Saturday, October 29, 2011

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Westminster Maryland Online: Westminster Volunteer Fire Department Halloween Pa...: Saturday, October 29, 2011 UPDATE from the Westminster Fire Department: " Despite Mother Nature's best effort, the Halloween Party at...

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The leaves of the oak tree are not amused with the snow

The artic has come to Maryland. I'm preparing the dog sled to go forage for food

McDaniel College enjoys the October snow at Bair Stadium

Maryland's October winter-visit is going to be hard on the trees

October snow in merryland Maryland

McDaniel College named among 'best values' by Kiplinger

McDaniel College named among 'best values' by Kiplinger

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McDaniel College named among 'best values' by Kiplinger

School is only liberal arts college in Maryland on annual listing

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McDaniel College in Westminster has been ranked as No. 92 on a list of “Best Value” colleges by Kiplinger's Personal Finance. (File Photo by Leslie Barbaro / October 28, 2011)

Officials at McDaniel College in Westminster said Friday, Oct. 28, that the college has been named on a list of "Best Value" colleges by Kiplinger's Personal Finance — the only Maryland liberal arts college to make the list.October 28, 2011 | 10:48 a.m.

The rankings are available online at Kiplinger's website,and will be published in the magazine's December issue, which is actually circulated beginning Nov. 8.

McDaniel came in at No. 92 among liberal arts college's nationwide.

While the Westminster school was the only liberal arts college from Maryland on the list, three other universities from the state earned the "value" ranking: Johns Hopkins Universityin Baltimore (No. 25); Loyola University of Maryland in Baltimore (No. 55) and Hood College in Frederick (No. 82).

The 200 colleges and universities on Kiplinger's list were assessed based on cost and financial aid, competitiveness, academic support, graduation rates, and student indebtedness.

According to Kiplinger, "This year's top 100 liberal arts colleges excel … providing the academic support that encourages learning and allows students to graduate on time.

"They also make their education affordable... http://www.baltimoresun.com/explore/carroll/news/ph-ce-mcdaniel-value-1028-20111028,0,6178684.story

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October 29: General Interest
1998: John Glenn returns to space

Nearly four decades after he became the first American to orbit the Earth, Senator John Hershel Glenn, Jr., is launched into space again as a payload specialist aboard the space shuttle Discovery. At 77 years of age, Glenn was the oldest human ever to travel in space. During the nine-day mission, he served as part of a NASA study on health problems associated with aging.

Glenn, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps, was among the seven men chosen by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1959 to become America's first astronauts. A decorated pilot, he had flown nearly 150 combat missions during World War II and the Korean War. In 1957, he made the first nonstop supersonic flight across the United States, flying from Los Angeles to New York in three hours and 23 minutes.

In April 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space, and his spacecraft, Vostok 1 , made a full orbit before returning to Earth. Less than one month later, American Alan B. Shepard, Jr., became the first American in space when his Freedom 7 spacecraft was launched on a suborbital flight. American "Gus" Grissom made another suborbital flight in July, and in August Soviet cosmonaut Gherman Titov spent more than 25 hours in space aboard Vostok 2, making 17 orbits. As a technological power, the United States was looking very much second-rate compared with its Cold War adversary. If the Americans wanted to dispel this notion, they needed a multi-orbital flight before another Soviet space advance arrived.

On February 20, 1962, NASA and Colonel John Glenn accomplished this feat with the flight of Friendship 7, a spacecraft that made three orbits of the Earth in five hours. Glenn was hailed as a national hero, and on February 23 President John F. Kennedy visited him at Cape Canaveral. Glenn later addressed Congress and was given a ticker-tape parade in New York City.

Out of a reluctance to risk the life of an astronaut as popular as Glenn, NASA essentially grounded the "Clean Marine" in the years after his historic flight. Frustrated with this uncharacteristic lack of activity, Glenn turned to politics and in 1964 announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate from his home state of Ohio and formally left NASA. Later that year, however, he withdrew his Senate bid after seriously injuring his inner ear in a fall from a horse. In 1970, following a stint as a Royal Crown Cola executive, he ran for the Senate again but lost the Democratic nomination to Howard Metzenbaum. Four years later, he defeated Metzenbaum, won the general election, and went on to win reelection three times. In 1984, he unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for president.

