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Firefighters help to battle cancer
The 10th annual Mary's Firemen for a Cure, held March 2 at Shawnee Peak, raised more than $15,000 in the fight against breast cancer.
Harrison Fire Department took top honors in the competition, as the fastest team to run the ski course and by raising more than $1,400 in pledges.
All proceeds from the event will directly benefit the Maine affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure.
The event has raised more than $100,000 in the last 10 years.
Expeditionary Learning honor
Casco Bay High School teacher Susan McCray is the first recipient of the Expeditionary Learning (EL ) Klingenstein Teacher Award.
The award acknowledges McCray's exemplary teaching style in conveying to her students the essence of the EL school culture's valuing and modeling a child's character while also instilling an ethic of "citizen scholarship" in the classroom.
Founded in the early 1990s, Expeditionary Learning is a leader in project-based teaching that challenges students to think critically about their educational experience and citizenship.
McCray was selected by her peers from a network of 4,000 teachers and based on rigorous criteria, including her ability to inspire students to take responsibility for their own education and participate in good citizenship initiatives in and outside of the classroom.
EL partners with school districts and charter boards to open new schools and transform existing ones for pre-K through grade 12 students. The EL network includes more than 160 schools, 4,000 teachers and 45,000 students.
Cheverus contests help teen shelter
Cheverus High School celebrated its annual Spirit Week with fundraising activities on campus, including a ping-pong tournament, Just Dance 4 Wii competition, a pie eating contest, ugly sweater and ugly tie days, tricycle relay races and a Minute to Win It and tug of war competitions.
Students' efforts raised $623 to benefit Preble Street's Joe Kreisler Teen Shelter.
The shelter provides a safe place for homeless and street-involved youths, ages 12 through 20, assisting them in making plans to get off the street.
Presidential Scholar at Cheverus
Cheverus High School senior Ian Lawson of Gorham was selected for recognition by the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.
The program is by invitation only, with about 3,000 graduating high school seniors invited nationwide. Lawson is one of 47 Maine students who received an invitation.
Established in 1964, the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program recognizes up to 121 students each year who demonstrate exceptional talent in the visual, creative and performing arts.
Lawson, the son of Polly and George Lawson of Gorham, has received a number of other awards and commendations during his four years at Cheverus, including as a 2013 National Merit Scholar Finalist. He is a National Honor Society member and a high honors student.
Students chosen as U.S. Presidential Scholars receive an expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C., in June and the U.S. Presidential Scholars medallion at a ceremony sponsored by the White House. The scholars have access to national and international figures, educators, authors and scientists.
Scout wins Heroism Award
Cheverus High School sophomore Parker Montano has received a rarely bestowed Boy Scouts of America Heroism Award after he rescued two children from drowning in July 2012.
The award was given to just 155 of the organization's approximately 2.7 million members in 2012.
A member of Troop 1 in Portland, Montano is pursuing Eagle Scout status. He is the son of Karen and Peter Montano of South Portland.
Gelato benefits Shalom House
The Gelato Fiasco has donated more than $200 to Shalom House Inc., a Portland-based organization that helps provide affordable housing to hundreds of people with serious mental illness each year.
The money was raised during the recent Gelato Fiasco Scooping for Community program.
High school musicians win honors
South Portland High School jazz musicians recently won top awards for their participation at the annual Jazz Festival hosted by Berklee College in Boston.
Big bands, combos and vocal jazz ensembles competed and performed on March 2.
Under the direction of Craig Skeffington, South Portland's Jazz Ensemble placed first for the Class L4 Large Ensemble Division. Senior trombonist Chuck Key received the Judge's Choice Award for the South Portland Jazz Combo I and sophomore Alex Quinn received one of the Outstanding Musicianship Awards for the Class L4 Large Ensemble Division.
The group next travels to Houlton for the Maine High School Jazz Festival.
Maine Principals' Award winner
Wells High School senior Madeline Andrews has been selected to receive the Maine Principals' Award for 2013.
Sponsored by the Maine Principals Association, the award recognizes high academic achievement and good citizenship demonstrated by high school seniors.
Andrews is a National Honor Society member and has worked on the school newspaper. She has won the school district's Literary Achievement Awards, was named Student of the Trimester and is a recipient of the Breakfast of Champions Award.
Andrews is a member of the school's marching and concert bands; is captain of its varsity girls lacrosse and varsity girls soccer teams; tutors students in French in the FLAGS program; does community volunteering; and is a Sunday school teacher and liturgist at her church.
A luncheon honoring Andrews and other recipients of the Maine Principals' Award will be held April 6 in Bangor.
Students, staff named champions
Wells High School recently honored 19 students and five staff members for their contributions to the learning and social environment at the school during a Breakfast of Champions event.
The honorees were nominated for recognition by a coach, teacher or staff member.
Recognized were Talia Auen, Nicole Box, Jason Chase, Reid Chase, Lauren Clark, Anthony Crawford, Julianne Fitzpatrick, Matt Gibson, Rachel Graceffa, Jake Hamburger, Marcus Harding, Chloe Kellum, Coach Sara Littlefield, Heidi Knight, Lil Lagasse, Chandler MacNeill, Christian Martin, Matt McAllister, Alex McCormack-Kuhman, Morgan Miller, David Osterday, Brittany Stutes, Nickolai Tomaszewski and Jake Wilson.
Grant to aid historic preservation
Maine State Archivist David Cheever announced that Bridgton Historical Society will receive $530 to preserve and provide better access to its archives as part of the Historical Records Collections Grant Program.
The program is administered by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission and is coordinated by the State Archives.
A recent report to the Maine Legislature indicates that many of Maine's historical collections, including photographs, paintings, documents of all kinds and natural history specimens are in danger of being lost to mold, misuse, fire or theft.
The grant money will be used to create finding aids for two collections, the Murch family papers and the Fessenden papers, and to improve their storage conditions. Those papers provide important documentation of the social and religious history of South Bridgton in the 19th century and include business and personal papers from the Murch family.
For more details, call the historical society at 647-3699 or go to www.bridgtonhistory.org.
Library seeks trustee applicants
Kennebunk Free Library officials are seeking applicants to join its board of trustees.
Interested individuals should have a desire to preserve and advance the interests of the library by effectively governing its operations and promoting its development.
Board members prepare for and attend regular board meetings, assist in annual fundraising events, participate in the development and approval of library policies and act as advocates for the library through contacts with civic groups and public officials.
Residents and town employees of Kennebunk are encouraged to apply.
For more details, go to www.kennebunklibrary.org/kennebunk/trustees.asp or stop by the library's circulation desk for printed information.
Group takes scholarship applications
The Women's Educational and Industrial Union of Saco is accepting applications for two $1,000 scholarships to be awarded to graduating seniors from Thornton Academy or Old Orchard Beach High School this spring.
Students who plan to further their education at a two-year or four-year college may apply. Applications are available in the guidance departments of each school.
The deadline for applying is March 21. For more details, call Barbara Prentiss at 282-0310.
Animal shelter to use grant for van
The Greater Androscoggin Humane Society has received $63,700 in grant funding from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the Petco Foundation and the Laura J. Niles Foundation.
The proceeds will be used to purchase and outfit a Sprinter van to transport animals in the shelter's care. It provides a safe haven for some 5,500 sick, homeless and abused animals in the greater Androscoggin area each year.
For more details, call 783-2311 or go to www.SavingPetsInMaine.org.
Raising chickens to fight hunger
Unity College will begin an initiative to raise free range chickens as part of an ongoing hunger relief effort. Clients of the Volunteer Regional Food Pantry in Unity and the Belfast Soup Kitchen will be recipients of the chicken meat.
The endeavor is made possible by a grant from the Food for All program of the Future Farmers of America. High school FFA students from Waldo County Technical Center will also be involved and receive funds from the collaborative grant.
In recent years Unity College has expanded its agricultural, animal care and animal husbandry offerings on campus. These include the addition of an animal care laboratory, new greenhouse, barn renovation, root cellar and partnership with Veggies for All, which donates student-grown produce to area food pantries.
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Intel to bring 'innovative wearables' to CES 2014
We recently heard reports that French manufacturer Archos is looking to bring a smartwatch to the CES 2014 event in Las Vegas, but it may not be alone in its quest to get people wearing their mobile phones.
Intel is looking to expand itself into the smartwatch market as it has promised to bring innovative wearable devices to the global tech meeting, which kicks off next week (January 7th).
Speaking to Re/code, chief executive at the company Brian Krzanich said that the wearable market is "wide open".
"What you will see at CES is that we are actually going to bring some very innovative wearables to the show that are developed and manufactured here."
However, if it wants to crack the market it will have to compete against some smartphone giants. Samsung has already released its first Galaxy Gear wearable device, while Apple is thought to be in the process of producing the iWatch.
Many expected the first smartwatch from the Cupertino company to arrive at some point in 2014, but recent reports indicate that the manufacturer is having trouble with the production.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Marlu Jansen Van Vuuren of Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) has been named NAIA Men's Tennis Player of the Week, the national office announced Wednesday. Van Vuuren was selected based on his performances from March 19 – 25 and was chosen out of a pool of conference/independent/unaffiliated group player of the week selections.
The freshman from East London, South Africa, enjoyed a perfect week in which he went 3-0 in both singles and doubles play for the fifth-ranked Warhawks, who went 3-0 as a team. In No. 4 singles action, Van Vuuren defeated Renan Molineiro of No. 15 Lee (Tenn.), 6-1, retired, dispatched of Amir Rahbar of No. 9 Xavier (La.), 6-1, 6-0, and followed it up with a 6-3, 6-3 triumph over Yoshikazu Ysa of University of New Orleans.
Van Vuuren teamed with Matias Dasso for a 9-7 win over Lee at No. 2 doubles, an 8-4 victory over Xavier's No. 2 doubles pair and an 8-2 triumph in No. 3 doubles over University of New Orleans. Van Vuuren improved to 15-1 in singles play and 7-9 in doubles action on the season.
The next men's tennis Player of the Week will be announced on April 4.
Nominees: Matt Ellis, Our Lady of the Lake (Texas); Patrick Besch, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Mike Rubinelli, Missouri Baptist; Sean Richardson, Xavier (La.); Bruno Santarelli, Concordia (Calif.); Pedro Rodrigues, Cumberland (Tenn.); Bruno Tiberti, Oklahoma Christian; Robin Semal, William Carey (Miss.); Ty Butler, Indiana East; Marcelo Alecio, Bethany (Kan.); Akharis Sa-ardphanchai, Warner (Fla.); Braun Applegate, Asbury (Ky.); Jefferson Nino, Belhaven (Miss.); Fernando Bogajo, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Aaron Hendrick, Aquinas (Mich.); Grover Ordoñez, St. Thomas (Fla.); John Mittvick, Judson (Ill.).
2012 Composite Award Winners
Week 1: Simon Felix, Embry-Riddle (Fla.)
Week 2: Marlu Jansen Van Vuuren, Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)


