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Vermont's heroin fight into 2nd year; results mixed
BURLINGTON, Vt. — The two men from Brooklyn entered the federal courtroom in Burlington, Vt., one afternoon this spring wearing handcuffs and accompanied by federal marshals.
In quick order, Thomas Parker, 35, and Tyshawn Mack, 39, pleaded not guilty to heroin trafficking conspiracy charges and were escorted to jail, where they likely will remain until their cases are resolved.
Parker and Mack were following a path well worn over the past year by individuals suspected of peddling heroin in Vermont.
In the past 15 months, Vermont has been on a mission to quell a growing heroin addiction problem in the state.
The effort has involved busting up drug rings importing heroin to the state, vastly expanding opiate addiction treatment programs with collaboration of treatment hubs and local doctors and arming cops and ambulance workers with a drug that can reverse the effects of an opiate overdose.
In January, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin devoted his entire State of the State message to the Legislature to the heroin problem and what to do about it.
"In every corner of our state, heroin and opiate drug addiction threatens us," Shumlin told the lawmakers. "It requires all of us to take action before the quality of life that we cherish so much is compromised."
Shumlin won praise for his speech, but heroin remains a dark cloud hanging over the state's pristine environment and New England charm.
"I feel we're at midstream in this problem," says Tristram Coffin, the U.S. attorney for Vermont. "There's clearly more work to do. We're not looking for a complete solution. We're looking to get this back to a manageable level."
By raw statistics, the results of Vermont's first-year efforts are mixed.
• The state's per capita rate for people being treated for heroin and opiate addiction is the second highest in the country.
• The number of people federally indicted on heroin charges in 2013 more than doubled, from 31 to 73, a pace of prosecution that has slackened only slightly in 2014. Many, like Parker and Mack, are from elsewhere and suspected of bringing heroin into Vermont from places like New York City, Philadelphia and Chicago.
• In state courts, there were 220 convictions in 2013 involving heroin-related cases, up from 106 in 2012, according to the Vermont Center for Justice Research.
"We're working hard to limit supply," Coffin says of the sale of heroin. "The problem is, as long as there is demand there are people out there trying to fulfill it."
Vermont is a particularly attractive market for heroin traffickers. A bag of heroin costs $6 in New York City. In Vermont, the same bag can go for up to $30.
The state's new "hub-and-spokes" treatment program, a network of regional centers and local doctors providing medication-assisted care for recovering addicts, opened a new regional center in hard-hit Rutland and upgraded three other "hubs." The system has helped reduce the statewide waiting list for treatment, once well over 900, to 630 this spring.
"For every person who comes into treatment, there's someone else who is replacing them on the list," says Barbara Cimaglio, the state Health Department's deputy commissioner. "We're trying to figure out just how many people are out there needing treatment. At some point, we intend to meet that demand."
The state is struggling to find enough "spokes," or hometown primary care doctors, willing to take on care of patients who complete the "hub" phase of recovery. The number of "spokes" doctors increased by one in 2013, from 137 to 138.
"It's a tough population for doctors to take on who are already busy with their primary care patients," says Aaron French, deputy commissioner for the Department for Health Access. "You're talking about a very complex patient."
More than 100 people also are involved in the state's three, much-touted adult drug treatment courts. That's slightly less than a year ago, due to staffing problems at two of the courts, says Karen Gennett, the drug court's program manager.
The drug court allows addicts to get some non-violent drug charges dismissed if they successfully complete treatment and counseling requirements. Half of them do, Gennett says, and their relapse rate is lower than for those who don't go through the program.
Fatal heroin-related overdoses more than doubled from nine in 2012 to 21 in 2013, state data show. Fatal prescription opiate overdoses climbed from 46 to 50 during the same period. That overdose rate shows little sign of abating.
Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington, the state's largest hospital, announced in late April that nine people who had overdosed on heroin were brought in for treatment in one day. He said it typically takes two months for the hospital to treat that many overdoses.
All nine survived, but several needed multiple doses of the emergency naxolene treatment, says Stephen Leffler, the hospital's chief medical officer.
"They would wake up after a shot and then get sleepy again, because whatever was inside them was still affecting them," Leffler says.
Meanwhile, the impact of Shumlin's blunt speech about the state's heroin problem continues to be felt inside the state and beyond.
Reporters from as disparate media outlets as Rolling Stone and the Australian Broadcasting Corp. have weighed in on Vermont's heroin problem.
In its April edition, Rolling Stone magazine published a story accompanied by a picture of Vermont's iconic maple syrup can with its iconic wintry drawing altered to show a sugarmaker sitting on a tree stump injecting heroin into his arm.
Shumlin, in a statement, called the image "disappointing and hurtful."


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i have always veered towards the bittersweet. i've never been one to shy away from wearing my heart on my sleeve. so i appreciate heartfelt things, especially art. but please make no mistake, i'm no sap. nope. i tend to like sardonicly sweet things. loveliness w/ a bit of a twist. a wink, if you will. so it's no big surprise that i absolutely am in love w/ rob ryan's paper cuts. his work is sweet and tender but slightly sad and quirky, my fav. scenes such as falling leaves against a chain link fence that say "as long as it takes. i'll wait here forever for you.". or high heel brogues (such a stylish lad!) that say "everything i do for you & i don't ever want to stop." ugh, it just makes my heart jump. so sweet and insane. how adorable.
here are a few of his paper cuts that i absolutely love. i have been watching rob for a few years and actually corresponded w/ him a while back about doing an international sticker exchange. we'd start small, just he and i! ha! i never got around to it...but that hasn't stopped me from keeping an eye on his work. now he has an etsy store and a blog!
make sure you click on the photos, they will open up into another page and you can see the true beauty. also be sure to take a good look at tatty devine's wedding dress that rob designed lazer cut wonderfulness that was hand sewn on! so gorgeous.
i found this last minute and had to add it. it's a commissioned piece for the lyric theatre hammersmith. watership down is one of my favorite books.

