Dayhoff Soundtrack

Thursday, June 05, 2008

20080605 “Teardrop” by “Massive Attack”

Best played at 11… JSD will understand that…

“Teardrop” was released as a single on April 21, 1998 by “Massive Attack.” It first appeared on their album “Messanine.” I had meant to post this on the 10^th anniversary of its release and was overtaken by events. I get so annoyed when work gets in the way of art.

Dayhoff "Five Easy Pieces"

Dayhoff literature of the absurd

20080131 The “old” blog Kevin Dayhoff’s “Storage Closet” can be found here

20080605 “Pretty in Pink” and Massive Attack’s “Teardrop”

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The poster, fayzabeam wrote:

Your moment of Zen to Teardrop by Massive Attack. These are fractured images from the Hubble Space Telescope. They are animated in iMovie on a Macbook. The reference to Portishead at the end of the film is an error. But once I posted it, I didn't want to pull the video so the error remains. Sorry.

Liz fraser

(love)love is a verb

Love is a doing word

Feathers on my breath

Gentle impulsion

Shakes me makes me lighter

Feathers on my breath

Teardrop on the fire

Feathers on my breath

In the night of matter

Black flowers blossom

Feathers on my breath

Black flowers blossom

Feathers on my breath

Teardrop on the fire

Feathers on my breath

Water is my eye

Most faithful my love

Feathers on my breath

Teardrop on the fire of a confession

Feathers on my breath

Most faithful my love

Feathers on my breath

Teardrop on the fire

Feathers on my breath

Another version:

Massive Attack - Teardrop (Dopaminex Remix)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=VdCQ9NxxyTo

And yet another:

Massive Attack - Teardrop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6iUBd2D38E

For fans of the movie, “Pretty in Pink,” there is a YouTube video about “Pretty in Pink,” with Massive Attack’s “Teardrop,” for the soundtrack. Unfortunately I cannot put it on “Kevin Dayhoff Soundtrack” because of the strong language content. Please find it here on Kevin Dayhoff’s Storage Closet:

20080605 “Pretty in Pink” and Massive Attack’s “Teardrop”

Untold - A Pretty in Pink Trailer

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5dSFgY7ro4Y

The poster, fayzabeam wrote:

This is DEFINITELY the last Pretty in Pink video for the time being! I wanted to experiment with using some dialogue from the film in a video, to see if it actually was possible to represent a slash subtext using the actual script. I had to be creative here, but I think it works! The song, whilst not contemporary to the film, works well as a backing track; the footage itself was built around one long, slow clip of James Spader that I'd forgotten to include in the previous videos and I desperately wanted to give a home to! Oh, one thing - there is some *strong* language in this video, because it has dialogue - consider yourself warned!

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20080605 “Teardrop” by “Massive Attack”

20080530 Mediaweek: The Top 30 Newspaper Web Sites in April

The Top 30 Newspaper Web Sites in April

A kind month for the top 30 newspaper Web sites

May 30, 2008 -By Jennifer Saba, Editor & Publisher Media Week

April was a kind month to the top 30 newspaper Web sites, when comparing traffic stats from a year ago. Only seven sites reported declines. And monthly traffic at The Dallas Morning News, Politico, and OregonLive.com (The Oregonian in Portland) rose significantly, according to new data from Nielsen Online.

The Dallas Morning News' monthly uniques surged 88% in April, compared to the same month a year ago. At OregonLive.com, which did not make the top 30 list in March, traffic advanced 63%. The Politico drew about 1.7 million uniques, up 67%.

The Washington Times surfaced on April's top 30 list, growing traffic 16% in April compared to year-over-year data. Ditto for The Sun in Baltimore, which is back on the list after an absent March, up 38% year-over-year.

The Wall Street Journal's traffic grew a hefty 37% in April compared to April 2007. However, the number of monthly visitors dropped to 4.7 million in April from 6.8 million in March.