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An attempt by the Miami-Dade elections department to let more people vote early Sunday devolved into chaos after the department was overwhelmed with voters.
The department locked its doors about an hour into the four-hour operation without explanation, then said it would resume allowing voters to request and cast absentee ballots in person. Miami-Dade had opened its Doral headquarters from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. as a work-around to a provision in state law that eliminated early voting the Sunday before Election Day.
Anyone in line by 5 p.m. at the Doral elections headquarters at 2700 NW 87th Ave. will be allowed to vote, department spokeswoman Christina White said at 3 p.m. The department brought in a second ballot printer and more staffers to re-open.
Shortly before the temporary shutdown an hour earlier, the department had said it would not be able to accommodate more than the around 180 voters who were in line by 2 p.m. Then the office shut its doors, and people in line started shouting, "Let us vote!"
Some voters who had parked in a lot across the street saw their cars getting towed.
"This is America, not a third-world country," said Myrna Peralta, who waited in line with her 4-year-old grandson for nearly two hours before being turned away. "They should have been prepared."
"My beautiful Sunshine State," she lamented. "They're not letting people vote."
When it opened its doors, the department had only one ballot-printing machine, five voting booths and two staffers to assist voters. The office said it was overwhelmed by voters.
"We had the best of intentions to provide this service today," White had said. "We just can't accommodate it to the degree that we would like to."
Miami-Dade had announced Sunday morning that it would allow voters to request, fill out and turn in absentee ballots on the spot for four hours in the afternoon after the Florida Democratic Party filed a lawsuit in the wee hours seeking to somehow extend voting in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties before Election Day.
State law allows elections supervisors to accept in-person absentee ballots through 7 p.m. Tuesday — including Sunday, at the elections supervisor's discretion. Miami-Dade had planned to open Sunday only for voters to drop off absentee ballots.
Broward, which had not initially followed suit, said early Sunday afternoon it would also try to accommodate voters — but they would have to wait until voters who made appointments cast their ballots first.
But possibly because the county did not announce that possibility, there were no voters in line at about 3 p.m. Sunday at the Lauderhill satellite office located at 1501 NW 40th Ave. Poll workers said they had assisted voters who had appointments to pick up their ballots as well as voters who had dropped by without an appointment to fill out a ballot.
Broward is accepting new appointment requests for Monday at 954-712-1964 and 954-712-1974.
The Palm Beach elections supervisor announced Sunday morning that the county would also allow in-person absentee voting. So did two counties in the Tampa Bay area, Pinellas and Hillsborough.
Voters across the state can request and cast absentee ballots in person Monday.
The Democrats' lawsuit, filed in Miami federal court, argues that an emergency judge's order is necessary to "extend voting opportunities" before Tuesday in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach, including allowing voters to cast absentee ballots in person at supervisor of elections' offices.
The three counties combined have nearly 1.6 million registered Democratic voters, who represent about 32 percent of all the state's registered Democrats, according to state voter rolls. The Palm Beach elections supervisor announced Sunday morning that the county would also allow in-person absentee voting.
It's unclear exactly what more a court could do, two days before Election Day. The lawsuit does not ask U.S. District Judge Patricia Seitz to re-open all early-voting sites.
An attorney for the Miami-Dade elections supervisor filed a motion Sunday morning saying the lawsuit is moot to the county because it would allow for in-person absentee voting Sunday afternoon.
According to the lawsuit, "inadequate polling facilities" in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach led to lines in some cases between six and seven hours long — longer than elsewhere in the state, the lawsuit says. Voters in line when the polls closed at 7 p.m. were allowed to vote; Miami-Dade checked in its last voter at around 1 a.m. Sunday morning.
"The extraordinarily long lines deterred or prevented voters from waiting to vote. Some voters left the polling sites upon learning of the expected wait, and others refused to line up altogether," the lawsuit says. "These long lines and extreme delays unduly and unjustifiably burdened the right to vote."
The lawsuit cites requests made to Republican Gov. Rick Scott to extend voting hours by executive authority. Scott said Thursday night he would not extend the hours, following requests from Democrats and Democratic-leaning groups.
On Friday, Monroe County Elections Supervisor Harry Sawyer Jr., a Republican, sent the governor a letter asking for more hours. Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner responded that the reports he was receiving from elections supervisors across the state were positive about early voting.
Scott signed a law last year reducing the number of early-voting days to eight from 14 and eliminating voting on the Sunday before Election Day, which Democrats used to turn out supporters in 2008. The new law guarantees one Sunday of early voting.
The number of maximum hours offered stayed the same on the books, but four years ago, then-Gov. Charlie Crist effectively extended early voting by another 24 hours.
The lawsuit sues Detzner, along with three elections supervisors: Penelope Townsley of Miami-Dade, Brenda Snipes of Broward and Susan Bucher of Palm Beach. The Florida Democratic Party has hired some big-name attorneys: Kendall Coffey, Michael Olin, Bruce Rogow and Seth Miles.
In a statement, party chairman Rod Smith blamed the GOP-controlled Legislature for passing the law reducing the number of early-voting days.
"Because of Gov. Scott's refusal to follow precedent and extend early voting hours in the face of unprecedented voter turnout in South Florida, we are requesting in federal court that more Floridians have a meaningful chance to early vote," Smith said.
Separately, the party sued in Orlando circuit court asking to extend early-voting hours in that county after a bomb scare temporarily closed an early-voting site. Sunday morning, a judge ruled that the Winter Park early-voting site should open Sunday, the Associated Press reported.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/04/v-fullstory/3081614/florida-democratic-party-files.html#storylink=cpy