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Probate of Wills
Before the probate procedure is initiated it is necessary to determine whether there is a need to probate the Will. A Will does not need to be entered into probate if there are no assets in the decedent's name solely at the time of death. In some instances where there are no assets in the decedent's name solely a family may wish to put a closure to the death and may file the Will with the Surrogate's Court for a filing fee of $5 per page. The cost of probate of the Will is $100 for the first two pages and $5 for each additional page, and $5 for each short certificate. The Will is assigned a docket number and is public record.
If the decedent has assets solely in his/her name at the time of death then the Will must be probated regardless of the value of the estate. You probate in order for the named executor in the Will to be given the authority to transfer the assets both real and personal to the estate.
It is necessary at the outset to ascertain certain information in order to probate the Will.
(See Information Sheet For Probate)
- Check the death certificate to determine which Surrogate's Court the probate will be entered. The probate proceeding must be filed in the county where the decedent resided at the time of death.
- Check the Will to be sure that it is the original Will, not a conformed or plain copy. Only an original Will may be entered into probate by the Surrogate's Court.
- Determine who the named executor is in the Will and whether he/she/they will qualify.
- Check to see if the Will is "self-proved" (N.J.S.A. 3B:3-4). If not, a witness needs to be located to execute a Proof of Witness.
- List all the assets solely in the decedent's name in order to determine the number of short certificates that will be requested.
- List all immediate next of kin with names, addresses and ages, if minors. If there are any deceased next-of-kin then their issue must be named.
The probate of a Will can not occur until the 11th day from the date of death. The procedure may be initiated in the Surrogate's Court earlier but the issuance of short certificates will not occur until the 11th day. This 10-day period allows for the filing of a caveat by an heir at law or beneficiary in a prior last Will.
The probate process is initiated with the presenting of the original Will together with a certified copy of the death certificate and list of heirs at law to the Surrogate by the named executor. If the purported Will is adjudicated to be valid then the Application for Probate, an Authorization to Accept Service of Process, Executor Qualification and Child Support Verification are prepared by the Surrogate for signature by the Executor.
The executor will sign the Application for Probate in which he/she has asked the Surrogate to pass on the validity of the Will and to file it with the Superior Court. This application contains information on the executor and the heirs at law. The heirs at law and those persons who would have inherited if the decedent died intestate (with no Will). This allows for any of the listed heirs at law to contest the probate if cause arises even if not a named beneficiary in the Will. In 2009 an additional section was placed on the application known as Ronnie's Law (N.J.S.A.3B:15-1(i)(1-4). Any person applying to be appointed executor of an estate must post a bond in cases where a beneficiary is developmentally disabled unless an exemption in the law applies. The exemptions are as follows: (1) If there is a court appointed guardian of the person and/or property of the developmentally disabled person no bond is required (2) If the person seeking the appointment is a family member within the third degree of consanguinity to the developmentally disabled person no bond is required and (3) if the total value of the estate does not exceed $ 25,000.00 no bond is required.
Before an executor can perform his/her duties, an Authorization To Accept Service of Process (Power of Attorney) must be executed in favor of the Surrogate empowering the Surrogate to accept service of process in any case in which the fiduciary, in his/her capacity as such, is a party. If someone sues the estate and personal service cannot be effected, service of process may be made upon the Surrogate. The Surrogate must mail a copy of the process to the fiduciary.
The executor must sign the Executor Qualification stating that he/she will administer the estate according to law. He /she will accept the position of executor, bring all assets into the estate, pay out all liabilities from the assets, follow the directions of the Will and present an accounting of the estate when required by law.
Under N.J.S.A. 3B:3-4 a Will prepared after 1978 should be "self-proved". This means that there is certain language at the end of the Will in which the testator and two witnesses attest that the instrument is a Last Will and Testament, the testator is over 18 years of age, of sound mind and under no undue constraint in signing this instrument. An Attorney at Law or Notary Public must swear and subscribe to this. A Will properly self-proved may be admitted to probate without further proof of proper execution.
When a Will is not "self-proved" one of the witnesses must appear before the Surrogate to execute a Proof of Witness. If the witness to the Will is outside the county or the state at the time of probate, proof of the execution of the Will must be submitted by deposition of the witness. At the time of application, the Surrogate will order a commission to another Surrogate (in state) or notary public (out of state) to take oath of the witness to the Will in the jurisdiction where the witness is located. A copy of the Will with an Order signed by the Surrogate requesting the deposition of the witness and the Proof of Witness form are sent to the person commissioned. The deposition of the witness is then taken under oath and certified by the person commissioned. The Proof of Witness is returned to the Surrogate.
In the case where both witnesses are deceased and the Will is not "self-proved" the signatures of both of the witnesses and the Testator must be proved by affidavit of persons who can identify the signature. One person may prove the signature of both witnesses.
When the Will is properly proven the Surrogate will enter a Judgment Admitting Will To Probate and issue Letters Testamentary which certifies the Will and is the authorization for the executor to act on behalf of the estate.
The Surrogate will also issue an Executor Short Certificate which the executor uses as proof of his/her authority to transfer or sell assets of the deceased. The number of short certificates requested will depend upon the number of institutions or agencies in which an asset needs to be dealt with for transferring the asset to the estate. The assets are those that are solely in the decedent's name.
The Surrogate's Court no longer has statutory authority to enter an Order Limiting Creditor. Pursuant to N.J.S.A.3:22-4 creditors of the decedent need present their claims to the executor in writing and under oath within nine months from the date of the decedent's death. If a claim is not presented to the executor within the nine months from the date of the death, the executor is not liable to the creditor with respect to any assets which the executor may have delivered or paid in satisfaction of any lawful claims before the presentation of the claim.
After the Will has been entered into Probate, the executor must within 60 days of the date of the probate give Notice of Probate (R.4:80-6) to all beneficiaries under the Will and to all persons who would have inherited by intestacy (those next of kin listed on the Application For Probate). The notice in writing will state that the Will has been probated, the place and date of probate, the name and address of the executor and a statement that a copy of the Will shall be furnished upon request. A proof of mailing must be filed with the Surrogate within ten days thereof. If the names and addresses of any of those persons are not known, or cannot by reasonable inquiry be determined, then a Notice of Probate of the Will must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county naming or identifying those persons as having a possible interest in the probate estate. If by the terms of the Will property is devolved to a present or future charitable use or purpose, like notice and a copy of the Will must be mailed to the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey.
The executor is required to pay the debts of the decedent and any taxes due, to perform a Child Support Judgment search on each beneficiary, to make distribution to the beneficiaries, and if required, to provide an accounting of his/her administration of the estate. An informal accounting may be requested by creditors or beneficiaries named under the Will and should not be requested until one year from date of probate (N.J.S.A. 3B:17-2) unless good cause exists for a sooner accounting. If the executor refuses to comply with the request, an action may be brought in the Superior Court Probate Part to compel a formal accounting.
The Surrogate may not act when (1) a caveat is filed before entry of the judgment (2) a doubt arises on the face of the Will or a copy of the Will is presented (3) a non-resident's Will is offered for probate and has no assets in that county (4) the Surrogate certifies the case to be one of doubt or difficulty; or (4) a dispute arises as to any matter.
If the Will presented for probate has not been properly executed or the witnesses cannot be located and/or proper execution cannot be proven the Surrogate will deny probate of a Will and enter an Order of Doubt or Difficulty. The matter will then be addressed by the Superior Court Chancery Division Probate Part upon filing of a Verified Complaint and Order To Show Cause. A Superior Court judge will then determine whether the Will may be entered into probate.
If, after a Will has been probated, another Will of a later date is found or if, after letters of administration have been granted, the existence of a Will is discovered, a Verified Complaint and Order To Show Cause must be filed with the Superior Court Chancery Division Probate Part. If on the return date, any person in interest contests the admission to probate of the after-discovered Will, the procedure followed is that of any other Will contest. If no contest is lodged, the later Will is proven before the Court. The estate will then be administered and distributed according to the terms of the after-discovered Will.
It should be noted that all papers that are filed with the Superior Court-Probate Part are filed with the Surrogate's office. The Surrogate is acting in his/her capacity as the Deputy Clerk of that Court, Chancery Division, Probate Part.
Succeeding executor occurs when a prior executor who had qualified has died and not completed his/her responsibilities as executor.


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News anchors freak out when earthquake hits
News anchors normally are cool under pressure, nobly reporting stories of tragedy and joy with equal composure.
That's why it's really fun to watch them freak out on live TV.
When a magnitude-4.4 earthquake hit Los Angeles this morning during a local KTLA broadcast, host Chris Schauble pointed at the ceiling, looked directly at the camera and said "Earthquake! We're having an earthquake!"
Then he and his co-host Megan Henderson dove under the newsdesk.
They emerged seconds later to say everything was fine and, of course, to find out more about the disturbance.
It looked like a scary moment and we applaud their quick reflexes! After all, it serves as a good reminder for viewers of what to do in an earthquake. But, since everyone was ultimately safe, it also made for a good laugh.


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BALTIMORE — According to a new study led by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, there are several factors that contribute to children missing immunization visits.
The findings will be reported in a platform presentation at 8:30 a.m. ET on Tuesday, May 5, 2009, at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting here.
"We know that approximately 20 percent of our nation's young children are under-immunized, and previous research has identified many sociodemographic factors, such as lacking insurance or a usual source of care, that may lead to under-immunization. What we wanted to look at were families who actually had a place to go — their child has a health care provider — but they missed one or more immunization appointments," said the lead investigator, Melissa Stockwell, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of clinical pediatrics and population family health at Columbia University's College of Physicians & Surgeons and Mailman School of Public Health, medical director of the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Immunization Registry (EzVAC) and a pediatrician at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital.
"What we have identified are small steps that health care providers can take to improve keeping immunization appointments — such as talking with parents about the importance of immunizations, having open lines of communication with them, and making it easier for parents to schedule/reschedule appointments. We believe that the first step is making providers aware that how their clinic or office is set up can affect compliance with appointments — such as how long it takes to make an appointment or how rescheduling requests are processed," added Dr. Stockwell.
Dr. Stockwell and her research team surveyed the parents of 705 children under the age of three about immunization experiences. The interviews (conducted in both English and Spanish) took place at community health centers, hospital-based clinics, private practices, and community-based organizations in the Washington Heights, Harlem, Bronx, Upper East Side, and Upper West Side areas of New York City.
Parents who had to reschedule an appointment were found to be nearly four times as likely to miss their child's immunization appointment; those who had problems scheduling an appointment were also more likely to miss an appointment. Doubting the importance of vaccines made a parent more than three times as likely to miss appointments. Parents who reported difficulty communicating with their child's healthcare provider were nearly three times as likely to miss their child's scheduled immunization appointment.
A significant association was found between missed visits and under-immunization. Children whose parents reported missing an immunization visit were 2.5 times more likely to have been under-immunized (confirmed by parent-held immunization records, medical record or immunization registry).
"To remedy this situation, educational campaigns about the importance of immunization could help counter misperceptions about the benefits of these important protections against these potentially life-threatening, communicable diseases," said Dr. Stockwell. "Another possible solution may be the availability of online tools to help parents track their child's immunizations and give parents personal information about what immunizations their child needs and when they are due."
Online Management Tool Designed to Facilitate Immunizations:
One example is an online immunization management tool that will be available to patients and their families through NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital's new personal health record portal, myNYP.org. (Introduced earlier this month, myNYP.org gives patients the ability to select and store personal medical information generated during their doctor and hospital visits at NewYork-Presbyterian.) Dr. David Vawdrey, from the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia, Dr. Stockwell and colleagues at the Hospital worked with Microsoft to create the myNYP.org Immunization Management Tool, a personal immunization tracking and reminder program.
"This technology will give parents a powerful tool to ensure their child is current on their immunizations, making it easy to learn about the timing of various immunizations and their importance. In addition, using the myNYP.org Immunization Management Tool, they will also be able to print their child's immunization records — something that can be useful for fulfilling school requirements," says Dr. Stockwell.


