Showing posts with label #amwriting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #amwriting. Show all posts

Monday, November 16, 2015

#Amwriting - Holly Holms upsets Ronda Rousey in Melbourne Australia for world women’s bantamweight title



#Amwriting - Holly Holms upsets Ronda Rousey in Melbourne Australia for world women’s bantamweight title

Nov. 15, 2015 8 a.m. Very early Sunday morning reading and the search for meaning in life on Twitter by Kevin E. Dayhoff



If I knew that I was going to lay in bed wide awake for several hours, I would have gotten dressed and gone to church.

I stayed-up late last night and yet did not finish my writing assignment. I’ll get to it later this afternoon, after a short nap.  

This morning I quickly fell into a rabbit-hole on Facebook. As I planned my escape, I smiled when a colleague said it best, “If your faith is so shaky that you need a disposable coffee cup to validate it that probably says more about you than about Starbucks.”

After this scary encounter with the slippery slope of my search for a deeper meaning in life I turned to a Washington Post story about Ronda Rousey: “How Holly Holm stunned Ronda Rousey and what’s next for the fighters,” By Cindy Boren November 15, 2015 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2015/11/15/how-holly-holm-stunned-ronda-rousey-and-whats-next-for-the-fighters/?tid=sm_tw

This came right after I deftly swung around a quote about the life and times of newspaper writers; according to Melvin Mencher’s student edition of “News writing and reporting,” “When a good newspaperman dies, a lot of people are sorry, and some of them remember him for several days.”

Okay, moving right along folks, there is nothing to see here.

Although I do not follow sports per se, I like to read sports articles. I mean, I like to read all good writing, whether I know anything about the subject or not - - or agree with the writer or disagree. But I have two secrete passions, sports writing and the writing tributes, bios and obituaries – the ‘dead beat.’ I am forever intrigued by what makes folks tick. What is the story behind the story as to what motivated people to complicated arena of accomplishment.

Yes, the vagaries and violations of cops courts and crimes can be fun for a writer with a flair for story-telling ‘in cold blood;’ as long as you can avoid being totally creeped-out by some of the subject manner and seedy, grimy characters… That’s where I learned to love the value of Lysol wipes on crime scenes.

However writing about sports – and its twin separated at birth, local government, is catnip for a frustrated short story writer that toils away with a lust for deeper meaning while shackled with the news medium shallow hook-up version of a battery-powered typewriter.

A quote by the actor Jason Sudeikis when he was hired as a writer for “Saturday Night Live,” comes to mind; “… like winning a gold in the triple jump when you consider yourself a long jumper.”

I have boxes and boxes of unrefined and unpublished short stories, but eek-out a living writing for the newspaper. A job that I love by the way. But nevertheless I live with the tension I feel when life – and my job get in the way of art and writing short stories – and running. (That’s another story for another time.)

Sports writers often have a certain “je ne sais pas,” - a certain flair that alludes me when writing history, community events and local government and such matters married to words without pictures. Although, writing about local small government can have some intrigue and drama to it that you simply cannot make up. There is an allowance for analysis and commentary that sports writers utilize with impunity.

So, if it were not for the Washington Post, I would have no clue about the career and machinations of Ronda Rousey. And not just that “Vin Diesel says Ronda Rousey is teaching his 7-year-old daughter to be a ‘beast.’

For those of us who are already sick of national politics before the 2016 presidential contest even began, this is a commentary on mixed martial arts that is a fun read.

According to Washington Post writer Marissa Payne on October 22, 2015; “Vin Diesel and Ronda Rousey are teaming up, but not to make another “Fast & Furious” film. Instead, the actor’s tapped “Auntie Ronda” to train his 7-year-old daughter Hania Riley in the ways of being a “beast.” The point isn’t to get young Hania to become a future UFC women’s bantamweight champion like Rousey, but to ward off any unwanted future suitors….”

Yes, sports fans, it is a big unknown world out there. Who knew? To peer a step further into the looking glass of this world click here: https://twitter.com/RondaRousey and https://www.instagram.com/p/-DMAcAhESQ/ - NSFW - https://www.instagram.com/rondarousey/ and here: https://twitter.com/search?q=rousey%20knockout&src=tyah

For those following along with the home edition of my mindless meanderings; late Saturday night, Nov. 14, 2015. “Holly Holm stun[ed] Ronda Rousey with 2nd-round knockout,” in their UFC world bantamweight championship match in Melbourne, Australia.

Not to worry. I also had to look-up the term, ‘UFC,’ – ultimate fighting championship, and ‘MMA’ – mixed martial arts. According to the “UFC” Facebook page, “Ultimate Fighting Championship is the world's leading mixed martial arts organization. Over the past decade, with the help of state athletic commissions throughout the United States, UFC has morphed itself from a spectacle into a highly respected sports organization. Major fights between world-renowned mixed martial arts superstars have become some of the most popular sporting events of the year, surpassing pay-per-view records previously held by boxing and professional wrestling. Sports fans have made their voices heard - they want reality when they watch sports, and UFC is clearly ‘AS REAL AS IT GETS!’”