The number of monthly unique visitors in April to the Houston Chronicle fell 38% year-over-year. AZCentral's traffic decreased 14% in April compared to April 2007.

Below is the complete custom list of the top 30 newspaper Web sites provided by Nielsen Online (owned by E&P's parent company). The percent change compares April 2008 uniques with April 2007 uniques. Also keep in mind there are several reasons why traffic fluctuates, including news events.

The top 30 newspaper Web sites for March can be found here. The Top 30 Newspaper Web Sites in April

20080530 Mediaweek: The Top 30 Newspaper Web Sites in April

20080603 A Campaign to Hate by Richard Cohen

A Campaign to Hate

By Richard Cohen Tuesday, June 3, 2008; A15 Washington Post

Wherever I go -- from glittering dinner party to glittering dinner party -- the famous and powerful people I meet (for such is my life) tell me how lucky I am to be a journalist in this the greatest of all presidential contests. I tell them, for I am wont to please, that this campaign is indeed great when, as history will record, it is not. I have come to loathe the campaign.

I loathe above all the resurgence of racism -- or maybe it is merely my appreciation of the fact that it is wider and deeper than I thought. I am stunned by the numbers of people who have come out to vote against Barack Obama because he is black. I am even more stunned that many of these people have no compunction about telling a pollster they voted on account of race -- one in five whites in Kentucky, for instance. Those voters didn't even know enough to lie, which is what, if you look at the numbers, others probably did in other states. Such honesty ought to be commendable. It is, instead, frightening.

I acknowledge that some people can find nonracial reasons to vote against Obama -- his youth, his inexperience, his uber-liberalism and, of course, his willingness to abide his minister's admiration for a racist demagogue (Louis Farrakhan) until it was way, way too late. But for too many people, Obama is first and foremost a black man and is rejected for that reason alone. This is very sad.

[…]

I loathe also what Hillary Clinton has done to herself. The incessant exaggerations, the cheap shots, the flights into hallucinatory history -- that sniper fire in Bosnia, for instance -- have turned her into a caricature of what her caricaturists long claimed she already was. In this campaign, Clinton has managed to come across as a hungry hack, a Janus looking both forward and backward and seeming to stand for nothing except winning. This, too, is sad.

[…]

So I see little to be happy about, little that pleases my jaundiced eye. Yes, voter participation is way up and in the end, the Democrats will choose a woman or an African American and, to invoke that tiresome phrase, history will be made. But this messy nominating process has eroded the standing of both candidates.

[…]

Read the entire piece here: A Campaign to Hate

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/02/AR2008060202590.html

20080603 A Campaign to Hate by Richard Cohen

20080522 Westminster Volunteer Fire Department Big Money Raffle Results

Westminster Volunteer Fire Department Press Release

Thursday, May 22, 2008 Westminster Volunteer Fire Department Big Money Raffle results

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release:

The Officers and members of the Westminster Fire Engine and Hose Company No.1 wish to thank all of the community members who either donated items or purchased our raffle tickets for the Annual Raffle drawing held on Thursday, May 22^nd at 9:00 PM. The winners are:

1^st Drawing $15,000. Pamela Snyder Westminster

2^nd Drawing $ 2500. Westminster Fire Police Westminster

3^rd Drawing $ 1,500. Carlton Trite Westminster

4^th Drawing $ 1000. Ann Marshall Manchester

5^th Drawing $ 500. Forest Howell Westminster

6^th Drawing $ 250. Doug Honig Westminster

7^th Drawing $ 100. Karen Hersh Westminster

8^th Drawing $ 100. Catherine Ebaugh Westminster

The tickets were drawn by 11 year old Alexis Croft.

The fund raising events for the month of July will be the annual Crab Feed held on Saturday, July 19, 2008, from 6 PM to midnight. Tickets for the Crab Feed are $30.00 each, (advance sales) and $35.00 each at the door. For information or tickets, please call 410-848-1800 or 410-259-5143.