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MONTVILLE — A month after interviewing a candidate for the Zoning Board of Appeals before approving him, the Town Council voted against making the practice mandatory for all appointments.
A vote to have the council interview all applicants for boards, agencies, commissions, or the council "as a precondition for appointment to determine good moral character" failed 6-1. Tom McNally, who introduced the measure, was the one supporting vote.
Councilor Chuck Longton said the Town Charter outlines how to fill vacancies on the council, and it would not be possible to adopt the proposed amendment to the council's rules and procedures without changing the charter. Jon Chase, a Montville attorney, said the proposal was vague and could present problems in the future.
"It's hard enough finding people for these positions without having them worry that they're going to be put on trial for their moral character," he said.
McNally said the proposal would bring consistency to the procedure. He was one of the councilors opposed to a proposal last month to interview Joseph Aquitante for the Zoning Board of Appeals before appointing him.
Some councilors said they wanted to know more about the candidate before approving the appointment. The decision upset some Republicans, who said it was standard procedure for the council to approve the political committee recommendations to fill vacancies.
"I left it vague for a reason," McNally said. "I think we're intelligent enough to determine moral character by interviewing them."
Aquitante was unanimously named to the zoning board last week after a short interview in an executive session at an earlier meeting.


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The Raspberry Pi's are now shipping in volume and are gradually spreading. The site at raspberrypi.org has links to a map showing the spread worldwide. This post is being edited from a Pi on my desk and using Midori as a lightweight browser.
After all the hype: it works, it runs Debian Squeeze well and can update from Debian apt repositories. Graphics drivers are non-free but I'd hope there would be a way to work together with the development team to get them put into the non-free repositories.
Blogger doesn't like the browser and suggests an update to Google Chrome but that's life, I suppose :(
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Astronomy has been nourishing since as early as Babylonian, Egyptian and Greek civilizations and today it has yielded a great portion of intellect enabling the humans to reach beyond their own horizons far beyond what anybody could possibly imagine. In presence it's a foreseen attempt that all the countries trying to make their way ahead in the space science, whereas there's no exception in Sri Lanka as well. In such a context, the Mathematical & Astronomical Society based in University of Colombo can be introduced as an alliance of such likeminded students, bonded together in the ties of science.
The eminent Sri Lankan astronomers Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe and Professor V K Samaranayake took the initiative in founding this society back in 1959, playing the roles of very first president and the secretary. This move can be referred to as the first scientific collaboration towards astronomy in Sri Lanka. Further, Professor L S R Wijewardena & Professor Valentine Joseph were prominent members of the society and today senior lecturer Dr. Chandana Jayaratne serves as the senior adviser.
The society conducts occasional observation camps, regular series of lectures and other astronomy activities both for university undergraduates as well as school students upon request. Moreover the official website http://uocmas.info is kept updated on recent news plus educational material so that visitors are equipped with some knowhow on astronomy. Mathematical & Astronomical Society also has in its possession the Molesworth telescope which is a telescope with 32 cm, thought to be the largest telescope in Sri Lanka during time of its owner major P B Molesworth. Currently the scope is housed in the small observatory / dome near the university grounds.
It is with great pleasure we inform you that arrangements have been made for a similar attempt in this year as well under the name 'Star Quest 2011' to be held on 07th of May 2011 at the university premises. Mathematical & Astronomical Society extends an open invitation to all the school-based astronomy clubs, whereby interested clubs/ societies may apply with as teams representing their entity. More information can be obtained from www.starquest.uocmas.info and through following contacts.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. -- San Jose State has hired Boise State associate coach Dave Wojcik as its new head basketball coach.
Athletic director Gene Bleymaier announced Friday that Wojcik would succeed George Nessman, who was fired after seven seasons.
Wojcik spent the past three seasons at Boise State, helping the Broncos reach the NCAA tournament this season. This will be his first head coaching job.
Wojcik has extensive experience as an assistant, working at schools such as James Madison, Loyola of Maryland, Xavier, Navy, Dayton and Wake Forest.
Wojcik has a five-year contract with San Jose State.


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I went with my husband and a friend to the first-ever "Genealogy Night" sponsored together by the city's genealogical societies and the Irish Society of the National Capital Region. Unfortunately, our camera was not working last night, so there aren't any pictures.
We were a bit late but arrived in time to join several dozen interested people hear the last of the talk given by Kyle Browness of the Library and Archives Canada. He talked about how the Library and Archives Canada (LAC) has taken the initiative by putting on the Irish Studies Symposia of 2006 and 2008 at www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/irish-history and also by visiting The Shamrock and the Maple Leaf, which contains photos, letters, books, and music on the website at www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ireland.
He talked about how they have put the full symposia onsite. You can go to the website and choose over 40 or so presentations to read, to listen to, or watch them on video.
Kyle said that the music content in The Shamrock and the Maple Leaf will triple over the summer, and that the photos on Flickr.com have doubled since they were first put on in November, 2008.
He also noted that the response to all of these resources that the LAC has put on the Internet has been good, and they are very hopeful that this reaction will continue in the future.
He said they did this because the presenters want everyone to share in the knowledge that was extended during the two days of each of the symposiums about Irish-Canada, which covered a wide range of topics. They are important to family history researchers because they give a historical context to Ireland and to the Irish-Canadian immigration.
Tomorrow, I will cover the first of the talks given by Mike More, the Chairman of the Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society. And the day after, I will cover the presentations given by Brian Glenn of the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa and Lesley Anderson of Ancestry.ca.


