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Journalist @baltimoresun writer artist runner #amwriting Md Troopers Assoc #20 & Westminster Md Fire Dept Chaplain PIO #partylikeajournalist

Friday, May 09, 2014

When cows type: the power of the written word | Poynter.

When cows type: the power of the written word | Poynter.: by  Published May 1, 2014 

[...] Read more: http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/249828/when-cows-type-the-power-of-the-written-word/ 

Just this week I addressed a group of college writers at the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg and decided to use my 10 minutes to read them “Click, Clack, Moo.” When I announced my intention, I was surprised when a little voice in the middle of the crowd exclaimed, “I love that book!” 

It was a young girl named Isabella, a first or second grader, sitting on her mom’s lap. I invited her to sit next to me so she could enjoy the images in the book along with the text.

In the story, some cows find an old typewriter in a barn and learn to type. 

Farmer Brown hears them typing and talking: “Click clack, moo…clickety clack, moo.” The cows deliver a note to the farmer: that it is too cold in the barn and that they want electric blankets. He is outraged as the protest spreads from cows to chickens. Unless demands are met, there will be no more milk and no more eggs...

Read more: http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/249828/when-cows-type-the-power-of-the-written-word/ 

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Thursday, May 08, 2014

HOW MANY YEARS DO YOU HAVE LEFT?

HOW MANY YEARS DO YOU HAVE LEFT?
Watch your age in the upper right corner!
Kinda fun to watch your age go up and down as you  answer the questions.
Now this is interesting, give it a try.
How long will you live?
This is a calculator that estimates your life expectancy.
It was developed by Northwestern Mutual Life.
It's interesting that there are only 13 questions.
Yet, they can predict how long you're likely to live.
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Before the landslide, residents struggled to describe sinking street to 911 operators - baltimoresun.com

Before the landslide, residents struggled to describe sinking street to 911 operators - baltimoresun.com: 

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/north-baltimore/bs-md-landslide-911-calls-20140508,0,6759741.story

Some callers, transferred from 911 to 311, also sought to warn those nearby

By Kevin Rector, The Baltimore Sun 6:58 p.m. EDT, May 8, 2014

With the street buckling in front of her, Evelyn Cannon called 911 as cars teetered and then began to sink, their wheels becoming less and less visible. 

But Cannon felt unable to convey the gravity of the situation, she said. About 45 seconds into the call, when the operator asked her if anything was damaged, Cannon became exasperated.

"The street is damaged," she said into her phone, in one of nearly a dozen 911 recordings released Thursday by the Baltimore Fire Department. "I know this sounds crazy." 

 The collapse last week of a retaining wall holding East 26th Street in Charles Village above a railroad line started slowly, the street subsiding before finally giving out. Several residents and passers-by watched the shift as it occurred, and some called 911. 

 When they got through to emergency operators, according to recordings of their conversations, some had trouble explaining what they were seeing." http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/north-baltimore/bs-md-landslide-911-calls-20140508,0,6759741.story

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Marlin K. Hoff Memorial Log Barn circa 1794 at the Carroll County MD Farm Museum

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Plowing fields with mules at the Carroll County Farm Museum Westminster Maryland

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Wednesday, May 07, 2014

Del Nancy Stocksdale speaks Shepherd's Staff as Comptroller Franchot gives award

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Brenda Meadows accepts Schaefer Award from Comptroller Franchot at Shepherd's

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MD Comptroller Peter Franchot presents Schaefer award to Shepherd's Staff

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Obamacare cost shockwave hits local schools equals bad news for Congressional Democrats

Americans for Limited Government:

