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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Independent - Hope Whitmore: As someone who's also autistic, the response to Tara Palmer-Tomkinson's panic attack has horrified me - Comment - Voices - The Independent

As someone who's also autistic, the response to Tara Palmer-Tomkinson's panic attack has horrified me - Comment - Voices - The Independent:

HOPE WHITMORE

Tuesday 23 December 2014

As someone who's also autistic, the response to Tara Palmer-Tomkinson's panic attack has horrified me

It's easy for the media to jump to conclusions rather than looking into the terrifying world of mental health problems

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/as-someone-whos-also-autistic-the-response-to-tara-palmertomkinsons-panic-attack-has-horrified-me-9943152.html

The other day a woman who is on the autistic spectrum, and who has a long history of struggling with addiction, had a panic attack at Heathrow Airport. The reaction one would expect would be sympathy - "How awful to be so ill! To lose control, to be reduced to shaking, shouting, crying with fear."

Instead, the British Press greeted the news with glee, mercilessly ripping into Tara Palmer-Tomkinson. According to the Mail, her "tantrum" occured because she was "denied access to a first class lounge", while The Sun ran the headline "Tara Nicked By 8 Gun Cops."

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"To make it a spectacle to be gawped at is even worse, alienating mentally ill people and making them think they need to hide their problems rather than seeking help. In a year where much has been written about the importance of removing the stigma of mental illness, parts of the media still approach the topic with the sensibility of playground builles.

More than one in ten people have a disabling anxiety disorder at some point in their life, according to Anxiety UK. Should these people then feel like failures? People who have let down their friends and families? Of course not.

The media’s crowing over Tara Palmer-Tomkinson’s illness is not only deeply cruel to her as an individual, it is also disrespectful to the many people in the UK who suffer from anxiety and panic."

http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/as-someone-whos-also-autistic-the-response-to-tara-palmertomkinsons-panic-attack-has-horrified-me-9943152.html

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Carroll County Public Schools will be opening two hours late today

According to Carroll County Public Schools spokesperson Carey W. Gaddis, “Carroll County Public Schools will be opening two hours late today, Thursday, January 22, 2014.” Now go back to bed. J

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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

David Brinkley, Allan Kittleman and Barry Glassman at Gov. Hogan inauguration

January 21, 2015

Sen. David Brinkley, soon to be head of the Maryland department of budget and management, Harford County executive Barry Glassman, and Howard County executive Allan Kittleman at Governor Hogan’s inauguration in Annapolis

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Additional information on the Carroll County Republican Committee.

Several folks have been in touch and asked where they may find additional information on the Carroll County Republican Committee.

Republican Central Committee of Carroll County

P.O. Box 2108, Westminster, Maryland 21158.2108

The website may be found here: http://www.ccgop.net/central-committee-members.html

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Carroll-County-MD-Republican-Central-Committee/199698643470342

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At this point in time, it is worth repeating, I have no interest in criticizing Commissioner Robin Frazier. I have appreciated working with her in the past and applaud her past service to our community.

And for that matter, I have no interest in criticizing the Carroll County Republican Central Committee – I simply disagree with their decision to nominate Commissioner Robin Frazier to replace Senator Joe Getty. Nothing complex here. I consider the Central Committee members to be friends. It’s just that on this issue – I’m on the other side.

My story that is getting the most play may be found here - Watching Gov.-elect Larry Hogan pick a team http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/01/watching-gov-elect-larry-hogan-pick-team.html

For some balance, find a January 15, 2015 letter to the editor in the Carroll County Times by Scott Hollenbeck here: “Frazier uniquely qualified for Senate seat” http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/opinion/ph-cc-hollenbeck-letter-01172015-20150117,0,4211336.story

And many more here…. It is a regular lollapalooza… http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” FRIEDRICH WILHELM NIETZSCHE 1844-1900

Kevin Dayhoff, a slave to the masters of the page - the little soldiers in my life – words

People who do not understand your silence will never understand your words.

