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A night in a monastery ? a few thoughts? - Simon - 15-08-2008
A few months back I had occasion to visit Egypt ? Hurghada to be specific and thought what an opportunity even this brief visit offered to visit one of my favourite monasteries, the Monastery of Saint Paul by the Red Sea. I phoned a monk there that I knew but he turned out to be in Cairo and unable to return to the monastery that weekend ? nor had he been able to contact Bishop Daniel at the monastery to inform him of my intended visit but he assured me I should still go anyway. So I set off by taxi on Saturday afternoon, the drivers speaking Arabic and me English ? rather like the television credit card advert I once saw in which buyer and seller are both fluent but unfortunately not in the same language! Despite one wrong turning into some town or other where we were efficiently redirected from the attendant at the Church compound gate we arrived in a little over three hours with the arrangement that they would return at noon on the Sunday. Vespers had started so I joined at the back of the Church for the remaining time and lined up with the rest to receive the bishop?s blessing at the end. I was then taken by Fr Benjamin to the bishop?s study and there was no problem about me staying the night, indeed they seemed genuinely pleased and even delighted that I should travel so far to be with them for one night. Several people remembered me from our visit with Abba Seraphim the year before.
I snatched nearly two hours? sleep and joined them at 11 pm for the Midnight Office, the Midnight Praises, the Hours, Matins and Liturgy? finishing at five past four. Yes, of course, it was tiring, even demanding but I am glad I did it (even having to follow along with varying quality of translation, ably guided at times by Fr Benjamin). I was given one paragraph to pray from an English translation in the Liturgy. I did have to sit down a couple of times but then so did most there ? and I was one of those there from start to finish. They very much appreciated my efforts in being with them ? and I very much appreciated them allowing me to be with them.
But how to articulate something of the inner aspect, the spirituality, the inner essence of it all? I will and as I am able to articulate any of it, God Willing, offer these brief thoughts:
From Psalm 134 (Western notation): "Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD. Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD." While the world slept or maybe partied or whatever else, through the hours of the night prayers and praises were offered up in monasteries across the deserts...
Then Isaiah 35:1 "The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose." Not for the first time I am aware of the garden of spirituality that ever blossoms in these deserts, of the beautiful flowers of praise and heavenly virtue that grow here unseen by the world but beautiful before the eyes of Him Who sees all things. I recall my first visit to this monastery in 2002 when on a Sunday evening I watched the hermit monks walking off into the desert in various directions, returning to their hermit caves for another week alone with God (before returning to the monastery the next Saturday for evening Vespers, then on Sunday the Liturgy and, as I have now shared, the all night prayers between) and sitting there the verse came to me "And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day" for it slowly dawned on me that this desert, if only I shifted my perspective, was really Paradise. That was when I first began to muse on that verse about the desert blossoming as a garden or as a rose...
And finally, from Hosea 14:5 "he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon." The image is of a beautiful flower, the pure lily, seen, visible, on the surface but sustained by deep and massive roots, unseen, invisible, below the surface, even roots as the cedars of Lebanon. This is true both for each one of us as persons even as it is true for the life of the Church - it is ever the unseen life of prayer that sustains and upholds the beautiful and saintly life at which we marvel. Would I live a life more like the saints? Then I have my answer - put down deep roots in secret, unseen by the world around me. "But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly." (Matthew 5:6) That verse could be a commentary on the verse from Hosea. And with this I finish for now, I feel like some secret night time gardener who has been allowed to delicately dig and see something of the vast unseen roots below the beautiful flower on the surface... or maybe I was just a worm wriggling its way past those roots one night...
All I know is that those five hours in that monastery Church, from eleven o'clock through to four, were as precious as they were brief.
- admin - 15-08-2008
Thank you very much for this moving and eloquent post.
I think that you too often put yourself down, which is a mark of your humility, but in fact whenever you post we are greatly edified.
May God continue to bless you and us through you.
- John Charmley - 15-08-2008
Dear Fr. Simon,
Thank you so much for sharing these edifying thoughts with us; it is a privilege to read them.
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Four more Randolph County Board of Education employees whose jobs are on the chopping block argued their cases to the school board Tuesday during the second day of hearings on the elimination of professional positions.
Randolph County Schools Superintendent Terry George made the elimination recommendations based on budgetary constraints, and each person occupying an affected position was given the chance to present evidence intended to convince the board to vote against eliminating their jobs.
George's attorney, Greg Bailey, delivered an overview of the board's rationale for each decision prior to allowing each affected educator and her representative to speak.
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Carol Teter, a first-grade teacher at Harman School, right, makes the case for preserving her teaching position Tuesday night at the Randolph County board office as Matthew McCarty looks on. (The Inter-Mountain photo by Katie Kuba)
The board's decision regarding all the affected positions will be rendered Wednesday night.
Harman School kindergarten teacher Sandra Ketterman was the first speaker Tuesday night. Ketterman's position may be eliminated in favor of combining the kindergarten class and the first-grade class into one K/first-grade split classroom.
"This is literally about the board living within its means," Bailey said, noting that only six kindergarten students and nine first-grade students were projected to enroll at Harman School for the 2013-2014 school year.
Bailey said Ketterman was not losing her job, and that she would still be a regularly employed teacher with, perhaps, a different assignment.
Ketterman's representative, Frank Caputo, a staff representative with the American Federation of Teachers, argued that the quality of students' education would suffer should Ketterman's position be cut, saying students would be getting "half an education."
"I really don't know how one teacher can do this kind of job," Ketterman said. "It's going to be a very difficult job to work with special-needs children and the children who are working way above (grade) level. The numbers look good on paper. But every number is a child, and all of those children have individual needs."
Caputo claimed that it was not the intention of the West Virginia Legislature "to have more split grades because it's not conducive to learning."
"The kindergarten/first-grade area is the absolute worst area that you can do a split grade," he said.
Carol Teter, a first-grade teacher at Harman School, was the second speaker of the evening. George recommended Teter be transferred and her position be eliminated in favor of creating a split kindergarten/first-grade class at Harman School.
Teter - who, at the end of her hearing announced that she would be retiring at the end of this school year - said she believed George and the administration were "truly asking someone to do an impossible job when you combine special needs kids along with the varied levels of learning."
"They demand help constantly, and whatever decision you make tonight, I'll be OK," Teter said, choking up. "It's the children I'm worried about."
Teter said she was retiring because, as an educator with more than 40 years of experience, she did not want to "bump" someone at Harman School out of a job.
"I can't do that to one of my friends," Teter said, wiping tears from her eyes.
Matthew McCarty - Teter's representative and an organizational development specialist with the West Virginia Education Association - said he'd done an extensive amount of research on split classrooms, and said that the approach caused problems with effective use of instructional time and difficulties with classroom management.
Bailey defended George, saying that as the superintendent of Randolph County schools, it was George's job to look at the county as a whole.
