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Clayton Stark is the vice-president of engineering for Flock. "Other options were considered, yes, but Mozilla is the premiere provider of a truly open and free, cross-platform toolkit," he says. "Building our app from scratch would negate all the benefits of the work being done to refine and augment both the technology and the community that keeps it rolling forward."
The developers of Celtx chose to build with XULRunner because of this toolkit's cross-platform nature. Mac computers are used extensively throughout the motion picture and media industry, as well as Linux systems for computer animation. So the Celtx team wanted their application to run identically on all three platforms.
"We considered using platform-specific technologies, but didn't like the prospect of developing separate code bases for each platform," says Dawson. Additionally, because Celtx was designed to be a semantic web application, he adds: "We wanted to ensure that Celtx was built upon semantic web technologies. The XUL runtime environment provides us this with its support for RDF."
Another big reason why the Mozilla toolkits are attractive to these developers is that they are easy to immediately start using if one has the know-how for writing JavaScript, COM/C++ or XML code. For example, a person who designs web sites could probably use XULRunner to quickly throw together a user interface for an application.
"With just a little web developer skill, you're coding a desktop application that is 'web' from the get-go," says Lord. "When you code on XULRunner, you get everything Firefox is today and will be tomorrow, and you get everything that the Mozilla stack is today and will be tomorrow. That's a tremendous platform -- very broad and in some cases very deep, too."
This ease-of-development comes with a caveat, however. Nick Nassar, a co-founder and developer of Miro, says XULRunner allowed him and his team to create a rich user interface, but "it's slow and less flexible. Sometimes, things that are advantages in one context, like a cross-platform UI, can be disadvantages for another."


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Like larger human communities, theater companies have their collective strengths and limitations, their insights and their prejudices. And it's entirely possible that those theaters that survive more than a few seasons often do so because they come to mirror their audiences' characteristics. The Caldwell Theatre Company, long ensconced in Boca Raton, certainly mirrors its community. Its style of theater is decorous; gracious; conscious of tradition, status, and class; and rather conservative in presentation. Sometimes this aesthetic limits Caldwell's play selection -- certainly, much of modern drama reflects a coarse, fast-paced world that the Boca crowd would rather ignore. As a result the Caldwell sometimes serves up some well-produced but tepid fare, and its occasional forays into controversial material rarely show much edge or conviction. But at other times, the Caldwell hits the sweet spot, as the sensibilities of the story, the theater, and its audience harmonize.
That is the case with director Michael Hall's thoroughly agreeable production of Fortune's Fool, by the great nineteenth-century Russian master Ivan Turgenev. The long-lost minor gem was recently brought to Broadway for the first time in a sparkling adaptation by Mike Poulton. Turgenev, who is known chiefly for his novels, also wrote several plays, notably A Month in the Country. In these, his attention to contemporary social issues and his alternation of tragic and comedic tonal elements anticipates Chekhov by nearly half a century. The plays feature an array of character types that often appear in nineteenth-century Russian narrative: the impoverished gentleman, the ambitious urban schemer, the wealthy showoff affecting French sophistication, the graft-addicted overseer. Underlying many of these conventions is a great unease about the immobility of wealth, a problem that seems quite distant from modern America, with its easy access to cash and credit. In czarist Russia, security came mostly from inheritance and partly from real estate. Those lacking one or the other were on shaky ground; those lacking both were utterly without prospects. Onto this canvas, Turgenev painted narratives based on his own personal struggles. Many of his stories circle back on the same themes, such as bad fortune, forbidden passions, thwarted love, and ultimate disappointment.
The play centers on Vasily Kuzovkin, an impoverished aging gentleman who as a young man was cheated of his inheritance. Without means, he was taken in as a youth by a wealthy patron and has lived at the patron's estate ever since. His patron having died, Kuzovkin stayed on into late middle age at the estate, sponging on the family's largess. But now his situation is imperiled by the return of the patron's daughter and heir, Olga, who has brought her new husband, Yeletsky, an ambitious young man who plans to manage the estate. Awaiting their arrival, Kuzovkin is blown about by mixed emotions. He is thrilled to see Olga again, after her seven years' stay in St. Petersburg. But he's fearful that, urged on by Yeletsky, she will show him the door. On the day of her arrival, Kuzovkin's crisis is compounded by the unexpected visit of an intrusive wealthy neighbor, Tropatchov, who decides to manipulate Kuzovkin for his own amusement. Knowing Kuzovkin's weakness for alcohol, Tropatchov tricks him into a drinking bout, then mocks the drunken man for sport. Yeletsky joins in baiting him, but the merriment turns to shock when Kuzovkin lets slip a secret that has profound implications for everyone.
Fortune's Fool
The Caldwell Theatre, 7873 N Federal Hwy, Boca Raton
Written by Ivan Turgenev, adapted by Mike Poulton, directed by Michael Hall. With John Felix, Terrell Hardcastle, Dan Leonard, Lanie MacEwan, George Merner, Pat Nesbit, Michael Turner, Brian Quirk, Geoffrey Wade, Norma Dobrikow-O'Hep, Kathleen Emrich, and Paula Villar. Performed 8:00 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 2:00 and 7:00 p.m. Sundays, 2:00 p.m. Wednesdays and select Saturdays through May 18.. Call 561-241-7432.
There are a number of reasons to praise the Caldwell's production, first among them John Felix's tour de force performance as Kuzovkin. In his tattered, dusty old suit and with his tottering gait, this Kuzovkin is a sensitive, sad man, inconsequential and harmless. Scuttling around the edges of conversations, awkward when the gathering's attention falls on him, Felix mines this Chaplin-esque tragicomic character for an array of emotional textures. Felix is given excellent support from the Caldwell company, especially from Geoffrey Wade's wolfish Tropatchov, the malicious, dandified neighbor whose penchants include colorful clothes and handsome young attendants. Terrell Hardcastle as the scheming Yeletsky and Dan Leonard as Kuzovkin's gentle friend Ivanov are also solid. But the heart of the play really belongs to Felix and his two extended, emotionally complex scenes in the second act with Lanie MacEwan as Olga, the heiress who was once a child he doted on and who now holds the key to his fate. These scenes, staged and performed with particular grace and emotional effect, reveal the limitations of Fortune's Fool, which touches on profundity but then darts back to more mundane stagecraft. The long story setup -- bustling servants, chatter in anticipation of Olga's arrival, the rounds of onstage eating and drinking -- all feel somewhat routine. And the play's finale, rather than building on the resonance the Kuzovkin/Olga scenes establish, seems instead cursory, shuffling off the characters with dispatch but little inspiration. As a playwright, Turgenev was no Chekhov, but then, few are.
Michael Hall and company have a field day with this material. The staging, which tends to favor the script's comedic aspects over its melancholy, is briskly paced and filled with carefully detailed moments -- like Tropatchov 's hesitation to shake Kuzovkin's less-than-sanitary proferred hand; a sly comic ballet as the drunken Kuzovkin, in a meandering harangue about his bad fortune, repeatedly drops and recovers his napkin. The Caldwell production team provides solid design support. Tim Bennett's set, a wide veranda behind a two-story country estate, delivers the expansive, spacious feel of established wealth. Estela Vrankovich's costumes range as widely as the characters do, from the drab suits of Kuzovkin and his tattered pal Ivanov to the foppish excesses of Tropatchov. To all, Thomas Salzman's leafy, delicate lighting adds subtle emotional shadings.