The Los Angeles Times, a paper owned by Tribune, which also owns my paper, the Baltimore Sun, carried a story on November 14 and 15, 2015, by Todd Martin, “UFC 193 complete results: Holly Holm stuns Ronda Rousey,” which explained, “UFC193 takes place Saturday night in the United States, emanating from Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.

“The event is expected to draw over 50,000 fans and set the UFC's live attendance record. Headlining the event is the undefeated UFC women's bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey defending her title against undefeated former boxing world champion Holly Holm. Rousey has become the sport's biggest star and a breakthrough mainstream celebrity. In the co-feature, the other UFC women's champion, strawweight queen Joanna Jedrzejczyk defends her title against Valerie Letourneau. Rousey and Jedrzejczyk are heavy betting favorites….”

According to a number of media sources, including a national news brief on the Washington Post website, “Ronda Rousey was the UFC’s unstoppable force until Holly Holm used the former champion’s aggression against her to produce one of the sport’s biggest upsets.

“Rousey chased Holm around the ring at UFC 193 on Sunday — looking for the right hold and taking head shots along the way — until Holm saw an opening 59 seconds into the second round and snapped a kick to the head that immediately dropped her more fancied opponent to the canvas.

“Holm (10-0) jumped on the prone Rousey, delivering several blows to her head before the referee intervened, ending Rousey’s 12-fight unbeaten run and handing Holm the bantamweight title.”

See more video here: “Holly Holm KOs Ronda Rousey to win women's bantamweight title,” http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=14133786

Meanwhile, according to Washington Post writer Cindy Boren, “…. Rousey ran into a buzzsaw of a boxer who left the sport for MMA, one who kept Rousey on her heels and rocking her with blows. A left kick to Rousey’s chin sent her to the floor of the Octagon and the fight was over. Rousey did not speak after the fight; she was taken to a local hospital, where she was kept overnight and was to have plastic surgery for a deep cut on her lip. Her camp said she had not suffered a concussion in the loss.

“It was a stunning upset, with Rousey coming in talking about when she won, not if. No one gave Holm much of a chance, but her height and reach, as well as her boxing experience, were clear advantages. She was 33-2-3 as a boxer and 2-1 as a pro kickboxer, with an overall fighting record of 44-3-3. But this was only her third UFC fight.” Read more here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2015/11/15/how-holly-holm-stunned-ronda-rousey-and-whats-next-for-the-fighters/?tid=sm_tw

Related, please see: “Holly Holm KOs Ronda Rousey to win women's bantamweight title,” http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=14133786 and “How Holly Holm stunned Ronda Rousey and what’s next for the fighters,” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2015/11/15/how-holly-holm-stunned-ronda-rousey-and-whats-next-for-the-fighters/?tid=sm_tw. And a story in the Los Angeles Times, “UFC 193 complete results: Holly Holm stuns Ronda Rousey,” http://www.latimes.com/sports/boxing/la-sp-sn-ufc-193-live-updates-ronda-rousey-vs-holly-holm-20151114-story.html

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Westminster's long history of meeting demands for green space [Eagle Archives]

Nov. 14 5k honors memory of Terry Burk and Sam Case [Eagle Archives]

November 6, 2015 by Kevin E. Dayhoff


On Nov. 14, the Westminster Road Runners Club and Westminster City Department of Recreation and Parks will sponsor the annual Terry Burk Sam Case 5K on the Wakefield Valley Trail — better known to older local runners as the Terry Burk Trail.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the tragic death of Burk, a popular runner and the second generation owner of a family candy store, the Treat Shop in Westminster.

Burk was struck by a car and killed while jogging with friends on Route 97 at Kalten Road on Aug. 10, 1995. He was only 48 years old.

Sam Case was among the original members of the Westminster Road Runners Club… http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-archives-green-space-20151104-story.html




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Saturday, November 14, 2015

Nov. 14 5k honors memory of Terry Burk and Sam Case [Eagle Archives]



Westminster's long history of meeting demands for green space [Eagle Archives]

Nov. 14 5k honors memory of Terry Burk and Sam Case [Eagle Archives]

November 6, 2015 by Kevin E. Dayhoff


On Nov. 14, the Westminster Road Runners Club and Westminster City Department of Recreation and Parks will sponsor the annual Terry Burk Sam Case 5K on the Wakefield Valley Trail — better known to older local runners as the Terry Burk Trail.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the tragic death of Burk, a popular runner and the second generation owner of a family candy store, the Treat Shop in Westminster.