"When you're looking at six kindergarteners and nine first-graders (at Harman School), closing an eye to that just wouldn't be fair to the entire county," Bailey countered.
Suzanne Cain's position as a Title I/reading specialist at Homestead Elementary School was the subject of the third hearing. Bailey explained that an 8.2 percent cut in Title I federal funding - in combination with the formula that the county school system must use to distribute that funding - is the reason George recommended Cain's position be slashed.
The funding is based on the percentage of low-income students who attend a school, Bailey said, and last year, Homestead Elementary was the third neediest school; now it's the sixth.
Bailey said that although the school system had enough money to fund a half-time Title I/reading specialist position, there were no funds to maintain a full-time Title 1 teacher at Homestead Elementary School.
Homestead Elementary School principal Diane Hull pleaded with the board to preserve Cain's position.
"The woman is an icon," she said. "Don't take away my full-time Title I teacher because she makes too much money. Our needs are increasing, not decreasing."
Pam Hewitt, the assistant superintendent of curriculum/technology/instruction, explained that because Cain was the highest-paid Title 1 teacher in the school system, her salary and fringe benefits take the most out of Title I money, leaving less for programming.
"We take the salary and fringe benefits out first, and the rest is left for programming," Hewitt said, prompting board member Harvey Taylor to apologize to Cain.
"It's a shame you put yourself out there to get all your degrees, and now you're getting punished, for that," Taylor said to Cain, "and I'll be the first to apologize."
The 8.2 percent cut in Title I federal funding was also the reason George had recommended Bonnie Stalnaker-Simmons' position be eliminated. Stalnaker-Simmons, a Title I/reading specialist at Midland Elementary School, was the fourth speaker of the evening.
"When it comes to need, Midland (Elementary School) is the very least needy school in the county, and they are not projected to receive any funding - half-time or full-time - for a Title I position," Bailey said.
Caputo said that student need exists, despite the rankings Bailey cited.
Seven hearings had initially been slated for Tuesday; however at the meeting's outset, George announced that three people who had signed up to speak - Coalton Elementary School kindergarten teacher Lisa Fox, Harman School fifth-grade teacher Patty Teter and Harman School third-grade teacher Amanda Dearborn - had pulled their names from the list of requested hearings.
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Chris Bond led the Cardinals with 17 points, while Jesse Berry added 10 to become the 27th member of Ball State's 1,000-point club.
Cleveland State (4-3) shot 63 percent for the game, and Ball State (2-4) struggled to defend the Vikings' backcourt duo of Trey Lewis and Bryn Forbes who combined for 38 points on 12-for-16 shooting. Lewis led all players with 23 points.
"I thought it was a good lesson for our guards," Ball State coach James Whitford said. "Those two guys can really play. Really good guards have been a problem for us. That's an area where we were exposed tonight, and it's something we have to answer the bell on."
Ball State made just four of its first 19 shots in the game and trailed by as many as 14 points in the first half before picking its offense up in the closing minutes. The Cardinals hit their final five shots from the floor and pulled within seven points at the break at 39-32.
A 3-pointer from Zavier Turner on the opening possession of the second half brought the Cardinals within four points, but they could get no closer.
The Cleveland State lead hovered in single digits throughout the opening 10 minutes of the second half, and it was a 59-50 game with 8:37 to play. But the Vikings went on a 9-0 run to extend their lead to 20 and proceeded to out-score Ball State 19-5 the rest of the way.
Cleveland State double teamed Ball State big man Majok Majok all night and limited him to just five shot attempts. The senior center did manage to haul in a game-high 11 rebounds, reaching double-digit boards for the fifth straight game.
"Their pressure hurt us and it took us out of our pace," Whitford said. "If we would have been able to play faster, I thought we would have minimized their size advantage a little bit. Majok has been very unselfish passing the ball, but we shot 5-for-17 from 3 and I thought some of those were pretty good looks. When they double team him, we have to make them pay a price."
Ball State shot 36 percent from the floor for the game. Turner finished with nine points, including seven in a stretch of less than five minutes as the Cardinals made their run spanning the two halves. Majok scored seven on the night.
Forbes and Jon Harris each scored 15 for Cleveland State, while Anton Grady added 11 to give the Vikings four scorers in double figures.
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CHARLES TOWN - In 1979, a trio of freestyle rappers from New Jersey was assembled to create music together.
The rhymes they laid down in a New York City studio changed the course of music history forever.
The Sugarhill Gang's "Rapper's Delight" quickly flew up the charts, becoming the first hip-hop song to achieve mainstream success. And as its popularity spread, demand for the new sound was huge.
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The rhymes that the Sugarhill Gang laid down in a New York City studio changed the course of music history forever.
"We thought, maybe, it would be big in the tri-state area," said "Big Bank Hank" Jackson of the Sugarhill Gang in a recent interview with The Journal. "If you'd told me this record was going to sell over 18.5 million records and become the standard on which rap music is based - it would have been like winning the PowerBall. One minute we're unknown, the next we're bigger than Coca-Cola."
The Sugarhill Gang's breakout hit continues to be popular today, and Jackson said the group plays between 175 and 200 shows a year. Its next will be at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races on Friday night as part of the casino's Boogie Nights series of shows. The event, scheduled to begin at 9 p.m. in the H Lounge, is free to the public.
Kareem Washington, entertainment and advertising manager for the casino, said the Boogie Nights series - which launched New Year's Eve - is targeted toward visitors in their 30s and 40s, "bringing them back to their youth."
"Our bartenders are dressed up in '70s and '80s outfits, whether it's the high leggings with Spandex or the Daisy Dukes, you'll see it all," Washington said. "We encourage our guests to participate and dress up as well. That kind of makes the whole feel of the room."
Earlier evening performers in the Boogie Nights series have included Michael Jackson and Prince impersonators. Washington said the series will continue into February with "theme nights" including a "stoplight party" - wear red if you're taken, green if you're single or yellow if "it's complicated" - and a Cher impersonator.
Washington also said that the casino will be renting special rooms on Boogie Nights evenings for birthdays and bachelor or bachelorette parties.
"We're trying to turn this into one big party on Friday nights," he said. "There's nothing like it in the area."
The Sugarhill Gang's performance Friday night should be the highlight of the January Boogie Nights schedule, Washington said. And as for the group itself, Jackson said one of the reasons it continues to draw crowds more than three decades after the debut of "Rapper's Delight" is the accessibility of its brand of hip-hop.
"It's real hip-hop. It's not what you hear today," Jackson said. "We're not gangster rapping. We're party rapping."
While Jackson said there are hip-hop performers today who are storytellers - naming DMX, Common and Eminem as examples - he said a lot of what is produced in the genre today is about "bang-bang, shooting up" and "the hood you represent, the bling-bling you have."
The Sugarhill Gang, meanwhile, never has represented anything other than fun, he said.
