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Apple faces fine and temporary closure in Italy for not offering free two-year warranty
While Apple might be scoring major legal victories against Samsung in the U.S., authorities in Italy are threatening to impose a 300,000 euro fine and temporary closure of local operations if Apple doesn't offer a free two-year warranty on iPads, iPhones, and other products.
The Autorità garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM, or the Guarantor Authority for Competition and Market) enforces the law which requires retailers to offer a free two-year warranty on electronics. Apple has already sucked up 900,000 euros in fines for not telling customers about their right to a free second, and instead try to up-sell them with the extended warranty. Even after that fine months ago, Apple hasn't changed their tune, and now the AGCM is threatening a closure of Apple operations in Italy for up to 30 days. In response, an Apple spokesperson has simply said "We have introduced a number of measures to address the Italian competition authority concerns and we disagree with their latest complaint."
This is vaguely reminiscent of what was going on in Australia and Apple's marketing of the new iPad as 4G (despite it being incompatible with LTE networks). It's a given that Apple will fight government impositions that could limit their profitability, but there comes a point where it's hard to argue with the lawmakers. It's great that Italy's government has consumer interests at the forefront, and that they're willing to protect them even if it's at the cost of Apple's goodwill. It's worth noting that Apple's customer care tends to be above and beyond what you normally get from electronics manufacturers, so I could see how the costs associated with that care might not allow Apple to offer basic warranty beyond the first year.
Any Italian readers in the house? How have you found Apple care? Has the lack of two-year warranty really stung? Those of you elsewhere, wouldn't it be nice if we got a two-year warranty without having to pay more?
Source: Reuters
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Sure it would be great if we could have two-years warranty worldwide and without presenting any purchase proof, only our authentic Apple's hardware. You are so great, so just do it Apple!
I've never had to show proof of purchase to get any of my Apple devices fixed/replaced over the years.
Give Italy what it wants and then markup all the accessaries
to make up for the added cost. Government shouldn't mess with
free enterprise, the customer always loses.
On the surface, yes, that makes sense. *BUT* can you and I say "Let's make our own phones with a built-in two year contract to compete?" All these patents, and liscensing make the cost of entry too high for a "garage startup", so Apple, Google (Android, as search can get competition), Microsoft, and RIM aren't in the "free market". So the government would be right in getting in the way here.
My 2 cents (shortened since this isn't a political blog).
I'll also add that Sprint, AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile wouldn't have competition without the government. MetroPCS, Cricket, and so on are only there because the government said "We gave you (the big 4) tax breaks to expand, and you guys padded your wallets, so you have to allow 3rd parties in" or something like that.
Apple does offer the two year warranty. It's the law there. The conflict is over whether Apple tells anyone about it and still advertises apple care as if it's just one year.
I suppose the issue is does paying for applecare offer more than what Italy requires in a basic warranty. I also don't know if this is applecare PLUS which also is a type of insurance.
Similar issue in Australia. They get away with AppleCare because it has phone support, the extended warranty part of it is very line-ball.
Maybe the Italians should be aware of their own laws before buying something they don't need.
It's the consumers responsibility to be informed. If you buy something you don't need because you didn't do your homework that isn't Apples fault, it's yours. Of course I do believe that Apple should be honest about it's intentions and inform the consumer (even though they should already know) that they already have a 2 year warranty!
I don't see in this case why the customer should have to be informed if it's the law that companies are legally required to do this.
It's the law = DO IT.
all I can say it may it happen
I am European and the two year warranty is the law in all of the EU. Italy is just enforcing a European directive regarding the two year warranty just like all other European countries do.
Furthermore Italy and most of the EU countries are very focused on consumers and consumer rights, and as an EU citizen this suits me fine. And all it requires it proof of purchase. :)
FYI I own several Apple products and have been lucky enough not to ever need any Apple support over the years.
I am Italian.
The problem is that, according to the EU, the warranty on electronic products IS two years. Everytime you buy an apple product the clerk suggests you to buy the Apple Care services claiming that the warranty only lasts one year. That is false advertising. Moreover if your product is more than one year old (but less than two) at the Apple Stores they try to make you pay for the repairs. Again, you are paying for something that you have already paid for when you bough the product.
That said, Apple customer service is probably the best on the market but that doesn't mean thay can lie to unaware customers (wich are the majority) to break a EU law.
I'm italian, no, here now Apple didn't get you 2 years of warrenty even thought it's compulsory. and Infact Apple products costs 30€ more than in other EU countries.
Italy's warranty programs are among the worst in the world. I know--because my parents always complain about trying to get appliances repaired. Many repair providers either don't have the tools/parts or expertise to repair them. Personally, I purchased a couple of defective shirts from one of their retail stores and couldn't exchange them because the package was already opened--store policy. The Italians are good at making non-Italian companies provide the type of services/warranties that their own will never provide. Besides, it knows Apple is an American company that should be taken advantage of--at all costs. For my Italian friends--ma quanto siete furbi!!
Oui je suis d'accord avec la garantie de 2 ans


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Specifications published on low power consumption radio technology
ETSI has published the first Technical Specification (TS 102 939-1) on DECT ULE (Ultra Low Energy), which is intended for home automation and other M2M applications.
ETSI has published the first Technical Specification (TS 102 939-1) on DECT ULE (Ultra Low Energy), a low power consumption radio technology intended for home automation and other Machine-to-Machine (M2M) applications.
DECT ULE is based on the Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) standard, which was developed by ETSI. The main characteristics of DECT ULE are ultra low power consumption and wider coverage than competing technologies.
DECT ULE is an ideal radio communications technology to support M2M in the home. ULE devices will be fully compatible with existing DECT systems and will use the existing DECT spectrum. In addition, a single device can combine ULE and DECT/DECT New Generation functionalities. So, by upgrading the base station, existing devices can still be used and other devices added to provide new services and applications to the customer, all controlled from the DECT base station.
DECT ULE harnesses all the advantages of traditional DECT. These include the key factor of instantaneous dynamic channel selection combined with seamless handover. The quality of a link is permanently monitored and, if necessary, the transmission is switched to a better channel without interrupting the media stream. ULE allows the stand-by-time to be increased to up to ten years, which make it ideal for sensors, alarms and monitoring devices used in various types of home automation.
