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Shrink Nanotechnologies' Shrink Chips Cell Culturing Unit Enters Into Exclusive Development and Manufacturing Agreement with EV Group to Commercialize the StemDisc Platform
Initial StemDisc450 Structured Films to be Manufactured in EV Group's State-of-the-Art Tempe, Arizona Facility
Dec 08, 2010, 12:41 EST
CARLSBAD, Calif., Dec. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. ("Shrink") (OTC Bulletin Board: INKN), an innovative nanotechnology company developing products and licensing opportunities in the solar energy industry, medical diagnostics and sensors and biotechnology research and development tools businesses, announced today that it has entered into a multi-year development and manufacturing agreement with EV Group, a leader in the nano-imprint lithography process development and equipment manufacturing. The mutually exclusive, two year agreement calls for EV Group and Shrink to develop and manufacture Shrink's structured substrates for its StemDisc stem cell and cell culturing platform.
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"We are pleased to announce Shrink's relationship with EV Group, a world-class nanotechnology applications developer and equipment manufacturer with a global presence. Over the past two years, Shrink StemDisc product footprint has served as a platform for our entry into the growing cell culturing business. We believe that StemDisc offers unique competitive advantages relative to its peers and are excited as an organization as we roll out our initial products later this year and into the first quarter of next year," said Mark L. Baum, CEO of Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc.
Baum added, "Throughout the development process, we have counseled with EV Group and they have assisted us in creating manufacturing solutions that will allow Shrink to move from the prototype stage to the ability make many thousands of devices. As important, our relationship with EV Group has been structured for us to move beyond our initial product, the StemDisc450, as we add new products to the StemDisc family of products."
Steven Dwyer, EV Group Inc., Vice President and General Manager of North America stated, "Our Agreement with Shrink follows many months of work between Shrink's StemDisc development group and our staff in Tempe, Arizona. Our team's dedication to meeting Shrink's strict fabrication requirements demonstrates the success of our overall effort to develop our process services at our Tempe, AZ facility. This effort will ensure that Shrink has access to many thousands of StemDisc devices as soon as the end of this year, in an efficient and cost effective process, using EV Group's state-of-the-art Applications Lab This project will hopefully be one of many we work on with Shrink as EV Group leverages its significant intellectual capital in the form of process and equipment development for small and medium sizes business around the world."
About Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc.
Shrink Nanotechnologies, Inc. is a one-of-a-kind FIGA™ organization, which focuses on leveraging contributions from experts in Finance, Industry, Government and Academia. Operating as a high-technology development-stage company, Shrink owns and develops proprietary and patent-pending nano-sized technologies, components and product systems. The Company's unique NanoShrink™ material is a pre-stressed polymer which is used in a patent pending manufacturing platform with numerous applications in the solar energy, human and animal diagnostics, and biotechnology research and development tools industries. For more information, please visit www.shrinknano.com.
About EV Group
EV Group (EVG) is a world leader in wafer-processing solutions for semiconductor, MEMS and nanotechnology applications. Through close collaboration with its global customers, the company implements its flexible manufacturing model to develop reliable, high-quality, low-cost-of-ownership systems that are easily integrated into customers' fab lines. Key products include wafer bonding, lithography/nanoimprint lithography (NIL) and metrology equipment, as well as photoresist coaters, cleaners and inspection systems.
In addition to its dominant share of the market for wafer bonders, EVG holds a leading position in NIL and lithography for advanced packaging and MEMS. Along these lines, the company co-founded the EMC-3D consortium in 2006 to create and help drive implementation of a cost-effective through-silicon via (TSV) process for major ICs and MEMS/sensors. Other target semiconductor-related markets include silicon-on-insulator (SOI), compound semiconductor and silicon-based power-device solutions.
Founded in 1980, EVG is headquartered in St. Florian, Austria, and operates via a global customer support network, with subsidiaries in Tempe, Ariz.; Albany, N.Y.; Yokohama and Fukuoka, Japan; Seoul, Korea and Chung-Li, Taiwan. The company's unique Triple i-approach (invent - innovate - implement) is supported by a vertical integration, allowing EVG to respond quickly to new technology developments, apply the technology to manufacturing challenges and expedite device manufacturing in high volume. More information is available at www.EVGroup.com.
Statements contained herein that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the Company and its management. Such statements are estimates only. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in this press release. Such statements reflect management's current views, are based on certain assumptions and involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results, events, or performance may differ materially from the above forward-looking statements due to a number of important factors, and will be dependent upon a variety of factors, including, but not limited to Shrink's ability to obtain additional financing and to build and develop markets for Shrink's biotechnology products such as StemDisc, and specifically those systems and products that are discussed in this press release. These factors should be strongly considered when making a decision to acquire or maintain a financial interest in Shrink, including consulting with a FINRA registered representative prior to making such decision. Shrink undertakes no obligation to publicly update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that occur after the date hereof or to reflect any change in Shrink's expectations with regard to these forward-looking statements or the occurrence of unanticipated events. Factors that may impact Shrink's success are more fully disclosed in Shrink's most recent public filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Farmingdale State - 17, University of New England - 12
Farmingdale, N.Y. - The Farmingdale State women's lacrosse team remained unbeaten with a 17-12 non-conference victory over the University of New England today. The Rams improved to 6-0, while the Nor'easters dropped to 4-2.
Farmingdale State took a quick 4-0 lead in the first five minutes, before UNE got on the board with two goals to make it 4-2 at 19:27. Junior midfielder Christy Thoden (Bayport, N.Y.) made it 5-2 Rams with a score off a pass from junior midfielder Nicole Marzocca (North Babylon, N.Y.). UNE cut the deficit to 5-3 with a free position goal by senior attack Hannah Tavella (Putnam Valley, N.Y.).
Farmingdale scored four straight for a 9-3 advantage with 9:44 left in the half, but allowed the next four goals to lead by just two, 9-7 at the two minute mark. The Rams would hold a 10-7 lead at the halftime break.
Thoden and sophomore attack Janisha Sanchez (Brentwood, N.Y.) connected at 27:45 to give Farmingdale an 11-7 lead and UNE scored two straight to make it 11-9. That would be the closest they would get the rest of the way as the Rams scored 6 of the final 9 goals to secure the win.
Freshman goalkeeper Krista Spagnoletta (West Islip, N.Y.) made 17 saves in the win. Thoden led for Farmingdale State with five goals, two assists, seven ground balls and six draw controls. Junior midfielder Alyssa Handel (Medford, N.Y.) finished with four goals and one assist. Sanchez dished out three assists and junior attack Jackie Kennedy (Massapequa Park, N.Y.) finished with a team-high four assists for the day.
The Rams will travel to face Montclair State on Thursday, March 20th for a non-conference game at 7:00 p.m.

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The 100 Moments of TSU Athletics presented by Taco Bell® series continues by remembering a stellar season in Tennessee State volleyball history.
In 2005, Katrelle Armwood became the first TSU volleyball player to win an OVC Player of the Week award three times in the same year, and no other Tiger has accomplished the feat to this day.
Armwood's run started on Sept. 9 when she recorded an impressive 34 digs in the Tigers' 3-1 victory over Southeast Louisiana. The Tiger's defense tallied 93 total digs in the match and held the Lady Lions to just a .010 hitting percentage.
TSU played Louisiana-Monroe on the following day, and Armwood recorded another solid match. She had a team-high 16 digs and added a service ace in TSU's 3-0 win over ULM.
Armwood's 7.14 digs per set average over the weekend earned the senior her first OVC Player of the Week award on Sept. 12.
Later in the year, the Tigers beat Eastern Kentucky 3-0. However, the real story was Armwood's 46 digs in only three sets. She also was second on the squad with five assists.
Armwood had 15 digs on the following day- Oct. 22- against Murray State. The Tigers defeated the Racers 3-0, helping Armwood win her second player of the week honor.
