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Letter writer Raymond Hoff bemoans what he calls UMBC's "doomsday" budget, which is really a "live within your means" budget ("UMBC excellence imperiled by 'doomsday,'" April 23). Mr. Hoff complains that UMBC faculty and staff have not had a cost-of-living increase in three years. But he should be happy to still have a job - a luxury not available to legions of unemployed Marylanders, some of whom have been unemployed for three years. He talks about academics who have moved out of the state and the difficulty of hiring replacements for them.

The stage goes dark. A single spotlight illuminates the drum set. Gina Schock, barely visible behind the bass drum, pounds out a tribal tattoo. Another spotlight, in front of the drums: Bass player Abby Travis, head bobbing in time, plays off the rhythm with a two-note bass figure. As the figure repeats, new spots light up Jane Wiedlin and Charlotte Caffey, who punctuate it with an exclamation point, Ramones-style: “Hey!” The guitars come crashing in, and Belinda Carlisle floats to center stage to add her tremulous warble: “Go - Get up and go!

On April 30, 2003, WILBUR C.; beloved husband of Marguerite Wolf; devoted father of Margaret Wolf, Doris Smith and her husband Thomas. Friends may call at the family owned Bruzdzinski Funeral Home, P.A. , 1407 Old Eastern Avenue, Essex at Rt 702 (beltway exit 36), on Friday, from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 P.M. Funeral services on Saturday at 11 A.M. Interment Holly Hill Memorial Gardens.

Like the proverbial "wolf in sheep's clothing," a Texas energy company is promoting a massive Eastern Shore wind farm as an environmentally friendly "green" project ("Eastern Shore wind project confronts eagles, Navy," April 29). In reality, this project will kill large numbers of birds, such as bald eagles and ospreys, which are attracted to the lights necessary for aircraft safety at night. Why do our politicians fall for these projects that are supposed to improve the economy?

Suddenly on October 17, 2004 in Austin, TX, MICHAEL WOLF, age 45, formerly of Arbutus, devoted husband of Phyllis J. Wolf; beloved son of Albert and Mary Wolf and the late Mary Germaine Wolf; also surviving are sisters Jacqueline and Charles Douglas of St. Joseph, MO, Cheryl and Jay Hammond of Hampstead, MD, Cheryl and Douglas Wahl of Hampstead, MD, Catherine L. Reda of Westminster and Cynthia and Kenneth Davis of Sykesville, MD and fifteen nieces and...

On February 10, 2004, EVELYN M. WOLF (nee Taylor) loving mother of Pat Hall and Kathy Smith, dear sister of Lorraine Ochab and cherished grandmother of Melissa Hall. Funeral services will be held at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk Inc., 7922 Wise Avenue Saturday at 10 A.M. Interment Dulaney Valley Cemetery. Friends may call on Thursday and Friday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M.

On December 28, 2003, BARBARA L. WOLF beloved wife of the late Harry Wolf, loving mother of Wanda, Janell, Mark and Kim, loving grandmother of Michael, Tony, Jennie, Angie, Jami, Stacey, and Barbie, also survived by seven great-grandchildren, loving sister of Janet McCready, Delores Vaughan, and the late Adele Briscoe. Relatives and friends may call at the family owned Ambrose Funeral Home, Inc., 1328 Sulphur Spring Road, Arbutus on Thursday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P. M where a funeral service will be held Friday at 10:30 A.M. Interment following at Glen Heaven Memorial Park.

On May 4, 2004, MARY FISHMAN WOLF (nee Polachek), beloved wife of the late Dr. I. Frank Fishman and Samuel Wolf, beloved mother of Ed Fishman of Baltimore, MD and Stephany Cousins of Bethany, CT, loving grandmother of Fred Opper, Carolyn Schlenger, Elizabeth Fishman and Rabbi John Fishman. Also survived by four great-grandchildren. Services at SOL LEVINSON & BROS. INC., 8900 Reisterstown Rd., at Mt. Wilson Ln., on Wednesday, May 5, at 10 A.M. Interment Baltimore Hebrew Cemetery, Berrymans Lane.

On June 30, 2004, JAMES W. WOLF SR., beloved husband of Gladys "Midge" Ruth Wolf (nee Harvath), devoted father of James W. Wolf Jr., Tammy L. Hall, John J. Wolf, Edith L. Lee. Susan A. Wolf, Cheryl A. Wolf and Manfred Rasquin. Also survived by 18 grandchildren, one great-grandchild and brother of Leonard Wolf. Friends are invited to call at the Burgee-Henss-Seitz Funeral Home Inc., 3631 Falls Road on Friday from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Services on Saturday at 10 A.M.

