Monday, December 13, 2010

Schedule set for annual Westminster Fire Dept Santa detail

Santa Claus is coming to Westminster on a Westminster fire department fire engine.

By Kevin Dayhoff

12/06/2010

In a greatly anticipated holiday treat, courtesy of the Westminster Fire Engine and Hose Company No.1, Santa Claus will once again be roaming Westminster area neighborhoods on a fire engine, beginning this coming Monday, December 13.

Santa will be leaving the fire station each evening 6 p.m., December 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th. A rain date has also been set for December 17.

According to a press release on the Westminster fire department’s website, http://www.westminstervfd.org/, the department will not post a neighborhood schedule this year. In the past, fires and other emergencies have caused the schedule to be changed too often.

“Just listen for the sirens and you will see jolly ole Saint Nick. WFD promises that we will make every effort to bring Santa down your street.”

Santa has also been scheduled to visit the fire station for the department’s annual Christmas breakfast. The breakfast will begin at 6 a.m. and continue throughout the morning on Saturday December 18, 2010. Santa will arrive at 8 a.m., according to Lt. Josh Evans, a spokesperson in Mr. Claus’ office.

He is scheduled to appear on one of Westminster's antique fire trucks, and “wants to have his picture taken with you,” according to the department’s website.

For more information visit the website or call the station at 410-848-1800.

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DAYHOFF: In Christmas past, county leaders and community celebrations made the news

Eagle Archive - DAYHOFF: In Christmas past, county leaders and community celebrations made the news, By Kevin Dayhoff shar.es/Xtm5U

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To make matters worse, recently the weather has been frightfully cold; making matters that more unbearable.

"Please keep folks such as firefighters, police officers, teachers and public works personnel in your hearts and your prayers as you enjoy the holiday season."

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It was 40 years ago that one local community leader got his start, and made the news. The now-defunct newspaper, the Community Reporter, carried an article Dec. 11, 1970, noting that "Richard N. Dixon, 32 years of age and the first black to assume a post on the Carroll County School Board, was sworn into office last week."

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Published December 12, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle ... Mandel announced his appointment on November 19. Dixon attended Carroll County schools and graduated from ... ; It was an auspicious start for Dixon, who went on to become a ... out looking at Christmas lights,

DAYHOFF: Bell's day in history rings for Carroll and all of Maryland

Published April 25, 2010 by Carroll Eagle, Eldersburg Eagle, Westminster Eagle ... speaker at the Carroll County NAACP Branch 7014 Freedom Fund Banquet ... the date of the recent NAACP banquet all the more poignant. ... to the day of the NAACP banquet -- that Bell's conviction ... at a lunch counter,

Dr. Ira Zepp, 79, McDaniel College and Westminster civil rights leader, dies

Published August 4, 2009 by Westminster Eagle

... rights movement. Teaching in turbulent times… The college has always been known as the first co-education college below the Mason-Dixon Line. However, integrating the college was a struggle. The Baltimore Colts began their summer practice at Western Maryland ... ...

Richard Dixon's son recalls a life of his father's firsts

Published March 14, 2010 by Westminster Eagle, Carroll Eagle

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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Too Good to Check By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

OP-ED COLUMNIST

Too Good to Check

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN

Published: November 16, 2010

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/opinion/17friedman.html

On Nov. 4, Anderson Cooper did the country a favor. He expertly deconstructed on his CNN show the bogus rumor that President Obama’s trip to Asia would cost $200 million a day. This was an important “story.” It underscored just how far ahead of his time Mark Twain was when he said a century before the Internet, “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” But it also showed that there is an antidote to malicious journalism — and that’s good journalism.

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In case you missed it, a story circulated around the Web on the eve of President Obama’s trip that it would cost U.S. taxpayers $200 million a day — about $2 billion for the entire trip. Cooper said he felt impelled to check it out because the evening before he had had Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, a Republican and Tea Party favorite, on his show and had asked her where exactly Republicans will cut the budget.

