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Not withstanding the above picture, a few of the reasons I am not attending the Preakness today… And a few reasons I’d like to attend. I mean it is on the “A” list of Maryland - Baltimore must-attend cultural events.
Ah hem, well, this is not the staid, curmudgeon Preakness – or publication of H. L. Mencken, now is it. I guess that is a good thing – or a whatever.
Oh snap. Ya know, I'd head on down to the Preakness, but I don't seem to have a hat for the occasion.
The bikini contest pictures start at picture number three… Okay, moving on… This looks a Steffenesque view of the Preakness. Photograph number 6 - - Reason number two I did not go to the Preakness; I don't have the legs I never had.
There are perp-walk pictures sprinkled throughout the spread. Seems some folks in the past have misbehaved in the Preakness infield festivities. I’m shocked I tell you, shocked I say.
Me, I liked the hat pictures. No seriously, I really like the horsey-set fashion and hat pictures… Check out picture 33 might be my favorite – among many favorites.
The pics of the U.S. Navy's parachute team, also known as the "Leap Frogs,” are fun.
And yes folks, the day is a veritable sports lollapalooza. The pictures of the volleyball match in the infield start at number 23, followed quickly by some great pictures of ZZ Top. Picture number 29 is pretty cool.
Oh, how sophisticated… No further comment on picture number 49.
The few pictures starting at number 51 appear to portray someone who is hoping to get a Darwin award… The horses are on the track. Some of the horses’ asses may be found in the infield.
Another "Running of the Urinals" pic at 64.
Seems Westminster folks have figured somewhat prominently in the Preakness infield festivities in the past.
In picture number 67 “Aimee Gable of Westminster downs a vodka, cranberry and peach schnapps concoction supplied by Peter Perrine of Lancaster, Pa., on the infield at Pimlico Race Course. Several friends took turns at the spigot on the morning of the Preakness.” I wonder if Ms. Gable gave her Mom a copy of that picture for Mother’s Day?
Picture number 68…Oh, nevermind.
Picture number 80, ugh, just ugh.
Katie Hutchinson may be found in picture number 86 from May 17, 2008.
Between you and me, the photographs are technically and artistically quite good. A news photographer can only take pictures of what they see… I’ve love to attend the Preakness some day if only to take a bunch of pictures. As for the infield, I’m no longer as young as I never was.
For at least 6 months I’ve been noticing these strange ‘BNE WAS HERE’ stickers around our apartment in Yannawa.
Also around the area I’ve seen spray-painted graffiti with the same wording or ‘King BNE’.
I also noticed exactly the same stickers around Japan in Osaka and Tokyo and it finally piqued my curiosity enough to Google it. It seems that this graffiti began in San Francisco in 2006 and has certainly hit Bangkok and Tokyo and apparently New York too.
Although nothing’s been proven, the most popular belief online is that it’s the work of a prolific graffiti artist called Benet... Read the rest here: http://pavion.net/bne-was-here-stickers/
The BBC is reporting that archivists in New York’s
oldest library have uncovered a surprising borrower with overdue books.
It has been recently revealed that on October 5, 1789, our
nation’s first president, George Washington, borrowed two books from what was
then the only library in Manhattan,
the New York Society Library.
According to the BBC, on October 5, 1789, a time when New York City was serving as our nation’s capital, President
Washington borrowed the “Law of Nations,” a dissertation on international
relations, and volume 12 of a collection of transcripts of debate transcripts
from Britain's
House of Commons.
Now this in itself may not be earth-shattering news. However there is a catch. It appears that the books were due a month
later but they were never returned.
At the moment, the overdue fines for this lapse, by the
president who never told a lie, have grown to $300,000.00 in the ensuing 220
years.
The BBC reports that although the library is willing to
excuse the fine from the first president, it does, however, want the books
back. “Sadly for fans of 18th-Century political literature, they appear to have
vanished,” laments the BBC.
Locally, in Carroll County, the first library did not open
until 1863, so that rules-out the opportunity for President Washington to have
any overdue library fines in Carroll County.
Furthermore, the Carroll County Public Library is not aware
of any president who has any overdue library books, according to Gregor Becker,
an information specialist with the local library.
