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Scripture: Matthew 19:23-30
23 And Jesus said to his disciples, "Truly, I say to you, it will be hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. 24 Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." 25 When the disciples heard this they were greatly astonished, saying, "Who then can be saved?" 26 But Jesus looked at them and said to them, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." 27 Then Peter said in reply, "Lo, we have left everything and followed you. What then shall we have?" 28 Jesus said to them, "Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of man shall sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And every one who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands, for my name's sake, will receive a hundredfold, and inherit eternal life. 30 But many that are first will be last, and the last first.
Meditation: Was Jesus really against wealth (Matthew 19:23)? And why did he issue such a strong warning to the rich (as well as to the rest of us who desire to be rich)? We know that Jesus was not opposed to wealth per se, nor was he opposed to the wealthy. He had many friends who were well-to-do, including some notorious tax collectors! One even became an apostle! Jesus' warning reiterated the wisdom of the Old Testament: "Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is perverse in his ways" (Proverbs 28:6; see also Psalm 37:16). "Do not wear yourself out to get rich; be wise enough to desist" (Proverbs 23:4). Jesus seems to say that it is nearly impossible for the rich to live as citizens of God's kingdom. The camel was regarded as the largest animal in Palestine. The "eye of the needle" could be interpreted quite literally or it could figuratively describe the narrow and low gate of the city walls which was used by travellers when the larger public gate was locked after dark. A normal sized man had to "lower" himself to enter that gate. A camel would literally have to kneel and crawl through it.
Why is Jesus so cautious about wealth? Wealth can make us falsely independent. The church at Laodicea was warned about their attitude towards wealth and a false sense of security: "For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing" (Revelations 3:17). Wealth can also lead us into hurtful desires and selfishness (see 1 Timothy 6:9-10). Look at the lesson Jesus gave about the rich man and his sons who refused to aid the poor man Lazarus (see Luke 16:19ff). They also neglected to serve God.
The Scriptures give us a paradox: we lose what we keep and we gain what we give away. Generosity will be amply repaid, both in this life and in eternity (Proverbs 3:9-10, Luke 6:38). Jesus offers us an incomparable treasure which no money can buy and no thief can steal. The thing we most set our heart on is our highest treasure. Material wealth will shackle us to this earth unless we guard our hearts and set our treasure in God and his everlasting kingdom. Where is your treasure?
"Lord Jesus, you have captured our hearts and opened to us the treasures of heaven. May you always be my treasure and delight and may nothing else keep me from giving you my all."
Psalm 85:8-13
8 Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for
he will speak peace to his people, to his saints, to those who turn to
him in their hearts.
9 Surely his salvation is at hand for those who fear him, that glory may dwell in our land.
10 Steadfast love and faithfulness will meet; righteousness and peace will kiss each other.
11 Faithfulness will spring up from the ground, and righteousness will look down from the sky.
12 Yes, the LORD will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase.
13 Righteousness will go before him, and make his footsteps a way.


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In 2011, growing numbers of state and municipal governments passed new laws to crack down on illegal immigration.
The wave of new legislation followed the lead of Arizona Senate Bill 1070, which Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law in April 2010. Legislatures in Utah, Indiana and Georgia passed bills that featured many of the same sanctions against illegal immigrants as Arizona.
But the most restrictive law came from Alabama. Gov. Robert Bentley called it "the strongest immigration law in the country," and few would dispute the assertion.
Shortly after Gov. Bentley signed the bill into law, three separate lawsuits targeted it as unconstitutional. The Obama administration filed suit, claiming Alabama had usurped powers that rightfully belong to the federal government.
Until recent years, states had accepted with little question that the responsibility for immigration policy and border security belonged exclusively with the federal government. That changed after 2000, when the number of illegal immigrants in the United States reached an estimated 12 million.Critics of the Alabama law called it "Arizona on steroids" because of its stringent and far-reaching measures. The law would:
Supporters of the law hope it will create an intimidating climate for illegal immigrants and drive them from the state. The Republican lawmakers who sponsored the bill believe that as more illegal immigrants "self-deport" themselves from Alabama, more jobs will open up for U.S. citizens.
But the experiences in Georgia and many other states suggests otherwise. When immigrant workers leave, U.S. citizens typically don't fill the void, especially when it comes to menial, minimum-wage labor.
Farmers, in particular, fear that they will be unable to find workers to harvest their crops. According to U.S. government officials, about 80% of the agriculture work force is illegal.
Alabama's interest in immigration law-making grew with its Hispanic population over the last decade. By 2011, Hispanics numbered about 185,6000 made up 4% of the state's population, an increase of about 150% since 2000. Conservative politicians expressed public worries about the growing enclaves of Spanish-speaking residents in the northern part of the state.
The failure of Congress to agree on comprehensive immigration reform has led frustrated state and local governments to take matters into their own hands.
The new law was scheduled to take effect in Alabama on Sept. 28, 2011, after a federal judge ruled the state could move forward with some but not all of the new measures. School officials said they would begin checking the birth certificates of new students to make sure they were U.S. citizens.
As with Arizona, Georgia and other states, the Alabama law faces a long campaign of legal challenges in the courts.

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Amy Stapler Paston is unlike anybody you will ever meet.
She is all about "Interior Design" - what matters most to her is the "interior" of a person and the little things they can do to make the world shine brighter. So, when she is not working on her decorating projects for clients for ASP Interiors LLC, her time is spent helping others any way she can.
At the age of 13, around the time her brother and mother were diagnosed with a progressive form of MS, she started on her philanthropic journey doing Walk MS.
"Now my whole family is involved and they form their own teams with friends," Paston said. "Recently they raised twenty thousand dollars and received an award for their accomplishment. But the real reward is donating your time."
It seems that in order to be a member of this humanitarian and goodhearted family you must have generosity coursing through your veins.
"My dad, Michael, started a fund called The Arthur Stapler Scholarship and Adventure Fund, named after my brother, Arthur, who passed away about five years ago," Paston said. "This organization enables young people, who are diagnosed with MS, to pursue special activities and passions from skydiving to college grants."
Her teenage daughter volunteered her time and babysat every Wednesday at a local home in Jericho called Mommas House, so that the young homeless mothers who reside there can work towards obtaining their GED or learn to support themselves independently.
"My other daughter, who is in college, volunteered her time with a group in New Orleans to help rebuild the community after Katrina," Paston said. "And my son comes with me to a local soup kitchen in Westbury and serves food while I help the chef cook." This is truly all-in-the-family.
