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The department will unveil its 2013 Ford Police Interceptor sedan at the Falls Church Farmer's Market Saturday outside City Hall. Susan Finarelli, spokeswoman for the city, said the new cruiser is the only new one so far and it cost about $38,000 which also included the vehicle's equipment. On average, patrol cars have a life span of four years, Finarelli said.
"We're not going to paint the old ones to look like the new cruiser," Finarelli said.
The new cruiser is equipped with enhanced efficiencies like Ecoflex fuel capacity and increased gas mileage, as well as upgrades like all-wheel drive for inclement weather, Finarelli said. The car also features new radar and video capabilities.
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Despite spirited efforts from running backs Ty Jones and Tyler Boland, Vinemont (4-2, 2-2 in Region 7) fell short in its effort to upset Class 3A No. 4 Hamilton (6-0, 4-0 in Region 7), as the Eagles came up just short 56-49 at home on Friday night.
Boland scored two touchdowns in the last three minutes of the fourth quarter, one on a 58-yard punt return and the other on a 50-yard touchdown catch, to bring it to a one-possession game.
It was only after Hamilton recovered an onside kick with 20 seconds remaining that Vinemont's hopes for a victory were dashed.
"It was just an unbelievable effort from our kids tonight," coach Alan Scott said. "They played their hearts out, but we just ran out of time in the end."
Both offenses started out strong as the Eagles took an early 7-0 lead on a 10-yard run by Jones.
After two quick scores by Hamilton, Vinemont tied the game at 14-14 on a 38-yard run by Jones.
Later in the quarter, down 21-14, the Eagles' Josh Chambers scooped up a blocked punt and returned it 25 yards for the score, tying the game once more.
However, Vinemont couldn't keep Hamilton out of the end zone on its next two possessions and trailed 35-28 going into the half.
Jones provided most of the pop in the first half, amassing 178 yards on 18 carries to go along with his three touchdown runs.
It was a different story in the second half, however, as Hamilton took advantage of a couple of Eagle miscues to build a comfortable lead late in the fourth quarter.
Big plays also plagued Vinemont as they allowed scores of 70, 41 and 50 yards, respectively.
The main culprit was Aggie quarterback, Mitch Stults, who accounted for four touchdowns and almost 350 yards of total offense, most coming through the air.
"Hamilton deserves the ranking that they have," Scott said. "They have a really good team."
For the Eagles, Jones finished with 230 rushing yards on a whopping 38 carries, while Boland accounted for 153 all-purpose yards. Each reached the end zone three times.
Quarterback Duncan Hopper's only completion came on a touchdown pass to Boland late in the game.
"I think it's pretty remarkable what those two did tonight," Scott said. "Both of them, as well as our whole team, fought very hard all game long."
Vinemont will remain at home for another pivotal Region 7 game against Good Hope next Friday.
"You know, this one hurts," Scott said. "But we have a huge game in front of us next week and we need to get our focus ready for that."
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City police have charged a man with burglary and other offenses for allegedly damaging a 32-inch flat-screen television and putting a hole in a wall – all after he shoved a woman who tried to keep him out of her house.
Police also say Timothy Leo Rollins, 23, threatened to hit the woman and have "some of his female friends" beat him up, court records say. The woman was ready to inquire about obtaining an emergency protection-from-abuse order.
Police heard about Rollins' alleged actions after arriving on the 800 block of Wood Street around 6pm Wednesday. The woman said she had put some of Rollins' belongings on the front porch but he insisted on going into the house. She said no and blocked the front door.
She said he shoved her away, went to an upstairs bedroom and damaged the television and created the hole. Police said the television was valued at about $340; they placed a damage value of about $500 to the hole is the wall.
Another woman who said she lives in the house said she bought the television for her female housemate and saw Rollins shove the other woman from the front door.
Rollins, of 566 Elmhurst Ave., Apt. B, also in the city, was not at the house when police arrived but was apprehended a short time later, the records say.
He was charged with burglary, criminal trespass, criminal mischief, terroristic threats, simple assault and harassment. He was arraigned Thursday by on-duty District Judge Todd Strohe of Bangor and committed to Northampton County Prison after failing to post $10,000 bail.