Instead of giving specifics, Bachmann used her airtime to inject a phony story into the mainstream. She answered: “I think we know that just within a day or so the president of the United States will be taking a trip over to India that is expected to cost the taxpayers $200 million a day. He’s taking 2,000 people with him. He’ll be renting over 870 rooms in India, and these are five-star hotel rooms at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. This is the kind of over-the-top spending.” ... http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/17/opinion/17friedman.html

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Princeton University Art Museum #12

Princeton University Art Museum #12 Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, December 11, 2010 Photo by Kevin Dayhoff

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Santa Claus is coming to Westminster on a Westminster fire department fire engine.

By Kevin Dayhoff

12/06/2010

Santa will be leaving the fire station each evening 6 p.m., December 13th, 14th, 15th, and 16th. A rain date has also been set for December 17.

“Just listen for the sirens and you will see jolly ole Saint Nick. WFD promises that we will make every effort to bring Santa down your street.”

He is scheduled to appear on one of Westminster's antique fire trucks, and “wants to have his picture taken with you,” according to the department’s website.

For more information visit the website or call the station at 410-848-1800.

Annual Westminster Fire Engine and Hose Company No. 1 Santa Detail Labels: Annual Christmas, Annual Christmas Westminster, Fire CC Depts 03 Westminster

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Washington Post Debunks Valerie Plame Myths

Washington Post Debunks Valerie Plame Myths
The Washington Post continues its metamorphosis into a fair and balanced media outlet with an editorial exposing the “distortions and outright inventions” in the current film “Fair Game,” based on former CIA operative Valerie Plame’s book.
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Washington Post Debunks Valerie Plame Myths

Dec 9, 2010
If you have not tuned in to The Washington Post s transformation into a fair and balanced newspaper, you may be amazed to see its editorial about the recently released film Fair Game based on former CIA operative Valerie Plame s book. The editorial exposes some of the...
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An Insider's Look at the CIA

Dec 7, 2010
For the annual CIA holiday party, security was tighter than usual. Guests underwent background checks after responding to their invitations, but still a cadre of CIA security officers lined the entrance road to headquarters at Langley. Dressed in black uniforms, the...
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Obama Rigs Unionization Voting

Dec 6, 2010
In the 1950s, unions represented as much as 39 percent of the private sector workforce. Today, only 7 percent of the private sector is unionized. Desperate to reverse that trend, President Obama s two appointees to the National Mediation Board changed rules for airline and...
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WikiLeaks Prosecution Faces Hurdles

Dec 2, 2010
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be prosecuted in this country for espionage, but he may never be brought back to the United States to face the charges. That s the judgment of John L. Martin, arguably the country s foremost expert on the subject. For 25 years, Martin...
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Airline Watch Lists Should Be Expanded

Nov 29, 2010
Media commentators have been proposing two alternatives to body scanning and searches of airline passengers: the Israeli approach, which relies on questioning passengers, and profiling.Neither alternative is feasible. Israeli airports handle 11 million airline passengers a...
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FBI and CIA Fight a Silent Battle

Nov 24, 2010
We all recognize how important the military is to preserving our freedom. But now that we are under attack by terrorists, few understand how important the FBI and CIA are to protecting us in this new war.Under Director Robert Mueller s leadership, the FBI has become more...
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Hearings Expected on Gitmo Detainee Terror Verdict

Nov 22, 2010
The House Judiciary Committee will consider holding hearings on the Obama administration s decision to try Guantanamo detainee Ahmed Ghailani in civilian court, Rep. Ted Poe, a member of the committee, tells Newsmax. A federal jury convicted Ghailani of one count of...
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Gitmo Detainee Verdict Highlights Obama's Bad Judgment

Nov 19, 2010
The trial of Guantanamo detainee Ahmed Ghailani demonstrates thatPresident Barack Obama s claim that enemy combatants can be triedeffectively in civilian courts is bogus. A federal jury convicted Ghailani of one count of conspiracy andacquitted him of 284 other counts,...
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DAYHOFF: In Christmas past, county leaders and community celebrations made the news

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"... Paradoxically, at a time when we look forward to spending more time with our families, friends and loved ones, the folks who provide so much to our quality of life are spending more time away from their families than at any other time of the year. To make matters worse, recently the weather has been frightfully cold; making matters that more unbearable.