Armwood wasn't done. She had a match-high 21 digs in the sweep of Austin Peay on Nov. 11 and followed that with 24 versus UT Martin the next day. Those numbers coupled with two TSU victories gave Armwood her record-making third weekly conference honor.
The TSU defense led by Armwood was instrumental in the Tigers' 22-11 record during 2005. She also helped lead her team to a first-place finish in the OVC with a 14-2 conference mark.
2005 was Armwood's last season at TSU, but she left the school as its all-time leader in digs with 1,691 for her career.
The 100 Moments of TSU Athletics presented by Taco Bell® highlights some of the greatest moments in honor of Tennessee State's centennial celebration. A new moment will be released each weekday for a total of 100. These moments were chosen by the TSU 100 Moments committee, which consists of alums from various departments. TSU has so many great moments, not all can be represented in these 100.
Sports Information Assistant Alex Mitchell contributed to this article.
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We recently announced our 2013 Ask-A-Mom (and dads)—our resident parent experts who provide their tips and tricks for a great trip to the lodge. Over the coming weeks, we are going to introduce you to each of them and give you a look at why they love Great Wolf Lodge. Today, meet Jenna Jackson for our Mason lodge. Jenna is a wife, blogger and stay-at-home mother of two boys and one spoiled dog named Harleigh.
Three Reasons Why My Family Loves Great Wolf Lodge
1. AWESOME STAFF - This past summer my husband and I, our two boys, ages 4 and 7, and my 78 year old grandmother all took a road trip and traveled to Wisconsin Dells, WI for our summer vacation. This was our very first experience at a Great Wolf Lodge. Our first impression of the lodge started at the front desk with the very accommodating staff. We informed them that my grandmother was with us and has a hard time walking long distances and they asked us which floor we preferred. Although the room wasn't ready yet, they went ahead and gave us our room keys and waterpark wristbands, took my cell phone number and told us that they would call as soon as it was ready and to go ahead and start enjoying the park. Within the hour they called with our room number and we were all set. Our room was conveniently located right around the corner from the entrance to the indoor waterpark, which was great for grandma. We appreciated the staff's kindness and it made our stay so much better knowing she was comfortable and could enjoy the amenities that the park had offered without walking a mile.
2. AWESOME ACTIVITIES - Who knew you could go to a Great Wolf Lodge and never have to leave. Honestly there was so much to do for our whole family. The indoor waterpark was huge and offered both indoor and outdoor activities for the whole family. The fun didn't stop in the water, though. Our boys loved hanging out in the arcade and couldn't wait for Story Time when the Clock Tower came alive. We also loved that the facility offered a spa, numerous planned activities throughout the day and a fitness center.
3. AWESOME RESORT AMENITIES - We loved the dining options at Great Wolf Lodge, again you never have to leave the facility. The Great Wolf Lodge in the Dells offered The Loose Moose Bar and Grill, Camp Critter Buffet, Wolf's Den Snack Bar, Bear Paw Sweets & Eats and our favorite—pizza!
Great Wolf Lodge is officially a favorite of the Jackson Family.


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NH firearms deer hunting season ends
Archery season remains open
NH firearms deer hunting season ends
Archery season remains open
The season for hunting deer in New Hampshire with a firearm is coming to a close, but archery season remains open for one more week.
The firearms season ends Sunday at sundown.
New Hampshire Fish and Game officials say it's been the best deer hunt in five years. Checkpoints on Nov. 25 reported 3 percent more deer killed than in 2011 as of late November.
Archery hunting for deer and turkey runs through Dec. 15.
Pheasant season continues through the end of December.
Fish and Game officials released 13,000 pheasants into the wild throughout the state prior to the start of the hunt.


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I�m peaking outside the window at the Bear Towne Java, formerly known as Port City Java. The sun is finally out and it is a Friday morning in the historic town of New Bern.
I�m peaking outside the window at the Bear Towne Java, formerly known as Port City Java. The sun is finally out and it is a Friday morning in the historic town of New Bern.
What�s not to be peppy about?
We have two prep football teams that are one win away from the state championship game. Basketball and wrestling season is getting underway and the holidays are upon us.
Oh yes, the holidays. It sneaks up on you, like a pouncing cheetah (it may be Chesteror it may not be).
It�s my favorite time of the year.
We have football, basketball and plenty of reasons to be thankful, and opportunities to give back to the community.
Remember, things can always be worse.
Thanksgiving is less than a week away. (I know, I can�t believe it either).
What are you thankful for?
No matter how challenging things may seem at times, I am blessed and fortunate to be thankful for a lot.
1. I am thankful to live in the beautiful town of New Bern, with the ocean just 45 minutes down the road. I�ve enjoyed every minute of my four years in North Carolina.
2. I�m grateful I�ve met so many great people, coaches and student-athletes in this vibrant area.
3. I�m thankful to have been introduced to an awesome, intelligent and talented girl, who makes every day exciting for me.
4. I�m blessed to have an amazing and supportive family. Although they all live in Ohio, I know they are there for me.
5. I�m thankful to have a job that I enjoy, as the sports editor of the New Bern Sun Journal. I continue to think of more ideas that will be of interest to the consumers.
6. I�m thankful for the opportunity to cover so many talented athletes. Every year, there are several athletes in the area that sign to play college athletics. On Friday, West Craven basketball standout Josh Cuthbertson signed to play at USC-Upstate. On Thursday, Havelock�s Kendal Vickers committed to play football at South Carolinaand A.J. Coplon agreed to play at East Carolina.
7. The athletic teams are incredible in our coverage area. I�ve seen the Pamlico basketball squad play in the state championship game. I�ve been here to watch New Bernand Havelockwin a state football title, and West Craven compete in the state championship game.
8. I�m thankful for our military, each and every branch, for protecting our great nation. Living near a few military bases, and meeting some Wounded Warriors in April, I have the utmost respect for what they do for us. So, thank you.
9. I�m thankful for the right to vote, and a nation that allows the people to express their opinions.
10. I am grateful for all the friends I have and met, from high school to college to the ones I�ve gotten to know in New Bernand Culpeper, Va.
11. Finally, I�m thankful for the readers of the Sun Journal. I have plenty of exciting ideas that will improve the quality of the sports section. Thanks for reading our newspaper.
Now it�s your turn. I hope everyone can take a moment and express what you are thankful for.
Happy Thanksgiving.
Adam Thompson can be reached at 252-635-5669 or at email@example.com. Follow Adam on Twitter @Adam_matic.


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To be fair to the Exchange developers, they are taking great strides to remove version dependencies in the product. By this I mean that Microsoft is changing the product architecture so that you don't run into instances where an Exchange component cannot communicate with an earlier version because of some change made in the most recent release. For example, in Exchange 2013 all data rendering is now done by the mailbox server rather than being split between the mailbox and CAS. In addition, communications between servers occurs at the protocol layer using a set of well-defined protocols such as EWS, SMTP, and MRS rather than allowing components lower down in the bowels of Exchange make direct connections to each other.
All of this is good and is intended to resolve situations such as when Exchange 2010 mailbox servers could not submit messages to an Exchange 2007 hub transport and vice versa. Or when calendar item processing occurred at several places in the product before the introduction of the Exchange Management Shell (EMS) provided a common business logic layer with which clients could interact.
Over the long term, you should be able to upgrade different Exchange servers without really caring what other servers are in place. For instance, when Exchange 16 debuts, you might be able to leave the Exchange 2013 CAS servers in place while upgrading the mailbox servers to the new software. At least, this is the plan as I understand it.
If everything works, then hopefully we will be liberated from many annoying gotchas that seem to come along to create problems for deployments. Or maybe not, because it is in the detail of implementation rather than the broad strokes of architecture that most problems lurk and await the unwary.
