Friday, April 23, 2010

The cold coffee report

The cold coffee report - totally random Whatever, just cleaning off the computer

Gubernatorial candidates head west for annual Lincoln Day Dinner
Cumberland Times-News
Maryland has the country's most talented work force and the best schools but businesses “keep leaving. Why? We don't respect them.” Murphy, who filed to run ...
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By Bryan P. Sears The population of employees of the Bob Ehrlich for Governor ... By Bryan P. Sears The county's top GOP said Tuesday that he won't seek ...
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Red Maryland: Media Watch III on the Race for Maryland's ...
By Vatz
... of the Department of Public Policy at the University of Maryland Baltimore County), a consistently liberal source who almost invariably subtly praises Governor Martin O'Malley and disparages former Governor Robert L. Ehrlich. ...
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New Bedford Herald by Kevin Dayhoff - Caroline Glick: Hamas ...
New Bedford Herald by Kevin Dayhoff. Caroline Glick: Hamas embraces Haaretz's star reporter ... Tags: journalist glick caroline, world middle east israel ...
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Sykesville man arrested after burglary
Carroll County Times
By Ryan Marshall, Times Staff Writer | 0 comments Maryland State Police have charged a Sykesville man after allegedly catching him breaking into a house in ...

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Maryland State Police announced they arrested a Sykesville man for breaking into an abandoned home today on the 6600block of Church Street in Sykesville ...
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A new press release is now posted on the Maryland State Police website. STATE POLICE HELICOPTER BASE MOVE FROM CENTREVILLE TO EASTON ACCOMPLISHED

Gregory Kane: Democrats know all about 'incivility' | Washington ...
By Gregory Kane
Did Hoyer forget that he's from Maryland, for heaven's sake? This is the state where, for at least the past 12 years, Democrats have all but cornered the market on incivility. Let's review the time line. 1998: Republican Ellen Sauerbrey challenged ... 2002: Observers at a debate between gubernatorial candidates Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. and then-Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend claimed the latter's supporters insulted Michael Steele by tossing Oreo cookies in his direction. ...
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Carroll County Times topic
Gov Robert L Ehrlich Jr recently honored the MakeAWish Foundation of the MidAtlantic for 20 years of helping Maryland children The organization fulfills ...
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PARTY ON — Former Gov. Ehrlich headlines Tax Day Tea Party in ...
As Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s Republican Party opponent for governor named a running mate for his long shot bid for the GOP's Maryland gubernatorial nomina- ...
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Kevin Dayhoff - Soundtrack: Former Governor Ehrlich headlines ...
By Kevin Dayhoff
The chair of We the People, Joe Kirby, began warming-up the crowd just after Former-Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. arrived and spoke at some length about the purpose and intent of the rally and the Tea Party movement. Michelle Jefferson, a Carroll County ... As Ehrlich transitioned from exhorting the virtues of the Tea Parties, into campaigning for the Maryland governor's office, he advised the crowd that “an Ehrlich bumper sticker increases the value of your car…” ...
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Wendi Peters for mayor
As chairman of the Mount Airy Parks and Recreation Commission, I have a bit of a different perspective on mayoral candidate Wendi Peters. ...
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Daily Kos: Was PBS carrying water for the teabaggers and Republicans?
Too bad Gwen Ifill didn't do her job and ask this question. Oh, btw, she got all her info on the HIR bill from talk radio. This woman says it is fact that ...
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YouTube - Gwen Ifill - Spring 2010 Eisenhower Institute Speaker Series
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Examiner.com

National journalist travels to Baltimore to speak on the ...
Examiner.com
I recently had the distinct pleasure of attending the Goucher College Presidential series with special guest speaker, Gwen Ifill. The host of "Washington ...