Currently, she is on the fund-raising committee for the National Pediatric MS Center at Stony Brook where she, besides raising money, is one of the chairs for event planning.
She held up a beautiful centerpiece that she made by hand using recycled material that graced the tables for one of the charity events. If that isn't enough, she joined Women Build, a Habitat for Humanity program, and worked side-by-side with other ladies.
"I got up on a ladder and hammered siding to a home in Bay Shore," Paston said. "I try to fit in anything and everything I can when it comes to helping people."
"The bottom line is that the sadness I endured at the hands of an autoimmune disorder suffered by my mother and brother, led me to want to make it better for others, even if it's in small ways," Paston said. "Out of adversity came something positive."
If you would like to pay it forward yourself, check out these organizations:
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A two-story wallside water fountain highlights the landscaping of the Ellwood City Community Plaza.
The concert and farm market venue, in the 500 block of Lawrence Avenue, will celebrate its grand opening June 22.
After five years of planning and obtaining grants and donations, the plaza and farmers market are ready for use by the community, according to Lenore Bazzichi, past chairwoman of the Ellwood City Revitalization Committee.
This year's chairwoman of the nonprofit organization is Terri Stramba, Ellwood City Area Chamber of Commerce executive director.
Bazzichi, who remains active on the committee, said a circular brick stage looks out to a two-story wall of water, and music from the stage resounds throughout the town.
The first concert to demonstrate those acoustics will be at the grand opening, following a 6:30 p.m. ribbon-cutting. The HZ Jazz Band of Harmony and Zelienople will provide the music.
The plaza was designed by landscape architects EG&G Inc. of Akron, Bazzichi said. The committee assisted in plans to keep the area green.
"There is less water runoff than before and the water is getting trapped and feeding the trees," Bazzichi noted.
"We've worked since 2007 to get this accomplished," she said of the entire project. "We're doing it to get people back downtown."
Bazzichi said she has seen people go to the plaza area to eat their lunches and use their phones and laptop computers outdoors.
Armstrong Cable donated a free Wi-Fi hot spot, she said.
The outdoor venue will be the site of concerts and other community events. The bricked plaza has seating, trees that are lit from underneath at night and a raised stage.
A parking lot behind the plaza allows for additional seating.
Stramba recognized the revitalization committee's efforts, along with those of Ellwood City's businesses and chamber of commerce.
"We've created a beautiful and serene plaza where visitors can relax and enjoy the water feature, eat a picnic lunch, enjoy free community concerts and shop at the farmers market on Beaver Avenue on Saturday mornings during the summer months," Stramba said.
"The plaza is just the beginning ... we plan to make it the cornerstone of our revitalization of the downtown."
All performances are free. Those attending are advised to take lawn chairs for seating.
The site also will host educational programs and other activities throughout the year.
Any groups that would like to use the community plaza for an event should contact the revitalization committee online at www.ellwoodcityrevitalization.org. That site also includes the grand opening schedule of events and upcoming concerts.
The plaza also is home to the Ellwood City Farmers Market, which already has opened for the summer with a growing number of vendors and shoppers, Bazzichi said.
"This is helping more than 20 small businesses. We call them vendors, but this is their livelihood."
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Re: does playing "Infected & AON" hurt accuracy %?codchamp Nov 27, 2012 2:17 PM (in response to SANDRABEE007)
Every weapon including launchers has a impact on accuracy. Spraying a LMG is the worst thing to do to improve it though.
Re: does playing "Infected & AON" hurt accuracy %?Unexpected-moo Nov 28, 2012 8:06 PM (in response to codchamp)
Yes, Most definately.
I stick with snipers, only snipers. Do not quick scope. Stuff like that is risky. Rockets may get you that kill, but if you got it only because of splash damage. That will seriously hurt your accuaracy.
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Which new smartphone reigns?
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The student riots at the beginning of 2011 acted as a catalyst of sourcing inspiration for the AW11/12 collection 'Woman of Mass Destruction'. Imagery of the demonstrations bore a great resemblance to the miners revolt against Thatcherism, who in turn acted as a muse. Love her or hate her; Margaret Thatcher epitomises a woman of power, strength and determination embodied in the collection's atomic silhouette, monochromatic palette, industrial details and clean lines. The body's contours are streamlined by the fusion of garments, notably the leather all in one suit and the 'troots' that combined a trouser and boot all in one piece. The mushroom cloud silhouette was achieved through the complex cutting of a 'uni-sleeve' while foiled black leather was used to represent the shimmering of broken glass.
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A couple in a domestic dispute also were cooking methamphetamine in their St. Charles motel room on Sunday, St. Charles Police said.
James Carver, 34, of the 400 block of South Cadillac in St. Charles, and Marijon Dawn Ludwig, 34, each were charged Monday with accessory to manufacturing a controlled substance within 2,000 feet of a school and producing a controlled substance with intent to distribute.
An officer responded to a violent domestic disturbance call at the Arch Budget Motel at 3717 Veterans Memorial Parkway in St. Charles. The room is within 800 feet of Willie Harris Elementary School, 2800 Old Muegge Road.
St. Charles Police said the officer separated the couple and the woman asked him to retrieve cash from some of her clothing in the bathroom. The officer said when he first came to the door, he smelled a strong chemical odor coming from the room.
When he went into the bathroom, he said a one-pot meth lab inches away from the woman's clothes, a green bag with chemicals commonly used to cook meth and two bags with 10 grams of meth.
The St. Charles County Drug Task Force responded and confirmed the officer's findings.
According to a Drug Task Force report, Carver told detectives, "That stuff is our meth, and you got me. I want to work with you guys and get out from underneath this. I'll do whatever I can."
Carver and Ludwig each are being held in St. Charles County jail in lieu of a $50,000 bond.
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Police took down the garage door and back door of a home in the 9300 block of Moss Farm Lane.
Investigators said the incident started as a domestic dispute with weapons involved.
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There's nothing more solitary than shooting jump shots all by yourself. Good or bad, there's a lot of time to think about the process.
Oklahoma point guard Sam Grooms has spent many mornings, afternoons and nights doing that exact thing. He hoisted jumpers in daily solitude hoping that special feeling required between the mind and body would finally synchronize.
"I came here so many times and just shot by myself, trying as much as I can to get that confidence going in my head," Grooms said while standing in the Sooners' practice gym Monday.