"Please keep folks such as firefighters, police officers, teachers and public works personnel in your hearts and your prayers as you enjoy the holiday season."

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The Mother of all Triangles

“The Mother of all Triangles” Frisk Campus Center, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, December 11, 2010 Photo by Kevin Dayhoff

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Thursday, December 09, 2010

Guardian: MasterCard and Visa attacked after restricting dealings with WikiLeaks – and hackers say Twitter is next

It is, according to one breathless blogger, "the first great cyber war", or as those behind it put it more prosaically: "The major shitstorm has begun."

The technological and commercial skirmishes over WikiLeaks escalated into a full-blown online assault yesterday when, in a serious breach of internet security, a concerted online attack by activist supporters of WikiLeaks succeeded in disrupting MasterCard and Visa.

The acts were explicitly in "revenge" for the credit card companies' recent decisions to freeze all payments to the site, blaming illegal activity. Though it initially would acknowledge no more than "heavy traffic on its external corporate website", MasterCard was forced to admit last night that it had experienced "a service disruption to the MasterCard directory server", which banking sources said meant disruption throughout its global business... http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/08/wikileaks-visa-mastercard-operation-payback

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WikiLeaks dispute sparks cyber wars

A group called Anonymous temporarily disables the websites of Visa and MasterCard after they said they would no longer handle donations to WikiLeaks. A rival 'patriotic' hacker, the Jester, fights back. http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-wikileaks-web-attacks-20101209,0,5711995.story

By Brian Bennett, Los Angeles Times

December 8, 2010

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Reporting from Washington —

A worldwide dispute overWikiLeaks' release of classified information raged online Wednesday like a tale from a comic book: The Jester battled a hacker network calling itself Anonymous that claimed responsibility for taking down the websites of several major corporations.

Anonymous took credit for disabling the main websites for MasterCard and Visa, among several attacks launched against companies that in recent days announced they would no longer handle donations to WikiLeaks.

Cyber attacks also were reported against an attorney representing two Swedish women who have accused WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange of sexual assault, as well as on PostFinance, the financial arm of the Swiss postal system that closed Assange's account after accusing him of providing false information.

Amazon and PayPal also have been targeted.

Meanwhile the Jester has claimed responsibility for taking down WikiLeaks' website several times since it posted its first batch of confidential State Department cables on Nov. 29. The Jester, who describes himself as a patriotic hacker with a military background, claims other like-minded hackers have approached him to help... http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-wikileaks-web-attacks-20101209,0,5711995.story

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Carroll County commissioners open term with 'framework from which to govern'

Term limits, property rights and prayer before meetings are among new board's 10 philosophies

Carroll County commissioners open term with 'framework from which to govern'

By Jim Joyner

Posted 12/08/10 http://www.explorecarroll.com/news/4991/term-limits-property-rights-prayer-before-meetings-are-among-new-boards-10-philosophies/

Smaller government, term limits, lower property taxes and a resistance of unfunded mandates from state and federal government — these are a few of "10 Governing Philosophies" unveiled Wednesday by the newly-elected Board of County Commissioners at a press conference in Westminster.

Also on the list: prayer before each board meeting, no more county cars for commissioners and promise to converse with constituents in "plain English."

“It is important for us to set a direction, and we have worked collectively on this," said Commissioner Doug Howard, who represents the 5th Commissioner District in Sykesville and Eldersburg.

Howard said the commissioner board — which has no incumbents and is the first-ever in Carroll County with five members elected by district — wanted to express its philosophies to set a tone for the new term. The board was sworn into office Monday.

"These philosophies will serve as a framework from which to govern," said Howard, "(and are) the product of our collective understanding of the will and the desire of the citizens." ...

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At Wednesday's event, each of the five commissioners took a turn announcing two of the principles. In addition to Howard, those taking part were Robin Frazier (1st District-Manchester/Taneytown), Haven Shoemaker (2nd-Hampstead/Finksburg), Dave Roush (3rd-Westminster) and Richard Rothschild (4th-Mount Airy/New Windsor). All are Republicans.

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