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Aloysius C. 'Al' Pawlowicz, Co-Owner of Pizzaland, Dies at 49
I am sad to report the death of Aloysius C. "Al" Pawlowicz, the co-owner of, and pizzamaker at, Pizzaland, the pizzeria immortalized in the opening credits of the Sopranos. Pawlowicz made me some of the most memorable, unique and downright delicious pizza that I have had. He suffered a heart attack and died on October 28, 2010, which must seem somewhat ironic to those that knew him, as he clearly had a huge heart. But considering that he worked upward of 12-hour days, often seven days a week, the result is perhaps not so surprising. Pawlowicz put his heart and soul in his pizza, and it showed, but more important, he was dedicated to his family, which he talked about proudly and lovingly while he served his "old fashioned"–style pies.
At the beginning of October I noticed a comment by Slice reader atown mjm on my review of Pizzaland which I think pretty much summed up the type of person Pawlowicz was:
Hello, everyone. I just ate at Pizzaland with my girlfriend. We had one of those amazing experiences you never forget and will always make you smile. Al, the owner, was working the shop alone and serving up the best pie we have ever tasted. Just like the article said, Al gave us a one-of-a-kind experience. We had six slices and two Cokes. Finally, when it came time to pay, Al said it will be $6. That's too good of a deal. We gave him a twenty and said 'Thank you.' He tried not to take it. Great pizza, great person."
Our thoughts go out to Mr. Pawlowicz's family, friends, and fans. Letters of condolence can be left at his guestbook on Legacy.com.
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Grand Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hessen founded the Darmstadt Artists' Colony with the aim of radically reforming the arts and crafts of his region.
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Early voting on crowded ballots begins Tuesday
Early voting for the March 4 primaries begins Tuesday with Harris County Republican Party Chairman Jared Woodfill predicting a turnout he said could rival that of the last presidential primary.
Voters can cast ballots at one of 39 early voting locations throughout the county between Tuesday and Feb. 28. The deadline to request a mail-in ballot is Friday.
Woodfill said interest in this year's primary is more energized than any non-presidential election he has seen in a decade.
"For the first time in a long time, you have seats where multiple candidates are running," Woodfill said. "Because Gov. (Rick) Perry isn't running, the dominoes fell and there's a lot of seats that are open."
Attorney General Greg Abbott's decision to run for governor and Comptroller Susan Combs' decision to retire left those posts wide open for Republican Texas lawmakers and other state leaders looking to change jobs. In addition to almost all Texas House and Senate seats, a long list of local judicial posts has further lengthened the Republican ballot.
Also drawing voters into what normally would be a low-turnout primary is Woodfill's attempts to fend off challengers Paul Simpson and Wendy McPherson Berry for the job of running the largest county Republican Party in the nation.
Harris County Clerk Stan Stanart said the number of mail-in ballots requested so far could back up Woodfill's turnout boast. Stanart said his office, so far, has received nearly 23,000 requests for mail-in ballots from Republicans - a number he said nears that of the last presidential election - compared to about 11,000 requested by Democrats.
"We have so many more contestants on our primary ballot," he said.
Ballot lists
Not including party precinct positions, the two-page Democratic ballot lists 16 races with multiple candidates; the three-page Republican ballot lists 37.
Some high-profile contests, such as the gubernatorial race, are all but a foregone conclusion about who will appear on November's ballot. Big spending and controversy have made the results of other races less clear, or at least have fueled the expected increase in turnout.
Twelve Republicans seek to fill the U.S. House seat being vacated by Rep. Steve Stockman after his decision, along with six other Republicans, to challenge Sen. John Cornyn's re-election efforts. Public criticism of Family District Judge Denise Pratt's decision to dismiss 631 cases over two days in December has fueled the campaigns of four Republican opponents hoping to block her from reaching the November ballot to seek a second term.
'Generational rulings'
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1 Voters must present photo identification to cast a ballot in person. Acceptable photo ID includes: a Texas driver's license, a personal ID issued by the Department of Public Safety, a concealed handgun license, a passport, a military ID, a citizenship certificate with a naturalization photo or a state-issued election identification certificate.
1 The law does not apply to voters casting ballots by mail, or who have a disability exemption on their voter registration card.
1 Voters who have no photo identification may cast a provisional ballot, but must present a valid photo ID to the county registrar's office within six days.
1 To find early voting locations and hours, visit www.harrisvotes.org or call 713-755-6965.
County Democratic Chairman Lane Lewis noted a handful of hotly contested Democratic primary battles, including the district attorney's race and local judicial benches that handle domestic violence and family law.
"The decisions they make are generational rulings," Lewis said. "It affects, wives, husbands, their children."
Although Woodfill said he hopes to carry the momentum of heightened interest into the general elections, Lewis said his party is ready and encourages more people to participate in the primaries.
"If you plan on voting for Democrats in November, the primary is how you decide which Democrats you're voting for," Lewis said.


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vBeers – London (Thursday, 26th April, 2012)
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After a short interlude, the Original vBeers, the London vBeers is back! I will be in town for the first time in ages, so I thought it makes sense to see who's around for a few jars. 26th April, starting at 6:30pm in 'The Cittie of Yorke' pub which is placed centrally to both London's West End and The City. This venue serves a fine of selection of (Cheap) English beers along with soft drinks and bar snacks. There should be a very good turn-out and some new faces.
Location: The 'Cittie of Yorke', London
Address: 22 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6BS, Map: here
Date: Thursday – 26th April
Time: 6:30pm – Till we get asked to move on.
Let me know if you plan on coming by using the comments section below.


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Cauliflower with Fennel Seeds
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Cauliflower doesn't elicit much excitement at my house. If I announce that it's going to be served with dinner I'm usually met with groans of, "Really?" and, "Do we have to?" But since a bounty of spring vegetables has yet to hit my local market, I picked up a head over the weekend because, besides that I like it, I was curious to try this recipe for Cauliflower with Fennel Seeds from Italian Easy by Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers.
Relatively mild cauliflower paired with sweet tomatoes and liquoricey fennel seeds and basil seemed like an intriguing combination, one that I thought could make this unpopular vegetable a bit more palatable for those who aren't fans. Since the cauliflower and tomatoes aren't cooked to death, the dreaded mushiness factor is eliminated and the bold flavors of the fennel, basil, and chiles make this a side dish that's worth getting excited about, even if cauliflower isn't your favorite.
- Yield:4
- 1 large head cauliflower
- 10 ounces cherry tomatoes
- 2 dried chiles
- 2 garlic cloves
- 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 teaspoons fennel seeds
- 3 tablespoons basil leaves
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Cut the white center stem from the cauliflower and discard. Break the head into florets. Slice each floret in half lengthwise. Cut the tomatoes in half and squeeze out the seeds. Crumble the chiles, and peel and finely slice the garlic.
Heat a thick-bottomed pan with a lid, add the olive oil, garlic, chiles, and fennel seeds. Cook until the garlic has slightly colored, then add the cauliflower. Stir to combine the flavors and lightly brown.
Add the tomatoes, season with salt and pepper, cover, and cook gently for 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in the basil.
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Massachusetts lawmakers in the House and Senate quickly passed a bill Thursday that makes it illegal to take photos up a woman's skirt, NECN reported.
Massachusetts Senate President Therese Murray said she was astonished when she heard Wednesday that the state's highest court had dismissed so-called "peeping tom" charges against an Andover man accused of taking photos up women's skirts while riding on the MBTA's Green Line. The Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the 2004 law in place did not apply to people clothed in public.
"For me, this is going backwards, like when your husband could beat you and beat your children. That was okay. Well, we've changed," Murray said, according to NECN.
U.S. & World
So Murray and House Speaker Robert DeLeo took immediate action to revise the state law to make "upskirting," as it's called, illegal.
"We are outraged by what has occurred and from today forward want to make sure that those types of actions are dealt with in our court system and dealt with swiftly," DeLeo said.
DeLeo said they want to make sure the bill is able to pass constitutional muster, but they expect to have it on the Gov. Deval Patrick's desk by late Thursday. The governor has promised to sign it.
"The common-sense view is that that sort of thing qualifies as a peeping tom, if you will, and we need to change the law in order to make sure that's clear we ought to do so," Patrick said.
Meanwhile, it hasn't been lost on many Beacon Hill observers that while most basic legislation, including bond bills and supplemental budgets, can take months to move through the chambers, this bill is being moved in one day, NECN reported.
"So we should ride the wave while we have it, because it usually doesn't happen around here," Republican House minority leader Bradley Jones said. "Usually there's a disagreement on who gets credit or 'I want to be up' or 'If you do it, we can't' and it needs to be tied into some other moving parts. No, this is the very definition of a no-brainer."