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Since this is a Russian play, perhaps it's fitting to end on a bittersweet note. The sweet: If you are new to South Florida or haven't caught the Caldwell in a while, now is a good time to drop in on what this company does best. The bitter: If you have been tracking South Florida theater for a while, you will once again find no surprises here. As it is with just about every other company in this area, the Caldwell is all about stylistic consistency, not artistic challenge. With few exceptions, most theaters in this region seem unwilling to experiment or explore new paths, as dozens of companies produce essentially the same realistic, linear narrative style, with much the same expectations and assumptions. Puppets? Dance theater? Mixed media? Site-specific scenarios? Postmodernism? Grand Guignol? Rarely will you find unusual or innovative work here and hardly ever at a theater with any means. But this is where we came in: It is entirely possible that the lock-step conformism of many Florida theaters is an essential characteristic of the community they serve.

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To the editor: The future of Dover is again in our hands. You can participate in shaping the quality of life in Dover and the education provided to our children by exercising your right to vote on November 5th. Local elections have immediate and direct impact on us, yet only 29% of registered voters participated in local elections in 2011. This suggests that if you do not vote in 2013, you may allow less than 1/3 of Dover voters to make choices for you and determine the direction in which the city moves.
As important as it is to vote in local elections, it is even more critical to understand the positions of the candidates for whom you vote. There are real and significant differences among the candidates. Luckily, there are some simple ways to learn about these differences. In the next few weeks there will be three opportunities to hear the positions of the candidates for City Council and the School Board.
On Monday, Oct. 21, the Chamber of Commerce is hosting a forum to meet School Board candidates in Room 305 at the McConnell Center from 6 pm to 8 pm.
On Tuesday, Oct 29, the Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a forum with City Council and mayoral candidates from 6 pm to 9 pm in the Council Chambers in City Hall.
On Tuesday, Oct. 22, at Rivermill at 2 Washington St., Dover Listens will be providing an opportunity to meet and talk with all of the candidates at 6 pm.
If you are unable to attend the forum events, you can still learn about the candidates online. By going to http://www.dovernh.org/local-candidate-forums you can read candidate responses to questions about their positions. Another online source of information is the Wire. Their voter guide is available at http://www.wirenh.com/2013/10/17/2013-voters-guide-dover/.
For those who want to vote, but will be out of town or are otherwise not able to go to the polls, absentee ballots are available. You can pick one up in the City Clerk's office or get an application at http://www.dover.nh.gov/forms/absentee%20request%20for%20web.pdf.
To ensure that Dover will provide the environment in which you want to live, will support schools that prepare our children for a successful future, and will attract businesses that keep our city healthy and vibrant, educate yourself about the candidates and vote on November 5th.
Kristine Baber
Vice Chair
Dover Democratic Committee
To the editor; In the duel Crago versus DeDe, it was surprising to read the lack of basic accounting knowledge of former Councilman Doug Dede. He ignores interest as a cost!
In his justification for the growth of the cost of the McConnell center project from the original concept of $2.5 million to a final cost of over $8 million, he makes the astonishing statement in his defense of that economic disaster that
"The McConnell Center now operates in the black, however, the taxpayers are supporting the bonding expense."
So, a loss is not a loss if you remove the interest cost from the calculation? This is Alice in Wonderland accounting.
Was he using the same accounting logic when he was working at our local bank serving as custodian of the investment portfolios of some of the bank's clients?
Slight of hand accounting such as Doug DeDe's, excluding interest and other bonding expenses has contributed to the 50% rise of tax bills of most Dover property owners during his terms of office on the City Council.
David Scott
To the editor: I would like to give my opinion on the Rochester Police Commission race.
There are some very qualified candidates that have filed but the one that I am truly interested in is the one between David Winshop Jr. and Lucien Levesque, and I mean Winshop junior. Because I have known David Senior for many years and he was a great captain for the Rochester PD and the same as a deputy for the Strafford County sheriffs department, I consider him as a friend and a great guy, he is now retired like I am and wish him nothing but good health and happiness.
His son Jr. is definitely not the same easygoing guy like his dad; he has been rude to many and if you have ever watched the commission meetings it is obvious that he sits there like a rubber boot, never offering any worthwhile suggestions. He won in the last election by a very small margin because voters thought that they were voting for his dad.
The voters of Rochester have expressed themselves many times over that they want a police commission and with that said why not put in the most qualified candidate for the job and in my humble opinion I think that Lucien Levesque is by far the better candidate. His expertise when being chairman of the board was remarkable under stressful conditions. He has no personal agenda other than doing what is right for the department.
Please vote for Lucien Levesque.
Paul J. Dumont
To the editor: In response to Mr. Wayne Merritt's letter in Fosters of Oct. 16 attacking me I can only say that Mr. Merritt has mischaracterized, misstated and misunderstood my positions. He clearly is way out in left field. He may be free to disagree but he is not free to make assumptions or assume facts not in evidence.
He suggests there is a correlation between my moving to Dover in 2010 and the Tea party/Free State movement. Wrong! I am not now nor have I ever been a member of either the Tea Party or the Free State movement. My wife and I sold our house in Nottingham, the family home for 53 years that I inherited when my parents passed away and choose to move to Dover. I am not an interloper, though I was born in Key West — 64 years ago.
Mr. Merritt suggests I have written a "manifesto." Odd, I thought they were just letters offering my opinion. Connecting me to former House Speaker O'Brien is interesting. I've never met the man. As to my support for the "Stand Your Ground law," I'm guilty. I can't think of any reason why I or any other citizen of the state should be forced to flee my home or any other place I have a lawful right to be, because of a bad guy. The right of self-defense is as old as mankind, be it written into law or not. I do not recall writing in support of "packing heat" as Mr. Merritt puts it, in the State House, but I can't think of any reason not to. A "Gun Free Zone" anywhere is an invitation to murder. To think otherwise is just silly.
Mr. Merritt accuses me of not supporting background checks in light of Sandy Hook. He conveniently ignores the fact we already have back ground checks. He fails to explain that I was and am opposed to unenforceable BCGs, which is what was proposed. There is no way to enforce BGCs in currently legal private sales. Mr. Merritt states they are common sense, but he fails to explain how to enforce them. The only way to do so would be to register every gun in every household in the entire country. I'd like to see the government try that! My "common sense" tells me that is one quick way to start a revolution.
Regarding his accusation that I was advocating armed guards in places of entertainment, apparently Mr. Merritt doesn't follow the news. We already do that. Been to any major sporting events lately? How about a big concert? Working in the security field as I do I have spent time the last two summers assigned at Fishercats' games in Manchester, armed as requested.
I would hardly consider my opinions on the Voter ID law as a "rampage." I was expressing my opinion that showing an ID to vote is about as common sense as you can get. Shall we list everything else one has to show an ID for? Starting with cashing a check and opening a Bank account? Mr. Merritt calls the law discriminatory. He says it will disenfranchise senior citizens. Mr. Merritt "I" am a senior citizen. Your statement is complete nonsense. The only reason for the left to oppose voter ID laws is to promote voter fraud. Show me one citizen in the state of New Hampshire that has been denied the right to vote.
I wonder if Mr. Merritt is accusing me of advocating murder by his statement that "if you decide that Mr. Seiler shares your values and world view (through the scope of a high powered rifle?) then give him your vote"? I find this to be highly offensive and indicative an inability to see more than one point of view.
I am running for City Council. If you want someone who is fair and accepting of other points of view, willing to discuss and explore all avenues of discussion, then I welcome your vote in Ward 4.
In closing, a few years back Mr. Merritt challenged me to a meeting, a meeting he called the "Cookies and Milk" summit to discuss our differences of opinion. I accepted the challenge.
I'm still waiting. Where is Mr. Merritt?