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Restaurants in Buenos Aires
My husband and I will be in Buenos Aires for 2 nights beginning in March and we are looking for a couple of really great restaurants.We are a youngish late 60s couple and are looking for restaurants that are not just for the tourist...Hope you can help......Thanks, Merlie
Any budget? Types of food you are interested in? How will you be getting around? A little more info would be helpful!!
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Seafood overall is pretty bad. Steak quality is way down, and sadly, La Brigada may have been permanently chopped off my list as of January.
If you search for El Baqueano, I've eaten there twice in the past year-plus, and it was excellent. It isn't your typical BA dining experience, but it it is a great tasting menu of unusual items, and I think it is better than Pura Tierra, and has a lovely wine list.
Hope you haven't already come and gone!
Buenos Aires is full of interesting food. I wouldn't say its all good (basic food can be very, well, basic) but gastronomy has really stepped up its game recently in the city (lived here on and off for two years).
La Cabrera is still very good and arguably the best part is the endless side dishes that they give you (salads, mashed potato/butternut squash, creamed spinach, zucchini gratin and beyond). Steaks are huge and more than enough to share when you add in all the sides. Provoleta (grilled cheese) is also delicious! Cheaper than Cabana las Lilas. Call to reserve or expect to wait (although with snacks and champagne).
For a something totally different try out a closed door restaurant (or puerta cerrada). Its basically a reservations only meal with only a few people and the chef. Here is a bit more info on what that is exactly: http://www.gringoinbuenosaires.com/cl....
Here is a an article that lists 5 puerta cerradas: http://www.argentinaindependent.com/r.... I have only personally tried Casa Felix, but it was very good and interesting food.
Another cuisine that shouldn't be missed is japanese/peruvian fusian or just upscale peruvian. Obviously the best place for this would be Peru, but we take what we can get. One of the better know places is Osaka, which is international. Delicious, but not cheap.
Sipan and Astrid y Gastron are two of the better known and rated upscale peruvian places (although the latter is technically peruvian/french).
And for more ideas take a look at this young woman's blog: http://pickupthefork.com/. Its got very good suggestions and should be 100% trusted for the most part.
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|Season 2 (1970-1971)
- Susan is busy cooking for a dinner party, and she is one chair short. She asks Big Bird to go borrow a chair from Mrs. Rodriguez down the street.
- Bonanza: adding horses
- Big Bird thinks Mrs. Rodriguez is hard of hearing
- Bert and Ernie: Quiet and Loud
- Bob sorts by sound
- Jim Nabors counts from one to twenty, demonstrating soft and loud.
- Susan explains that Mrs. Rodriguez speaks Spanish, and teaches Big Bird how to say chair in Spanish
- Kermit demonstrates soft and loud. (First: Episode 0039)
- Bob talks about homes in the city, country, and suburbs.
- Song: Where the Garbage Goes (First: Episode 0077)
- Cartoon: A salesman tries to sell a Z. His customer stops the hard sell by locking the salesman in a zoo cage. (EKA: Episode 0085)
- Big Bid successfully brings Susan the chair from Mrs. Rodriguez, having asked her for one silla. He goes off to play checkers with a pigeon, while Gordon goes to borrow some silver polish from Oscar.
- Cartoon: Z for zipper (First: Episode 0025)
- Alphabet song
- Cartoon: Z is for Zebra, Zoo, and Zoom
- Kermit and Brian talk about soft and loud. (EKA: Episode 0126)
- Sherlock Hemlock and the Missing Chicken Salad Sandwich: Ernie opens his lunchbox and finds that half of his chicken salad sandwich is missing. Sherlock Hemlock, the world's greatest detective, investigates this fiendish crime. It turns out that Sherlock himself ate half of Ernie's sandwich. (First: Episode 0131)
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Answer: If you are of legal drinking age (the drinking age in Canada is either 18 or 19 depending on the province), you are allowed to bring in, free of duty and taxes, either 1.5 litres of wine, or 1.14 litres (40 ounces) of liquor, or 24 x 355 millilitres (12 ounces) cans or bottles (8.5 litres) of beer or ale.
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October 21-23, 1999
Champaign, Illinois
Mathematica Programming Challengewinning
solutions and other entries
The conference was an invaluable source of developer information and an excellent
opportunity to meet Wolfram Research staff and other Mathematica experts from
around the world. The conference featured tutorials, forums, an open computer
lab, special events, and many informative, practical sessions.
Listed below are many of the presentations.
(If you don't have your own copy of Mathematica,
you can download MathReader to view
the talk notebooks.)
Tutorial: A New Resource for Developers
Lou D'Andria and David Withoff, Wolfram Research, Inc.
Preview a forthcoming self-guided, introductory
Mathematica tutorial. This session is intended both for anyone
interested in a general introduction to Mathematica and for
developers interested in including tutorial materials in books, packages,
and courseware. Suggestions and feedback about the beta tutorial are
encouraged. The tutorial will be covered in four parts: overview of the
tutorials and basic calculations, built-in functions for numerical and graphical calculations and graphics,
notebooks and typesetting, and Mathematica programming
and external files.HTML | Mathematica notebook
Artlandia: Turning Mathematica into a Graphic Design Machine
Igor Bakshee, Artlandia, Inc.
Teaching Mathematica to make interesting patterns, ornaments,
wallpaper images, and other types of decorative compositions and algorithmic art is easy with
Artlandia, the first Mathematica application for creative graphic design. The
demonstration shows how Artlandia, now in Version 1.5, brings the design process within
the reach of a student or hobbyist.
Artlandia further suggests a stream of plausible solutions and makes you
magnificently productive in your design
work.HTML | Mathematica notebook
Chemical Structures as Mathematica Expressions
Robert Nachbar, Merck Research Lab A simple hierarchical data structure
(Mathematica expression) has been developed to represent the
constitution (topology) of organic chemical structures. This representation
supports the notion of chemical valence and stereochemistry.
Mathematica expression patterns and built-in functions can be used to
perform chemically meaningful transformations. The important aspects of the
implementation, as well as its strengths and weaknesses, will be presented.
Application of this methodology to chemical constitution optimization,
nonrigid molecular symmetry group (automorphism group) construction, isomer
counting, and chemical reactivity will be
described.HTML | Mathematica
Courseware Development
Paul Abbott, University of Western Australia
Paul Wellin, Wolfram Research, Inc.
This talk will present ways of integrating Mathematica into teaching
materials. By itself, Mathematica is an excellent teaching tool--but it is not
ideal for all applications. However, because it is extensible
(using MathLink) and customizable (custom front end and kernel), it can
form the basis for a wide range of teaching tools. As an example of such tools,
Calculus Live (an electronic mathematics text that uses a customized interface and kernel)
and its associated authoring tool will be
demonstrated.HTML | Mathematica
Database Access Kit
Lars Hohmuth, Wolfram Research, Inc.
Database Access Kit provides a flexible, powerful, and convenient interface to
ODBC-compatible relational databases like Oracle; Microsoft Access, FoxPro, and
SQLServer; Sybase; Informix Information
Server; and DB2. Using Microsoft Windows and the ODBC control panel, Database
Access Kit also provides full access to a
number of flat-file databases like Excel and dBase files. This demonstration of the
release version shows some short examples of how
Database Access Kit can be used to query, analyze, and manipulate information
stored in database tables. It will also show how Database Access Kit can be
integrated with other Mathematica application packages and will
discuss further development plans for Database Access
Kit.Mathematica notebook
Digital Image Processing
Mariusz Jankowski, University of Southern Maine
Digital Image Processing is an add-on package for digital
image processing. Completely compatible with Mathematica 4, this package
is designed for speed and functionality and features a comprehensive collection of over one hundred
two-dimensional linear and nonlinear image operators for common measurement,
analysis, and image-enhancement tasks. Package performance, functionality,
and documentation will be discussed.HTML | Mathematica
MathCode C++
Mats Jirstrand, MathCore AB In this demonstration an overview of the application
package MathCode C++ will be given. MathCode C++ generates
optimized C++ code from Mathematica programs. Basic functionality as well as application examples, all
from a user-oriented point of view, will be covered. The objective is to demonstrate some
of what can be achieved by combining powerful algorithm development and
visualization in Mathematica with optimized code generation from
MathCode C++.
Mathematica Function Definition Visualization
Keehong Song, Pusan National University
The three golden rules for a successful project: education, education, and education.
Certainly they hold for many Mathematica projects. Mathematica proficiency is achieved
with an adequate command of Mathematica programming language. Mathematica function
definition animation is a visual representation of the functional language. This talk is designed for
anyone looking for an effective way of teaching
Mathematica functional programming language.Project website
mathStatica and Assumptions Technology
Colin Rose, Theoretical Research Institute
The package "mathStatica" provides a completely general
toolset for doing mathematical statistics with Mathematica. Common
statistical operators are defined for taking expectations, finding
probabilities, deriving transformations of random variables, and so on--all
from first principles. By taking full advantage of the latest Version
4 assumptions technology, these functions automatically yield
exceptionally clean and neat symbolic
output.HTML | Mathematica notebook
Constrained Optimization Using Penalty Functions
Asghar Bhatti, University of Iowa
Constrained optimization problems arise naturally in many
different disciplines. A structural engineer designing a multistory
building must choose materials and proportions for different structural
components to create a safe structure that is as economical as possible. A
portfolio manager for a large mutual fund company must choose investments
that generate the largest possible rate of return for its investors while
keeping the risk of major losses to acceptably low levels. A plant manager
in a manufacturing facility must schedule the plant operations such that
the plant produces products that maximize the company's revenues while staying
within the available resource limitations. All of these situations can be
formulated in terms of a constrained optimization
problem.HTML | Mathematica
Calculations for Robotics in Mathematica
Adam Bienkowski and Krzysztof Kozlowski, Poznan University of Technology
We will present how to use a list structure to solve fundamental problems in robotics,
namely inverse and forward kinematics and dynamics. Both symbolical and numerical
results will be presented for serial chains and topological trees robots. We will also
discuss how we handle problems arising from such large
HTML | Mathematica
Simulation of Forces:
Solution of the Inverse Dynamics in Classical Mechanics
Robert Kragler, Fachhochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten
A.N. Prokopenya and N.I. Chopchits, Brest Polytechnic
Given the path of a particle r=r(t), then the
"inverse dynamical problem" is: what is the force F(t) acting on the
particle? The problem posed will be illustrated using the example of a particle moving frictionless
along a horizontal line and at the same time sliding on a rotating contour C.
Assigned a uniformly accelerated motion or harmonic oscillations, the
resulting equations are solved with Mathematica, and the shape of the contour
C is determined, which gives rise to the prescribed dynamical behavior of the
particle along a horizontal line. An animation is used to visualize the dynamics
of the system under investigation.HTML | Mathematica notebook | zip file (added
January 2000)
Teaching and Learning via the Internet:
Math Everywhere Courseware
Bill Davis, Ohio State University
J. Jerry Uhl, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Calculus&Mathematica lessons are the
foundation for internet-based remote instruction. The key to success is the
interactive lesson format and strong communication among participants:
students, teachers, and mentors. This talk will give an overview of the
courseware and a little bit of hands-on
action.Project website
The Use of
Mathematica in Control
System Engineering Neil Munro, UMIST
This talk will present several new facilities that have been
developed in the framework of Mathematica's Control System
Professional. In particular, some alternative, attractive, and fully editable data
formats for systems described by state-space equations and transfer functions,
or transfer-function matrices, will be introduced, along with some new model data-formats such as
matrix-fraction forms and Rosenbrock's system matrix in polynomial form
and state-space form. The necessary new transformations to manipulate system descriptions between
these new formats have been implemented and will be demonstrated.
Additional system analysis tools to extend the existing controllability and
observability tests to the more general polynomial system matrix description
will be presented. An alternative, simple algorithm for generating minimal
state-space realizations will be introduced, and algorithms to reduce polynomial
matrix descriptions of a system to least-order (or minimal-order) form will be presented, along with
an algorithm to extract the greatest left- or right-matrix common divisor from two
polynomial matrices. The Smith standard form of a polynomial matrix has been
implemented, which enables the Smith-McMillan standard form of a rational
polynomial matrix to be determined. If time allows, a presentation will be made of some interesting results on
the accuracy and computing time of several pole assignment algorithms,
when used with system descriptions containing symbols, and a best choice will be suggested.
Also, an interesting extension of the optimal control LQR approach to the model
reference case will be discussed.PowerPoint presentation (added January 2000)
Import and Export
Paul Hinton, Wolfram Research, Inc.
Mathematica 4 provides a facility for importing and
exporting graphics, data, and text from the kernel. This talk will survey
some of the numerous options for fine-tuning interpretation and output,
provide an opportunity for developers to ask questions, and offer
suggestions for future supported formats.HTML | Mathematica
Interactive Encyclopedias
Using the Web and Mathematica
Eric Weisstein, Wolfram Research, Inc.
The internet revolution has ushered in a new information
age. However, much of the "information" currently available on
the web is incomplete and of uneven quality, or else available only
through subscription to specialized information services. Starting five
years ago, I began compiling and making available on the web
extensive encyclopedias of math and science intended for a general
audience, but containing detailed enough information to be useful to
a graduate student or research scientist. Mathematica has been used
extensively in the compilation and implementation of these encyclopedic
resources, and I am currently spearheading an initiative underway
at Wolfram Research to harness the power of Mathematica in the production of
"live," publicly available encyclopedias useful to practitioners
and students in many areas of mathematics, physics, and
engineering.HTML | Mathematica
Interfacing Mathematica with Your IT
Roman Mäder, MathConsult
We will discuss available and forthcoming interfaces of
Mathematica to databases, front ends, online information services, and
web-based solutions. Examples from finance will show how Mathematica can become
a powerful environment for information
processing.HTML | Mathematica notebook
| project web site
Neil Soiffer and Robby Villegas, Wolfram Research, Inc.
MathML is the Mathematical Markup Language, an HTML-like language for putting mathematics
on the web. It is defined in terms of XML and is
an official recommendation of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
This talk will give an overview of MathML and discuss Mathematica's ability to
import and export web pages containing
MathML.HTML | Mathematica
Authoring Notebooks
Richard Mercer, Wright State University
I will discuss the entire process of creating and revising notebooks and
controlling their appearance, both on screen and in print. I will also
give advice about why and when you should use style sheets, tell what will happen
to you if you don't, and give a couple of examples illustrating what you can do with them. I
will also cover structured expressions, the Option Inspector (and its new documentation in Version 4),
style sheets, and the BoxForm (or "Show
Expression"form) of cells.HTML | Mathematica notebook
How to Create Buttons
Paul Hinton, Wolfram Research, Inc.
Buttons provide a means of creating highly interactive
notebooks; however, writing your own buttons to perform nonstandard tasks
can be frustrating. This talk will discuss buttons from a fundamental
viewpoint and demonstrate how to create and test
them. HTML |
Mathematica notebook
Programming the Front End
John Novak, Wolfram Research, Inc.
This is an introduction to front end programming for
experienced Mathematica programmers. The focus is on the structure and use
of kernel notebook operations and on connecting them to
buttons.HTML | Mathematica notebook
Efficient Numerics Programming in Mathematica
Rob Knapp, Wolfram Research, Inc.
Mathematica 4 allows you to use and write numerical
procedures that are not only efficient but also very
general; they can work both with machine-hardware numbers and with
arbitrary-precision software arithmetic. In this talk, I will explain some
of the details behind how efficient machine-number and arbitrary-precision
arithmetic and numerical functions work and will show, with a variety of
examples, how you can write your own efficient and general
programs.Mathematica notebook
Numerical Solving of ODEs
and PDEs in Mathematica
Rob Knapp, Wolfram Research, Inc.
This talk will look into NDSolve in some detail. Problems
arising from the numerical solution of ordinary differential equations
will be explored, including higher-order differential equations and systems of equations, initial-
and boundary-value problems, and stiffness. The current state of the
numerical solver for partial differential equations will be outlined. The various types of errors that
inevitably arise will be highlighted. A short preview of upcoming features for NDSolve
will also be included.Mathematica notebook
Enhance Your Code Performance:
Effective Data Structures Techniques in Mathematica
Daniel Lichtblau, Wolfram Research, Inc.
Many people routinely make good use of Mathematica's built-in
functions. It is less well known when and how to utilize more
exotic programming methodologies such as hash tables, tree
structures, and variable-length arrays. Moreover, Mathematica's
evaluation semantics can lead to performance problems
for naive implementations of these methodologies. In a few detailed
examples we will show how to implement and manipulate appropriate
data structures for several common types of problems and how to analyze
the performance in order to assess algorithmic quality and complexity.
We will also suggest ways in which to overcome typical
performance problems.HTML | Mathematica
notebook updated July 2000
Working with Unevaluated Expressions
Robby Villegas, Wolfram Research, Inc.
Most experienced Mathematica programmers will eventually encounter tasks or
applications in which they need to manipulate expressions without letting
them evaluate. For instance, typesetting and interpretation rules, debugging
programs, code analysis tools, and constructing code on the fly at run time
are all areas of programming that require careful control of evaluation.
Since Mathematica automatically evaluates arguments and return values
of functions, building up a result without exposing intermediate stages
of work to the evaluator requires subtle techniques that even seasoned
Mathematica programmers sometimes find elusive. In this tutorial, I
will demonstrate situations in which evaluation control is important,
pointing out common pitfalls and providing useful tools and techniques
along the way.
Mathematica notebook
New Tools for
Package Developers and Authors
André Kuzniarek, Wolfram Research, Inc.
This session will cover the documentation palette
and AuthorTools, two new tools, and show how they can be used to
quickly create package documentation and prepare materials for
Publishing Using
Mathematica 4
Al Hibbard, Central College
Have you considered using Mathematica 4 to publish an
article or a book? This session will focus on some of the issues and
concerns involved in using Mathematica to produce a book from the
beginning through the end, including style sheets and environments,
footers, headers, dimensioning, design, and page layout. We will
also look at the extra concerns involved in producing a book that includes
documentation similar to the definition boxes found in the Help Browser.
Comments will be based on recent experience coauthoring Exploring
Abstract Algebra with Mathematica and publishing it with
Springer-Verlag as well as on experience writing many of the initial files with
Version 2.2, converting them to Version 3.0, and then
preparing PostScript files with Alpha 4.0.Project