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Hurricane Sandy: Connecticut Shoreline Damage Assessment Begins
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Several government agencies and nonprofit groups have begun assessing the environmental damage inflicted on shoreline areas in Connecticut and other states by Superstorm Sandy, with the ultimate goal of identifying ways to better protect both human development and wildlife habitats vulnerable to storm surges.
The Oct. 29 storm damaged scores of homes along Connecticut's coast, pushed sand from beaches into neighborhoods and led to discharges of millions of gallons of raw and partially treated sewage into Long Island Sound. Damage was similar but more widespread in coastal areas of New Jersey and New York.
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has begun collecting information on damage to the shoreline and marine life. One concern is possible damage to shellfish beds caused by the storm surge and the sewage discharges, which led to a ban on shellfishing in many areas near the shoreline.
Sandy dramatically altered some beaches and other parts of the landscape on Connecticut's coast, said Terry Backer, executive director of Soundkeeper, a Norwalk-based nonprofit group dedicated to protecting Long Island Sound. There also were reports that the storm swept oysters to new locations, which can kill the shellfish, Backer said.
"The Sound has weathered many storms and its shoreline moves around," he said. "But we've put infrastructure and houses in those places. The impact on the Sound comes from destruction on land — ruptured oil tanks, sewage treatment problems, structure damage, debris, that's where it can cause water quality problems. The water often rebounds from water contaminations, but it does take time."
Save the Sound and other environmental groups hope to convince policymakers that rebuilding sand dunes, restoring saltwater marshes and other shoreline restoration projects are the best ways to minimize storm damage.
"One of the things that we did see from this last inundation was that areas of the coast that were restored … actually withstood a lot of the storm surge force and protected the homes and infrastructure behind them," said Leah Schmalz, director of legislative and legal affairs for Save the Sound.
Schmalz said one of Save the Sound's projects — a dune system in Old Lyme — absorbed much of the storm surge and protected nearby Amtrak rail lines, just like it was supposed to do.
State Rep. Brenda Kupchick of Fairfield, a member of the Shoreline Preservation Task Force established after Hurricane Irene last year, said her group of Connecticut legislators and town officials has a lot of work to do after the second severe storm in two years.
"We're going to have to look at whether these storms are going to be a part of everyday life," she said. "We could possibly be looking at storms like this coming every year. We have a lot of research to do to figure out how we move forward in a different situation that many of us aren't used to. Is this the new normal?"
A full picture of how Sandy damaged the environment may not be known for months, but a preliminary profile is being put together by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. The Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit wildlife conservation group expects to release a report on damage from Delaware Bay to Long Island Sound by mid-December.
The foundation is working with federal government officials and other nonprofit groups, including the American Littoral Society based in Highlands, N.J. The groups plan to present their findings to Congress, state officials, scientists and the public.
"The idea is to do a very quick assessment to see what the major impacts are and identify the major changes in the habitat areas," said Tim Dillingham, executive director of the American Littoral Society. "Obviously, the biggest impacts are to the beaches and the barrier island system. There are shorebirds and other animals that depend on those."
Dillingham expects more comprehensive studies to follow his group's assessment, as well as lengthy debates on how to rebuild the shorelines.
Many environmentalists are also eagerly awaiting the completion of a U.S. Geological Survey imaging project that's expected to show exactly how the storm changed the coastline from North Carolina to Massachusetts. The project is using "lidar," or light detection and ranging, from an aircraft-based system that uses laser pulses to collect highly detailed ground elevation data.
Hurricane Sandy
Read more in; Storm Surge; A Coastal Village Battles the Atlantic, Just Seconds From the Ocean; Coastal Living in the wake of Katrina and Beach Wars; 10,000 Years on a Barrier Beach. See Strawberry Hill, UPNE, and Schiffer book tabs at the top of this page.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Due to the quick actions of his family, 5-year-old Joshua Griffin is now recovering after someone fired a pellet into a Northwest Jacksonville home he was in. The slug grazed his head, but he wasn't seriously injured.
"Geniesha grabbed Joshua and threw him on the floor, and we seen blood come out the back of his head," Joshua's aunt, Cordelia Washington, said Thursday.
Family members said rescuers rushed the boy to Shands Jacksonville Medical Center on Tuesday night. He was released several hours later.
"Joshua's doing OK. He keeps waking up and telling me, 'Auntie, they shot me,'" Washington said.
After a night of violence, Joshua and his family are trying to find some sense of normalcy.
"He's good, happy, smiling, playing around, Simeon Middleton, a family friend, said of the 5-year-old.
Donald Foy, of MAD DADS, says the community cannot tolerate gunfire in neighborhoods.
"Whoever the individual was, they need to be removed from the streets of Jacksonville," Foy said. "No regard for human life, no regard for this young man."
The neighborhood surrounding Danville Avenue, the site of Tuesday's shooting, has raised generations, but with violence and crime on the rise, leaving may be the only solution for Joshua's family.
"I'm going to change my kids' school and I'm just moving and leaving," Washington said.
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office is still investigating the shooting and is asking for the public's help in finding the shooter. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 866-845-TIPS.


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In CS6, when dragging an image window within the workspace, PS applies what appears to be a very subtle saturation and brightness boost to the image. The effect disappears when releasing the mouse. I'm interested to know what PS is actually doing because the effect, whatever it is, makes some of my images look totally amazing, and I want to apply the effect in a layer.
It's easier to see this effect with landscape photos, although I'm sure you can see it with any image.


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6 Awesome Things Bill Murray Has Done
Netflix just put out this teaser for Bill Murray's Christmas special. If it leaves you wanting more, you're in the right place. The actor is known for popping up and doing something awesome every once in awhile. Here are a few of our favorite things Murray has done.
1. Looked great in this Christmas Card
"How and why I got this from Bill Murray, I have no idea!" wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper once tweeted. (The Frisky also published this card in 2012.)
It should come as no surprise that, in addition to looking great on holiday cards, the actor throws epic Christmas parties, which he told Esquire include an ice luge for booze:
It's a big magilla to get an ice luge, but if you do, you can pour vodka into it and it chills it on the way down. It looks like an Olympic ski jump. It's more for visual effect. You can put your head underneath it, like you're guzzling gasoline, but we just fill shot glasses. Hundreds of little shot glasses. So, we drank this stuff, and it took the party to a completely other level. The party lasted much longer. No one left. The year before, people would leave at, like, two or three in the morning. With the vodka luge, they didn't leave until five. The last two years I've had this luge. That's how I like to drink. Out of a large ice structure.
Murray Christmas, indeed.
2. Karaoked with Total Strangers
When a group of karaokers saw Murray enter NYC's Karaoke One 7 one night in January 2011, one of them worked up the courage to invite the movie star into their private karaoke room. Fifteen minutes later, Murray knocked on their door. "He was super nice and they all fit right in," one of the karaoke crew, Mike, told The Chive. "He bought us all a round of some weird green drink and wouldn't tell us what it was. ... The high point was when Bill and I sang a duet of an Elvis song called, 'Marie's the Name.'" Murray and his friends stuck around for the next four hours.
3. Plays Kickball with Random People
Kickballers enjoying a game on Roosevelt Island in October 2012 when Murray "popped out of nowhere," team member Chris DiLella told EW. "He was bouncing the ball… ran over to second base. Played for a bit… Gave us all high-fives and let us pose with him in the picture."
4. Gave a few fans something better than an autograph
New {fake} Trailer from David Walton Smith on Vimeo.
Why ask for Bill Murray's autograph when you can ask him to stroll down a hallway with you in slow motion? David Walton Smith told Reelz that he was making a commercial for a school in South Carolina that one of Murray's children attends; Murray was appearing in the spot. Smith didn't want to give Murray a bunch of things to autograph at the end of the shoot, and instead proposed asking the actor to walk with him and his friends down the hallway (they slowed it to slow motion in post). Murray, of course, obliged.
5. Bartended at SXSW
During a visit to Austin's Shangri-La during SXSW 2010, Murray hopped behind the bar to serve drinks (apparently, even if a patron asked for whiskey, he'd give them tequila). Someone caught it all on video, which you can see above.
6. Got invited to a party, did the host's dishes
Even when he's crashing parties, Bill Murray is polite. During a 2006 trip to St. Andrews, Scotland, for a celebrity golf tournament, Murray accompanied 22-year-old anthropology student Lykke Stavnef—whom he and his friends had met in a bar—to a house party. "Nobody could believe it when I arrived at the party with Bill Murray," she told The Telegraph. Murray then washed all the dishes in the students' sink. "It was really funny because he was pretty old compared with all the other people there, but he was so relaxed and it was really amusing when he started to wash up," Stavnef said.
He also gave an excellent, impromptu speech at a bachelor party in Charleston last Memorial Day Weekend.


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Juz like Goldilock's porridge.
Since August last year, oil prices have stabilised in the US$70 to US$83 range and according to this NYT article, Economists and government officials say that if prices remain in that band, it could benefit the world economy, the future security of energy supplies and even the environment. The price is high enough to drive investment in future oil production and in supplies of alternative energy, they note, but low enough that consumers can bear it.
"It's a sweet spot," said Kenneth S. Rogoff, a Harvard professor of international finance. "It's not too low that it's crushing demand for renewable energy sources or causing debt and fiscal crises in oil-exporting countries. And it's not so high that it's driving African countries deeper into poverty and threatening the recovery in the U.S. and Europe."
So for us value investors, the issue is avoiding being complacent because, For all the good that stable prices can do, however, no one is willing to predict they will last forever.
"Demand will change; supply will change," said Christof Rühl, chief economist of BP, the oil company. "The world changes all the time."
BTW looks like Temasek goofed in selling Orchard Energy
But the buyer, RH Petrogas, is having difficulties completing the deal because the Indonesian authorities are insisting a transfer of an oil interest needs their approval.