Daniel Plunkert,

President & CEO

20080522 Westminster Volunteer Fire Department Big Money Raffle Results

20080604 This week in The Tentacle

This week in The Tentacle

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

The Mayhem of May

Kevin E. Dayhoff

For those who have desperately clung to a concept of civility and a respect for the office of the president, May was truly the month of full-employment for gossips, political pundits, and the ghoulish goblins of social maladjustment.

A Primary Food Primer

Tom McLaughlin

Why are world food prices so high? How is this connected with illegal immigration? Why do we have a $91 billion Farm Bill? How are these related?

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Machine's O'Malley

Roy Meachum

Never mind those dewy-eyed impressions. They are based chiefly on this governor's youthful good looks. Singing with his Irish band didn't hurt. But Martin O'Malley practices old-fashioned machine politics.

Monday, June 2, 2008

Political Street Gossip – Part One

Richard B. Weldon Jr.

A recent Market & Patrick Street corner conversation has fueled my political speculation gene. A prominent Fredericktonian, known as a quiet – albeit generous – type, asked what I thought about the upcoming federal, city, county, and state elections.

The Age of Online Animosity

Steven R. Berryman

The more that I follow the divisive issues of our day, the more I feel we are in “The Age of Online Animosity.” Righteous indignity is having a field day, and there is far more posturing than productive discourse floating about. This is especially evident on the Internet.

Friday, May 30, 2008

McCarthy's Last Hours in Town

Roy Meachum

On recent warm days, my thoughts have gone back to another May: I was then a reporter for The Washington Post. Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy had breathed his last labored breath on May 2, 1957, at Bethesda's Naval Medical Center. Like everyone else at the paper, and many in the nation, his death electrified our memories.

Indy Adventures On

Edward Lulie III

“Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” reunites star Harrison Ford with Karen Allen in another adventure epic. While time may have added wrinkles and a few creases the movie formula still works.

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Empty Words – and Actions

Tony Soltero

As this year's Memorial Day holiday draws to a close, it's fitting to note that some good news has come out of Capitol Hill. The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2008, the bill that extends full educational benefits to our troops fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, sailed through the U. S. Senate by a decisive 75-22 margin.

A Medical Prescription

Patricia A. Kelly

Our medical system is broken. It’s up to you to navigate it, advocate for yourself, and get good care in spite of it. You are your own best bet.

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Ham Nation

Kevin E. Dayhoff

Newspaper junkies learned last week that Mary Katherine Ham is joining The Washington Examiner as the online editor of “the publication’s forthcoming new web site.”

Beach Ladies

Tom McLaughlin

I love women and now that the Memorial Day weekend has just passed, they are parading on the beach in as little clothing as possible. And I am sitting in my sand chair watching.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Joe's Bench

Roy Meachum

It took place in front of Joe Cohen's cigar store; the one with the walk-in humidor - although these days not a lot of folks walk in. Uncle Joe, as he is called, also maintains a bench against his North Market Street window.

The “Invisible” Road Not Taken…

Nick Diaz

The annual “Ride to the Wall” just took place yesterday, and judging from the amount of publicity about this annual event, you have probably heard about it.

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

20080604 Board of County Commissioners Quarterly Mayors Meeting 7 PM Room 003

Carroll County Board of Commissioners Agenda for the week of June 2, 2008

Update: Tonight's meeting between the Board of County Commissioners and the county's eight mayors has been rescheduled for Thursday, June 12, at 3 p.m. in Room 300A of the County Office Building.

Please Note: This weekly agenda is subject to change. Please call 410-386-2043 to confirm a meeting you plan to attend. All meetings will be held at the Carroll County Office Building Room 311. (Unless otherwise noted)

[…]

Wednesday ~ June 4, 2008 ~ Continued

[…]

7:00 p.m. Board of County Commissioners Quarterly Mayors Meeting

County Office Building ~ Room 003

Commissioners Gouge, Minnich, & Zimmer

[…]

Read the rest of the Carroll County Maryland Board of Commissioners agenda here: 20080602 CCBOC Agenda for the week of June 2, 2008

Quarterly Meeting

Board of County Commissioners & Town Mayors

Wednesday, June 4^th 2008

7:00 p.m.