"We rap 15, 20 minutes about any subject, about anything," Jackson said. "Back in those days, we didn't have anything, so we just created fantasies, created hopes and dreams."
Those lyrics have gone on to inspire countless other hip-hop artists in the decades that have passed, and they continue to be popular today. "Rapper's Delight" has been used in numerous movies in recent years, Jackson said, and it currently appears in a commercial for the restaurant chain Applebee's.
The continued popularity of the song - as well as the band's others, including "Apache" - is also evident during shows, Jackson said.
"The people who grew up with this are bringing their children," he said. "We used to do this for free, and now they pay us to do it. I'm just blessed to be able to do what we do and have fun at it."
Jackson said that in addition to their touring schedule, which takes them from Las Vegas to Europe and everywhere in between, the Sugarhill Gang is working on a new album that the group hopes to release in the fall.
And in Charles Town, Washington says Hollywood Casino is ready for them to bring their fun-filled night of classic hip-hop to the stage.
"They really started the hip-hop game, and all the rappers young and old really attribute their interest in becoming hip-hop stars back to Sugarhill," he said. "I thought it was really a no-brainer to bring them here for our Boogie Nights."
Friday night's event at the casino's H Lounge will begin at 9 p.m., with the Sugarhill Gang scheduled to take the stage later in the evening. For more information and a full list of upcoming acts at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races, visit hollywoodcasinocharlestown.com.


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Jake Wise Named To Johnny Bench Award Watch List
Razorbacks junior catcher early nominee for nation's best catcher award
Arkansas catcher Jake Wise has been named to the initial watch list for the Johnny Bench Award, it was announced Monday.
Wise, a junior from Houston, Texas, is one of 48 catchers nominated for the award, which is given to the top NCAA Division I collegiate catcher.
One of the team's captains, Wise has played in all 16 games this season for the Razorbacks, starting in 15 of them. He has a .231 batting average with one home run and is tied for second on the team with 10 RBI.
Defensively, Wise is arguably Arkansas' most consistent player, having not committed an error in 623 chances, a span that covers 97 games. He has thrown out four of 12 baserunners attempting to steal, a 25 percent success rate.
The watch list will be pared down to the semifinalists, whom will be announced on May 16. The three finalists will be announced on June 4, and then the winner will be announced on June 27th at the Annual Greater Wichita Sports banquet.
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Don Quixote with the OrchestraRanked among ballet's most complex choreography, Don Quixote weaves a rich tapestry of love, illusion and adventure based on Cervante's classic Spanish novel. Packed with balletic bravado, intricate footwork and virtuoso variations, Don Quixote claims one of the most breathtaking grand pas de deux in classical ballet.04/11/2014 - 04/13/201404/11 - 8:00 pm04/12 - 8:00 pm04/13 - 2:00 pm237 Seventh St., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Swimmy, Frederick & Inch by InchMermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia draws from Leo Lionni's exquisitely crafted Caldecott Honor books. Swimmy, a tiny fish, uses ingenuity to fend off danger. Frederick, a poetic mouse, makes everyday life an artful experience. A lovable inchworm shares his facility for measuring absolutely everything. All stories incorporate puppetry and a gentle style. (Ages 3-10, 60 minutes)04/11/2014 - 04/12/201404/11 - 11:00 am04/11 - 7:00 pm04/12 - 11:00 am04/12 - 2:00 pmLocation: Byham Theater, 101 Sixth St., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
PantagleizePantagleize is a wild rumination on revolution; an explosion of theatricality first produced in 1931 by Michel de Ghelderode, Belgium's great anticipator of the avant garde. Subtitled "A Farce to Make You Sad," it takes its title from the central character, a philosopher-clown unwittingly involved with a cell of revolutionaries who take him for their leader. He robs a bank, falls in love, and goes head to head with forces far beyond his understanding. Jed Allen Harris directs a new adaptation by Jay Ball.04/11/2014 - 04/27/2014Location: Lexington Technology Center, 400 North Lexington St., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Palace of the Sun KingIn 1664 Louis XIV began transforming a humble hunting lodge into the most magnificent palace the world has ever known: Versailles. Sublime soprano Sherezade Panthaki joins us to explore the music heard in its resplendent halls. With guests: Adriane Post, Baroque violin; Andrew Appel, harpsichord.04/11/2014 - 04/12/201404/11 - 8:00 pm04/12 - 2:30 pmLocation: 2 locations: Synod Hall and Chatham U.website
Bobby Watson & HorizonAfter an eight-year hiatus, this electrifying quintet (nicknamed "The Happy Band" by fans) is back with a brand new album and tour entitled "Horizon Reassembled." The group has evolved into an all-star ensemble of Terell Stafford, Edward Simon, Essiet Okon Essiet, and Victor Lewis, each leaders in their own right.04/12/201404/12 - 7:00 pm04/12 - 9:30 pm1815 Metropolitan St, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite | map
Dance!Violinist Ade Williams, winner of the Sphinx Competition, plays Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto on a program that also includes Kodaly's Dances of Galanta, and Beethoven's Symphony #7. Matthew Kraemer conducts.04/12/2014Time: 7:30 pmButler Intermediate High School, 551 Fairground Hill Rd, Butler, PAwebsite | map
Pittsburgh Concert Society Winners in JohnstownSage Po, harp, and Sean Kennard, piano.04/12/2014Time: 7:30pmFirst Presbyterian Church, 309 Lincoln St., Johnstown, PAwebsite | map
University GamelanThe University Gamelan performs music and dance of Indonesia.04/12/2014Time: 8:00 pmLocation: Bellefield Hall, 315 Bellefield Av., Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
Architecture + PhotographyThis exhibition, featuring an array of works from the Heinz Architectural Center and Carnegie Museum of Art's photography collection, demonstrates the wonderfully rich symbiosis between architecture and photography.04/12/2014 - 05/26/2014 website
Dramatic Scenes for Mezzo-SopranoFeatures excerpts from Saint-Saens' "Samson and Delilah" and Verdi's "Aida" sung by Marybeth Sederburg, Robert Frankenberry and Milutin Lazich.04/13/2014Time: 3:00 pmLocation: Campbell Memorial Chapel, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PAwebsite
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More than a mile of "Lights in the Parkway" turns on this weekend, Friday through Sunday, from 5:30 to 10 p.m., then again Nov. 30 and into the New Year through Jan. 6 (closed Christmas). Admission is $10 per car; $6 in advance. Back by popular demand will be ice carving and horse-drawn carriage rides. The Lights in the Parkway 5K will be held Wednesday at 7 p.m.
This year's 17th annual Lights in the Parkway sports LED lighting among the animated storybook figures that include The Wizard of Oz and Cinderella.