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South Carolina opened spring practice Tuesday short two wide receivers, but both are expected back soon.
Junior Damiere Byrd, the teams second-leading returner at the position, watched from the sideline after having LASIK surgery. Byrd, who had 14 catches for 366 yards, presumably will no longer need the thick-rimmed glasses that had become a trademark.
Hopefully, hes not going to have to wear those glasses as much as he did, and hopefully hell see the ball better, coach Steve Spurrier said. In the bowl game, he made a super catch on the first one and the second one bounced off his facemask. I dont know how that happened. I think his eyes being better will help him.
Sophomore Shaq Roland, who South Carolina coaches hope will make a big jump in production next season, sat out due to an academic issue, Spurrier said.
He was not allowed to practice today, so hopefully he will be out here Thursday, Spurrier said.
Roland had five catches for 80 yards last season.
Stocked at quarterback
Freshman quarterback Connor Mitch made his Gamecock debut after enrolling early in order to participate in spring practice. Mitch, 6-foot-3, 219 pounds, threw for more than 12,000 yards in four years at Wakefield High School in Raliegh, N.C.
Hes doing OK. He threw OK, Spurrier said. Brendan Nosovitch threw some good ones in there. Both of those guys got a lot of snaps. Dylan (Thompson) was throwing well. These guys have been throwing since January. Its really neat when you have players that just love playing football, love practicing, love trying to learn all they can about their position.
Starting quarterback Connor Shaw will not practice this spring after having surgery on his left foot. He watched Tuesdays workout wearing a walking boot.
Coaching debut
Deke Adams, who was hired to replace Brad Lawing in the offseason, coached his first practice with the Gamecocks defensive line Tuesday.
Coach Adams is an excellent coach, Spurrier said. Hes got a great track record. He didnt work his way up to this job being an average coach. He knows what hes doing, and he has a good demeanor about him.
Practice report
Freshman Kelvin Rainey is making the most of his offseason move from tight end to linebacker. Rainey had two interceptions during team drills Tuesday. Phillip Dukes also had an interception.
A lot of defensive guys had picks, but thats OK. We like to see the ball in the air. We dont like to see sacks in practice, Spurrier said. It was a fun day for most of the players. Nobody got hurt. We ran around and tried to throw it around a little bit. it was a bit of a productive day.
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Auburn, ME — Karen Wonson Stearns, 60, of Auburn, Maine, lovingly known as DeeDee, passed away peacefully at home on August 19, 2013. She was surrounded by family and friends during her courageous two-and-a-half-year battle with brain cancer. She was born on April 29, 1953, in Beverly, Mass., to Roger and Mary Sue Wonson. DeeDee graduated from Beverly High School in 1971. She met her husband of 38 years, Daniel Stearns, at the University of Southern Maine, where she was varsity lacrosse team captain and TKE sweetheart. She was a lifetime learner and passionate educator, as an elementary school teacher for over 30 years in Winthrop, Leeds and Auburn, Maine. For the past two decades, she taught at Washburn Elementary School in Auburn, in a classroom known for its Mickey Mouse theme. At that time her diagnosis, she was pursuing a master's degree at Lesley University.
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She is survived by her husband, Dan, of Auburn. She was a proud and loving mother and grandmother, and is survived by her son, Christopher, and son-in-law, Jared, of Philadelphia, Pa., son, Jonathan and daughter-in-law, Sarah, and grandson, Graham, of Gilmanton Iron Works, N.H., and daughter, Gretchen of Boston. She is survived by her parents of Beverly, Mass.; her sister and brother-in-law, Kathy and Robert Eddy of Braintree Hill, Vt., sister and brother-in-law Martha and David Brandt of Beverly; sister-in-law and brother-in-law Julie and William Adams of Hixon, Tenn.; and many nieces and nephews.
ARRANGEMENTS: To follow DeeDee's brave journey, and for forthcoming details about the celebration of her life, please visit www.caringbridge.org/visit/deedeestearns.
In lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to Dana Farber Cancer Institute for Dr. Patrick Wen's Brain Tumor Research Fund, c/o Corrina McFarland, 10 Brookline Place West, 6th Floor, Brookline, MA 02445.