County Office Building ~ Room 003

Agenda

Joint County/Municipal Voluntary Water Conservation Resolution for Approval and Adoption - Mr. Steve Horn ~ Department of Planning

U.S. Flag Display Throughout the County

Steve Powell, Chief of Staff

Creating Staff Position ~ “Water Conservation/Reuse Specialist”

Water Resources Coordinating Council

Mayor Tom Ferguson

20080604 CCBOC Quarterly Mayors Meeting 7 PM Rm 003

Carroll County Election Dist. municipality mayors quarterly meeting

20080603 Democolypse Now on Answers com

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20080507 This week in The Tentacle

This week in The Tentacle

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Pandering of Tulipomaniac Proportions

Kevin E. Dayhoff

In last week’s episode of “Democolypse Now,” the continuing saga of the deconstruction of America by the 2008 presidential campaign, we find Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton proposing [...]

20080507 This week in The Tentacle

This week in The Tentacle

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Pandering of Tulipomaniac Proportions

Kevin E. Dayhoff

In last week’s episode of “Democolypse Now,” the continuing saga of the deconstruction of America by the 2008 presidential campaign, we find Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton proposing a summer suspension of the federal taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel.

To be fair, the idea was first floated by the presumptive Republican candidate, Sen. John McCain, who has otherwise never been mistaken for an economist.

In a breath of fresh air, Sen. Barack Obama does not support the “Clinton-McCain Gas Tax Holiday” initiative. He rightfully has cited that the idea to suspend the 18.4-cent federal gas tax and 24.4-cent diesel tax from Memorial Day to Labor Day would save the average American only about $30, and the federal government would lose about $10 billion in revenue.

(Of course, it is not fully known as to how his now-former pastor, the Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, feels about the gas tax holiday idea. As an aside, please, never hold me responsible for some of the insufferable sermons I have endured from liberal pastors in my past.)

Read the rest of the column here: Pandering of Tulipomaniac Proportions

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

Carroll County Board of Commissioners Agenda for the week of June 2, 2008

Please Note: This weekly agenda is subject to change. Please call 410-386-2043 to confirm a meeting you plan to attend. All meetings will be held at the Carroll County Office Building

Room 311. (Unless otherwise noted)

