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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Recent stories by Bryan P. Sears

Recent stories by Bryan P. Sears in www.explorebaltimorecounty.com

http://explorebaltimorecounty.com/search/?s=Sears&y=0&action=GO

Cardin's engagement prank prompts city investigation
Published August 17, 2009 by Towson Times, Owings Mills Times
A practical joke involving Del. Jon Cardin’s Aug. 7 marriage proposal to his girlfriend aboard a boat at the Inner Harbor has sparked an internal investigation of the possible misuse of Baltimore City Police Department resources.The pretend scene took ... ...

Three men charged with animal cruelty in cat's death
Published August 14, 2009 by Northeast Booster, Northeast Reporter
Three men were arrested and charged with animal cruelty Thursday after they allegedly tortured a cat in a microwave and freezer before tossing the animal into a river.Kevin Abel, 19, Scott McDowell, 18, and Richard Rioux, 25, were all arrested Thursday ... ...

Health care reform meeting a strong dose of democracy
Published August 12, 2009 by Baltimore Messenger
Mickey Goldberg and Sen. Ben Cardin had something in common Aug. 10 at Towson University. Goldberg came out to support a federal effort to reform the health insurance system in the United States. "Somebody has to stand up to these bozos," ... ...

Scores turn out for Cardin town hall meeting on health care
Published August 10, 2009 by Towson Times, Arbutus Times, Catonsville Times, North County News, Northeast Booster, Northeast Reporter, Owings Mills Times, The Jeffersonian
... has been updated. For more on the town hall meeting, go to political editor Bryan P. Sears' blog, Strange Bedfellows, here. And for a Tweet-by-Tweet account of the town hall meeting, go to Sears' Twitter page, here....

Cardin expecting big crowd for health care town hall
Published August 10, 2009 by Towson Times
Protesters and counter-protesters at a town hall meeting tonight at Towson University on proposed federal health care reform will not be allowed to bring their signs into the building and will be restricted to sidewalks away from the building, according ... ...

Police find no wrongdoing in light rail fatalities
Published August 7, 2009 by Towson Times
No criminal charges will be filed in connection to a July 5 light rail accident killed two Lutherville teens dead.Cpl. Mike Hill said Friday that a review of the incident by detectives and the state’s attorney’s office found “no criminal wrong-doing.”Connor ... ...

County Council formally introduces speed camera bill
Published August 5, 2009 by North County News
A bill authorizing the use of speed cameras in Baltimore County was introduced as expected on Monday at a meeting of the Baltimore County Council.Bill Toohey, a spokesman for the Baltimore County Police Department, said 12 to 15 stationary cameras would ... ...

Burglars hit three more area churches
Published August 5, 2009 by Towson Times
Baltimore County Police officials say area churches are following advice on securing their properties even as three more churches were burglarized last week. The three burglaries, which occurred between noon July 26 and 3 p.m. July 27 in the 1100, 1200 ... ...

Council approves deadline for developers
Published August 5, 2009 by Arbutus Times
The County Council on Aug. 3 unanimously approved a measure that will give residential developers nine years to begin projects -- but ends their ability to continue developing some projects as long as decades later under the same guidelines as when the ... ...

Update: Bail denied for woman in child pornography case
Published August 4, 2009 by Northeast Booster, Northeast Reporter
Bail was denied this morning for a Middle River woman who is accused of being involved in a child pornography operation run out of her home.Shannon Leigh Honea, 26, was denied bail during a review Tuesday morning and is being held in the Baltimore County ... ...

Couple sentenced for abuse of horses
Published August 4, 2009 by Owings Mills Times
A Windsor Mill couple was sentenced today for abusing three horses, including one which had be destroyed, after admitting the state had enough evidence to convict them.Under the Alford plea, however, Hilton and Donna Silver did not enter a guilty plea.The ... ...

County Council formally introduces speed camera bill
Published August 4, 2009 by Towson Times, Arbutus Times, Catonsville Times, Northeast Booster, Northeast Reporter, Owings Mills Times
A bill authorizing the use of speed cameras in Baltimore County was introduced as expected on Monday at a meeting of the Baltimore County Council.Bill Toohey, a spokesman for the Baltimore County Police Department, said 12 to 15 stationary cameras would ... ...