There are 10 baskets in there. Grooms would fire shots at all of them.
His teammates watched it as well. Practice would end and Grooms would immediately head off to one end of the court and start firing jump shots. They saw a decent amount were going through the net. On game days, however, Grooms seemed to forget that part.
OU forward Romero Osby kept reminding him.
"I just told him to play with confidence," Osby said. "A lot of times last year he would get down on himself and even earlier this year people would sag off of him and he would still hesitate. I would always tell him to let it fly. If you miss it, you miss it. We all miss shots and make shots. I told him he works on his game too much to not take those shots in the game."
Grooms heard the encouraging words, but they weren't enough. That little voice in his head during games still screamed "No!" when opponents practically begged him to shoot jumpers.
"I would second-guess myself all the time before I shot and it didn't turn out well," Grooms said. "It's probably one of the hardest things to deal with when people around you are telling you they support you and you don't believe in it yourself."
The voice, however, has been muted.
Over the last three games — at Oklahoma State, at Texas and Baylor at home — the few true jump shots Grooms has been willing to take have fallen.
Just a couple have lifted the Sooners (18-8, 9-5 Big 12) to another offensive level as they prepare to face Texas (12-15, 4-10) at 8 tonight inside the Erwin Center.
Grooms, who has averaged 17.6 points per game over the Sooners' last three contests, has no interest in becoming a full-on jump shooter. He just wants to make an opponent have to guard him somewhere other than the paint.
He's at his best when he can drive and attack and that's hard to do when defenders won't guard you.
"When a defense doesn't have to honor a jumper at all … it limits what you can do," OU coach Lon Kruger said.


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Pursuant to House Bill 14-1283 (now CRS 12-42.5-403), all Colorado licensed prescribing practitioners who possess an individual DEA registration and all Colorado licensed pharmacists are required to register an individual user account with Colorado's Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP). To this end, the Director of the Division of Professions and Occupations has assigned the following due dates for each corresponding profession for this purpose.
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To provide guidance to prescribers and dispensers of opioids, the Quad-Regulator Boards at DORA are collaborating to draft a joint policy as one part of a statewide solution to reduce prescription drug abuse and misuse. The Quad-Regulator Boards include the Colorado Medical Board, the Colorado State Board of Nursing, the Colorado Board of Pharmacy, and the Colorado State Board of Dental Examiners, facilitated by the Nurse-Physician Advisory Task Force for Colorado Healthcare (NPATCH). The development of a joint policy by multiple regulatory boards is a first, so the Quad-Regulators are committed to an open process and timeline that allows for full consideration of stakeholder views.To view the policy that will be circulated for Board review and adoption, please click here. Comments and questions may be referred to Cory Everett at email@example.com.
Summer 2013
Separately, Quad-Boards developed policies and/or principles for prescribing and dispensing opioids at Board meetings and stakeholder meetings.
September 2013
Quad-Regulator Conference: Quad Boards met jointly to consider separate policies plus policies from other jurisdictions.
Quad-Board Presidents (or their delegates) worked together to merge the four separate policies and practices from other jurisdictions and created first draft of Joint Policy.
January 2014
Legal and science review of draft policy.
February 2014
Draft policy dated 2/20. Medical Board meetings 2/20 and 2/25.
March 2014
Revised draft dated 3/3. Pharmacy Board meeting 3/20. Quad-Stakeholder meeting 3/24.
Quad-Board Presidents (or their delegates) worked together to incorporate comments. Revised draft dated 4/3. Quad-Stakeholder meeting 4/16. Dental Board meeting 4/16. Nursing Board meeting 4/22.
May 2014
Quad-Board Presidents (or their delegates) to work together to incorporate comments. Revised draft anticipated by 5/16. Medical Board meeting 5/22. Quad-Stakeholder meeting anticipated week of 5/26.
June 2014
Deadline for comments on revised draft policy 6/6. NPATCH meeting 6/6. Quad-Board Presidents (or their delegates) work together to incorporate comments. Anticipated first Board vote on policy -- Medical 6/19.
July 2014
Anticipated Board votes on policy -- Pharmacy 7/17, Nursing 7/22, and Dental 7/24.
Senate Bill 11-088, which was signed into law in 2011, created two authorities for direct-entry midwives giving the registrants the ability to obtain and administer certain medications and intravenous fluids. The licensees can opt to have one or the other of the authorities or both.
Registrants with the medication authority, which is designated as "MWA" on their license card, can obtain and administer only the following drugs:
Registrants with the authority to obtain and administer certain intravenous fluids are designated by "MIV" on their license card. These individuals can obtain and administer only the following intravenous fluids:
Please be aware that a direct-entry midwife may have one, both, or none of these authorities. Please verify the midwife's license care prior to distributing any of the above-listed drugs to ensure the individual has the proper authority. This information is also available here.
Registration bulletins for NAPLEX and MPJE can now be downloaded from the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) website,and registration forms can be requested online!
The State of Colorado does not register/certify or license Pharmacy Technicians. For information regarding Pharmacy Technician Certification, please visit the Pharmacy Technician Certification Board online.
The Division is now called the Division of Professions and Occupations, effective August 8, 2012. To help our consumers and licensees more readily locate and utilize our services, the legislature passed House Bill 12-1055 during the 2012 legislative session. Please note, the Division of Professions and Occupations will still be housed within the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA). Services the Division currently offers will remain the same.
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The bride is the daughter of Ms. Leslie Hollaway of Raleigh and Mr. Royal Raidle, Jr. of Seattle, WA; and the stepdaughter of Mr. William Hilliard, Jr. of Raleigh. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Kay Hollaway of Franklin, NC, the late Mr. Charles Hollaway and the late Mr. and Mrs. Royal Raidle of Orlando, FL.
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Scientist Bill Nye is coming to Omaha next year as part of 2013 Nebraska Science Festival.
The host of television's "Bill Nye The Science Guy" will headline the inaugural event at 7:30 p.m. on April 12th at the Josyln Museum's Witherspoon Hall.
The festival on April 12th-14th will feature science-and technology-related activities throughout the Omaha area. The festival is sponsored by the University of Nebraska Medical Center and other state science organizations.
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" First of all, you are wrong because what you call the "highly improbable" event of life arising by chance is actually IMPOSSIBLE. Why? Because the universe would have to be a lot older than a few billion years for something like that to even have a chance of occurring."
Sometimes, I just have to laugh at the lack of introspection displayed by creationists.