Our
nation's first president may not have told a lie, but he was not without his
faults Posted 5/10/10 by Carroll Eagle – Updated Dec. 14, 2016 - the link
to the Carroll Eagle is now dead. For a while, the Baltimore Sun picked-up the
stories, but alas, all the links are now dead – the link simply takes you to
the Baltimore Sun…. It was updated in response to a colleague’s (CAMK) confession
on Facebook that she owes the library late-fees. Too funny.
Right now, it seems like there are so many big news stories going on in the world it’s inevitable one of them would be getting the short shrift. It’s terrible though that the unenviable situation has seemingly befallen the story of the deadly flood that hit Nashville last week. With much of the media’s attention focusing on the BP oil spill, someone has to speak for the victims of the devastation in Tennessee, which is what Fox & Friends did this morning. Unfortunately, Steve Doocy decided the best way to raise the flood’s awareness would be to basically brag about how much cooler its victims are than those of other disasters.
Courthouses closed for several hours. No bomb found.
May 13, 2010
By Kevin Dayhoff
At approximately 12:45 p.m on Wednesday, Maryland State Police, Westminster City Police, and the Carroll County Sheriff’s Department responded to both courthouses located on North Court Street in Westminster upon the report of a bomb threat, according to a State Police news release.
Annapolis, MD Eric Wargotz, an elected member of the Queens Anne’s County Board of Commissioners and a candidate for US Senate from Maryland released the second of the campaign’s, “Eric on the Issues” radio ads, which began airing today on talk radio stations around the state. Wargotz, a physician, is seeking the Republican nomination for the seat currently held by four term incumbent Senator, Barbara Mikulski.
In the spot (click here or visit our web site ) titled, “Promises Made,” Wargotz talks about his 2006 campaign for Commissioner and his commitment to reduce taxes, improve government efficiencies, and increase transparency.
"During my brief time in office, I led the successful fight to reduce the property tax rate, eliminate unnecessary positions, and make government more accessible and more accountable to our constituents," Wargotz said.
In the ad, Wargotz distinguishes himself from his primary opponents, all who lack a proven record. "Campaigns are about talk, governing is about actions. As my track record proves, the promises I made, were promises I kept," he said.
The Commissioner also took on the incumbent's record of deficit spending saying, "Big taxing and even bigger spending liberal policies in Washington are bankrupting our children’s future."
The spot is an addition to series designed to highlight the cornerstones of the campaign and highlight his legislative and executive experience. In the coming weeks, health care, the economy and the environment will also be addressed.
A discussion this past week about deferring the transition of nine resident Maryland State Police troopers to Sheriff's Office deputies turned into a political debate between Commissioners Julia Gouge and Michael Zimmer.
"You're strongly in favor of the sheriff, but don't mess it up by putting in this other crap," Gouge said to Zimmer during a heated back-and-forth at the commissioners' May 11 meeting.
In total, the county currently contracts 45 resident troopers to help patrol the county, in addition to Sheriff's Office deputies.
A Zimmer-initiated proposal would have moved to transfer nine resident trooper positions into the Sheriff's Office to save $400,000 in fiscal 2012.
But Gouge and Commissioner Dean Minnich gave county staff direction to keep the nine resident troopers in this year's proposed county budget, based on an offer by state police to reduce its contract cost to the county -- an offer that would save $400,000 in the county's proposed fiscal 2011 budget.
Zimmer fought the move, wanting instead to begin this year the phase-out of the troopers and a gradual hiring of additional Sheriff's Office deputies to take their place.
Two work sessions on the issue, on May 11 and May 13, included heated exchanges between Gouge and Zimmer.
Mediabistro that and that digest for Friday morning
Condé Nast Set To Freeze Pensions July 1 (NYP) Condé Nast told its 3,000 employees via memo that, starting July 1, their pension plans would be frozen. To take away the sting, Condé said it was going to kick in a bit more on the match to employees' 401(k) retirement fund, raising the company contribution to more than double what employees put in.