As an example, recently it has become clear that you need to deploy separate search mailboxes in organizations that are in the middle of transitioning from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2013. One search mailbox is used to hold results extracted from Exchange 2010 mailboxes; the other serves the same purpose for Exchange 2013 mailboxes. This is understandable because of the radically different search architecture used by Exchange 2013, but it would have been so much better if it were possible to conduct a single search across both platforms that resulted in a common set of results. Software, after all, is supposed to do all sorts of magic of this nature.
Another example is in Unified Messaging where the arbitration mailbox (SystemMailbox{bb558c35-97f1-4cb9-8ff7-d53741dc928c}) hosting custom grammar files should also be relocated to Exchange 2013 to make sure that it works properly.
And flaws exist in other areas as well that should really have been picked up during development, especially by those charged with testing. Take administrator auditing for instance. This feature tracks the actions taken by administrators according to the configuration established for the organization and stores the audit items in a system mailbox. But that mailbox must be located on an Exchange 2013 server as otherwise Exchange cannot write the audit items into it. Microsoft has not commented as to why this should be so, but I hazard a guess that it might just be due to attempting to use the latest version of XSO (Exchange System Objects, the internal Exchange API) to write the audit items into a mailbox on a server that doesn't speak the latest XSO. The upshot is that you get a heap of event 5000 logged on your Exchange 2013 servers as they dutifully report their inability to record audit data. It's hardly an earthshattering crisis but it is indicative of a certain lack of care and attention to detail during testing that this kind of cross-platform problem was not picked up.
Another recent bug in the same category is when you move a mailbox from one Exchange 2013 CU1 server to another (or between databases on the same Exchange 2013 CU1 server). The bug strikes to remove the extended rule information used to hold the junk mail settings that users can manipulate with Outlook or Outlook Web App, or administrators can set for them using the Set-MailboxJunkEmailConfiguration cmdlet or indeed read using the Get-MailboxJunkEmailConfiguration cmdlet.
Have a look at the two sets of information below. The first is extracted with Get-MailboxJunkEmailConfiguration before I moved my mailbox. You can see that I have some trusted senders and domains and a blocked domain. After the move, these properties are nullified.
RunspaceId : ec820eed-7cf2-47af-a6e8-633f8694e6cd Enabled : True TrustedListsOnly : False ContactsTrusted : False TrustedSendersAndDomains : {hp.com, Dell.com, Fabrikam.com, Microsoft.com} BlockedSendersAndDomains : {sexygirls.com} MailboxOwnerId : contoso.com/Exchange users/Tony Redmond
RunspaceId : ec820eed-7cf2-47af-a6e8-633f8694e6cd Enabled : True TrustedListsOnly : False ContactsTrusted : False TrustedSendersAndDomains : {} BlockedSendersAndDomains : {} MailboxOwnerId : contoso.com/Exchange users/Tony Redmond
Ouch! I hear that this is a known bug that is fixed in Exchange 2013 CU2. That's all very well and I am happy that Microsoft has fixed the problem, but I am genuinely surprised that such a bug made it through the massive automated test infrastructure that Microsoft has for Exchange – or even that a human tester didn't pick it up. I do not think that this is an edge case because people do actually use their junk mail settings as a backstop to block spam that gets past server filters. I don't think that that enabling administrator auditing in a multi-version Exchange organization is an edge case either.
Perhaps Exchange is now so big and so complex that the number of possible use cases that the product can be put through is so high that we should no longer expect testing to cover more than (say) 95% of use cases. Given the size of the installed base, that last 5% could create a lot of unhappiness and I think such a situation would be unacceptable to Microsoft, if only because of the huge support load (and cost) that it would incur. Testing regimes need to be tweaked and refined to reflect the real world and to make sure that the highest possible percentage of use cases are covered. It's possible that I am unreasonable to use the instances cited here as examples, but I don't think so. But I guess you'd expect me to say that…
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Manchester Crime, Court News in Briefs
July 15. 2013 9:46PM
Man jumps into river to evade police
A man who jumped into the Piscataquog River to elude police who wanted to talk with him about drinking in public was persuaded to head ashore and face the music early Monday morning.
Officer Casey Finn was on patrol near the Econolodge on West Hancock Street when he saw a man drinking from a can of beer and talking with a couple on a parked vehicle, police said.
Cecil Harding, 32, of Manchester was charged with resisting detention.
Finn reported that as he approached Harding, the man took off, crawled under a fence, ran down a wooded embankment and jumped into the river.
The police officer said he ordered the man to return to shore and took the soaked suspect in for booking.
Man claims gunmen chased him to river
A city man told police Sunday night that he hid in the brush on the banks of the Merrimack River for about two hours earlier in the day after being chased by two handgun-toting men.
Police said the man contacted them at about 9:30 Sunday night and said he had nearly been hit by a blue pickup truck driven by an older man on Second Street. The man said two younger passengers then got out of the truck carrying black handguns.
The victim reported he ran from the men and hid near the river until he was sure they were gone.
He said he didn't know why the men chased him.
Cab driver is victim of snatch and grab robbery
A city cab driver was robbed on Hanover Street on Sunday evening, police said.
Police said the cab driver reported that he had dropped off a fare and was making change when an unknown man grabbed the money out of his hand and took off.
The suspect, described as a white man, about 6 feet tall with short brown hair, made off with $40.
Spices stolen in store burglary on Elm Street
Another store burglary was reported in the city early Sunday.
Police responded to an alarm at the Spider-Brite store at 435 Elm St. and found that a rock had been used to smash a glass door.
Surveillance video showed two suspects entering the business, where one used his elbow to destroy a display case and steal spice packages, while the second suspect removed items from a shelf.
The value of the stolen merchandise was estimated at more than $3,000.
Hooksett teen accused of spraying graffiti on fence
A Hooksett teen was charged with spraying graffiti on a fence at a Union Street business in Manchester.
A police sergeant spotted Cullen Cuningham, 17, hiding in bushes at Union and Shasta streets at about 2 a.m. on Sunday.
Sgt. Chris Sanders said he determined that Cunningham had been using spray paint on a fence at Keller Products on Union Street. He was charged with criminal mischief.
Man sought in three cell phone thefts on Elm
Three grab-and-run cell phone thefts near Elm Street may be the work of a single thief.
Manchester police said a woman leaving an Elm Street tavern reported that she was standing on the sidewalk when a young man approached and asked to use the phone. She handed the man her phone and he ran off with it.
In the second case, a woman said she got into her car on Elm Street near Auburn Street when a man approached and asked to use her phone. The woman offered to make a call for him, but she said the man reached through the window, grabbed the iPhone and took off.
A third victim reported that she was walking toward her vehicle on Depot Street when she saw a man inside. The woman said the man took off as she approached and she then discovered that her phone was also long gone.
Each victim described the suspect as a very thin black man, about 6 feet tall with a shaved head, wearing blue or denim shorts and light colored shirt with black and yellow sneakers.
Bar brawl spills over to chicken restaurant
A late-night brawl in a downtown Manchester bar spilled over into a nearby chicken restaurant early Sunday, damaging some of the restaurant's property in the process.
Police said the two combatants got into a tussle at Margarita's on Elm Street shortly after midnight.
One of the two, identified by police as Mohamed Nweiran, 33, of Manchester left that establishment but was chased by a second man, David Gabriel, 37, of Manchester.
Nweiran ran into the USA Chicken restaurant where the fighting resumed.
Police officer Mark Aquino ended the brawl by subduing Nweiran.
Both men were charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
A candle and television in the restaurant were damaged.
Convenience store robbed at gunpoint
A knife-wielding bandit robbed a 7-Eleven store on Queen City Avenue early Sunday morning.
Police said a clerk told them the man entered the store brandishing a knife and demanded cash.
He was described as being about 5 feet 5 inches tall, wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt and a black ski mask.