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Much of Thursday night's practice was spent with my camera focused in on cornerbacks coach Brian Mitchell. The new position coach will be featured on a segment for the upcoming season of The Dana Holgorsen Show in which we put a microphone on him and hear exactly how he goes about his business on the field with the Mountaineers.
That said, there aren't as many observations from the 30 minutes open to the media as there may typically be, other than pointing out that Brodrick Jenkins has this high-pitched scream that he's unveiled in recent practices and Coach Mitchell told him point blank on Thursday that he sounded like a little girl. Here are the notes:
- The Mountaineers ran four series in front of the media again on Thursday, with Clint Trickett taking the first and third series and Paul Millard and Ford Childress taking the second and fourth, respectively. Lined up in the backfield flanking Trickett with the first-team offense were running backs Charles Sims and Dreamius Smith, continuing to point to those two being the top feature backs to come out of camp.
The offensive line again looked stout against its competition, but there were very few plays that went for more than a few yards as the defense stopped the offense short of the end zone on every series.
- The quarterback competition may soon have a winner. Without revealing any details of who currently holds the lead, Holgorsen said Thursday that he believes the time is quickly approaching when either Clint Trickett, Paul Millard or Ford Childress is named the team's starter, at least privately.
"I anticipate by the end of practice on Saturday being 100 percent sure of the direction we're going to go (at quarterback)," Holgorsen said in his press conference. That leaves just three more practices for one of the contenders to prove whatever his worth may be before the offense begins running with a single quarterback getting the vast majority of the snaps.
- Who will that quarterback throw it to? The inside receivers are in question right now as Holgorsen and offensive coordinator Shannon Dawson both expressed displeasure with those available for the job. Neither seems thrilled by the prospects, but Holgorsen is quick to point out that many of those vying for playing time haven't had much or any at this level. On Thursday, the staff moved freshman Daikiel Shorts to insider receiver in a search for answers, but perhaps the best player for the job already has a different position.
"Charles Sims could be our best inside receiver right now, pretty easily," Holgorsen said of the senior running back.
- Speaking of Shorts, Holgorsen was asked if he and the staff have made an decisions of which true freshmen will play and which they plan to redshirt and though he initially said they hadn't, he then listed some that he expected would "definitely" play. Shorts was at the top of his list after the receiver took part in spring practice to gain experience in the offense, followed by running back Wendell Smallwood, cornerback Daryl Worley, safety Jeremy Tyler and linebacker Al-Rasheed Benton. Of course, more could be added to that list due to more solid play or any injuries that may befall the Mountaineers during the season.
- Holgorsen wanted to take some time to brag on his specialists Thursday, talking up field goal kicker Josh Lambert, long snapper Jon DePalma and all of the punters pushing for the starting job, including Nick O'Toole, Michael Molinari and Houston Syvertson. Those guys have stood out, but Holgorsen still doesn't know which player will ultimately win the kickoff duties and it seems that it is a point of concern with game week quickly approaching. The head coach is also confident enough in the number of capable return men on the team that he believes the punt and kickoff return duties will belong to different players.


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The Academy of Dance of Terre Haute, under the direction of Patti Willey, will stage its 12th annual spring concert, "Hansel and Gretel," at 6:30 p.m. both Friday and Saturday in Indiana State University's Tilson Auditorium.
More than 300 students will tell the story of "Hansel and Gretel" through ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, creative movement and modern dance.
Featured dancers include Terre Haute North seniors Caitlin Manning, Audrey Wynne and Kate Edwards; Rockville senior Katie Lugar; Terre Haute South seniors Emily Sturgess, Samantha Hayes and Kayla Weber; West Vigo senior Sara Umphries; and ISU senior Sarah Geraci.
Reserved tickets may be purchased in advance at the studio at 2000 S. Third St., or at the box office the day of each show. Ticket price is $17.50.
For more information about the spring concert and classes at the studio contact Willey, at (812) 238-9181 or visit www.THacademyofdance.com.


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Know a great kid who made Eagle Scout or did your local soccer team take the championship? They may be our next Patch Whiz Kid honoree.
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The preschool announced its fees for the upcoming school year on Tuesday:
• For a typically enrolled child (one without special needs), the cost is $100 per month. The preschool also has a "sliding fee scale" based on family income. Should families qualify, tuition could be less than $100 a month.
Classes at the Early Learning Center are Monday – Thursday. Morning classes are from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.; afternoon classes are from 12:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
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Parents interested in enrolling their children may pick up an application and packet at the center or they may call 440-992-1281, and a packet will be mailed to them. Birth certificate, proof of residency and a photo ID are required. The Early Learning Center is 2630 W. 13th St. (former Thomas Jefferson Elementary). Office hours are 8:15 a.m. – 4 p.m.


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The football season kicked off with a pep rally and unveiling of the jerseys for Florida Tech's brand new football team. Assistant director for athletic communications, Ryan Jones, was present, to tell us a little about the football team, his expectations, and how he feels the university has welcomed and embraced this new phase in Florida Tech sports history. Excited for his team, Jones mentions how the players have prepared and how support from the fans has impacted all the members of the team.
Florida Tech's Coach Engelhart talks about the upcoming football event, Inside the Huddle. Find out the details on this edition of Inside Florida Tech.


