressing support for the surge in Afghanistan, but broke with some members of the GOP, including Sen. John McCain of Arizona, in supporting the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.

Cheney, who served as defense secretary under President George H.W. Bush, said that while 20 years ago the military was a strong advocate of the policy that bans gays from openly serving in the military, “things have changed significantly since then.”

“When the [Joint] Chiefs [of Staff] come forward and say, ‘We think we can do it,’ then that strikes me that it’s time to reconsider the policy,” Cheney said.

Biden had one advantage in the Sunday showdown – he got the last word. In addition to releasing a transcript of his pre-taped interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” before Cheney appeared on “This Week,” Biden was able to respond directly to ABC interview minutes after it ended by going live on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”

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Read the entire piece here: VP vs. VP: Cheney calls Biden 'dead wrong' By: Carol E. Lee February 14, 2010 http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0210/32937.html

Diversity Gay Lesbian, Iraq War, Military Gays in the, People Biden-Joe, Politics Liberal double standards, Pres-Vice Pres Cheney-Dick Cheney

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Politico: VP vs VP - Cheney calls Biden 'dead wrong' By Carol E. Lee Feb 14 2010 http://tinyurl.com/y9am6mv http://twitpic.com/13h9w6 http://kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/post/392099232/vp-vs-vp-cheney-calls-biden-dead-wrong-by

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Be my Valentine

I Luv U - Be my Valentine

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February 14, 2010 by Kevin Dayhoff

[20100205 I Luv U] Annual Valentine's Day, Dayhoff Art

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I Luv U - Be my Valentine Feb 14 2010 by Kevin Dayhoff http://tinyurl.com/yzqbwnm #art #collage http://twitpic.com/13cy8o http://kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/post/390268146/i-luv-u-be-my-valentine-click-here-for-a

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Caroline feeds a Tarpon at Robbie's Marina

Caroline feeds a tarpon at Robbie's Marina, http://www.robbies.com/, at Mile Marker 77.5 at Lignumvitae Bridge in Islamorada in the Florida Keys. Photo by Kevin Dayhoff Feb. 6, 2010

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February 6, 2010

I managed, after many attempts, to photograph a tarpon at Robbie's Marina, http://www.robbies.com/, 77522 Overseas Highway, Islamorada, FL 33036-3813, (305) 664-9814 – just as it opened its mouth to grab a snack from my wife’s hand.

http://www.robbies.com/tarpon.htm

“According to Robbie’s web site history: “Robbie and his wife Mona started feeding Scarface 18 years ago. Scarface appeared floundering in the shallow waters near the dock; Robbie saw the struggling tarpon and, thinking it had swum too shallow and gotten stuck on the bank, went out into the water to free it. He lifted the fish and saw that the right side of its jaw was torn open. Hoping to revive the tarpon, Robbie placed it in the oxygen-rich shrimp tank and called old Doc Roach. The doctor showed up with his wife's mattress needles and some twine, and Scarface became the first known tarpon with stitches. After several days of force-feeding, Scarface showed good recovery and weight gain; six months later he was released into the waters off the dock. Afterwards, Scarface continued to frequent the docks; sometimes bringing a friend. Soon more and more of the fish began to appear.

“Today, the tradition continues, with visitors from all across the world coming to marvel at the spectacle and offer these magnificent creatures a snack.”

The web site, http://www.robbies.com/, explains, “Robbie’s rests peacefully among coconut palms with shimmering views of the nearby islands where the unspoiled Florida Bay and the exquisite Atlantic Ocean converge. Cooled by the gentle trade winds, and cantilevered over crystal clear aquamarine waters, with a private sandy beach, one cannot help but understand why so many artists have chosen this place to immortalize in paintings. Robbie’s comprises quaint and discreet pavilions surrounded by lush tropical landscaping offering a taste of everything the Keys have to offer.

“An eclectic fusion of nostalgic Florida Keys understated elegance with the more modern conveniences of shopping for everything from beads to fine art and hammocks, and dining at eateries from sidewalk vendors to five star cuisine overlooking the water, in one of Islamorada’s most discreetly placed restaurants—even the most discriminating of visitors will find themselves captivated by everything Robbie’s has to offer…”

Find a web cam of Robbie’s here: http://www.robbies.com/videos.htm

Robbie's Marina
http://www.robbies.com/
77522 Overseas Highway
Islamorada, FL 33036-3813
(305) 664-9814

20100206 RobbiesTarponsfeeding (78)CB Animals fish, US st Florida 2010 Feb, US st Florida Key West 2010 Feb

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Caroline feeds Tarpon at www.robbies.com MM 77.5 Lignumvitae Bridge Islamorada Florida Keys http://tinyurl.com/y9l6mgq http://twitpic.com/13c23z

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Collage: I Love Beauty

Collage: “I Love Beauty,” February 4, 2010 by Kevin Dayhoff

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[20100204 I love Beauty] Dayhoff Art, US st Florida 2010 Feb, US st Florida Key West 2010 Feb

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Collage “I Love Beauty, February 4, 2010 by Kevin Dayhoff http://tinyurl.com/yfb9pbt http://twitpic.com/13bvmb

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Salisbury News: HISTORICAL COMMENTS BY GEORGE CHEVALLIER

A SHORT SYNOPSIS OF THE HISTORY OF POSTCARDS

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Find it here: http://sbynews.blogspot.com/2010/02/historical-comments-by-george_13.html

20100213 sdosm Salisbury News Historical Comments By Chevallier

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[Baltimore Brew] LaHood: why feds were unimpressed with Maryland's high-speed rail bid

Baltimore Brew has posted a new item, 'LaHood: why feds were unimpressed with
Maryland's high-speed rail bid'

A recent interview with Ray LaHood, secretary of the U.S. Department of
Transportation, sheds more light on why Maryland and several other Northeast
states with substantial rail passenger needs got so little of the $8 billion in
federal stimulus money recently awarded for high-speed-rail projects.

LaHood said in the Huffington Post that the Obama administration looked [...]

You may view the latest post at
http://baltimorebrew.com/blog/2010/02/13/lahood-why-feds-were-unimpressed-with-marylands-high-speed-rail-bid/

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