Obamacare cost shockwave hits local schools equals bad news for Congressional Democrats
By Rick Manning
Calvert County, Maryland is a small, wealthy exurban enclave of Washington, DC, wedged between the Chesapeake Bay and the historic Patuxent River. 
A tradition rich locale whose county flag features a tobacco leaf symbolizing the historic crop that dominated the landscape even into the 21st century, the County school system is one of the best in the state.
But now the school system has a problem – Obamacare. 
The system faces a 13.7 percent increase in health care costs next year, as previously uncovered substitute teachers get covered and the overall policy costs are higher.
A Southern Maryland News article by Sara Newman spells out the bad news for everyone in the school system.   Victoria Karol, the District's acting director of human resources explains that there is hope that the County will be able to deal with the costs through negotiations with the teacher and administrator unions.
"We're going to have to work closely with those other unions and develop a health care committee," Victoria Karol said. "We're going to have to open a health care article next year in negotiations to help with this."
Newman quotes Nancy Highsmith, the newly appointed interim superintendent for the Schools as predicting, "There's no doubt we have got to bring health care on the table next year during negotiations. We cannot sustain this."
But Highsmith is not just looking toward the teacher's union, but also is targeting taxpayers who fund the District through taxes paid to the Calvert County government saying, "These are going to be very serious conversations we have to have with the county commissioners."
Calvert County Commissioner Evan Slaughenhoupt responds to these school administrators saying, "We've been able to stretch during this economic downturn and could be at the precipice of where discussions about reducing services could become a reality. Both the school system and the county employees performed extraordinarily at high standards while we have absorbed reduced revenue and increased costs. Time is of the essence now to prepare for the upcoming fiscal years."
This is the exact type of discussion that school districts and local governments are having across the nation as the reality of Obamacare hits their budgets.  How do they pay for it?
Should teachers and administrators be forced to pay the additional costs through increased deductions in paycheck deductions, should taxpayers pay higher taxes, or should there be budget cuts that impact the education, police, fire and social services that local government provides their constituents?
At a time when Obamacare supporters, like Calvert County's U.S. Representative Steny Hoyer, double down in support of the law, this new reality and the choices being forced upon local elected officials hit home for their constituents. 
As former House Speaker Tip O'Neill famously noted, "all politics is local."  Now that Obamacare is impacting local schools and public services, that truism promises disaster for those who foisted it upon the public and continue to refuse to repeal it.
Just a small lessen from the geographically smallest county in the deepest blue state of Maryland.
Rick Manning is vice president of public policy and communications for Americans for Limited Government and a resident of Calvert County, Maryland.
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Tuesday, May 06, 2014

‘A Fragile Trust’ exhibits irresponsibility behind Jayson Blair plagiarism scandal - The Washington Post

‘A Fragile Trust’ exhibits irresponsibility behind Jayson Blair plagiarism scandal - The Washington Post:

By , Published: May 5


 http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-fragile-trust-exhibits-irresponsibility-behind-jayson-blair-plagiarism-scandal/2014/05/05/596aca28-d45d-11e3-95d3-3bcd77cd4e11_story.html

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I’d awakened absurdly early in Miami, where I was The Washington Post’s Southern bureau chief, to catch a flight to Texas. I was supposed to write a piece about the family of the last missing U.S. soldier after the fall of Iraq, a 24-year-old Army mechanic named Edward Anguiano. But when I fished the New York Times off my front porch and sleepily scanned the headlines, there was my story — my story! — on the front page of the competition. I barely recognized the byline.

It was some guy named Jayson Blair.

My lousy day got lousier once I arrived in Anguiano’s home town of Los Fresnos, a speck on the map near the Mexican border at the southern tip of Texas. Anguiano’s mother, who had earlier agreed to an interview, blew me off. While I waited at a gas station for her to call me back, I flipped through a folder of background reading. Something bothered me about one of the articles: a San Antonio Express-News piece about Anguiano. But I couldn’t figure out why... http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/a-fragile-trust-exhibits-irresponsibility-behind-jayson-blair-plagiarism-scandal/2014/05/05/596aca28-d45d-11e3-95d3-3bcd77cd4e11_story.html

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William Donald Schaefer Helping People Award

The Shepherd’s Staff to Receive the William Donald Schaefer Helping People Award for Carroll County

http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2014/05/william-donald-schaefer-helping-people.html Labels: Non-profits and charities, Non-profits Shepherd's Staff - See more at: http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2014/05/william-donald-schaefer-helping-people.html#sthash.Yt5xT0P8.dpuf

The Shepherd’s Staff was selected to receive the William Donald Schaefer Helping People Award for Carroll County for best exemplifying William Donald Schaefer’s lifelong commitment to helping people.  The award will be presented by the Comptroller on Wednesday, May 7th at 2:30 pm at 30 Carroll Street, Westminster, MD 21157.

Winners are selected on their demonstration of: Improving the community, swiftly solving a citizen problem through effective government intervention, directly aiding the most vulnerable in society or creating a public/private partnership to improve the lives of Marylanders.

There will be a short presentation and tour of the facility followed by light refreshments.
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William Donald Schaefer Helping People Award

http://comptroller.marylandtaxes.com/Public_Services/Agency_Information/Office_of_the_Comptroller/Comptroller_Initiatives/WD_Schaefer_Helping_People_Award.shtml

Back for a third year, the William Donald Schaefer Helping People Award will be presented by the Comptroller to the individuals and organizations in each county and Baltimore City best exemplifying William Donald Schaefer’s lifelong commitment to helping people.