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After giving up an early 3-0 lead against Goochland in the Dixie Majors Virginia State Tournament title game Wednesday night, all the South Boston Majors all-stars needed to do was plate one run with no outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh inning to win the game.
They did just that on a John Nichols' grounder that scored Zach King from third base with the run that gave South Boston a 4-3 win and a berth in the Dixie Majors World Series starting July 31 in Independence, La.
Chris Hunt, whose three-run homer proved to be the difference in an 8-7 win over Smyth County on Tuesday, went 3-4 with three RBI's in the championship game, while Bill Wooding was 2-3 with two runs scored and Luke Griles 2-4 with a run scored.
Jacob Holley led Goochland with a double, single and RBI, Jimmy Dunnavant had an RBI double and Josh Vipperman an RBI single.
South Boston got off to a good start in the title game with two runs in the first inning and one in the second.
Wooding bunted for a single, Griles singled and Hunt knocked them both home with a two-run double in the first inning, an inning that saw Scott Rickman double off the center field fence.
South Boston added a run in the second when E.C. Collins walked, Aron Puryear and Wooding reached on fielder's choices, and Griles and Hunt singled to make it 3-0.
Goochland got a run back in the third on a single by Holley and a Dunnavant RBI double and pulled to within a run in the fifth when Clark Wilson drew a leadoff walk and scored on a Holley double.
Goochland tied the game in the top of the seventh when Wilson doubled, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on Vipperman's hit.
South Boston got the run it needed in the bottom of the seventh to win the game, starting with a base hit from Hunt and a walk to Lewis walked and Rickman reached base after being hit by a pitch before Nichols hit an infield grounder that plated King.
Four runs were enough for South Boston, which got six innings from starting pitcher Tyler Lewis.
Lewis allowed two runs on four hits with 10 strikeouts and three walks in six innings of work before Griles came to the mound in the seventh inning.
Griles allowed one run on two hits, but South Boston turned a 6-4-3 double play to get out of the jam and set up the rally in the bottom of the inning.
Goochland starting pitcher Ben Harris went the first one and one-third innings, and Vipperman pitched the rest of the game, striking out seven and walking three batters.
"The pitching was great on both sides and it came down to the last inning where what I call my MVP Chris Hunt got it started," said South Boston manager Mark Nichols.
"It was a well-played baseball game, a well-pitched baseball game."
"We squandered a couple of chances to score more runs, but the guys kept fighting all the way to the end."
The level of competition at the state tournament can only help South Boston as they get ready for the World Series, Nichols added.
"We had three, maybe four excellent teams here, so we are looking forward to going to Louisiana," noted Nichols
"This is the first World Series for me and a bunch of the guys."
South Boston 9 Smyth County 8
A two-run homer by Lewis in the fifth inning and a three-run shot by Hunt in the sixth helped South Boston rally from a 7-4 deficit and eliminate Smyth County 8-7 on Tuesday.
Lewis added two other RBIs on groundouts in the first and third innings for South Boston, and Aron Puryear added a pair of doubles and an RBI.
Wooding singled and later scored on a Lewis groundout in the first, but Smyth County took a 3-1 lead in the second with solo home runs by Aaron Clampitt and Daniel Ashby, and singles by Josh Jackson and Jeff Bramlett.
South Boston tied the game in the third on a Puryear double and singles by Wooding and Griles, but Smyth County regained the lead in the top of the fourth on a Jared Blevins homer, two walks and a double by Adam Powers that made it 7-3.
Collins singled and later scored on a Puryear double in the bottom of the fourth, and Blevins reached base on an error for Smyth County and later scored in the top of the fifth to make it 8-4.
Hunt singled, Lewis homered and Rickman doubled in the fifth to pull South Boston to within 8-6, and Hunt hit a three-run homer in the sixth after Puryear was hit by a pitch and Griles drew a walk.
Nichols pitched the first three and two-thirds innings for South Boston before Puryear came to the mound to finish the game, with Nichols striking out three batters and Puryear one.


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The Northern 11-12 softball team shut out West Point 10 in four innings on Sunday to win the Pool A championship the Georgia Little League state championship at Britt David Park.
Haley Johnson and Zoe Paul combined on a no-hitter. Johnson went the first three innings, striking out eight of the nine batters she faced.
Paul finished the game by pitching the fourth.
Kamdyn Fuller went 2-for-2 with three RBIs and a run scored. Alexis Sibold went 2-for-2 with an RBI and two runs scored.
Northern has Monday off and will play the Pool B runner-up in Tuesday's semifinals.
9-10 softball
After having the first day of the state tournament off, the Northern 9-10 team beat Bartow County 8-5 on Sunday.
Ireland Cavanaugh pitched four of the six innings and picked up the win.
Cavanaugh, Riley Ingram and Savannah Sibold all went 2-for-3.
Northern clinched a berth in the semifinals with the win. It plays Western at 7:30 p.m. today for the Pool B championship.
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The Northern 10-11 baseball team bounced back from its loss on Saturday to beat Coastal 10-0 on Sunday in Peachtree City.
Colton Joyner pitched a no-hitter and struck out seven.
Joyner also hit a pair of home runs and drove in four runs.
Northern will take its 1-1 record in Pool B into Tuesday's 6:30 p.m. game vs. West Point, which is also 1-1.
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After having its game delayed by rain Saturday afternoon in Carnesville, the American 9-10 baseball team beat Smyrna 9-5 late Saturday night.
Gray Voltz was the winning pitcher.
Payton Taylor went 2-for-3 with two doubles and Matthew Bennett had a double and three RBIs.
American will not play again until Tuesday against Glennville in another Pool B game.
Softball The Pioneer senior softball team's game was postponed by rain Sunday. The Pioneer junior team lost to Toccoa 11-8 as Toccoa won the state championship.


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CHESTER — Madison Stewart had just learned how to put one foot in front of the other.
The 11-month-old girl, whose brown hair covered a strawberry birthmark on the back of her head, was working hard to get the hang of a baby walk using a walker that helped her stand up straight, her aunt said on Monday.
The little girl wont be learning to walk anymore. Madi Cakes, whose deep blue eyes were always glowing with happiness, will be laid to rest at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Liberty Baptist Church in York.
Authorities say she is Chester Countys third homicide victim this year.
A lot of prayer went into having Madison, said her aunt, Kimberly Stewart. Her mom worshipped the ground she walked on...crawled on, in this case.
Last Friday, at 3:42 p.m., Madison died. She had been in the intensive care unit of Levine Childrens Hospital on life support for two days after paramedics found her suffering from severe injuries last Wednesday.
Those injuries, police have said, came at the hands of Jeffery Todd Bradley, a 27-year-old Iraq War veteran who is now jailed at the Chester County Detention Center. He is charged with homicide by child abuse, a felony carrying a sentence of 20 years to life in prison.
He is the boyfriend to Madisons mother, Penny Stewart. Madisons father was Michael Sanders, according to her obituary.
According to deputies, while the girl was in Bradleys care, she suffered from a fractured skull, kidney injuries and internal bleeding in her brain.
A police report released Monday shows that deputies initially learned about the incident when dispatchers relayed a call about a baby being electrocuted. When deputies went to Madisons Hardin Strait Road home, near Lowrys, no one was there. A neighbor told police that he saw a baby get taken away in an ambulance.
Deputies later received a call from a Department of Social Services worker, who said Madison suffered from non-accidental life-threatening internal injuries, according to the report.
Her injuries were not consistent with a fall, which is what Bradley originally claimed happened, Sheriffs Office Major Mary Anne Tolbert said. He also told police Madison was electrocuted after putting a phone plug in her mouth.
On Monday, deputies interviewed Bradley again. This time, he told deputies a story that proved to be consistent with what doctors said likely happened, Tolbert said.
She would not elaborate, only saying that he is now willing to cooperate with the investigation.
Army officials last week confirmed that Bradley served nine years in the military, serving two overseas deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq. He received at least 10 awards and commendations during his service, and was last stationed at Fort Riley in north-central Kansas.
His rank was an E-1 private. Records indicate that he had been on reserve status. On Saturday, he limped into a courtroom and said he has a pending disability case with Veterans Administration.
Penny Stewart had been trying for more than six years to have a child, said Kimberly Stewart, Madisons aunt and Penny Stewarts sister-in-law.
If she had a girl, she wanted to name her Madison.
She had that name picked out since she was a kid, Kimberly Stewart said. She always wanted to give her that name.
Finally, on Oct. 17, 2012, her little girl came.
So many people came into the hospital to hold (Madison) and meet her, she said.
One of those people was Patricia Noe, Madisons grandmother. Before Penny Stewart gave birth, Patricia Noe joked that the girl would be born on her birthday, also in October.
No, she wont, Penny Stewart would say. Thats Madis day.
She was my chunky monkey, Patricia Noe said. She was an angel. That smile will just make you melt.
She had the cutest laugh and the prettiest, prettiest eyes, said Jennifer Noe, Penny Stewarts stepsister. Penny called her a miracle baby.
Madison spent her days with Kimberly Stewart, a stay-at-home mother of five children, while Penny Stewart went to work. She never went to sleep without her favorite toy a glowworm baby doll, her aunt said.
That girl doesnt believe in sleeping without the doll, she said. She had to have it.
And, she did from the day she was born.
The girls favorite game was patty-cake. Thats why Kimberly Stewart called her niece Madi Cakes.
She was one of the happiest babies that Ive ever seen, Kimberly Stewart said. She always smiled. She would open her mouth wide open and say, Hey!
Hey, one of the few short words she knew, was her way of telling loved ones that she wanted to be picked up.
Penny Stewart and Jeffery Bradley have known each other since high school, family members said. During a Saturday bond hearing, Bradley told a judge he and Penny Stewart had been living together since April.
The boy fooled us all, said Madisons grandfather, Tony Stewart. We thought he was a good man because he served in the Armed Forces.
Penny Stewart is trying to hang in there, Kimberly Stewart said. Its not working that great. Shes devastated. She left for work that day. Madi was playing and laughing. That was the last time she got to see that pretty smile on her face.
Penny never got to hear her say, I love you, nothing like that, Jennifer Noe said. I think thats the hardest part.
Madisons family wants justice served to the fullest, Patricia Noe said. No baby on Gods green earth deserved what Madi went through.