An undisclosed amount of money was stolen.
Police say man was drunk when he drove over lawns
A city man has been charged with drunken driving after allegedly running his truck over some lawns and into a tree near Somerville and Knowlton streets, then taking off.
Devin Lindbom, 20, of Manchester was charged with driving while intoxicated, illegal possession of alcohol and conduct after an accident.
Police said witnesses reported the blue pickup truck took off after the accident and was later found parked at an address on Renault Street.
A police dog was brought in to track the suspect and Lindbom was found walking on Pinebrook Place after the accident. Officers said that when they found Lindbom, he "exhibited signs of impairment due to alcohol consumption" and had fresh cuts to his face, forearms and leg.
Portable potties go up in flames at Crystal Lake
A fire that destroyed a pair of portable toilets at Crystal Lake on Sunday is under investigation.
A city Parks and Recreation employee said two toilets at the park were found destroyed early Suday morning after apparently being set on fire during the overnight hours.
The toilets were a total loss.


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Ex-girlfriend says Mazzaglia killed Lizzi; Defense says she did nothing to help herBy MIKE LAWRENCE
Union Leader Correspondent
June 03. 2014 8:50PM
DOVER — In emotional testimony Tuesday, Kathryn "Kat" McDonough told a silent courtroom that her former boyfriend, Seth Mazzaglia, strangled Elizabeth "Lizzi" Marriott with a rope while raping her and that she helped cover up the University of New Hampshire sophomore's death.
Mazzaglia, 31, faces charges of first- and second-degree murder in the Oct. 9, 2012, death of Marriott, 19.
McDonough, 20, said she was in the Dover apartment she shared with Mazzaglia on the night that Marriott died there after a game of strip poker.
In last Wednesday's opening statements, defense attorney Joachim Barth told jurors it was McDonough, not Mazzaglia, who killed Marriott that night during sexual acts involving bondage and erotic asphyxiation.
McDonough is serving a 1½- to three-year prison term after pleading guilty last July to charges including witness tampering and hindering the investigation.
On Tuesday, Assistant Attorney General Peter Hinckley initially focused on when McDonough and Mazzaglia met — in the spring of 2011 while in a theater production together in Portsmouth. One of the day's most intense moments came when Hinckley read an explicit text message Mazzaglia allegedly wrote to McDonough on Aug. 25, 2012, when McDonough was about to come home from a theater-oriented summer camp in Maine, where she was a counselor.
McDonough said she had moved in with Mazzaglia in February 2012, and described a very controlling relationship in which he had access to, and frequently monitored, her social media accounts, laptop and cellphone, while trying to limit the time she spent with family members and male friends.
The Aug. 25, 2012, message extensively detailed violent sexual acts and demands that Mazzaglia had planned for McDonough upon her return from the camp, referring to himself as "lord" and "sire" and to McDonough as "slut" and "whore."
McDonough said that before she left for the camp, Mazzaglia had asked her to find a "female slave" online to satisfy him while she was away.
McDonough said that upon her return, after she "begged," Mazzaglia agreed to not commit the act he had described.
"It was just a very rough encounter. There was a lot of hitting," McDonough said on the stand, wiping her eyes. "It's hard for me to bring back. It just really bothers me ... Now, looking back on it, it was not something I wanted to do, but I knew I didn't have an option because I knew I messed up."
That portion of testimony was one of several that addressed McDonough's and Mazzaglia's sexual habits of bondage and domination, and what McDonough said were Mazzaglia's frequent urgings for her to find other women to join them. It was at least partially in that context, McDonough said, that she approached Marriott, whom she met while the two worked at a Target store in Greenland. McDonough said she genuinely liked Marriott from the start.
"I wanted to be her friend," McDonough said. "I thought she was a really nice and fun individual, but at the same time I also tried to see if she would be someone (Mazzaglia) was looking for."(Marriott) was a beautiful person ... she was just so happy," McDonough added later Tuesday. "She never complained about work. Whenever I needed help or anyone needed help, she was always the first one to go."
McDonough said Mazzaglia first met Marriott when he visited McDonough at the Target store, and later when Marriott visited their apartment on Oct. 2, 2012, to watch "The Avengers" movie with McDonough.
"He told me that she had real potential, and we really ought to get her to come back," McDonough said.
Hinckley projected on a large screen a text message that he said Marriott sent to McDonough on the afternoon of Oct. 9, 2012, as they made plans for Marriott's visit that night.
"Did you do anything to help Lizzi that night?" Hinckley asked McDonough at one point, holding up a large photo of Marriott.
"No," McDonough said, struggling to hold back tears.


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Austin Butler Covers 'Glow'
Austin Butler covers the newest issue of Glow.
The 21-year-old actor opened up about The Carrie Diaries, his character Sebastian and the paparazzi. Check it:
On his character, Sebastian: "Sebastian is a guy who comes from a wealthy yet neglectful family; which leads to him sometimes having a problem opening up to people. He becomes interested in Carrie and they spark up and on-again off-again relationship."
On Sebastian's fashion style: "I wouldn't call him a slave to fashion, he sort of dresses in an effortless style. He's a leather jacket and jeans kinda guy. In real life I keep it casual in white T shirt and jeans a lot of the time, but I love any occasion where I get to wear a suit."
On his opinion on the paparazzi: "I'm so blessed to be in the position that I'm in, so I never want to complain, but the paparazzi constantly cross the line and are not only annoying, but disrespectful and dangerous."
The Carrie Diaries premieres January 14th on The CW. 10+ pics inside…
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Roy Doty: Crowd Control
Here's what the whole big spread looks like...
But if you want to really "get the big picture" you should probably look at the full size version.
And Doty doesn't just stop there...
...his illustration continues all the way across a second spread...
...all made up of individually drawn, distinctly unique characters in unique costumes and poses. As my pal Glen Mullaly commented on Monday's piece of Manhattan island, "This would take me a month!"
And Doty didn't have the advantage of "copy & paste" commands. It was just another typical assignment for the indefatigable Doty.
Take a few minutes to enjoy all the details of these illustrations in my Roy Doty Flickr set - but first - take a moment to wish Roy a Happy 85th Birthday in the comments section of this post (c'mon, whattaya waitin' for? Christmas?) and many thanks to everyone who has already done so!
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Happiest of happy birthdays, Mr. Doty! And thank you for the inspiration!ReplyDelete
Blogger's comment protocol was blocking Neil Shapiro from leaving a comment for some reason so Neil asked me to forward this note he sent via email:ReplyDelete
Hi Roy:
You've given me many years of entertainment, ever since I was a kid &
would pour through the magazines in our home. I think you touched a lot
of future illustrators' lives, & that's no small achievement. Have a
great birthday -- you've certainly earned it!
Congratulations on a wonderful career!
Neil Shapiro
Happy birthday Mr. Doty!ReplyDelete
Amazing work!!!!
Truly inspirational!
Happy Birthday, and congratulations on the amazing work. I´m going to spend a great afternoon scrutinizing your illustrations.ReplyDelete
Hi Roy,ReplyDelete
The work is wonderful and, as many above have also said, really inspirational. It sure looks like you had a lot of fun in drawing all of those little characters.
Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete
Your work is so engaging. I hope you enjoy knowing how much we appreciate your work, over and over again.
May this coming year bring you joy.
You're a true Inspiration Mr.Doty, Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete


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A winner was selected from 116 designs submitted by 32 freelance designers.
I'm a keen golfer for 18 years and I run my own golf website. Launching my own line of golf products is one of my dreams. I want to offer cheaper golf products for all golfers.
Quality line of products for all golfers, (juniors, male and female golfers).
I want a Professional merchandise logo to represent as a cool "Happy Golfer". I want the logo to show some excitement and should be Unique design, Strong and Stand Out, with Clean Look and it should be Memorable.