In a discussion about how evolutionists use logical fallacies, I see a couple being used by this creationist in just 2 sentences.


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The world at 7:25 a.m. Times EST.
At the Nerve Center, news producers Rich Somma and Coralie Carlson can be reached at 800-845-8450 (ext. 1600). For photos, Aaron Jackson (ext. 1900). For graphics and interactives, Bernadette Tuazon (ext. 7636). Expanded AP Content can be obtained from http://www.apexchange.com. For access to AP Exchange and other technical issues, contact customersupport(at)ap.org or call 877-836-9477.
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— LOTTERY WINNER POISONED — Exhumation scheduled to begin at 8 a.m.
— EARNS-GENERAL ELECTRIC — GE reports quarterly financial result before the market opens.
— EARNS-MORGAN STANLEY — Morgan Stanley reports quarterly financial results before the market opens.
NEW YORK — The most effective part of Oprah Winfrey's interview with Lance Armstrong came right at the beginning: Five questions, five one-word answers. Armstrong said yes to each, acknowledging he cheated his way to seven Tour de France titles. In what Winfrey has called the most important interview of her television career, she couldn't be accused of burying the lead. It set up everything to follow in the first, 90-minute segment of Armstrong's confession. By Television Writer David Bauder.
AP photos, videos.
— JOHN LEICESTER-180113 — Column: "One big lie" — Armstrong tears down his story but what will replace it?
— ARMSTRONG-OPRHAH REAX — Reactions to Armstrong's interview with Winfrey.
ALGIERS, Algeria — A deadly Algerian military raid to free hostages from at least 10 countries and wipe out their Islamist militant captors moves closer to the heart of the natural gas complex, the government news service says. By Karim Kabir and Paul Schemm.
AP photos, video.
— ALGERIA-DIPLOMACY — Nations with hostages in Algeria react with muted anger to the North African country's decision to launch a military rescue mission without consultation. AP photos.
— MALI FIGHTING — Aid groups warn they can't reach key Mali town of Konna, where Islamists advanced one week ago. AP photos.
DALLAS — Some frequent fliers say they aren't worried about safety aboard Boeing's problem-plagued 787 aircraft, while many less-seasoned travelers are often unaware of what model of plane they flying on. That makes it anyone's guess whether Boeing Co., or the airlines that use its planes, will pay a price for uncertainty surrounding the 787, which has been grounded worldwide. By Airlines Writer David Koenig.
AP photos, videos.
— JAPAN-BOEING 787 — U.S. investigators, Boeing staff arrive in western Japan to inspect troubled 787. AP photos.
BOSTON — After back-to-back presidential losses, Republicans in key states want to change the rules to make it easier to win. From Wisconsin to Pennsylvania, GOP officials who control legislatures in states that supported President Barack Obama are considering whether to abandon the winner-take-all Electoral College system. Despite outrage from Democrats, the proposed change appears to be gaining momentum. By Steve Peoples.
AP photo.
WASHINGTON — People with severe food allergies have a new tool in their attempt to find menus that fit their diet: federal disabilities law. And that could leave schools, restaurants and anyone else that serves food more vulnerable to legal challenges over food sensitivities. By Mary Clare Jalonick.
AP photo.
WASHINGTON — In the middle of a bitter and ultimately unsuccessful fight over a Republican president's nominee for defense secretary, a former White House occupant pleaded with senators to give the president his choice for the Pentagon job. The year was 1989, the former president was Richard Nixon, and the nominee to lead the Defense Department was former Sen. John Tower. Back then, Nixon said the Senate should respect the right of a new president to choose those he believes are best qualified to serve in his Cabinet. Today, a similar debate is playing out as some senators oppose President Barack Obama's nominee to lead the Pentagon, former Sen. Chuck Hagel. By Donna Cassata.
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NEW YORK — The issue of teacher evaluations, which has been contentious around the country to the point of a strike, brought New York City and its teachers' union to an impasse and harsh war of words that put the city at risk of losing up to $450 million in state aid and grants. The conflict between the sides over a teacher evaluation plan meant New York City was one a few school districts around the state that wasn't able to meet a state deadline. By Karen Matthews.
AURORA, Colo. — One survivor had to pause on his way into the theater and pray. Another braced for flashbacks as he entered the auditorium where 12 died and dozens were injured. Still others refused to even set foot in the door of the former Century 16 as it reopened with a special screening for survivors. By P. Solomon Banda.
AP photos, video.
PROVO, Utah — Mikaela Merrill has known since she was 14 years old that she wanted to serve a Mormon mission. Now the 19-year-old from Castle Rock, Colo., is just weeks away from fulfilling her dream by serving in Taiwan. Merrill is among the first wave of missionaries taking advantage of The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints lowered minimum age for missionaries, to 19 from 21 for women, and to 18 from 19 for men. By Brady McCombs.
AP photos, video.
— HOMELESS IN PARADISE — Sarasota's wealthy and homeless clash in Florida city's downtown; ACLU files five lawsuits. AP photos.
WASHINGTON — In an unprecedented move, President Barack Obama's vaunted political organization is being turned into a nonprofit group — funded in part by corporate money — to mobilize support behind the president's second term agenda. By Ken Thomas.
— ANGUS KING-GUNS — Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, says he's reluctant to endorse a federal ban on the kind of assault weapon used in the Newtown school shooting.
— INAUGURATION-MILITARY DANCE — Four enlisted troops who served in wars picked to dance with Obamas and Bidens at inaugural ball.
— AP POLL-DEBT LIMIT — AP-GfK Poll: Most see harm if debt limit not raised; more support GOP demand for spending cuts.
— OBAMA-A CHANGED MAN — Four years in, how Obama has changed — and hasn't — as he heads into his second term.
— INAUGURATION-WEATHER — After a downright cold first inauguration, will Washington warm to Obama's second swearing in?
BEIJING — Chinese authorities are responding to an intensified wave of Tibetan self-immolation protests against China's heavy-handed rule by clamping down even harder, criminalizing the suicides, arresting protesters' friends and even confiscating thousands of satellite TV sets. The harsh new measures provide an early indication that the country's new leadership will not ease up on Tibet despite the protests and international condemnation. By Gillian Wong.
AP photos.
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian officials are looking at Benjamin Netanyahu's expected re-election with despair, fearing the Israeli hardliner's ambitious plans for settlement construction over the next four years could prove lethal to their dreams of a state. By Karin Laub and Mohammed Daraghmeh.