Burk was struck by a car and killed while jogging with friends on Route 97 at Kalten Road on Aug. 10, 1995. He was only 48 years old.

Sam Case was among the original members of the Westminster Road Runners Club… http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/carroll/westminster/ph-ce-archives-green-space-20151104-story.html





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Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:
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Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/

E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com

My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/


See also - Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art, artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists and journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maiorem Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson: “That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!” - See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf
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Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Some reflections upon Md. Gov. Marvin Mandel

Md. Gov. Marvin Mandel passed away on Aug. 30, 2015


I was out of town when Md. Gov. Marvin Mandel, 1969-1979, passed away on Sunday August 30, 2015. His passing made me quite sad. He is arguably one of the most influential Maryland elected officials of the 20th Century. And he was one of the first statewide Maryland politicians that I got to meet and interact with and he made quite a good first impression – that was a lasting impression.

An article in the Baltimore Sun on August 31, 2015, “Former Gov. Marvin Mandel dies,” by Michael Dresser and Colin Campbell, explained, “Former Gov. Marvin Mandel, who won acclaim during two tumultuous terms in the State House as one of Maryland's most effective chief executives only to be forced from power on corruption charges in 1977, died Sunday afternoon, his family said. He was 95.”

It is under-reported was that “in 1988 the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that threw out the mail fraud and racketeering convictions of Mr. Mandel and his five co-defendants in the case…” according to the August 31, 2015 article in the Baltimore Sun.

Also, for the most part under-reported, Gov. Mandel was also a pioneering civil rights leader who advocated opening opportunities for qualified women and African-American leaders.

He also pioneered the University of Md. Medical Center shock trauma system and worked hard on health care issues...

Above please find one of the last pictures of me and Gov. Mandel taken November 1, 2011, at the annual Maryland Municipal League fall conference at the Hyatt resort in Cambridge, Md.

Although I no longer remember the particulars, I first met the governor in the early to mid-1970s. He was very approachable, accessible and it was nice to talk with him. He was engaging almost to the point of mesmerizing.

Although I was a student of political science and government of the time, I oddly met him by happenstance on a trip to Annapolis looking for information about my cousin, Del. Wilbur Magin, 1959-1966, and my distant great Uncle, Gov. Warfield, 1904-1908.

Although we did talk about Gov. Warfield and Del Magin; much of our conversation was about a bridge construction matter. Go figure…

I was working steel and concrete pans on bridges at the time. For example I worked on the Francis Scott Key Bridge that spanned the outer Baltimore harbor in, I believe 1974?

I no longer remember if it was on the Francis Scott Key Bridge or not; but we had an issue that involved structural steel girders being delivered to bridge sites with the suds already welded on to the beams. This made it difficult – if not dangerous, to walk around and negotiate while working the bridge structural beams several stories off the ground.

He listened and cared and subsequently, under his watch, the problem was solved.

I subsequently met him several times while I was in office as a Westminster elected official, 1999-2005. He was always warm, eager to talk about my distant relatives who had served as Maryland elected officials and he loved to talk about the history of Maryland government.

Years later, in 2011, he still remembered the conversation and that I was related to Gov. Warfield and Del. Magin. I found this absolutely extraordinary. You simply cannot make something like that up.

The Baltimore Sun article best explained Gov. Mandel’s ascension to the Md. Statehouse in 1969, “Mr. Mandel was selected overwhelmingly for the governorship by the legislature in 1969 to succeed Spiro T. Agnew, who had resigned to become Richard M. Nixon's vice president. At the time the state had no lieutenant governor, and as the speaker of the House of Delegates, Mandel had the inside line to succeed Agnew. Mr. Mandel served in the House for 16 years before his peers selected him to be governor…”

Many will agree with the Baltimore Sun August 31, 2015 article, “Beginning as an accidental governor chosen by the legislature, Mandel, a Baltimore native, quickly established himself as a formidable statewide politician. Twice he was elected governor by thumping margins, and he used those mandates to bring about a sweeping modernization of state government…”

Of his many accomplishments, Gov. Mandel is considered the architect of modern government in Maryland. Under his watch, state government was re-structured and modernized and made into what it is today as a cabinet form of government.

According to the August 31, 2015 Baltimore Sun article, “Mr. Mandel served in the House for 16 years before his peers selected him to be governor. During the 1969 and 1970 legislative sessions, the General Assembly adopted 93 of the 95 measures sponsored by the Mandel administration.

“The governor's legislative program included eight constitutional amendments —including reform of the state's court system — and legislation reorganizing the executive department's 248 agencies and departments into 11 departments headed by Cabinet-level secretaries. Maryland thus became one of the few states at that time to adopt the Cabinet system…”

Writing for Maryland Reporter.com, Len Lazarick and Cynthia Prairie wrote on Monday, August 31, 2015:

Former Gov. Marvin Mandel died Sunday, ending a remarkable life that made him one of the most influential Maryland governors of the past century and one of the most colorful, with personal drama providing flourishes to his large public accomplishments.