Indicates Outside Activities

Monday ~ June 2, 2008

Tuesday ~ June 3, 2008

9:00 a.m. Administrative Session ~ Closed

Wednesday ~ June 4, 2008

7:30 a.m. Employee Recognition Breakfast & Program

Westminster, MD

Commissioners Gouge, Minnich & Zimmer

10:00 a.m. Issues and Insights

Westminster, MD

Commissioner Gouge

1:00 p.m. Groundbreaking Ceremony

New South Carroll Senior & Community Center

Eldersburg, MD

Commissioners Gouge, Minnich & Zimmer

Wednesday ~ June 4, 2008 ~ Continued

7:00 p.m. Board of County Commissioners Quarterly Mayors Meeting

County Office Building ~ Room 003

Commissioners Gouge, Minnich & Zimmer

Thursday ~ June 5, 2008

10:00 a.m. Board of County Commissioners Open Roundtable Discussion

County Office Building ~ Room 003

Followed by

Board of County Commissioners Open Session

County Office Building ~ Room 311

Proclamation Presentation ~ 29th Infantry Division

Mr. Charles Foreman

Request Approval to Accept Federal Aviation Funding for

Environmental Assessment of the Carroll County Regional Airport

Department of Management & Budget ~ Mr. Ted Zaleski

Carroll County Regional Airport ~ Mr. Joseph McKelvey

Request Approval of the Weatherization Grant Agreement

Department of Management & Budget ~ Mr. Ted Zaleski

Department of Citizen Services ~ Mrs. Jolene Sullivan

Capital Budget Resolution C-13

Transfer of Funds from Patapsco Road Watershed Project

Department of Management & Budget ~ Mr. Ted Zaleski

Department of Planning ~ Mr. Steve Horn

2007 Sykesville Annexation

Department of Planning ~ Mr. Steve Horn

Bid Approval

Tree Removal Services

Bureau of Purchasing ~ Mr. Rich Shelton

Department of Public Works ~ Mr. J. Michael Evans

Thursday ~ June 5, 2008 ~ Continued

Bid Approval

Inlet Repair or Replace

Bureau of Purchasing ~ Mr. Rich Shelton

Department of Public Works ~ Mr. J. Michael Evans

Bid Approval

Farquhar Street Resurfacing and Improvement

Bureau of Purchasing ~ Mr. Rich Shelton

Department of Public Works ~ Mr. J. Michael Evans

Chief of Staff Time ~ Mr. Steve Powell

Administrative Session ~ Closed

Friday ~ June 6, 2008

2:00 p.m. Liberty High School Graduation Ceremony

McDaniel College ~ Westminster, MD

Commissioner Zimmer

Saturday ~ June 7, 2008

7:30 p.m. Century High School Graduation Ceremony

McDaniel College ~ Westminster, MD

Commissioner Zimmer

Sunday ~ June 8, 2008

8:05 a.m. “The Commissioners’ Report” – WTTR

Commissioner Gouge

1:30 p.m. North Carroll High School Graduation Ceremony

McDaniel College ~ Westminster, MD

Commissioner Gouge

ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE: The Americans with Disabilities Act applies to the Carroll County Government and its programs, services, activities, and facilities. If you have questions, suggestions, or complaints, please contact Ms. Jolene Sullivan, the Carroll County Government Americans With Disabilities Act Coordinator, at 410-386-3600/1-888-302-8978 or TTY No. 410-848-9747. The mailing address is 225 North Center Street, Westminster, Maryland 21157.

Posted: 07/07/06

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20080530 Dems' Recession Obsession a Mistaken Impression by Donald Lambro

Dems' Recession Obsession a Mistaken Impression

Donald Lambro Friday, May 30, 2008

WASHINGTON -- Americans remain "deeply pessimistic" about the future of the U.S. economy, with a whopping 87 percent saying it's getting worse, according to a Gallup poll.

It's unlikely this number will appreciably decline, even after the economic figures begin to improve. That's because consumer confidence is always a lagging indicator that doesn't turn up until long after the nation's economy has begun to bounce back.

That's bad news for the Republicans, who need to show some tangible evidence of an improving economy in order to blunt the Democrats' portrait of a country mired in recession, or even worse.

The country isn't in a recession as it is commonly, if somewhat arguably, defined: two consecutive quarters in which the economy has stropped growing. In the first quarter of 2008, the economy did grow, but only just; it inched upward by an anemic .9 percent. Economists expect growth in the second quarter to come in at around 1 percent or more, moving higher in the second half. But such definitions prove meaningless to people who have lost their jobs or are struggling to make ends meet amidst $4-a-gallon gasoline, higher food bills and a troubled economy.

In 1980, when Ronald Reagan said the country was in a depression, he drew ridicule from Jimmy Carter's advisers, who said he didn't understand the definition of that term. At a Labor Day campaign kickoff rally of immigrants near the Statue of Liberty, Reagan said, "Well, if it's a definition he wants, I'll give him one. A recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours. Recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his."

Still, it is worth making the argument that the nation is not in a recession, not when the economy is still growing (albeit slowly), the unemployment rate remains relatively low, at around 5 percent, and American exports are hitting new highs. The economy will probably begin pulling out of its tailspin this summer. Indeed, there are promising signs the turnaround has already begun.

Last week, the Commerce Department reported that new home sales rose 3.3 percent in April, to a seasonally adjusted rate of 526,000 units. This unexpected increase came after months of steep declines in sales, suggesting that a turnaround could be imminent.