Developers have 9 years to build ... or go back to drawing board
Published August 4, 2009 by Towson Times, Arbutus Times, Catonsville Times, North County News, Northeast Booster, Northeast Reporter, Owings Mills Times
The Baltimore County Council on Monday unanimously approved a measure that will give residential developers nine years to begin projects — but ends their ability to continue developing some projects as long as decades later under the same guidelines as ... ...

Moxley: 'I am not resigning'
Published August 3, 2009 by Arbutus Times, Catonsville Times, Towson Times, North County News, Northeast Booster, Northeast Reporter, Owings Mills Times
Baltimore County Councilman Sam Moxley, who was charged with driving under the influence nearly 10 days ago, said Monday he has no intentions of resigning.“I am not resigning, I can tell you that,” Moxley told the Times in a brief interview before Monday’s ... ...

Middle River couple arrested for filming child pornography
Published August 3, 2009 by Northeast Booster
A Middle River couple has been arrested and charged with filming, distributing and promoting child pornography that allegedly involves children as young as 2 years old.John Nicklas, 34, and Shannon Leigh Honea, 26, of the 9700 block of Conmar Road, were ... ...

Expanded hearing schedule for speed camera bill is unlikely
Published July 31, 2009 by Arbutus Times, Catonsville Times, North County News, Northeast Booster, Northeast Reporter, Owings Mills Times, The Jeffersonian, Towson Times
Despite bipartisan requests, an expanded public hearing schedule is unlikely for a speed camera bill that will be introduced on Monday night.A bill authorizing the use of speed cameras in Baltimore County will be introduced at the County Council ... ...

Baltimore County speed camera bill to be introduced Monday
Published July 30, 2009 by Towson Times
A bill authorizing the use of speed cameras in Baltimore County will be introduced at the County Council meeting on Monday night.Based on state law passed earlier this year, counties may implement speed cameras in school zones. In order to do so, however, ... ...

Anti-abortion group stages quiet protest in Towson
Published July 30, 2009 by Towson Times, Northeast Booster, Northeast Reporter
About 40 people stood along Charles Street near the Beltway on Thursday morning protesting abortion by displaying graphic photos and signs to rush hour commuters.Jack Ames, of Towson, director of the Baltimore-based Defendlife.org, said the gathering near ... ...

County GOP calls for Moxley resignation following DUI arrest
Published July 29, 2009 by Towson Times
... records. READ MORE: How will Councilman Moxley's arrest impact his public career in the long term? In an online analysis by Bryan P. Sears, experts weigh in on the issues of political redemption and Moxley's future prospects. Go to www.towsontimes.com. ...

Experts offer mixed reviews for political future
Published July 29, 2009 by Catonsville Times, Arbutus Times
Councilman Sam Moxley's arrest in Baltimore City last week on charges that he was driving under the influence of alcohol and allegedly caused a four-car accident have clouded his personal and political future. But some political pundits, along with ... ...

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For the Left war without Bush is not war at all

For the Left, war without Bush is not war at all By: Byron York Chief Political Correspondent August 18, 2009

Not too long ago, some observers worried that Barack Obama would come under increasing pressure from the Left to leave both Iraq and Afghanistan. Now, it seems those worries were unfounded. For many liberal activists, opposing the war was really about opposing George W. Bush. When Bush disappeared, so did their anti-war passion.

More: For the Left, war without Bush is not war at all By: Byron York Chief Political Correspondent August 18, 2009

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/For-the-Left_-war-without-Bush-is-not-war-at-all-8119694-53506047.html


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Columnist Robert D. Novak dies after battle with cancer
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Newt Gingrich: The Great Communicator and the Great Obfuscator
Michael Barone
Enough Obama on TV

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Washington Examiner Political Digest

Washington Examiner Political Digest

For the Left, war without Bush is not war at all By: Byron York Chief Political Correspondent August 18, 2009

Not too long ago, some observers worried that Barack Obama would come under increasing pressure from the Left to leave both Iraq and Afghanistan. Now, it seems those worries were unfounded. For many liberal activists, opposing the war was really about opposing George W. Bush. When Bush disappeared, so did their anti-war passion.

