Wednesday, July 31, 2013

#CCFair Checking out the market swine show at Carroll Co 4-H FFA Fair

July 31 On this day in history

• 904, Salonica -- the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of Macedonia -- falls to the Arabs, who destroy the city

• 1703, Daniel Defoe, the an English writer, journalist, and pamphleteer, who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe, is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers

• 1777, the Marquis de Lafayette, a 19-year-old French nobleman, was made a major-general in the American Continental Army

• 1790, the first U.S. patent is issued to inventor Samuel Hopkins for a potash process

• 1792, director David Rittenhouse laid the cornerstone in Philadelphia for the U.S. Mint, the first building of the federal government

• 1865, the first narrow gauge mainline railway in the world opens at Grandchester, Australia

• 1919, German national assembly adopts the Weimar constitution (which comes into force on August 14)

• 1945, Pierre Laval, premier of the pro-Nazi Vichy government, surrendered to U.S. authorities in Austria; he was turned over to France, which later tried and executed him

• 1948, President Harry Truman helped dedicate New York International Airport (later John F. Kennedy International Airport) at Idlewild Field

• 1957, the Distant Early Warning Line, a system of radar stations designed to detect Soviet bombers approaching North America, went into operation

• 1964, the American space probe Ranger VII transmitted pictures of the moon's surface

• 1972, Democratic vice-presidential candidate Thomas Eagleton withdrew from the ticket with George McGovern following disclosures Eagleton had once undergone psychiatric treatment

• 1974, Watergate figure John Ehrlichman was sentenced to 20 months in prison for his role in the break-in at the office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist. Ellsberg was the Pentagon consultant who leaked the "Pentagon Papers," documents about the war in Vietnam

• 1976, NASA releases the famous Face on Mars photo

• 1981, the 42-day strike of Major League Baseball ends

• 1987, Iranian pilgrims and riot police clashed in the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, resulting in some 400 deaths, according to the Saudi government, which blamed the Iranians for the violence

• 1991, President George Bush and Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in Moscow. ALSO: the U.S. Senate overturned a 43-year-old law and voted to allow women to fly military warplanes in combat

• 1997, in Brooklyn, N.Y., police seized five bombs believed bound for terrorist attacks on New York City subways by practitioners of that "religion of peace"

• 2002, a bomb exploded by practitioners of that "religion of peace" inside a cafeteria at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, kills nine people, including five Americans

• 2006, Fidel Castro hands over power temporarily to brother Raul Castro. This leads to a celebration in Little Havana (La Pequena Habana in Spanish), Miami, Florida, where many Cuban Americans participated

• 2011, ending a perilous stalemate, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders announced a historic agreement on emergency legislation to avert the nation's first-ever financial default. ALSO: Syrian security forces launched a ferocious assault on defiant cities and towns, killing at least 70 people and possibly many more

• 2012, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, visiting Cairo, said newly elected Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi "is his own man" and is committed to democracy

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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

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Korean War Fast Facts - CNN.com

Korean War Fast Facts - CNN.com: "Korean War Fast Facts"

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By CNN Library: Korean War Fast Facts

Fri July 26, 2013

http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/28/world/asia/korean-war-fast-facts

(CNN) -- Here's a look at what you need to know about the Korean War. July 27, 2013 marks 60 years since the signing of the armistice agreement that ended the fighting.

Causes of the Korean War

The 38th parallel division of Korea happened in August 1945, at the end of World War II. The 2 newly formed countries became ideologically opposite.

November 1947 - The United Nations General Assembly approves elections to be held throughout Korea to choose a provisional government for the entire county. The Soviet Union opposed this.

On May 10, 1948 the people of South Korea elected a national assembly. The assembly set up the government of the Republic of Korea. The people of north refused to take part. On September 9 North Korean Communists established the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Both sides claimed the entire country and their troops fought near the border several times from 1948 to 1950.

The United States removed its last troops from Korea in 1949 and in early 1950 North Korea decided upon war to achieve its goal of Korean unification under Communist rule.

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It's all about the roll when choosing running shoes - baltimoresun.com

Shoe roll in fitness - baltimoresun.com:

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By Dorene Internicola Reuters
July 15, 2013
NEW YORK —
Fitness experts have long advised clients choosing a running shoe to forget fashion and consider the roll or pronation - the way the foot leans inward upon impact.

Analyzing the roll of the foot remains standard practice among fitness and medical professionals in the belief it will lead to a better shoe fit and fewer injuries... http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/newsletter/sns-rt-us-fitness-running-shoes-20130715,0,3826451.story

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Monday, July 29, 2013

Chesapeake Bay Program: The Bay in the News

The Bay in the News

http://www.chesapeakebay.net/headlines

Read the past week's news stories about the Chesapeake Bay from newspapers and journals in the Bay region and beyond. To keep up-to-date on Chesapeake Bay news, subscribe to Bay News and get a daily e-newsletter with today's news and headlines.