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On April 15, 1972, I attended a wedding in Sudbury, Massachusetts. The above menu is from that day. Yesterday, April 24, 2010, my husband and I went to the Sudbury Inn and ate there. They still serve the Yankee Pot Roast and Chicken Pot Pie, both are still delicious (prices much higher though).
The Inn / Restaurant shown above.
"Longfellow's Wayside Inn is proud to be the oldest operating Inn in the country, offering comfort and hospitality to travelers along the Boston Post Road since 1716."
Revolutionary War events still taking place.
The wedding in 1972 was held at the Martha-Mary Chapel, just feet from the Inn. Movie lovers may have see the Chapel on film, as it has been in many movies, including a few coming out this year.
Across the street is a beautiful, still working grist mill.
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The Hangover director Todd Phillips is getting serious about branching out. After primarily helming comedies for most of his career, Phillips recently attached himself to a remake of the crime drama The Gambler. Now Variety reports that Phillips is set to direct and produce an adaptation of Linwood Barclay's thriller novel Trust Your Eyes for Warner Bros., with Dan Lin also onboard as a producer. In the vein of Rear Window, the story centers on a map-obsessed schizophrenic who witnesses a murder in New York City via a GoogleMaps-like program on his computer and tries to convince his older brother to investigate. The two cross paths with a politically-connected ex-cop and soon realize that they've stumbled onto a deadly conspiracy.
Due Date had a few nice dramatic scenes, but we've never really seen Phillips tackle the thriller genre before. The story sounds like a promising cross between Rear Window and David Fincher's The Game, and I'm eager to see Phillips' take on the material. The director is currently in the middle of production on The Hangover Part III. Hit the jump to read a synopsis for Trust Your Eyes.
Here's a synopsis for Trust Your Eyes:
Thomas Kilbride is a map-obsessed schizophrenic so affected that he rarely leaves the self-imposed bastion of his bedroom. But with a computer program called Whirl360.com, he travels the world while never so much as stepping out the door. He pores over and memorizes the streets of the world. He examines every address, as well as the people who are frozen in time on his computer screen.
Then he sees something that anyone else might have stumbled upon—but has not—in a street view of downtown New York City: an image in a window. An image that looks like a woman being murdered.
Thomas's brother, Ray, takes care of him, cooking for him, dealing with the outside world on his behalf, and listening to his intricate and increasingly paranoid theories. When Thomas tells Ray what he has seen, Ray humors him with a half-hearted investigation. But Ray soon realizes he and his brother have stumbled onto a deadly conspiracy.
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Nope you misread me. I was merely pointing out that some people compromise and some don't. Some issues are so blatently black and white (eg evolution or the age of the earth) that you cannot compromise with people stupid or ignorant enough to believe otherwise. Others are a matter of personal feeling and you can either join together and fight one issue on which you do agree or decide the personal differences are too great and not.was objecting to the equivalence you were setting up between gnus and creationists on the basis that neither seemed to compromise much. Rhetorically what you were saying was "gnus and creationists are as bad as each other". I think that is ridiculous.
I must admit creationism is my limit-I couldn't join them on any issue no matter how strongly I felt without telling them how stupid they were so I'm not unsympathic to Dawkins whose limit is religion in general-though I disagree on that. I've tried arguing politely, even wildly overcompensating in finding nice ways to say moron to our resident creationist troll and creationists generally just to get them to listen to reasonable scientific argumentss, and still ended up being incredibly rude-because at the end of the day there are only so many ways to call someone a lying deluded idiot politely. And he called me the devils agent or an agent of satan. So I wouldn't take what you perceive to be my overt antipathy to you too seriously.
Nobody on the planet could be as bad as creationists (well within reason obviously there are worse thing eg the taliban-but creationist theology accompnying their nonsense is generally pretty unpleasant).
Not sure what you mean here. I was chatting to a friend last night who pointed out he'd managed to get through the whole of his degree, Phd and ten years of research knowing nothing about the philosophy of science (and never using the word paradigm if Marcs reading). I got through my degree knowing nothing about it nor thinking about it(philosophy that is not my degree-though wish i'd thought about that more).Well, I think it bears some further unpacking. I don't agree that science is irrelevant to either philosophy in general or the question of the existence of god in particular. Nor would lots of theologians, of course.
Science is very clearly defined in what it shows. Radiometric dating shows the age of the earth and allows more than adequate time for evolution. The genome and fossils likewise show transitions and support evolution. issues beyond the science stray into philosophical areas and science becomes nebulous with the same fact being used to support differing opinions. Evidence leads to conclusions about that evidence, those conclusions support theories that are tested to destruction and stand or fall on on the science and absence of alternatives. Evolution is strong and in being so has disproved any chance of a literal interpretation of the bible (or currently any alternative scientific explanation). Science is also a subject that changes only when the evidence does. Philosophy can use science for philosophical arguments but with limitations. Science doesn't need philosophy.
But what is the objection to the moderate anglican church which seems reasonable and led by an educated group of people and shares the values of most decent people. The objections to creationist, homophobic, fake healing nutcases is easy to define on about any level. Surely you have to recognise the distinction and how easy it is to draw it.they object to religion in general, or they complain that objection to religion in general is - if not harmful to the narrow campaign - just plain wrong or daft or counterproductive or impossible. And that then becomes a batter about who is welcome where.
Yes that would be useful wouldn't it instead of all this shilly shallying. There seem to be about three different definitions in that letter. If Coyne is taking the first one and suggesting I've joined an organisation that in any way pretends to respect creationism I'll sue for libel (if I could).wish Dawkins would write something more detailed about this issue,
As for Coyne's letter it is ridiculous. The letter has led to such a low level of debate on some of the sites (JCs and pharyngual) involved and damaged relations between groups. On the pharyngula site it seems the bearded guy endorsed it and en masse everyone had to agree or get shouted down with reams of personal abuse rather than reasoned debate. Not a sign of a strong argument. T'was a revlelation to me. To see so many mass debaters gathered in one place.


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CAMDEN COUNTY, Mo. -- Police: Suspect claimed toddler accidentally drowned.
Editor's note: This story contains disturbing images of abuse.
By his own admission, the 23-year-old man accused of killing his live-in girlfriend's 2-year-old girl had spanked the child and allegedly left her unattended in the bathtub while he went outside to rake leaves, according to documents filed in Camden County Associate Court.
William Tolson Jr. of rural Linn Creek is being held in a Camden County Jail without bond, charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of Nevaeh Boggan. The child had been left in Tolson's care Aug. 24 while her mom was at work.
Nine-month-old twins were also in the home at the time. The twins were taken into emergency protective custody and have been placed in foster care.
In documents filed with the court, detectives have pieced together what appears to be the last few hours of the 2-year-old's life.
Tolson placed a 911 call to the Camden County Sheriff's Dispatch center about 11 a.m. last Friday. According to the probable cause statement, he told the dispatcher his daughter had been in the bathtub while he was raking leaves and thought he heard her fall. He also told the dispatcher he thought she had water in her lungs.
While the dispatcher walked Tolson through cardiopulmonary resuscitation, a Camden County deputy arrived at the home on Wavy Leaf Drive near Linn Creek.
When the deputy entered the home, the child was lying on the floor. Tolson was attempting to revive her.
The deputy stepped in and tried to save the child from what he believed to be suspicious injuries that were not consistent with a drowning.
Less than 24 hours later, the autopsy performed by a pathologist in Springfield, Mo., where Nevaeh had been taken for treatment, indicated the 2-year-old did not drown.
Her injuries included severe bruising, damage to internal organs and hemorrhaging in the brain that are consistent with physical abuse.
The autopsy's ruling said Nevaeh was killed by blunt force trauma to the head.
During the initial investigation, detectives questioned Tolson. His story changed and contradicted itself over the course of the next 24 hours, according to court documents.
Tolson was first held for questioning on child endangerment. When the child died, Camden County Prosecutor Jim Icenogle filed murder charges.
When Tolson was first questioned, he told detectives the same story he told dispatchers, that he placed the child in the bathtub and went outside to rake leaves in the back yard.
In the affidavit of probable cause, Tolson said about 20 minutes passed before he went to check on the child. When he did, he said he found her floating face down in the bathtub.
He said he pulled her out and laid her on the living room floor. It was then he told detectives that he made the call to 911 and, following the directions of the dispatcher, started CPR.
Later that day, after the child had been taken to the hospital, detectives overheard Tolson on a cell phone talking to his mother. He allegedly told her he had spanked the child "on the butt. I don't remember hitting her on her back," he said during the conversation.
According to detectives, that was the first mention of Tolson allegedly striking the child prior to her death.
In the emergency room, Nevaeh's mother, identified as Sierra Boggin, met with detectives and noted there were numerous bruises on her child that had not been there that morning when she left for work just before 7 a.m.
Something had happened in those few hours after she left the house.
According to the court documents, Tolson later told detectives the child was lifeless when he removed her from the bathtub. He carried her into the living room and attempted CPR "as he had seen it performed on television shows." He said he felt it was "working."
He said he saw yellow water coming from her mouth, listened to her chest and heard a heart beat. At that point, Tolson told detectives he thought she was going to be OK.
Although she was still unconscious, he placed her on the couch.
A short time later, he noticed her lips were turning blue. He again moved her to the floor and tried CPR, but it didn't work.
That was when he called for help.
Later, in a statement, court documents say Tolson said he wasn't sure how long the child had been lying on the couch before he made the second attempt at CPR. He also indicated that apparently at some point during the morning, Tolson had gotten angry and "used some physical discipline" as he described it in the court records.
He told detectives he had come out of the bathroom and found the 2-year-old dragging his infant son down the hallway by its arm.
It had happened before, he alleged, and he said he became frustrated when the child was doing it again.
He alleges he turned her over his knee and spanked her but didn't think he had hit her anywhere else. He then alleged she had either bitten him or he had hit her tooth when he turned her back over. He showed detectives a small cut on his right middle finger.
Tolson admitted he might have hit Nevaeh in the mouth hard enough to cause her to bleed, but he hadn't noticed the injury.
In the statement, Tolson admitted he believed he might have hit her harder than he intended to. He felt bad because he knew he had hurt her.
After the spanking, Tolson said he sat the child on the couch while he went in the adjoining kitchen area where he "smoked some marijuana to slow down the thoughts in his head."
He stated he doesn't usually smoke marijuana in the morning, but he felt "very bad for hitting" her and needed to calm down.
Tolson went on to tell detectives that his thoughts sometimes get "foggy" when he is angry.
He had no explanation for detectives about why he hadn't talked about the spanking when he was questioned earlier. He said he just hadn't thought about it.
Tolson alleged he had no idea how Nevaeh could have received the head injury. He said the child had not fallen during the day and the only time he wasn't watching her was when she was in the bathtub.
Toward the end of his questioning, he said he had not seen or heard her fall at any time. During the interview, the only reference to the twins being in the home was the allegations about the 2-year-old dragging one of the infants down the hall.
Tolson is believed to be the father of the twins. Sierra Boggin is their mother.
A neighbor described Tolson as quiet. The couple had apparently lived in the neighborhood off Route Y for about six months.
Tolson is believed to be from the Moberly, Mo., area.
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FLEFF Intern Voices
The Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival from the interns' point of view
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Blog post written by Shawn Steiner, Film, Photography, and Visual Arts '13, FLEFF Intern, Elkridge, MD
FLEFF is in full swing! And right now Evan Meaney, assistant professor of transmedia design at the University of Tenessee, and Elizabeth Miller, are setting up in Park Center Business School room 111 for their Transmedia Workshop.
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Scott Klemmer is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. He co-directs the Human-Computer Interaction Group and holds the Bredt Faculty Scholar development chair. Organizations around the world use his lab's open-source design tools and curricula; several books and popular press articles have covered his research and teaching. He has been awarded the Katayanagi Emerging Leadership Prize, Sloan Fellowship, NSF CAREER award, Microsoft Research New Faculty Fellowship, and several best paper awards at the premier HCI conferences (CHI and UIST). His former PhD students are leaders at top universities, research organizations, in Silicon Valley, and social entrepeneurship. He has a dual BA in Art-Semiotics and Computer Science from Brown University, Graphic Design work at RISD, and an MS and PhD in Computer Science from UC Berkeley. He is the program co-chair of UIST 2011.