Columnist Robert D. Novak dies after battle with cancer

Robert D. Novak, who began covering Washington during the Eisenhower administration and later achieved fame as a columnist and television commentator, died in his home Tuesday morning after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 78.

A nationally syndicated columnist for 45 years, Novak wrote “Inside Report”—a reported column on the inner workings of Washington policy and politics—with Rowland Evans six days a week from 1963 until Evans’ retirement in 1993. For 15 years, Novak continued the column—thrice weekly—until a brain tumor forced his retirement in July 2008.

Cable television made Novak’s a familiar face nationwide. An early star at the nascent CNN in 1980, Novak was a fixture on the right at CNN’s Crossfire, and he relished his work as the executive producer of the Capital Gang.

Susan Ferrechio - Pelosi digs in on public option
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said she will forge ahead with a health insurance bill that includes a robust government-run insurance plan, despite signals from Senate negotiators that they may exclude a government plan from legislation it is drafting.

Mark Tapscott - CBS News, AP report AARP losing thousands of members protesting group's Obamacare support

Earlier this month, I reported that a revolt was breaking out among AARP's 40-million members in response to the enthusiastic and extensive lobbying by the group's Washington leadership on behalf of Obamacare. Now, other media are beginning to notice and we are starting to get a trickle of numbers that hint at the magnitude of the outrage among AARP's members.

Julie Mason - Obama adopts tough talk on Afghan war
"Our new strategy has a clear mission and defined goals: To disrupt, dismantle and defeat al Qaeda and its extremist allies," Obama told the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Phoenix. "This will not be quick, nor easy, but we must never forget: This is not a war of choice, this is a war of necessity."

Kimberly Kagan - Afghan army and police forces must grow much larger
More U.S. troops are needed in Afghanistan in part because there are too few Afghan National Security Forces, and they are not yet effective enough to conduct counterinsurgency missions. The growing strength of the insurgency and the limitations on the ANSF create a security gap that only additional international forces will be able to fill over the coming few years.

U.S. unions aid anti-democratic forces in Latin America
Anti-democratic forces working to de-stabilize the new government in Honduras have attracted U.S. labor unions as allies in their cause.
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), UNITE HERE, and the United Steelworkers (USW) have lined up behind Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez and Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega to express their support for Manuel Zelaya, the former president of Honduras
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No new fishy emails, but Cornyn wonders about the old ones

Enough Obama on TV

Boehner rips Tauzin for giving in to big government "bully"

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H.R.3200 - America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

H.R.3200 - America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

Slowly but surely copies of the controversial H.R.3200 - America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009 are beginning to show up on the web.

I found a copy of it on the web site: http://www.opencongress.org/

It is just as voluminous as has been reported. All I will paste in this web site is the introduction and the table of contents…

Before I do that however, perhaps one good place to begin you own investigation of the proposed legislation is by reading, “Debunking Health Care Lies (by Reading the Bill) August 13, 2009 - by Donny Shaw http://www.opencongress.org/articles/view/1162-Debunking-Health-Care-Lies-by-Reading-the-Bill-

The introduction of Debunking Health Care Lies (by Reading the Bill) August 13, 2009 - by Donny Shaw, says:

With Congress preparing to vote on health care reform this fall, talk of what’s in the major House bill has been dominating the news and political blogs. Unfortunately, the public discourse about health care reform has been harmed by false claims, scare tactics, and lies.

At OpenCongress, we’ve had the official text of the House health care bill available online for a month for people to read and get the facts: H.R. 3200 – America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009. Anyone can easily permalink and comment on any individual section of the full bill text. And in this debate, the facts matter — it’s imperative that as a nation we read the actual text of the bill and actively work to counter any misinformation about it. To be sure, it’s a long bill, and not easy to understand at first read. Some of the misinformation is intentional, and some is inadvertent. But whether you support or oppose this bill, we hope you agree that the misinformation surrounding it is harmful to the public debate and the formal legislative process on health care. In other words, news coverage and blog buzz and viral emails on the health care bill should refer to specific, citable sections of what the bill actually says — they must be reality-based.