Headlines | Opinion/Commentary | Editorials | Blogs

Headlines

U.S., groups working to open more public access to Chesapeake - The Washington Post 07/28/2013
Clean water advocates take the plunge to promote swimmable waterways - The Baltimore (Md.) Sun 07/28/2013
Rising Seas Part 1: Sea level, sinking land put Maryland’s waterfront communities at risk - The Baltimore (Md.) Post-Examiner 07/29/2013
Expert Says Fish Can Adapt To Hot Temperatures In Chesapeake Bay - CBS 3 (Philadelphia, Pa.) TV 07/27/2013
'Rain tax' seminar held for Harford businesses - The Baltimore (Md.) Sun 07/25/2013
Council approves revision to stormwater fees - The Baltimore (Md.) Sun 07/25/2013
Virginia's top agriculture officials urges farmers to keep agriculture at forefront - The (Lynchburg, Va.) News & Advance 07/25/2013
1st step for private water well testing OK’ed - The (Williamsport, Pa.) Sun Gazette 07/26/2013
Maryland to increase RPS, further reduce power usage, cut emissions by 40% - Electric Power - Platts News 07/25/2013
Crabbing Costs Skyrocket with New Registration Fee - Fox 45 (Baltimore, Md.) WBFF-TV 07/25/2013
Pr. George’s council approves storm-water runoff plan, confirms two department heads - The Washington Post 07/24/2013
O'Malley crafts stricter greenhouse gas plan - The Baltimore (Md.) Sun 07/24/2013
Four Seasons decision delayed - The Baltimore (Md.) Sun 07/24/2013
Maryland awards $65 million for local water infrastructure - The Baltimore (Md.) Sun 07/24/2013
Area middle schools named Pa. Chesapeake Champions - The (Hagerstown, Md.) Herald-Mail 07/24/2013

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Opinion/Commentary

Opinion: Sound measures show progress in the Chesapeake - The (Richmond, Va.) Times-Dispatch 07/28/2013
Opinion: Conowingo Dam protects the bay - The York (Pa.) Daily Record 07/24/2013
Opinion: It's not too late to act on climate change - The Baltimore (Md.) Sun 07/23/2013
Opinion: Controversial Kent Island development deserves greater scrutiny - The Baltimore (Md.) Sun 07/22/2013
Opinion: Seeking to lessen impacts of the Conowingo Dam on the bay - The York (Pa.) Daily Record 07/19/2013
Opinion: Farm bill benefits both farmers and taxpayers - The (Salisbury, Md.) Daily Times 07/16/2013
Opinion: Maryland blue crab harvest reporting program - The Baltimore (Md.) Sun 07/15/2013
Opinion: Eastern Shore's future is uncertain - The Baltimore (Md.) Sun 07/12/2013
Opinion: Eating Our Way to an Invasive-free Bay - Southern Maryland Online 07/09/2013
Opinion: Failure is not an option - The (Richmond, Va.) Times-Dispatch 07/09/2013
Opinion: Eating our way to an invasive-free Chesapeake Bay - Bay Journal News Service 07/07/2013
Opinion: Maryland's Smith Island can be saved - The Baltimore (Md.) Sun 07/07/2013
Opinion: Smith's simplistic commentary - The Frederick (Md.) News-Post 07/08/2013
Opinion: The Fairfax Storm Water Management Program - The Crozet (Va.) Gazette 07/04/2013
Opinion: Rain tax focuses on the wrong threat to the bay - The Baltimore (Md.) Sun 07/04/2013

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Editorials

Editorial: Cleaner is better for business - The Carroll County (Md.) Times 07/16/2013
Editorial: Farm bill provisions critical to meeting Chesapeake Bay water quality goals - The (Salisbury, Md.) Daily Times 07/11/2013
Editorial: Editor's notebook - The (Annapolis, Md.) Capital Gazette
Editorial: Rising waters - The Frederick (Md.) News-Post 07/10/2013
Editorial: Internet brings us the nest big thing; What's in a name? - The (Annapolis,Md.) Capital Gazette 07/09/2013
Editorial: Restoration - The (Richmond, Va.) Times-Dispatch 07/09/2013
Editorial: Collaboration key to saving bay - The (Salisbury, Md.) Daily Times 07/07/2013
Editorial: GOP wrong on tolls and fees - The Baltimore (Md.) Sun 07/02/2013
Editorial: Water quality a concern for Pennsylvania rivers - The (Pottstown, Pa.) Mercury 07/01/2013
Editorial: Maryland legislature should revisit 'rain tax' - The Baltimore (Md.) Sun 06/26/2013
Editorial: The Susquehanna River - too big to ail? - The (Harrisburg, Pa.) Patriot-News 06/17/2013
Editorial: We're history - The (Williamsburg) Virginia Gazette 06/11/2013
Editorial: Farms must support clean water, too - The (Stroudsburg, Pa.) Pocono Record 06/10/2013
Editorial: Murky waters - Lancaster (Pa.) Online 05/20/2013
Editorial: Smith Island lives in denial of climate change - The Baltimore (Md.) Sun 05/16/2013