On Sunday, November 30, 2008, RITA I. (nee Imhof) WOLF; beloved wife of the late Wilmer J. Wolf; mother of Wilmer J. Wolf of San Diego, CA; Mary Ann Wolf of Baltimore; beloved grandmother of Katie Backof and Suesyn Lauer and great-grandmother of Ginger, Dominic and Justin. Donations in her memory can be made to Gilchrist Hospice Care, 555 W. Towsontown Boulevard, Towson, MD, 21204.

The Charles J. Busta III lecture series at Notre Dame presents " Cindy Wolf : Mixing Business with Culinary Pleasure" on April 23. Wolf, two-time finalist for the James Beard Foundation award for Best Chef in the mid-Atlantic region, is a partner in Foreman Wolf, which owns and operates Charleston , Petit Louis , Pazo , Cinghiale and Johnny's . The Cindy Wolf lecture is 7 p.m. on April 23 at Notre Dame of Maryland University's...

Chef Cindy Wolf has the recipe that helped create several of Baltimore's top restaurants and she's willing to share it. Wolf will speak April 23 at Notre Dame of Maryland University, a talk that's open to the public. They're calling it: "Cindy Wolf: Mixing Business with Culinary Pleasure. " Wolf, half of the formidable Foreman Wolf partnership, helped create Baltimore restaurants including Charleston, Petit Louis and Pazo. She's twice been a finalist for the James Beard Foundation's best mid-Atlantic chef award.

I was delighted to read that the new pope chose for himself the name of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals ("Pope Francis' calling," March 15). Both Catholic and Anglican churches hold ceremonies blessing animals on his feast day Oct. 4. On one of his walks through nature, Francis reportedly preached to the birds, and he is often portrayed with a bird in his hand. On another occasion, Francis concluded a pact with a ferocious wolf that was terrorizing local town folk.

Helen B. Wolfe, an outspoken advocate of women's rights who also had been a member of the faculty of McDaniel College for more than a decade, died March 5 from cancer at Carroll Hospice Center's Dove House in Westminster. She was 79. With a head of thick white hair, flashing porcelain-blue eyes and an outsized personality, Dr. Wolfe made an instant and lasting impression on those she met, friends said. "When she came to the college, she had already had a distinguished career and in that sense showed a lot of the younger women the variety of roles she had undertaken," said Joan Develin Coley, who retired as president of McDaniel College in 2010.

The James Beard Foundation announced the list of restaurant and chef semifinalists for the 2013 James Beard Foundation Awards. Cindy Wolf of Charleston and Spike Gjerde of Woodberry Kitchen are among the 20 semifinalists for Best Chef Mid Atlantic, one of 10 regional categories. Both chefs have made the semifinalists list before. Bryan Voltaggio, who has previously been among the Mid Atlantic semi-finalists, was not included this year. The five finalists in each category will be announced on March 18 and the winners will be announced on May 6. Among Baltimore chefs, only Wolf has made it to the finalist round, twice, in 2006 and 2008.

Foreman Wolf wants Johnny's to be an everyday destination for the folks of Roland Park, a place they can show up at, on a whim, for breakfast, lunch or dinner. And they have been. Johnny's is the fifth restaurant from Baltimore restaurateurs Tony Foreman and Cindy Wolf. The hits from Foreman Wolf, as their company is known, just keep on coming - Charleston, Pazo, Cinghiale and Petit Louis, which is Johnny's neighbor in the Roland Park Shopping Center. And Johnny's sure is good looking.

What was up with the dialogue tonight? With lines like "You finally became the wolf" and "Sorry my daughter, this is what it means to be a wolf," I found it hard to take this episode seriously. Aside from presenting some of the worst acting to date, "Child of the Moon" went into more detail about Red's wolf past, which I thought was a good thing. What's not to love about werewolves? From mouse to man to cadaver For those that need a quick refresher: Last season, "Once" put a huge spin on the Little Red Riding Hood story by making Red and the wolf the same person.

Veteran left-hander Randy Wolf, who appeared in five games with the Orioles at the end of this season, will have Tommy John surgery on his left elbow next week and will miss all of 2013. The 36-year-old said in an email Tuesday that this does not mean his career is over. “I won't be able to pitch until 2014, and yes, I will pitch in 2014,” Wolf wrote. Dr. Lewis Yocum, the Los Angeles Angels team doctor who performed the same procedure on Wolf in 2005, will operate on him Oct. 30 in Los Angeles, Wolf said.