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Raptors as Education Ambassadors
Thanks for visiting this stop on the Crossley ID Guide Blog Tour! I hope you'll enjoy this look at some raptors I have come to know personally. Check out the bottom of this post to find a chance to win a signed copy of The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors.
The goal of wildlife rehabilitation is always to return the patients to the wild, but sometimes the injuries sustained by the animal are too severe. In the case of non-releasable birds of prey, life as an education ambassador may be in order. I am very lucky to be able to volunteer with a couple of great rehabilitation centers where permanently injured birds of prey are in residence. Let me introduce you to some of my feathered friends…
DARWIN the American Kestrel
This is Darwin, a male American Kestrel. He is imprinted on humans and cannot be released into the wild. Darwin is the first bird of prey I got to meet up close and personal.
It is always a joy for me to be able to handle a bird of prey on the glove like this. To see and study Darwin's feathers up close is really special, and something I also love to be able share with others. During informal education programs, I have been able to talk with members of the public about birds like Darwin and the others in this post. I always hope that the time I spend sharing these raptors with interested people results in a positive impact on them and their outlook on birds, wildlife, and the environment in general.
Hopefully they come away with a new appreciation for birds — and they will seek them out in their future outdoor adventures. American Kestrels are found in both locations where I have had them in programs (northern Illinois and central Florida). Sometimes people are surprised to learn that these beautiful little raptors are indeed native to where they (the people) live, and that kestrels aren't too hard to find. I love telling people where to look for kestrels and how to identify them.
ZEN the Cooper's Hawk
This is Zen, a male Cooper's Hawk. He has a permanent injury to his right wing, making him unreleasable.
Cooper's Hawks are notoriously high-strung — as bird-eaters (and so bird-chasers!) it is just in their nature. So Cooper's Hawks are not often glove-trained. Bringing Zen to a program is always special. Cooper's Hawks are common visitors to back yard bird feeding stations, but people sometimes overestimate their size. So it's especially fun to share beautiful Zen with back yard birders.
PICASSO the Red-shouldered Hawk
This is Picasso. Picasso is a male Red-shouldered Hawk, and I have not yet had the pleasure to handle him. I hope that will change soon! Picasso is missing his right eye, and has a permanent injury to his left wing.
Red-shouldered Hawks are abundant here in Florida. Even though they are common, people are sometimes surprised to learn some of their basic facts: they are monogamous; females are larger than males (as with most birds of prey); they typically weigh no more than 1.5 lb.
0511 the Red-tailed Hawk
This lovely female Red-tailed Hawk is named 0511. She is also an imprint; she was found begging for food while perched on a car mirror as a juvenile bird. She is the first Red-tailed Hawk I was able to hold on the glove.
It is fun to speak with the public with 0511 on the glove. People relate to her, since Red-tailed Hawks are quite common. She is mostly correctly identified by passers-by — especially if I turn her around so her beautiful tail is visible. During programs, lots of people want to share their own stories about seeing Red-tailed Hawks in the wild. It is always fun to hear of their encounters, answer their questions, and encourage them to love raptors as much as I do.
These are just a few of the raptors I have been able to meet up close and share with others. Of course, I love them all!
Thanks to Princeton University Press, I am excited to announce that I have a signed copy of The Crossley ID Guide: Raptors to give away to one lucky reader!
To enter, just leave a comment on this post below. Be sure to include a valid email address where you can be reached in case you win the random drawing. I will use a random name selector to pick the winner on Wednesday, March 27th, so please have your comment entry posted by 12 midnight EDT Tuesday, March 26th.
And after you've left your comment, be sure to visit the other great blogs participating in the raptor love-fest known as The Crossley ID Guide Blog Tour!
Yesterday the following blogs …
Greg Laden's Blog and Birdfreak
… handed off to myself and today's co-hosts …
Another Bird Blog and Radley Ice
… who next pass on the tour to tomorrow's blogs …
BRDPICS; Thermal Birding; and NatureShare
The blog tour wraps up with a fun live online event on Friday. Click to learn more about the Raptor Happy Hour Shindig Event!
Thanks again to my readers for visiting this post. And a big THANK YOU to Jessica Pellien at Princeton University Press for arranging this mega raptorfest blog tour!


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While nudity on broadcast television has typically been limited to the fleeting, subliminally corrupting shot intended to speed our descent into moral turpitude, that recent ruling on a years-old episode of NYPD Blue has, in the words of the Parents Television Council, served to "embolden the networks to air even more graphic material." And while many dismissed that as some rare hyperbolic hand-wringing from a normally reasonable organization, it looks as though the sky may indeed be falling, thus revealing a pert pair of nipples: Variety reports that cast members on the upcoming, Amber Heard-starring NBC pilot Playboy have been asked to sign a nudity clause similar to the ones for pay cable fare, but "virtually unheard of in broadcast."
Which makes sense, considering the period drama is set within the swanky confines of the Playboy Club in the '60s, that free-love era when friends said "hello" with a handjob, but it's still something of a surprise for a primetime show. Still, you probably shouldn't set your watch for the arrival of the 10-horned Mother of Harlots yet, as the clause is likely in place only so that they can sell more DVDs later, when they add all the breasts back in. But Variety speculates they could also be planning to "push the envelope in primetime"—something its newly installed chief even promised himself—in order to generate some controversy and prurient curiosity, meaning there should be a preemptive PTC apoplectic fit any minute now. So that'll be fun.


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'The Interrupters' tells the stories of three Violence Interrupters who try to protect their communities from the violence they once employed. Shot over the course of a year out of Kartemquin Films, 'The Interrupters' captures a period in Chicago when it became a national symbol for violence in America. During that time, the city was besieged by high-profile incidents, most notably the brutal beating of Derrion Albert, a Chicago High School student, whose death was caught on videotape.
This is where I'll be tonight. I'd encourage all my readers to see this movie if it comes to your town because people can make a difference. You can read more about the movie here and where the screenings are being held here.