Related: Robin Bartlett Frazier nominated to State Senate seat - by Carroll County Times staff writer Jacob deNobel http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/01/robin-bartlett-frazier-nominated-to.html January 10, 2015 http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/ph-cc-rcc-frazier-20150110,0,151714.story

Carroll County Republican Central Committee Selects Robin Bartlett Frazier to Fill Opening District 5 Senate Seat http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2015/01/carroll-county-republican-central.html

Del. Justin Ready, R-District 5 is the clear choice for Carroll Co. Md. Senate vacancy http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/01/del-justin-ready-r-district-5-is-clear.html By Kevin E. Dayhoff January 11, 2015 By Kevin E. Dayhoff January 11, 2015

Or – food for thought; if Carroll County Delegate Susan Krebs had applied with the central committee, she would be the appropriate choice because she is the ranking senior member of the Carroll County Delegation to Annapolis. That said, the word is that she did not throw her name in the hat…

Labels: Carroll Co Republican Central Committee, Commissioner Haven Shoemaker, Commissioner Robin Frazier, People Ready-Justin, People Shoemaker-Haven

Del. Justin Ready, R-District 5 is the clear choice for the Carroll County Republican Central Committee to fill the vacancy in the Maryland State Senate left by outgoing Senator Joe Getty

Last Saturday, Jan. 10, 2015, the Carroll County Republican Central Committee chose former Carroll County commissioner Robin Frazier as its recommendation to fill the vacancy in the Maryland State Senate left by outgoing Senator Joe Getty. http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/01/del-justin-ready-r-district-5-is-clear.html

Hogan wants more openness, more names in filling legislative seats - Maryland Reporter: By Len Lazarick http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/01/maryland-reporterby-len-lazarick-hogan.html

According to an article in Maryland Report by veteran political reporter Len Lazarick on Thursday, January 15, 2015, “In filling the three legislative vacancies he has created in building his new administration, Gov.-elect Larry Hogan said he’d like to see a more open nominating process used by the Republican central committees and more candidate names for him to fill the seats…”

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It is a must-read article for anyone who has followed the controversies “In Frederick and Carroll counties, [where] the small Republican Central Committees have already named one person for each seat, creating controversy in both counties…” http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/01/maryland-reporterby-len-lazarick-hogan.html

Art. III Sec 13 of the Maryland Constitution http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/01/art-iii-sec-13-of-maryland-constitution.html

Michelle Jefferson: Committee wanted to right a wrong

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/01/michelle-jefferson-committee-wanted-to.html

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Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT) Twitter Account Will Aid in Reaching Out to Marylanders

Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT) Twitter Account Will Aid in Reaching Out to Marylanders

http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2015/01/maryland-state-department-of.html

In the past I have NOT found SDAT to be in the customer service business; however the last several interactions with this Maryland bureaucracy could not have been better.

Over the last 45-years, some of the worst experiences I have had with Maryland bureaucracies has been with SDAT. I'm not talking about getting an answer that I did not want or did not like - I'm talking about rude, boorish, overbearing, unpleasant, impolite and disrespectful customer service behavior that was really bewildering.

But I'll repeat; the last several interactions could not have been better.

So hey, if this department wants to start doing a better job of treating its customers, I'm all for it and will be the first to sing its praises. Just saying.

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- New Agency Twitter Account Will Aid in Reaching Out to Marylanders -

Baltimore, Md. (January 20, 2015) – Tweeting is usually for the birds, but now it’s also for the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation (SDAT). The agency is already on Facebook, but in the interest of reaching more Marylanders, SDAT now provides valuable information from the agency on Twitter.

“The more ways we have to reach out to Marylanders, the better off we all are,” said acting agency director, Owen Charles. The agency’s Twitter feed provides Marylanders information, updates, links and the occasional miscellaneous Maryland tweet in 140 characters or less.

The Twitter account will provide links to information from SDAT as well as other state and federal agencies. “It should also help differentiate us from other agencies and local government finance offices as well as the Maryland Comptroller’s Office. Despite the “taxation” in our name, we assess real and personal property and provide services for business entities doing regular business in Maryland,” said Mr. Charles.

Follow the agency on Twitter @MD_SDAT. The agency’s website is still the number one source for agency information while the Facebook page provides resources for contacting the agency as well as photos and information.

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Labels: Governance customer service, MD, MD Dept Assessments and Taxation SDAT

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Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:

Westminster Patch: http://westminster.patch.com/search?keywords=Dayhoff

Update Westminster Maryland Online: Do not answer phone calls from 909 387 2418, 602-346-9758 or 410-667-3963

Westminster Maryland Online: Do not answer phone calls from 909 387 2418 or 602...: Do not answer phone calls from 909 387 2418 or 602-346-9758. http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2015/01/do-not-answer-phone-...