The DECT base standard (EN 300 175 series) has also been updated to include the necessary new protocol elements and procedures for DECT ULE, and the revised version is expected to be published early in 2014.
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority says it is going to fight a Wednesday state court decision that ruled the enacted to bolster the agency's budget is unconstitutional.
However, the ruling by state Supreme Court Judge R. Bruce Cozzens Jr. in Nassau County quickly recieved cheers from government officials in the counties affected by the payroll tax, including Westchester, Rockland and Putnam.
"This is good news for Westchester County and its municipalities," said Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino. "The MTA payroll tax is essentially an unfunded mandate from Albany. In this case, we were allowed to challenge it. We did. And now we've won an important victory with the court's decision that this unfair burden on taxpayers was unconstitutional."
The tax was also vehemently opposed by Rockland County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef, who argued the tax hit Rockland especially hard. In addition to creating a new tax for employers, Vanderhoef argued the tax broadened the gap between what Rockland pays to the MTA and the transit services it gets back from the agency.
"The Payroll Tax is one of the insidious 'hidden taxes' that have made the public mistrust the state government," Vanderhoef said. "It places an unfair, job-stifling burden on businesses that receive little if any benefit from the MTA. The Payroll Tax is little more than a shift of hard-earned money from suburban business owners and employees to New York City. It is another unfunded burden from the state on our taxpayers."
Vanderhoef contends the MTA should address its "out-of-control spending and inflated overtime costs," not impose rising fees and taxes on the region's residents and businesses.
"The MTA is supposed to be a public service, not a public burden," Vanderhoef said.
Cozzens found in his decision that the payroll tax was not properly enacted by the state Legislature in 2009. The tax was created to cover a massive budget deficit at the MTA.
The tax was opposed by county and local officials, who criticized it for adding a new layer of taxes at a time when local economies could least afford the additional burden.
Wednesday's ruling, however, did not come with an order to halt tax collections.
Assemblyman (D-Rye), said the elimination of the MTA Payroll Tax would directly help Westchester taxpayers.
"Under Gov. (Andrew) Cuomo's leadership, we were able to eliminate the mobility tax for 25,000 small businesses in Westchester alone and now that the MTA has begun to stabilize its finances by controlling costs rather then balancing the books on the backs of suburban taxpayers, we can deliver real relief to Westchester residents," Latimer said. "I hope that with this new ruling we will be able to finally pass the legislation that I have introduced that fully repeal the MTA Payroll Tax."
Latimer's opponent in the upcoming election for state Senate, , R-New Rochelle, also applauded the court decision. But he was quick to place part of the blame for the creation of the payroll tax on Latimer
"This is great news for Westchester small businesses and other entities that have been unfairly burdened by this unconstitutional tax," Cohen said. "This tax was passed by short-sighted Albany politicians, including my opponent George Latimer, who think new and higher taxes are the answer to every problem. This MTA payroll tax has cost Westchester businesses millions of dollars and an untold number of jobs. Mr. Latimer's tax has been ridden out of town on a rail."
New York State Senator Greg Ball (R, C — Patterson), said after the ruling, "Since this tax was created, I have been fighting for a full repeal, and this ruling will allow us to make our 80 percent repeal a full repeal and on an expedited time frame. I am so happy to hear that this job-killing tax was ruled unconstitutional, and now its time to demand a full repeal as well as a retroactive refund! I will be working with my colleagues in the legislature along with the Governor to expedite this process and finally repeal this horrific tax, the vampire of all taxes, for good."


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By Michele Tallarita '12
Three Lafayette students are recipients of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship, which will help fund their study-abroad experiences this spring. Joel Vargas '14 (Bronx, N.Y.) will travel to the Czech Republic, Nam Nguyen '14 (Washington, D.C.) to China, and Edwin Liriano '14 (Bronx, N.Y.) to Spain.
Sponsored by the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of State, the highly competitive Gilman Scholarship encourages students to choose non-traditional destinations, especially those outside Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. It also aims to support students who have been traditionally under-represented in study abroad, such as students of the sciences, with diverse ethnic backgrounds, or with high financial need. Such international study is intended to better prepare students to assume professional roles in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world.
Vargas, a double major in film & media studies and engineering studies, will spend the semester in Prague, where he will study at the Film and Television School of the Academy of Performing Arts. His semester-long filmmaking workshop will focus on the art of cinematography and directing, and he will complete several short films and a pilot for a TV show. He also hopes to secure a summer internship with a film production company abroad.
"My goals for the future are to continue to pursue filmmaking and hopefully become a successful cinematographer and film director," he says. "However, my ultimate goal is to become a conscientious filmmaker who will create beautiful works that will make audiences think about the world around them."
On campus, Vargas is the co-organizer of Lafayette Association of Film Students. He's screened his own productions at the Lafayette Student Film Festival, collaborated with professors on film projects, and served as editor of a film that debuted at the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater in New York City.
Nguyen, a double major in history and international affairs, will go to Kunming, the capital of the Yunnan province in southwest China. Home to 25 out of 55 of China's officially recognized minority groups, Yunnan is an ideal place for Nguyen's area of study, which is multiculturalism, migration, and indigenous peoples in China. His program will require him to learn Mandarin Chinese.
In preparation, Nguyen took a Chinese language course and several courses examining China's economy at Lafayette, where he is member of Asian Cultural Association and Kaleidoscope.
"I would like to become multicultural competent, become fluent in Chinese, and work in China after graduating," he says.
Liriano, a double major in international affairs and international economics & commerce, will head to Alicante, Spain, where he will continue his pursuit of these disciplines through a program with the Center for Cross-Cultural Studies. He will spend the first month taking Spanish language and culture courses, and then spend the rest of the semester taking courses in business Spanish, marketing variables, and economic internalization. He will also participate in a business internship.
Liriano describes this experience as "exactly what I was looking for. I think this will help me develop a better international perspective of the business world. It will also enhance my Spanish by allowing me to practice in a professional setting."
After graduation, he hopes to work for a global company that deals with emerging markets in Spanish-speaking countries. His activities at Lafayette point to his global outlook: He is treasurer for Engineers Without Borders and a participant in Lafayette Initiative for Malagasy Education. All three students are members of Lafayette's Posse Scholarship program.
