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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

State trooper recorded rescuing suicidal man on Maryland bridge - The Washington Post



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Sunday, August 10, 2014

Coons: Executive action needed to 'stop the bleeding' from tax deals | TheHill

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Friday, August 08, 2014

Tour of Westminster trees taps roots of city's history [Column]

Tour of Westminster trees taps roots of city's history [Column]



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Recreation in Westminster always a hot topic during summer [Column]

Recreation in Westminster always a hot topic during summer [Column]



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Oil from wormseed plants a cash crop for Carroll County farmers [Eagle Archive]

Oil from wormseed plants a cash crop for Carroll County farmers [Eagle Archive]



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Meet the ‘Klingon’ Senate candidate in North Carolina - The Washington Post

Meet the ‘Klingon’ Senate candidate in North Carolina - The Washington Post:



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The glamorous life of a White House journalist, in 2 photos - The Washington Post

The glamorous life of a White House journalist, in 2 photos - The Washington Post:



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Why plagiarism destroyed John Walsh, but Scott DesJarlais may survive a sex scandal - The Washington Post

Why plagiarism destroyed John Walsh, but Scott DesJarlais may survive a sex scandal - The Washington Post:



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Tuesday, August 05, 2014

The new landscape planting at Westminster City Hall looks good.

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Saturday, August 02, 2014

ProPublica By Paul Kiel | Washington Post: USA Discounters hooks some service members with credit before springing the debt trap

ProPublica By Paul Kiel |  Washington Post: USA Discounters hooks some service members with credit before springing the debt trap
By Paul Kiel | ProPublica July 25 
Army Spc. Angel Aguirre needed a washer and dryer.
Money was tight, and neither Aguirre, 21, nor his wife had much credit history as they settled into life at Fort Carson in Colorado in 2010.
That’s when he saw an ad for USA Discounters, guaranteeing loan approval for service members. In military newspapers and magazines, on the radio, and on TV, the Virginia-based company’s ads shout, “NO CREDIT? NEED CREDIT? NO PROBLEM!” The store was only a few miles from Fort Carson.
“We ended up getting a computer, a TV, a ring, and a washer and dryer,” Aguirre said. “The only thing I really wanted was a washer and dryer.”
Aguirre later learned that USA Discounters’ easy lending has a flip side. Should customers fall behind, the company transforms into an efficient collection operation. And this part of its business takes place not where customers bought their appliances, but in two local courthouses just a short drive from the company’s Virginia Beach headquarters.
From there, USA Discounters files lawsuits against service members based anywhere in the world, no matter how much inconvenience or expense they would incur to attend a Virginia court date. Since 2006, the company has filed more than 13,470 suits and almost always wins, records show.
“They’re basically ruthless,” said Army Staff Sgt. David Ray, who was sued in Virginia while based in Germany over purchases he made at a store in Georgia... Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/usa-discounters-hooks-some-service-members-with-credit-before-springing-the-debt-trap/2014/07/25/4def7fcc-0dc4-11e4-b8e5-d0de80767fc2_story.html?wpisrc=nl_eve
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Cycling's connection to Carroll County includes clubs and races in 1800s [Eagle Archives]

Cycling's connection to Carroll County includes clubs and races in 1800s [Eagle Archives]

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archives-0727-20140723,0,1871392.story

By Kevin E. Dayhoff, July 23, 2014 , ,  - See more at: http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2014/08/cyclings-connection-to-carroll-county.html#sthash.kThDktmc.dpuf

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According to the website for the Le Tour de France (Letour.com), the final, 21st stage of this year's 101st edition of the famed European bicycle race will take place on July 27. For the riders, it will mark the end of a journey of 3,664 kilometers, from England to Paris by way of much of France that began on July 5.

Did you know that a number of celebrated bicycle races took place in Carroll County, years before the Tour de France began in 1903?

In Carroll County in the late 1890s, bicycle races, tours and clubs were quite the rage.

Cathy Baty, curator for the Historical Society of Carroll County, reported in a July 28, 2013 program, "Old Roots, New Roots," on WTTR, that "The first machine that we would recognize as a bicycle was developed in 1865.

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First legislative assembly in America — History.com This Day in History — 7/30/1619

First legislative assembly in America — History.com This Day in History — 7/30/1619:

 "In Jamestown, Virginia, the first elected legislative assembly in the New World--the House of Burgesses--convenes in the choir of the town's church.