For further info: lightsintheparkway.com
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It might have been the best 8-4 season ever in college football, and it will go down as one of the most memorable seasons in the long, storied history of Penn State. Here's a look at the best and worst moments and memories:
Best moment: The celebration on the field at Beaver Stadium at the end of the finale against Wisconsin felt like the Nittany Lions had just won a championship. The emotions that poured out of the players, coaches and fans after the Badgers' Kyle French missed a field goal in overtime provided an exciting, fitting reward for everyone after a very trying year.
Worst team moment: Losing the opener at home to Ohio was deflating for the players after coming into the game with so many emotions following a rough offseason.
Worst individual moment: Sam Ficken had a chance to go from goat to hero with a last-second field goal at Virginia, but his fifth miss of the day (one was a PAT) made for one of the most brutal games an athlete can endure.
Best learning experience: The Lions should have beaten Ohio and Virginia, and if they played again at the end of the season, they probably would have pounded both. But in a strange way, those two losses helped shape the team and the season as much as anything else. They served as motivation for the team, giving it even more of an us-against-the-world attitude, plus it had a major impact on the way Bill O'Brien coached the rest of the season. Would we have ever seen all the gambling on fourth downs -- which produced numerous key plays -- had Ficken not missed those kicks at Virginia? O'Brien learned a lot about his team and how to coach it, especially on that day in Charlottesville.
Team MVP: A no-brainer. Linebacker Michael Mauti, as colleague Neil Rudel pointed out, was the greatest leader in Penn State history. Google Mauti's name and click on images. The first picture you'll see, taken by Mark Brennan of FightOnState.com, is a stare that epitomizes determination. He's a terrific football player, but his unrivaled passion and love for Penn State during the school's darkest days will be his lasting legacy.
Best offensive player: Statistically, Matt McGloin had the best passing season in PSU history, setting numerous school records, including: yards (3,266), completions (270), attempts (446), single-game completions (35), tying for season TDs (24) and setting mark for career TDs (46). McGloin, who threw only five interceptions, benefited greatly from O'Brien's offense, but let's also be clear: O'Brien benefited from having a smart quarterback like McGloin who understood the offense and could make the throws necessary to make it successful.
Best defensive player: Mauti gets the nod over fellow standout linebacker Gerald Hodges and outstanding defensive tackle Jordan Hill.
Best pro prospect, among seniors: The choice here is Hodges, a complete package at linebacker who should continue PSU's great run of NFL standouts.
Best pro prospect overall: NFL teams could be salivating in a few years over redshirt freshman left tackle Donovan Smith (6-foot-5, 316), who was hampered by nagging injuries this season. A close second might be redshirt freshman defensive end Deion Barnes (6-4, 246), named Big Ten Freshman of the Year after leading PSU with six sacks and 10 tackles for loss.
Out of nowhere: Zach Zwinak rushed for 1,000 yards, not to mention 179 against Wisconsin. No way anyone could have predicted that at the beginning of the season, when Zwinak was fourth string behind Bill Belton, Derek Day and Curtis Dukes.
Out of nowhere, part 2: How many people had even heard of tight end Kyle Carter back in the spring? The recruiting zealots, sure, but Carter was as unheralded as it gets. Yet he earned a starting job, benefited greatly from O'Brien's tight-end heavy offense, and in only nine games caught 36 passes, five short of the school record for a tight end.
Out of nowhere, part 3: Allen Robinson had a better season than Zwinak and Carter, but he's part 3 because at least people had good expectations for him entering the season. Still, there's a difference between good expectations and going from three catches to a school-record 77 and becoming just the second PSU receiver to top 1,000 yards. That's a great season.
Most underrated player: Center Matt Stankiewitch was a strong force on the line the past two years, an anchor as a leader on and off the field. He should get NFL opportunities.
Best senior: Mauti
Best junior: Guard John Urschel, an all-conference performer and quite possibly the smartest player in college football. The math major recently had a paper called "Instabilities in the Sun-Jupiter-Asteroid Three Body Problem" published in the journal Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy. He could have an NFL future, but if not, he'll still be wildly successful.
Best sophomore: Robinson
Best freshman: A tie between Carter and Barnes
Lots of assistance: It's tough picking the top assistant coach, especially when D-line guru Larry Johnson and linebacker coach extraordinaire Ron Vanderlinden are on the staff. But the choice is Charlie Fisher, whose work with Matt McGloin was fantastic, and largely overlooked because O'Brien gets so much credit for the quarterback's development. Enough can't be said, too, of strength and conditioning coach Craig Fitzgerald and his influence on the team.
Well-deserved: O'Brien absolutely deserved Big Ten Coach of the Year honors, even if Urban Meyer did go 12-0 at Ohio State. What O'Brien accomplished under the difficult circumstances was nothing short of amazing.
Final word: My season prediction was 6-6, and even that looked like a stretch after the 0-2 start. There was too much talent left on the team after the transfers to think it would be a three- or four-win season, like many across the nation believed, but to finish 8-4 in spite of the poor start and all the adversity was nothing short of remarkable.


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COLUMBIA — State Sen. Robert Ford has been accused of committing ethics violations over the course of about four years, including inappropriately spending campaign funds and failing to report how the money came in and went out.
What's next
The Senate ethics panel will hold a hearing on the allegations against state Sen. Robert Ford and will determine whether he broke the law.A date for that hearing has not been set. Before the hearing, Ford has the right to file a response to the complaint within 15 calendar days. He and/or his private attorney also will have the chance to examine all evidence related to the allegations in the panel's possession.The committee could issue several penalties against Ford if it finds any violations, up to and including recommending expulsion.Other possible sanctions include:Issuing a public reprimand.Requiring the payment of a civil penalty not exceeding $2,000 for each non-technical violation.Requiring the forfeiture of all gifts, receipts or profits obtained in violation of ethics law.In the case of alleged criminal violations, referring the matter to the S.C. attorney general for investigation.If the committee finds Ford did not violate the law, it will dismiss the allegations.
The Senate Ethics Committee announced Wednesday that after an initial inquiry, it found probable cause to support allegations that the Charleston Democrat violated seven areas of state ethics law. He will face a public hearing before his peers.
Robert Ford
Former member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference who worked with Martin Luther King Jr.An activist who was arrested dozens of times during Civil Rights Era.Charleston councilman from 1975 to 1992.State senator since 1993.Helped broker the compromise on moving the Confederate battle flag from the top of Statehouse dome to the grounds in 2000.
A spokesman for the Senate Democratic Caucus said Ford would have no immediate comment on the accusations.
The Senate ethics panel, which investigates allegations against members of the upper chamber, is made up of 10 of Ford's fellow senators.
In its announcement, the committee said the alleged misdeeds occurred from July 10, 2009, to April 10 of this year.
During that time, the panel found that there is probable cause that Ford:
-- Used campaign funds to defray personal expenses unrelated to his office.
-- Misrepresented the amounts of various expenditures on his disclosure reports such that they didn't match up with the actual spending reflected in his campaign bank statements.
-- Misrepresented the purpose of some campaign spending to make it seem as though it was related to his office when it was, in fact, personal spending.