Winners will be selected based on their demonstration of: improving the community, swiftly solving a citizen problem through effective government intervention, directly aiding the most vulnerable in society or creating a public/private partnership to improve the lives of Marylanders.

Back for a third year, the William Donald Schaefer Helping People Award will be presented by the Comptroller to the individuals and organizations in each county and Baltimore City best exemplifying William Donald Schaefer’s lifelong commitment to helping people.

The following people/organizations received the 2013 William Donald Schaefer Award:
Charles & Joyce Smith – Allegany County
Seeds 4 Success – Anne Arundel County
Franciscan Center – Baltimore City
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Maryland & Delaware – Baltimore County
Bernie Fowler, Jr., Farming 4 Hunger - Calvert County
Sister Jeannette Murray - Caroline County
Human Services Programs of Carroll County, Inc. – Carroll County
Christmas in April*Cecil County, Inc. - Cecil County
Future Next Corporation – Charles County
Chuck Kelly, Craig’s Drug Store - Dorchester County
Jason Mecler, Founder, JoAnn Garrett Classic - Frederick County
Duane Yoder, Garrett County Community Action Committee – Garrett County
Harford Family House - Harford County
Committee to End Homelessness - Howard County
Chestertown Mayor Margo Bailey - Kent County
Trio Galilee - Montgomery County
Erwin Mack - Prince George’s County
Susan Ponchock, Founder Bosom Buddies Charities, Inc. - Queen Anne’s County
Hospice House of St. Mary’s – St Mary’s County
Crisfield Lions/Lioness Clubs - Somerset County
Rabbi Peter Hyman – Talbot County
Franklin P. Erck, III – Washington County
Art Cooley, Lower Shore Parkinson’s Support Group - Wicomico County
Worcester County Veterans Memorial at Ocean Pines – Worcester County
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Powell joins distinguished club of former Carroll County Chiefs of Staff Eagle Archives by Kevin Dayhoff May 5, 2014

Powell joins distinguished club of former Carroll County Chiefs of Staff Eagle Archives by Kevin Dayhoff May 5, 2014

Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0504-20140505,0,6364637.story

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The recent resignation of Steve Powell, chief of staff for the Board of Commissioners for Carroll County, brought back memories of other distinguished individuals in county history who have endured that arduous position: Richard "Pat" Hill, Robert A. "Max" Bair and George A. Grier, to name a few.

In full disclosure, this writer had the honor and privilege to have worked with every county chief of staff — executive assistant — since the position was created in 1959.

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Whether you agreed or disagreed with them, those who have held the position deserve a special place in our hearts and prayers for their service and commitment to Carroll County; for it is a wonder they are able to retire and not be committed: On any given day, the chief must keep the wheels of government running smoothly.

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Often, my visits to the office of the chief of staff reminded me of the lyrics to the 1970 David Bowie song, "All the Madmen": "Day after day / They take some brain away / Then turn my face around / To the far side of town / And tell me that it's real / Then ask me how I feel." http://youtu.be/jb7Xdu7STx8 Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0504-20140505,0,6364637.story

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Meanwhile, it is only fitting that Powell will be leaving to take a job in a retirement home — as vice president of finance for Carroll Lutheran Village. Join me in wishing him the best.

Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archive-0504-20140505,0,6364637.story

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Monday, May 05, 2014

Mo Krome, retired Md. St. Police Major from Carroll Co., honored for continued outstanding service

RETIRED STATE POLICE MAJOR FROM CARROLL CO. HONORED FOR
CONTINUED OUTSTANDING SERVICE

Mo Krome, retired Md. St. Police Major from Carroll Co., honored for continued outstanding service

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2014/05/mo-krome-retired-md-st-police-major.html


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According to a media release by Maryland State Police spokesperson Greg Shipley:

Maryland State Police Superintendent Colonel Marcus L. Brown today acknowledged the outstanding contributions of a retired Major and Carroll County resident who continued to serve and support troopers through his service as a trustee on the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System Board.
Major (Retired) Morris L. Krome, of Carroll County, was presented a Superintendent’s Commendation by Colonel Brown today.  The presentation came during ceremonies that acknowledged more than 100 state troopers, civilian employees, and allied law enforcement personnel for their bravery, commitment, compassion and outstanding service to the people of Maryland.

