Saturday, June 29, 2013

Keys Net - Weekly Newsletter

Feds charge two with fish, Sanctuary violations

Keys family aboard missing 70-foot schooner

Crackdown coming on roadside partiers

FISHING

Fast action on tarpon? Try nighttime

You can be the LeBron -- a champ -- of fishing

Nute takes grand champion tarpon trophy at home

BUSINESS & REAL ESTATE

Redevelopment finally starts at Faro Blanco resort

Islamorada Chamber celebrates new digs

Historic Overseas Lounge under contract for sale

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Friday, June 28, 2013

You can still to this day see bullets stuck side of house from Corbit's Charge

Dan Pyle leads discussion of events June 29 1863 Corbit's Charge in Westminster

Firing salutes the fallen from Corbit's Charge in Westminster 150 yr anniversary

Tom LeGore his wife & Tom Abbott participate 150 yr anniversary Corbit's Charge

Tom LeGore prepares for Corbit's Charge 150 anniversary Je 29 1863 at Court St

I think that Gail Elwell's latest work with books at Off Track Art is incredible

Off Track 2day Just talked 2 outoftown #runners that travel 2 Westminster 2 run

PCWorld: Hands On with Windows 8.1: Microsoft's 'do-over' OS is loaded with features

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		Hands On with Windows 8.1: Microsoft's 'do-over' OS is loaded with features 06.26.2013 9:00 AM Windows 8.1 isn't just an update—it's an apology. But if you didn't like Windows 8, don't expect the new release to change your mind.

		Windows 8.1 apps: New additions and crucial updates 06.27.2013 3:26 AM Windows 8.1 Preview shows much-improved internal apps, and the Windows Store is much friendlier and more filled-out than it used to be.

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		Microsoft misses the mark as its Build 2013 keynote muddles the Windows 8.1 message 06.26.2013 12:39 PM Developers, developers, developers shouldn't be your audience when you're announcing a product that's crucial for your company's future.

		Microsoft unwilling to kill one of its Internet Explorer twins 06.27.2013 6:48 AM Why are there two versions of Internet Explorer within Windows 8.1? Because users want them, IE11 chief says. Plus: a slimmer SkyDrive.

		New Windows 8 PCs use touchscreens, hybrid designs and Haswell to capture attention 06.24.2013 3:01 AM Vendors are trying to innovate their way out of the PC doldrums. Let's look at the curiosities they've created.

		Review: Three widescreen HD monitors that pivot from portrait to landscape 06.26.2013 3:30 AM We go eyes-on with new models from HP, NEC, and Samsung, whose expansive screens and pivoting hinges give you more options for viewing content or images.

		Kinect for Windows developer's kit slated for November, adds 'green screen' technology 06.26.2013 9:30 AM Microsoft's Kinect for Windows will be released in final form by next year, and include "green screen" technology to strip out backgrounds from behind users.

		Is Nvidia's Shield worth $300? We debate the math 06.21.2013 3:03 AM This new gaming handheld plays Android apps and streams PC games, but it costs $300. Is it worth the money? Two PCWorld writers argue each side.

		The 10 biggest PC game disappointments 06.21.2013 3:30 AM Some games garner so much fan attention that they can't possibly live up to hype they've generated. Here are ten games from recent history that created high hopes but ended up being big letdowns.

		Razer's new Surround software turns your stereo headset into a 7.1 home theater 06.25.2013 8:00 AM This virtual 7.1 surround-sound software does a decent job of simulating a much more expensive pair of surround-sound headphones.

		Five essential security measures to protect your business—no matter its size 06.20.2013 3:30 AM Take these basic steps to safeguard your business's invaluable information assets.

		Cybercrooks target SMBs with new types of attacks 06.24.2013 8:18 AM As money and corporate information have morphed from hard currency and blueprints to digital files, small and midsized businesses have become the new banks to rob. In fact, bank robberies across the U.S. have plummeted from 9,400 in 1991 to just 3,870 last year. As Doug Johnson of the American Bankers Association puts it: "As more and more transactions become electronic, more bank crimes become electronic."