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I know there is a roster freeze for the break, I am wondering, however, if there is a NHL mandated break? I read in last night Ice Time (page 25) that a bunch of the players are heading home and on vacation. While I totally understand that everyone deserves a vacation and a break every once in a while, when your team plays as poorly together as this team does, would a little more practice time together hurt? They would only be missing two players and, lets face it, the Pens will have a nice long offseason to vacation in Jamaica(Ryan Malone).
I believe if there is not a mandated break by the NHL, the Pens should be here practicing.


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Stephenie Meyer on 'Twilight': 'I Am So Over It'
Stephenie Meyer has voiced her thoughts on her blockbuster book series Twilight!
The 39-year-old author shared to Variety about making a possible return to Twilight, "I get further away every day. I am so over it. For me, it's not a happy place to be."
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"Not completely. What I would probably do is three paragraphs on my blog saying which of the characters died. I'm interested in spending time in other worlds, like Middle-Earth," Stephenie added about closing the Twilight chapter in her life.


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We've seen these fashions statements many times before. Maybe they came back after a few decades or just several runway shows ago. Whether a style of handbags or animal print on clothing (and on everything including the kitchen sink), they have achieved staying power through fashion history—ancient or recent.
Here are the fashion survivors, some of which, incidentally, were on the runways in the 2014 resort collections, including gladiator sandals, both long and short just, and camouflage wear:
From Ancient to Recent: The Best Fashion Trends of All Time
Certainly, there are more trends that could have easily made it on our list. The classic Coco Chanel jacket and her signature patent-leather toe shoes along with the present-day shemagh-style scarf around so many necks were all good candidates. Let us know of other trends you feel should have made our list, maybe bumping off one.


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DS is 7 weeks old (EBF) and has been dealing with digestion issues since birth. Can anyone help me pinpoint what the problem is and how to fix it? Poor baby is fussy all the time. If he's not sleeping he's crying.
At first I had an oversupply/over active letdown, which I have worbed through for the most part, that was giving him bad gas and way too much hard to digest foremilk.
A the same time I had been talking to his ped and he wondered if he has silent reflux. So I was giving his meds to treat that at the same time I was working to decrease my supply. I just don't believe its reflux...my mom gut tells me its time to stop the meds so I did.
This is what I observe...he nurses on demand and one to three times a day he seems to get a tummy ache. I can hear loud gurgiling and sounds from his tummy almost like I can hear process of digestion. He'll usually have anbexplosive poop after all the gurgiling stops. During this pain he cries and moans and likes to be "hung" over my sholder so his lower abdomen is resting on my sholder and getting pressure from it.
I give him probiotics a few times a week. I had tried simethicone gas drops but they didn't seem to help. Gripe water seems unrealistic as the amount of liquid you have to give is huge. More than treat the problem I was to eliminate it. Any advice? Is it gas, a weak digestive system or something else?


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Amanda Forker
Hometown: Wethersfield, Conn.
Major: Music: Vocal Performance
WCSU Degree: Bachelor of Music
Internships: Cape Cod College Light Opera Company, vocal ensemble member
Activities: Resident Assistant (Newbury & Grasso Hall),
Newbury & Grasso Hall Council,
WCSU Chamber Singers,
WCSU Opera Ensemble,
WCSU Mainstage Productions: "Tommy" and "Cabaret,"
WestConn Idol,
Alto Section Leader/Cantor at St. Peter's Church in Danbury, University Computing
Honors and Awards: Dean's List every semester, 3.7 GPA,
WCSU Alumni Association Scholarship,
2009 WestConn Idol,
Schoolmaster's Special Scholarship,
National Association of Teachers of Singing Competition - 2nd Place,
William Calvert Encouragement Award in the Amici Vocal Competition (Opera Theater of Connecticut)
Wethersfield, Conn., native Amanda Forker applied to several colleges in the region, including SUNY-New Paltz, Marymount Manhattan and the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford. " WestConn was actually the only music/vocal program I auditioned for, the others were all musical theater," she says. "I don't think I knew exactly what I wanted yet so WestConn ended up being the perfect place because there was room to learn more about music while being able to be involved with the theater department as well."
What sealed the deal for Amanda was when she came to campus. "After my audition for the music department, I felt such a strong connection to the department and faculty — it ended up being the perfect fit for me. I've always wanted to pursue a career in performance and being a music major would give me the vocal training that I was really looking for."
According to Forker, Professor of Music Dr. Margaret Astrup "has been an amazing teacher and mentor. I don't know what I would have done without her knowledge and guidance."
Asked what she will remember most about her WCSU experience, Forker says, "One of my most memorable experiences was when the Opera Ensemble performed as part of the ensemble in the concert version of the opera "The Tsar's Bride" at Carnegie Hall in New York City. It was an unbelievable night."
After graduation, Forker says, "My plan is to continue performing and go on as many auditions as possible!"
Forker's advice to new students entering WCSU is: "Don't be afraid to get involved and discover yourself. WCSU is the perfect place to find out what you want to do with your life. Take advantage of the amazing opportunities and faculty that this school has to offer!"