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By Rose Miller
Register Columnist
I don't know about you, but the month of January seems to be the longest month of the year to me.
One notable psychologist explains this perception seems to have some psychological merit. He expounds that after a sequence of demandingly-festive holiday months, January rather seems to be somewhat anticlimactic.
However, the good doctor enlightens us that there are things we can do to make these shadowy, cold days more exciting and even enjoyable, especially in our own homes.
We can fight early-evening darkness by turning on lots of electrical lighting, then, using aromatically-scented candles is generally helpful in creating a favorable ambiance on a mediocre, mid-week evening.
Now, doesn't an after-dinner soak in the tub, fresh pajamas, a good book or early movie with the family sound wonderfully therapeutic?
One thing I try to remember, when I'm feeling lonely for no good reason, is to take time out to thank God for having a full stomach, warm home and good health.
Call me simple-minded, but I find it is difficult to have a fit of apprehension or an attack of anxiety when you are counting your blessings!
January is National Blood Donation Month. A blood donation drive was conducted Wednesday, Jan. 16, at the Union Fellowship Hall, 200 Prospect Street in Berea.
Call 1-800-775-2522 to find out where in your area you may participate in this remarkable humanitarian accomplishment.
Don't forget that Monday, Jan. 21, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Generally,school is dismissed on this day. Be sure to check in case you need to make arrangements for your school-age children.
"Everyday Sunday Band" is in concert this Saturday, Jan. 19, in the Madison Hills Christian Church auditorium. Tickets may be purchased early for $7 each and at the door for $10. There are plenty of tickets still available at the church.
Young people may check out this popular band's music on K-LOVE, Air 1, iTunes and YouTube.
All young people are invited, so come on out, fill the auditorium and enjoy a swinging,good time. Call the church for more details.
Make a point to answer your door when the Girl Scouts come around selling their delicious cookies during the next few weeks. Everyone enjoys a favorite selection, so be ready to help out this annual fundraiser. This long-standing national organization challenges girls to be the very best citizens they can be.
Please, don't forget most churches in the area have some type of program to help God's Pantry feed the hungry in our neighborhoods.
God's Pantry is a compassionate organization that reaches out to help families in our county stock food in otherwise sparse or empty cupboards.
Birthday congratulations go out to Fannie Bodden and Paris H.
May God bless you both with many more delightful years of happy living.
Feel free to contact me at 527-0411 or e-mail me at email@example.com with your special days, church and community events.
Until next week, may God bless you and yours.


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Tired of the city? Well, the relaxing countryside isn't so far away - it's as close as Swansea, Massachusetts!
We have alot to offer here at Simcock Farm, particularly from May through October. The animals are here for you to watch and feed; there's a super country vegetable stand and a wonderful, treat-filled ice cream stand.
The Farm Animals
Our animals include cows, a donkey, goats, rabbits, chickens and more...let's not forget Rascal, the beloved resident pooch of the place. You can watch them laze and graze, but, their curiosity usually gets the best of them as they come over to visit you. (Go to "Favorite Critters" for a closer look.)
The Country Vegetable Stand
Our stand not only has our own delicious produce, but also added items such as baked goods, pickled goods, eggs, and drinks.
Make sure you stop by at harvest time for our excellent selection of pumpkins and squash, flowers and harvest decorations.
We also, are known for our 'pick-your-own' plum tomatoes and our hot portuguese peppers, available by the pound or the bushel.
The Ice Cream Stand
Who can resist the lure of a New England ice cream stand during a Sunday afternoon drive? We have a great selection of ice cream flavors...how about a cone of blueberry or moose tracks? We also serve sugar-free and lowfat frozen yogurts and ice cream. Take the family out for a cone of a classic favorite, like orange pineapple, rum raisin or frozen pudding. Our sundaes include brownie sundaes, p'nut butter cup sundaes and strawberry shortcake sundaes. Malts, frappes and specialty smoothies which are gluten-free and lactose-free, are also available. Try a great drink - our awesome Italian coffee! We even have special ice cream for your own 'beloved resident pooch.'
How to contact us
For questions and more information, write, call or email us:
The Simcocks'
361 Marvel Street
Swansea, MA 02777
Tel#: 1-508-673-5721
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Directions to Simcock Farm in Swansea
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Directions from New Bedford/Cape Cod
Take 195 West to Exit 4B (Somerset, MA), bear right off the exit. Go left at a set of lights onto Brayton Point Road (Rogers Spa on right on the corner at lights). Continue straight to next set of lights (CVS and donut shop on left and bank on right at lights -it's a Stop & Shop Plaza). Take a right on GAR Highway. At third set of lights (first - Stop & Shop;second - Home Depot) turn left on Brayton Point Road. Follow road to end (through one set of lights and one four way stop sign to end of road). You will see Simcock Farm signs and woods in front of you. Turn left onto Marvel Street and farm is 1/4 mile on right.
Directions from Providence, RI
Take 195 East to Exit 4 (Lee's River Ave). Bear left off the exit to a set of lights (a 7/11 gas station will be on the corner). Go straight through lights - continue to the end of the road. Go left onto and follow road short distance to stop sign at end. Go right and then left onto Sharps Lot Road immediately after the power lines. Follow Sharps Lot Road until four way stop sign approximately 2 miles. Turn right onto Marvel Street and farm is 1/4 mile on left.
Directions from Boston, MA
Take Route 24 South until you reach a fork in the highway - Merge onto Route 79 S via Exit 7 toward
N. Fall River/Somerset. Follow approx. 2.4 miles. Take the US-6 W/Rt-138 N Exit toward Somerset/Swansea.
This is the bridge exit. Continue over bridge to your first set of lights. Turn right at lights onto Brayton Ave. Brayton Ave. becomes Bark St. Follow road to end approx. 2.5 miles. At end of road turn left onto Marvel Street. Farm is 1/4 mile up on right.
Directions from Fall River, MA via the Veteran's Memorial Bridge
Go straight over bridge to your first set of lights. Turn right at lights onto Brayton Ave. Brayton Ave. becomes Bark St. Follow road to end approx. 2.5 miles. At end of road turn left onto Marvel Street. Farm is 1/4 mile up on right.
Directions from Fall River, MA via Braga Bridge
Exit 4B (Somerset, MA), bear right off the exit. Go left at a set of lights onto Brayton Point Road (Rogers Spa on right on the corner at lights). Continue straight through next set of lights (CVS and donut shop on left at lights) to a stop sign at the end of the road (you'll go past the Stop & Shop Plaza). Go left onto Read Street then, immediately right onto Hot & Cold Lane (a water tower will be on the right with baseball fields). Follow to the stop sign at the end of the road, then go left onto Stevens Road. Continue on Stevens Road to second right (at the power lines) which is Sharps Lot Road. Continue on Sharps Lot Road to a 4 way stop sign. Go right on Marvel Street. The farm will be approximately one-half mile on the left.