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Unwanted telephone solicitor phone calls

January 21, 2015 update: Add another telemarketer 646-712-8141 to your list

I just called by 646-712-8141. I did not answer because neither me, nor my phone recognized the number. A quick search on the internet reveals that it is a scammer according to multiple posts, for example, “Business loan offer from a robo-call.” Another post said, “Unknown caller is a breather. The breather called to our personal home phone which is an unlisted number. I've been getting numerous unwanted calls at all hours of the day/night by various phone numbers. I'm very unhappy about this.”

According to MyCallBot: “Central Office: NWYRCYZN01, NY - NEW CINGULAR WIRELESS PCS, LLC – NY”

A (real) friend on Facebook recently wrote what many of us are feeling these days, “About a month ago, we ditched our landline to save a few bucks and to free us from the dozens of robocalls, marketing surveys and other come-ons. Since then, my cell phone has received Frederick city-sponsored poll, a woman who wants me to save on my car insurance and, just now, a recording that says I just won a cruise to the Bahamas. When we had the landline, I could pretty much guarantee a call on my cell phone was worthwhile. What the hell is going on?”

I’m guessing here – but I can only imagine that this is all okay with the telecommunications industry – that is not known for really caring about the user experience of its customers.

Apparently the recent spate of unwanted phone calls – and text messages has spawned a cottage busy with lawyers: “Why You Should Report Text Message Spam… Stop Text Message Spam … Did you know that it’s illegal for marketers to send you a text message without your consent? According to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) if a company sends you an unsolicited text message, then they are responsible to pay you $500 for each spam text message that they sent you. This law is in place to protect you from the annoyance, nuisance, and invasion of privacy from these telemarketers. If you report the unsolicited text message that you received to us, we’ll track down the sender of the text message and help you recover $500 for each unsolicited text message you received. We’ve helped hundred of individuals collect against telemarketers for their spam text message campaigns. Report now above and we’ll see if we can help you recover $500 for each text message.”

This is good. Just saying.

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Do not answer phone calls from 909 387 2418, 602-346-9758 or 410-667-3963.

http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2015/01/do-not-answer-phone-calls-from-909-387.html

January 21, 2015 update: Add 410-667-3963 to your list…

Take the time now to enter into your phone the following phone numbers and identify them as Spammer…

410-667-3963

909 387 2418

602-346-9758

410-667-3963 is one of the latest “Do Not Answer” phone numbers out there.

This is the phone number of a telemarketer for a remodeling company…

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Do not answer phone calls from 909 387 2418 or 602-346-9758.

http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2015/01/do-not-answer-phone-calls-from-909-387.html

Labels: Phone Do Not Answer, Scams, Scams Fraud, Spam, Spammer, Unwanted phone calls, Telemarketer,

On Monday, January 5, 2015 I got a scam-phone call from 909 387 2418. Then, the very next day, got another scam phone call from 602-346-9758.

Update January 6, 2015

After hardly ever getting spam phone calls on our cellphones for many years, in the last two days we have received two unwanted sales calls – calls that, in reality were probably attempts to commit fraud…

Today, the phone call was from 602-346-9758. I answered it. Yes, I understand that I probably should not have answered it…

The computer-generated robocall immediately began, “Attention, this is not a sales call. You have been referred by a friend to receive a free wireless system. There is no cost for this system."

What a load of crap… I did wait for the opportunity to block it.

For more information, go here: http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-602-346-9758

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Phone number 909 387 2418 is a scam

Monday, January 5, 2015

Do NOT answer a phone call in which the caller id indicates that the number is 909 387 2418. I got the call earlier today.

Fortunately, I have a policy that if you are not in my phone system, I usually, more often than not, do not answer the phone. This policy has saved me an enormous amount of time. Furthermore, this policy has probably saved me from many scams.

Today I got a phone call from 909 387 2418. I did not answer it. Afterwards, a quick search on the internet indicated it was indeed spam. For example, http://www.scamcallfighters.com/scam-cal:

“Scam Phone Number 9093872418, Robocall 909-387-2418. Important message about your credit card: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&es_th=1&ie=UTF-8#safe=off&q=909-387-2418

“Calls and would not leave any message. Picked up and found a recording. "Important message about your credit card. Press 1 to speak to a representative". Clicked 1 hoping that I could get them to take me off, to escape the harassment but the line went dead. That's it! Waste of time... I've blocked this number for good” http://www.scamcallfighters.com/scam-call-9093872418-Robocall-909-387-2418--Important-message-about-your-credit-card--Credit---Debit--ATM-Card-Fraud-17791.html

Another post by “David Fights, Lead Investigator for Scamcallfighters,” reports, “This must be the "lower your interest rate" scammer. It's good that the darned system is not working! That should save the gullible from getting scammed.