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The Internet of Things:
New tools to help objects to communicate via the Net
Increasingly, the things people use on a daily basis can be connected to the Internet. Norwegian researchers are working to ensure that the Internet of Things operates as efficiently as possible.
Thus far, the Internet has been an arena reserved for people. But now more and more physical objects are being connected to the Internet: we read emails on our mobile telephones, we have electricity meters that report readings automatically, and pulse monitors and running shoes that publish information about our daily jog directly on Facebook.
Tools for collaboration
The Internet of Things will introduce new smart objects to our homes. One challenge is to find effective solutions to enable different products to work together. Currently no standardised tools or distribution platforms exist in this area.
A group of Norwegian researchers have been addressing this issue. In the research project Infrastructure for Integrated Services (ISIS) they have created a platform for developing and distributing applications for the Internet of Things. The platform encompasses a programming tool for developers, called Arctis and the website ISIS Store for downloading applications.
Simple programming
Arctis was developed by researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). One of them is postdoctoral researcher Frank Alexander Kraemer.
"In a 'smart' everyday life objects and applications often need to be connected to several different communication services, sensors and other components. At the same time they need to respond quickly to changes and the actions of users. This requires very good control over concurrence in the system, which can be difficult to achieve with normal programming," he explains.
Dr Kraemer believes that the tool will make it easier to create new applications, adapt them to existing applications and update software as necessary.
"Developing a simple application with Arctis can be as easy as fitting together two building blocks, but more advanced applications can also be created, depending on what you are looking for," Dr Kraemer continues.
Talking to each other
"It is the collaborative system ICE Composition Engine (ICE) that will govern the whole thing and allow the objects to talk to each other," explains Reidar Martin Svendsen, project manager at the Norwegian telecommunications company the Telenor Group.
ICE can both manage the communication between objects in your home and keep track of any updates. The system is installed on a modem, a decoder or an adapter in the home and provides the user with a local gateway which ensures that the Internet of Things will continue to work even when the user is offline.
Key developers
Telenor is seeking to become an operator for the Internet of Things by acting as a link between developers and end-users. But if the company is to succeed, a sufficient number of developers will need to choose to use its tools.
"We have established our own App Store where talented developers can publish the new applications they create and end-users can buy and download the applications they need. Basically, you can choose software according to your own needs and preferences," says Mr Svendsen.
The downloaded applications can be combined as needed using a software programme called Puzzle. The Puzzle programme is a user interface to the ICE system.
Safe connections
For the project to flourish, people have to be willing to pay for the applications. There are already many similar applications available online free-of-charge through the data infrastructure platform Pachube, for example. Why are users going to pay for something they can download legally and at no cost?
"It is better if a well-known operator is responsible for critical systems such as house alarms. For these types of systems you should go via the App Store to a supplier you trust. You don't know anything about the intentions of those who put out programmes free-of-charge on the Internet. But if your system needs updating or you require a service, it is an advantage to be using a reputable, recognised operator," explains Mr Svendsen.
"On the whole it will be up to the developers to decide what to charge for. At the ISIS Store there are currently a number of applications available that can be downloaded free-of-charge," he continues.
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Bob Cesca has been doing amazing work lately in keeping track of the massive misinformation campaign orchestrated primarily by The Guardian, a publication that has gone full anti-American with the help of Wikileaks and other anarchists. Cesca wrote a brilliant article that points out many things I've been thinking as well. From Bob Cesca at The Daily Banter…
And, yes, the government also collects relatively minor bits of your internet data (with multi-layered oversight, warrants, anonymization, minimization and deletion) in its efforts to track down enemies.
Liberals ought to be far more suspicious of for-profit corporations handling our private data than the government's handling of considerably less of it. But that doesn't appear to be the case, and this is where everything gets wacky.
NSA, and the U.S. government in general, isn't interested in our Instagram pics of our disgusting dinners or our Wonka memes or our goats-that-scream-like-men videos. But Facebook is. Google is. Corporations are exploiting nearly everything you type and following you wherever your browse. They're compiling it. They're distributing it. They're sharing it. They're using your data to determine which products you might want to purchase. They're censoring your breast-feeding pics and perhaps even threatening you with prosecution if you download an episode of Game of Thrones from Bit Torrent.
And people are wailing and chest-thumping over inadvertent government metadata collection with strict rules that prohibit infringements on Fourth Amendment liberty? That's rich.
You should go read Bob Cesca's entire article, he points out that most websites have "trackers" built in that gather more information than the NSA on each of us. Bob also points out, "For what it's worth, Glenn Greenwald's XKEYSCORE article on The Guardian contained 27 trackers, including PRISM participants Google and Facebook."
I'll leave you with my favorite paragraph from Bob's article…
How shall we explain the disparity between the Great Fear of the government collecting minimal data and the almost unspoken reality that corporations have compiled massive data clouds about every user and every customer? I don't know for sure. It could be a result of pissy-pants disillusionment over the Obama presidency based on overblown idealism, political ignorance and unrealistic expectations. It could be the consequence of an onslaught of fear-mongering from news outlets posting cavalcades of scare-headlines and misleading articles about NSA surveillance. Or it could be an increasingly evident paradigm shift in which the far-left is blending into fringe libertarian territory. I never thought it likely given libertarianism's small government, states' rights posture, but there it is.