See a list of recent Lafayette recipients of national and international scholarships and fellowships for undergraduate and post-graduate study
For information on applying for scholarships and fellowships, contact Julia A. Goldberg, associate dean of the College, (610) 330-5521.


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Parallel Computing Toolbox
Parallel Computing Toolbox provides several high-level programming constructs that let you convert your applications to take advantage of computers equipped with multicore processors and GPUs. Constructs such as parallel
(parfor) and special array types for distributed processing and for GPU computing simplify parallel code development by abstracting away the complexity of managing computations and data between your MATLAB session and the computing resource you are using.
You can run the same application on a variety of computing resources without reprogramming it. The parallel constructs function in the same way, regardless of the resource on which your application runs—a multicore desktop (using the toolbox) or on a larger resource such as a computer cluster (using toolbox with MATLAB Distributed Computing Server).


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Evangelist, Chouteau Hills Church of Christ
Steve Lay
Throughout the ages, man has worshiped various idols, stars, and other things. But there is only one true and living God. Deuteronomy 4:35 says that the Lord Himself is God and there is none other besides Him. God said in Isaiah 44:6, "Besides Me there is no God." And Paul added in I Timothy 2:5, "For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus."
Since it is a fact that something cannot come from nothing, it must also be true that something has always existed. It is also a fact that life must come from life. The logical conclusion is that what has always existed is God, who is alive and is powerful enough to create this universe in which we live.
The very first verse of the Bible says, "In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." This is talking about the beginning of time. God has always existed, even before time (as we know it). God could certainly say, "Before the beginning, I AM!"
God is omnipotent or all-powerful. His great power can be seen in that He created this universe simply by speaking it into existence. The Bible says in Psalm 33:8-9, "Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. For He spoke, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast." Jeremiah told God in Jeremiah 32:17, "There is nothing too hard for You." And the angel Gabriel told Mary in Luke 1:37, "For with God nothing will be impossible."
If people were asked to describe God in one word, probably the number one answer would be "Love." That is the way God is described in I John 4:8. How fortunate we are that God is love! He demonstrated His love for us by giving His Son Jesus to die for our sins. No one deserves God's love, for we have all sinned and thus fall short of His glory (Romans 3:23). Paul tells us that Christ died for the ungodly, and that God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. As the apostle John wrote, we ought to love Him because He first loved us.
Even though humans are foolish and disobedient, God is kind to us and willing to forgive us. He extends his grace and mercy to all men. If we are willing to repent and obey Him, He will freely forgive us. Psalm 145:8 says, "The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and great in mercy."
But God also demands that we acknowledge Him as God. He says in Psalm 46:10, "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth!" The wise man, Solomon, wrote in Ecclesiastes 12:13, "Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man's all." When people do not acknowledge Him as God, they will have to face the wrath of God (Romans 1:18-32). Hebrews 10:31 says that it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Many people fail to realize that God is also a consuming fire (Hebrews 12:29). God will one day take vengeance on those who do not know Him and on those who do not obey the gospel of Jesus Christ (2 Thessalonians 1:7-9). We are warned in Hebrews 2 that under the Old Law, every transgression and disobedience received a just reward. In other words, God punished every disobedience. God does not change (Malachi 3:6). So, as the writer of Hebrews asks, "How shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him?"
God is God! Recognize His awesomeness, and be obedient to Him!


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By Tim Graham
The last time he played the Buffalo Bills, New York Jets rookie quarterback Geno Smith had a pleasant afternoon.
Although Smith threw a pair of interceptions, he passed for 331 yards (merely 39 yards short of the series record despite just 16 completions) and two touchdowns. Smith ran for a touchdown, too. The Bills couldn't sack him.
The Bills should look different to Smith on Sunday in Ralph Wilson Stadium.
The Bills were missing two vital members of their secondary in Week Three. They'll have cornerback Stephon Gilmore and safety Jairus Byrd for the rematch.
"Byrd is a ball-hawking safety, Pro Bowl-type safety," Smith said Wednesday. "They play a ton of man. So having Gilmore back, their starting corner, obviously makes them a better defense.
"And they've been pretty stout up front. So just having a chance to have those guys back gives them, I think, better guys in that secondary, which really helps their defense out because that's the style that they play."
Buffalo starting cornerbacks at the Meadowlands were Leodis McKelvin and Justin Rogers. McKelvin hurt his hamstring on the opening drive. That forced starting safety Aaron Williams to switch to cornerback.
"So they've got three guys that are different than what we faced the last game," Jets coach Rex Ryan said.
Byrd grabbed his first interception of the season -- and the Bills' first takeaway in three games -- Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Gilmore has been extraordinarily busy the past two weeks.
ProFootballFocus.com data shows the Kansas City Chiefs targeted him 12 times and the Steelers targeted him 11 times. They completed 65.1 percent of their passes for 167 yards (59 after the catch) and a touchdown and a 101.2 passer rating.
Jets receiver Jeremy Kerley is expected to be out with a bum elbow, but Santonio Holmes (five catches for 154 yards and a touchdown in Week Three) practiced fully Wednesday and should play after missing five games with a hamstring injury.
Tight end Kellen Winslow (no catches in Week Three) is returning from a four-game performance-enhancing-drug suspension. Tight end Zach Sudfeld has been added since the last meeting and has four catches for 56 yards the past two weeks.
"They're getting guys back on their defense with Byrd and Gilmore," Smith said. "So it's definitely going to be another challenge for us, but we can create matchups with having Kellen and Jeff [Cumberland] and even Zach and then Tone, Stephen [Hill], all the guys that we are accustomed to having.
"They can make plays for us and it just gives us a better chance, I think."
taggedAaron Williams | Geno Smith | Jairus Byrd | Leodis McKelvin | Stephon Gilmore


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Journal Sentinel TV and film critic Duane Dudek looks at life on the small and big screen, and some of the cool stuff on both.
Worst Movie Ever Made?
The worst movie ever made? Those are big shoes to fill especially during the summer movie season.
But "Birdemic: Shock and Terror," coming to the Oriental on May 15, could qualify.
Hyped as the "greatest avian-based romantic thriller since 'The Birds,' " "Birdemic" apparently fulfills the first rule of becoming a cult or midnight movie hig - it's bad. Well, truth be told I haven't seen it.