“By enticing people with offer to lower interest rate, the scammers get the victim to reveal his personal & banking info apart from credit card details!

“According to the FTC, the companies behind these Card Services Offers can’t do anything for you that you can’t do for yourself, for free. If you are not able to get the rates reduces with your card issuer, neither would they. These scammers try to obtain your card details and will steal money as ‘fees’.

“However, FTC’s Telemarketing Sales Rule prohibits companies that sell relief services like these rate reduction scams on the phone from charging a fee before they settle or reduce your debt.

“You should file complaint with FTC, whenever you get a ‘Card Services’ call.

More info: www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0131-credit-card-interest-rate-reduction-scams

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Sunday, January 18, 2015

Watching Gov.-elect Larry Hogan pick a team

My notes from the porch

By Kevin E. Dayhoff Friday January 17, 2015

Labels: Carroll Co Republican Central Committee, Commissioner Haven Shoemaker, Commissioner Robin Frazier, People Ready-Justin, People Shoemaker-Haven

I will readily admit that sometimes I am not the brightest bulb in the pack and can be terribly tone-deaf to the dog whistles. These are the times when I take my keyboard in hand and hide under the lounge chairs on the porch – and just watch.

What I do know, to paraphrase the famous quote attributed to Pres. Lyndon Baines Johnson around 1960 – and put it in this context: “The difference between Cannibals and [Conservatives] is that Cannibals eat only their enemies.”

Thankfully my colleague Joe Steffen has written a thoughtful and cogent analysis, “In Defense of Mark Newgent” which in part begins to address some of my concerns and those of some of my friends… Mr. Joe Steffen has given us some pause for thought. Find it here: https://darknessrevisited.wordpress.com/2015/01/17/in-defense-of-mark-newgent/

And I say this not because I totally agree with him. Senator David Brinkley is a great pick for budget director. The criticism that the senator, who, if I am not mistaken was the ranking member of budget and tax, “voted for 6 of 8 of Governor O’Malley’s budgets,” is unfortunately tribal and surprisingly over simplistic. It is not like his vote was the critical vote that passed the budgets, they were not. For the many who understand the political process and the byzantine ways of a heavily democratic-controlled feudal Maryland General Assembly; holding one’s nose and voting for a budget that was going to pass anyway was a necessary evil in order to have a seat at the table across the aisle in order to get some things accomplished…

As has already been developing, the ascendancy of Gov.-elect Hogan has made for some strange-bedfellows and more than a few toxic personality mixes.

But it is paramount that we all work together…

Already several have looked upon the election of Gov.-elect Hogan to be a pathologically narcissistic opportunity to promote themselves – instead of coming together to become part of a team that collectively is greater than the sum of its parts – to make a for a better state for everyone, conservatives, liberals, independents and the growing number of folks who don’t like either party.

My employer, The Baltimore Sun, said it well in an editorial published January 12, 2015 Monday, “Hogan's fringe flank.” “… It's almost as if they don't want the governor to succeed..." http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-gop-extreme-20150112-story.html

“Mr. Hogan won election by avoiding divisive social issues and focusing on a centrist agenda of fiscal conservatism and economic growth.

“But apparently that memo hasn't trickled down to all corners of the state GOP just yet. The governor-elect has a golden opportunity to build a competitive Maryland Republican Party, so long as his fellow Republicans don't get in the way.”

I for one will be curious as to whom survives the exposure once the toxic fumes begin. Sometimes Republicans are their own worst enemies. For example - towards the end of the Ellen Sauerbrey (R) Campaign for Maryland Governor in 1994 – a portion of the Republican Party decided that Ellen Sauerbrey was moderating on some core conservative values.

That series of events was quite an awakening for me. No one will ever know for sure - but I have determined that it was the hard, uncompromising and inflexible elements of the right wing of the Republican Party that elected Governor Glendening (D) for the last eight years. Whether you are a republican or a democrat - you have to admit that this is quite a paradox.

I am reminded one of David Horowitz's books, "The Art of Political War and other Radical Pursuits." It begins by saying: "Politics is war, but in America the left is doing all the shooting. Shell-shocked conservatives blame their failures on the media or unscrupulous opponents, but they refuse to name the real culprit – themselves…”

Treading lightly here so as to not totally shatter the shatter the complacency of establishment conservatives, but Maryland Democrats have mastered the art of political war, and spent the last ten years clobbering conservatives in and out of government.