We believe it is possible for every American to educate him or herself about what H.R. 3200 proposes as a major piece of federal legislation and how it would work in the context of the existing American health care system. More than that, we empower people to share these important facts with their friends and families, and to constructively contact their elected officials with their input. Towards these ends, we’ve put together this debunking of incorrect claims regarding H.R. 3200 by citing and linking to the empirically-verifiable sections of the official bill text. This is not intended to be a comprehensive analysis of everything in H.R. 3200, but rather a focused look at five specific provisions under collective scrutiny. To be sure, there is much more proposed in this bill than can be summarized in this one blog post. For now, then, let’s fight misinformation and look at the facts together:

Read the rest of Debunking Health Care Lies (by Reading the Bill) August 13, 2009 - by Donny Shaw, here: http://tinyurl.com/n2t9pb

Meanwhile, here is: H.R.3200 - America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009

Introduced July 31, 2009

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h3200/text

http://www.opencongress.org/

To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.

HR 3200 IH

111th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 3200

To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

July 14, 2009

Mr. DINGELL (for himself, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, Mr. STARK, Mr. PALLONE, and Mr. ANDREWS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF DIVISIONS, TITLES, AND SUBTITLES.
(a) Short Title- This Act may be cited as the ‘America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009’.

(b) Table of Divisions, Titles, and Subtitles- This Act is divided into divisions, titles, and subtitles as follows:

DIVISION A--AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE CHOICES
TITLE I--PROTECTIONS AND STANDARDS FOR QUALIFIED HEALTH BENEFITS PLANS
Subtitle A--General Standards
Subtitle B--Standards Guaranteeing Access to Affordable Coverage
Subtitle C--Standards Guaranteeing Access to Essential Benefits
Subtitle D--Additional Consumer Protections
Subtitle E--Governance
Subtitle F--Relation to Other Requirements; Miscellaneous
Subtitle G--Early Investments
TITLE II--HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE AND RELATED PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--Health Insurance Exchange
Subtitle B--Public Health Insurance Option
Subtitle C--Individual Affordability Credits
TITLE III--SHARED RESPONSIBILITY
Subtitle A--Individual Responsibility
Subtitle B--Employer Responsibility
TITLE IV--AMENDMENTS TO INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986
Subtitle A--Shared Responsibility
Subtitle B--Credit for Small Business Employee Health Coverage Expenses
Subtitle C--Disclosures To Carry Out Health Insurance Exchange Subsidies
Subtitle D--Other Revenue Provisions
DIVISION B--MEDICARE AND MEDICAID IMPROVEMENTS
TITLE I--IMPROVING HEALTH CARE VALUE
Subtitle A--Provisions Related to Medicare Part A
Subtitle B--Provisions Related to Part B
Subtitle C--Provisions Related to Medicare Parts A and B
Subtitle D--Medicare Advantage Reforms
Subtitle E--Improvements to Medicare Part D
Subtitle F--Medicare Rural Access Protections
TITLE II--MEDICARE BENEFICIARY IMPROVEMENTS
Subtitle A--Improving and Simplifying Financial Assistance for Low Income Medicare Beneficiaries
Subtitle B--Reducing Health Disparities
Subtitle C--Miscellaneous Improvements
TITLE III--PROMOTING PRIMARY CARE, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND COORDINATED CARE
TITLE IV--QUALITY
Subtitle A--Comparative Effectiveness Research
Subtitle B--Nursing Home Transparency
Subtitle C--Quality Measurements
Subtitle D--Physician Payments Sunshine Provision
Subtitle E--Public Reporting on Health Care-Associated Infections
TITLE V--MEDICARE GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION
TITLE VI--PROGRAM INTEGRITY
Subtitle A--Increased Funding To Fight Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Subtitle B--Enhanced Penalties for Fraud and Abuse
Subtitle C--Enhanced Program and Provider Protections
Subtitle D--Access to Information Needed To Prevent Fraud, Waste, and Abuse
TITLE VII--MEDICAID AND CHIP
Subtitle A--Medicaid and Health Reform
Subtitle B--Prevention
Subtitle C--Access
Subtitle D--Coverage
Subtitle E--Financing
Subtitle F--Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Subtitle G--Puerto Rico and the Territories
Subtitle H--Miscellaneous
TITLE VIII--REVENUE-RELATED PROVISIONS
TITLE IX--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
DIVISION C--PUBLIC HEALTH AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
TITLE I--COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS
TITLE II--WORKFORCE
Subtitle A--Primary Care Workforce
Subtitle B--Nursing Workforce
Subtitle C--Public Health Workforce
Subtitle D--Adapting Workforce to Evolving Health System Needs
TITLE III--PREVENTION AND WELLNESS
TITLE IV--QUALITY AND SURVEILLANCE
TITLE V--OTHER PROVISIONS
Subtitle A--Drug Discount for Rural and Other Hospitals
Subtitle B--School-Based Health Clinics
Subtitle C--National Medical Device Registry
Subtitle D--Grants for Comprehensive Programs To Provide Education to Nurses and Create a Pipeline to Nursing
Subtitle E--States Failing To Adhere to Certain Employment Obligations
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Monday, August 17, 2009