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Blogs

Blog: Bald Eagles Make Huge Comeback Along Virginia's James River, Around Chesapeake Bay - Huffington Post D.C. 07/26/2013
Blog: Chesapeake Bay water quality to be improved with EPA model program - WaterWorld 07/26/2013
Blog: "Green" street to prevent flooding near Dunbar High School in Shaw - Elevation D.C. 07/26/2013
Managing Stormwater for Safe Swimming - American Rivers 07/25/2013
Blog: EPA, Chesapeake Bay Trust Announce $400,000 in Grants through Green Streets, Green Jobs, Green Towns Program -EPA Newsroom 07/24/2013
Blog: Virginia's Coastline Could Soon Be Home To 2GW Of Offshore Wind - Clean Technica 07/24/2013
Blog: Crabs, Crabs, Crabs: Where To Feast On Chesapeake Bay's Finest In D.C. Area - Huffington Post 07/23/2013
Blog: Regional Governments Plan New Bay Cleanup Agreement - Bay Daily 07/18/2013
Blog: Where have all the menhaden gone? - East End Beacon 07/22/2013
Blog: Heat and Rains Reduce Circulation of Oxygen in Bay - Bay Daily 07/17/2013
Blog: Experts work to improve environmental education across Bay watershed - Chesapeake Bay Program 07/18/2013
Blog: Fight Over Gas Fracking Moves to the Coasts - Earth Island Journal 07/18/2013
Blog: Conowingo Dam Owners Must Clean Up Their Act - Earthjustice 07/17/2013
Blog: Summertime dead zones displace Chesapeake Bay fish - Chesapeake Bay Program 07/16/2013
Blog: Can Oysters With No Sex Life Repopulate The Chesapeake Bay? - The Salt 07/16/2013

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Come to #CCFair enjoy the food... Apparently this is where Andy moved the pickle

#CCFair, 4H Carroll Co 4H FFA Fair, 4H Carroll Co 4H FFA Fair 2013

Carroll County 4-H & FFA Fair July 27th – August 2nd, 2013 #CCFair

Carroll County 4-H & FFA Fair

July 27th – August 2nd, 2013

http://carrollcountyfair.com/

The Fair is Happening Now!

http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2013/07/carroll-county-4-h-ffa-fair-july-27th.html

This year we will be celebrating our 117th year where we are known for a traditional Country Fair experience. We are proud of our exhibitors, entertainment, animal shows, food, and, exhibits. We want to continue this tradition by bringing a wide variety of old traditions but bring you some new ones.

Back by popular demand this year you will see the Antique Dancing Tractors, along with Racing Pigs, Combine Demolition Derby, Wild West Night, Car Demolition Derby, Lawn Mower Racing, Tractor Pull, Chain Saw Carver, and much more. New to see this year will be the Sutter Post Clydesdales! Please check out our schedule for dates and times.

ANNOUNCEMENT: The Parmalee Band will be performing at the 2013 Carroll County 4H Fair! The concert is scheduled for August 3rd, 8:00 pm. Click the pick to learn more!

Carroll County 4-H & FFA Fair articles on Westminster Maryland Online: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/search/label/4H%20Carroll%20Co%204H%20FFA%20Fair

Agriculture, Kevin E. Dayhoff, Explore Carroll, fair, 4-H, FFA, cattle. Goats, farm, animals, vegetables, food, harvest, Westminster, Carroll County, Maryland, history,

#CCFair @SunCarroll @Blair_CaEagle @SunWestminster

http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/community/ph-ce-eagle-archives-0728-20130728,0,1022934.story

http://www.scribd.com/doc/156685783/Carroll-County-4-H-FFA-Fair-July-27th-%E2%80%93-August-2nd-2013

on Scribd" href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/156685783/Carroll-County-4-H-FFA-Fair-July-27th-%E2%80%93-August-2nd-2013" style="text-decoration: underline;" >Carroll County 4-H & FFA Fair July 27th – August 2nd, 2013 by Kevin Earl Dayhoff

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoffTwitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff
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Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
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E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
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Speaker.gov | Stopping government abuses that threaten our economy