Kevin Dayhoff, a slave to the masters of the page - the little soldiers in my life – words

People who do not understand your silence will never understand your words.

And many more here…. It is a regular lollapalooza… http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/

People who do not understand your silence will never understand your words.

Labels: Carroll Co Republican Central Committee, Commissioner Haven Shoemaker, Commissioner Robin Frazier, People Ready-Justin, People Shoemaker-Haven

Del. Justin Ready, R-District 5 is the clear choice for the Carroll County Republican Central Committee to fill the vacancy in the Maryland State Senate left by outgoing Senator Joe Getty

Hogan wants more openness, more names in filling legislative seats - Maryland Reporter: By Len Lazarick http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/01/maryland-reporterby-len-lazarick-hogan.html

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Three recent articles on the Historical Society of Carroll County by Kevin Dayhoff

Photograph from perhaps around 1960, of

Md. Gov. Tawes & President John F. Kennedy

looking at a Mason Dixon Line crownstone.

Photograph by Cook – Baltimore Sun

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Three recent articles on the Historical Society of Carroll County by Kevin Dayhoff

Labels: Dayhoff Media Explore Carroll, Historical Society of Carroll Co, History, History Carroll Co

I have three recent pieces on the Historical Society http://www.hsccmd.org/

One in the Baltimore Sun and two on Westminster Maryland Online http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/

See my article on the Historical Society birthday party – and the impact of the Mason Dixon Line on Carroll County MD history here: “Underlining surveyors' contribution to Carroll County's history.” http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-eagle-archives-0118-20150114-story.html

Also see: Historical Society of Carroll County to host birthday party for Carroll County http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2015/01/historical-society-of-carroll-county-to.html

All of my articles these days may be located on both the Carroll County Times and The Baltimore Sun:

Baltimore Sun Carroll Eagle: http://www.baltimoresun.com/search/dispatcher.front?Query=Dayhoff&target=adv_article

Carroll County Times: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/search/dispatcher.front?Query=Kevin+Dayhoff&target=article

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Impact of the Mason Dixon Line on the history of Carroll County Maryland

Underlining surveyors' contribution to Carroll County's history

http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2015/01/impact-of-mason-dixon-line-on-history.html

Labels: Dayhoff Media Explore Carroll, Historical Society of Carroll Co, History, History Carroll Co

January 14, 2015

By Kevin E. Dayhoff

The Historical Society of Carroll County has a longstanding tradition of throwing an annual themed birthday party for the county every January.

For this year's event, which was scheduled for Jan. 17, the topic was the history of the county's northern border, the storied, celebrated and, at times, vilified Mason Dixon Line.

In 1763, the Treaty of Paris had signaled the end of the North American theater of the world-wide war between France and England, the French and Indian War that began in 1754-63.

The end of the conflict on this continent was one of the last pieces of the puzzle that enabled settlement in Carroll County with relative freedom from violence. The final piece was the American Revolution, 1775-83.

Another piece of the puzzle was the settlement of the longstanding, and often violent, dispute over the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania.

Today, that rivalry is played out every football season between the Baltimore Ravens and the Pittsburgh Steelers. But before the Mason-Dixon Line was surveyed between 1763 and 1767, the dispute was often the source armed conflict and bloodshed.

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http://www.baltimoresun.com/search/dispatcher.front?Query=Kevin+Dayhoff&target=all

Carroll County's connection to Cuba began with sugar in 1800s

New year begins with familiar faces missing from county leadership

Also see:

Historical Society of Carroll County to host birthday party for Carroll County

http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2015/01/historical-society-of-carroll-county-to.html

Labels: Dayhoff Media Explore Carroll, Historical Society of Carroll Co, History, History Carroll Co

On Saturday January 17, 2015 from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. at Grace Hall Grace Lutheran Church 21 Carroll St. in Westminster, Maryland the Historical Society of Carroll County will host birthday party for Carroll County. The event is free.

This year’s speaker is Michael Dixon, who will make a presentation on “The Mason-Dixon Line: The Story Behind the Boundary.”

According to information from the Historical Society, “Born as the result of a bitter territorial dispute over royal land grants, the Mason-Dixon Line was surveyed between 1763 and 1767 to settle the boundaries for Pennsylvania and Maryland.