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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Opt Ed Piece from Senator Nancy Jacobs

Wed, Jun 26, 2013

Maryland State House – Call 911 – Ambulance Needed

Maryland drivers are getting ready to head to the emergency room for a transfusion, as Governor O’Malley is sucking their life’s blood out of them, or should I say the few dollars they have left in their wallets.

With all the legislation that was passed in the recently ended legislative session, we should all be thankful that it only lasts for 90 days. Otherwise we might be finding ourselves at the local soup kitchen for what this Governor is costing us.

On July 1, Martin O’Malley’s sticky fingers will plunge deep in our pockets to pull out an additional $2 dollars in toll fees for the Bay Bridge, the Harry W. Nice Bridge, the JFK Highway (I-95) and Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge. Oh, that hand’s not finished yet – grab an additional dollar for the Harbor and Ft. McHenry tunnels and the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Next year when the Express Toll Lanes open on Interstate 95 we’ll have even more toll hikes with the variable toll rates lanes. All for the sake of cutting time off on our work commute. This gives whole new meaning to the phrase “time is money” with Governor Martin O’Malley in charge of your wallet.

Until this year Governor O’Malley should have been forced to buy malpractice insurance to cover what his administration had not been doing – going after those who breeze through the E-Z pass tolls without paying. In the last five years these toll-runners have chalked up nearly $6.7 million in unpaid tolls – and they want to dip into the pockets again of the law-bidding motorists. Botched operation – get me a lawyer!

Now you take the surrounding states, Delaware has $10 in tolls for the entire state. West Virginia has only one toll road (take me home country roads). Our good friends in Virginia only pay $27.10 and that’s including the Chesapeake Bay-Bridge Tunnel at $12.00. Only the state of Pennsylvania equals our current total of $33.00 … and they have 15 toll roads compared to our 8 soon to be 9. Really? I think I’m going to faint – grab the smelling salts.

The public is still choking on the Gas Tax we’re going to start paying on July 1, 2013, the same day that the tolls increase. If the feds don’t add to our misery, you’ll be paying at least 62.5 cents per gallon in taxes by 2016. My suggestion to you -- learn the Heimlich maneuver before then!

In just the past two years alone we’ve see car registration double (don’t forget to add the additional $3.50 the gas tax bill has included in raising the registration fee once again), titling a vehicle doubled, and car dealers processing fees doubled. For those of you who found a car or truck too expensive to use – even moped and motor scooters owners found the “Tax Man” waiting like the Grim Reaper. The addition of a $20 titling fee and an excise tax of 6 percent, requirement of insurance and the additional cost to purchase a helmet and protective eye wear… We always have the option of riding a bike, rollerblades or a skateboard – oh wait, give’em time -- they’ll tax that too!

Wait a dog gone minute – the intake from toll fees collected minus expenses for the fiscal years 2011 and 2012 is a whopping $621,460,763. Oh my gosh -- the heart is beating double time, I’m having a hard time breathing! Didn’t the MDTA say in 2011 that costs for repairs involving all these toll roads AND the expense of addressing traffic congestion along I-95 (the express toll lanes) and the Inter-county Connector in the DC area totaled $909,000,000. Oh hon, one more year without another toll increase and the funds for all that work will have given us $130,000,000 to spare – the cost of gold-plated pacemakers for everyone in the state.

The Self-Sufficiency Standard for Maryland in 2012 reports that the standard for a three-person family has increased by an average of 54% in the last decade. How much will these new taxes and fees increase that average?

Enough is enough; we haven’t even gotten to the wind and rain taxes O’Malley inflicted on us.

The only person dancing in the rain after the 2013 Legislative Session is Martin O’Malley. After July 1, 2013 the rest of us will be on life support.