Aung San Suu Kyi left to pay the price for John Yettaw’s indiscretion

Aung San Suu Kyi left to pay the price for John Yettaw’s indiscretion

Richard Lloyd Parry: Analysis August 17, 2009

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6798369.ece

First it was Bill Clinton in North Korea, escorting home two scared US journalists from the clutches of Kim Jong Il. Now, Senator Jim Webb returns from Burma with the hapless American eccentric, John Yettaw.

For a politician, there are few more glorious moments than jetting home from a despotic regime with imprisoned compatriots in tow. But the liberation of Mr Yettaw was the least important and interesting achievement of Mr Webb’s trip.

Whether you regard Mr Yettaw as a well-meaning buffoon or an arrogant busybody, he hardly deserved such a prompt and high-level intervention.
The ironies of his release this weekend are painful. In setting him free, the Burmese junta manages to project an image of magnanimity for cancelling a sentence out of all proportion to Mr Yettaw’s “crimes”. And, as he flies back to obscurity in Missouri, Aung San Suu Kyi and her two female companions are left to pay the price of his fecklessness.

[..]

For encouraging such a conversation, Senator Webb deserves credit.

[…]

Read the rest here: Aung San Suu Kyi left to pay the price for John Yettaw’s indiscretion

Richard Lloyd Parry: Analysis August 17, 2009

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6798369.ece

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Finding Lincoln at a flea market

Finding Lincoln at a flea market

Aug 17, 2009 11:06 AM — Scott Jagow

http://www.publicradio.org/columns/marketplace/scratchpad/2009/08/finding_lincoln_at_a_flea_mark.html

A guy buys a box of old papers at a flea market. He’s a history buff, so he’s into that kind of thing. He gets the box home and sorts through it. Lo and behold, at the bottom of that stack is an envelope with Abraham Lincoln’s signature on it. Turns out, it could be the last thing President Lincoln ever signed.

The envelope says simply: “Let this man enter with this note. April 14, 1865. A. Lincoln.” From the Morning Journal of Northern Ohio:

Read the entire article here: Finding Lincoln at a flea market

Aug 17, 2009 11:06 AM — Scott Jagow

http://www.publicradio.org/columns/marketplace/scratchpad/2009/08/finding_lincoln_at_a_flea_mark.html

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Sen. Boxer to Constituent: Don't Point at Me

Arrogance in Action
Related: Senator Boxer is on quite a roll http://tinyurl.com/lzk6x8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FoekBjhtWE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeY2fI8Z6Pc

Click here for a large image: http://twitpic.com/e8p8n

Yet another priceless moment from California Senator Barbara Boxer – the arrogance that keeps on giving.

“…whatever you do, don't point at the Senator when you speak to her. It's so rude.”