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TimesWatch: 'South Park,' Muhammad, and NYT Double Standards

'South Park,' Muhammad, and NYT Double Standards

Documenting and Exposing the Liberal Political Agenda of the New York Times
Friday April 23, 2010 @ 03:53 PM EDT

Classy: NYT Executive Editor Uses Book Review to Call Murdoch 'Corrosive'
Bill Keller, the New York Times executive editor, uses a book review to make a crack at his right-leaning newspaper rival Rupert Murdoch: "The last of his breed of media tycoon is a 79-year-old Australian billionaire whose impact has been more corrosive than cohesive."

'South Park,' Muhammad, and Double Standards
The creators of the Comedy Central cartoon “South Park” creators had their lives threatened by a Muslim group for insulting the prophet Muhammad, but two Times headlines said they were merely being “warned." It's not the first time the paper has expressed a double standard regarding insults of Islam versus Christianity.

John Harwood to Obama: Is Wall Street As 'Harmful' to Us as Big Tobacco?
NYT writer and CNBC personality John Harwood pressed Barack Obama about the need to regulate Wall Street as he questioned the president if Americans needed to view financial companies in the same way they view Big Tobacco as "companies whose core activities are harmful to the country?"

Classy: NYT Executive Editor Uses Book Review to Call Murdoch 'Corrosive'

New York Times Executive Editor Bill Keller has a review of legendary magazine tycoon Henry Luce, founder of Time and Life, in this Sunday's book review section. The Times posted it online Friday under the heading “The Editor in Chief.”

Keller took advantage of the book review acreage to take an arbitary shot at present-day media mogul (and soon to be a direct-competitor as the Wall Street Journal expands its Manhattan coverage) Rupert Murdoch, at the end of his review of historian Alan Brinkley's biography of Luce.

Keller found Brinkley's book helpful in fleshing out the oft-caricatured Luce, “restoring missing dimensions to figures who have been flattened into caricature.” He also approved of revelations showing Luce was not as conservative as his reputation would imply:

Nor was Luce all that conservative. He supported the growth of government power, including the welfare state. He championed civil rights for minorities and was less chauvinistic than his peers on the subject of women’s freedom. He favored trade unions. Though zealously anti-Communist, he was scornful of Joseph McCarthy’s excesses.

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By the time of his death, in 1967, that consensus had been torn asunder, and today there is no vehicle, no voice with the coherent power of Luce’s magazines in their heyday. The last of his breed of media tycoon is a 79-year-old Australian billionaire whose impact has been more corrosive than cohesive.

That would be Rupert Murdoch, publisher of the New York Post and creator of Fox News and other conservative media outlets.

Keller has made a habit out of taking arbitrary cracks at Fox figures. In a “Talk to the Newsroom” Q&A in January 2009 hosted on nytimes.com, Keller cracked:

Lunch at the Four Seasons is always a high point. Today it's my weekly tête-à-tête with Bill O'Reilly. He's really not the Neanderthal blowhard he plays on TV. He's totally in on the joke.

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'South Park,' Muhammad, and Double Standards

A recent episode of Comedy Central's animated comedy show “South Park” caused an Islamic group to send a veiled death threat to show creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, accusing them of insulting the Muslim prophet Muhammad. Comedy Central reacted by censoring a later episode that also had scenes involving the cartoon version of the Islamic prophet.

Two Times stories on this free speech issue by Arts reporter Dave Itzkoff were buried on the inside pages of the paper's Arts section, under whitewashed headlines alleging that the “South Park” creators were being “warned” by Muslims, not having their lives threatened.

The issue first came up in Thursday's “Arts, Briefly” column under the lame headline “Muslim Group Warns 'South Park.'” (A more accurate headline would have been “Muslim Group Sends Veiled Death Threat to 'South Park.'”)

Itzkoff summarized the controversy:

An Islamic group based in New York said that a recent episode of “South Park,” the satirical animated series, insulted the Prophet Muhammad, and compared the show’s creators, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, to Theo van Gogh, the Dutch filmmaker who was killed in 2004 by an Islamic militant, CNN reported.