“After 1820, when the Missouri Compromise created political conditions which made the line important to the history of slavery, it became associated with the division between the free and slave states. Today the line is still seen by many as a symbolic dividing line for regional attitudes and customs. This program explores the story of the line, which runs through our land and our history, along with the perceptions that have developed about the boundary.”

http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-historical-society-of-carroll.html

Recently, the Historical Society of Carroll Count announced a new executive director. According to a news release:

Westminster, MD - The Historical Society of Carroll County (HSCC) is pleased to announce Gainor B. Davis, Ph.D., as its new executive director. Davis will fill the vacancy created by Fred Teeter’s retirement in January. Davis brings more than two decades of nonprofit experience to the HSCC, most recently serving as president of the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, OH, where she moved the institution from a deficit position to four years in the position of profit. Davis will begin her new position at the HSCC on Jan. 20, 2015.

http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-historical-society-of-carroll.html

Davis’ background includes over 25 years of executive planning, administration, communications, and marketing experience in the nonprofit sector. Special areas of expertise include strategic planning, finance, operations, fundraising, public affairs, earned income generation, and educational programming development. Davis has served as the president for the York County Heritage Trust, PA, director for the Vermont Historical Society, VE, and the Longue Vue House & Gardens, LA. She also worked as a director for the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and as a membership coordinator for The Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum in Delaware.

Davis’ community involvement has included serving on the board for The Vermont Civilian Conservation Corps, Chapter 11; Barre Partnership (National Trust Downtown Program); Executive Committee, University Circle Inc., Cleveland, OH; and 100 Year Club of the Western Reserve.

2015 Board Chair James Lightner commented: "We are delighted to welcome Dr. Davis as the new Executive Director of the Historical Society of Carroll County. Dr. Davis brings a wealth of background in historical society leadership, fundraising, programming, and community development. I know that she will become an active member of our community as she advances and expands the Society's mission throughout the County."

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Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:

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WAMU: D.C. Report Says Firefighters Had Trouble Communicating During Metro Incident by: Martin Austermuhle January 17, 2015

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2015/01/wamu-dc-report-says-firefighters-had.html

http://wamu.org/news/15/01/17/dc_report_says_firefighters_had_trouble_communicating_during_metro_incident

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Initial Report on the LEnfant Plaza Metro Incident January-12-2015 https://www.scribd.com/doc/252904447/Initial-Report-on-the-LEnfant-Plaza-Metro-Incident-January-12-2015 252904447-Initial-Report-on-the-LEnfant-Plaza-Metro-Incident-January-12-2015.pdf

Initial Report on the LEnfant Plaza Metro Incident January-12-2015 by Martin Austermuhle

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An initial report on the response by D.C. firefighters to the smoke-filled Yellow Line train on Monday confirms that first responders had difficulty communicating by radio as they traveled through Metro tunnels on their way to evacuating the passengers.

The report also says it was Metro's responsibility to ensure the radio worked in the tunnels.

The 37-page report, published by D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services in the wake of the incident that left one dead and dozens injured, says the first responders "encountered difficulty communicating with each other in the Metro station using traditional radio communication channels."

Instead, they had to use walkie-talkie features on their radios or cellphones to communicate and coordinate.

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http://wamu.org/news/15/01/17/dc_report_says_firefighters_had_trouble_communicating_during_metro_incident

That firefighter — the only one who's statement is included in the report — also commends the department's response. "In my humble opinion, the department's performance of this evolution was nothing short of magnificent."

The D.C. report follows an initial investigation from the National Transportation Safety Board that on Friday said that it took Metro 44 minutes from the time smoke was reported to when they shut off power to the third rail which was causing the smoke.

In the report, D.C. Fire and EMS says it is providing an "unprecedented level of openness" as they gather facts, and a full report will be completed. The NTSB is also conducted a full investigation, which could take months.

Read much more here: http://wamu.org/news/15/01/17/dc_report_says_firefighters_had_trouble_communicating_during_metro_incident

Initial Report on the LEnfant Plaza Metro Incident January-12-2015 by Martin Austermuhle

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Preliminary timeline On Thursday morning, the office of Mayor Muriel Bowser released a preliminary timeline of the response to the Metro tragedy. You can find the document below.

Preliminary Timeline of Deadly Incident On Yellow Line

Preliminary Timeline of Deadly Incident On Yellow Line by WAMU885news

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