AP photos.
— ISRAEL-POLITICS — Hard-line bloc remains ahead in final polls before Israeli elections. AP photos.
— GERMANY-ELECTION — Regional vote expected to offer clues to Merkel's future as coalition partner weakens. AP photos.
— IRAN-NUCLEAR — U.N. team returns from Tehran without deal on restarting probe of alleged Iranian nuclear arms work. AP photos.
— SYRIA — Syrian state media: rocket slams into a building in Aleppo causing many casualties.
WASHINGTON — The aftermath of the housing bust forced many homebuilders to dramatically scale back construction on new homes to avoid the risk of ending up saddled with a trove of newly built, yet unsold properties. But an improving housing market has homebuilders feeling more confident about sales, and that's likely to kick the pace of new construction into a higher gear this year. By Economics Writer Martin Crutsinger.
AP photos.
— TOYOTA LAWSUITS — Toyota says it has settled what was to be the first in a group of hundreds of pending wrongful death and injury lawsuits involving sudden, unintended acceleration by its vehicles. AP photos.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Another day went by with Manti Te'o not answering questions about the hoax that turned his heartwarming story of playing through adversity into a strange tale about a dead girlfriend who never existed, and the questions about whether he was a victim or participant in the scam mounted. By College Football Writer Ralph D. Russo.
AP photos, video.
MOSCOW — The artistic director of the Bolshoi Theater's ballet troupe was splashed with acid and may lose his eyesight in an attack that the Bolshoi said appeared to be linked to struggles for influence at one of the world's most famous ballet companies. By Nataliya Vasilyeva and Lynn Berry.
AP photos.
— DEAR ABBY-LEGACY — "Dear Abby" advice columnist, dead at 94, is remembered for a rapier wit and a deep compassion. AP photos.
— SISTER WIVES — A court hears arguments on whether Utah can prohibit plural marriage, in a lawsuit by the stars of the reality show "Sister Wives."
— AIRPLANE-THREAT CALL — F-15s scrambled to escort Alaska Airlines plane to Seattle; FBI interviewing passenger.
— COLLEGE STUDENT ABDUCTED — Man suspected of abducting, raping Michigan college student is killed by deputy after pursuit. AP photos.


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Return of Colchester Film Festival announced (From Gazette)
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Return of Colchester Film Festival announced
4:57pm Monday 4th February 2013 in News By James Cox
COLCHESTER Film Festival is back for a second year.
After a successful debut at Firstsite in 2012, organisers have announced it will return from October 18.
The three day event will once again feature short films from around the globe.
For more information visit www.colchesterfilmfestival.com
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someone goes to the effort of organising a free event to encourage visitors and people still moan.
If you dont like it, dont go.
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Half of Republicans, Most Democrats Skipping Town Hall Meetings
A lack of summer meetings gives way to frustration on both sides.
Just under half of House and Senate Republicans are holding town hall meetings this summer, but Democratic jobs activists say it's not enough. "They're holding a lot fewer" than in 2009, says Michael Uehlein, spokesman for the American Dream Movement.
Progressives are showing up at the offices of lawmakers to demand that Congress focus more on jobs and less on federal spending. Uehlein said that his group has already held 75 jobs protests at GOP offices.
But, he notes, the story hasn't turned into the huge media story that it was two years ago when the Tea Party erupted and demanded that members start cutting spending and taxes. "This story has been flying under the radar for the past few weeks, but people all across the country are standing up and demanding jobs," he said. [See political cartoons about the GOP.]
The group, however, has collected video of many of their protests that they are circulating in the media and among supporters.
Republicans counter that they are holding way more town halls than Democrats. A new phone survey of every House member proved their claim correct. No Labels a bipartisan citizen activist group, said that 67.9% of Democrats and 50.8% of Republicans weren't planning town hall meetings during the August recess, maybe a sign that lawmakers needed a break from Washington's partisan fights. [Check out editorial cartoons about the Tea Party.]
Still, those are poor numbers, said the group. "Washington must hear from all Americans, not a handpicked few who passes a partisan litmus test or can afford to donate," said William Galston, a No Labels Co-Founder. "Our concern is that elected officials are only hearing from their respective partisan bases and will not expose themselves to criticism. Politics is about competing ideas, and everyone should have a seat at the table."


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"I want to tell you something, Wanda. Listen closely." She still smiled, but her eyes had lost all humor. "I want to tell you two things. The first is: you have a role to play here, and you will play it. You answer to me. You'll do as I tell you to. Your Fate," she said, her voice dropping to a whisper, "is larger than this side. Your life has meaning. The same can't be said of everyone walking these corridors. Do you understand me?"
"Fate has a plan for you. I do as well," said Delphie behind her. "I will explain what I can, but you'd do well to trust me."
"Exactly!" said Delphie. "As I Predicted, Lord, to be blessed with a third caster is a true turning point for us."
Her father's eyes released Wanda at last, as he trained them on Delphie with sudden venom. "You Predicted a warlord!"
Delphie shrugged, as if immune to his wrath. "You know that casters pop as Fate decrees. Fate has taken an active hand in the affairs of Goodminton. That isn't a bad thing, my Lord."
The Luckamancer turned away and dipped his tiny paintbrush. "[Delphie] you don't need [boosts]. You're the one unit on this whole side that doesn't need any of my help. S'what she says about you. You got some kinda Fate crap on you."
"Wanda, the reason that Predictamancers do not say everything we know is not because it would change the future, but because it usually will make it longer and more painful to reach those future outcomes. The less you know about what is to come, about your Fate, then the easier it will be for you to get there, the less...you and others will have to suffer, to lose."
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Waterloo Gardens owner Bobby LeBoutillier says the three biggest rumors circulating about who is buying the now-closed Waterloo Gardens site in Devon are: Terrain, A Ford dealership, or a nursing home.
"I hope I find their checks," LeBoutillier said in an interview TE Patch. So far he says there are no offers on the table for the aproximately six-and-a-half acre site which his grandparents opened in Devon 70 years ago in 1942.
According to a report on business-bankruptcies.com, Waterloo Gardens filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection in June.
The landmark Waterloo Gardens property is prime real Main Line commercial real estate on Lancaster Ave, one block west of the Devon Horse Show grounds. In this economy it reamins to be seen if even that might be a tough sell. The entire area is dotted with empty commercial buildings, including the sprawling former Anro Direct Marketing facility.