-- Made cash withdrawals of more than $100 from his campaign account on several occasions.
-- Failed to report numerous campaign contributions
-- Did not report some spending from his campaign account
-- Failed to report some campaign loans and campaign loan repayments.
The allegations against Ford come as the Legislature is weighing several bills that would overhaul aspects of state ethics law in the wake of several high-profile ethics dust-ups.
A common element of many of the reform bills is the proposed elimination of House and Senate ethics committees.
The measures would move the responsibility of investigating and sanctioning lawmakers to non-legislative entities, ensuring that legislators would no longer sit in judgment of their own.
Ford, 64, has faced ethics allegations in the past.
In 2001 the state Supreme Court ruled that only fellow senators could investigate Ford for alleged funding improprieties.
The State Ethics Commission had tried to investigate Ford's handling of a $5,000 donation he used to defeat the 1998 Charleston County school bond vote.
In 1977, Ford was suspended from his Charleston City Council seat and charged with forgery. The moves came after the names of dead people showed up on petitions in an annexation election. Ford was acquitted, then reinstated to the council and given back pay.
Earlier versions of this story had an incorrect year for Ford's suspension from City Council. The Post and Courier regrets the error.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. Reach Stephen Largen at 864-641-8172 and follow him on Twitter @stephen largen.


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Quote from: V8Beast on April 13, 2012, 04:00:51 PMMy 5DIII does this, too, but I can't see when I'd be in shooting situation where it would be an issue. Perhaps there are situations where it would matter, but if Canon offers some kind of fix, I'm not going to bother sending the camera in.Where does it matter?Say I've composed a shot in a dark setting by looking through the eye finder, with the camera tripod mounted.I don't want to stay looking through the eye finger because it is an uncomfortable position to be in.I've set the camera to Manual exposure mode.So I stand up and to see what the exposure settings are, I light up the panel using the button and then adjust the aperture/shutter speed according to what the lit panel says it should be.A few seconds later, I use the remote to release the shutter and take the picture.Now when I review it, it is under exposed. What went wrong?Alternatively, I might be shooting using P/A/V modes using the LCD panel light to let me know when I've dialed +2/3, then with the 10 second timer, wait for the shutter to release. The exposure is taken from the time that I locked it in with the panel lit up and is thus wrong.
My 5DIII does this, too, but I can't see when I'd be in shooting situation where it would be an issue. Perhaps there are situations where it would matter, but if Canon offers some kind of fix, I'm not going to bother sending the camera in.
This kind of pisses me off. Not because I feel like I got a defective camera or that I even think this issue would really affect me. I'm pissed off because I will now have to decide if I want to be without my camera while it is getting an updated LCD cover or if I want to ignore the recall and deal with whatever the consequences of that are...
Makes you wonder if the 1D X has the same problem!
Of course Canon looks here. Companies pay thousands if not millions for this type of market research.
I don't understand this... My 5D2 does the EXACT same thing with the light leak as my 5D3!!!Why a recall on the 5D3 and never the 5D2? AND, will I be able to get my 5D2 fixed from them if indeed this is a problem?
Correct. In E.U. Countries, Canon will be forced to go door-to-door with a physical hat in their hands to apologize. Hrm, why was US pricing lower?
Is this a problem because the new sensor has such incredible low-light sensitivity?


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Zenani and Zindzi Mandela attended the premiere and learned of their father's death during the screening. Though the pair left the Odeon Leicester Square theater, they asked that the film play to the end uninterrupted, according to a statement from the Nelson Mandela Foundation.
Zindzi Mandela had spoken about her father's health on the film's red carpet, saying that he was "fine."
"He's just a typical 95-year-old who is frail," she added.
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"It was extremely sad and upsetting news," William told the press while leaving the theater. "We were just reminded what an extraordinary and inspiring man Nelson Mandela was. My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family."
Actor Idris Elba, who portrayed Mandela in the film, echoed the sentiment.
"We have lost one of the greatest human beings to have walked this earth, I only feel honored to be associated with him," he told reporters.
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- David Halverstadt, who owns the storage units on Spruce Street, reported Tuesday he is concerned someone he knows may damage the gate he had installed.
- Judy Trussell reported her daughter works at the Dollar General, and that at 6:50 p.m. Tuesday her daughter's boyfriend showed up at the store, took her cell phone and broke it. He also threatened to vandalize her car. The daughter, Lauren Trussell, later went to the police department and reported her rear car window was broken.
- A West Chestnut Street woman reported Tuesday items were stolen from her apartment.
- A North Jefferson Street woman reported her daughter moved out of her apartment, leaving her personal belongings to the man who also lived there. The man has since moved out and the landlord is bringing the items to her house and leaving them in the lawn. She wants the landlord to stop.
- A resident reported Wednesday a woman he saw the other day at the county Counseling Center is now going around town saying he touched her all over her body. He said this is a lie and he wants an officer to talk with her or he is going to file a lawsuit.
- A clerk at Smith Oil, 968 E. State St., called police at 5:09 a.m. Wednesday to report damage to both front door windows, which were shattered and sustained substantial damage from being struck with an unknown object. An investigation is pending.
- Police responded to several alarm calls from 2:01 to 3:01 a.m. Wednesday at businesses in the area of South Lincoln Avenue, North Broadway Avenue and East Second Street. They suspected the alarms were triggered by a power outage, with all areas appearing secure.
- Police were called at 12:32 a.m. Wednesday to the 600 block of East Perry Street for a person to be removed. A woman reported she and her boyfriend had an argument and she wanted him removed from the residence. The male was advised of the complaint and transported to his residence to prevent further problems.
- A suspicious vehicle with a male inside was reported at 11 p.m. Tuesday in a parking lot at 423 S. Lundy Ave. Officers were unable to locate the vehicle.
- A domestic was reported at 10:03 p.m. Tuesday in the 200 block of Vine Avenue where a husband and wife had an argument. They agreed to keep their distance and discuss the issues at a later time.
- A man in the 200 block of West Pershing Street reported at 8:46 p.m. Tuesday that someone entered his apartment and took several items, including welding tools, a tool bag, boots, a cell phone and a government phone and personal papers.
- A clerk at Smith Oil on East State Street reported at 8:20 p.m. Tuesday that a person in a white Chevy Blazer left without paying for $15 worth of gasoline.
- A woman reported at 7:34 p.m. Tuesday that she moved out of a property in the 400 block of South Broadway Avenue on Nov. 29 and left a computer and two mattresses at the residence. She said now the items are missing. An officer went to the residence and a person there said the mattresses were still there, but a man arrived Monday and said he was there to pick up the computer and they gave it to him. Arrangements were made for the woman to pick up the mattresses.
- A man on Merle Road reported at 7:21 p.m. Tuesday that his juvenile daughter had not returned home from school. Before she was entered as missing in the law enforcement data base, she was located at a friend's house and was on her way home.
