20060529 KDDC Westminster Memorial Day ceremonies pics

Pictures from Westminster Maryland's Memorial Day Ceremony at the Westminster Cemetery

May 29th, 2006

Thanks to "Uncle Ron" for some of the pictures.

20060530 KDDC Tales From Packaging Hell

Tales From Packaging Hell

Hopefully - as I grow older, kind younger adults will take an interest in my welfare, as I worry that I will starve to death trying to unpackage my food... Either that or power tools will continue to be miniaturized. What the world needs now is a small kitchen chainsaw for unpackaging electronics and food et. al., from the impenetrable plastic from hell.

From "Wired" news, please reads: "Tales From Packaging Hell."

One of the enjoyable paragraphs reads:

"The issue has become such a problem for customers that Consumer Reports in March issued its first-ever Oyster Awards, a tongue-in-cheek "honor" for the most
difficult-to-open packaging genres. Topping that list was the packaging that
electronics are most frequently found in, the PVC clamshell."

Hat tip: Dave Barry's Blog.

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20060530 KDDC Trouble at DiFi's Palace?

Trouble at Di’s Palace?

Hat Tip: Wonkette - "Dianne Feinstein Is Bad for the Environment"

Next time you hear Sen. Dianne Feinstein complain about rich Republicans and "tax breaks for the rich," think of this article from SFluxe. Seems that DiFi has run afoul of the city officials with her re-landscaping plans for her new but "modest," $16.5 million home.

Enjoy the pictures and read the article, here: "Trouble at Di’s Palace?"

The "story has a happy ending, afterall!"

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20060530 KDDC Lawmaker chews on legislation

Lawmaker chews on legislation

This may be the only thing we did NOT see in the last session of the Maryland General Assembly:

Hat Tip: Wonkette

Tuesday, May 30, 2006 Posted: 1620 GMT (0020 HKT)

TAPEI, Taiwan (Reuters) -- Pandemonium broke out in Taiwan's parliament
Tuesday when deputies attacked a woman colleague for snatching and trying to eat a proposal on opening direct transport links with China in a bid to stop a vote
on the issue.

Lawmakers of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) charged
toward the podium and protested noisily to prevent the review of an opposition
proposal seeking an end to decades-old curbs on direct air and shipping links
with China.

Amid the chaos, DPP deputy Wang Shu-hui snatched the written proposal
from an opposition legislator and shoved it into her mouth, television news
footage showed.

Wang later spat out the document and tore it up after opposition
lawmakers failed to get her to cough it up by pulling her hair.

During the melee, another DPP woman legislator, Chuang Ho-tzu, spat at
an opposition colleague.

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20060524 Columns on Frederick John Magsamen

Columns on Frederick John Magsamen

May 24^th, 2006

Westminster Eagle on May 24th, 2006:

“On Memorial Day, Westminster's own Freddy Magsamen is No. 11 in our hearts ” 05/24/06 - By Kevin E. Dayhoff:

“Next Monday, Carroll County will commemorate Memorial Day. The tradition of the Memorial Day parade and ceremony in Westminster began in 1868. That year, Mary Bostwick Shellman followed General ...”

Read the rest here:

http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpid=978&show=archivedetails&ArchiveID=1189178&om=1

The most comprehensive column on Freddy Magsamen is in the

Winchester Report on the Westminster Eagle Website:

“On Memorial Day, Freddy Magsamen is No. 11 in our hearts “

http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpID=978&NewsID=722063&CategoryID=18298&show=localnews&om=20

The Tentacle

http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41

May 24, 2006, “Lest We Forget!” Kevin E. Dayhoff

http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=1615

Monday is Memorial Day. It was almost 140 years ago that the tradition of setting aside a day to honor our country's fallen heroes began with Gen. John A. Logan's May 5th, 1868 General Order No. 11 to adorn the graves of Union soldiers with flowers.

Read the rest here.

Also, related:

“Carroll County Maryland Vietnam Memorial Park, Westminster ”

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Labels: Magsamen Frederick John, Military, Military Memorial Day, Military Veterans Day, People Carroll County, Vietnam, Winchester Report, Westminster Eagle, The Tentacle

20060524 Columns on Frederick John Magsamen

Columns on Frederick John Magsamen

May 24^th, 2006

Westminster Eagle on May 24th, 2006:

“On Memorial Day, Westminster's own Freddy Magsamen is No. 11 in our hearts ” 05/24/06 - By Kevin E. Dayhoff:

“Next Monday, Carroll County will commemorate Memorial Day. The tradition of the Memorial Day parade and ceremony in Westminster began in 1868. That year, Mary Bostwick Shellman followed General ...”

Read the rest here:

http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpid=978&show=archivedetails&ArchiveID=1189178&om=1

The most comprehensive column on Freddy Magsamen is in the

Winchester Report on the Westminster Eagle Website:

“On Memorial Day, Freddy Magsamen is No. 11 in our hearts “

http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpID=978&NewsID=722063&CategoryID=18298&show=localnews&om=20

The Tentacle

http://www.thetentacle.com/author.cfm?MyAuthor=41

May 24, 2006, “Lest We Forget!” Kevin E. Dayhoff

http://www.thetentacle.com/ShowArticle.cfm?mydocid=1615

Monday is Memorial Day. It was almost 140 years ago that the tradition of setting aside a day to honor our country's fallen heroes began with Gen. John A. Logan's May 5th, 1868 General Order No. 11 to adorn the graves of Union soldiers with flowers.

Read the rest here.

Also, related:

“Carroll County Maryland Vietnam Memorial Park, Westminster ”

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Labels: Magsamen Frederick John, Military, Military Memorial Day, Military Veterans Day, People Carroll County, Vietnam, Winchester Report, Westminster Eagle, The Tentacle

20060529 KDDC Westminster Memorial Day Pics

Westminster Maryland Memorial Day Pictures
by my brother-in-law, "Uncle Ron."
May 29, 2006

20060529 Westminster Memorial Day ceremonies pics

Pictures from Westminster Maryland's Memorial Day Ceremony at the Westminster Cemetery
May 29th, 2006

Thanks to "Uncle Ron" for some of the pictures.

www.kevindayhoff.net

Kevin Dayhoff: www.westgov.net Westminster Maryland Online www.westminstermarylandonline.net http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Art: www.kevindayhoff.com (http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/)

20060529 Westminster Memorial Day Pics by Uncle Ron

Westminster Maryland Memorial Day Pictures
by my brother-in-law, "Uncle Ron."
May 29, 2006

http://www.kevindayhoff.net/

Kevin Dayhoff: http://www.westgov.net/ Westminster Maryland Online http://www.westminstermarylandonline.net/ http://kevindayhoffwestgov-net.blogspot.com/

Kevin Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoff.com/ (http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/)