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Important: The Happy Golfer should Not Being Childish, all golfers should want to buy this product.
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Apply balm compulsively. Our editor in chief, Linda Wells, swipes on lip balm every time she switches tasks at work. "From email to editing, from a meeting to a phone call, I apply lip balm."
Pick a product that actually works. Look for one that's viscous, rather than waxy, to really get into the cracks, and look for a formula with hydrating ingredients, like petrolatum, shea butter, hyaluronic acid, or dimethicone. (I've been a longtime fan of Kiehl's Lip Balm #1 or Lucas Papaw Healing Ointment—if I can get my hands on a tube that is.)
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Best Western Again Named 'Best of the Web' by Compuware
bestwestern.com Tops Travel Industry Website Performance
Feb 21, 2013, 04:17 EST
PHOENIX, Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Best Western International's bestwestern.com today earned both Compuware's Best of the Web Gold Award and the Last Mile Leader Award for the travel industry for the second straight year. The fourth annual Compuware Application Performance Awards showcase the leaders in web and mobile site performance across several major industries nationwide.
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Best Western's honors are due to its outstanding website performance throughout 2012. Compuware benchmarks measure three key web performance metrics – response time, availability and consistency. Best Western's website performance continues to improve with the launch of the redesigned bestwestern.com in fall 2012.
"Six years ago, we set an ambitious goal – to consistently have the best-performing site in the industry," said Scott Gibson, Best Western's senior vice president of distribution and chief information officer. "We focused the team on that goal, and gave them the resources, tools, and latitude they needed to pursue it, and we celebrate our successes, which include leading our industry in providing a superior online experience."
"Users' expectations for their online experience continue to grow. They expect sites to be engaging and interactive while also being available, fast, and consistent, regardless of the device and browser they use, where they are located, or their connection type," said John Van Siclen, general manager of Compuware's APM business unit. "These expectations are being driven by their experiences with Internet leaders like Best Western that have set the standard for delivering Web experiences that meet users' expectations."
Available on February 21, the "Best of the Web: 2102 Compuware Application Performance Awards" report showcases the leaders in site performance across six industries – retail, banking, brokerage, travel, media, and insurance – based on Compuware's performance benchmark analysis in 2012. The report highlights how each award winner sets the industry standard for providing a Web or mobile site experience that enhances customer satisfaction.
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It's simple, who we are. We are a group of residents from the Grafton, NH area who disagree with The Wild Meadows Wind Power Project. We disagree with the wind effects on the environment. We disagree that this is a good and profitable project for our community. We disagree that the wildlife and ecosystem won't be affected. And we disagree that it is as harmless, in many other ways, as we are being told, it will be.
This blog is to keep everyone up to date.
Windfall movie showing
This Sunday at 2:00pm Danbury Community Center will have a showing of the movie 'Windfall.' This video is well worth the time, and it is a great opportunity for us to support the folks in Danbury. If you are available on Sunday I hope to see you there!! It is a GREAT way to avoid the black flies for the afternoon.
Wind power… It's green… It's good… It reduces our dependency on foreign oil… That's what the people of Meredith, in upstate New York first thought when a wind developer looked to supplement this farm town's failing economy with a farm of their own — that of 40 industrial wind turbines. Attracted at first to the financial incentives, residents grow increasingly alarmed as they discover side effects they never dreamed of, as well as the potential for disturbing financial scams. With wind development growing rapidly at 39% annually in the US, WINDFALL is an eye-opener for anyone concerned about the future of renewable energy.
Windmills – wind turbines - are not so green. (more…)
Wind Energy Forum
A Wind Energy Forum
Conducted by the NH House Science, Technology, and Energy Committee April 30th.
Our Goal: To become better informed by current research and experience on what an effective, efficient, and well balanced approval process should included by addressing:
● What costs and benefits need to be included in the review process.
● What are the difficulties in acquiring accurate data to assess costs and benefits.
● Are there existing evaluation guidelines that have proven useful in accessing specific impact areas. What are their strengths and
● From concept to production, how well is the existing approval process serving the needs of New Hampshire. (more…)
Rights Based Ordinance vote
May 1st, 2013 will have the Rights Based Ordinance vote tonight by the selectmen of Grafton. Here is what you need to know. Please make it to the meeting at 6 pm if possible:
Can you come to our selectman's meeting 6:00pm tonight?
Dear Chairman Prescott, Vice Chair Odell & Senators Bradley, Fuller Clark & Woodburn,
Thank you for SB 191. I think it is a timely and important piece of legislation and I am writing to support it while requesting it also contain one additional amendment.
Please also consider including a moratorium on large scale energy projects, specifically industrial wind turbine installations until the planning and analysis that this bill calls for is in place.
States and countries that are "ahead" of us on the large scale installation of industrial wind turbines are now faced with difficult economic and environmental issues, issues that are not easy to resolve.
California Girds for Electricity Woes WSJ 2/27/13
Is worth Googling if you have a moment. In combination with the LA Times article, it is a real world cautionary tale that should, hopefully, make us all pause before allowing one more 450 turbine to deface our mountains and ridges.
The country {Denmark} that was the "poster child" for industrial wind now clearly rues the economic, environmental and public
impact consequences of their former policy on wind.
France and Germany are also no longer wind proponents. I hope we can learn from the major mistakes California made and the lessons from Europe. ISO NE doesn't use or want a significant portion of the wind turbine energy currently available. Why would we want to add more? As PSNH says, wind is "intermittent and unreliable, there are more effective renewables."
Thank you again for SB 191. Please consider including a moratorium and please also consider having citizen representation in the process SB 191 outlines for the future.
We have successfully completed the recount on the RBO!! We gained 3 votes in the process. One small battle won.
Thank you for your time and continued support!! Call your reps: Click here to find yours.
Here is a recap of the week before, right after the votes were first counted. They were then re-counted; in OUR favor!
We had some great success! Thank you so much for all of your efforts. With a difference of only three votes on the Rights Based Ordinance (RBO) every vote, conversation, and flyer counted. We will have to be diligent to support our RBO, and laws going through at the state level to ensure our towns health, safety and property value. Let's keep putting the brakes on wind development in Grafton and neighboring towns. Jeanie Forrester has one last bill to propose- SB99. It is aimed at reforming the Site Evaluation Committee and the process for applications. This bill has quite a bit of support from state departments, but will need robust support from the private sector to make it through committee.
HB-2 Amendment Hearing – Wed April 3
Wind Watch Action Alert - Important House Floor Hearing this Wednesday – April 3, 2013
WE NEED YOU help us spread the word to all NH District Representatives. Please encourage your friends throughout the state to contact their district representatives and tell them…..
"Elective Wind Projects are of a significant concern in many areas of the state and that their district could be next. Please vote 'ought to pass' on the SB-99 and HB-2 as this is a state-wide issue and will severely impact our tourism economy, our businesses, property values and livelihoods."
To find your district representative click here: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/house/members/wml.aspx
OUR GOAL is to have 2-3 constituents from EVERY district (400 districts in NH) CALL or EMAIL their Representative before the vote on HB-2 on WEDNESDAY
Rep. Neal Kurk has an amendment (HB-2) to be added on the House floor this Wednesday that will read something like:
"Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, there are here by established moratoriums on the constructions of wind turbine plants and electric transmission line projects in the state of New Hampshire until July 1, 2014. The site evaluation committee, established in RSA 162-H:3, shall issue no certificates for wind turbine plants or electric transmission line projects under RSA 162-H while such moratoriums are in effect."
HB 580 and HB 484
Two House Bills (HB 580 and HB 484) were introduced last week at Representatives Hall in Concord. On Tuesday, February 19th, Representative Skip Reilly and Senator Jeanie Forrester introduced HB 580, the "moratorium" bill to an almost capacity filled hall of 400 seats. Between the hours of 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM, residents and professionals speaking on behalf of companies and special interest groups presented testimony, both for and against the bill before the Science, Technology and Energy Committee.