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Kenneth Broberg, an international award-winning pianist, will tickle the ivories and entertain the audience at Lone Star College-Kingwood's Piano Recital Series. This is the second performance of the spring series.
Broberg, a University of Houston student, will play works of Beethoven, Ravel and Schumann on Feb. 26 at 7:30 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall. Admission is free.
"Mr. Broberg's concert will present himself as one of the up-and-coming superstars of the piano world to the Kingwood community. Kenneth is making quite a name for himself in national and international competitions, and we are excited to welcome him to our Recital Hall," said Jay Whatley, music professor at LSC-Kingwood.
A Minnesota native, Broberg began playing the piano at age six and for nine years, he studied with Dr. Joseph Zins. After high school, the 19-year-old accomplished pianist moved to Houston to study at University of Houston's Moores School of Music with Nancy Weems. Honing his skills, Broberg has worked with and or had master classes with many of the world's greatest artists such as Abbey Simon, Alessio Bax, Arie Vardi, Christopher O'Riley, Oxana Yablonskaya, Gilbert Kalish, Pavlina Dokovska and Miyoko Lotto.
"Kenneth is one of the most completely natural musicians I have ever had the pleasure to teach. His sensitivity, his incredible ear for color and sound, and his personal connection to every note that he plays all serve to make his performances compelling, touching, and memorable for his listeners. He is already an artist of the highest caliber," Weems said.
Broberg has earned many honors and awards. His accolades include first place at the Young Artist World Piano Festival Concerto Competition twice; bronze medal at the 62nd Wideman International Piano Competition and first place at the New Orleans Piano Institute Concerto Competition. Recently, he won honorable mention at the Jefferson Symphony International Young Artist Competition.
In addition to eight appearances as soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra, Broberg has played concertos with the New Orleans Civic Symphony, Southwest Minnesota Orchestra, Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra, and the Kenwood Symphony Orchestra. He also played concerti by Saint-Saens, Rachmaninov, Chopin, Mendelssohn and Mozart at the Young Artist World Piano Festival Orchestra. His solo appearances include two recitals for the prestigious concert series, "Salon Se Leve" in Minnesota and a guest solo recital at the 2012 Texas Music Festival's High School Piano Institute.
LSC-Kingwood's Piano Recital Series started in fall 2012 with concerts featuring performers of regional, national, and international renown performing in the Recital Hall.
"We began the Piano Recital Series to bring performers of the highest caliber to Kingwood, to enrich the lives of area residents, and to offer outstanding concert opportunities to the campus community. We are thrilled to feature our recently-acquired Yamaha CFX nine-foot grand piano, one of only 12 in the United States," Whatley said.
For more information on Broberg's performance or on LSC-Kingwood's Piano Recital Series, call 281-312-1709.
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Upcoming Committee Meetings:None scheduled
Superintendent's Recommendation for School Start TimesUpdated 4/7/15
Brenda Blackburn, division superintendent, provided herrecommendation for school start times to the school board on April 7. The presentation can be viewed online.
The superintendent's recommendation is as follows:
The school board is scheduled to vote on the recommendation at the April 21 school board meeting.
January 20 Presentation to School BoardUpdated 1/21/15
The School Start Time Committee made a presentation to the school board regarding their findings during their research regarding school start times.
January 12 Meeting SummaryUpdated 1/21/15
The committee met again on January 12 and reviewed the surveyresults, discussed its recommendation, and developed a presentation forthe Board. Additional resources were added to the School Start Timeswebsite regarding the Hamilton Project, research by Finley Edwards andsurvey results.
December 16 Presentation to School Board and Public ForumUpdated 12/19/14
The School Start Time Committee made a presentation to the school board prior to the public hearing on school start times. Thirteen community members spoke at the public forum.
December 4 Meeting SummaryUpdated 12/19/14
The School Start Time Committee met December 4, 2014. The committeereviewed website information and discussed the survey process. A brief PowerPoint presentationwas developed, which committee members will present at the Public Forumon December 16. Additionally, the committee created a comment formwhich will be available at the Public Forum. The committee will conveneagain on January 12 at 5:30 p.m. at the School Board Office.
November 20 Meeting SummaryUpdated 11/21/14
The second meeting of the School Start Time Committee was held onNovember 20, 2014. The committee reviewed possible school schedules andselected three options that were most feasible. Five surveys to gatherparent and student input were finalized and will be administered inDecember. Each survey is designed for a specific audience to includeelementary parents and staff, and secondary parents, staff, andstudents. A basic information/question sheet was developed to postonline. This sheet will include questions as well as links to research.The committee decided to post a You Tube video and all the informationwhich was reviewed during the first meeting in addition to theinformation sheet and research links. Procedures for the December 16thpublic forum were shared with the committee. The committee will meetagain on December 4, 2014 and January 12, 2015.
First Committee Meeting SummaryUpdated 11/14/14
The first meeting of the School Start Time Committee was held onNovember 6, 2014. Mrs. Blackburn welcomed the committee and then LoisGraham led the session. The session began with an introduction activitywhich demonstrated that committee members represent a cross-section ofMontgomery County to include all regions and multiple stakeholders.After reviewing roles, responsibilities, the resolution on school starttimes, and highlights of research the committee participated in twoactivities. In the first activity, four possible bus schedules wereprovided and comments on the advantages and concerns around each weregathered. This activity included an opportunity to provide suggestionsfor additional schedules and earliest acceptable pick-up times. In thesecond activity, committee members worked in small groups to review fivesurvey documents and provided suggestions for questions and revisions.The meeting concluded with a discussion about selection of research andbest methods for providing information for the stakeholders. Thecommittee received several research articles and links to research whichthey should review prior to the next meeting on November 20. Followingthe November 20 meeting, research will be posted on the MCPS website.
December 5th has also been reserved for a committee meeting and the Board will hear public comments on December 16th.
November 6 School Start Times Committee Presentation
First Committee Meeting HeldUpdated 11/7/14
The School Start Times Committee met on November 6, 2014. Committeemembers were provided with research about school start times as theyrelate to sleep patterns in children and discussed the pros and cons ofdifferent start time schedules.
A list of committee members is available online here.
November 6 Committee Documents
Superintendent Presents Committee ProposalUpdated 10/28/14
The superintendent presented a plan for moving forward with SchoolStart Times, including the creation of a committee and a timeline forcommittee activities and public input opportunities. This informationcan be found online here.
The Montgomery County School Board adopted a resolution on October 7,2014, asking the administration to research school start times. Theresolution specifically stated that it is the goal of the school boardto have middle and high school start times after 8:30 a.m. andelementary start times after 7:40 a.m. The timeline for this process isprovided below.
As the division moves through this process, input will be gathered from staff members, students and parents.
For additional information, the materials presented to the school board are availalbe online at the links below:
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A former girlfriend of O.J. Simpson has been sentenced to 45 days in jail after a reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors in Minnesota.
Thirty-eight-year-old Christie Prody, of Moorhead, was accused of stealing prescription pills from a Moorhead couple while she worked as an in-home nursing assistant.
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Prody's attorney, Ken Kludt, says Prody became addicted to methamphetamine and oxycodone.
Prody must also pay a $1,000 fine. She'll be on supervised probation for up to 10 years.
Prody had a 13-year relationship with Simpson after the NFL Hall of Famer was acquitted in the 1994 slaying of his ex-wife and her friend in Los Angeles.


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(ATLANTA – September 30, 2013) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 4 announces the completion of the second Five-Year Review of the remedy for the Aberdeen Pesticide Dumps Site located in Aberdeen, Moore County, North Carolina. In April 2013, the EPA conducted a five-year review of the remedies for contaminated soils and groundwater for the Aberdeen Pesticide Dumps Site.
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Summer blouse with carmen neckline
Added Aug 15, 2012
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Pusemuckel, Germany
This is one of my most favorite blouse patterns. So far I made two versions but I will definitely sew more.
There is one thing which should be mentioned: Please check the neckline width before you cut the pattern, to avoid slippiing off the shoulders. I myself used the pattern like it was… but I have really wide shoulders.
Ps: The fabric with the african print was given me from a friend who spent some time in africa – it is 30 (!) years since. I always loved the design, it reminds me on a july-apple. :D
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african blouse: cotton
yellow blouse: linen
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Aug 28, 2012, 07.30 PMby bussey
Love especially the African print one… it suits you perfectly! Peasant tops… today I've finished a recycled grocery bag! No sewing comparison possible, definitely!
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Sep 2, 2012, 06.32 AMby irmchen
Hi Bussey!
I am proud to be able to say that the African blouse is a recycled project! It was a curtain in its precious live! ♥
Aug 16, 2012, 12.06 AMby schnui
I love this top and the fabric you have used. I don't have wide shoulders, so I ended up putting a draw string into the neck edge made with the same fabric.
Aug 15, 2012, 09.01 PMby Mary Athey
Fab tops. i love both of them x
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BareMetal is an open source 64-bit OS for x86-64 based computers. It is written in Assembly, and applications can be written in Assembly or C/C++. It's aimed at three target segments (High Performance Computing, Embedded Applications, and Education). It's also designed to be simple, and it's really small. Under 16Kb small. Version 0.4.8 was released recently, which includes updates to the C application library, updated documentation, and better support for SMP. It's good to see some innovation in the startup/hobbyist OS space. We wish them well!