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One reason we're addicted to science fiction and fantasy: the characters and their weird, conflicted relationships. And there's nothing more addictive than characters who can't decide whether to kill each other or run away together. Friends who sometimes hate each other, or enemies who secretly admire each other.
Here are 10 of the most addictive love-hate relationships in science fiction and fantasy.
Note: We asked you on our Facebook page to list your favorite love-hate relationships, and we used some of your suggestions in the article below.
10) The Doctor and the Master, Doctor Who
What is the deal with the Doctor and the Master? They're both Time Lords from the planet Gallifrey, and they both went to the Academy together, but is that all there is to it? It's been hinted that they're brothers, but we'll probably never know. One thing is for sure, though — the Master keeps trying to kill the Doctor, but his heart never seems to be in it. And they enjoy dueling and outwitting each other and bantering far too much. Plus, the Doctor loves to float around and forgive the Master for everything.
9) Buffy and Faith, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
A bunch of people at Facebook suggested Buffy and Spike — but the Buffy/Faith relationship is even more fascinating. Buffy and Faith are equals, who both have Slayer powers and who serve as each other's foils on many occasions. Buffy and Faith almost become best friends a couple times, but they always end up butting heads. But every time it seems like they're about to become out-and-out enemies, they rediscover their mutual respect.
8) Lededje and Falling Outside the Normal Moral Constraints, Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks
After a slave named Lededje is murdered by her master, she's surprised to find herself alive once again, aboard the Culture Abominator-class ship Falling Outside the Normal Moral Constraints. But even though the warship has saved her life, she doesn't have the smoothest relationship with it — for one thing, the ship is always trying to control her. For another, the ship is pretty obsessed with its role as intimidating, unstoppable warship. "You'd make a great teenage boy," she tells its avatar at one point.
7) Odo and Quark, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Odo and Quark are the most stable pairing of DS9, a long-term marriage of strict lawfulness and rampant venality. Odo has been the security chief on board the station since before the Federation took it over, and all along he's been trying to curb Quark's criminal behavior. The two of them will never admit how much they secretly like each other, even as Odo is constantly trying to lock Quark up — and sometimes even succeeding. But DS9 is full of weird ambivalent relationships. See also: Dukat and practically everyone.
6) Rimmer and Lister, Red Dwarf
When Arnold Rimmer was alive, he and Lister didn't really get along — but now that Rimmer's been brought back to life as a hologram, he and Lister are tied together. And even though Rimmer's just as obnoxious as ever, he sort of grows on you over time. And you can tell there's oodles of romantic tension between the two roommates, by the copious amounts of Rimmer/Lister slash fiction all over the internet.
5) Spike and Faye, from Cowboy Bebop
Faye meets Spike Spiegel when she cheats him out of all his money at a poker table, and then Spike handcuffs her to the toilet. That's the beginning of a thorny relationship, in which the gambler becomes a valued but often annoying member of the Bebop crew. And over time, she seems to develop feelings for Spike — but does he reciprocate? The debate rages on.
4) Jaime and Brienne, A Song of Ice and Fire
It's a lot easier to name conflicted, troubled relationships than it is to think of straightforward, healthy ones in George R.R. Martin's brain-eating book series. But Jaime Lannister, especially, seems to have only ambivalent relationships — including his weird, poisonous love affair with his sister Cersei, and his complicated bond with his brother Tyrion. But — spoiler alert! — Jaime's relationship with Brienne of Tarth might be the most conflicted — he mocks her, and in return she scorns the Kingslayer. But they also seem to develop a weird respect for each other, and Jaime gives her the means to save her honor — and maybe his own, too. We can't wait to see this relationship play out on the TV show. Image by Motodraconis on DeviantArt.
3) Mal and Inara, Firefly
Inara saves Mal Reynolds' bacon a few times, and her business as a Companion goes a long way towards keeping the Serenity flying. But he's constantly needling her about her line of work, and she disapproves of some of his shady dealings. And yet, they also seem to have scorching romantic chemistry, and Inara can't resist the famous Mal Reynolds dimples. In the movie Serenity, Mal tells Inara, "You fog things up! You always have. You spin me about." Probably in season five or six of Firefly, those two would have finally gotten together.
2) Avon and Blake, Blake's 7
Look at any list of great quotes from this classic dystopian space opera, and fully half of them will probably feature Avon directing barbs at the "fearless leader" of this crew of rebels and criminals. Avon, the cynical computer expert, keeps trying to leave Blake for dead. He keeps trying to betray Blake — but somehow, he always comes through for Blake in the end. And even though Avon says he'll do anything to be free of Blake, he obviously has a deep admiration of the idealistic hero. And for his part, Blake tells Avon he's always trusted him, from the very beginning.
1) Han and Leia, Star Wars
No romantic relationship is spikier than that between Her Royal Highness and the Scruffy Nerf Herder. Han is such a scoundrel — why can't he be nice and well behaved, like that nice Luke kid? But somehow, the two of them keep finding themselves drawn together, and Han is always awesome when it counts. The tension just builds, from ice planet to asteroid field to Cloud City, until finally we get one of the most memorable exchanges: "I love you." "I know." And then she's willing to cross the galaxy and disguise herself in a totally ninjatastic bounty hunter outfit to save him.
Thanks to Annalee for the suggestions. Thanks also to everybody who responded on our Facebook page.


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We were excited to announce earlier today our intent to acquire of Apriso, a leading provider of manufacturing software solutions. More precisely, Apriso's expertise is into Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM). To learn more about it, we asked a couple questions to Tom Hennessey, VP Marketing for Apriso.
1. First, could you let us know about Apriso's expertise and how you see fit with DELMIA?
APRISO Corporation develops, markets, services and supports software used in manufacturing. APRISO delivers on-premise global manufacturing software platform which provides visibility into, management of, and synchronization across a network of manufacturing plants. The platform includes but is not limited to "Manufacturing Executions System" (MES) software.
APRISO extends the current DELMIA offering in MES into new industries as APRISO has targeted manufacturers in the automotive, life sciences, packaging, high tech and consumer goods industries in addition to aerospace & defense which DELMIA (via its Intercim acquisition) currently supports. APRISO also extends the DELMIA application footprint to Quality Planning & Execution specific for fabrication processes, Plant Maintenance, Material Logistics and Warehouse Management System not currently offered by DELMIA. This whole domain is referred to by some analysts as Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM). And, APRISO has focused on the global, enterprise-wide deployments across a manufacturer's supply chain, providing multi-site organizations with supply chain visibility, benchmarking capabilities and best practices management.
2. Wait, talking about Intercim and MES, isn't there an overlap here?
No, there's no direct overlap between the two companies' technologies and product offerings. While there are some common customers, for the most part the install base is distinct. While there is some overlap on paper between APRISO (Flexnet) and DELMIA Operations Velocity (Intercim) in that they are both Manufacturing Execution Solutions, the business problems and customers served are different enough that the overlap is only in name. Inside DELMIA Operations, Velocity will still focus on the assembly of complex products that requires exceptional traceability for regulation and quality purpose; while Flexnet will bring additional capabilities to cover the need of high throughput fabrications in aerospace industry but also in the consumer goods, packaging, life sciences, automotive and industrial equipment industries.
Moreover, DELMIA Operations Intelligence prescriptive analytics is a perfect complement to all APRISO customers aiming at faster new product and process introduction (NPPI) and continuous process improvement.
3. Could you let us know more about the underlying technologies of the FlexNet product?
APRISO's product line is the FlexNet Global Manufacturing Platform which utilizes a proprietary Business Process Management (BPM) technology to configure execution applications in manufacturing. The BPM tool has been configured to deliver MES (production), Warehouse Management System (WMS or material logistics), plant maintenance, Time & Labor, Quality and supply chain visibility processes. The Platform also includes 3 applications that run above the plant to synchronize and coordinate the manufacturing network:
- Global Process Manager to distribute and manage best manufacturing processes across locations
- Manufacturing Process Intelligence to provide for real-time analytics and visibility across manufacturing and
- Global Traceability and Genealogy to manage "As-Built" and "As-Manufactured" histories across manufacturing networks.
FlexNet is built on .Net technology from Microsoft and supports the Oracle and SQLserver databases in production, and SQLserver enterprise edition for analytics. All compiled code is in C#. Solutions as implemented include customer specific processes configured via the BPM tool that can include JavaScript, stored procedures, etc.
Thanks to Tom for the great explanations and again, a warm welcome to all Apriso employees! 🙂