LeBoutillier says he's heard the same rumors about a buyer that some readers have asked Patch track to down, including one that Terrain, an 'eco-friendly' nursery/garden center company which recently bought Styers nursery in Glenn Mills, was buying the property.
A new car dealership would have the space, but a lot of competition. Euro Motorcars Mercedes and Maseratti of the Main Line are across the street from the Waterloo Gardens property. Other more moderately priced car dealers are within a two mile drive.
What would you like to see move in to the property that housed Waterloo Gardens for 70 years? Tell us in the comments section at the bottom of the article.
Waterloo's third-generation family owner would certainly appear open to offers for the property.
LeBoutillier told Patch the company is still trying to sell its former store location in Warminster, PA which has been sitting empty for several years now. LeBoutillier says he is forced to close the Devon store for the same reason.
The collapse of the home construction business in 2008 has meant a steep decline in his business. He says the company is forced to consolodate operations to the single, much larger, store in Exton. He explained that the one flagship store is still not big enough or profitable enough to support operating losses from Warminster, Devon or a smaller outdoor furniture store the company closed in Wilmington, DE.


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Esten "Hugh" Huskey age 94 of Dandridge, formerly of Maryville, passed away Thursday, July 21, 2011 at Jefferson County Nursing Home. He was a member of St. John United Methodist Church in Maryville. Hugh retired from ALCOA after 38 years of service. He was also a Veteran of the United States Army during World War II. Preceded in death by: Wife, Faye Huskey; Parents, William & Margaret Huskey; Brothers, Clay & Troy Huskey. Survivors include: Daughter & Son-in-law, Susan & Wayne Cooper of Talbott; Grandchildren, Mary Cooper of Jefferson City, Allison & Brandon Hammer of Rutledge; Brother & Sister-in-law, Joe & Carolyn Huskey of Talbott; Jefferson County Nursing Home roommate, Turney Eslinger. Funeral service will be at 3:00 PM, Sunday, July 24, 2011 at Smith Trinity Chapel with Rev. Bill Shelton officiating. Interment will follow at Grandview Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 2:00 until 3:00 PM, Sunday, July 24, 2011 at Smith Trinity Chapel. Smith Funeral & Cremation Service, Maryville, 865-983-1000, www.smithmortuary.com.


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MIT Technology Review described the chips being made by PsiKick, a company co-founded by Prof. David Wentzloff. These low-power chips are the key to the promise of the Internet of Things. Their chip design has been tested in a wearable EKG monitor that runs entirely on body heat. [Full Story]
Gurkan Gok (PhD, EE 2014, exp) won Third Place in the Student Paper Competition at the 2014 IEEE Int. Symposium on Antennas and Propagation for his paper that describes an antenna beam former that he developed using metamaterials. The design strategy provides new opportunities in smart antenna development. [Full Story]
Device could be future optical replacement for on-chip wires. Scientists from the University of Michigan (Prof. Bhattacharya) and Intel Corporation in the US have demonstrated what appears to be the first electrically powered, room-temperature polariton laser. The device, based on a GaN-based microcavity diode, could advance efforts to replace on-chip wire connections with lasers, leading to smaller and more powerful electronics, say the researchers. [Full Story]
Congratulations to the following faculty who received promotions this year: Valeria Bertacco, Jason Flinn, Satish Narayanasamy, Edwin Olson, Mina Rais-Zadeh, and Zhaohui Zhong. Keep up the great work! [Full Story]
Jiangfeng Wu, graduate student in electrical engineering, received the Mikio Takagi Student Prize for his research in designing and building an antenna that can better determine the environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. The Mikio Takagi Student Prize is given to the best of the top three Student Prize Paper Awards granted at the IEEE Int. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. [Full Story]
Dr. Dipak L. Sengupta, former research scientist and treasured friend of the department, passed away Monday, July 21, 2014 at the age of 83. Dr. Sengupta came to the office nearly every day, including Saturday mornings. Faculty and staff alike will miss his cheerful and gentle presence in the building. [Full Story]
Three hundred and eighty alumni and children visited North Campus June 26 and 27 as part of the Xplore Engineering summer camp, with many of the activities related to or hosted by EECS. [Full Story]
Babak Parviz (MSE, PhD EE), the man who led Google's development of wearable technology project Glass, is moving to rival Amazon.com. Babak posted a photo of the Amazon logo on his social account with the short comment, status: super excited. (photo by Doug Plummer) [Full Story]
Gyouho Kim is completing his thesis in electrical engineering in the area of ultra-low power VLSI design. He is designing a millimeter-scale visual system that is complete with optics, processing capability and battery. Solar cells are used to harvest the minuscule amount of energy needed to operate. [Full Story]
Profs. Gregory Wakefield and David Kieras, along with three coauthors from the Air Force Research Laboratory at the Wright Patterson Air Force Base, received the Best Paper Award at the 20th International Conference on Auditory Display for EPIC Modeling of a Two-Talker CRM Listening Task. [Full Story]
Thomas Frost received a Best Paper Award for achieving a high quality quantum dot red laser using novel materials. Lasers emitting in the 600nm wavelength range have important applications in medicine, optical information processing, plastic fiber communication systems, optical storage, and full color laser displays and laser projectors. [Full Story]
Eric Michielssen, Professor of EECS, Associate Vice President for Advanced Research Computing, and Director of the Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering, has been awarded the 2014 IEEE Antenna and Propagation Society Chen-To Tai Distinguished Educator Award, "In recognition of being an outstanding educator, mentor and role model for the next generation of faculty members." [Full Story]
Saniya Desphande is a PhD candidate conducting research in nanowire and quantum-dot based quantum light sources, LEDs and laser. One specific area of research in which she's already made a big impact is in quantum communications and quantum cryptography. [Full Story]
A new approach to manipulating light using two-dimensional metamaterials called metasurfaces offers a compact alternative to traditional methods. The researchers believe the basic geometry of cascading patterned metallic sheets can provide the basis for cleverly designing and fabricating a broad range of optical devices, including symmetric circular polarizers, polarization rotators, and asymmetric linear polarizers. [Full Story]
In work that unmasks some of the magic behind memristors and RRAM, cutting-edge computer components that combine logic and memory functions, researchers have shown that the metal particles in memristors don't stay put as previously thought. The findings have broad implications for the semiconductor industry and beyond. They show, for the first time, exactly how some memristors remember. [Full Story]
Cockroaches actually have much to teach in the realm of robust systems - something we want in our technology. The article references a recent video featuring Prof. Shai Revzen's work in applying cockroach lessons to robotics. [Full Story]