When Comedy Central then bowed to pressure and censored the show's next episode with audio bleeps, Itzkoff ran a longer story Friday, though it too was relegated to page three of the Arts section under an incomplete headline: “'South Park' Episode Altered After Muslim Group's Warning.”

The accompanying text box put the blame on the show's creators, not the group that issued the death threat: “At Comedy Central, reining in a show that pushes buttons.”

Itzkoff explained:

“South Park,” the Comedy Central series, is an animated show that tries its best to push buttons and the boundaries of free speech by mocking every high-profile target in sight, from Hollywood celebrities to religious figures. But its creators may have gotten more than they bargained for with two recent episodes that satirized the Prophet Muhammad -- one that elicited an ominous message from an Islamic group based in New York, and one that was censored by the cable network that shows it.

On April 14 Comedy Central broadcast the 200th episode of “South Park,” a cartoon that Trey Parker and Matt Stone have produced for that channel since 1997. In honor of the occasion, Mr. Parker and Mr. Stone populated the episode with nearly all the famous people their show has lampooned in its history, including celebrities like Tom Cruise and Barbra Streisand, as well as major religious figures, like Moses, Jesus and Buddha.

(Actually, South Park's latest episode featured Jesus Christ as a porn freak, according to Lachlan Markay at Newsbusters: “...in last night's episode Parker and Stone showed Buddha snorting cocaine, and vulgarly bickering with Jesus Christ, who, it is suggested, is a compulsive consumer of pornography. So while Comedy Central gave into demands the word Muhammed not even be mentioned, other prophets were portrayed in tremendously offensive ways.”)

Itzkoff continued:

Cognizant that Islam forbids the depiction of its holiest prophet, Mr. Stone and Mr. Parker showed their “South Park” characters agonizing over how to bring Muhammad to their fictional Colorado town. At first the character said to be Muhammad is confined to a U-Haul trailer, and is heard speaking but is not shown. Later in the episode the character is let out of the trailer, dressed in a bear costume.

The next day the “South Park” episode was criticized by the group Revolution Muslim in a post at its Web site, revolutionmuslim.com. The post, written by a member named Abu Talhah Al-Amrikee, said the episode “outright insulted” the prophet, adding: “We have to warn Matt and Trey that what they are doing is stupid, and they will probably wind up like Theo van Gogh for airing this show. This is not a threat, but a warning of the reality of what will likely happen to them.”

Mr. van Gogh, a Dutch filmmaker and a critic of religions including Islam, was killed by an Islamic militant in Amsterdam in 2004 after he made a film that discussed the abuse of Muslim women in some Islamic societies.

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...in 2006, when “South Park” wanted to weigh in on a controversy that erupted after Jyllands-Posten, a Danish newspaper, published cartoons satirizing Muhammad, it was not given the same latitude: a character said to be Muhammad was concealed behind a large black box labeled “CENSORED.” The measure was taken by the “South Park” producers partly at the insistence of Comedy Central, and partly as a commentary on the network’s policy of not allowing them to show the character, which the episode equated with giving in to the demands of extremists.

Yet while the Times respected the Muslim ban on images of Muhammad, it has no fear of dishonoring other religions.

In February 2006, after a Danish newspaper published cartoons mocking Muhammad, death threats were issued to the cartoonists and radical Muslims instigated rioting.

The Times not only failed to stick up for free speech by running the cartoons itself, it actually attacked news organizations that bravely did so, while pretending it was an issue of religious respect in an editorial:

That seems a reasonable choice for news organizations that usually refrain from gratuitous assaults on religious symbols, especially since the cartoons are so easy to describe in words.”

But that excuse was revealed as bogus the very next day, when the paper ran a photo of painter Chris Ofili's controversial painting of a dung-clotted Virgin Mary.

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John Harwood to Obama: Is Wall Street As 'Harmful' To Us as Big Tobacco?