- An anonymous person reported finding a bicycle abandoned at the rear of the storage units on Elm Avenue at 4:07 p.m. Tuesday.
- A credit/debit card was found at 1:28 p.m. Tuesday on the ground at the recycling center on Ellsworth Avenue and turned over to police. The owner's wife retrieved the card from police.
- Police were called to Walmart, 2875 E. State St., for a dispute at 11:27 a.m. Tuesday, but all parties left before they arrived. One of the people, from East Liverpool, came to the police station to report a man and woman were harassing them as part of an ongoing problem.
- A man in the 500 block of East Fourth Street reported at 8:04 p.m. Monday that an unknown woman punched his juvenile cousin in the face after a brief argument. An officer spoke to the woman who said the girl got in her face and came at her in an aggressive manner. She told police she only hit the girl to protect herself. The information was sent to the prosecutor for review.
- Police were called at 7:51 p.m. Monday to remove a person from the 500 block of South Broadway Avenue, but he left the area before police arrived.
- A domestic was reported at 7:05 p.m. Monday in the 200 block of Rose Avenue between an adult male and a juvenile female. The adult fled the area.
- A man reported at 6:03 p.m. Monday that a known male was staying at his apartment building and took copper piping from the basement. When he went to check the basement, the person fled.
-A Quaker Lane resident reported jewelry missing at 1:58 p.m. Monday.
- A West Salem Street woman called 911 at 9:50 a.m. to request police help her with contacting an AT&T representative to pay her bill since no one was answering her call at the company. Police told her she would have to speak with a representative herself.
- Police conducted a welfare check on a West Salem Street woman at 10:42 a.m. Tuesday after receiving a 911 hang-up call from the home. It was found the woman had accidentally made the call and there were no problems.
- Police spoke with a man at 11 a.m. Tuesday after observing him placing an item in a trash can on Fairfield Avenue at Pueblo Lane and then continue on to stop and look into all the trash cans on the curb. The man said he was a scrapper looking for scrap materials.
- Police issued a barking dog warning to a South Cross Street resident at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.
- A West Friend Street man reported at 9 p.m. Tuesday he was involved in a domestic with his girlfriend. Police found it to be a verbal dispute only and the woman had already left the home.


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LEWISTON – An unidentified body was recovered today from the Lower Niagara River, several miles downstream from where a 23-year-old University of Buffalo student fell in at Whirlpool State Park on Saturday.
A New York State Parks Officer spotted the body from the shore just before 3 p.m. at the New York Power Authority Fishing Platform. The body was recovered shortly after.
Although no identity was confirmed this afternoon, State Parks Police have been searching since Saturday for Narang "David" Kim, a 23-year-old University of Buffalo MBA candidate and teaching assistant who slipped off a rock and fell into the rushing waters, after he ventured out beyond the trail at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
Kim was walking the trail with a group of friends and his mother who had been visiting from Korea when he climbed out onto the rock and was pulled into the water when he slipped on the steep, algae-covered rock, according to Lt. David Moriarty.
State Parks Police and Erie County's Air One helicopter had combed the water and shore without success since he disappeared into the fast moving whirlpool of the Lower Niagara River Gorge.
Officers were also searching for a woman who intentionally went into the water at Prospect Point and was swept over the American Falls a few hours later.
Moriarty said Monday that parks police are always searching and monitoring the river, noting that in addition to the woman, they still are looking for missing people from last year and the beginning of this year.


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Tamika and Rikki always do the piss and dip at 4:20. They think the boss doesn't know but he does.
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Achievers International is an online enterprise project for students, enabling them to take part in and understand international trading.
A group of students and their teacher form a company, and import and export goods with a partner school overseas.
Students gain an insight into how businesses are formed and managed, and increase their awareness and understanding of other cultures and citizenship. It provides a practical learning context for teaching business studies and modern languages, and promotes development of ICT skills.
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Why Your Tax Withholding Went Up
There have been a lot of commenters wondering why their tax withholding went up this year after hearing about the stimulative 2% payroll tax holiday passed last year. The 2% payroll tax holiday reduced the normally 6.2% Social Security withholding to only 4.2% but some people have seen their withholding go up. What gives?
Last year, the Making Work Pay credit reduced everyone's income tax by 6.2% up to $400. Anyone who earned over $6451 received a maximum $400. That credit expired this year and was effectively replaced by a 2% reduct that had a much higher ceiling, $2,136.
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- If you earn more than $20,000, then you should see a reduction in your withholding because a 2% of $20,000 is $400.
- If you earned less than $20,000 then you'll see an increase in your withholding because the 6.2%, even with a $400 cap, is higher than the reduction of 2% in Social Security.
Finally, your employer may not have implemented the payroll tax holiday yet, the IRS gave them a January 31st to fix it with any differences reconciled by March 31st. While your Making Work Pay credit has definitely been removed, the payroll tax holiday may not be implemented yet.
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KERNERSVILLE, N.C. -- Customers were forced to evacuate the Wal-Mart on S. Main St. Friday, after employees received a threatening note, police say.
Officers responded to the store just after 5:30 p.m. when employees say a man approached the customer service counter and passed along a note, telling employees to evacuate the store.
While police received initial reports, saying there were gunshots in the store, officers found no evidence of a gun being fired, according to a news release.
Emergency responders searched the store for explosive devices and didn't find anything.
Detectives also reviewed surveillance footage and have provided a description of the suspect in question. Officers are looking for a white male, wearing a green checkered shirt and tan, military style pants.
After sweeping the scene, police allowed the store to reopen about two hours after the evacuation.
Kernersville police are still investigating this incident. If you have any information, call the department at 336-996-2306.
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I can get high on surprises. When something nice and unexpected happens you never had time to even anticipate it, or control its outcome or prepare for your reaction, it just automatically comes all neat and done and good. It makes you feel special.
My favorite part is that it leaves you vulnerable without the heartbreak.
When you are expecting something, there is always so much room for disappointment. There's just so much risk that it's not going to turn out as awesome as you hoped. Or turn out at all. And for some reason, for me, the let down takes me way down lower than what is probably normal.
This anxiousness also takes away from the current moment, always looking ahead at what's to come, good or bad. I have to remind myself of that constantly lately. Right now is a surprise waiting to happen, right now is life laying itself down in front of you but your eyes and thoughts are far beyond to a moment in time that might never be.
Our neighbors gave Ivy this big dollhouse and a million pieces to go with it, out of the blue, and she has been mesmerized. I hate how my kids will beg for something and whine for it and ohmygawd they'll finally get it and it means nothing, it's discarded, it's bagged up for donation, it turns me bitter. I love how Ivy never knew she wanted this, I love observing her appreciation of this gift.
If I could have many wishes, I'd shrink myself real small and I'd live here.