ECE is home to a new major research program that aims to provide a better understanding of phenomena driven by the magnetic field component of light. A key long-term goal of this five-year, $7.5M MURI, called the Center for Dynamic Magneto-Optics (DYNAMO), is to investigate the prospects for direct conversion of light to electricity without the thermodynamic losses typical of photovoltaic (solar cell) technology. [Full Story]
Already a key lighting material for smart phones, a new approach to building phosphorescent organic light-emitting diodes (PHOLEDs) will make them useful even for general lighting. [Full Story]
Brian Buss arrived as a graduate student at Michigan in 2009, wanting to do something in Systems. He first applied his skills to insulin dosing for glucose regulation, and then switched to robotics. He is now working on the bipedal robot known as MARLO. He believes we will one day see bipedal robots like MARLO deployed in situations such as wilderness search and rescue, fire fighting and disaster response. [Full Story]
ECE graduate student Muzhi Wang received a best student paper award, honorable mention, at the 2014 IEEE International Microwave Symposium (IMS2014) for his research in RF MEMS switches for high-power RF applications. [Full Story]
Crossbar, Inc., a start-up company pioneering Resistive RAM (RRAM) technology, today announced it has completed a $25 million Series C funding in an oversubscribed round. The company was co-founded by Prof. Wei Lu, who also acts as Chief Scientist. [Full Story]
Prof. Jay Guo and his team have engineered what are believed to be the first semitransparent, colored photovoltaic cells. Broadening the use of solar power while maintaining aesthetic appeal for all kinds of environments, this technology could become energy-harvesting billboards on the sides of buildings, solar window shades in our homes and even stained glass, Guo said. [Full Story]
What happens when you send a rolling robot out for a mission, and it turns out to need legs instead? In this video, Shai Revzen, assistant professor of ECE, describes how his team is working to create "self-assembling" robots that can build themselves into any form required. [Full Story]
Prof. Jasprit Singh arranged for U-M students to visit the Golden Temple in India to learn the concept of "langar," or community kitchen. They are learning how volunteers work together to prepare meals for 60,000 people everyday, the power that draws participants who serve and were served, the role played by merchants and farmers in the 'langar' and 'daswandh' (donating 10% of earnings). [Full Story]
Thomas Frost was the first person in his family to go to college, and he's far surpassing that goal as he works on his dissertation in the field of solid-state optoelectronics. He is part of the team working with Prof. Pallab Bhattacharya that recently developed the first room-temperature polariton laser fueled by electrical current as opposed to light. This work could advance efforts to put lasers on computer circuits, leading to smaller and more powerful electronics. [Full Story]
With precarious particles called polaritons that straddle the worlds of light and matter, ECE researchers have demonstrated a new, practical and potentially more efficient way to make a coherent laser-like beam. They have made what's believed to be the first room-temperature polariton laser that is fueled by electrical current as opposed to light. [Full Story]
Chia-Hsiang Chen, a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical Engineering, has been selected to receive a prestigious Intel Corporation Ph.D. Fellowship. His research focuses on designing low-power and error-resilient circuit techniques for communication and computing devices such as cell phones, tablets, and sensors [Full Story]
Dr. Kathryn Clay believes, The only way to make real progress for the country is to find the common ground upon which we can move forward to advance everyones interests. A natural coalition builder, Kathryn implements this philosophy in her current job as Vice President of Policy Strategy at the American Gas Association (AGA), and its as helpful now as it was during her career on Capitol Hill where she influenced key energy policy. [Full Story]
Nick conducts research in the area of machine learning and statistical signal processing under the guidance of Prof. Raj Nadakuditi. He has been employing random matrix theory to create new algorithms that aim to improve multi-modal correlation analysis. He has led the ECE Graduate Student Council and plays the carillon on North Campus. [Full Story]
Terahertz waves, which are non-ionizing and can penetrate fabrics and body tissue, could be used to reveal hidden weapons and spot skin cancer and tooth decay. But they are notoriously difficult to detect. Engineers at the University of Michigan [Prof. Jay Guo, Prof. Ted Norris and their students] have invented a simple new way to sense them. [Full Story]
Parinaz Naghizadeh, a graduate student in electrical engineering, has been named a 2014 Barbour Scholar. She is conducting research in the general area of computer and network security, and more specifically, combining communications with economics to assess the security level of a network and then apply that data to design cyber-insurance contracts. [Full Story]
"Terahertz waves, which are non-ionizing and can penetrate fabrics and body tissue, could be used to reveal hidden weapons and spot skin cancer and tooth decay. But they are notoriously difficult to detect. Engineers at the University of Michigan have invented a simple new way to sense them." [Full Story]
"For more than a decade technologists have predicted and argued about the onslaught of these ubiquitous devices [Internet of Things]. 'There is lot of quibbling about what to call it, but theres little doubt that were seeing the inklings of a new class of computer,' says David Blaauw, who leads a lab at the University of Michigan that makes functioning computers no bigger than a typed letter o." [Full Story]
Prof. David Blaauw comments on What's Next - which in this article means the Internet of Things, and the need for a wireless network for "things" rather than person-to-person communication. [Full Story]
"Today terahertz detectors are commonplace in airports, where you enter a glass-walled chamber while the detector swings around you, snooping under your clothes for weapons. Now researchers have found a way to downsize the detector portion of those machines into chip-sized devices." [Full Story]
A research team led by Profs. Jay Guo and Ted Norris created a device that turns terahertz waves (T-rays) into ultrasound, which can then be detected by a highly sensitive acoustic sensor. Applications for T-rays include weapons detection, medical imaging, and astronomy. [Full Story]
Students in the graduate level course, Integrated Analog/Digital Interface Circuits (EECS 511), taught by Prof. Michael Flynn, competed for cash prizes while presenting their final design projects thanks to the support of Analog Devices, Inc. Two winning projects and teams were determined by an expert panel at Analog Devices. [Full Story]
Prof. Clay Scott received a Notable Paper Award at the 2014 Int. Conf. on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics for his research in the area of machine learning. The theoretical research has applications in big data problems such as crowd sourcing, topic modeling, and nuclear particle classification. [Full Story]
Michigan faculty and students will present seven papers at the 2014 Symposium on VLSI Circuits, a number that exceeds any other academic institution or company. The seven papers range from a millimeter-scale wireless imaging system, to a chip that can decipher an image in a manner similar to the human brain, to continued optimization of the circuits we use every day, as well as circuits that will fuel the future Internet of Things. One of the papers, Low Power Battery Supervisory Circuit with Adaptive Battery Health Monitor, has been selected as a Symposium Technical Highlight. [Full Story]