Read on: Real Clear Politics: August 14th, 2009 Sen. Boxer to Constituent: Don't Point at Me by Tom Bevan

http://realclearpolitics.blogs.time.com/2009/08/14/boxer-to-constituent-dont-point-at-me/

20090814 Sen Boxer to constituent Do not point at me
Arrogance in Action Sen Boxer to Constituent Dont Point at Me http://tinyurl.com/lj7uly Full http://tinyurl.com/nrc9xs

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2009/08/sen-boxer-to-constituent-dont-point-at.html http://tinyurl.com/lj7uly
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I wonder what’s in the box?


I wonder what’s in the box?

August 15, 2009

For a larger image click here: http://twitpic.com/e7z7y

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http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2009/08/i-wonder-whats-in-box.html http://tinyurl.com/kpu4yj

http://twitpic.com/e7z7y I wonder what’s in the box? http://tinyurl.com/kpu4yj

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From Twitpic: What is the point of this? lol

What is the point of this? lol on Twitpic
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Sunday, August 16, 2009

Union Bridge Mayor Grossnickle is all wet – for a good cause

Union Bridge Mayor Grossnickle is all wet – for a good cause

June 21, 2009 Updated August 16, 2009 http://tinyurl.com/ryr2jn

Click here for a larger image: http://twitpic.com/e6r3k

On June 20, 2009 I was particular pleased to have been afforded the fine hospitality of Dan Hartzler, Union Bridge Mayor Brett Grossnickle, Carroll County Schools Superintendent Dr. Chuck Ecker and a number of other great folks for the unveiling and dedication of the historic 1900 Blue Ridge College bell in Lehigh Square at the annual Union Bridge “Depot Day.” (See: http://tinyurl.com/ko4dlh.)

That day, Mayor Grossnickle was literally all wet when I had a chance to chat with him and his lovely family – he had taken a tour of duty at one of the many entertainment opportunities that day, the dunk tank. Obviously some folks got lucky and provided the mayor with an opportunity to take a swim.

20090620 UB Bell (25) BG

For all posts on Union Bridge on Kevin Dayhoff Art – go here: http://tinyurl.com/ntmytr

Find a picture of the flag and the historic Blue Ridge College bell here http://twitpic.com/7zip5 or here on Kevin Dayhoff Art, http://tinyurl.com/ko4dlh. Or find the picture and a short article here in http://www.explorecarroll.com/: “Historic Blue Ridge College bell dedicated In Union Bridge” by Kevin Dayhoff http://tinyurl.com/n7pd4z

http://twitpic.com/e6r3k At the annual Union Bridge “Depot Day” on June 20, 2009; Union Bridge Mayor Grossnickle is all wet – for a good cause. Kevin Dayhoff

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2009/08/union-bridge-mayor-grossnickle-is-all.html http://tinyurl.com/ryr2jn
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Firefox 3.5 Not Playing Nicely With Twitter

Firefox 3.5 Not Playing Nicely With Twitter

Michael Arrington Washington Post - TechCrunch.com

August 16, 2009

This was especially timely and informative. Although I certainly sing Firefox’s praises; I have also had problems with Twitter while using Firefox – and I just tossed it up to my mediocre internet reception and my Windows XP, which seems, at times, to grow exponentially slower with each passing day.

Firefox 3.5 Not Playing Nicely With Twitter Michael Arrington Washington Post - TechCrunch.com Sunday, August 16, 2009; 10:01 AM

Firefox 3.5, which we've Firefox 3.5, which we've ranted about recently , is not playing nicely with Twitter. In fact, for the last week at least users (including me, including today ) have had a lot of problems updating status messages and following new people if they use Firefox 3.5. The site just...

Read his entire post here: Firefox 3.5 Not Playing Nicely With Twitter

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/16/AR2009081600954.html

20090816 sdsom WaPo Arrington Firefox not playing well w Twitter
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Joe Trippi.com: Addicted to Twitter

Too funny...
Mr. Trippi writes: "Are you addicted to Twitter? I got a laugh from this piece over at Salon:"
Last Thursday morning, I sat down at my computer with my cup of sludgy coffee,
just like any other day. I checked my e-mail and glanced at the New York Times
Web site. But when I opened up Twitter, expecting the usual hodgepodge of
scattered thoughts and hectic questions, I found there was nothing there.
Nothing at all.