MARVIN MANDEL DIES: Michael Dresser and Colin Campbell are reporting that former Gov.

 Marvin Mandel, who won acclaim during two tumultuous terms in the State House  as one of Maryland's most effective chief executives only to be forced from power on corruption charges in 1977, died Sunday afternoon, his family said.

If you live long enough in politics, all may not be forgiven, but most is forgotten, and if you're lucky, only the good stuff is remembered, MarylandReporter.com wrote in May. That's certainly true of Mandel, who turned 95 in April and was feted at a birthday celebration that was an old-timers reunion for a man who left office 36 years ago. It's nice to be able to hear your eulogies before you pass away.

Mandel had heart ailments and died in St. Mary's County, a son said. Bart Barnes of the Post writes that in January 1969, Mandel, then speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates, was elected governor by the state legislature to serve the remaining two years of the governorship of Spiro T. Agnew, who resigned to become Richard Nixon's vice president.

Mandel died after spending two days with family while celebrating his son's 50th birthday, according to a statement from his family. The Annapolis Capital is reporting that Gov. Larry Hogan on Sunday night ordered flags to fly at half-staff in honor of Mandel.

Bryan Sears of the Daily Record quotes a statement from Mandel's son Paul Dorsey: "Governor Mandel was a great governor but more importantly a great father and grandfather. He spent his final weekend with family in St. Mary's County eating crabs and enjoying the beautiful scenery that St. Mary's has to offer. He lived life to the fullest."


Md. Comptroller Peter Franchot said August 31, 2015, ““Marvin Mandel is a monumental figure in the history of our great state, and more importantly, he was fundamentally a good man and public servant. As a Marylander and as Comptroller, I will forever be grateful for his determination as governor to modernize and streamline state government operations which earned national renown and were vital to Maryland's longstanding reputation for sound fiscal stewardship.

“On a personal note, I will always treasure his gestures of friendship, whether it was spending an afternoon in my office discussing World War II with my father, offering sage advice, or sharing one of his patented stories from days gone by. It is with deep affection and admiration that Anne and I extend our love and prayers to his family during this sad time.”

On August 31, 2015, U.S. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski (D-Md.) said, “I extend my heartfelt condolences to Governor Mandel’s family on the death of this respected and forward-looking leader for Maryland.

“Governor Mandel was a brilliant administrator who was rightly proud of his extraordinary legacy of modernizing and reorganizing Maryland state government. He will also be remembered for his many other innovative initiatives, including reducing the burden of school construction costs on counties, and helping to build subway systems in both Baltimore and the metro areas around D.C.

“Governor Mandel lived a full and accomplished life, and I join with many across Maryland in mourning his passing.”

On September 4, 2015, Maryland Reporter.com reported, “MANDEL'S LIFE HONORED AT FUNERAL: To those who followed him into the Maryland governor's mansion, Marvin Mandel was a wise and generous advisor, regardless of their party affiliation. To the past and present officeholders who gathered for his funeral in Baltimore County on Thursday, he was a master vote-counter and coalition-builder, writes Jean Marbella for the Sun. And to his family? Mandel was a garment-cutter's son and first in his family to go to college, and a father and grandfather so devoted to his Maryland Terps that he once bit through the stem of his pipe during a particularly stressful game.

Josh Hicks of the Post reports that amid many eulogies on Thursday praising former Maryland governor Marvin Mandel as a political giant, his eldest son reminded mourners that his father was also an adored and dedicated family man. "There was life before Annapolis," Gary Mandel said to the crowd gathered at Sol Levinson & Bros. Funeral Home in Pikesville. "I want everyone to know that he was more than just a politician."

The AP's Brian Witte, in a piece in the Daily Record, writes that  former U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume, who also once headed the NAACP, described Mandel as "a stalwart in the storm. ... Small in stature, but big in belief, he played as hard as anyone until the clock on the scoreboard ran out."

In an op-ed for the Sun, retired federal Judge Alexander Williams writes extensively about Mandel's civil rights record. As governor, he is lauded with appointing a number of "firsts" including Joseph Sommerville as the first black sheriff for St. Mary's County and Benjamin King as the first black member to the State Board of Certified Public Accountants.


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E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com

My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/


See also - Kevin Earl Dayhoff Art www.kevindayhoff.com: Travel, art, artists, authors, books, newspapers, media, writers and writing, journalists and journalism, reporters and reporting, music, culture, opera... Ad maiorem Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem. “Deadline U.S.A.” 1952. Ed Hutcheson: “That's the press, baby. The press! And there's nothing you can do about it. Nothing!” - See more at: http://kevindayhoffart.blogspot.com/#sthash.4HNLwtfd.dpuf
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