New York Times writer and CNBC contributor John Harwood, in an interview aired on Thursday's Today show, pressed Barack Obama about the need to regulate Wall Street as he questioned the President if Americans needed to view them in the same way they view Big Tobacco as "companies whose core activities are harmful to the country?" Obama declined to make the comparison to the tobacco companies, but went on to insist Wall Street needed new rules to protect against "excess."

JOHN HARWOOD: Should average Americans think about big Wall Street institutions the way that some have come to think about tobacco companies, that is, companies whose core activities are harmful to the country?

BARACK OBAMA: No. We have to have a thriving financial sector. But, we also have to have basic rules of the road in place to make sure that investors, consumers, shareholders, the economy as a whole, are protected against excess. We have gotten into one of those places where we need to update those rules of the road, and if we do so, not only is that good for the economy, not only does it protect consumers and investors, it's also good for the financial sector.

Harwood did manage to ask Obama about contributions he received from Goldman Sachs and the fact that his former White House counsel is representing them as he pried: "In the 2008 campaign you got a lot of money, about $1 million, from employees of Goldman Sachs. Your former White House counsel Greg Craig is apparently going to represent Goldman Sachs. In light of this case, do either of those things embarrass you?"

However at the end of the segment Today co-anchor Meredith Vieira claimed Republicans were "warming up" to a financial reform bill and did the White House have "a sense" of "victory over this?" To which Harwood responded "Average Americans dislike Wall Street...so this is a case where public opinion's on the President's side. He was hitting Republicans over the head with that and they're finally coming to the table..." And just before signing off Harwood ominously warned higher middle class taxes could be on the way:

MEREDITH VIEIRA: You know Republicans are warming up to this reform bill where they were adamantly opposed to it before some revisions were introduced. Was there a sense at the White House of, of victory over this?

HARWOOD: I think so. Look this is an issue, unlike health care, where public opinion was divided. Average Americans dislike Wall Street, in many cases as much as they dislike Washington. So this is a case where public opinion's on the President's side. He was hitting Republicans over the head with that and they're finally coming to the table and looks like they're gonna make a deal pretty soon.

VIEIRA: And on a very different note, during your interview the President did not rule out the possibility of raising taxes on the middle class, something he has always opposed in the past. Was he sending up a trial balloon?

HARWOOD: Watch this story, Meredith. This is likely to be the biggest -- next big debate in American politics in 2011 because as the economy recovers, many on the President's team believe we need a serious assault on the deficit, and the amount of revenue that's needed can't all be gotten from the rich.

-- Geoffrey Dickens is the senior news analyst at the Media Research Center.

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Washington Post: Breaking News: Ariz. governor signs controversial immigration enforcement bill

News Alert: Ariz. governor signs controversial immigration enforcement bill
04:44 PM EDT Friday, April 23, 2010
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“We in Arizona have been more than patient waiting for Washington act. But decades of federal inaction and misguided policy have created an unacceptable situation,” she said. In a lengthy statement, Brewer declared the law would not lead to infractions of civil liberties, saying she would impose new training standards for police to guarantee as much. “I will not tolerate racial discrimination or racial profiling in Arizona,” Gov. Jan Brewer said.

For more information, visit washingtonpost.com:
http://link.email.washingtonpost.com/r/IKR2QE/9V7YV/94S5SQ/X7GZZC/MLRE2/N9/t

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Thursday, April 22, 2010

Carroll County MD Correctional Employees” Week Sunday May 2 – Saturday May 10, 2010

“Carroll County Correctional Employees” Week Sunday May 2 – Saturday May 10, 2010”

TOURS

On Saturday, May 10, 2010 the Carroll County Detention Center will be hosting an Open House for the general public between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. The Open House will include tours of the facility as well as light refreshments. This Open House is in conjunction with National Correctional Officer’s Week. National Correctional Officer’s Week is intended to recognize the many accomplishments of correctional officers and correctional employees. Tours will be limited to those persons eighteen-years-of-age and older with valid picture identification. The Detention Center reserves the right to deny anyone the opportunity to tour the facility.