Tom Seiler
To the editor: Sitting and listening to the lector read a passage from the Book of Amos, I couldn't help but see an equivalency to our present discombobulated government.
The passage is addressing greed. "Hear this, you who trample on the needy and destroy the poor of the land." Has the government not tried to trample us with the likes of the IRS, the NSA and the EPA?
"We will diminish the ephah and add to the shekel and fix our scales for cheating." The dollar is diminishing and the precious metals are making giant strides in value. How many that are needy and poor can afford to invest any money in precious metals?
We know that median income has fallen the last five years. If the economy is getting better, then why do incomes keep falling? According to a shocking new report that was just released by the U.S. Census Bureau, median household income (adjusted for inflation) has declined for five years in a row. (The amount of time Obama has been President.)
Are we not being cheated when the elitists (Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Jeanne Shaheen and Carol Shea-Porter) decide their disastrous Affordable Care Act is good enough for you but not for those that have dishonored their oath of office?
The final statement of their oath is as follows:
"I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God."
I believe that a law written for one is a law written for all. But just look at the travesty the Obama administration has caused with waivers for this special interest and that special interest and now the elitists in Congress think they do not have to live by the law of the land, a law they wrote and Obama signed and the Supreme Court upheld.
"We will buy the lowly man for silver and the poor man for a pair of sandals …"
Does this not reverberate from news stories of the federal government doling out money that exceeds what a person might earn if they went to work?
The passage is: The Book of Amos Chapter 8, Verses 4 — 6.
Don Coffey
To the editor: Keep Somersworth going forward.
I have known David Witham for around 30 years. He worked actively on the call fire department during my years as a professional firefighter/officer. He is dedicated to the citizens of Somersworth and the taxpayers.
David's commitment to our community is unsurpassed. He spends unbelievable amounts of time researching every possible aspect he can before he considers his final votes. He is open-minded and is willing to change his opinion when he finds it necessary for the betterment of our city.
I sincerely recommend David Witham for councilor-at-large and hope that our citizens will come out and vote for him on Nov 5th. Remember every vote counts.
Councilor Martin Pepin
Ward 1, Somersworth
To the editor: I'm writing to express my confusion over the new fees recently created by Dover School Board members. There's the new fee levied on the families of high school students who must ride the bus. Another fee charges families of students who want to play sports, $150 per child per team: Soccer, cheerleading and track, that's a cool $450 each child.
The busing fee lifts only $15,000 off the backs of taxpaying parents. According to some City Councilors, this invented fee wouldn't be needed at all if the Dover School Board had returned only $285,000 to the city instead of the $298,000 it did. If so, why? The new fees were supported by the votes of a majority of the seven Board members.
We have 14 candidates running to fill the seven seats on the School Board. We need only four votes to eliminate these fees against the children. Just one incumbent voted against these fees — Doris Grady; another — Sarah Greenshields — was not yet on the Board. Clearly, Doris needs some help.
Rob McCrory voted against all fees when he was on the School Board. Only five candidates have vowed to eliminate these fees: Doris, Dave Martin, Don Andolina, Rob McCrory, and Mike Castaldo. I believe Sarah is #6 and Daryl Marma #7.
Watch the hidden costs. They all add to your taxes.
Don Medbery
To the editor: This year's election in Portsmouth is turning into an election between preserving the quality of life for residents or supporting more development of properties to increase the number of restaurant seats, condominiums and hotel rooms. Most discussions have focused on the issue of whether we have enough parking in downtown Portsmouth.
The parking study commissioned and delivered to the city in Jan. 2012 states: "Compared to the ideal occupancy, these results indicate that for the majority of the time Portsmouth has more than adequate parking supply to satisfy its demand".
They said this, even though the study only looked at the immediate downtown area with regard to parking and was not asked to look at satellite parking or transportation issues. That is why it is no surprise to me that our current city council was not willing to move ahead with a solution.
Parking is not the problem but in fact a symptom of what is going on.
We need a comprehensive transportation plan to deal with parking and economic development, but it must put the needs of residents first, e.g. by creating a truly good city transportations system that residents and seniors want to use. In addition, the restaurant and hotel businesses in Portsmouth must admit that they are not paying their fair share of the burden of operating their businesses; and residents no longer want to subsidize them, when they receive very little back in return.
The population of Portsmouth has been flat for at least the past 10 years, so residents are not the ones pushing up the demand for city services like parking, fire protection, police services, city licensing or water and sewer demands. The primary driver of these services has been a push by for-profit businesses who wish to have as much of their expenses (e.g. parking, water & sewer costs etc.) paid for by taxpayers, while keeping profits to themselves (no income tax, very little reimbursement to cities from Concord).
We all greatly enjoy the many offerings of restaurants and entertainment that our city offers us, however businesses came to Portsmouth because many residents and visitors like the feel and ambience of our city. People do not move to Portsmouth because it has more restaurant seats than residents or more hotels than we really need.
No, we moved to Portsmouth, and many come to Portsmouth because it has history, a casual walkable charm and a great location. The hospitality industry is the beneficiary of these attractions and not the attraction itself to residents and visitors. That is why this year I'll be voting for candidates who are putting the needs of residents first, but also recognize the value of our hospitality industry and are willing to encourage them to pay their fair share of the burdens they impose on our city and its residents.
Peter Somssich
To the editor: Bruce Lindsay is running for the Rochester Police Commission and I belive he is the idea candidate for this important position.
I have known Bruce for more than 20 years and I can think of no other candidate who possesses the personal character and integrity that he does.
Bruce has served four years on the Rochester School Board and 16 years on the Rochester City Council. While the Police Commission will be a new office for Bruce, he will be able to take from his more than 20 years of civic involvement and a sense of how to get things done for his constituents.
In January, Bruce will be retiring from UNH after 38 years of teaching. During that time he has taught courses on "Community Economics" and "Catastrophe and Terrorism." This gives him a great background to be able to draw important insights from.
I believe that Bruce has no agenda other than to be a good steward of the public trust. Please vote for Bruce Lindsay for the Rochester Police Commission in the upcoming election.
Leo Lessard
To the editor: I am writing in support of the re-election of Dot Hooper (Ward 4) to the Dover City Council. She has the qualities needed for a council that addresses current issues and plans for the future of the city. Dot is a former school board member and presently serves as the state representative for Ward 4. She has dedicated many hours of service to the Dover community and understands the needs of her constituents.
As a city councilor, Dot attends work sessions, researches topics, and makes informed decisions. She has a practical, common sense approach that allows her to work well with others. Dot's broad understanding of the dynamics at the state and local levels make her an invaluable member of the council.
The Nov. 5 election is a great opportunity for Dover citizens to participate in their government and ensure that the best candidates are elected. Although the voter turnout is usually low for local elections (25%?), the results are critical for our future.
Thomas Southworth


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Thank you very much for your cooperation.
Here you go(tnx to mercianary
1. install gscript lite from market and run it once, this should create a directory gscript on your sdcard
2. put memory card in pc
3. create a text file and put this command in it.
echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/leds-microp/leds/button-backlight/brightness
4. save the file as "buttonled.sh" not "buttonled.sh.txt" in sdcard/gscript
5. put the card back in your phone, hold your finger on the home screen and select shortcut, gscript lite, menu, add script, load file, buttonled.sh, save, buttonled.
6. press the new icon on your screen.
this will only work on 2.1
everytime you press this icon the button lights turn off.
they will come back on after certain events, ie locking the screen.
if you know adb you could edit the file trigger in the same directory to permanently disable the light, i think. you will have to figure that out yourself.
Download of the market LEDs hack,that does exactly what we want.
Thanks to friend velazcod for the contribution.