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  Earlier that year, the London Company, which had established the Jamestown settlement 12 years before, directed Virginia Governor Sir George Yeardley to summon a "General Assembly" elected by the settlers, with every free adult male voting. Twenty-two representatives from the 11 Jamestown boroughs were chosen, and Master John Pory was appointed the assembly's speaker. On July 30, the House of Burgesses (an English word for "citizens") convened for the first time"

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Friday, August 01, 2014

Carroll Co 4-H FFA Fair Livestock Auction to support the hardworking 4-H'ers

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Links at Gettysburg Hole #12 for the Christmas for Kids MD Troopers Assoc #20

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Thursday, July 31, 2014

Bouvines 27 July 1214: The most important battle you've probably never heard of - The History News network

Bouvines 27 July 1214: The most important battle you've probably never heard of - The History News network July 27, 1214 http://hnn.us/article/156458

Today few people in the UK have heard of Bouvines. It has none of the ring of an Agincourt or a Crecy. Probably that is because England lost it. But the battle of 27 July 1214 was just as significant as England's later victories over the French. Maybe more so.

 "Bouvines is the most important battle in English history that no-one has ever heard of," says John France, professor emeritus in medieval history at Swansea University.

 "Without Bouvines there is no Magna Carta, and all the British and American law that stems from that. It's a muddy field, the armies are small, but everything depends on the struggle. It's one of the climactic moments of European history."

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Sunday, July 27, 2014

Edward Snowden: Dropbox is 'hostile to privacy' | PCWorld

Edward Snowden: Dropbox is 'hostile to privacy' | PCWorld:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2455215/edward-snowden-dropbox-is-hostile-to-privacy.html#tk.nl_pcwbest


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"Dropbox is a very popular cloud storage service, but NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is no fan. In a recent interview with The Guardian, Snowden called Dropbox a "targeted, wannabe PRISM partner" that is "very hostile to privacy.""

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Update: Here's what Dropbox has to say:
"Safeguarding our users’ information is a top priority at Dropbox. We were not involved in PRISM, and would resist any program of its kind. We’ve made a commitment in our privacy policy to resist broad government requests, and are fighting to change laws so that fundamental privacy protections are in place for users around the world. To keep our users informed, we also disclose government requests in our Transparency Report."
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Jordan Weissmann: A Former Comcast Employee Explains That Horrifying Customer Service Call

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2014/07/16/comcast_customer_service_an_employee_explains_why_they_won_t_let_you_cancel.html?wpisrc=obnetwork

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Comcast says it’s "embarrassed" by the recording of a customer service rep desperately refusing to cancel a subscriber’s account that had the entire Internet gawking in horror yesterday. However, the company would like to assure us all that this was simply a case of a single, misguided employee leaping over the edge.
Jordan WeissmannJORDAN WEISSMANN
Jordan Weissmann is Slate's senior business and economics correspondent.
"We are investigating this situation and will take quick action," the company told the Hollywood Reporter. ... 
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Sean M. Lynn-Jones: I’m one of the people Sen. John Walsh plagiarized from - The Washington Post

I’m one of the people Sen. John Walsh plagiarized from - The Washington Post: By Sean M. Lynn-Jones July 24

http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/07/24/sen-john-walsh-plagiarized-from-me/

Sean M. Lynn-Jones is editor of the quarterly journal International Security and a research associate at the Belfer Center at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

"On Wednesday afternoon, a flurry of phone calls and e-mails informed me that Sen. John Walsh (D-MT) had apparently included—verbatim and without attribution—several pages of a 1998 paper of mine in a work he submitted to the U.S. Army War College. Walsh’s paper, which also failed to properly reference the work of others, was one of the requirements for the master’s degree he received from the War College in 2007."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/07/24/sen-john-walsh-plagiarized-from-me/

Even in 2007, my paper, “Why the United States Should Spread Democracy,” was out of date. I wrote it in 1998, when the Clinton administration was embracing the strategy of spreading democracy.

By 2007, U.S. interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan had, to put it mildly, given democracy promotion a bad name.

The paper needed significant revisions to address what had happened in those two countries, respond to criticisms, and cite the most recent literature. Nevertheless, it remained online and was often the most viewed publication on the Web site of Harvard’s Belfer Center. ...


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Saturday, July 26, 2014

Baltimore City Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake at Liberty Reservoir Day 26Jy2014

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Sykesville Volunteer Fire Company at Baltimore City Liberty Reservoir Day 26Jy14

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Baltimore City Liberty Reservoir Day Saturday July 26 2014 with PW PIO K Kocher

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Liberty Reservoir Day celebrates local watershed on Sat., July 26, 2014 9 to 1 [Eagle Archives]

Liberty Reservoir Day celebrates local watershed [Eagle Archives]


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Liberty Reservoir Day celebrates local watershed on Saturday July 26, 2014. Baltimore’s Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, co-chair of of the US Conference of Mayors Water Council, will be in attendance and is looking forward to seeing all of you.