CORRECTIONAL OFFICER AND

CORRECTIONAL EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR

We are proud to announce that DFC Kristy M. Kirk has been selected as the 2009 Correctional Officer of the Year for the Carroll County Detention Center. Officer Kirk has been employed with the Carroll County Detention Center since May 11, 2000 and is currently assigned to the Transportation Unit.
Officer Kirk is one of the senior officers assigned to the Transportation Unit. She has been identified by her supervisors as regularly performing duties beyond what is expected of her. She fills in for Home Detention when called upon, collects, and records work release funds as needed.

She often volunteers to assist with other aspects of the operation between transports. She is a hard working professional and is very knowledgeable about every aspect of her position. Kristy has a very friendly personality and is recognized by her peers as a team leader. Her superior efforts are to be commended and are worthy of this special recognition.

We are equally proud to announce that Correctional Specialist I Raymond Smith has been selected as the Carroll County Detention Center Civilian Employee of the Year for 2009. Ray has been employed with the Carroll County Detention Center since December 14, 2006 and is assigned to the Offender Diversion Unit within the Alternative Programs Bureau.

Ray has been described by his supervisors as always seeking to improve the processes being used within the Offender Diversion Unit. He is instrumental in examining how parole hearings are scheduled and has helped to streamline the process. The process now provides for quicker turn around time for parole hearings thereby helping to reduce the inmate population within the Carroll County detention Center. Ray is a seasoned professional and maintains a calm and confident attitude even under the most adverse working conditions. His efforts are to be commended and are worthy of special recognition.

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MRC Alert: MSNBC Suspends Donny Deutsch for Daring to Critique Olbermann, Did Nothing After Racially Tinged 'Coconut' Slu

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Tracking Liberal Media Bias Since 1996
Thursday April 22, 2010 @ 09:28 AM EDT

1. MSNBC Suspends Donny Deutsch for Daring to Critique Olbermann, Did Nothing After Racially Tinged 'Coconut' Slur
MSNBC on Wednesday suspended host Donny Deutsch in the wake of a segment on Tuesday about what role hosts such as Keith Olbermann and Ed Schultz play in making this country "America the angry." During the piece, Deutsch played a clip of an Olbermann rant and didn't defend Schultz when conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt attacked the "the biggest hate mongers in television." However, in February, when Deutsch dismissed Hispanic senatorial hopeful Marco Rubio as a "coconut," a term that the New York Times described as meaning "brown on the outside and white on the inside," MSNBC took no action.

2. CBS: 'Encouraging News,' GOP 'Changing Their Tone' on Dem Financial Reform Plan
Cheering some Republican support for Democratic financial reform legislation on Wednesday, CBS Early Show co-host Maggie Rodriguez declared: "encouraging news out of Washington, that after a week or so of attacking this financial bill that the Democrats are proposing to regulate Wall Street, Republicans are changing their tone and they seem to be wanting to come on board." On Tuesday, the Early Show had on disgraced ex-New York Governor Eliot Spitzer to discuss financial reform. Co-host Harry Smith introduced him as "the sheriff of Wall Street."

3. No Surprise: NY Times Readership Easily Most Liberal of Any 'Objective' News Outlet
A study on where people of different political persuasions get their news finds that the New York Times' readership is the most liberal of any cited news outlet that holds itself out as an “objective” news source: "Readers of the New York Times print edition are substantially more liberal than those of USA Today or the Wall Street Journal."

4. Video Compilation: The Media Crashing the Tea Party
Over the past year since its inception, the media have worked hard to discredit and denigrate the tea party movement. News organizations employed various strategies, from dismissing the protests as astroturf, to using derogatory nicknames for participants, and finally labeling it as a violent extremist fringe. In their futile attempt to get something to stick, the media have become increasingly desperate and irresponsible in their coverage. In the Media Research Center's special report, 'TV's Tea Party Travesty,' MRC Research Director Rich Noyes focused in on the slanted coverage of the tea parties by ABC, CBS, and NBC over the past year.