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Beginning in April, the Application Developers Alliance will host events nationwide for developers to learn about patents and share stories of Lodsys letters, legal strategies and litigation costs, and their ideas about software patent reform.
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I generally don't pay a lot of attention to company blogs; maybe I should.
I was sent a link today to Tim Hoechst's blog about the importance of good design. Hoechst is the chief technology officer of Agilex. He's also one of the 2011 CTO of the Year winners, an award given by Washington Technology and the Northern Virginia Technology Council.
Hoechst's gives a review of Bloomberg BusinessWeek's Design Guide, and how design can be "strategic, transformative and disruptive."
What I liked about Hoechst's blog today is that it tracks well with a blog I did after I visited Deloitte's HIVE in January.
I'm not going to rehash Hoechst's piece, or my own, but the point I was drawn to at Deloitte, and with Hoechst's blog, is that design isn't just about making something look good; it's about function. It's about bringing insights that couldn't be made before. It's about ease of use.
Deloitte talked about this, and Hoechst touches on it too. Good design can increase efficiency and lower costs.
A poorly designed interface, one that isn't intuitive to use and touch – this is the smartphone era after all – increases inefficiency and raises costs.
No one likes to use a clunker. It's hard to use, the user is frustrated, they need training, and costs begin to rise.
That's my good design epiphany. Read Hoechst's blog for some more.
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calling what? mikoto? to save hyouka? did hyouka come back after she disappear? And its from volume 13. One of the gruesome volumes of accelerator. Isn't it connected to last order?
And glad the translation is still coming. Hoping for more though I wish they will start from volume 7. The one after the anime.
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Nice hi-tech looking pitchforks.
Somehow New light reminds me of ITEM. They're magic side right?
*prepares huge shield*
Bring it :P
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wtf ..... nosebleed. Itsuwa is the best!
btw who's the guy second to the last picture? and is that aqua the one with the huge sword?
the 4 girls are the enemy in the previews volume right? then whats with the outfit of itsuwa?
why did she wear that? what just like kaori, just to make touma happy?
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She is an university student? Then the explains why she looks young. Wait what about the father? She doesn't look young with all the beard or mustache and all. ( Don't know which to called it ) And how about touma's parents? His mother is unexpected looking young too but his father is already bald ( though his also a woman magnet like touma ) Why does they have a great luck unlike our hero. Who's the materialization of bad luck. ( except for girls but maybe they are form of bad luck too )
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Is their any record for the characters of Index? Because this novel has tons of characters. A little bit of info for each character is helpful. And as for your theory its really disturbing. I mean Mikoto's dad need to be jailed for touching a minor. Really if misaka's family are together you can't tell the difference in age from mother and daughters. If you add the father its looks like the father and his daughters. ( adds the mom )
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I too would like a more detailed source of info for the Index-verse. Too bad the fandom isn't as accomplished as, say, Type-Moon in the English community, which has things like Fuyuki wiki: (http://tatari.110mb.com/fuyuki/index.htm) to smooth things out.
Well, during the Angel Fall incident, Touma seemed appalled by what he saw as lolicon tendencies from his father, and he also has the attentions of older girls, so I think he's safe there. And yeah, Mikoto's mother looks and behaves pretty much like a big sister from what little I've gathered of her.
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Tom Patrick with the Wildlife Resources Division and U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service biologist Jimmy Rickard recently planted four plugs
of the federally endangered mat-forming quillwort in rainwater pools
at the WMA's Eatonton Outcrop. For Wildlife Resources, this marked
the first time the primitive fern Isoetes tegetiformans has been
raised off-site and planted in the wild, said Patrick, a Nongame
Conservation Section botanist who grew the plugs in a baking dish.
The hope is the transplants flourish at the WMA along Lake Oconee.
Mat-forming quillwort is found worldwide only at eight sites in
Georgia. Piedmont granite outcrops, home to four federally protected
plants in all, are a priority habitat in Georgia's Wildlife Action
Plan. Yet, only a few are protected statewide. Heggie's Rock near
Appling, Stone Mountain and Arabia Mountain in DeKalb County are the
larger, better known sites that are being conserved.
Wildlife Resources' Game Management Section, which manages and owns
part of the 4,800-acre WMA, and Georgia Power, which owns the rest,
have signs warning visitors away from the outcrop's sensitive areas.
Patrick also praised Game Management's oversight. He has seen no sign
of disturbance at the site in recent months. Threats to outcrops and
the tiny but tough vegetation that clings to them include ATV,
mountain bike and foot traffic, all unauthorized.
The rainy winter and spring have been a boon for outcrops. The
seasonal pools at Eatonton Outcrop are blooming with life and color,
islands of vegetation on a landscape of rock.
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ST. CHARLES – Petting zoo owner Stacy Fiebelkorn of Elgin missed a 4:30 p.m. deadline without putting up $30,000 as required for the care of her impounded animals, so the animals are now forfeited.
A circuit clerk official confirmed that Fiebelkorn did not post any cash by the deadline. Her attorney, Jamie Wombacher, could not be reached for comment.
Kane County Associate Judge Elizabeth Flood had set the amount to pay for the continued care and feeding of more than 90 ill and malnourished animals that were impounded by Kane County Animal Control last month.
According to state law, an owner can be required to put up cash security to pay for animals that are under the care of animal control.
If cash is not posted within the required five days, the remaining animals would be forfeited "without further proceedings," Flood said in her ruling.
Fiebelkorn gave up the poultry, rabbits and most of the goats from her Mini Zoo Crew traveling petting zoo. But she fought the forfeiture of the remaining 30 animals, mostly horses and donkeys.
Flood already had ruled that she had to give up her llamas and alpacas because of their starved condition. The two goats Fiebelkorn did not want to give up are not included in the security bond because the law does not consider them as companion animals, Flood also ruled last week.
Kane County Animal Control is expected to file another petition by Monday, for additional cash security to pay for the animals' continuing care.
Fiebelkorn was charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty and neglect in connection with the condition of the animals in her care. Those charges are pending and scheduled for a hearing April 17.
Also scheduled for hearing that day is a motion by Wombacher seeking to limit officials' comments about the animals outside of court. The court papers assert that extensive coverage with comments would affect Fiebelkorn's right to a fair trial.
Also still pending is a request asking the judge to let Fiebelkorn rent six or seven ponies to Donley's Wild West Town, an amusement park in Union. Nicole Wessel, a veterinarian caring for the impounded animals at a farm near Maple Park, has said the ponies' condition still was too weak from being starved and malnourished to give children rides.