But I did read this New York Times story which called it "cheesy" and a "turkey," while describing how director James Nguyen humped it from his car during - not at - the Sundance Film Festival, and how it subsequently became a late night phenomenon.
And then I checked out the trailer, which I posted below, to see what the fuss was about.
The first half of the trailer is a dull account of some how sort of young stock trader and a model end up together. The acting is stiff and the dialogue is laughable. I thought I had the wrong film.
But after about a minute into the trailer, the birds attack, and you know' you're in the right place.
The bird effects, superimposed across the screen are laughably amateurish.
Ngyuen, a 42-year old Vietnamese refugee and former mid-level Silicon Valley software salesman, shot the film for $10,000. And every dollar is on the screen. Worst movie ever made?
Judge for yourself.
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This really does look bad, but it might fall under the heading of "its so bad that its good" or like watching a train wreck, its horrible but you can't help but watch. Besides the chick (pun intended) looks good in her underwear.
I'll still go with Transfomers 2 as the worst movie ever made.
I'm going to go ahead and pencil it in behind the two Twilight flicks. Also, anything Ashton Kutcher has 'made' has got to be up there.
Still can't be as bad as The Room
None of these movies that people have listed, including this one, can be the worst movie ever. Just go watch Gingerdead man. Enjoy the scene where with a 6 round revolver the evil gingerbread man shots 20 shots off. Or the classic "got milk" line.
Volcano anyone?
Freddy Got Fingered...worst movie ever.


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Karina Gauvin
Canada's superstar soprano Karina Gauvin has impressed audiences and critics all over the world with her luscious timbre, profound musicality and wide vocal range. The Globe and Mail calls her "one of the dream sopranos of our time," who in turn is "distinctive, sophisticated, deeply intuitive, a questioning and fearless artist."
She has appeared with major orchestras including the Chicago, Toronto and Montréal symphony orchestras, the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
This past season put focus on Mahler's Symphony No. 2, which Gauvin performed with the San Francisco Symphony under music director Michael Tilson Thomas at the Grant Park Music Festival in Millennium Park and with the Orchestre Métropolitain in Montréal. She made her long-awaited debut with the New York Philharmonic in Handel's Messiah, a work she repeated with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra.
A prolific recording artist with more than 20 releases to her credit, Gauvin has been nominated consistently for the Juno and twice for GRAMMY® awards over the past decade. She won the Juno in 2001 with Handel's Silete Venti and Apollo e Dafne and in 2003 performed the Mozart Requiem with Les Violons du Roy.
Season 2011-12 sees her return to the Québec Symphony on two occasions with Berlioz's Nuits d'été and the Mozart Requiem before joining the San Francisco and Colorado symphonies and interpreting Britten's Les illuminations with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. She will also appear with the Les Violons du Roy, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra.
Gauvin's outstanding talent has been recognized in prestigious competitions worldwide. She won first prize at the CBC Young Performers Competition and received prizes at the 's-Hertogenbosch International Vocal Competition in the Netherlands. A graduate of the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal, Karina Gauvin studied with Marie Daveluy and pursued her postgraduate studies with Pamela Bowden at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland.


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The Deer Park girls basketball team, using a balanced scoring attack, defeated the Medical Lake Cardinals 51-37 on Tuesday.
Eight Lady Stags, led by Tessa Heins' 13 points, entered the score book in the Great Northern League opener for both schools.
Deer Park (5-4 overall) jumped out to an early 9-3 advantage, only to have the Cardinals (1-8) take a 16-12 lead early in the second quarter.
Senior Danielle Beltrame answered with a pair of three-pointers to give Deer Park a 20-18 lead with 4 minutes left in the first half.
The Medical Lake Cardinals, using a 13-3 third quarter run, defeated the Deer Park Stags 57-45 on Tuesday in the Great Northern League opener for both schools.
The win improved the Cardinals' overall record to 4-5, the same mark as the Stags. The loss was Deer Park's 13th straight in GNL play.
The Cardinals, who led 30-29 at halftime, scored the first five points on the third quarter.
A Colton Mead three-pointer broke a five-minute scoring drought by the Stags, only to see the Cardinals go on an 8-0 run to extend their lead to 43-32.
Bruce M. LeBlanc, 55, of Shady Cove, Ore., passed away on Dec. 27, 2011, in Cataldo, Idaho.
His is survived by his son, Jesse LeBlanc; his daughter, Natalie LeBlanc; a granddaughter, Aurora Petersen; his mother, Zelda LeBlanc; a brother, Tony (Christy) LeBlanc, a brother, Thomas LeBlanc, a brother, Byron LeBlanc; a sister, Cheryl Adams; a niece Allissa LeBlanc and her children; and a nephew, Jonathon (Caitlin) LeBlanc.
Bruce was born in Spokane on Aug. 4, 1956 and graduated from Deer Park High School in 1974.
The Spokane County Sheriff's Office, which has a person of interest in the Chanin Starbuck homicide investigation, continues to interview witnesses and follow up leads developed from those interviews. They are also reviewing digital evidence taken from the crime scene.
Starbuck's body was discovered in her Deer Park home on Dec. 3 after neighbors became concerned about the accumulation of mail in front of her house.
The Spokane Medical Examiner's Office determined that Starbuck was strangled a few days earlier.
For the second time in less than a month, an armed robber struck The Medicine Shoppe at E11 "H" Street in Deer Park.
The latest incident occurred at about 4 p.m. Friday by a man who handed employees a note demanding pain medication. The suspect vaguely resembled the man who robbed the same business on Dec. 5.
In the Dec. 29 robbery, the suspect handed employees a note and indicated he was armed with a gun, although no firearm was displayed.
Emergency crews from Spokane County Fire District No. 4 and Deer Park Ambulance spent a part of Thursday morning extricating a driver following a one-vehicle accident on Monroe Road.
The driver of the Dodge pickup, whose name was not immediately released, went off the roadway, traveled a short distance and struck a tree. When emergency crews arrived at around 11:15 a.m., they found the truck on its side.
Fire crews needed to cut off the top of the pickup to free the driver who was transported to Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Dec. 30 at Riplinger Funeral Home, Spokane, followed by a graveside service at 1 p.m. at Spokane Memorial Gardens for former Riverside teacher James R. Gady, 78, who passed away on Dec. 26.