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quote: If you lived in some of the places I have, you'd have it with you 24/7. Not everyone gets to live in nice places.
quote: If I get a knock on the door after 9PM, I just answer the door. The thought that it could be somebody dangerous doesn't even cross my mind. It never happens where I live. Even at 3AM, I'd do it, just a bit more cautiously. I'd never assume I was ever in danger. I'd think it was the police or a distressed neighbor, never a criminal. It just doesn't happen here.


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I totally did not forget that today was the fourth. What? no okay maybe but I still made it. That's all that matters.
Also, I am so excited to tell you that my Listen To Your Mother show videos are up!! As in, ready to watch online! They are uploaded individually, so I just ask that you please watch them in order if you can. And then pass them on- spread the word to your friends and family and anyone you think would be touched by these amazing stories and performances. I can't wait to hear what you think...
I used to take photos of my kids on the first of every month, now it's on the fourth. Four for four... get it? You can see past month photos here.
*edited to add: I seriously thought today was the fourth. Oh well! Move along! Watch the videos!!!


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Christie, Official Who Arranged Bridge Closures Were Together During Fiasco
UPDATED | Gov. Chris Christie was with the official who arranged the closure of local lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge on Sept. 11, 2013 — the third day of the closures, and well after they had triggered outrage from local officials beset by heavy traffic.
It isn't known what, if anything, Mr. Christie discussed with David Wildstein that day, when the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey official was among the delegation of Mr. Christie's representatives who welcomed him to the site of the World Trade Center for the commemoration of the 12th anniversary of the terrorist attacks there.
Christie spokesman Colin Reed said, "Of course, Governor Christie attended the September 11th ceremony as he has done every year since he took office. He had numerous interactions with public officials that morning, including representatives of the Port Authority. They were all there for one reason – to pay tribute to the heroes of 9/11."
Mr. Wildstein did not respond to a request for comment through his attorney.
Also present with Mr. Christie that day were Bill Baroni, the authority's deputy executive director, who was helping Mr. Wildstein manage the fallout from the closures among local officials, subpoenaed documents show. Also there was David Samson, the Port Authority chairman and close Christie ally, who has said he didn't learn of the lane closures and traffic in Fort Lee, N.J., until an email from a New York port official ordered the lane closures reversed. Messrs. Samson and Baroni didn't respond to requests for comment.
Mr. Christie addressed Mr. Wildstein in a news conference last week, saying he had not encountered him "in a long time."
"I have had no contact with David Wildstein in a long time, a long time, well before the election," which was held Nov. 5, Mr. Christie said last week. "You know, I could probably count on one hand the number of conversations I've had with David since he worked at the Port Authority. I did not interact with David."
When exactly Mr. Christie learned of the traffic problems is an unsettled question likely to figure in investigations of the matter. Mr. Christie said in December that he learned only after the Journal published an internal email from the Port Authority's top New York official reversing the closures. That email and the accompanying news article appeared Oct. 1.
But Mr. Christie said last week he had learned of the matter earlier, from unspecified news reports about the traffic the closures had caused in Fort Lee.
Meanwhile, subpoenaed documents show that several of Mr. Christie's closest aides knew the closures had caused heavy traffic and allegations of political retribution during the week when they were going on. Mr. Christie has said he believed the entire incident was the result of a traffic study, until documents released on the matter indicated it was engineered as possible political retribution against Fort Lee's mayor.
When the bridge scandal widened last week, Mr. Christie announced the firing of Bridget Kelly, his deputy chief of staff who wrote to Mr. Wildstein on August 13, telling him "time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee."
Mr. Wildstein replied "Got it," and set in motion a series of secret conversations with staff at the port authority to close off two of three local access lanes to the bridge from Fort Lee, with strict instructions not to tell Fort Lee police and officials, or executives on the New York side of the Port Authority, which is jointly controlled by New Jersey and New York.
Who, if anyone, authorized Bridget Kelly to send her message and how Mr. Wildstein knew what she meant are central questions in the parallel legislative and criminal probes now investigating the matter.
The photograph of the men together raised new questions about what the Christie administration knew about the lane closures and when, said Assemblyman John Wisniewski, the Democratic chair of the transportation committee that issued subpoenas over the lane closures.
"It buttressed the skepticism that many have had about his statement," said Mr. Wisniewski, about when Mr. Christie learned of his aides' involvement in the closures. "I can't help but wonder what conversation took place between them."
Mr. Wisnewski said lawyers for the Assembly and Mr. Wildstein could decide as soon as Wednesday to remove some redacted areas of the correspondence he supplied in response to a subpoena, which has escalated the scandal. The blacked-out sections obscured who Mr. Wildstein was communicating with in some exchanges.
Mr. Wisniewski also said he intends to issue subpoenas for more records related to the scandal, including to Ms. Kelly and Mr. Stepien.
"The list gets bigger and bigger," Mr. Wisniewski said. "There's potentially dozens of other names."
On Thursday, Mr. Christie announced Ms. Kelly's firing and cut ties to his former campaign manager and close aide, Bill Stepien. He also distanced himself from Mr. Wildstein, noting that while they had attended the same high school and risen in political circles at the same time, the two had not been longtime friends.
Photographs also shows Messrs. Wildstein, Baroni, and Samson strolling and chatting at an event in June, when Mr. Christie staged a ceremonial announcement of plans to raise the roadway of the Bayonne Bridge. That $1 billion project is a key priority of New Jersey-based shipping and construction interests, and a major initiative of the New Jersey side of the Port Authority, which is paying for the project.
Viewer Q&A: Ted Mann discusses the latest twists and turns in the bridge scandal — and how WSJ first started reporting on the story.
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Sister Jane Boudreau, a Sister of St. Joseph for 70 years, died Tuesday at the Sisters Residence in Clarence after a long illness. She was 89.
One of 12 children, Sister Jane was born in Highgate Center, Vt. She entered the Sisters of St. Joseph in 1942 and pronounced her final vows in 1948. She earned a bachelor's degree in education from Mount St. Joseph College in 1955.
Her 34 years of teaching brought her to 11 elementary schools throughout the Diocese of Buffalo. From 1977 to 1999 she served in multiple roles, including plant manager at Mount St. Joseph Academy Elementary Division. She continued her varied work after moving to Clarence in 2000.
Described by her community members as "the essence of hospitality and energy," Sister Jane maintained the sisters' former vacation home in Olcott for more than 20 years. Her extensive garden supplied convents with an abundance and variety of vegetables.
She is survived by a sister, Sister Frances SSJ; two brothers, Rosaire and Claude; and a close cousin, Sister Cecile Ferland SSJ.
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Microsoft could definitely benefit from PPI, since it has an entire new line of Windows Phone 8 and Surface tablet devices being released this year
Microsoft announced that it will acquire Perceptive Pixel Inc. (PPI) for an undisclosed amount today in an effort to
enhance its multi-touch display technologies
PPI is a researcher, producer and developer of multi-touch display solutions. It was founded in 2006 by Jeff Han and shipped its first Multi-Touch Workstation and Multi-Touch Collaboration Wall in 2007, which changed the way CNN covered the 2008 U.S. Presidential elections.