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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Enjoying the sunset while putting in few miles at the #McDaniel Gill Stadium

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Supreme Court strikes down Defense of Marriage Act - Washington Post National News Alert

Supreme Court strikes down Defense of Marriage Act -

Washington Post National News Alert

The Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act that denies federal benefits to same-sex couples who are legally married in the states where they reside. The court said it violated equal protection to provide benefits to heterosexual couples while denying them to gay couples in the 12 states plus the District of Columbia where same-sex couples may marry. The law passed by bipartisan majorities in Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton recognized marriage as only between one man and one woman.

Read more at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/supreme-court/2013/06/26/f0039814-d9ab-11e2-a016-92547bf094cc_story.html

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Carroll Commissioner Haven Shoemaker Seeking Delegate Seat

Carroll Commissioner Haven Shoemaker Seeking Delegate Seat

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Carroll Commissioner Haven Shoemaker Seeking Delegate Seat June 26, 2013 by Kevin E. Dayhoff - A Carroll County commissioner and former Hampstead mayor has thrown his hat into the ring for the House of Delegates in the newly redrawn 5^th District, which lumps four incumbents into a three-delegate district… http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=5851

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June 26, 2013

Carroll Commissioner Seeking Delegate Seat

Kevin E. Dayhoff

A Carroll County commissioner and former Hampstead mayor has thrown his hat into the ring for the House of Delegates in the newly redrawn 5^th District, which lumps four incumbents into a three-delegate district.

June 19, 2013

Kittleman Announces for Howard County Exec

Kevin E. Dayhoff

On June 11, Maryland State Sen. Allan Kittleman, a West Friendship Republican, officially announced his campaign for Howard County executive in 2014 at Clyde's of Columbia.

June 12, 2013

Migrating to Windows 8

Kevin E. Dayhoff

My latest experience with Microsoft has left me with the technological equivalent of post-traumatic stress disorder. In the last six-months I have migrated light years from the Microsoft Windows XP operating system to Windows 8. It was not easy.

June 5, 2013

Craig Steps to the Bottom of The Mountain

Kevin E. Dayhoff

Although the Maryland gubernatorial primary is over a year away, on Monday the 2014 contest began to take shape in earnest with Harford County Executive David Craig announcing his candidacy for the Maryland State House.

May 29, 2013

A Fallen Son of Carroll County

Kevin E. Dayhoff

The weather was perfect for the 146th Memorial Day exercises at the Westminster Cemetery on Monday. The keynote address speaker for the community ritual of spring was Army Sgt. 1st Class Joseph T. Schultz, a North Carroll High School graduate.

May 23, 2013

A Renewed Purpose and Meaning for Pentecost

Kevin E. Dayhoff

Many believe that the current decline in church attendance directly contributes to the erosion of our quality of life, the deterioration of our sense of community and lack of confidence in the future.

May 22, 2013

Pentecost Sunday

Kevin E. Dayhoff

Last Sunday was Pentecost Sunday; the 50 day after Easter and the birthday of the church. Along with Easter and Christmas, Pentecost is one of the three most important holidays in the church. It’s time to renew the spirit of Pentecost in our daily lives. Here’s why.

May 15, 2013

The Spiritual Practice of Shredding Stuff

Kevin E. Dayhoff

Last month my wife and I left our house in the wee-hours of the morning and joined other households in Carroll County for the shared experience of putting box after box of old documents in a large ravenous shredder-truck which devoured the paper voraciously.

May 8, 2013

Another Boot on Your Neck

Kevin E. Dayhoff

On Monday the U.S. Senate voted 69-27 for the Marketplace Fairness Act, which allows states to collect sales taxes on certain online purchases.

May 1, 2013

Alvin Lee is coming home

Kevin E. Dayhoff

It has been almost two-months since British guitarist Alvin Lee, the legendary rock-blues master and lead singer of the band “Ten Years After,” passed away March 6.

April 24, 2013

The Presidents Club

Kevin E. Dayhoff

Last Thursday, Time magazine editors Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy provided a sneak peek into the most exclusive club in the world, “The Presidents Club,” to a crowd that filled McDanielCollege’s Decker Lecture Hall in Westminster.

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