The committee, which consists of approximately 26, was mostly present, with a few absent due to other obligations. At one point, Committee Chairman Borden adjourned the hearing to open the second hearing for HB 484. He stated the bill would be heard on February 21st, rather than the current day, due to the great number of people present to testify for HB 580. Chairman Borden closed the hearing for HB 484 and reopened the hearing for HB 580. It was evident there was greater support for HB 580 present, due to the number of those testifying in support of the bill.
Few questions were addressed to the public, most likely due to the large crowd. The hearing was adjourned at approximately 6:00 PM. A work session of the Committee is scheduled for Thursday, February 28th at 10:00 AM in Room 304 of the Legislative Office building. The public is welcome to attend and observe, but no public input is accepted at the session.
House Bill 484 (the public approval for siting) was introduced by Representative Kurk on Thursday, February 21st in Room 304 of the Legislative Office Building at 8:30 AM. A much smaller group of approximately 30 people representing the public were present. The Committee was also slightly smaller in representation than on Tuesday. A substantial amount of time was taken to question Representative Kurk regarding the bill.
In addition, those presenting testimony were questioned quite thoroughly. The more intimate nature of the hearing provided an effective opportunity of exchange. Once again, those in attendance in support of HB 484, outnumbered those in opposition. The hearing was adjourned at approximately 12:00 PM, with the Committee work session for the bill scheduled for Tuesday, March 5th at the same location. The time has not been clarified.
Dr Luce Presentation Slide Show
Dr Luce presentation slide show is not the best quality recording but the message is incredible. Dr. Luce spoke with us last month.
He was the guy that made wind energy happen in New Mexico. He came here to promote wind projects, but as a physist he quickly saw the wind resource just wasn't here unless we went offshore. He recommends solar power fo New England.
In VT if 1% of already established farmers fields became solar rays it would supply the entire energy need of VT. With no ridgeline destruction!!!!
Production Tax Credit Wind
In the news, quietly nagging, is the question of whether or not the Production Tax Credit will expire now that the deadline has passed. Without the Production Tax Credit wind projects may not stand a chance at new start ups. Congress and wind power are not a good match right now as the expiration date has already passed.
These are not only the politics of wind power but about one more debt added to the heap we can't seem to come up from already. The expiration of the credit would certainly be good news for millions who have already figured out that the financial implications are high and we are being bled dry by greedy corporations who know how to take but not give back.
Here are a few excerpts from the Huffington Post regarding the possible expiration of the Product Tax Credit that has been in place since 1992. Decide for yourself. This author wonders where YOUR children will get the money to pay back all this debt when companies like Iberdrola Renewables has their credit are heading for the Spanish hills.
Republican opposition to renewable energy tax breaks has been galvanized by anger over a failed solar project backed by the Obama administration. Republicans referred to that project, a start-up company called Solyndra, several times in the letter.
"The Obama administration has poured billions into subsidizing its favored green energy sources," reads the letter dated Sept. 21 from House Republicans to Boehner, also a Republican. "Twenty years of subsidizing wind is more than enough." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/john-boehner-wind-production-tax-credit_n_1910687.html
The so-called production tax credit has made wind and solar installations more financially appealing for investors, encouraging new projects. But with each passing day absent movement in Congress toward renewing the credit, investors grow more skittish about pouring money into wind and solar installations, fearful that they will not be able to secure a return on their capital, as the tax credits have traditionally reduced the cost of new projects by one-third. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/30/wind-power-tax-credit-expiration_n_2220635.html
Low Frequency Noise Health Effects
Wind turbine issues include the impact of low frequency noise health effects on the inner ear leading to hearing damage, vertigo and more.
Here is an excerpt of an article regarding studies being done on this topic of Low Frequency Noise to get you started. You can read the entire article here: LowFrequencyNoise


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SAN JOSE — Kevin Roberts, something of a food-truck connoisseur, had plenty of fare to sample Saturday at the second annual San Jose Taco Festival of Innovation.
The Porky's SJ truck won him over.
"Lots of different spices, but not too much," said Roberts, 56, of Los Gatos. "We tried several trucks, and this is the best. We had seconds."
Produced by Moveable Feast, a San Jose-based food event production company, the one-day taco festival at History Park drew several thousand, half of whom had bought tickets online in advance. Moveable Feast founder Ryan Sebastian said he wanted to "put together a themed event to honor the diversity and things that make San Jose special."
Sebastian said outdoor festivals have been struggling because of a poor business model: Most are free events centered around live music, and the high security costs for an open event require steep food prices. In addition, he said, other goods offered for sale are the type of "crystal dolphins and paintings of eagles" crafts you could find at street fairs anywhere.
At the taco festival, he said, the food is the headliner, and the live music and crafts are local and unique.
"What we've found is there's been a shift away from the rock 'n' roll model," Sebastian said. "People have shifted to food the way they used to be into popular music."
To control crowds and keep food costs low, the festival charges $10 admission for ages 12 and up. But none of the dishes cost more than $5.
The event featured a variety of food, not all Mexican themed. There was the Louisiana Territory truck, Mo Bowl Modern Asian Rice Bowls and Curry Up Now Indian Street Food.
Joe McGonigle, visiting family from Oregon with his son and daughter, liked Mo Bowl's jerk shrimp. So did his 6-year-old daughter, Alexis, who whirled around on the grass in delight.
Other kids, like 9-year-old Additya Katragadda of Fremont, favored something a little more basic.
"The french fries!" he said.
One of the longest lines was at Rocko's Chocolate Tacos cart. Alice Lastra of San Jose waited in line for an hour with her daughter, granddaughter and grandson for some.
As she walked away from the cart, she wasn't so sure it was worth such a wait. But after a bite of her sumptuous salted-caramel taco, her 8-year-old granddaughter, Mariah, had no doubt at all.
"Yes!" Mariah shouted, before slipping off her shoes and darting into a bounce house.
Contact John Woolfolk at 408-975-9346. Follow him at Twitter.com/johnwoolfolk1.


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GREENVILLE, Ill. -- The women's basketball team returned to the win column as they defeated MacMurray 71-39 on Saturday. Emmalee Fladland led the team with 19 points, five steals, and three rebounds.
Laura Hobbie also helped the Lady Panther effort, bringing down eight rebounds and putting up 14 points.
Ieisha Adams broke into double digit scoring with 12 points and brought down six rebounds. Julia Hale scored 14 to go with seven rebounds.
The Lady Panthers raised their record to 7-15 (4-9 SLIAC), and they will look to continue that upward climb at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Webster.


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'Too Hot to Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah'
More than a decade ago, vocalist Rodrick Dixon traveled to Lincoln Center in New York to sing a piece of music he couldn't get out of his head. He then decided he had to persuade someone to stage it in Chicago. This weekend, "Too Hot to Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah" returns to the Auditorium Theatre for the eighth annual edition, a testament to Dixon's vision and, more important, to the enduring value of the work. Though classical purists may scoff at a version of Handel's oratorio ¿Messiah¿ transformed through jazz, blues and gospel techniques, its appeal is unmistakable once singer Dixon, Alfreda Burke (his wife) and Karen Marie Richardson take the stage -- joined by a small army of jazz musicians, strings and massive choir. Handel's indelible, indestructible tunes remain, but rhythmically the piece takes flight in ways that the great composer never could have anticipated. 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday at Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Congress Parkway; $30-$74; 800-982-2787 or ticketmaster.com/auditorium
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SALES RISE: U.S. sales of previously occupied homes jumped to their highest level in three years last month, bolstered by steady job gains and record-low mortgage rates. The National Association of Realtors said sales rose 5.9 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.04 million in November.