In 1998, Glenn attracted considerable media attention when he returned to space aboard the space shuttle Discovery. In 1999, he retired from his U.S. Senate seat after four consecutive terms in office, a record for the state of Ohio.
American Revolution
1777 : Hancock resigns as president of Congress
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hancock-resigns-as-president-of-congress

Automotive
1971 : Guitarist Duane Allman dies in motorcycle accident
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/guitarist-duane-allman-dies-in-motorcycle-accident

Civil War
1863 : The Battle of Wauhatchie concludes
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-wauhatchie-browns-ferry-concludes

Cold War
1956 : Israel invades Egypt; Suez Crisis begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/israel-invades-egypt-suez-crisis-begins

Crime
1925 : Dominick Dunne, chronicler of high-profile crimes, is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dominick-dunne-chronicler-of-high-profile-crimes-is-born

Disaster
1948 : Killer smog claims elderly victims
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/killer-smog-claims-elderly-victims

General Interest
1618 : Sir Walter Raleigh executed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sir-walter-raleigh-executed
1929 : Stock market crashes
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stock-market-crashes

Hollywood
1947 : Richard Dreyfuss born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/richard-dreyfuss-born

Literary
1740 : James Boswell is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/james-boswell-is-born

Music
1966 : "96 Tears" becomes a #1 hit for the enigmatic and influential ? and the Mysterians
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/quot96-tearsquot-becomes-a-1-hit-for-the-enigmatic-and-influential--and-the-mysterians

Old West
1858 : The first store opens in the frontier town of Denver, Colorado
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-first-store-opens-in-the-frontier-town-of-denvercolorado

Presidential
1901 : McKinley assassin is executed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mckinley-assassin-is-executed

Sports
1948 : Sandy Saddler beats Willie Pep for the first time
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sandy-saddler-beats-willie-pep-for-the-first-time

Vietnam War
1969 : Bobby Seale gagged during his trial
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bobby-seale-gagged-during-his-trial
1971 : U.S. troop strength reaches five-year low
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-troop-strength-reaches-five-year-low

World War I
1915 : Jane Addams writes to Woodrow Wilson about dangers of preparing for war
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jane-addams-writes-to-woodrow-wilson-about-dangers-of-preparing-for-war

World War II
1942 : The British protest against the persecution of Jews
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-british-protest-against-the-persecution-of-jews

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Police identify homicide victim

A Key West man was found bludgeoned to death Friday morning underneath a truck on a residential block of Grinnell Street.
Schools face $9 million cut with ‘no’ vote

School board members warned of dire consequences if residents vote against using some tax dollars for operating schools instead of for building new classrooms.
New charter school OK’d by school board

Keys School board members this week approved another charter school application, but not before they vowed to look harder at future applications because of a recent shakeup at a Key West charter high school.

Fishing

Tuna still biting offshore, and there’s plenty of live bait

It’s spooky to me, the amount of boats out on the water this past week.
Cooling waters bring 'phenomenal' yellowtail bite

Got snapper? The cooling Atlantic and Bay waters have really reinvigorated the snapper bite.
Ladies, Let's Go Fishing! still signing up anglers

Women can land new angling skills and embark on first-ever fishing trips at the award-winning "Ladies, Let's Go Fishing!" weekend seminar slated for Nov. 11 through 13.

Business & Real Estate

Memo to bosses: Employees are customers, too

How can you improve your company’s customer service? Start with improving the relationships you have with your own employees and co-workers.
Keys show job growth in latest employment data

Monroe County led the state - again - in posting the lowest unemployment numbers among Florida's 67 counties.
Courts eye further staffing cuts

Court officials in Monroe County are watching their budgets to the penny during a worrisome fiscal year.