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Pennsylvania residents are merging their efforts on SignOn.org to launch a statewide petition calling on local election officials and Secretary of the Commonwealth Carole Aichele not to enforce the this November.
Nine individual county grassroots leaders launched petitions on SignOn.org after the state Legislature .
On Thursday, concerned Pennsylvanians will lead rallies and petition deliveries of more than 13,000 signatures in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, respectively, as the Pennsylvania Supreme Court prepares to hear the case.
More than 4,000 Pennsylvanians supported the effort.
Similar petitions then started in eight additional Pennsylvania counties, and the petition has since been expanded statewide.
"The people of Pennsylvania will not stand idly by as certain politicians attempt to disenfranchise citizens because they aren't likely to agree with them," Singer said. "The reasons for not having ID are too many, and the cases of voter fraud too few, to justify blocking voters from casting their ballots, particularly in an election as close and as crucial as this year's."
The new law, which supporters said is intended to prevent voter fraud, mandates that each voter present a valid photo ID at the polls—a stipulation that petition organizers say will "ultimately prevent the poor, the elderly, and people of color in Pennsylvania from voting."
"These demographic groups typically lean Democratic and ,'" petition organizers said in a release.
This week, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court will hear the appeal calling for the law to be overturned.
Editor's Note: The individual county petitions may be found here:
Allegheny: http://signon.org/sign/just-say-no-to-pa-voter
Montgomery: http://signon.org/sign/just-say-no-to-pas-unfair
Delaware: http://signon.org/sign/pa-say-no-to-enforcing
Chester: http://signon.org/sign/no-voter-id-enforcement
Lehigh: http://signon.org/sign/just-say-no-to-enforcing-1
Monroe: http://signon.org/sign/just-say-no-to-voter
Lackawanna: http://signon.org/sign/say-no-to-the-voter-id-1
Snyder: http://signon.org/sign/just-say-no-to-denying
McKean: http://signon.org/sign/just-say-no-to-voter-1


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An exhibit featuring many different types of fiber art will be held in the Museum's Mansard Gallery. This exhibit will feature the works of local fiber artists Rita Brown, Erin Cork, Barbara Posey, Lynette L. Reed, Florence Ridderhof, Fran Slaterbeck, and Elizabeth Woodford.
The Fredericksburg Area Museum will also host a series of fiber art demonstrations by members of the Fredericksburg Spinners and Weavers Guild. The demonstrations will be held in the Museum Store on 215 William Street. On October 6th, Rita Brown will perform a tapestry weaving from 12-4. Susan Tyler will perform a basket weaving October 20th, and Barbara Posey will show needlefelting on October 27th, along with Lynette Reed's silk scarf painting. All work will be for sale throughout December. A special Second Saturday program devoted to quilting will be held on October 13 from 1-3.
A special lecture on art quilts with Quilt National exhibitor Dominie Nash is planned for October 23 at 7 p.m. Stay after the lecture for a tour of the exhibit with Ms. Nash.
In addition, traveling exhibit Quilt National will be on display in the Museum's Council Chamber starting October 5th. The contemporary art quilt exhibit is on loan from the Dairy Barn Arts Center in Athens, Ohio.