Stopping government abuses that threaten our economy

Posted by Speaker Boehner's Press Office

July 28, 2013

General

Speaker Boehner filmed a brief video for this week’s Speaker Alert previewing upcoming legislation to stop government abuses that threaten our economy. Watch him here:

Two of the bills highlighted by Speaker Boehner – one to get the IRS out of ObamaCare and another to rein in federal red tape – were the subject of this week’s Republican address by Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA). “You deserve a government that works for you, not against you,” says Leader Cantor. Watch him here:

MORE FROM THE SPEAKER’S BLOG

President Obama “pivots” to jobs … again: The White House more or less admits it took its eye off the ball … but that’s little comfort for Americans struggling with the “new normal” of slow economic growth and rising prices.
Republicans have been focused on jobs all along: “Welcome to the conversation, Mr. President,” said Speaker Boehner – “we’ve never left it.” Here’s a look at GOP efforts to enact our Plan for Economic Growth & Jobs.
Nothing “meaningless” about stopping the ObamaCare train wreck: President Obama says efforts to delay and dismantle his health care law are “meaningless,” ignoring that it’s driving up costs and hurting our economy – and that he’s signed into law seven bills repealing or defunding parts of it.
Obama admin spoiling for a government shutdown: The president is threatening to veto any funding bills and shut down the government unless he gets another tax hike to fuel more ‘stimulus’-style spending.
President Obama still blocking Keystone: Before the president asks families to pay for another round of ‘stimulus’ spending, he might consider getting out of the way of the private-sector projects he continues to block.
“Americans aren’t asking ‘where are the speeches?’” If the president really wants “a better bargain” for families, Speaker Boehner says he’ll approve the Keystone XL pipeline, delay his health care law for everyone (not just big businesses), and stop threatening to shut down the government.
Final student loan reform “almost identical” to House-passed bill: After letting interest rates on student loans double, Senate Democrats finally passed a permanent fix that’s fairer for students and taxpayers, and is almost identical to what Republicans passed two months ago. See our comparison.
Fixing our broken immigration system: “We’re working on a common-sense, step-by-step approach,” says Speaker Boehner, which will secure our borders, fix our immigration system, and help our economy grow.
Stopping government abuse: The House of Representatives will vote on 10 bills this week “designed to protect citizens from government overreach.” Read more, learn how you can cosponsor these bills, and join the discussion on Twitter this week using the hash tag #StopGovtAbuse.

- See more at: http://www.speaker.gov/general/stopping-government-abuses-threaten-our-economy#sthash.l1bw0N6x.dpuf

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Sunday, July 28, 2013

City of Westminster Maryland News and Notes newsletter for July 2013

Labels: Westminster govt, Westminster newsletter

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2013/07/city-of-westminster-maryland-news-and.html

LETTER FROM THE MAYOR

Dear Residents:

Thank you for the vote of confidence in re-electing me to the Office of Mayor of the City of Westminster. Council Member Chiavacci was also re-elected and Council Member Suzanne Albert will be returning to the Council. We will continue to serve the residents of the City, provide a solid financial foundation and revitalize downtown.

The following budget actions have been approved by the Common Council:

• A one-cent reduction in the General Fund Property Tax from .57 cents to .56 cents. This commitment to reduce the tax increase as capital improvement projects were completed was made by the Mayor and Council when the increase was adopted in 2009.

• No increase in water or sewer rates.

• Place the one-time highway user revenue in the Capital Project Reserve account to use for emergency or one-time only projects since there is no commitment for continuing this revenue source beyond this year.

• Included a 3% cost of living increase for our employees who have exhibited their commitment and dedication to our residents during the recession and who have not received an increase in five years.

• Added two emergency projects to the Priority One projects funded by the tax increase: replacement of the furnaces in the Police Department and partial replacement of the Skateboard Park. The other priority capital projects include vehicle and equipment replacement, street overlay and sidewalk replacement projects, repairs to City Hall and the Longwell Armory and replacement of the SAN network.

• The budget is available for your review on our web site www.westminstermd.gov.

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http://www.scribd.com/doc/156657581/City-of-Westminster-Maryland-News-and-Notes-newsletter-for-July-2013-Vol5-Issue-3a

City of Westminster Maryland News and Notes newsletter for July 2013 Vol5 Issue 3a by Kevin Earl Dayhoff

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City of Westminster Maryland News and Notes newsletter for October 2012

City of Westminster Maryland News and Notes newsletter Volume 4 Issue 4a

http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2012/11/city-of-westminster-maryland-news-and.html

Labels: Westminster govt, Westminster newsletter

Also see previously:

Volume 4 Issue 3a – July 2012

http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2012/07/city-of-westminster-maryland-news-and.html

http://www.scribd.com/doc/100868164/City-of-Westminster-Maryland-News-and-Notes-newsletter-for-July-2012