Students in Dr. David Chesney's course this fall will use IBM's Jeopardy-winning Watson system to develop apps that help children with special needs. This opportunity arose following a conversation between Eric Michielssen, Assoc. VP for Advanced Research Computing and EECS Professor, and IBM Watson group VP and computer science alum Mike Rhodin. [Full Story]
Students were hungry for this years St. Georges Day Feast. It happens every year the day before the last day of classes a day when the faculty serve the students, and battle the dragons! [Full Story]
The EECS Department held its annual Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) / Instructional Aide (IA) Awards Ceremony on May 8 to honor top student instructors and aides for their remarkable service. According to the student comments, they are "awesome!" [Full Story]
Luis Gomez investigates transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and computational electromagnetics under Prof. Eric Michielssen. He has balanced his research with teaching and recently received an Outstanding GSI Award from the department. [Full Story]
Abdur Chowdhury, co-founder and CEO of Pushd, founder of an elementary school focused on STEM education, and former Chief Scientist of Twitter, talks about why starting or joining a startup might be the best thing for a newly graduated student. Chowdhury has hired 100s of engineers. [Full Story]
Listen to the radio broadcast of Prof. Jim Freudenberg talking with Ron Ananian, The Car Doctor, about software complexity in cars. (start at the 19 minute mark of the May 3 broadcast) [Full Story]
"Were talking featherweight futuristic night vision awesomeness here, Iron Man soldier suit style, without the hulking suit. They seem almost as cool as Googles blood glucose-level tracking contacts." [Full Story]
Hao Sun, a graduate student in the Electrical Engineering:Systems program, will receive 3 paper awards at the 2014 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) meeting. held May 10-16 in Milan, Italy, for his research in the area of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). [Full Story]
Two teams earned prizes in the graduate level course, EECS 556: Image Processing, thanks to the sponsorship of KLA-Tencor. The course, taught by Prof. Jeff Fessler, covers the theory and application of digital image processing, which has applications in biomedical images, time-varying imagery, robotics, and optics. [Full Story]
Prof. David Wentzloff describes the future Internet of Things, a world that he and his colleagues in the Michigan Integrated Circuits Laboratory are enabling with their ultra low power circuits and systems. These sensing systems can detect air quality, bodily health, and whether you forgot to turn off your stove and send that information to your phone. [Full Story]
Emerita professor Lynn Conway, the hidden hand in the 1980s microchip design revolution, has been named a fellow at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA for her work in developing and disseminating new methods of integrated circuit design. [Full Story]


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The Tigers' season opener against the Greyhounds will mark the first of seven games against teams which reached the NCAA Tournament last year.
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The Tigers, who open the year with a three-game road trip, will travel to
On March 7, the Tigers will play their home opener when they face the
After a visit to the
The Tigers will begin their second three-game road trip of the season on March 24 when they face
On April 4, the Tigers return to Unitas Stadium for a 2 p.m. game against Sacred Heart before playing at Villanova on April 8. After a game against defending CAA champion Hofstra on April 11, the Tigers will face long-time rival
The Tigers end the regular season with a pair of non-league games, hosting NCAA finalist Johns Hopkins on April 22 and traveling to the
The CAA Championship is set for April 29 and May 2 with the semi-finals being held at the site of the number one and two seeds. The championship game will be held at the site of the highest remaining seed with the winner receiving an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament, which begins on May 9.
The Tigers finished last year with a 5-9 record and will welcome back 28 letter winners from last year's squad.


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Charles Darwin Research Station
The Charles Darwin Research Station (CDRS) is a biological research station operated by the Charles Darwin Foundation. It is located in Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos Islands, with satellite offices on Isabela and San Cristóbal islands.
In Puerto Ayora, Santa Cruz Island, Ecuadorian and foreign scientists work constantly on research and projects for the conservation of reptiles, birds and plants. The Charles Darwin Research Station, founded in 1959, has a Natural History Interpretation Centre and carries out educational projects in support of the Galapagos National Park Service. The Park has the following development programmes: conservation of natural resources, management of flora and fauna, sustainable use of resources. Others are related to environmental education, marine resources, agricultural development, monitoring and vigilance. Their aim is to conserve this natural habitat and allow tourists to appreciate all these unique species.
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The objectives of the CDRS is to conduct scientific research and environmental education for conservation. The Station has a team of over a hundred scientists, educators, volunteers, research students and support staff from all over the world.
Scientific research and monitoring projects are conducted at the CDRS in conjunction and cooperation its chief partner, the Galapagos National Park Service (GNPS), which functions as the principal government authority in charge of conservation and natural resource issues in the Galapagos.
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Zayn Malik left a US radio station in fits of giggles after they received the list of banned conversation topics ahead of an interview with the One D star.
The interviewer was told not to ask Zayn about well, er anything pretty much. Copyright: [wenn]
The show was promised ten minutes with Zayn Malik however decided not to go ahead with the interview after they found out they couldn't ask about, well anything really.
The off limits list included: X Factor, celebrity crushes, girlfriends, who came up with the name One Direction, fan stories, pre-show rituals and pranks.
Related article: [Jeremy Irvine says he couldn't think of anything worse than being in One D]
Related article: [Zayn Malik declares his love for Perrie Edwards]
Also banned was asking Zayn to describe any of his band mates in one word.
Yes, really.
The radio host can be heard giggling and shouting: "I understand he has some girlfriend called Perrie who is in some band but don't ask about that!"
Perrie Edwards was deemed strictly off limits! Copyright: [wenn]
The interviewer eventually decided there was no point going ahead with the interview and once put on the phone to Zayn, can be heard saying:
"Hi Zayn you're a very busy guy. I want to talk to you but I can't do that…no X Factor, no pranks….well that's about going to do it."
"Thanks for taking the time to talk to us and continued success for the future."
However, we think Zayn would have almost definitely been up for talking about some of the 'banned' topics if management hadn't got in the way.
Only recently at the iTunes festival Zayn dared describe his bandmate Harry in one word.