It was the day of the Great Twitter Outage. But I
didn’t know that yet. I only knew that something was terribly
wrong.

Actually, it was funny, in a kind of pathetic, soul-crushing
way: I stared at the blank screen, hitting refresh over and over. Waiting for
everyone to come back. For my online life to resume. Finally, I accepted the
truth. Twitter, my favorite unreliable news source and constant companion, was
gone.
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Baltimore Brew: Despite cheapening the Red Line, the MTA suddenly finds 12,000 new daily riders by By GERALD NEILY

Baltimore Brew: Despite cheapening the Red Line, the MTA suddenly finds 12,000 new daily riders by By GERALD NEILY http://baltimorebrew.com/blog/?p=3992

The MTA spent years, millions and endless hours meeting with communities to produce the voluminous technical documents to support Tuesday’s decision by Gov. Martin O’Malley to build the Alt. 4C Red Line. Then agency officials sharpened their pencils, eliminated two stations, narrowed the Cooks Lane tunnel to a single reversible track and extended the other tunnel to avoid narrowing Boston Street, which is expected to have a huge increase in traffic.

But somehow, the transit ridership projection in the MTA’s just-released five page summary became a whopping 28 percent higher than the figure calculated in the lengthy Alternatives Analysis-Draft Environmental Impact Statement which forms the technical basis for the project — growing from 42,100 to 54,000 riders per day...

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The additional ridership potential would have provided great justification for investment in the kinds of transit-oriented infrastructure that could truly transform the city, such as the City’s Inner Harbor street re-invention project, the Highlandtown Loft District, Leakin Park gateway and the BaltiMorphosis.com plan for Franklin-Mulberry.

Read the entire article here: http://baltimorebrew.com/blog/?p=3992


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The gratitude campaign

the gratitude campaign (full length)

Have you ever wanted to say "thank you", but didn't? Next time, say it...

Retrieved August 16, 2009 but it was posted on YouTube on January 7, 2008

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Dinner at the Buttersburg Inn June 26 2009



Dinner at the Buttersburg Inn

June 27, 2009 – Updated August 16, 2009

My wife and her Mom and I had dinner at the Buttersburg Inn, yesterday, June 26, 2009.

“Main Street Union Bridge June 26, 2009” Kevin Dayhoff (20090626 UB (2)b) Click here for a larger image: http://twitpic.com/e3hw4

View of the sculpture, “Love Reconciled with Death” by Union Bridge native William Henry Rinehart Corner of North Main Street and East Broadway; from our window seat at the Buttersburg Inn June 26, 2009 Kevin Dayhoff (20090626 UB (3)) (See: http://tinyurl.com/klqmkm.) Click here for a larger image: http://twitpic.com/e3i8v

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http://www.thebuttersburginn.com/

The Buttersburg Inn, Union Bridge, Carroll County, Maryland
Locally owned and operated by Jim Rowe and Frank Tunzi
The Buttersburg Inn
9 North Main Street
Union Bridge, MD 21791-9100
Phone: (866) 920-5608
Fax: (410) 775-0541
info@thebuttersburginn.com
Hours of Operation:
Sunday, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Tuesday-Wednesday 7:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Thursday–Saturday, 7:00 a.m.–8:30 p.m.