New York Times To Begin Website Charges In January (WSJ) The New York Times will begin charging for access to articles on its website in January according to executive editor Bill Keller, who made the announcement at a dinner for the Foreign Press Association. The New York Times Co. unveiled a plan early this year to begin charging for access to the Web version of its flagship newspaper. Keller's comments helped pinpoint the timing of the plan.
Gerald Posner Hires Mark Lane In Plagiarism Case (Miami New Times) Gerald Posner, Miami Beach author and admitted plagiarist, has hired a lawyer to defend him against Miami New Times' stories about his literary thefts: Mark Lane, famous for authoring Rush to Judgment, the book that popularized the "grassy knoll" theory absolving Lee Harvey Oswald of guilt in the JFK assassination. Posner's own best-seller and Pulitzer finalist, Case Closed, sought to refute the theories at the heart of Lane's book.
Law & Order Canceled By NBC? (HuffPo) One of television's longest-running series may soon be coming to an end. Multiple reports indicate that NBC has decided to cancel Law & Order after 20 seasons. NBC's decision is reportedly based on a strong development slate for next season and softening ratings for the program.
Condé Nast Considers Move To New W.T.C. Tower (NYT) Condé Nast has been talking to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey about moving to 1 World Trade Center when it is completed, a potential coup for the signature skyscraper rising at ground zero. According to real estate executives who spoke on condition of anonymity because the talks were secret, the publisher would take up as much as one million square feet in what is planned to be the country's tallest office tower, a symbolic 1,776 feet.
Honolulu Star-Advertiser Begins June 7 With 400 Jobs Lost (KITV.com) The merged Honolulu Star-Advertiser debuts June 7, with nearly 400 people losing their jobs in the process, according to the publisher of the combined newspaper. The Star-Bulletin purchased The Advertiser from Gannett. Dennis Francis, publisher of the Star-Bulletin who will serve as publisher of the new newspaper, said he expects to hire about half of the Advertiser's 580 employees.
Deepak Chopra Discusses His Issue Of MYMAG (FishbowlNY) Physician, author and lecturer Deepak Chopra has launched a personal edition of MYMAG and an accompanying media platform. The issue will feature "personal writings, photographs and correspondence from numerous celebrity friends," including Michael Jackson. The print issue, delivered in late May, will include both original content and archived articles selected by Chopra. Proceeds from the sale of the magazine will support the Chopra Foundation and the 7Bar Foundation.
Newsweek Writer To Visit Glee Set (NY Mag/Vulture) Two days after he called for a boycott of Newsweek in light of an article he described as "blatantly homophobic," Glee creator Ryan Murphy has written a second open letter, revealing that he has since spoken to the article's author, Ramin Setoodeh, who has taken him up on his offer to visit the Glee set and "observe [their] creative process" in order to see how they "construct a TV show dedicated exclusively to the idea of inclusiveness and acceptance for all."
Former Times-Picayune Reporter Rob Nelson Named ABC World News Now Co-Anchor (NOLA.com) Rob Nelson, who three years ago moved from a job as a reporter in the Times-Picayune's West Bank bureau to news anchor of WWL-Channel 4's morning show, has been hired to anchor World News Now, ABC's overnight newscast. Nelson, who worked for the Times-Picayune for seven years before making the jump to TV, said he will coanchor the newscast with Vinita Nair, who has worked World News Now since September 2008.
Thrillist Acquires JackThreads (WebNewser) Guy-centric digital lifestyle newsletter and publication Thrillist is getting into the e-commerce game. The company has acquired JackThreads.com, a members-only online retailer that offers discount prices on menswear from well-regarded designers and companies. With the deal, all Thrillist subscribers will have access to JackThreads.com.
Gowalla Partners With National Geographic And Washington Post For Branded Trips (Mashable) Location-sharing service Gowalla has just revamped its website and expanded its "Trips" feature. The Foursquare competitor is launching the new feature set with two big business partners -- National Geographic and the Washington Post -- which have produced their own collection of trips with hand-picked destinations.
Murdoch-Owned Sun Online Blocks Meltwater Media Monitor (painContent:UK) The Sun's website has fallen in behind its News International stablemate Times Online by barring the PR media monitoring service Meltwater from crawling its articles. Sun Online used the robots.txt protocol to block the service on Thursday, meaning thousands of Meltwater customers around the world won't get to inform clients when their company is mentioned in The Sun.