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Motijheel Model High School And College Admission Result 2016 will be available here as soon as result is published by the admission authority. Motijheel Model High School and College announced admission circular of Class one, two, three, four, five, six and nine for session 2016. Admission application period is going to start on November 22, 2015. Application form is to be collected by paying Tk. 200/= only. Online application will be acknowledged till last date November 30, 3015. Interested students can apply for both Motijheel and Bashabo Branch. Written test of Class six applicants will be held on December 12, 2015 at 9:00 am. There will be no admission test for class nine students. Students will be selected on the basis of JSC/JDC result. To apply for Science group students require GPA 4.5. For Business group, applicants' have need of GPA 4.0. Admission test date of Class 2, 3 and 5 students will be declared soon. We will provide you update of that.
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Online Application commences: 22/11/2015.
Application last date: 22/11/2015.
Lottery draw result of Motijheel Model School will be put out in December 2015. Written result of Class 6 will be published on December 15, 2015 at 3:00 pm.
About Motijheel Model High School and College:
Founded in 1980 by Late Mesbah Uddin Sabu (Bir Bikrom), Motijheel Model High School and College (MMHSAC) is one of the well-known schools in Dhaka. It has 2 branches: the main branch is at Kamalapur Railway Station and the other is beside Basabo Fly-over. At present more than 8,000 students are studying in Motijheel branch. Basabo branch around 3000 students. The school ranked third on the basis of GPA-5 of SSC exam in 2014.
Web: http://mmhsac.com/.


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Worcester, Mass. - A start-up commercializing biomedical technology developed at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) for wound healing and tissue regeneration is one of four finalists in this year's Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) international business plan contest.
VitaThreads launched in 2012 to commercialize the pioneering research of George Pins and Glenn Gaudette, who are both associate professors of biomedical engineering at WPI. The company is developing biopolymer microthreads that can be used as therapies and as delivery vehicles for cells to treat conditions that range from common sports injuries to heart attacks. VitaThreads will present its business plan and field questions from a panel of judges on March 1 in San Antonio, Texas, at the AUTM Venture Forum, which is part of the group's 2013 annual global meeting. The winning company will receive a $10,000 cash prize.
"We are very excited about this opportunity to tell our story and present our business plan to some of the industry's top investors and business development experts," said Adam Collette, vice president of product development at VitaThreads, who will be making the presentation at AUTM. "I think it speaks highly of the technology and of the work our team has done to get the company to this point."
With over 3,000 members from 300 universities, research institutions, and business development groups, AUTM is the premier international professional organization promoting the commercialization of technologies that emerge from academic research. This year, 30 companies entered the business plan competition. After two rounds of review, four were selected as finalists.
"We were impressed by the quality of companies represented in this year's competition, and we're thrilled to provide a high-profile platform to showcase these exciting companies that are born from academic research," Stephen Susalka, assistant vice president at AUTM, said in a media release announcing the finalists. "The AUTM Annual Meeting is the largest gathering of academic technology commercialization professionals under one roof, and is a unique opportunity for venture capitalists to access the latest academic breakthroughs ripe for investment."
About the width of a human hair, the microthreads VitaThreads produces are made of collagen, fibrin, and other biologic materials. The microthreads can be braided into cable-like structures that mimic natural tissues like tendons, ligaments, and muscle fibers. First developed in Pins's lab as a potential tool for repairing torn anterior cruciate ligaments (ACL) in the knee, the microthreads were adapted by Pins and Gaudette for use as biological sutures to deliver bone marrow-derived stem cells to regenerate cardiac muscle damaged during a heart attack. Other WPI labs are using the threads, seeded with varying cell types, as scaffolds for wound healing and skeletal muscle regeneration, among other purposes.
"The VitaThreads case is a great example of how WPI strives to accelerate innovation and develop ideas into products that meet important needs," said Todd Keiller, director of technology transfer at WPI and a member of AUTM.
Pins and Gaudette are co-founders of the company and serve as scientific advisors to the VitaThreads management team, which includes co-founders Collette and CEO Harry Wotton '94. The company began operations within WPI's Bioengineering Institute and has since moved to its own space within the Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives (MBI) incubator facility at Gateway Park in Worcester. Its first clinical target is to develop a new treatment for Achilles tendon injuries.
"This is a special opportunity to put WPI and our technology on an international stage, in front of a group of people who can help bring these potential new therapies to the clinic," Pins said. "Just making the final four in this level of competition already feels like a win."
The other finalists in the competition are BioReplicon, which is developing clinical diagnostic tests based on technology from the University of Texas at Austin and Gang-Gung University; Iowa Approach, which is developing a device to treat heart arrhythmias based on technology from the University of Iowa; and Retectix, which is developing a surgical mesh product based on technology from Washington University in St. Louis.
"We are in very good company with the other finalists, and we feel honored to have made it this far," Gaudette said. "It's also interesting that all of the finalists this year are biomedical technologies. That, I think, shows the growing impact of integrating engineering and life sciences expertise to create new therapies that help people, which is precisely our mission here at WPI."
About Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Founded in 1865 in Worcester, Mass., WPI is one of the nation's first engineering and technology universities. Its 14 academic departments offer more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science, engineering, technology, business, the social sciences, and the humanities and arts, leading to bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees. WPI's talented faculty work with students on interdisciplinary research that seeks solutions to important and socially relevant problems in fields as diverse as the life sciences and bioengineering, energy, information security, materials processing, and robotics. Students also have the opportunity to make a difference to communities and organizations around the world through the university's innovative Global Perspective Program. There are more than 30 WPI project centers throughout North America and Central America, Africa, Australia, Asia, and Europe.


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The program is called "Call Me MISTER."
But when Edward Waters College's new "Men Instructing Students Toward Effective Role" program graduates its first students with elementary education degrees, call them "teacher."
Launched Monday with a $50,000 AT&T Foundation grant and almost as much in other donations, the program seeks up to four black men a year to become teachers. Scholarships pay tuition, then they must teach for at least five years in schools identified as low performing upon graduation.
"It means another avenue for our students to receive scholarship dollars to receive their education and be debt-free when they graduate," said EWC's institutional advancement vice president, Wanda Willis. "... It does not have to be a school in Jacksonville. But we are hoping they will stay in the community."
Tony Hill learned about the Clemson University-initiated program when he was a state senator and realized that only a tiny percentage of local elementary teachers are black men. Wanting to get more into classrooms as role models, he helped EWC apply for the AT&T grant and also got $25,000 from the McGraw Family Foundation, $5,000 from his Omega Psi Phi fraternity and $10,000 in private donations. The University of Phoenix also offered two more scholarships.
"If we can put a black male teacher in front of Johnny or Joe in the third grade, his chances of graduating go up and his chances of going to jail go down," said Hill, now a legislative liaison for Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown. "The bottom line, you can't be what you can't see."
Clemson's Call Me MISTER was developed in 2000, with the title coming from the 1970 Sidney Poitier film "They Call Me Mister Tibbs." It spread to 16 South Carolina colleges, plus Georgia College, Eastern Kentucky University, Mississippi's Jackson State University, Pennsylvania's Cheyney University, Virginia's Longwood University and Washington, D.C.'s Gallaudet University. Those schools have seen 400 graduates become teachers as well as administrators since 2000, Hill said.
Hill met Call Me MISTER's director Roy Jones at a Washington conference five years ago. That led to a Tallahassee workshop with Jones to get it established at Florida's historically black colleges. AT&T has helped EWC in the past and agreed to do so again, spokesman Don Sadler said.
"This came highly recommended and had good results," Sadler said.
The college's program starts with January's new semester, recruiting among its students and area high schools, Willis said. The college is also seeking donations to extend the program.