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Earlier this year Namco Bandai administrator shoupinou has urged fans of Dark Souls who want to see a PC version that they should take part in an online petition, and it seems that effort may be paying off as a leaked cover of German print magazine PC Action indicates that an enhanced version of the game, with added bosses, may be coming to PC in August.
Dark Souls breaks down barriers with a seamless world design that encourages exploration and fosters an adaptable gameplay experience. As players encounter terrifying enemies and discover new areas, the unerring foundation of challenge and reward permeates to offer an unparalleled sense of achievement.
Dark Souls, spiritual successor to PS3 exclusive Demon's Souls, also brings that game's uniquely challenging and rewarding style of gameplay to the Xbox 360 for the first time. Stricken by the curse of undead, gamers are abolished to the northern realms and must battle hideous demons and unimaginable monsters to collect souls and find the Eternal Flame of Life, which is losing its light, to survive and cure the curse of undead.
With tense dungeon crawling and fearsome enemy encounters, the seamlessly intertwined world of Dark Souls is full of extreme battles, rewarding challenges, nuanced weaponry and magic, and the flexibility to customize each character to suit any desired play style. The innovative online component allows gamers to draw from the collective experience of the Dark Souls community as they either help or sabotage each other on the journey through the Northern Realms to save the land from darkness. With a massive, seamless open world design, Dark Souls encourages deep exploration and an adaptable gameplay experience.
The Dark Souls Collector's Edition can be pre-ordered for $59.99, the same price as the standard edition, and will include a limited edition art book containing premium illustrations of characters and environments from the game, a mini-strategy guidebook, behind-the-scenes videos from the development studio detailing various stages of game concept, design and building, and the game's soundtrack for digital download. All of this will come packaged with the standard edition game in a custom-designed metal case.
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Your House: A Laser Cut Book by Olafur Eliasson
Conceived by Olafur Eliasson, Your House is a laser cut book that depicts the artist's Copenhagen home. In the book, comprised of 454 pages, each sheet is laser cut to scale, reflecting a negative space cross-section of the residence. From simple square windows to silhouettes of stairs and whole rooms, the resulting house tour is beautiful.
The limited-edition book was commissioned by the Library Council of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, New York. Your House was designed and realized at groenland.berlin by Michael Heimann and Claudia Baulesch, and the computer-aided modeling was created by Georg Sagurna. According to MOMA, of the edition of 225 copies, 140 were reserved for the members of the Library Council of The Museum of Modern Art and 85 were originally available for purchase at a price of $3,500. The edition is now out of print.
Olafur Eliasson, Your House, 2006 from Studio Olafur Eliasson on Vimeo.
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September 17, 1935 - January 17, 2013
Grahamsville, NY
Virgil L. Edwards of Grahamsville passed away on Thursday, January 17, 2013, quietly, at home. He was 77. He was the son of the late George Mckeen and Alice Jane Hunt Edwards, born on September 17, 1935 in Breezy Hill, Livingston Manor.
Virgil was a self-employed HVAC and electrical technician who found enjoyment in bowling. He was a member of the Grahamsville Fire Department for many years and a member of the Neversink Agricultural Society. Virgil was a huge fan of the New York Yankees and the New York Giants teams. In May of 1986 he married the love of his life, Sandra Holmes Edwards.
He leaves behind his devoted wife and best friend, Sandra Edwards; his siblings: John Edwards and his wife, Joan, and Alice Marie Edwards; and one brother-in-law, Chris Holmes and his companion, Alison and her daughter; many nieces and nephews and his feline friend, Lilly.
He was predeceased by his siblings: Theodore, Emanuel, Vernon, Theodora Edwards and Bertha Blair.
Visitation will be on Monday, January 21, 2013 at Colonial Memorial Funeral Home, 396 State Route 52, Woodbourne, NY 12788 from 10 to 11 a.m. A Firematic Service will begin at 11 a.m. at the funeral home, followed by a funeral service; Rev. Bob Kersten will officiate. Interment will be held at Grahamsville Rural Cemetery, Grahamsville, NY.
Arrangements were under the direction of Colonial-Bryant Funeral Homes and Cremation Services; for further information please call 845-434-7363 or visit our website at www.colonialbryantfuneralhome.com


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Identity Crisis
Lauren Becker
January 17, 2007
Not long ago, while researching a talk for Darwin Day, I came across an article by Steve Silberman called "The Fully Immersive Mind of Oliver Sacks." It seemed unrelated to my task, but I soon realized that Sacks and Silberman could help me get a better understanding of the cultural controversy over evolution and find an even greater appreciation for the gift of Darwin's grand idea.
Dr. Oliver Sacks is probably best known for his book, The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, a collection of case histories exploring an amazing variety of neurological experiences. Each story describes patients struggling to live with conditions such as Tourette's Syndrome, autism, musical hallucination, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer's disease. In his writings, we discover remarkable people: a Tourettes patient who becomes a successful surgeon, an Autistic patient who flourishes as a doctor and engineer, a painter who sees more when he loses his color vision.
At a time when diagnosis was the end goal of clinical studies, Silberman explains that Dr. Sacks went beyond the naming of a disease to figure out how patients might survive it, how they might go on living despite the chaos in their minds. Faced with a new and challenging condition, how could they discover an identity in a world completely changed by their disorder? Each story is a triumph of understanding, acceptance, growth, and adaptation. By digging deep into the mind, reforming and retraining functions of the brain and by mastering new skills, Sacks showed how patients could redefine their existence and become whole again. In some ways patients became even more "well" than before they got sick. Along the way, he discovered that the act of recovering one's own story was in itself a form of healing.
We all know that Darwin and his ideas of 'descent with modification' and 'natural selection' caused problems from the very beginning. The implications of his research seemed to say that man might be descended from monkeys. This was heresy against the well-established truth of the day: namely, that man was the child of God, created in His image, special and set apart from earthly life. Monkeys? Ridiculous! Who does he think he is? Who does he think we are?
Of course, Darwin was not the first scientist to challenge the status quo.
Johannes Kepler discovered mathematical consistency in the music of the spheres. He found patterns in what had been thought a formless void and gave us the first inkling that the mysteries of the universe might actually be knowable. So now there's a pattern, but the heavenly ether was still separate from the four baser elements of nature: air, fire, earth, and water — until Isaac Newton demolished the artificial boundary between the 'heavenly' and the 'earthly'. The apple and the moon are indeed made of the same stuff and therefore fall for the same reasons. With the heavens no longer an unknowable mystery and no longer set apart from earth, the stage was set for Darwin to show us we are no longer made of god, but, rather, of earthly matter.
So what's the matter with matter?
The most recent attacks against Darwin and evolution have come from a group of Creationism/Intelligent Design advocates housed at the Discovery Institute in Seattle, Washington; a group formally known as The Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture. Like many faithful people before them, their identity is defined by God - bound up in his attention and love. Their relationship with God defines meaning for their lives and brings purpose to their existence. So each time scientific research pushes humanity another step further away from special creation, they attack science for diminishing man's relationship with God. For faithful believers, science causes an identity crisis. It creates a disorder and becomes a source of mental chaos and worldly confusion.
Current publications reveal their anxiety and their coping mechanism: a wedge strategy to "defeat scientific materialism and its destructive moral, cultural, and political legacies; to replace materialist explanations with the theistic understanding that nature and human beings are created by God."
But here's the thing: thanks to Darwin, we now understand that we are material beings, made of matter and part of the earth, an animal species among millions, part chance, part natural selection, and just the most recent iteration of bipeds to grace the planet.
With humanity now removed from the comfort of a special hallowed ground at the right hand of God, many blame Darwin for bringing about a sort of cultural depression and degradation, a nihilistic decline in morals and morale. Without a heavenly father and the meaning he brings to life, we must be just orphans, left alone, adrift, and without direction.
In fact, the opposite is true. Kepler gave us direction. Newton gave us force. And Darwin gave us company — 6 billion cousins! Every day should be a big family reunion.
Darwin has given us our diagnosis: Matter. We are of the earth. We are not special creations, but part of a vast continuum of life. No longer children of god, we are children of nature. This is our condition. But if this new understanding is a disorder, if it has caused an identity crisis, then science, too, offers relief.
How do we find a new identity in a world so utterly changed? How might we go on living despite Darwin's diagnosis? Remember Dr. Sacks. We know we have an innate capacity for recovery and growth, creativity and adaptation, the very adaptation that has enabled us to come this far.
Darwin's work was and is a shot across the bow because it challenges our cherished beliefs — our definitions both of god and of ourselves. As Adam Phillips explained in his book, Darwin's Worm, because of Darwin, we must rebuild our identity and retool our hopes. But also because of Darwin, we know we can. He has given us our story, but it is not a nightmare of a meaningless existence. Darwin tells us stories about what keeps life going.
If the reality of evolution cuts too deep, Darwin has given us the freedom to discover our own story and thereby begin to heal. We might even become more well than before we became sick. Far from crisis and despair, the hope and promise of Darwin is that the world we live in is made more livable because of his description of it. By sharing his stories of human nature, we discover who we truly are, prepare for transformation, and come back to life.