Born on Aug. 18, 1933 in Spokane, he graduated from Mead High School and served with the Army Corps of Engineers as a sergeant in the Korean War. After returning from Korea, he married Marjorie Becker on Oct. 12, 1956.
He attended Whitworth College and earned his bachelor's and master's degrees. He then taught in the Riverside and Mead School districts.
It is understandable if Riverside head boys basketball coach KC Ahrens has a flashback to his teenage years when the Rams face Columbia-Burbank on Friday as part of the Sun Dome Shootout.
The Coyotes are coached by D.J. Traver, a teammate of Ahrens at Riverside in the mid-1990s.
Traver, a member of the Rams' 1993 state championship football team, would eventually move to the Tri-Cities and graduate from River View High School.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. on Dec. 31 at Peaceful Valley Church on Allen Road in Elk for longtime Elk resident Harry Bland, 72, who passed away on Dec. 20
Family graveside services will be held at Fairmount Memorial Park.
Born on May 27, 1939, in Ardmore, Pa., to Dr. George W. and Helen Bland, he served in the U.S. Air Force from August 1961-65. He worked for Camp Chevrolet for 30 years.
Mr. Bland attended Peaceful Valley Church and enjoyed family, friends, and the great outdoors.
He was preceded in death by one son, Brad.
Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers' district may get a little smaller, according to the latest proposal submitted by the Washington Redistricting Commission on Dec. 28.
The commission is charged with carving up the state into 10 Congressional districts, one more district than the last redistricting effort 10 years ago.
To make room for the new district, which will sit mostly in Thurston and Pierce counties under the latest plan, the other districts underwent geographical reconfigurations to ensure each one had approximately 672,450 residents.


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Welcome to the Vollum InstituteThe Vollum Institute is a privately endowed research institute at Oregon Health & Science University dedicated to basic research that will lead to new treatments for neurological and psychiatric diseases. Vollum scientists have broad-ranging interests that coalesce around molecular neurobiology and cellular physiology. Their work has transformed the field of neuroscience and, in particular, have provided important advances in the study of synaptic transmission, neuronal development, neurotransmitter transporters, ion channels and the neurobiology of disease.
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Gail Mandel, Paul Brehm, and John Adelman were selected to receive one of the 2013 NIH Director's Transformative Research Awards. This is the first time anyone at OHSU has received one of these awards, which are designed to support exceptionally innovative, original and/or unconventional research with the potential to create new scientific paradigms. The proposal (which they wrote with Josh Rosenthal from the University of Puerto Rico) uses a novel approach employing RNA editing to correct mutations in disease genes. One goal of the project is to correct a mutation in the transcriptional repressor MeCP2 that causes Rett syndrome, an autism-like disease that affects young girls.
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Isabelle Baconguis was selected to receive one of this year's NIH Director's Early Independence Awards. This program supports "exceptional students who have the intellect, innovation, drive, and maturity to flourish independently without the need for traditional postdoctoral training." Thirty-one candidates were selected as finalists for this award, based on the quality of the graduate work, training environment, and potential as an independent investigator. Isabelle received a great score on her application, which speaks highly for what the reviewers thought about the NGP, her training with Eric Gouaux, her project on ENaC structure, and, most importantly, Isabelle's potential as an independent investigator.
This is a good start for the Vollum Fellows program, which we hope to continue in the future.
Learn more about the NIH Director's Early Independence Awards
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X-ray structure of dopamine transporter elucidates antidepressant mechanism.
Penmatsa A, Wang KH and Gouaux E.
For the first time, Aravind Penmatsa and Kevin Wang, postdoctoral fellows in the Gouaux laboratory, have resolved the atomic structure of the dopamine transporter in complex with an antidepressant, thus not only demonstrating the mechanism by which antidepressants exert their physiological function but also illuminating the fundamental protein architecture of a biogenic amine transporter, thereby providing a molecular blueprint for the structures of the closely related serotonin and norepinephrine transporters.
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Systemic Delivery of MeCP2 Rescues Behavioral and Cellular Deficits in Female Mouse Models of Rett Syndrome.
Garg SK, Lioy DT, Cheval H, McGann JC, Bissonnette JM, Murtha MJ, Foust KD, Kaspar BK, Bird A, Mandel G.
Rett syndrome is one of the most common forms of mental retardation in girls. The defective gene is a transcription factor, termed Methyl CpG Binding Protein 2, or MeCP2. Loss of MeCP2 in Rett Syndrome results in changes in hundreds of mRNAs, and no one specific protein target has been identified for attenuating neurological symptoms. Members of the Mandel Lab have initiated studies to introduce good copies of MeCP2 into Rett Syndrome mouse models. This recently published paper in The Journal of Neuroscience describes a proof of principle indicating that MeCP2 born on an adeno associated virus that crosses the blood brain barrier, AAV9, offers the potential for gene replacement for patients with this disorder.
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A Walk Through a Vollum Lab
Gary Westbrook created a three-minute video to explain the research being conducted in his lab. The video is targeted to prospective postdoctoral fellows and students.


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One of three indoor theatres and two drive-ins that at one timed operated in Chaffee, Mo. All are closed today. The Empress opened in the 1930's and was the last to close in the mid-1950's. I was told that it was the larger of the three tehatres in the downtown. The other two were the Pullman and the Paramount.
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Unless there was a second location for the Empress Theatre, it dates from before the 1930s. In a classified ad published in the January 16, 1926, issue of the trade publication The Reel Journal, one C.H. Horstman offered the Empress Theatre, Chaffee Missouri, for sale. No price was quoted, and no address given, but the house was described as seating 600, and its three story building as having a dance hall on the second floor and a lodge hall on the third.
If the 2008 photo depicts Mr. Horstman's Empress Theatre, then it's lost its upper floors at some time. I notice that the brick of the upper portion of the facade does appear to have some patchy areas that might indicate former second floor windows that have been filled in. It's not unusual for the owners of buildings in older commercial districts to lop off the upper floors if the demand for the space vanishes.
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American astronaut Neil Armstrong has died at the age of 82, according to NBC News.
Armstrong recently had heart surgery, according to NBC News.
Neil Armstrong was born Aug. 5, 1930 in Wakaponeta, Ohio, according to Wikipedia.com. He was a Naval Aviator and served in the Korean War. After the war, he attended Purdue University, where he met his first wife, Janet Elizabeth Shearon.