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Stocks sank on Wednesday after Alcoa Inc. began the third-quarter earnings season with a disappointing report, raising concerns about corporate earnings amid a slowing global economy.
The Dow Jones industrial average closed at 13,344.97, down 128.56 points or 1 per cent. The broader S&P 500 closed at 1432.56, down 8.92 points or 0.6 per cent – marking the fourth straight decline for the benchmark U.S. index. In Canada, the S&P/TSX composite index closed at 12,212.42, down 61.15 points or 0.5 per cent.
Alcoa Inc. fell 4.6 per cent after it reported quarterly results on Tuesday evening after markets closed. While the company's adjusted earnings – which exclude special items – beat analysts' expectations, Alcoa lowered its outlook for 2012 given the slowdown in China.
Chevron Corp. fell 4.2 per cent after the energy producer warned that its earnings would be hurt by hurricane activity and foreign exchange losses.
However, the gloom did not affect all corners of the market. Yum Brands Inc. jumped 7.5 per cent after the fast-food company reported that its earnings rose 19 per cent on a per share basis.
Costco Wholesale Corp. rose 1.9 per cent after it reported earnings of $1.39 (U.S.) per share, up from $1.08 last year, topping expectations.
FedEx Corp. rose 5.2 per cent after it announced a plan to slash costs and boost earnings by $1.7-billion over the next three years.
Commodity prices were mixed. Crude oil fell to $91.25 a barrel, down $1.14. Gold rose slightly to $1,765.10 an ounce, up 10 cents. Among Canadian commodity producers, Suncor Energy Inc. fell 1.2 per cent and Barrick Gold Corp. fell 0.5 per cent.
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ABB releases next generation System 800xA high integrity safety system
Integrated system provides SIL 3 protection while optimizing process efficiency.
ABB has released its next generation System 800xA High Integrity safety system. This SIL 3 rated safety integrated system (SIS) provides a high level of integration of safety and control, providing protection for the process, plant, personnel, and surrounding environment. The new platform received its SIL 3 certification from TÜV in November 2008.
"This next generation safety system offering is a continuation of our ongoing commitment to help our customers operate more safely and efficiently, to protect their vital assets while they improve their productivity and maximize uptime," says Kristian Olsson, manager of ABB's safety center of excellence. "The latest version of System 800xA High Integrity harnesses the benefits of the 800xA environment to ensure significant savings across all stages of the system lifecycle."
The company says its new version of System 800xA High Integrity is the latest addition to ABB's safety portfolio. The company has been developing applications since 1979, when it commissioned the first emergency shut down system on the Statfjord B offshore oil platform in the North Sea. ABB will commemorate its 30 years of safety experience in 2009.
System 800xA High Integrity leverages System 800xA's common engineering tools, HMI, historian, audit trail, and asset and device management applications to improve overall integrity and reliability of process control and SIS operations. The platform is available up to and including Quad configuration to allow end users to tailor solutions to specific process requirements. This helps optimize efficiency and cost while protecting the process, personnel and the environment.
First released in 2005, System 800xA High Integrity offers the flexibility of hosting both safety and process critical control applications in the same controller, providing logical separation of control and safety functions. ABB worked closely with Dow Chemical to develop this system and make it available commercially.
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Before the calendar turned, 2016 already had the makings of a pivotal year for manufacturing, and for the world.
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In this latest imagining of a tale that has been explored by artists from Werner Herzog to Harlan Ellison, Canadian artist Diane Obomsawin crafts a strangely charming account of Kaspar Hauser, the prototypical feral child.
KasparPublisher: Drawn & Quarterly
Length: 96
Writer: Diane Obomsawin
Price: $12.95
Formats: paperback
US publication date: 2009-03-09
Canadian filmmaker, artist and comic creator Diane Obomsawin's first work to be translated into English is Kaspar, a slim volume exploring a strange story of Kaspar Hauser, the prototypical feral child. The author tells the tale from Hauser's own point of view, imbuing both subject and story with the guileless, unaffected tone of a children's fable, albeit one punctuated by neglect, isolation, and mystery only to culminate in a violent death that still remains shrouded in mystery nearly two centuries later.
The story of Kaspar Hauser has fascinated, frustrated and bemused researchers and historians since it began in the early nineteenth century. Hauser, the story goes, was raised in captivity and total isolation until the age of seventeen by a shadowy figure now lost to the history. Food and water were left for him while he slept. He saw his captor rarely; the outside of his dungeon-like home, never. After being taught some rudimentary language, Hauser was suddenly and inexplicably released by his captor/benefactor into the world, a fully grown foundling child, left to his own devices in the streets of Nuremberg. His mystery made him the toast of the continent for a brief time, a sight to see for a wide variety of visiting nobles and notables. But it was his strange death just a few years later that secured his story a place in the annals of the obscure and bizarre.
Kaspar portrays Hauser's story in simple but expressive line drawings and, where possible, frames the story in his own words, otherwise sticking to spare and charming verbiage effortlessly portraying what the artist obviously sees as the ingenuous nature of her subject.
Obomsawin's Kaspar is filled with awe at the natural world. He is fascinated by sprouting bean seeds and fruit bearing trees. He struggles valiantly with perspective, equally baffled by the moon and the horizon. He is at once sadly and adorably naïve to the nature of snow. Meanwhile, these vivid emotions are juxtaposed with the minimalist, black and white line work of the book's illustration, forcing readers to fully engage with the work to see things as Hauser does, as if seeing all the world has to offer for the first time.
In this latest imagining of a tale that has been explored by artists from Werner Herzog to Harlan Ellison, Hauser is distinctly childlike, for all the cuteness and inevitable petulance that quality entails. Obomsawin's interpretation expertly communicates the wonder and terror of a near adult, suddenly introduced to the world in all its beauty and horror for the first time.
By leaving the narration of the tale to the character of Kaspar, Obomsawin crafts a strangely charming account of the legend that has grown up around this singular figure. But Obomsawin seems so enamored with the admittedly fascinating mélange of oral history, legend and apocrypha that she barely touches on the most disappointing facet of Hauser's tale, which is that much of it was almost certainly pure invention. Most modern historians, and more notably many of Hauser's contemporaries, including characters who factor largely in Kaspar, believed that Hauser was not a feral child at all, but a vain and compulsive liar whose most notable feat was cleverly manipulating a stunning cadre of doctors, judges and minor nobles with considerable aplomb.
But if Obomsawin is less than harsh to Hauser, who may well have accidentally taken his own life in a bid to regain his place in the continental spotlight, neither does she fall entirely under the spell of his tale. She glances over outlandish claims that Hauser may have been the true heir to Germany's House of Baden, and skillfully channels his growing irritability when he finds himself employed as a court clerk.
Perhaps more importantly, she explores the lives of those who took Hauser in, and the salon culture that found him such a miraculous and fascinating blank slate for their own notions. And now, in presenting her own interpretation of the story, the author has brought to the fore Hauser's most intriguing and attractive quality – his presence as a near perfect tabula rasa, fitting any interpretation with equal ease and grace.
The story of Kaspar that Diane Obomsawin wants to tell is the one she wants to believe, and no less valid than any other at this juncture. And while the real identity of the boy known as Kaspar Hauser is probably lost to time, in her endearing portrait of this cryptic figure, Obomsawin succeeds in bringing readers closer to understanding of what he meant.


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A former high-ranking police officer has been re-appointed as chairwoman of Yorkshire Ambulance Service.
Della Cannings, who has chaired the organisation since 2010, will continue in the position from May 9 this year.