BEST IN FIVE YEARS: Previously occupied home sales are on track for their best year in five years. November's sales were the highest since November 2009.
MORE GROWTH: The number of homes available for sale fell to nearly an 11-year low in November. That's pushing up prices and will likely encourage more home building next year, which should boost growth.


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The holiday season seems like an appropriate time to read about the historical Jesus. While you are waiting for the best selling book by Fox News host Bill O'Reilly - Killing Jesus (Main Library and Ellettsville Adult Nonfiction 232.96 Ore) - the latest in his "Killing..." series; you might want to check out some of these books on the life of Jesus by some award winning authors and respected historians ....
Constructing Jesus: Memory, Imagination, and History by Dale C. Allison (Main Library and Ellettsville Adult Nonfiction 232.908 All) --- What did Jesus think of himself? How did he face death? What were his expectations of the future? In this volume, now in paperback, internationally renowned Jesus scholar Dale Allison Jr. addresses such perennially fascinating questions about Jesus. The acclaimed hardcover edition received the Biblical Archaeology Society's "Best Book Relating to the New Testament" award in 2011.
The Historical Jesus: Five Views by James K. Beilby (Main Library Adult Nonfiction 232.908 His) --- 2011 Christianity Today Book Award winner! The scholarly quest for the historical Jesus has a distinguished pedigree in modern Western religious and historical scholarship, with names such as Strauss, Schweitzer and Bultmann highlighting the story. Since the early 1990s, when the Jesus quest was reawakened for a third run, numerous significant books have emerged. And the public's attention has been regularly arrested by media coverage, with the Jesus Seminar or the James ossuary headlining the marquee. The Historical Jesus: Five Views provides a venue for readers to sit in on a virtual seminar on the historical Jesus.
The Challenge of Jesus : Rediscovering Who Jesus Was and Is by N.T. Wright. (Main Library Adult Nonfiction 232 Wr) --- Today a renewed and vigorous scholarly quest for the historical Jesus is underway. In the midst of well publicized and controversial books on Jesus, N. T. Wright's lectures and writings have been widely recognized for providing a fresh, provocative and historically credible portrait. Out of his own commitment to both historical scholarship and Christian ministry, Wright challenges us to roll up our sleeves and take seriously the study of the historical Jesus.
The Jesus Quest : The Third Search for the Jew of Nazareth by Ben Witherington III. (Main Library Adult Nonfiction 232.9 Wi) --- Voted one of Christianity Today's 1996 Books of the Year! In recent years Jesus' time, place and social setting have received renewed scholarly attention. New research on the Dead Sea Scrolls and other Jewish and Hellenistic texts has resulted in a surge of new images of Jesus and new ideas about his ministry. Dubbed the Third Quest for the historical Jesus, this recent effort is a transformation of the first quest, memorialized and chronicled by Albert Schweitzer, and the second quest, carried out in the 1950s and 1960s in the wake of extreme Bultmannian skepticism.
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We are very pleased to announce that RIZA has launched a new collection of a very special range of vestments which was previewed at the recent Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North America Clergy Laity Congress in Phoenix Arizona. Encouraged by the overwhelmingly positive response we received to our collection of median priced machine embroidered vestments, we have decided to extend our special offer on a number of items from the newly launched range.
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I've got a bone to pick with the charter school approval process — because things literally don't add up.
I've got a bone to pick with the charter school approval process — because things literally don't add up.
It now looks as though the first charter school for the mid-Hudson is almost a done deal. The questions now focus on costs.
The State Education Department Charter School Office recently recommended that the proposed Newburgh Preparatory Charter High School be approved, even though the office disagrees with cost estimates provided by the lead applicant, Tom Fitzgerald of Newburgh.
Fitzgerald claims it will cost $1.5 million to send 105 students to the school, at the cost of $14,796 each per year.
The state, meanwhile, has found that those numbers are too low, and says it will cost more like $16,342 per student.
In a written report, the state also took issue with Fitzgerald's original claims that the project would not take money away from the school district.
He now believes Newburgh's school district taxpayers could face tax hikes to pay for the school's first couple of years' start-up costs. "As I said, no one I know in the charter school world, including charter school people in Albany, seemed to know this until they spoke to the state aid people," he said.
Schools Superintendent Ralph Pizzo declined to comment for this column, but in an open letter posted on the district's website, he blasted the project and urged Education Commissioner John King to prevent its approval. He explained that his district of 12,500 students is already grappling with a budget that is $10 million above the tax cap. The district is facing the possibility of closing down one elementary school, as well as the pre-kindergarten program.
Newburgh Prep proposes to serve dropouts by offering them a second chance at a diploma. While I'm sure Fitzgerald's heart is in the right place, you've got to ask whether he's thinking about our wallets. How can he and the school's nine trustees in good conscience seek to burden an already financially overburdened school system?
The state report also cites Fitzgerald and the rest of the proposed school's administration for failing to take into account federal and state grants which could help offset some costs.
So how can the state recommend approval of the project, while criticizing the school's founders for providing incomplete financial data? That seems fiscally irresponsible.
If the State Board of Regents gives Newburgh Prep the green light next month, as it's expected to do, then the school could open its doors next July. Or not.
The school could request a one-year delay. "A charter school can request to take a 'planning year,' which would postpone the opening of the school," said State Education Department spokesman Jonathan Burman.
The charter school's leaders need to do the math. Perhaps they should take an extra year to seek out grants, and even endowments, before saddling the district with expenses.
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Burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese, author of "Burlesque and the Art of the Teese" (It Books), recently gave Britain's Daily Mail a "master class in seduction." Some of the tips are a little hard to take seriously at first, but if you stop focusing on the silly details, you may be surprised at how effective her strategy is.
Proper attire: "All women should have a perfect-fitting black lace bra, with matching panties — string and brief — and a good suspender belt," Von Teese said.
I actually had to Google "suspenders," which probably says a good deal about my knowledge of the "art of seduction." Agent Provocateur has some that cost approximately a billion dollars. (Well, anywhere from $90 to $300.) Victoria's Secret mercifully sells them for $19.
Also, if you, like me, weren't exactly sure what the garters are supposed to hold up, you'll probably need to invest in some tights. I mean, "stockings."
Lipstick: "Apply lipstick in full view of your victim. This is particularly effective when done slowly and with a pretty compact," Von Teese commands.
The only compact I'm familiar with is the Mayflower Compact of 1620, but Google comes to the rescue once again and informs me that she means a small mirror.
Wear perfume: "Make him lean in to smell it," she advises. Apply the perfume to your pulse points: neckline, wrists, behind the ears, behind the knees. These spots cause perfume to mix with your body chemistry, perfect for seduction. (Don't overdo it, and for God's sake, skip the "cloud" method in which you spray a cloud of scent and walk through it.)
Dangle your stiletto from your foot: Obviously, this isn't going to work with sneakers, so the larger point is: Choose seductive footwear.
Not for every day, but you probably have a party coming up that calls for a slightly more delicate shoe. And no need to get ridiculous with the foot-dangling here; the shoes themselves will go a long way in making you feel more seductive.
Practice: "Before I go to bed at night I practice taking off my clothes glamorously. Every time I remove a stocking, I do it in exactly the same way I would onstage," Von Teese said.
OK, so that sounds a little deranged. There's no way we're actually going to recommend you come home from a long day of work and take off your fleece-lined leggings as if you're Gypsy Rose Lee.
But if you practice comporting yourself in a slightly more elegant (and, sure, seductive) manner on your own time, being sexy will become something you are, not just an act you put on around guys.
It all comes down to the golden rule of dating: Confidence is the most seductive trait of all.


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Clarion invents "Intelligent VOICE"
Clarion enhances Smart Access with Intelligent VOICE, natural voice recognition technology powered by Google
Vélizy-Villacoublay, June 16th 2014 – In 2013, Clarion presented Smart Access, an advanced solution providing services to drivers and available via the Cloud, transforming cars into connected spaces for leisure and safety.