Consumer Reports Launches Mobile Website (Folio:) Consumer Reports has launched CR Mobile, a new mobile website that allows users to access the magazine's database of product reviews, ratings, buying advice and reliability studies. The data provided by CR Mobile is accessible through any mobile device with Web access. Users of iPhone and Android phones will also be able to access video in addition to the standard data.
Manroland Selling Towers To Dow Jones (News & Tech) Dow Jones & Co. has picked Manroland to supply towers that will be installed at U.S. sites now producing the Wall Street Journal, Barron's and other publications. The towers, to be added to Dow Jones' existing Goss International and TKS (USA) presses, will give the publisher additional color capacity.
Media Execs Embrace The iPad (THR) Hollywood is embracing the iPad. To what degree is tricky to determine because Apple allows media conglomerates to discuss only what's already available for the iPad, not what's upcoming. An exception to that rule came Tuesday in Los Angeles during the Cable Show, when Comcast CEO Brian Roberts discussed prototype technology that syncs the iPad to a set-top box, turning it into a sophisticated remote control for the TV.
SUNDAY SHOW RATINGS: MAY 9 Betty White's turn as host of SNL gave NBC a huge Saturday night, but didn't do much for NBC's Sunday morning as "Meet the Press," and two of the other Sunday public affairs, were down week-to-week. Maybe those Mother's Day brunches? Still, "MTP" was the most-watched Sunday show followed by CBS' "Face the Nation," ABC's "This Week," and "Fox News Sunday." FNS was the only show to grow week-to-week in total viewers. "This Week" saw... http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/sunday_shows/sunday_show_ratings_may_9_161482.asp
'I'M NOT SURPRISED THE NATIONAL MEDIA CAME UPON THE STORY OF THE NASHVILLE FLOOD LATE IN THE GAME' Former CNBC and Fox News anchor Bob Sellers, now an anchor at WSMV-TV in Nashville, writes at HuffPost about the national media coverage -- or lack thereof -- of the recent flooding in Tennessee. I'm not surprised the national media came upon the story of the Nashville flood late in the game. There was a bomb scare on May 1st, the first day of the rains. Bombs in Times Square and oil leaks in the... http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/generalities/im_not_surprised_the_national_media_came_upon_the_story_of_the_nashville_flood_late_in_the_game_161486.asp
JOE SCARBOROUGH AND SAVANNAH GUTHRIE: TV GOURMANDS •Do you like fine food with your "Morning Joe?" How about clever cross-network integration? Well does NBC Universal have a crossover opportunity for you! Bravo announced that the new season of "Top Chef," set in Washington DC and premiering June 16, will feature "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough and NBC News White House correspondent Savannah Guthrie as guest judges this season.... http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/generalities/joe_scarborough_and_savannah_guthrie_tv_gourmands_161509.asp
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“Anybody can do Stand-up comedy!” FREE one hour workshop at Comix on Saturday, May 22nd! Are your friends always telling you how funny you are? Have you ever thought about trying stand-up comedy but never knew where to start? If you answered, “Yes” then you don’t want to miss this FREE workshop on Saturday, May 22nd being offered by Comix and the Manhattan Comedy School! Speakers include: Chuck Nice, VH-1 Best Week Ever, WE TV Cinematherapy, Fox’ The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet, MSNBC Morning Joe & Dan Abrams, Brian Baldinger, comedy booker for Just For Laughs Comedy Festival and Jimmy Kimmel Live, Matt Goldich, writer for the Late Show with David Letterman, and national headliner Cory Kahaney who has had her own ½ hour specials on both Comedy Central and HBO. Cory is also the instructor for The Manhattan Comedy School. Click here to learn more or register. http://www.manhattancomedyschool.com/workshop.html =======================
Thursday, May 13
'SHE LAUGHED' •FishbowlDC's Betsy Rothstein caught up with now-former-CNNer Christiane Amanpour and "asked about concerns some critics have about her thin history of domestic political coverage." Amanpour's response here. Previously: Christiane Amanpour on the 'New Perspective' She'll Bring to Sunday... http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/the_ticker/she_laughed_161501.asp