Read the entire column here: Dems' Recession Obsession a Mistaken Impression

http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/DonaldLambro/2008/05/30/dems_recession_obsession_a_mistaken_impression

20080530 Dems' Recession Obsession a Mistaken Impression by Donald Lambro

20080602 Media Release 2008 Carroll County Torch Run

June 2^nd, 2008

Flame of Hope Arrives in Carroll County!

Carroll County Law Enforcement Officers Join Forces to Escort the Special Olympics Maryland Torch, Ensuring its Safe Passage to the 2008 SOMD Summer Games

Law Enforcement officers representing the police agencies throughout Carroll County will be out in force on Wednesday, June 4^th beginning at 8:00 AM, escorting the Special Olympics Maryland “Flame of Hope” from five (5) separate points around the county to Westminster.

There they will join together and officially present the Flame of Hope in a brief ceremony at noon at City Hall.

It is the duty of these Law Enforcement Torch Runners to ensure that the Flame is protected until it is delivered to the waiting hands of Special Olympics athletes on Friday, June 6^th at the Opening Ceremony for the Special Olympic Maryland Summer Games held at Towson University, Towson Maryland.

This portion of the Torch Run Relay is part of the Central Leg, and Torch Run volunteers from the Maryland State Police, Sykesville PD, Hampstead PD, Manchester PD, Taneytown PD, Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, the McDaniel College Office of Campus Safety, Springfield Hospital Police, State Fire Marshal’s Office, Maryland Police Training Commission and Westminster PD will escort the flame through various municipalities around the County, eventually converging at McDaniel College and traveling in a unified “Final Leg” along Main Street to City Hall in Westminster.

With the support of Legacy sponsor Aerotek, the law enforcement volunteers are raising funds in conjunction with the run by selling Torch Run T-shirts, holding events, and soliciting donations. (See end of press release for details on each of the 6 legs).

“We are proud to join our brother and sister law enforcement and correctional officers from around the world in demonstrating our support for these very special members of our community,” stated Chief Jeff Spaulding of the Westminster Police Department. “We are particularly pleased that we will be joined on each of our runs by Special Olympics athletes from right here in Carroll County. It is a great opportunity to further strengthen the long-standing relationship between law enforcement and Special Olympics that we enjoy in Maryland.”

Chief Spaulding invites the community to attend a short ceremony at Westminster City Hall following the Final Leg during which the Special Olympics Athletes who participate as Torch Runners will be honored for their participation.

Statewide, the Maryland Torch Run Relay consists of four different legs – Eastern, Western, Central and Southern – and during the week of June 2^nd to 6^th, thousands of law enforcement Torch Run volunteers will cover hundreds of miles, eventually converging on Towson where the individual flames will be united in the Final Leg Ceremony, and then officers from around the state will travel the final three (3) miles to the Summer Games Opening Ceremonies at Towson University.

It is there that the “Flame of Hope” is handed off to Special Olympics athletes who have the honor of lighting the cauldron and officially declaring the 2008 SOMD Summer Games open. Carroll County will be represented by Chief Jeff Spaulding and other members of the Westminster PD in the Final Leg on Friday, June 6^th.

The Maryland Law Enforcement Torch Run for Special Olympics is a year-round movement whose goal is to raise both funds and public awareness for the athletes who train and compete in Special Olympics Maryland.

When it began in 1986, only a handful of officers participated, raising about $50,000. Since that time, the Maryland Torch Run has grown tremendously, including volunteer officers from nearly every law enforcement agency and correctional facility in Maryland, raising more than $2.8 million for Special Olympics Maryland in 2007 – the largest single fund raising effort for Special Olympics in the world.

For more information about the Carroll County Torch Run Relay, or to support the Torch Run Relay by purchasing a commemorative Torch Run T-shirt for $10, contact the Westminster Police Department at (410) 848-4646.

For more information about Special Olympics Maryland and the 2008 Summer Games, contact Kelley Wallace at (410) 789-6677 x117 or visit www.somd.org.