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EPA Regulation Video Contest Entry

AforP — April 20, 2010 — The EPA is holding a video contest asking citizens to explain why government regulations are a good thing, with the winner receiving $2,500. Here's AFP's entry. Do you think we'll win?

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20061104 Greatest movie line ever

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We can see November from our house

April 15, 2010

Hat Tip: Dawn Marie Jones and Obama mocks, we remember

April 15, 2010 09:24 PM by Michelle Malkin

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The Crashers: They came, they saw, they failed

April 15, 2010 09:56 PM by Michelle Malkin

“Tea Klanner:” The Left’s shameless new smear

April 15, 2010 03:50 PM by Michelle Malkin

How to spot and tag a Tea Party infiltrator

April 15, 2010 09:09 AM by Michelle Malkin

Denver radicals issue Tea Party crash call: “Cut loose and let these racist crackers know they are opposed.”

April 14, 2010 05:41 PM by Michelle Malkin

Alinsky’s Avenging Angels: Tea Party Saboteurs; Update: Crash the Tea Party founder faces two investigations; NH Dem denies crash plan

April 14, 2010 09:41 AM by Michelle Malkin

Crash course: Your illustrated guide to the Tea Party saboteurs

April 12, 2010 06:36 AM by Michelle Malkin

Desperate CNN: Hey, those Tea Party nuts aren’t so bad after all. Please, please tune in!

April 7, 2010 12:49 PM by Michelle Malkin

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Elections 2010, Words of wisdom, Politics Tea Party,

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The Painted Room Architectural Color Consultation by Jean Molesworth Kee

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architectural color consultation

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Jean Molesworth Kee is a certified architectural color consultant and has consulted on numerous projects throughout the greater metropolitan Washington, D.C. area over the past 10 years. Her clients include homeowners, interior designers, architects and developers.

Jean received her B.A. in American Studies/English from McDaniel College and graduated from the School of Color and Design Australia (SCDA) in Sydney.

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Carroll Community College opens three different art exhibits - by Erica Kritt

Carroll Community College opens three different art exhibits

Carroll County Times News Web site http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/

Monday, April 19, 2010 by Erica Kritt

http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/article_f8b7186a-4b69-11df-a8b1-001cc4c03286.html

Art took center stage Sunday at Carroll Community College as three art shows opened on campus.

Maggie Ball, visual arts department chairwoman of Carroll Community College, said this was the first time the school had three openings in one day.

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"Steven Dobbin: Reclamation, Variation II," opened in the Scott Center. His work features paint cans.

[…]

In the Great Hall of the college, the artist cooperative Off Track Art, which has gallery space in Westminster, displayed works with a train theme.

While some artists displayed sketches of train tracks, others did jewelry and paper cutouts.

"It challenged each of us to broaden our thinking," Mary Decker, one of the artists in the show, said.

Linda Van Hart, another member, said the Off Track Art exhibit was the center of the exhibitions, bridging the physical space between Dobbin's space and a gallery of student art.

The student art is being exhibited in the Langdon Gallery. Ball said that having the students in with the community artists and Dobbin gives them pride.

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Read Ms. Kritt’s entire article here: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/article_f8b7186a-4b69-11df-a8b1-001cc4c03286.html

20100419 CCC opens three different art exhibits - by Erica Kritt

http://kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/post/540197812/carroll-community-college-opens-three-different-art

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The Tentacle columnists

The Tentacle http://www.thetentacle.com/

BY COLUMNISTS:| John W. Ashbury | Steven R. Berryman | Bill Brosius | Chris Cavey | Joan McIntyre | Norman M. Covert | Kevin E. Dayhoff | Nick Diaz | Joe Charlebois | Patricia A. Kelly | Farrell Keough | Tom McLaughlin | Roy Meachum | Michael Kurtianyk | Derek Shackelford | Tony Soltero | Richard B. Weldon Jr.