Ms Cannings served as a police officer for more than 30 years in the Devon and Cornwall, Cleveland and North Yorkshire forces, and was North Yorkshire's chief constable from 2002-2007. She also holds the Queen's Police Medal (QPM).
Her re-appointment was confirmed at a meeting of the ambulance service Trust board last Tuesday.
Ms Cannings said: "It is both enjoyable and rewarding to chair the Yorkshire Ambulance Service Trust board, working with those who are passionate about delivering high-quality services to the communities of Yorkshire and beyond."
Ambulance service Chief executive David Whiting said: "This will provide stability and continuity for our organisation and it will be a pleasure to continue working with Della to shape the Trust's future and drive forward further improvements in the care we provide to our patients."
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The city of Burlington has reached a $25,000 settlement with a couple whose home was wrongly targeted during a drug raid this past spring.
The settlement claim, which would be paid to Clifton and Shirley King of Mebane, is on the city council�s agenda to be authorized Tuesday night.
After conducting a drug investigation that spanned several months, a Burlington police officer obtained a search warrant April 4 for 3264 Maplewood Ave., the address of the residence he believed was being used for selling and delivering marijuana, according to the warrant.
Since the address was outside the Burlington Police Department�s jurisdiction, Alamance County sheriff�s deputies were asked to serve the warrant. Though sheriff�s office spokesman Randy Jones reported that one of its lieutenants had questioned the Burlington officer about the accuracy of the address, the officer assured deputies the address was accurate, and they carried out the raid.
It wasn�t until deputies had broken down the Kings� door, guns drawn, and handcuffed them that the group realized the Burlington police had obtained a search warrant for the wrong house.
In a memo included in the packet for the City Council�s meeting July 15, Interim City Attorney Charles Bateman writes that an internal investigation �concluded that the officers involved in the issuance of the warrant had acted negligently in that they did not sufficiently identify the house number before applying for the warrant.� Bateman added that it was �an unfortunate incident that resulted in damage to the premises and a forceful restraint of the occupants.�
Neither Bateman nor the city�s risk management department were available for comment Friday, and the extent of the damage that occurred to the Kings� home was unclear.
City Manager Harold Owen said the settlement had been reached by Bateman and the Kings, and no other details were available.
According to the memo, $25,000 is the deductible amount of the city�s liability insurance, though Owen said the settlement is being paid entirely by the city and doesn�t involve insurance.
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Iraqi President rejects election bill
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Wednesday rejected a provincial election bill a day after it was adopted in parliament, making it all but certain that polls due in October will be delayed. "The president does not accept a law like this, a law that 127 deputies voted on and which does not represent even half of the parliament," a statement from Talabani's office said.
Iraq's 275-member parliament adopted the law in a vote on Tuesday that was boycotted by Kurdish lawmakers and some Shiite ministers and would have allowed voting to go ahead in the country's 18 provinces later this year. "The president has the confidence that the Presidency Council will also not pass this law," Talabani's office said, according to AFP.
The three-member Presidency Council, which includes Talabani, a Kurd, Shiite Vice President Adel Abdel Mahdi and Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, has the power to veto legislation and is set to reject the elections law.
"At minimum, the election will not be held on the first of October," Saleem Abdullah, spokesman for main Sunni bloc, the National Concord Front, told AFP, adding that he now expected it to be held in January.
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Fine Art Connoisseur serves art collectors and enthusiasts with innovative articles about representational paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints — both historical and contemporary, American and European.
Over the past decade, the magazine has developed a particularly strong reputation for its editorial coverage of realism, a field of artistic excellence generally overlooked by other periodicals.
Published six times per year, Fine Art Connoisseur is now a widely consulted platform for the world's most knowledgeable experts, who write articles that inform readers and give them the tools necessary to make better purchasing decisions. Fine Art Connoisseur's jargon-free text and large color illustrations are attracting an ever-growing readership passionate about high-quality artworks and the fascinating stories around them.
In addition to artworks and artists, Fine Art Connoisseur covers the museums, galleries, fairs, auction houses, and private collections where great art is found. In all cases, the magazine seeks to avoid the "same old" stories that other periodicals cover, instead seeking out fresh material others miss or ignore.
About Editor-in-Chief Peter Trippi
Peter Trippi has edited Fine Art Connoisseur since 2006. Previously, he directed New York's Dahesh Museum of Art, which specialized in 19th-century European academic painting and sculpture; before that, he held senior posts at the Brooklyn Museum and Baltimore Museum of Art.
In 2002, Phaidon Press published Trippi's monograph J W Waterhouse, which reassesses the Victorian painter best known for his Lady of Shalott at Tate Britain. Trippi went on to co-curate the Waterhouse retrospective that appeared 2008-2010 in the Netherlands, England, and Canada. In 2016, Trippi co-curated the exhibition Lawrence Alma-Tadema: At Home in Antiquity, which is visiting three European museums through 2017: the Fries Museum (Leeuwarden, Netherlands), Belvedere (Vienna, Austria), and Leighton House Museum (London). Trippi co-edited and contributed to the 250-page book that accompanies the project (Prestel).
He is currently president of the Association of Historians of Nineteenth-Century Art and of the Foundation of the American Institute for Conservation. He is former chair of the Courtauld Institute of Art's U.S. Alumni Group, and past president of Historians of British Art.
Peter Trippi's latest podcast was produced by The Clark Hulings Fund in February 2017: Recognizing the Legacies of Overlooked Artists
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B. Eric Rhoads, chairman of Streamline Publishing and publisher of Fine Art Connoisseur and PleinAir magazines, has appointed Andrew Webster as editor of Fine Art Today. In addition to his role as editor, Webster works as an editorial and creative marketing assistant for Streamline Publishing.
Webster graduated from The University of North Carolina at Asheville with a B.A. in Art History and Ceramics. He then moved on to the University of Oregon, where he completed an M.A. in Art History. Studying under scholar Kathleen Nicholson, he completed a thesis project that investigated the peculiar practice of embedded self-portraiture within Christian imagery during the 15th and early 16th centuries in Italy. Webster and his wife, Katherine, live in Saint Cloud, Minnesota.
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My Favorite Year: Fantastic Four #39-51I dedicate this post to a good friend, Bill Hall. His site always reminds me of what a great time the 1960s were for comics. And he kind of prodded me to do this! Kind of!
This sounds too silly to be true, but I see my life in comic books in Fantastic Four Time. I really do. So when I think of my favorite year in comics, I think of Fantastic Four #39 ("A Blind Man Shall Lead Them") to issue #51, my favorite comic, "This Man This Monster," not the actual dates (1965 to 1966). I can never forget Ben Grimm turning back into the Thing (issue #40). I loved the light-hearted wedding of Sue and Reed ."What a Way to Spend a Honeymoon" when was introduced with a whole new race of Inhumans, in issue #44. "The Coming of Galactus" also featured TWO of Lee and Kirby's best characters, the Silver Surfer and the Watcher. After those stories, I wondered what villain could top that. Well, no villain did in "This Man, This Monster," my favorite comic.
Yet to come was the Black Panther.
While I like the "Spider Slayer/Robot" in issue #25, one of my favorite Spider-Man story at the time was the mystery two-parter, "The Man in the Crime Master's Mask." I never would have got the ending. The stories just got better culminating with the Master Planner three-parter and the unforgettable "Hernia Sequence." I mean Lifting Sequence. Yet to come was Spidey #39-40, with Romita's brilliant work on a brilliant story. I always wondered what it would have looked like if it was Ditko's parting shot.