JEREMY HUBBARD LEAVING 'WORLD NEWS NOW;' ROB NELSON TO JOIN First on TVNewser: "World News Now," ABC's middle-of-the-night news program, is about to see another change at the anchor desk. TVNewser has learned that Jeremy Hubbard, who joined the broadcast in 2008, is departing "World News Now" for a promotion to digital correspondent for ABC News. (Welcome back to daylight, Jeremy) ABC News is hiring Rob Nelson, morning news anchor at CBS-affiliate WWL-TV in New Orleans, to co-anchor the program with Vinita Nair. No... http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/abc/jeremy_hubbard_leaving_world_news_now_rob_nelson_to_join__161475.asp
LARRY KING BOOKS MICK JAGGER, T.I. •CNN's Larry King has two pretty high-profile music interviews on his upcoming schedule. Tonight, King has T.I. in his first interview since his release from prison in March. Next Tuesday, Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger will be on. King had Laura Bush Tuesday night (ratings here).... http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnn/larry_king_books_mick_jagger_ti_161397.asp
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NEED TO KNOW'S ALISON STEWART REPONDS TO TOM SHALES We linked to a review of the new PBS public affairs show "Need to Know" by WaPo's Tom Shales on Monday. Today, TVNewser heard from the show's co-host, Alison Stewart, who wanted to respond to Shales, including his comment that she "looked as though she would have been much more comfortable in [show guest Bill] Clinton's lap." Dear TV Newser, Since you posted Tom Shales' crude, crass and sexist comment about me that I'd be... http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/pbs/need_to_knows_alison_stewart_reponds_to_tom_shales_161450.asp
“Anybody can do Stand-up comedy!” FREE one hour workshop at Comix on Saturday, May 22nd! Are your friends always telling you how funny you are? Have you ever thought about trying stand-up comedy but never knew where to start? If you answered, “Yes” then you don’t want to miss this FREE workshop on Saturday, May 22nd being offered by Comix and the Manhattan Comedy School! Speakers include: Chuck Nice, VH-1 Best Week Ever, WE TV Cinematherapy, Fox’ The Morning Show with Mike & Juliet, MSNBC Morning Joe & Dan Abrams, Brian Baldinger, comedy booker for Just For Laughs Comedy Festival and Jimmy Kimmel Live, Matt Goldich, writer for the Late Show with David Letterman, and national headliner Cory Kahaney who has had her own ½ hour specials on both Comedy Central and HBO. Cory is also the instructor for The Manhattan Comedy School. Click here to learn more or register. http://www.manhattancomedyschool.com/workshop.html =======================
Wednesday, May 12
CLASSIC NEWSER SHOTS FROM ESPN (INCLUDING KEITH OLBERMANN) If you didn't catch ESPN's "30 for 30" last night -- "Straight Outta Compton" directed by Ice Cube -- you missed... a mediocre documentary about the LA Raiders. But ALSO some classic clips from 80's/early 90's ESPN and including ones with now famous newscasters that got their start as sports anchors. Here's (current ABCer) Robin Roberts reporting that the team was leaving Los Angeles: After the jump is the one you don't want to miss...... http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/funny/classic_newser_shots_from_espn_including_keith_olbermann_161253.asp
GLENN BECK: SATELLITE RADIO PATRIOT •Fox News host Glenn Beck is joining the lineup of Sirius XM's Patriot channel. Beginning May 17 Beck's radio show The Glenn Beck Program will air on the channel from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., joining fellow Fox news host Sean Hannity, whose show runs from 3-6 p.m.... http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/generalities/glenn_beck_satellite_radio_patriot_161359.asp
RICK SANCHEZ. ROLAND MARTIN. ASCOTS This needs to stop. Yesterday we reported on Jon Stewart's obsession with CNN contributor Roland Martin's fashion choice. Now it seems the ascot fever is spreading. Memo to Wolf Blitzer and John King: start choosing your patterns and colors, because you are next.... http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/funny/rick_sanchez_roland_martin_ascots_161383.asp **
The Amazing Race - One husband-and-wife team competed in a 150-mile race across New Zealand, but that wasn't their real adventure.