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Carroll County MD receives bond bill money By Adam Bednar

Carroll receives bond bill money By Adam Bednar

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/04/carroll-county-md-receives-bond-bill.html

http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/article_29a853f2-490e-11df-868b-001cc4c002e0.html

Posted: Friday, April 16, 2010 By Adam Bednar, Times Staff Writer

Some state dollars are on the way to help pay for capital improvements in Carroll.

The General Assembly amended the state’s Capital Budget Bill to include $150,000 for the Carroll County Agriculture Center.

Sen. Larry Haines, R-District 5, said that he was happy the ag center is receiving state funding this year.

Both the House and Senate each funded $7.5 million in legislative projects for the 2010 session.

According to a list of bond bills being funded, the General Assembly reviewed more than $35 million in requests.

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The bond money will be used on capital improvements at the agricultural center, said Caroline Babylon, the center’s treasurer. However, the specific uses haven’t yet been decided by the center’s board, she said.

Carroll Hospital Center also was awarded $700,000 to help pay for creating extra space for Access Carroll on its campus. However, these funds were included in Gov. Martin O’Malley’s capital budget and were not considered a legislative project, said Sen. David Brinkley, R-District 4.

Read the entire article by Mr. Bednar here: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/news/local/article_29a853f2-490e-11df-868b-001cc4c002e0.html

20100416 Carroll receives bond bill money By Adam Bednar

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Legacy of the land: 250 years of agriculture in Carroll County, Maryland

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Caroline Glick: Hamas embraces Haaretz's star reporter

April 17, 2010

http://kevindayhoff.blogspot.com/2010/04/caroline-glick-hamas-embraces-haaretzs.html

Here is a link to a slobbering love fest interview of Haaretz's terrorist loving "reporter," Gideon Levy with none other than Hamas's website. Al Qassam, is the website of the Ezzedin al Qassam Brigades information office....

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As our grandmothers taught us, "A man is known by the company he keeps."

Nice paper that Haaretz is.

Read the rest of Caroline Glick's article here: http://www.carolineglick.com/e/2010/04/hamas-embraces-haaretzs-star-r.php

« The Haaretz Spy Scandal | Home | The strategic foundations of the US-Israel alliance »

This week in The Tentacle

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BY COLUMNISTS:| John W. Ashbury | Steven R. Berryman | Bill Brosius | Chris Cavey | Joan McIntyre | Norman M. Covert | Kevin E. Dayhoff | Nick Diaz | Joe Charlebois | Patricia A. Kelly | Farrell Keough | Tom McLaughlin | Roy Meachum | Michael Kurtianyk | Derek Shackelford | Tony Soltero | Richard B. Weldon Jr.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Judge Bell, a Witness to History

Kevin E. Dayhoff

Recently, on April 9, Robert M. Bell, chief judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals, was the featured speaker at the Carroll County National Association for The Advancement of Colored People Branch 7014 Freedom Fund Banquet.

Travel Snafus

Tom McLaughlin

Kuching, Malaysia – I did it again. I misread the airplane ticket and we missed the flight from Kuching to Kuala Lumpur. We had a connection to Banda Aceh and there was another flight in a few minutes, but I knew we have to run to make it.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Voters Don’t Always Mind the Media

Roy Meachum

Everything political is subject to analyzing to a fare-thee-well – and beyond. The very worst example that comes to mind is how Scott Brown’s election was a cruel and costly blow to the president.

So, what do we do?

Farrell Keough

Well sine die has passed and once again, our one party rule in Annapolis has won the day! In short, little of value got passed, but somehow more funding for programs and organizations damaging to Maryland slipped through.

Campaign Diary – Unintended Consequences

Michael Kurtianyk

I learned over the April 10-11 weekend what a ring cutter is. Some of you probably know, but I had not a clue. Believe me, it’s not something I keep around the house. I barely know the difference between a wing nut and a peanut. So let me tell you what happened.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Schon Genug Already

Roy Meachum

Richard Goldstone is a distinguished South African jurist, so distinguished he was asked by the United Nations to conduct an inquiry into what really happened when the Gaza Strip was invaded by Israel.