I am a Wally Wood fan so I loved his last few Daredevil stories. But I am also a Romita fan so I thoroughly enjoyed his Daredevil with Ka-Zar and the Master Planner. And certainly his fun Spidey two-parter was a tryout and was enjoyable. Yet, the Ox story in issue #15 still resonates the most with me. Like "This Man" it is more of an emotional piece than an action story. Although Wilbur, in issue #8, did look "awkward and stilted."
Until now, Thor was NOT one of my favorites, but Kirby and Lee launch this into the stratosphere, starting with "The Trial of the Gods" in issue #116. The stories now become epic and not earthbound as the creative pair finally found the character. Lee gives Thor an old world touch by having Thor use a corruption of old English. It worked so well. The Annual with Hercules also worked even if the story made little sense. But then that leads us to issue #124 and the battle between Thor and Pluto, which was just brilliant. Meanwhile characters from "Tales of Asgard" are now going into the main feature and making it even more enjoyable.
The Avengers, invented, I thought, to mimic the Justice League, gets a complete makeover and now can go in new directions, unburdened by the continuities of Iron Man and Thor. I missed Kirby, but I enjoyed the Swordsman and Powerman stories. It was also fun to see Henry Pym try again, this time as Goliath.
The X-Men stories here were some of my favorites too. I not only like the Juggernaut story, but the Sentinels tale, to this day, remain one of my favorite. I liked Roth over Kirby.
Where do you start with the anthology comics? Marvel discontinues its great fillers, which I miss from this day, but gives us great double features. Nick Fury, Hydra and a whole new realm are introduced in Strange Tales. When Captain America gets his new series in Tales of Suspense were are treated to remakes of this WW2 adventures. This ties into a modern day three-parter introducing the Sleepers. Then Lee and Kirby begin to knit the Marvel Universe even closer together when Cap teams with Fury and Them and A.I.M. are introduced. Cap's partner, Iron Man, developed so well under Don Heck, but Gene Colan's Shellhead was always my favorite.
Dr. Strange concludes his wondrous 17-episode Ditko Adventure in Strange Tales. The Sub- Mariner replaces a sinking Giant-Man in Tales to Astonish and Gene Colan gives us a wonderful multi-chapter quest, which ends a bit too abruptly but was fun while it lasted. While the Ditko Hulk stories were my favorite, I loved the Hulk traveling to meet the Watcher and was startled when Rick Jones reveals his identity to the world. That had never happened before in a comic.
Finally is the last of the new comics, was Sgt. Fury. I was not a fan of the war comics released under the Comics Code. They showed nothing of the horrors of war and became adventure strips. Sgt. Fury, at this stage, was different. It did show the sadness and sacrifice of war, and the loss of Pam was devastating.
Fantasy Masterpieces was introduced and it reprinted wonderful (and for me unattainable) stories form the Atlas Age. Soon, Timely Captain America, Subby and Torch stories would be included. Boy, I could not wait for the next issue!
Oh, and new Marvel paperbacks came out, most with reprints from the early years, but the Captain America story was a great new novel by Ted White.
Well, that's my favorite year. What's yours?


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Napa Valley Grapegrowers presents its 7th annual Ahead of the Curve symposium and luncheon with a special discussion about Napa Valley's future. The session will highlight issues and concerns affecting Napa Valley growers and wineries and current operations to ensure success throughout the lifespan of vineyards now being replanted. Speakers will address the importance of the Ag Preserve in Napa's land use decisions, the demographics of who will own the Valley in 20 years, planting decisions, and the challenges presented by pests and disease.
The expert panel will cover the risks and opportunities over the next 20 years. They include: Warren Winiarski, Arcadia Vineyards; Tony Correia, Correia Company; Robert Bath, Culinary Institute of America; Dr. Andy Walker, UC Davis; and a panel consisting of Bruce Phillips, Vine Hill Ranch; Alex Ryan, Duckhorn Vineyards; Jim Verhey, Verhey Advisors; Jon-Mark Chappellet, Chappellet.
When: May 7, 8 a.m. – 1p.m.
Where: Silverado Resort, 1600 Atlas Peak Road, Napa
Admission: $175/person; $125/person for NVG members. Breakfast and lunch included.
For a full list of speakers and topics, visit www.napagrowers.org or phone (707) 944.8311.
About Napa Valley Grapegrowers: The Napa Valley Grapegrowers is a non-profit trade organization that has played a vital role in strengthening Napa Valley's reputation as a world-class viticultural region for over 38 years. Its mission is to preserve and promote Napa Valley's world-class vineyards. NVG represents 630 Napa County grapegrowers and associated businesses. For more information, visit www.napagrowers.org.


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NEW YORK, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- A woman who resembles Kristen Stewart has taken to the Internet to explain why the Hollywood actress cheated on beau Robert Pattinson.
Laura McDonald posted a 4 1/2-minute video of herself impersonating Stewart Saturday, the New York Daily News reported.
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WATTS CREEK, TEXAS. Watts Creek was on Watts Creek near present day Farm Road 1176 six miles east of Coleman in Coleman County. The creek was named for Lem and John Watts, who moved to Texas to join another brother, a soldier at Camp Colorado, in 1860. The Watts Creek settlers built a church in the area in the days when a guard accompanied the children to the school to protect them from Indians. In 1905 A. G. Weaver gave land for a new school to be built. Five years later a one-room building was erected and named Watts Creek School. The social life of Watts Creek centered around outdoor, church, and school activities and included rabbit drives at which the men and boys participated and the women served lunch. In the 1930s the community had a church and a number of scattered dwellings. In the late 1980s no information was available on the community.
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Warren County, Indiana Genealogy
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County Courthouse
Warren County Courthouse
125 N Monroe Street
Williamsport, IN 47993
Phone: 765.762.3510
County Clerk has marriage and divorce records from 1827,
probate records from 1829 and court records from 1828.
County Recorder has land records from 1827.
County Health Department has birth and death records from 1882. [1]
Parent County
1827--Warren County was created 19 January 1827 from Fountain County.
County seat: Williamsport [2]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
January 20, 1907 -- Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.
For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:
- Burned Counties Research in FamilySearch Wiki
- Michael John Neill, Burned Counties in Family History Circle
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
For tips on accessing Warren County, Indiana Genealogy census records online, see: Indiana Census.
- Index to Defective, Dependent & Delinquent Census for Warren County, Indiana (1880) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
LDS Ward and Branch Records
- Johnsonville
- Directory of Businesses in Warren County, Indiana (1868) (members only database, Indiana Genealogical Society)
Local Histories
- Every Name Index to Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana. Every Name Index compiled by Cathy L. O'Connor, 2008; original text by F. A. Battey & Co., 1883; reproduction by Unigraphic, Inc., 1972.
- History of Warren County Linkpendium
- F.A. Battey & Co. Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. (Chicago: F.A. Battey & Co, 2008.) also (Digital images of original published: Mt. Vernon, IN : Windmill Publications, 1994. viii, 810 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm. The original is a reprint. It was originally published : Chicago : F.A. Battey, 1883.) FHL Collection FamilySearch Books Online
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Civil War service men from Warren County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Warren County.