Find all posts on the Buttersburg Inn on Kevin Dayhoff Art, here: http://tinyurl.com/n3m9mk
http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/search/label/Restaurants%20Buttersburg%20Inn

For all posts on Union Bridge on Kevin Dayhoff Art – go here: http://tinyurl.com/ntmytr

Find a picture of the flag and the historic Blue Ridge College bell here http://twitpic.com/7zip5 or here on Kevin Dayhoff Art, http://tinyurl.com/ko4dlh. Or find the picture and a short article here in http://www.explorecarroll.com/: “Historic Blue Ridge College bell dedicated In Union Bridge” by Kevin Dayhoff http://tinyurl.com/n7pd4z

http://twitpic.com/e3alt Reproduction of “Love Reconciled with Death” by Union Bridge native William Henry Rinehart Corner of North Main Street and East Broadway Kevin Dayhoff July 5, 2007 http://tinyurl.com/klqmkm

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2009/06/dinner-at-buttersburg-inn-june-26-2009.html http://tinyurl.com/ndptqf

http://twitpic.com/e3hw4 “Main Street Union Bridge June 26, 2009” Kevin Dayhoff http://tinyurl.com/ndptqf

http://twitpic.com/e3i8v View “Love Reconciled” by Wm Henry Rinehart corner N Main St & E Broadway from Buttersburg Inn http://tinyurl.com/ndptqf

http://twitpic.com/e3igx Buttersburg Inn June 26, 2009 Kevin Dayhoff http://tinyurl.com/ndptqf
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Love Reconciled with Death


Love Reconciled with Death by Union Bridge native William Henry Rinehart (1825-1874.)

July 7, 2007 by Kevin Dayhoff

Updated August 16, 2009

While we were in Union Bridge for dinner on July 5, 2007, we had the opportunity to study and admire the sculpture at the corner of North Main Street and East Broadway, which is a reproduction of “Love Reconciled with Death” by Union Bridge native William Henry Rinehart (1825-1874.)

For a larger image click here: http://twitpic.com/e3alt

See also: “The Dinners at the Buttersburg Inn” July 5, 2007
Find this post on Kevin Dayhoff Art, here: http://tinyurl.com/ljpz5b
http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2009/08/dinners-at-buttersburg-inn.html

Find all posts on the Buttersburg Inn on Kevin Dayhoff Art, here: http://tinyurl.com/n3m9mk

For all posts on Union Bridge on Kevin Dayhoff Art – go here: http://tinyurl.com/ntmytr

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Reproduction of “Love Reconciled with Death” by Union Bridge native William Henry Rinehart Corner of North Main Street and East Broadway Kevin Dayhoff July 5, 2007

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2007/07/love-reconciled-with-death.html http://tinyurl.com/klqmkm

http://twitpic.com/e3alt “Love Reconciled with Death” by William Henry Rinehart in Union Bridge http://tinyurl.com/klqmkm
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Saturday, August 15, 2009

Sunset in Union Bridge, Carroll County Maryland

Sunset in Union Bridge

August 14, 2009

By Kevin Dayhoff

Click here for a larger image: http://twitpic.com/dyork

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For all posts on Union Bridge on Kevin Dayhoff Art – go here: http://tinyurl.com/ntmytr

http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/search/label/Carroll%20Co%20Dist%20Union%20Bridge


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Mr Moose at the Buttersburg Inn

Mr Moose at the Buttersburg Inn

August 14, 2009

Mr. Moose had the ham and bean soup at the Buttersburg Inn, in Union Bridge, MD, Friday evening, August 14, 2009

Click here for a larger image: http://twitpic.com/dykik

http://www.thebuttersburginn.com/

The Buttersburg Inn, Union Bridge, Carroll County, Maryland
Locally owned and operated by Jim Rowe and Frank Tunzi
The Buttersburg Inn
9 North Main Street
Union Bridge, MD 21791-9100
Phone: (866) 920-5608
Fax: (410) 775-0541
info@thebuttersburginn.com
Hours of Operation:
Sunday, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Tuesday-Wednesday 7:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Thursday–Saturday, 7:00 a.m.–8:30 p.m.

Find all posts on the Buttersburg Inn on Kevin Dayhoff Art, here: http://tinyurl.com/n3m9mk
http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/search/label/Restaurants%20Buttersburg%20Inn

20070505 UB BI The Dinners at the Buttersburg Inn July 5, 2007
Find this post on Kevin Dayhoff Art, here: http://tinyurl.com/ljpz5b
http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/2009/08/dinners-at-buttersburg-inn.html

The Adventures of Mr. Moose.

Dayhoff Daily Photoblog

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