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Tools you can use to dig out of depression…
Tools you can use to dig out of depression…
"If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake and for the sake of the Good News, you will save it." Mark 8:35
This is one of those powerful lessons in the Scriptures that we often fly over and miss. "If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it." Life is not something that we hang onto, Life is something that we live and in the living of life, we experience life. Life with all of it's ups and downs is living and living is much more than just existing.
The key to really living is not trying to live life, but trying to give life, because when we give our life away to love others as we have been loved, then we really begin to live. The good news is that God loves each of us and has an amazing plan for our lives.
Don't miss life, because you have gotten distracted by trying to make a living. Live life by giving your life to your Creator by serving and making life better for others. You will find that life is a whole lot more fun, when you focus on more than just existing…
"For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others and to give his life as a ransom for many." Matthew 20:28
Jesus was speaking and this is what he had to say about himself. He said that the reason he came to earth was not to be served, but to serve by giving his life as a ransom for many.
It is very easy to forget that our life here on earth is about something and the something is not ourselves. The something is other people. Take some time today to intentionally reach out to make life better for others and you will discover that it actually makes life better for you!
Live blessed, because it is what you were created for!
"If we love our Christian brothers and sisters, it proves that we have passed from death to life. But a person who has no love is still dead." I John 3:14
I have talked about this before, in a several different places. There are many different definitions and ideas about what love is. Most people in our world now a days, seem to have made themselves very comfortable with the idea that love is something that we fall into and can fall out of. This idea believes that love is some magical feeling we get when we meet the right person. If this is what you think of when you think of love, then you are probably right about it being something that we can fall into and out of.
A better word for that magical feeling that we get when we meet that person that makes us feel really special is probably attraction. Love, real love is appreciating the goodness in another person. When the Bible speaks of God's love for us, it is God appreciating the goodness is us. You may think, but there is nothing good in me compared to God, and you would be right, but we can't forget that God created us and we are made in His image. God sees what we can't see and His attraction to that good in us allows him to appreciate the good that he can see and that is love.
Love is active and we can create it, just by appreciating the goodness that is in another person. This is why love really is a choice. A choice that each of us make many times and in many different ways every day.
There are in existence, what I like to think of as different flavors of love. There is "eros", where we get our word erotic. When we accept and appreciate the beauty of the physical in another person, we experience this "eros" love. Eros love is often the next step after attraction, but it does not have to be. "Eros" love is about physical passion, gratification and fulfillment.
There is a love called "storge". This is the love that parents share with children and children share with parents. It is only natural to look at your blood and appreciate the goodness, often of yourself that is in them. This is a love that flows almost naturally and without effort.
There is also "phileo" love. Philadelphia is the city of brotherly love. This is a love of affections, a love that takes delight in being in the presence of another. This is often that warm feeling that seems to come and go. This is a love that cares about another as if they were blood.
And then there is "agape" love. This is the love that our Creator loves us with. This is love that seeks the welfare and blessing of the other person. This is a love that flows regardless of the feelings or emotions that we often get tangled up in. This truest of loves is a choice that we make, regardless of how we feel and that is why this love is so powerful.
When we love others, it is proof that the love of God has found its way into our lives. Proof that we are not dead, but alive to Him and His power that flows into and through our lives. We should seek this love and share this love, because it means that we are alive and being alive, really alive is a good thing!
"Create in me a clean heart, O God. And renew a right spirit within me." Psalm 51:10
Our heart is the center of who we are. Our creator placed a heart inside each one of us to give us physical life and a center for our spiritual being. Without a heart, life would not be possible.
All of the sacred literature teaches that we are to guard our heart because it is the very source of life, both physical and spiritual. With our heart we determine our actions and with our actions we make a life. The living of our life reflects what is inside of our hearts and it does not tell a lie.
This is why we must continually ask our Creator to renew our spirit and create a clean heart within us. Take a moment today to think about your heart. What is going on inside of it? It is where it needs to be? Do you need your Creator to help clean your heart and renew your spirit?
He will, if you will simply ask Him and then yield to His work in and through you. With your Creator at the center of your heart, you are sure to head in the direction that will take you into blessing and fulfillment!
If we are in a relationship with God through Christ Jesus, then we are a new creation. The old sinful person we used to be has gone and is no more. The words "new creation" indicate that we have been changed into something new, different and special. Being renewed in Christ is to be made into something better.
It is sometimes a struggle to remove the old sinful self and totally enjoy the renovation of our new and better lives. In fact, you may find that it is still a struggle today, but know this: if you will stay faithful in your relationship with God, He will stay faithful to work in and through your life to renew you and rid you of the sins that seek to keep you from the better life that you were created for.Colossians 3:1-3 says: "Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of Heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God's right hand. Think about the things of Heaven, not the things of earth. For you died to this life, and your real life is hidden with Christ in God." Colossians 3:10 says: "Put on your new nature, and be renewed as you learn to know your Creator and become like Him."
There is a better life for each of us to live. We cannot live it in our own limited power, but we can live it to the fullest in the strength of our Creator, Who loves us and has an amazing plan for our lives. Take some time on this first day of the New Year to think about how you can enjoy living as His new and improved creation. God bless and lived blessed!
There are small things that you and I can do that will have a big impact on our lives and in the lives of others. These things do not have to cost you any money and will only take just a moment of time.
It really is not that hard to be kind to others and when we are kind to others, it opens up tremendous opportunity to grow, share and be blessed. I want to encourage each of us to think about EXPRESSING KINDNESS and then do it. If we ever start to think right, then we can begin to put into practice this amazing gift of our Creator that allows ordinary to become extraordinary.
Ephesians 4:32 says: "Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you." Below is a short video that gives you some ideas about this small thing that can make a big impact!
In the Bible we find that King David was a somebody even when everyone else thought he was a nobody. As I read through his life, both the failures and the successes, I cannot help but notice that he has a huge passion – a passion for things of this world and at the same time a passion for God. Often these are in conflict with one another and this gets David into trouble. The good news is that this trouble ultimately always ends up bringing David back to where he needs to be.
David is described in Acts 13:22 in this way: "I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after Mine own heart, which shall fulfill all my will." This is God talking about David. Only God knows the inside of a man's heart, but know this for sure: God knows and it matters!
David chased after the heart of God. I can relate! I don't always feel like I've got God's heart, but I know that I am I chasing after it. I sometimes head in the wrong direction, but I ultimately turn and head back, because there is nothing in this world that can be compared to the heart of God. David so wanted the heart of God that he would often run off half cocked and do something totally crazy, that would get him in a big ol mess, but the big mess eventually took him even closer to God and the things of God.
I think I might be beginning to understand what Paul was saying, when he said: "The things I want to do, I don't and the things I don't want to do, I do!" I don't always do what is right, but I want to! I sometimes do wrong and I don't want to! This is why I am thankful that God loves me and gives me His amazing grace.
Another thing Paul said that I think I am just beginning to understand is: "Not that I have already obtained all of this, but this one thing I do, forgetting what is behind, I press toward the mark for the prize of the High Calling of Christ Jesus." I have not got there yet, I still have a long way to go, but I love God and I am chasing His heart and I am thankful that He let's me catch up every now and then. G3!
Do you ever have something the Spirit is teaching you and you get it, but you just can't seem to communicate it? It's in your heart and in your head, but you just can't seem to find the words?
The Lord has been teaching me something pretty incredible lately. It's one of those things that I have known what the Bible has to say for a long time. I could even quote the verse and I may have even gotten the gist of it, but now God is taking me deeper and I still don't totally have it, but I am beginning to get it after a lot of lessons.
We often work so hard to try to make something obvious in the physical and the harder we work, the more hard work we have to do. It's almost as if it is a never-ending battle. But in the spiritual, you don't have to make anything obvious, because the Spirit does all the hard work for you. In the Spirit, the obvious is obvious to those in the Spirit!
When you are working hard in the physical to try to make something obvious, you often can't see and have no understanding of the spiritual, because you are so focused on the physical. You don't want to see and don't want to understand the spiritual, because it would reveal how wrong and what a waste of time and energy your life has been in the physical.
I know this is all a little complex, but I believe it is a big part of what the Spirit has been trying to teach me over the past several months and what the Spirit was talking about when He said in 1 Corinthians 2:14 "14 But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised."
Sometimes, I find myself trying to explain spiritual things to people and I think to myself, "this should be obvious to them", but I am assuming they are spiritual, because they say they are spiritual, but if they are really as spiritual as they say they are, then I would not have to explain it, because the Spirit would and is making it clear and obvious. Many times in my own life, I have missed the spiritually obvious, because I was stuck in the physical.
So many of our conversations and discussions are a total waste of time and energy because we are wasting physical energy, while we should be living powerful spiritual lives or we are wasting spiritual energy on people who are stuck and not budging in the physical. Jesus said in Matthew 7:6 "Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces."
Now does this mean that we become so heavenly minded that we don't do any earthly good? Of course not. We will do earthly/physical good, if we are heavenly/spiritual minded, because it just comes natural in a spiritual kinda way. Galatians 5:16 puts it simply: "So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh."
I do not totally have all of this, but the Spirit is giving me new insight almost everyday and this is a very cool thing, because I have found that physically my arms and hands have come down by my side and I am experiencing a peace that words cannot explain, because I am finally beginning to understand what Jesus was saying when He told His disciples in Matthew 10:14 "Whoever does not receive you, nor heed your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet." It's not your job to convince, but if you are convinced then you will find that living in the Spirit is so much better than anything physical!
What do you want for yourself, for your life? What does God want for yourself, for your life? I am discovering that what God wants for me and my life is much better than what I want for myself and my life. As I look back on my life, I can see where I actually kept getting in the way of what is best.
Look at this amazing passage of Scripture, it says it so beautifully: "2Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 3According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: 4Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust." 2 Peter 1:2-4
God wants grace and peace to be multiplied into and through our lives. It is multiplied as we step out of our own knowledge and into our knowledge of Him and His Son, our Savior. This allows us to yield to His Spirit and experience His purpose and plan.
His divine power has given us everything we need to live the life of Godliness that He has called us to and created us for, a life of virtue and glory. When I depend on my power, I rob myself of the opportunity to participate in the divine.
He has given us His exceeding great and precious promises, so that we might be partakers of the divine nature and escape the corruption that comes from the lust of the world. We have a choice to make and our choice determines where and how we will live. Notice, God does not just give us promises, He gives us His exceeding great and precious promises.
God has and wants what is best for us and our lives, lets step out of our selfishness and into His promises – we will be glad we did!


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Data Reporting & Management News
CBMi Informatics Fellow Levon Utijian Contributes to AAP Article
CBMi's Clinical Informatics fellow Levon Utijian contributed to the article "Clinical Informatics: Bridging the Gap Between Physician and Information Technology" in the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Fall Newsletter.
Survey of Informatics Approaches to Whole-exome and Whole-genome Clinical Reporting in the EHR
Genome-scale clinical sequencing is being adopted more broadly in medical practice. The National Institutes of Health developed the Clinical Sequencing Exploratory Research (CSER) program to guide implementation and dissemination of best practices for the integration of sequencing into clinical care. CBMi staff contributed to this article published online in Genetics in Medicine September 26, 2013.
Effectiveness of Decision Support for Families, Clinicians, or Both on HPV Vaccine Receipt.
Despite proven health benefits, human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates are among the lowest of all routine immunizations. No previous large-scale trial has compared the benefit of automated decision support directed at clinicians, families, or both in any context.
CBMi's Stacey Wrazien Wins REDCap 'Interesting Use Case' for Second Year in a Row
CBMi's Stacey Wrazien was selected as one of three winners for "Interesting Use Case' at REDCap Day 2013. Her presentation "The Data Almanac" a web application that allows users to create, collect, and track standards associated with electronic case report forms.
Dr. Alexander Fiks Wins 1st Place in AHRQ PBRN Vaccine Manuscript Contest
Congratulations to Dr. Alexander Fiks - 1st Place Winner - AHRQ PBRN Vaccine Manuscript Contest.
Art Drawn from the 6th Annual Mid-Atlantic Healthcare Informatics Symposium
Regina Holliday is an activist, artist, speaker and author in Washington DC. She participated in the Patient engagement panel at the 6th Annual Mid-Atlantic Healthcare Informatics Symposium on April 26, 2013. Not only was she a very engaging speaker but she also painted the content she hears from the patient view. You can read more and see the paintings she created at our symposium in her blog "Regina Holliday's Medical Advocacy Blog."