THE CARROLL COUNTY TORCH RUN EVENT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING LEGS:

Sykesville Leg – Members of the Maryland State Police, Maryland Police Training Commission, Sykesville PD, and the Springfield Hospital Police. Runners/bicyclists will depart Maryland Police Training Commission Training Facility @ 8:15 AM and travel north on Route 32, Johnsville Road, west on Liberty Road to Route 97, to McDaniel College.

Hampstead/Manchester Leg – Members of the Hampstead PD, and Manchester PD. Runners and bicyclists will depart Hampstead City Hall @ 8:30 AM and travel north via Route 30 to Manchester where they will join the Manchester PD runners/bicyclists and travel south on Route 27 to McDaniel College.

Taneytown Leg – Members of the Taneytown Police Department and the Carroll County Crisis Response Team. Runners/bicyclists will depart Taneytown @ 9:00 AM and travel east on Route 140 to WMC Drive to McDaniel College.

Mt. Airy Leg – Members of the Maryland State Police. Runners/bicyclists will depart Mt. Airy @ 8:00 AM and travel north on Route 27 to McDaniel College.

Union Bridge/New Windsor Leg – Members of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office. Runners/bicyclists will depart the Union Bridge Fire Hall @ 9:00 AM and travel east through New Windsor on Route 31 to McDaniel College.

Final Leg – Includes all participating law enforcement agencies in Carroll County (see above) to include members of the McDaniel College Department of Campus Safety, State Fire Marshal’s Office and Westminster Police Department. Runners/bicyclists will depart McDaniel College @ noon and travel east along Main Street to City Hall where a Torch Run welcoming ceremony and celebration will take place.

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MEDIA CONTACT:

Kelley Wallace/SOMD

PH: 410-789-6677 x117

Cell: 443-386-7965

E-mail: kwallace@somd.org

Chief Jeff Spaulding

Westminster Police Department

PH: 410-848-4646

E-mail: jspaulding AT westgov.com

20080602 Media Release 2008 Carroll County Torch Run

20080602 Bill Clinton: Purdum a “Sleazy” “Slimy” “Scumbag” by Mayhill Fowler for Huffington Post

Bill Clinton: Purdum a "Sleazy" "Slimy" "Scumbag"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mayhill-fowler/bill-clinton-purdhum-a-sl_b_104771.html

June 2, 2008

MILBANK, S.D. -- Former President Bill Clinton today unleashed a salty stream of epithets to describe former New York Times reporter and current Vanity Fair writer Todd Purdum, calling him "sleazy," "dishonest," "slimy" and a "scumbag."

The former president made the comment at a local campaign event after I asked him if Purdum's much-commented upon Vanity Fair story was weighing on his mind.

Tightly gripping this reporter's hand and refusing to let go, Clinton heatedly denounced the writer, who is currently married to former Clinton White House Press Secretary, Dee Dee Myers.

"[He's] sleazy," he said referring to Purdum. "He's a really dishonest reporter. And one of our guys talked to him . . . And I haven't read [the article]. There's just five or six blatant lies in there. But he's a real slimy guy," the former president said.

When I reminded him that Purdum was married to his former press spokesperson Myers, Clinton was undeterred.

"That's all right-- he's still a scumbag," Clinton said. " Let me tell ya-- he's one of the guys -- he's one of the guys that brought out all those lies about Whitewater to Kenneth Starr. He's just a dishonest guy-- can't help it."

Purdum's piece, featured in this month's edition of Vanity Fair, included former advisers criticizing former President Clinton for bringing negative attention to Hillary Clinton's candidacy and for surrounding himself with friends who might discredit her campaign.

The former President's tirade continued:

"The editor of Esquire-- he sent us an email yesterday and said it was the single sleaziest piece of journalism he'd seen in decades. He said it made him want to go take a shower and he was embarrassed to be a journalist when he read it."

Read the rest: Bill Clinton: Purdum a "Sleazy" "Slimy" "Scumbag"