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Staten Island, NY – Fr. Frank Pavone of Priests for Life announced today the release of "iPFL," a new iPhone app available in the iTunes store for clergy and others who want to have liturgical resources that emphasize the pro-life message.
Priests for Life is among the very first groups to create a pro-life app for the iPhone. You can find it by looking up "pro-life" or "Priests for Life" on the iTunes store. This app provides for each Sunday of the year, for all three cycles, the following information:
- Homily hints related to pro-life themes in the readings
- A set of General Intercessions
- A paragraph for inclusion in that Sunday's bulletin
Fr. Pavone said, "This is the first of several apps we will create; the second is now in the works and will be a pro-life reflection for every day."
For more information, see www.priestsforlife.org/prolifeliturgicalresources.


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Are They Ice Cream or Flowers? Pretty Table Centerpieces for an Ice Cream Party
As summer gets underway, there will be lots of reasons to decorate the table: birthdays, holidays, barbecues. This one's a cute idea that conjures a cool treat:
All of these arrangements are made with none other than the humble carnation, which is used to simulate scoops of ice cream (or the ribbon-y billows of whipped cream fluffed on top of a sundae). We love each of these versions, from "ice cream" floats in parfait glasses to "scoops" in paper cones.
Related: Easy Entertaining with Ice Cream: 9 Ways to Dress up a Scoop
(Images: Martha Stewart Living, Lotushaus, Simply Entertaining at Home, Party Like Paula)


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The small-body Grand Concert debuted in 1984 to meet the needs of a new wave of adventurous acoustic fingerstyle players. In contrast to the traditionally darker, boomier voices of bigger body styles like dreadnoughts and jumbos, the GC's compact size and tapered waist kept the overtones in check. It was also more comfortable to play while sitting down, and the guitar's slightly wider neck gave players more room for complex fingerings. The GC's smaller sonic footprint also fit cleanly in a mix with other instruments when tracking in the studio and with a band on stage, making it a useful tool for professional session and side players. The current generation of GC models continues to accommodate fingerstylists with finger-friendly traits like a shorter 24 7/8-inch scale length, which makes fretting easier and adds a slightly slinkier feel on the strings due to the lighter string tension. If you feel more comfortable with a small body or favor controlled overtones, a Grand Concert is a great option.
Tropical Mahogany
Origin: Central and South America
Mahogany is a good wood to anchor a discussion of tones, as a lot of other wood tones can be described in relation to it. Its essential sonic profile is well represented in the midrange frequencies. Acoustic guitars in general tend to live in the midrange portion of the sound spectrum, but mahogany in particular displays a lot of midrange character. That thick, present midrange sound is sometimes described in guitar circles as meaty, organic or even "chewy" - wherever a player digs in on the fretboard, they're tapping into the core of the harmonic content of what a guitar produces. Those great midrange frequencies produce overtones that stack up and produce bloom, giving the sound extra girth. When one hears the resulting harmonics, the "chewy" tone serves up a big mouthful of midrange. As a popular tonewood for many decades, mahogany has been used on scads of old school acoustic recordings, and that sonic heritage carries across various strains of roots music, from blues to folk to slack key.
Goes well with: A broad range of players and musical styles; people who like a well-balanced tone, nice dynamic range and a healthy serving of overtones. Blues and other rootsy players tend to respond well to mahogany's midrange character. A smaller body mahogany guitar (GC or GA) might appeal to fingerstyle players, whereas more aggressive flatpickers might opt for a mahogany Dreadnought or GS. For versatility, a mahogany GA is a good bet. Because of mahogany's midrange, a player with "dark hands" will tend to sound darker on a mahogany guitar. A bright player will sound slightly less bright.
Expression System 2
The Taylor Expression System 2 (ES2) is a revolutionary pickup design that delivers the latest in Taylor's ongoing innovation in acoustic guitar amplification. The heart of the Expression System 2 is Taylor's proprietary behind-the-saddle pickup (patent pending), which features three uniquely positioned and individually calibrated pickup sensors. The location of the sensors enables a more dynamic range of acoustic sound to be captured than ever before. Together with Taylor's custom-designed "professional audio"-grade preamp, this system produces exceptional amplified tone and responsiveness. On stage through a PA, plugged into your favorite acoustic amplifier, or direct into recording software, the Expression System 2 faithfully conveys the voice of your Taylor guitar.
Behind the ES2 Design: Rethinking the Piezo Pickup
For decades, piezo-electric transducers have been positioned under the saddle of a guitar based on the long-held belief that the string and top vibration cause the saddle to "bounce" up and down. But Taylor's electronics team, led by developer David Hosler, discovered that the vertical movement is actually heavily restricted, and that the saddle gets "locked down" due to the string tension's downward pressure. That's why a traditional under-saddle pickup with piezo-electric crystals often responds with a sound often characterized as thin, brittle, brash or synthetic, especially with more aggressive playing.
The saddle's natural range of movement as the guitar is being played is actually back and forth like a pendulum. That revelation led Taylor's design team to relocate the crystals from under the saddle to behind it. The new positioning enables the crystals to respond more naturally to the guitar's energy as it is transferred through the saddle. Three pickup sensors are installed behind the saddle, through the bridge, with three tiny Allen screws that calibrate the position of the sensors in relation to the saddle.
Like the original Expression System, the ES2 features the same volume and tone control knobs. The preamp is similar but with a slightly different gain structure. As a result it will be about 25 percent hotter, which is more in line with other pickups. This makes it plug-and-play friendly both for artists and live sound mixers.
- Shape: 12-fret Grand Concert
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- Binding: Tortoise
- Fretboard Wood: Ebony
- Fretboard Inlay: Deco Diamonds
- Headstock Overlay: Indian Rosewood
- Bridge Inlay: None
- Bridge Pins: Ebony with Abalone Dots
- Nut & Saddle: Tusq
- Tuners: Taylor Gold
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- Neck Finish: Satin
- Cutaway: None
- Pickguard: Tortoise
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