The couple had a son, Eric, and daughter, Karen. Karen died in 1959 from an inoperable brain tumor, according to Biography.com. Shearon and Armstrong divorced in 1994, according to Biography.com.
Armstrong made his way into the history books on July 20, 1969, when he became the first man to walk on the moon during the Apollo 11 space mission with fellow astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. According to NBC News, Armstrong spent three hours walking on the moon.
It was during that moonwalk that he said the now famous words, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."
Armstrong married his wife second wife, Carol, in 1999, according to NBC News, and the couple lived in Cincinnati, OH.
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Celebrating Graduate Research
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Once a year, WPI graduate students gather to share their research with the WPI community at GRAD (Graduate Research Achievement Day). This sprawling poster celebration is a showcase of innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration.
GRAD and i3: A New Format for These Two Annual Celebrations
WPI graduate students are part of a large and thriving research community. Whether pursuing master's or doctoral degrees, these students are engaged in important and exciting work in virtually every corner of campus. WPI values the contributions they make to their fields and to society. It celebrates their accomplishments through two annual events that give students a chance to share their work with the greater WPI community.
- GRAD 2014/2015: The Innovation Exchange: Now in its ninth year, this annual research poster celebration and competition highlights the breadth, diversity, and quality of the work that WPI graduate researchers do. This year, it will consist of an open poster day and judging on December 10, 2014, and a showcase and awards ceremony for finalists on April 13, 2015 (in conjunction with i3). Learn more…
- i3: Investing in Ideas with Impact: This campus-wide presentation competition is all about translating research into value and real-world impact. The competition begins in the academic departments, moves on to semifinal events in Arts & Sciences, Engineering, and the School of Business, and concludes with a final showdown and awards presentation on April 13, 2015, to which the entire campus is invited. Learn more…
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Students who have participated in these events in the past say they are valuable for a number of reasons:
- You can showcase and receive useful feedback on your work.
- You get to know other graduate students, learn about other research underway on campus, and establish collaborations that may take your work in new directions.
- Being required to explain your research and its value in a concise and accessible manner will help you to see your work in new ways and understand it in a larger context.
- Engaging in fruitful discussions about your research can be refreshing, invigorating, and rewarding. More than likely, you will return to your research with a new sense of purpose and an even greater desire to make a difference.
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December 10, 2014, Rubin Campus Center
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Milo Jones and Philippe Silberzahn, Contributor
We cover strategy, disruptions & uncertainty from a leadership angle.
If you listen to many of the 'great and good' of the investment community, it would seem that we are about to enter a period of dramatically increased commodity scarcity. A dizzying array of factors is apparently to blame from climate change to over-population to warfare to politics… or even lack of politics. So whether your appetite is for water, oil or just Arabica coffee you're bound to be in trouble.
Of course, such a bleak picture is nothing new. Two hundred years ago one of the pioneers of modern economics, Thomas Malthus, was warning that population was growing faster than food production and the only remedy, if you are willing to accept a lot of dead people as a remedy, would be that population would eventually be held in check by famine. But is something like this – or its contemporary equivalent – the only solution? Won't our old friend, the price mechanism, step in to save us in a much more positive way?
OK, the price mechanism isn't perfect. Many commentators blame it for the oil crisis in the 1970s and few of us would be keen to repeat that experience in a hurry. However, in its more benign form it provides a calming effect on markets through balance. High prices in oil, for example, drive down consumption, make the drilling of more difficult wells worthwhile and stimulate investment in alternative energy. Instead of us all running around screaming like the passengers in 'Airplane' we all get on with our lives instead.
And the price mechanism isn't our only likely rescuer. Technology has a pretty impressive track record of sorting out even the biggest of problems. Despite the terrible events in the Horn of Africa in the 1980s and the engineered starvation in the Ukraine under Stalin in the 1930's, Malthus' global famine never actually happened. Why? Because technology came up with more resilient crops, better irrigation and fertilisers, more effective farming techniques, effectively ending starvation in major countries like India by the 1970s thanks to the 'green revolution'.
Of course the doom-sayers are unlikely to be swayed by this argument because they never are. A case in point is the latest newsletter from the respected investor, Jeremy Grantham. Grantham is the manager of one of the largest asset management firms in the world, so his opinions matter. In this letter, he warns of an incoming food crisis if current trends continue. But as a former British Chancellor of the Exchequer was fond to say, "Beware of extrapolation: it can make you go blind". Again and again, doomsayers like Grantham hold one item constant, and draw a straight line to chaos, doom, starvation and war. They usually fail to explain convincingly, however, why innovation, spurred by price, won't drive substitutes and solutions. Oh, but this time is different. And you know it's different when they use the terms "paradigm shift" and "phase change" right off the bat.
In sum, if you're long on commodities, you're short on human ingenuity. Off course commodity prices might spiral upwards and we'll be fighting you for a left-over hamburger by January. But if they do, then it will be flounting the trend of the last hundred years. After all what did an ounce of gold buy you in 1912? A decent bespoke suit. What does an ounce of gold buy you now? A decent bespoke suit.
So, when the price mechanism is allowed to work, consumption regulates itself and technology creates substitutes. So perhaps we can all afford to have a good holiday season after all.
So you're predicting a banking crash soon (July 7 post: "brace yourself") and no commodity scarcity in the medium to long-term future? Can we call that a 5-year prediction? It's nice to get these things on the record, so we can separate the Cassandras from the false prophets down the road.
Sure, I'll take a gentlemen's wager. I don't claim to know (no socratic posturing here), but my horse sense tells me with so much attention focused on the potential for a new banking crisis, with the flaws so visible, a crash will ultimately be avoided. I generally agree that high prices will cure high prices in most commodities, I don't discount the possibility that indeed this time will prove different and some resources will not be as easily replaced or substituted as they have been in the past _ not as part of a hyper inflation, but as part of painful inflation isolated to some subset of commodity goods. Food, energy, beryllium _ I'll throw those at the wall and see what sticks. See you on 12/12/2017 !
The price mechanism and technology are not sufficient to overcome the second law of thermodynamics and the rules of the physical environment.
Malthus got the answer wrong but his understanding of the fact than infinite growth in a finite environment is not possible was sound.