Campaign Diary – Testy Discussion

Michael Kurtianyk

Today was the day when the Board of County Commissioners met with the mayor and aldermen of Frederick City. I watched it this evening at home, and then re-watched it online later in the week, and it was great television.*

Friday, April 16, 2010

Some of My Best Friends

Roy Meachum

Some of my best friends had a rollicking time Thursday, speaking and ranting against Washington, the White House and the current resident. If you’re read my columns, I have made crystal clear my opinions on all three.

Don’t Let the Gas Pass

Joe Charlebois

The Environmental Protection Agency yesterday announced plans to further limit the release of toxic greenhouse gases in a press release entitled “A Summary of Current Threats to Global Air Quality and Recommendations to Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions.” The new summary provides guidelines and details future requirements.

Gwen Ifill: The Dreams

Kevin E. Dayhoff

These days, the only people who seem to care about race are the political hard right, left-wingers, and the media-elite who are pounding that narrative in order to appear relevant or desperately wanting to impugn critics of President Barack Obama.

2010 Election Candidates

John W. Ashbury

As a public service TheTentacle.com will publish every Friday the list of Candidates who have filed for the various elective offices which will appear on the ballot in the September Primary Election. If errors appear, please notify me at info@thetentacle.com.

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Families and Communication

Patricia A. Kelly

They say that children raised in front of video games will grow up missing the skill of reading body language. They say this will hinder their ability to pick up social cues, and, thus, their ability to communicate effectively.

Gwen Ifill: The Scars

Kevin E. Dayhoff

Last week a noted Public Broadcasting host spoke at Gettysburg College for about 25 minutes from prepared remarks and then took 16 questions from the audience for another half-an-hour on everything from her thoughts on the “Tea Party” movement, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, to the national debt.

A REVIEW – The Play with Three Authors

Roy Meachum

In a play Washington’s Shakespeare Theatre Company opened last weekend, the writer is publicized as the French tragedian Pierre Corneille; “The Liar” is listed as his only comedy. But Monsieur Corneille publicly proclaimed he had lifted the idea from Spanish-American Jose Ruiz de Alarcon.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Gwen Ifill: The Difficulties

Kevin E. Dayhoff

In the pursuit of gaining more insights into the caustic vagaries and vituperative whims of all things divided and bitter that is Washington these days, I attended a presentation recently by a distinguished Public Broadcasting Service journalist and left the building with more questions than answers.

A Volcanic Adventure…

Tom McLaughlin

Bandung, Java Island, Indonesia – “A sidewalk!” I cried. “A real sidewalk!” We were usually walking in the road next to roaring motorcycles and trucks, often able to kiss the driver or his partner on a bike with just a lean over and pucker. Getting excited over this red brick pathway may seem ridiculous until one has spent time dodging vehicles in most Indonesian cities.

A REVIEW – Wrong About “Phantom”

Roy Meachum

When “The Phantom of the Opera” first played before my reviewer’s eyes, some 25 years ago, at the Kennedy Center, it earned a negative notice. Looking at the show, opening night at Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre, I was shocked to find how wrong I was.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Right, But for Wrong Reason

Roy Meachum

In proclaiming April a Confederate history month without mentioning slavery, Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell was right, but for the wrong reason.

The Assault on Americanism

Nick Diaz

I often amaze my motorcycle-riding friends with my memory for facts, and my ability to put recent events in chronological order, and assign a certain event an approximate date.

Monday, April 12, 2010

Campaign Diary – Post Easter Weekend

Michael Kurtianyk

Our family typically drives up to New York to see my mom and my wife’s parents, all in Upstate New York. However, this year, due to my candidacy and real estate commitments, we stayed home. It was great to get caught up with work and reflect on a few things.

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