“After 29 years as a sworn state trooper, Major Krome continued his service to the men and women of the Maryland State Police during more than 23 years of working on pension issues, including 16 years as a member of the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System Board of Trustees,” Colonel Brown said.  “His valued leadership has helped guide the board and he contributed significantly to the enhancement of benefits for state troopers and their families.  He continues to be an important member of the Maryland State Police family whose dedication to his fellow troopers will long be remembered.”

Major (Retired) Krome spent 29 years with the Maryland State Police, serving as commander of the Maryland State Police Personnel Management Division, and later as Assistant Chief to the Administrative Bureau.  This is where his interest began in retirement issues.

Following his retirement in 1991, Major Krome served on the Department of Legislative Reference’s Pension Code Revision Sub-Committee with the Maryland State Retirement Agency.  He began representing the interests of troopers on employee organizations and testified before the Maryland General Assembly on retirement issues.
Major Krome was then elected to the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System Board of Trustees in 1998.  He will have served four terms on the Board of Trustees when his retirement takes place in July 2014.

 As a Trustee of the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System Board, Major Krome helped bring a successful resolution to a court case which awarded $73 million to the system.  He worked two years with the Maryland General Assembly to win passage of benefits for the spouses of deceased retired state troopers.   He served as a member of both the Audit Committee and the Investment Committee and was Vice Chairman of the Administrative Committee.

As the Board of Trustees’ longest serving member, Major Krome shared his knowledge and expertise with fellow board members, while providing a valuable historical perspective to the retirement issues of the day.  For his outstanding service as a member of the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System Board of Trustees and his committed service in support of thousands of troopers even after his retirement from the Maryland State Police, Major (Retired) Morris L. Krome was awarded a Superintendent’s Commendation.
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19-year-old arrested for killing two Alaska State troopers in Tanana; 2nd man charged after standoff

19-year-old arrested for killing two troopers in Tanana; 2nd man charged after standoff BY SUZANNA CALDWELL AND TEGAN HANLON Alaska Dispatch / Anchorage Daily News May 2, 2014 

http://www.adn.com/2014/05/02/3451145/two-alaska-state-troopers-killed.html#emlnl=Breaking_News
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Note: This story has been updated. See the latest version here. UPDATE 10:30 AM FRIDAY:
The Alaska State Troopers say they have taken two men into custody in connection with the shooting deaths of two troopers in Tanana on Thursday.
Nathanial Lee Kangas, 19, of Tanana was arrested Thursday for the murders of Sgt. Patrick "Scott" Johnson and Trooper Gabriel "Gabe" Rich, according to a troopers release issued Friday morning. Formal charges are being prepared by the troopers with the help of the Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals.
Arvin Morse Kangas, 58, of Tanana was charged Thursday with fourth-degree assault and driving with a revoked license on Wednesday, according to a state courts database and troopers. Troopers say the charges stem from an incident with a Tanana village public safety officer Wednesday.
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quintonreport.com: The City Paper on Martin O’Malley’s Reddit AMA

The City Paper on Martin O’Malley’s Reddit AMA
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Supreme Court ruling supports Christian prayers at public meetings

Washington Post News Alert: Supreme Court ruling supports Christian prayers at public meetings

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/high-court-ruling-favors-prayer-council-meeting

 The Supreme Court says prayers that open town council meetings do not violate the Constitution even if they routinely stress Christianity. The ruling is consistent with past decisions about prayer in public places. In 1983, the court upheld an opening prayer in the Nebraska legislature and said that prayer is part of the nation's fabric, not a violation of the First Amendment. 

Read more at: 
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/high-court-ruling-favors-prayer-council-meeting 

 The New York Times is also carrying the story here: 

 Monday, May 5, 2014 10:30 a.m.
Supreme Court Allows Opening Prayer at Town Board Meeting
The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a town in upstate New York may begin its public meetings with a prayer from a “chaplain of the month.”
Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, writing for the majority in the 5-to-4 decision, said “ceremonial prayer is but a recognition that, since this nation was founded and until the present day, many Americans deem that their own existence must be understood by precepts far beyond that authority of government to alter or define.”
In dissent, Justice Elena Kagan said the town’s practices could not be reconciled “with the First Amendment’s promise that every citizen, irrespective of her religion, owns an equal share of her government.”
Town officials said that members of all faiths, and atheists, were welcome to give the opening prayer. In practice, the federal appeals court in New York said, almost all of the chaplains were Christian.

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