Making the vehicle always connected thanks to the Smart Access, Clarion introduces today Intelligent VOICE, integrating the natural voice recognition technology powered by Google.
To further enhance the performance of Intelligent VOICE, the technology benefits from Google Voice Search and the Google Places API
Until now, systems equipped with voice control required the use of limited lists of keywords in order to browse through the system's menu. With Intelligent VOICE, you can be more spontaneous. Time for lunch? Say "I'm hungry" and your system will offer you a choice of nearby restaurants. Better still, it will suggest – by speech synthesis – ways of refining your search, taking into account the options available in the vicinity (fast food, Italian restaurant etc.).
Furthermore, this smart search is based on a logical understanding of what you say: even if you can only remember part of a name or if you mispronounce it, Clarion's Intelligent VOICE will present the results that match the phrase most closely.
With this innovation, Clarion is paving the way for user-friendliness and safety. Drivers are encouraged to have a conversation with their device, rather than issuing it with commands. Simplicity and intuition are the order of the day, for unparalleled in-car comfort and satisfaction.
Initially, a first version of Intelligent VOICE will be incorporated in the NX504E, Clarion's Smart Access multimedia and navigation centre, which has just been launched on the European market in June 2014. But Clarion has already announced its intention to gradually roll out the feature to most of its navigation systems that are scheduled for launch over the coming months.


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With one area town projecting that its skyrocketing special education costs might consume 90 cents of every new dollar of funding within 10 years, MetroWest schools are looking to improve service and trim expenses by beefing up in-house programming.
With one area town projecting that its skyrocketing special education costs might consume 90 cents of every new dollar of funding within 10 years, MetroWest schools are looking to improve service and trim expenses by beefing up in-house programming.
"It's better for all of us," Northborough-Southborough Student Services Director Barbara Goodman said of "building capacity" – an effort on the part of schools to try to keep more special educations students within their borders by offering expanded programming.
Districts statewide are spending an average of 4 percent more of their budgets on special education today than they did 10 years ago. According to state numbers, the average district spent 20.6 percent of its funds on special education in fiscal 2012, up from 17.7 percent in fiscal 2003.
In MetroWest, the percentages for fiscal 2012 largely outpace the state average, with Marlborough and Framingham the top spenders at 28.4 percent and 27 percent, respectively.
In Framingham, one school projection shows the district at its current pace needing to devote 90 cents of every new funding dollar to special education by fiscal 2024.
"Clearly, this does not bode well for the remaining parts of the school department budget and will need to be addressed," Business Director Ed Gotgart wrote in an email.
One of the top drivers of special education funding is out-of-district tuition – tuition costs associated with students that need to be sent to other private or public specialty programs to meet their needs.
Administrators say costs for day programs can cost as much as $100,000 per student annually, while a residential placement can cost as much as $350,000 annually. Since districts by law are required to educate special education students until they either graduate or turn 22, one or two extremely high-need children can add a strain on a budget for years, while planning is difficult because a new high-need child can move into a district at any time.
State funding "does bring funds back to the district, but not commensurate with the increase of private, collaborative, and public tuition and transportation costs," Milford Superintendent Robert Tremblay wrote in an email.
Increasing need
At the same time state aid is decreasing, the demand for such services appears to be higher than ever.
"The complexities of the students are increasing," Goodman said, and educators now know more about learning disabilities than ever before.
According to a 2011 report by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, Massachusetts ranked second in the nation at about 18 percent of its students identified as special needs. The national average was 13 percent, with Texas classifying only 9 percent of its students as special needs.
While the Fordham Institute said there isn't clear data accounting for the discrepancy in identification rates, it said Massachusetts' high rate is likely related to a cultural emphasis on special education with roots in a 1972 expose on illegal exclusion of special education students in Boston.
Ashland Student Services Director Kathy Silva said the town has seen a rise in the intensity of need of its special education students.
Silva and administrators in several other towns said they have specifically experienced a rise of children identified on the autism spectrum – programming for which tends to be more intensive and costly.
Out-of-district tuition
The trend in schools throughout the region today is hiring additional staff in-house to serve an identified population of students who would otherwise need to be sent out-of-district.
For instance, administrators in many towns say they've recently created programs to help an increasing number of high school children they say are dealing with emotional issues.
"All districts are seeing more students needing more services in the social/emotional/behavioral area," said Millis Superintendent Nancy Gustafson.
Framingham spent more than $13 million in out-of-district tuition in fiscal 2012, only about $5 million less than it spent to educate all the special education students it educates within its schools.
Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School spent more on its out-of-district tuition ($3.85 million) than in-district special education costs ($2.08 million) in fiscal 2012. Superintendent Scott Carpenter said the school does a very good job with its in-house programs, though, and said those students going out-of-district have severe special needs.
In Weston, the school committee has pledged increased internal spending on special education programs following outcry from parents that the needs of children were being overlooked.
In fiscal 2012, the town allocated a smaller percentage of its budget to special education than many other towns, and the average figure spent on an out-of-district student was one of the highest in the area at $74,585.
"We are making a number of changes and expanding our programs in the district significantly," said Superintendent Cheryl Maloney. "Our (numbers) will probably be more in line with other districts within the next year or two."
Administrators pointed out that costs vary year-to-year depending on how many high-need students move in or out, and also caution that districts more thrifty with their dollars on non-special education funding may appear to spend a higher percentage of their budgets on special education.
The state numbers can also be difficult to compare because of different accounting practices. Lincoln-Sudbury, for instance, pays for all special education expenses for students 14 or older, while much of the special education costs for high-need children older than 14 are paid by Northborough and Southborough K-8 districts rather than Algonquin Regional High School.
No help on transportation costs
To help towns meet the mandate of law, the state provides "circuit-breaker" funding based on a formula.
The goal is to reimburse towns up to 75 percent of tuition costs, however, with state funding lacking recently, that number has been closer to 60 percent for many municipalities. Also, the state only begins reimbursing cities and towns after they have already spent roughly $40,000 on a child, and that first $40,000 is not eligible for reimbursement.
But perhaps the largest topic of frustration for local school districts is that the state exempts itself from paying anything toward transportation costs for special education students.
Goodman said transportation costs alone can sometimes rival tuition costs, getting upwards of $70,000 in some cases.
"That's one of the most striking comments I've heard from (schools)," said State Rep. Carolyn Dykema, D-Holliston. "It's only reasonable that we would cover some of those (transportation) costs."
Dykema has filed legislation along with state Rep. David Linsky, D-Natick, that would require the state to begin paying toward transportation costs. Dykema said a committee should issue a recommendation on the bill sometime in the fall.
Administrators say another challenge is that special education schools will sometimes be approved by the state for a tuition increase in the middle of the year.
"In some instances, schools will receive a double-digit tuition increase, oftentimes retroactive to the beginning of a school year," Framingham's Gotgart wrote.
Moving forward
Districts say ramping up their in-house special education services will not only save money but will also lead to better quality of life for students who no longer need to be separated from their neighbors.
"We're not just thinking about one year. We're thinking ahead," said Northborough-Southborough Superintendent Charles Gobron.
Franklin Superintendent Maureen Sabolinski said special education costs in Franklin actually declined by $200,000 this year.
"The strength of our in-district programs and our commitment to co-teaching has enabled our educators to be successful in meeting the needs of students," she wrote in an email.
Gustafson said Millis has also saved about $200,000 this year from a combination of more in-house programs and a few higher-need students turning 22, the age at which schools are no longer obligated to pay for their education.
Many superintendents stressed that although balancing budgets is important, special education students shouldn't be stigmatized as burdensome.
"I always say, 'What you would want for your own children, you should really want for other people's children,'" said Gobron.
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