Would any economists care to go toe to toe with ecologists, chemists, physicists etc and tell them that all of their theories are incorrect?
Perhaps knowing how to circumvent the second law of thermodynamics economists could build us a perpetual motion machine?
The price mechanism and technology can postpone the exhaustion of resources not eliminate the fact that exhaustion will happen at some point.
The way forward is to utilise existing technology to reduce resource throughput and reduce consumption down to a sustainable level whereby we live off the income (provided by the sun) rather than the capital (provided by the earth).
As any economist knows a wealthy man we not be wealthy indefinitely if he is spending his capital faster than he is earning income.
Luke, what do you make of the new study by Rockefeller University argueing that while the world's population is growing at 1 per cent a year, crop productivity is growing at 2 per cent? See their study "Peak Farmland and the Prospect for Land Sparing" at http://phe.rockefeller.edu/docs/PDR.SUPP%20Final%20Paper.pdf To us, it seems a pretty closely reasoned case, though of course honest people can disagree on these matters.
The author of the article shows little understanding of biology.
In the market for goods substitution is eminently possible, for a biological system? not so.
Following the authors train of thought:
not enough topsoil>substitute fertiliser>not enough oil to make fertiliser>substitute for lower grade oil>not enough lower grade oil> substitute for less accessible oil>….substitute for some alternative technology…
…..the thing is, each of the technological iterations that have occurred whilst seeming to save us from resource exhaustion have actually involved a greater use of energy than the method it replaced.
Using existing topsoil uses less energy than fertiliser, using fertiliser from oil mined at the beginning of the 20th century used significantly less energy than oil mined in the 1960′s which uses significantly less energy than that which is mined today. The reason being that it takes more and more energy to obtain the oil. It used to take one barrel of oil to mine 10 barrels, now it takes 1 barrel to mine 6 barrels, thus the return from each barrel of energy used to mine oil has decreased by nearly half. Price increasing encourages innovation and encourages access to previously inaccessible reserves but the direction of energy use and resource depletion is linear.
At all stages the amount of energy we are using to grow a head of corn is increasing. Technology and the price mechanism have no answer for this, it is a law of physics and the physical world.
The amount of energy available to us on earth is equal to the total amount of fuel on earth (regardless of its price, the total present on earth doesn't change, it is finite) and the amount of energy we receive from the sun is finite per unit of time.
Thus we have a finite amount of energy that we can access that has been depleted in a linear fashion since the human race has been using fossil fuels.
The accessible amount of energy has increased with new technologies and price increases but not the total that is present. The total that is present has been going down in a linear fashion.
Come on Forbes we are no longer in the 1950′s you should have more respect for the intelligence of your readership.
Anyone interested in this topic shouldn't miss the new Rockefeller University study that argues that while the world's population is growing at 1 per cent a year, crop productivity is growing at 2 per cent. See "Peak Farmland and the Prospect for Land Sparing". http://phe.rockefeller.edu/docs/PDR.SUPP%20Final%20Paper.pdf


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By BEN JOHNSON
Sports Editor
Northeastern State has made more trips to the infirmary than the end zone this year. And there's no sunshine at the end of the road quite yet.
The injuries continue to mount up for the RiverHawks, as they prepare to take on Emporia State on the road Saturday at 1 p.m.
Already without top-flight starts on both sides of the ball through the first three weeks of the season, NSU will add to that list as the No. 24 Hornets (3-0, 3-0 MIAA) await the RiverHawks' arrival in Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association play.
Quarterback Johnny Deaton (broken fibula), running back Joel Rockmore (partially torn anterior cruciate ligament) and linebacker Jack Gray (hand injury) will be joined on the NSU's injury list by:
- Defensive end (and emergency quarterback) Logan Andrews, who is now out for the season.
- Defensive end Cole Johnson, who is slated to have surgery next week on his foot and will be out for the year.
- Defensive tackle Faafetai Te'o, who had surgery on his hand and is out for the year.
- Right guard (after being moved from right tackle) Buck Spurger, who had season-ending surgery on his shoulder.
- Reserve fullback and special teams contributor Lane Dortch, who is out with an abdominal strain.
The RiverHawks will also have several players who could be game-time decisions at Welch Stadium in eastern Kansas. Wide receiver and backup quarterback Prince McJunkins and defensive tackle Kenley Choute are nursing ankle injuries. And strong safety Victor Johnson will attempt to play with a neck injury.
Mix in Ross Dvorak — who has been moved from center to right guard because of an arm injury that will preclude him from snapping the ball — as well. Hudson Baab will now take over at center for the RiverHawks.
The hits just won't stop for NSU.
"It's just crazy," NSU head coach Kenny Evans said. "There's a chance we could have some guys going both ways pretty soon."
Couple that with the fact that NSU has already stripped seven players of their redshirts, according to Evans.
The RiverHawks are certainly enduring a roster pinch. And it's reared its ugly head on offense.
NSU (0-3, 0-3) is dead last in the MIAA in scoring offense at 7.7 points per contest. The RiverHawks are also last in the league in trips into the red zone with five.
"We can't really change too much," said Evans, whose starting quarterback Thor Long is also not at 100 percent with a jammed thumb on his throwing hand.
"We can't change things scheme-wise, to be honest. We've had people open, and there have been some blocks to create holes. It's just a lot of inexperience out there."
Evans said a drastic maneuver would be to go to wishbone-style offense if the injuries continue to pile up.
"It's an option," Evans said.
Across the field from the RiverHawks on Saturday will be an Emporia State club that is third in the MIAA in scoring offense at 43.7 points per 60 minutes. The Hornets are led by former Ponca City standout Brent Wilson, who leads most of the statistical passing categories in the conference.
"Their quarterback is very accurate in the pocket," Evans said. "And he can run."
Wilson torched Central Oklahoma for 522 yards and seven touchdowns through the air — both league records — in a 54-38 victory. He has now accounted for 16 Hornet touchdowns this season — 13 more than NSU has scored as a team.
Right now, though, NSU is just looking to going one game without adding to an already lengthy injury list.
Northeastern State at Emporia State
When: Saturday at 1 p.m.
Where: Jones Field at Welch Stadium.
Radio: KTLQ, AM-1350 and live on goriverhawksgo.com.