There will be lots of entertainment and big trucks for the kids to climb aboard…


Baltimore Public Works Director Rudolph S. Chow said that with events like Liberty Reservoir Day, “It is important that we provide our water customers the opportunity to learn about our watershed lands through educational, yet also fun, events like Liberty Reservoir Day.”

By Kevin E. Dayhoff, July 11, 2014

On July 26, the Baltimore City Department of Public Works
will again celebrate Liberty Reservoir Day in the recreation area right above
the reservoir dam on the North Branch of the Patapsco River.

Last year's Liberty Reservoir Day event was well attended and according to Kurt Kocher, the department's spokesman, the department would like to build upon last year's success. 
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"Baltimore and Westminster have a long standing partnership that goes back decades," said Westminster public works director Jeff Glass. "Maintaining a sustainable water supply for all our
customers is a constant focus."

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The free event will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the dam on Liberty Dam Road off Wards Chapel Road. Parking is free. For information, call 410-545-6541 or go to http://www.baltimorecity.gov.

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the dedication of Liberty Dam, which is
located in eastern Carroll County at the border with Baltimore County.

According to a history of Liberty reservoir written for the Historical Society of Carroll County by historian Mary Ann Ashcraft several years ago in the Carroll County Times, "Baltimore Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. dedicated Liberty Dam on September 21, 1954 …."

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Friday, July 25, 2014

Does the NFL have a women problem? - The Washington Post

Does the NFL have a women problem? - The Washington Post: By Cindy Boren July 24

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/early-lead/wp/2014/07/24/does-the-nfl-have-a-women-problem/

Does the NFL have a women problem? - The Washington Post:
"The NFL sent a message with its latest disciplinary move, suspending
Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice because of a domestic incident that it
deems to be a violation of its personal conduct policy. Unfortunately, the
recipients of Commissioner Roger Goodell’s message are women. Rice was
suspended the first two games of the season after a February incident in which
he allegedly knocked his then-fiancée unconscious in the elevator of an
Atlantic City casino.
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The suspension sparked an instant and heated debate over how
the league dishes out punishment, given that drug violations typically draw
longer suspensions. 

It particularly resonated poorly with women, sending the
wrong message just as NFL viewership among them is at a high and when the
league is, once again, openly courting the audience of women and their
financial clout.

They’re also dangerous, with Scarborough Research finding
that women represent approximately 45 percent of the NFL’s fans and almost 33
percent of the its viewing audience, based on Nielsen data reported by Sports
Business Daily last fall. Women, Ann Bastianelli of Indiana University’s Kelley
School of Business told ESPNW, make 70 percent of “important family decisions.”

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Fan nearly derails Vincenzo Nibali's Tour de France - Cycling Weekly

Fan nearly derails Vincenzo Nibali's Tour de France - Cycling Weekly:

by  July 24, 2014  http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/tour-de-france/fan-nearly-derails-vincenzo-nibalis-tour-de-france-ride-131090

"Spectator stands in road and makes phone call with back to Vincenzo Nibali, nearly knocking him off his bike"

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Another beachgoer died while digging a hole in the sand. Why does this keep happening? - The Washington Post

Another beachgoer died while digging a hole in the sand. Why does this keep happening? - The Washington Post:

By Sarah Larimer July 25, 2014 http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/07/25/another-beachgoer-died-while-digging-a-hole-in-the-sand-why-does-this-keep-happening/?tid=pm_national_pop

"This week, a 26-year-old man died on a Northern California beach.

Adam Jay Pye wasn’t caught in a rip current or attacked by a great white in the Pacific, though. He was digging in the sand, tunneling down deep, when the hole collapsed around him.

 “The sand had just engulfed this young man — he was standing up straight, like a soldier with his hands to his sides,” one witness to the rescue effort told the San Jose Mercury News. “He was buried alive. He was buried alive in that hole that he dug.”

Accidents like Pye’s happen a lot more often than you’d think. A few examples"

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Comcast 'Embarrassed' By The Service Call Making Internet Rounds by ELISE HU July 15, 2014

Comcast 'Embarrassed' By The Service Call Making Internet Rounds by ELISE HU July 15, 2014   

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The recording starts after the call has already been in progress for about 10 minutes, according to the caption on SoundCloud by Ryan Block, who was trying to cancel his Comcast Internet service. Block writes:
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