By Mary Ashley
The night before the race, my husband, Brad, and I are so nervous we can barely talk. Tomorrow, I have to run 21 miles over New Zealand's Southern Alps with two ways out: on foot or by helicopter. Terrified, I go into the bathroom and stifle sobs. What if I get lost, break an ankle, or don't finish after coming this far? We're a relay team, and Brad has to kayak 42 miles. He hasn't kayaked in weeks. What if he drowns? We have two boys. What were we thinking?
The race was Brad's idea, a romantic adventure he'd been pondering for years. He'd often had these plans, but this time he was persistent. The Speight's Coast to Coast, a multisport, two-day adventure race, crosses New Zealand's South Island on a 150-mile course. I'd do the mountain run and he'd kayak, with additional running and cycling for us both. Brad knew that New Zealand was a life-list destination for me, and he said it could be the honeymoon we never had, a fact I ribbed him about endlessly. Just like a honeymoon ... except for the 21-mile mountain run.
Returning home - Frederick High School community remembers Marine, wrestler, leader, friend Originally published May 13, 2010ByMegan Eckstein News-Post Staff
The Frederick High School community continues to reel from the shock of losing Cpl. Kurt Shea, 21, who was actively involved at the school and in other local groups.
Shea, who joined the Marine Corps one week after graduating from high school in 2007, was shot and killed in Afghanistan early Monday, which was still Mother's Day Sunday in Frederick . As Shea's family traveled to Dover, Del., on Wednesday morning to receive his body, his friends were trying to comprehend just how much the community has lost.
I love these little insider Seinfeld-like kerfuffles, especially when they involve journalists and especially when they involve the sanctimonious Maureen Dowd:
Reporter Accuses Dowd of - What Else?- Blind Date Profiling
By Betsy Rothstein on May 13, 2010
Former Politico scribe Helena Andrews is calling the date that NYT columnist Maureen Dowd set her up on with Obama aide Reggie Love "racial profiling." Andrews writes about it in the latest issue of Marie Claire.
How dare Dowd assume she wants to date a black man?
One African-American woman pleads not to be set up on a blind date with the only black professional you know.
By Helena Andrews
"I've got a guy for you. He's so hot, it's perfect." It was the spring of '08 when Maureen Dowd, the Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times columnist, decided to take it upon herself to find me a man — specifically, Reggie Love, Barack Obama's "body guy" (read: personal aide). Standing outside the auditorium in Philadelphia where Obama the candidate had just given his loaded race speech, I thought to myself, How could a woman I'd helped with a computer problem once as an assistant at the Times spot the man for me? "Don't be silly," she said, when I demurred. "My assistant will set it up."
I was 27 and working as the only black reporter at Politico.com when a black man was running for president. The issue of race in America had hit a fever pitch, and suddenly everyone seemed determined to cast me as Michelle redux — and all that was missing was my very own Barack. [...]
... I'm not saying that my colleagues and neighbors should have set me up with white friends, necessarily. I was just disappointed that, despite all my more awesome qualities, the main thing they all saw was my skin.
Recently, my mother met a black man at Ikea, gave him my card, and then yelled at me when I raised the obvious psycho-killer issues. She said he was nice, a lawyer. Like Maureen, Mom was playing into the kind of stereotypes I was trying to dodge. But I realized that both women just wanted to see me happy. And, even though I was grateful Ikea guy never called, I know that the more weird setups I endure, the better my chances of getting to Mr. Right, whatever his race.
Helena Andrews's memoir, Bitch Is the New Black (HarperCollins), is out this month. She writes a weekly column for Slate's TheRoot.com.
By AP | Published: 05/13/10 at 6:38 AM | Updated: 05/13/10 at 9:13 AM
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Talk about optimism.
House Republican leader John Boehner recently said the GOP could pick up 100 seats this November. Now, the Republican National Committee’s political director says the party has its eye on 130.
The few pictures starting at number 51 appear to portray someone who is hoping to get a Darwin award… The horses are on the track. Some of the horses’ asses may be found in the infield.