Nicknames: Northeastern State RiverHawks; Emporia State Hornets.
Coaches: NSU - Kenny Evans (sixth season, 20-38); Emporia State - Garin Higgins (seventh season, 32-38).
Records: NSU 0-3 (0-3 MIAA); Emporia State 3-0 (3-0).
Rankings: NSU is not ranked in Division II football; Emporia State is No. 24 in this week's Division II coaches' poll.
Series record: NSU leads 7-2-1.
Last meeting: In 2012, Emporia State beat NSU 30-20.
Last week: Washburn 48, NSU 3; Emporia State 54, Central Oklahoma 38.
News to know: This will be first meeting between the two schools in Emporia, Kan., since 1990. ... Emporia State leads the MIAA in total offense, passing offense, first downs and time of possession. Hornet quarterback Brent Wilson is the MIAA leader in passing, total offense and touchdown passes. ... NSU is last in the league in scoring offense, averaging 7.7 points per game through three contests. ... NSU has not scored a touchdown in 105 minutes and 41 seconds of actual game time. The RiverHawks' last touchdown was a 4-yard run by Terrance Dixon in the first quarter against Missouri Southern on Sept. 14.
Players to watch
- NSU: Langston Jones (LB).
-- The RiverHawks' lone bright spot on defense through the first three weeks of the season has been Jones, a 6-foot, 205-pound outside linebacker. Jones leads the MIAA and the nation with 15.3 tackles per game. He had 13 against Washburn last week.
- Emporia State: Wilson (QB).
-- Wilson, a former Ponca City standout, been nearly flawless in three games for the Hornets. He has a current efficiency rating of 202.07, and he has completed 74.5 percent (82 of 110) of his passes this season. He followed up 301- and 297-yard passing performances in the first two weeks of the season with a record-smashing showing of 522 yards and seven touchdowns against Central Oklahoma last week. He has also yet to throw an interception.
Looking ahead: NSU returns home to host No. 3 Northwest Missouri State, while Emporia State will play at Lincoln.


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Detroit Is Down, But Certainly Not Out
Chapter 9 bankruptcy is a rebuilding strategy, not a defeat.
Mitt Romney, who lost his bid to become president, may have won a dubious victory after all. Detroit, at last, has gone bankrupt.
It may have been predictable. The Motor City has been plagued for years with the urban ills that accompanied the decline of the industrial economy. And once a city is in decline for a long period, it's hard to bring it back from the brink.
Dilapidated housing and unemployment make it an unappealing place for Detroit's young people to stay – however powerfully appealing the true heart of the city makes it – and so the tax base suffers. That means schools have less money, making it a less attractive place for families to move. And why would a business locate in an area where young people become educated, then leave?
[Weigh in: Should Detroit have filed for bankruptcy?]
But as tragic as the situation is, it could also be the low point that allows this historic city to recover and emerge with a new greatness. The automobile industry, thanks to the generosity of U.S. taxpayers, has recovered and appears to be standing behind the city that has personified American industrial entrepreneurialism. The city is home to four major league sports teams, along with defiantly loyal fans. And there is a resilience to Detroit that is shared by sister cities like Cleveland and Buffalo, a toughness brought by long, hard winters and fiscal hits from the transition from a heavy industrial economy to a service-sector and high-tech economy.
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Manny Diaz, the former mayor of Miami, lays out the idea in his book, "Miami Transformed: Rebuilding America One Neighborhood, One City at a Time." Diaz, fielding complaints from constituents about everything from crime to schools and park space, describes an interconnected approach to healing a city.
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31 Academy St
South Berwick, ME, 03908
(207)384-2164(Nonsectarians)543 students | Gr. K-12
KingfieldCarrabassett Valley Academy
3197 Carrabassett Dr
Kingfield, ME, 04947
(207)237-2250Special Program Emphasis (Nonsectarians)85 students | Gr. 7-12
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631 Stevens Avenue
Portland, ME, 04103
(207)797-3802All-girls (Roman Catholic)185 students | Gr. 9-12
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267 Ocean Ave
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(207)774-6238(Roman Catholic)971 students | Gr. 9-12
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(207)564-8664(Nonsectarians)427 students | Gr. 9-12
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23 Union Street
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(207)374-2808(Nonsectarians)302 students | Gr. 9-12
BethelGould Academy
Po Box 860
Bethel, ME, 04217
(207)824-7712(Nonsectarians)239 students | Gr. 9-12
Hebron Hebron Academy
PO Box 309
Hebron, ME, 04238
(207)966-5225(Nonsectarians)262 students | Gr. 6-12
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616 High Street
Bath, ME, 04530
(207)443-5584Special Program Emphasis (Nonsectarians)150 students | Gr. 9-12
BangorJohn Bapst Memorial High School
100 Broadway
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(207)947-0313(Nonsectarians)438 students | Gr. 9-12
Kents Hill Kents Hill School
Po Box 257 Route 17
Kents Hill, ME, 04349
(207)685-4914(Nonsectarians)232 students | Gr. 9-12
LeeLee Academy
26 Winn Road
Lee, ME, 04455
(207)738-2252(Nonsectarians)269 students | Gr. 9-12
NewcastleLincoln Academy
81 Academy Hill Road
Newcastle, ME, 04553
(207)563-3596(Nonsectarians)523 students | Gr. 9-12
PittsfieldMaine Central Institute
295 Main St
Pittsfield, ME, 04967
(207)487-3355(Nonsectarians)421 students | Gr. 9-12
YarmouthNorth Yarmouth Academy
148 Main St
Yarmouth, ME, 04096
(207)846-9051(Nonsectarians)358 students | Gr. NS-12
AuburnSaint Dominic Academy
121 Gracelawn Rd
Auburn, ME, 04210
(207)782-6911(Roman Catholic)571 students | Gr. PK-12
SacoThornton Academy
438 Main St
Saco, ME, 04072
(207)282-5383(Nonsectarians)1455 students | Gr. 6-12
East MachiasWashington Academy
66 Cutler Road, PO Box 190
East Machias, ME, 04630
(207)255-8301(Nonsectarians)390 students | Gr. 9-12
PortlandWaynflete School
360 Spring St
Portland, ME, 04102
(207)774-5721(Nonsectarians)533 students | Gr. PK-12
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