- 10th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company C
- 10th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company B
- 11th Regiment, Indiana Cavalry, Company K
- 33rd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company K
- 40th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company I
- 72nd Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies F, and I
- 86th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies D, and E
- 100th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Company G
- 116th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (6 months, 1863-4), Company H
- 135th Regiment, Indiana Infantry (100 days, 1864), Company B
- 150th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies F, G, and H
- 154th Regiment, Indiana Infantry, Companies A, E, and G
Civil War Book
- "Military History" in F.A. Battey & Co. Counties of Warren, Benton, Jasper and Newton, Indiana: Historical and Biographical. (Chicago: F.A. Battey & Co, 2008.) also (Digital images of original published: Mt. Vernon, IN : Windmill Publications, 1994. viii, 810 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm. The original is a reprint. It was originally published : Chicago : F.A. Battey, 1883.) Page 115-137, FHL Collection Family History Archives other library Internet Archive
School Records
- Directory of Teachers for Warren County (1936) ($, Indiana Genealogical Society)
Vital Records
- Indiana State Digital Achives for Death, E-Publication, Instiution, Military, Misc Historical, Naturalization Records can be searched by person name (accessed 26 May 2011)
- Indiana Marriages, 1802-1892 - Ancestry.con $
- Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992 - FamilySearch
- Indiana Marriage, 1811-1959 - FamilySearch
- Indiana, Death Index, 1882-1920 - FamilySearch
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Family History Library Catalog
- Warren County, Indiana Genealogy and Family History (Linkpendium)
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Warren County, Indiana 217 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).


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Photographer's Note
A second posting showing the sunset at the Fraser River last night. In my previous posting from this scene Daniel Walsh suggested Fire and Ice for a title. I like the thought because the sky portrays flames of fire and the Fraser River has chunks of ice along the shoreline. A quote from Longfellow belongs to this photo.
Softly the evening came. The sun from the western horizon
Like a magician extended his golden want o'er the landscape;
Trinkling vapors arose; and sky and water and forest
Seemed all on fire at the touch, and melted and mingled together.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
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dhurjati (2709) 2006-12-03 23:05
Hi Paul,
Wonderful capture again.Lovely panorama of the sky with wonderful colour and patterns.The reflection on the water is awesome.The snowy view looks attractive as well.The light is bit low but that is understandable.
Greetings from India,
fserajian (2299) 2006-12-04 1:08
Hi Paul,
Nice shot, good colours and POV. TFS
danielswalsh (13599) 2006-12-04 1:33
Another stunner of a shot Paul!
I'm hoping to have such luck with sunsets while back in BC! Great colors, composition (the inclusion of the river and reflections off it), levels: nothing over/ under exposed, and the sharpness are all flawless.
I'm bringing almost all the camera gear back with me for this trip... looking forward to the TE meet!
- Dan
jjcordier (79297) 2006-12-04 1:53
Another fantastic sunset, Paul!
Best regards
dkeus31 (27735) 2006-12-04 6:43
Hello Paul,
Nice colored second version, as good as the first I would say.
Hi, Paul! Very nice pic, showing a great composition blending sky, hills and ice in a beautiful sunset. Well done! TFS! Greetings from Rio! Miguel.
anes_lc (14968) 2006-12-04 8:04
wowwwww.is this real?great picture.
Floydian (30970) 2006-12-04 9:50
wonderful Paul, truly wonderful. Great exposure here with full detail. Not easy to make but you did a perfect job on this one.
A realy beauty...perfect work..!!!
Regards, Henk
jwmunro (286) 2006-12-04 12:48
Hello Paul -
This one really works, IMO. I like the composition with the stream working its way through the image and the reflections in the open water. I also like the seeing the detail in the foreground. Well done!
Thank you for sharing
Ann75 (0) 2006-12-04 23:26
Hello Paul,
This is another excellent shot of that gorgeous sunset. The colours are excellent, the details are amazing, I love the lighting and the wintery look as well! Great composition and well captured! Great work, Paul!
fayeulle (27827) 2006-12-06 2:27
Hi Paul
I prefer you your second post with wider angle. Title is well chosen because the sky is really fired on this day. I found a lttle shapnening problem with a white line betweeb the hills and the sky
Emile (20352) 2006-12-06 8:11
Hola Paul.
Beautiful sunset with very good colors and reflection, the sky looks like it's on fire.
Great perspective and good POV.
Well done. TFS.
jjbach (9326) 2006-12-07 2:15
Hi Paul,
Amazing colours and wonderful lighting. The contrast is also fantastic. Wonderful atmospheric shot, full of peace and silence. Splendid work!
I'll be back :D)
mumek (20202) 2006-12-23 20:17
Good evening Paul!
Another great winter scenery from you.The magnificent, colorful sky, fantastic reflections in the water are contrasting very nicely with dark blue snow, frozen water and dark mountains. Super shot.
Merry Christmas to you and your family
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The first official portrait of the Duchess of Cambridge, popularly known by her former name Kate Middleton, was unveiled in London on Friday, and opinion was sharply divided over an image many deemed unflattering.
The 31-year-old, who as a glamorous future queen is one of the world's most photographed women, is portrayed in the large canvas with a faint smile, long, copper-tinted hair and shadow under her eyes.
Award-winning artist Paul Emsley, surrounded by a scrum of international news crews at the National Portrait Gallery where the work was revealed, described the duchess as a "wonderful subject" and "generous as a person.
"The brief was that it should be a portrait which in some way expressed her natural self rather than her official self," he said.
"When you meet her, that really is appropriate. She really is that kind of a person. She's so nice to be with and it's genuine and I felt if the painting can convey something of that then it will have succeeded."
National Portrait Gallery staff said the duchess and her husband, Prince William, visited earlier on Friday and were "very pleased" with the outcome of a painting based on photographs taken at two sittings in May and June last year.
"Her family are also very pleased," Mr. Emsley said. "To me that's the ultimate test in a way, because they know her better than anyone else."
Public reaction was less positive, however, with views on Twitter and newspaper websites overwhelmingly negative.
Many comments focused on how the image had aged the duchess, herself a graduate in art history, while others took the artist to task for portraying her smiling slightly.
One Daily Mail reader from Canada summed up broader opinion in an unnamed comment.
"OMG, how awful! Rather than being overly flattering as many royal portraits are, this one is the extreme opposite. She's barely recognizable! Poor Kate, forced to say she's 'thrilled' when in all likelihood, she is as horrified as the rest of us."
Sunday Times art critic Waldemar Januszczak called the portrait "pretty ordinary ... He [Mr. Emsley] made her look older than she is and her eyes don't sparkle in the way that they do and there's something rather dour about the face."
Glasgow-born Emsley, whose previous commissions included former South African President Nelson Mandela, knew he would be in the public eye when taking on a subject of the duchess's stature as a royal and global celebrity.
"It's probably the most important portrait I'll ever do, and when you realize that, you do start to think rather carefully about what you're doing perhaps more than you usually do, and that made me more cautious than I normally am."
The duchess has recently been in the headlines after spending four days in hospital being treated for acute morning sickness having announced she was pregnant.
The National Portrait Gallery commissioned the painting of its patron, and it was given to the gallery by Hugh Leggatt through the Art Fund.
Portrait gets mixed reviews
It's just amazing, I thought it was brilliant. – Duchess of Cambridge
It's beautiful, it's absolutely beautiful. – Prince William
All sense of spontaneity is squashed by the unimaginative face-on pose …The result is an image which sacrifices both that sense of intimate literality or spontaneous life which its photo-realist style might have evoked to a determination to present instead a generic 'girl next door' cliché. – The Times chief art critic Rachel Campbell-Johnston
Pretty ordinary … He [Emsley] made her look older than she is and her eyes don't sparkle in the way that they do and there's something rather dour about the face. – Sunday Times art critic Waldemar Januszczak
How is it that she has been transformed into something unpleasant from the Twilight franchise? – Guardian chief arts writer Charlotte Higgins
Globe readers voiced their own opinions via Facebook:
Nice painting but not a representation of her spirit. – Karma Brophy
Smile! What smile? Looks like her lips are glued shut! – Joyce Parsons
Looks older and haggard –Alina Popkova
Enlarge it! She is alluring. – Joji Grace Lirag-Kyne
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