"The acquisition of PPI allows us to draw on our complementary strengths, and we're excited to accelerate this market evolution," said Kurt DelBene, president, Office Division for Microsoft. "PPI's large touch displays, when combined with hardware from our OEMs, will become powerful Windows 8-based PCs and open new possibilities for productivity and collaboration."
Microsoft could definitely benefit from PPI, since it has an entire new line of Windows Phone 8 and Surface tablet devices being released this year. Microsoft unveiled its
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"We are incredibly excited to be working together on our mutual passion to build technologies that enable people to collaborate and communicate," said Han. "By joining Microsoft, we will be able to take advantage of the tremendous momentum of the Microsoft Office Division, tightly interoperate with its products, and deliver this technology to a very broad set of customers."
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Yeah, my point is that you're wrong regarding Apple's products as "uncompetitive".
Fingerworks was making keyboards. Apple took the technology and made wildly successful smartphones and tablets (and even today they are still ahead of most other companies wrt to GPU, CPU, battery life, and screen resolution), ergo they are in fact competitive.
Final Cut was a pro app that Apple purchased and made available to consumers (first iMacs then down to iPhones and iPads); paired with their generally more powerful CPU/GPUs, this feature is still something most phones aren't really capable of and still a mark of Apple's competitiveness... The same is true of iPhoto, Garageband, and other "artsy" apps Apple has released on their iOS devices.
Intrinsity and PWRficient's purchase has kept Apple's SoC in the forefront of mobile performance and battery life; for a month or two NVIDIA has been able to claim some CPU gains against Apple, but never GPU, and then they are leapfrogged for 10 months at a time, whilst in general having significantly worse battery life than iOS devices. This holds true also with Qualcomm and Samsung. I think the HTC One using a 28nm Qualcomm SoC and the Razr Maxx with a battery 2x bigger than the iPhones are the only devices that come close to Apple's battery life.
The fact that the generate billions of dollars of profits per quarter almost defines their products as competitive, no? Why are they selling in such large quantities if their products aren't competitive?
Their utility patents might be nonsense, I agree, but design patents, trademarks, and copyright are not.
To further expand on the "innovate" part, here's a snippet I wrote for a different thread that applies:
2007's "early innovation" was a large touch screen (precluded by RIM's dedication to a hard keyboard, taking up previous space otherwise available to a battery and display) coupled with a capable web browser (also unnecessary on a small screen) that wound up driving data usage even in the absence of LTE, and even 3G. Since one of RIM's early founding tenets was in fact being thrifty with data, there was also a lack of desire to increase data usage.
2008's "early innovation" was the app store which further increased the data usage of the device. While RIM unveiled the Storm, it's relatively poor browser, lack of wifi, and very limited built in storage all posed problems, especially when the App World would be unveiled in the next year.
2009's "early innovation" was a much faster CPU and GPU to further increase a user's investment/interaction with the device, and along the way also drive additional data usage; the Storm 2 would use a much slower ARMv6 CPU compared to the iPhone 3GS ARMv7. RIM failed to release a new Storm, instead releasing the Torch in 2010!
2010's "early innovation" was a dramatically improved camera, front facing camera, much higher resolution screen and limited form of multi-tasking which facilitated additional apps while preserving battery life. Yes, curtailing functionality was a feature. The front facing camera was coupled with FaceTime, but the App Store allowed for third party apps to do video conferencing over 3G, which also increased data usage. At least the Torch's CPU finally matched that of the 3GS released a year prior.
2011's "early innovation" was an even more powerful CPU/GPU (two cores, now!), voice, and even faster 3G networking (all of which continue to increase data usage). RIM responded with last year's CPU at 2x clock, flash storage finally increased to 8gb, or if you stuck with 4gb, a much higher resolution screen on the BlackBerry Torch 9850
Do you see a pattern here? Always a year behind (which, to be honest, was still better than what Nokia/Palm/Microsoft achieved), until 2011 when they started to slip to 2 years behind (dual core, high resolution, next gen BB OS 10 phones in 2013)
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BAFTA winning actor, Noel Clarke (Mickey / Ricky on Doctor Who) stars in Reign of Death, written and directed by Matthew Savage. An upcoming sci-fi noir project from Ganymede Productions Ltd and It's My Shout. For further information on the project, visit their Facebook page.
This trailer promo was released this week.
I like the sci-fi noir theme being used here. I am looking forward to seeing more of this project. From this trailer promo of it, I am assuming it is going to be released in black and white (monochrome sepia) which for science fiction, is fairly rare these days, but interesting nonetheless. It certainly is part of the whole film noir style of course.


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I admit to being a streaky reader and will often go through several books on the same subject over the course of a month or so. While not as exotic as reading books about bananas (What? Not exotic either? Well you get the point), I have lately been reading some excellent literary fiction.State of Wonder by Ann Patchett I have read some critiques of this book that there are plot holes and lapses of logic. Upon reflection, I would have to agree with this, however it in no way changes my reading experience. I loved this book and was completely emotionally invested in the characters and outcome of this story. I both devoured the last pages, and didn't want the book to end.Read more »
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The Rock is in the building! Dwayne Johnson is set to take over where Brendan Fraser left off by starring in the Journey to the Center of the Earth movie sequel. The surprise 2008 hit has earned a sequel titled Journey 2: The Mysterious Island which will be shot in 3-D.
Fraser will not be returning due to scheduling conflicts (a little strange to me, since he doesn't seem to be that busy these days), so DJ steps in. Brad Peyton is on board to direct and Josh Hutcherson will still star as explorer on the cusp, Sean Anderson. Heat Vision has more:
Johnson will play the boyfriend of Hutcherson's mom, who Hutcherson is forced to bring on a trip to a mythical and monstrous island to find his missing grandfather. The script is loosely based on Jules Verne's "The Mysterious Island."
Three other characters will be introduced in the movie and cast during the next few weeks. Production is eyeing a late October start in North Carolina and Hawaii.
I'm thinking the quote from HV has the name of Hutcherson wrong, and it should be Anderson but not sure. I never saw the '08 film (or the 1959 original for that matter), which grossed almost $250 million worldwide. I'm a little surprised that they would go forward without Fraser, but The Rock has similar experience in his repertoire these days and I like Johnson enough that he would appear a reasonable alternative. If you saw the original, let me know what you think of the new casting.


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The league saw its expanded 12-team membership average a record 49.2 student-athletes named to the honor roll. It is the seventh consecutive year the league has seen an increase in the total number of students recognized on its annual academic honor roll.
Stetson ranked fourth among the 12 PFL programs with 59 members of the 2013 squad earning at least a 3.0 GPA during the fall semester.
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