Tuesday, February 04, 2014

Scott Dance: New winter storm watch issued for northern counties Tuesday night

New winter storm watch issued for northern counties Tuesday night

Warm temperatures limit snow accumulations Monday

By Scott Dance and Ian Duncan, The Baltimore Sun

3:45 p.m. EST, February 3, 2014 http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/weather/weather-blog/bal-wx-up-to-5-inches-snow-forecast-starting-during-morning-rush-20140202,0,1146571.story

With one underperforming snow system having come and gone, a new winter storm watch is in effect for areas northwest of Baltimore for freezing rain Tuesday night into Wednesday.

The storm watch is in effect for northern Baltimore County and Carroll County from Tuesday evening through Wednesday afternoon. More than a quarter of an inch of ice accumulation is possible.

Several inches of snow fell across parts of Carroll County and northern Baltimore and Harford counties Monday morning, but mostly rain and some ice were all that was observed closer to Baltimore and the Interstate 95 corridor.

Early snow totals included 2 inches in Norrisville in northern Harford, 1.2 inches in Westminster and 4 inches in Taneytown in Carroll, and 0.3 inches in Hunt Valley.

But while rain was expected to transition to snow by late morning in Baltimore, temperatures remained in the mid- to upper-30s, keeping most precipitation in liquid form.

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Monday, February 03, 2014

After risque years, Super Bowl commercials go warm and fuzzy (Watch them here) | Sports | ADN.com

After risque years, Super Bowl commercials go warm and fuzzy (Watch them here) | Sports | ADN.com:

BY STUART ELLIOTT The New York Times February 2, 2014 http://www.adn.com/2014/02/02/3304246/after-risque-years-super-bowl.html#emlnl=Morning_Newsletter

"Almost everyone seemed relieved that the first cold-weather Super Bowl played outdoors was not an ice bowl. As for the advertising extravaganza that took place during the game, it turned out to be a nice bowl."

Most of the commercials that Fox broadcast nationally during Super Bowl XLVIII on Sunday sought to invoke fuzzy feelings that would warm the cockles of consumer hearts, if not MetLife Stadium. The television and social media audiences were exhorted repeatedly to forget their troubles and put on a smiley face.

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The 9 am praise service in Grace Hall at Grace Lutheran Church on 3Feb2014

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The 9 am praise service in Grace Hall at Grace Lutheran Church on 3Feb2014

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Tuesday, January 28, 2014

Minestroni soup for dinner. And oh. The coffee is 'Caffe la Toscanas.'

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Minestroni soup for dinner. And oh. The coffee is 'Caffe la Toscanas.'

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It's time for coffee.

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It's time for coffee.

It's time for coffee.

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Lonely is the runner that toils in the warmth & sunshine of Florida. Just saying

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Lonely is the runner that toils in the warmth & sunshine of Florida. Just saying

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Friday, January 24, 2014

How to block people on Google+

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Block someone https://support.google.com/plus/answer/1047934?hl=en Block someone

On desktop

Open Google+ and use the search bar at the top of the page to find their profile.
Click next to their name.
Select Report/block [person's name].
Click the checkbox next to Block [person's name].
Click Done in the lower-right corner.

On mobile

You can block someone while editing your circles, in Hangouts, or when reporting their content for violating our User Content and Conduct Policies. Hangouts On Air are live video Hangouts, which are broadcast via YouTube. If the host invites people you've blocked to a Hangout On Air, you may see video of each other participating in the Hangout and you may see each other's names, profile pictures, and questions or other content.

What happens when you block someone

The following are the results of blocking someone. Keep in mind that the limits placed upon the person you've blocked are only enforced when they're logged in. For instance, if someone you've blocked is signed in, they won't be able to see your public posts, but if they aren't signed in, they may be able to see those posts. When you block someone:

You won't see their content in your stream (even though you'll remain in their circles).
They'll be removed from any circles of yours that they appear in.
They'll be removed from your extended circles, even if you have mutual connections.
They won't be able to add new comments to your content.
They won't be able to see your comments on other people's posts.
They won't be able to view any of your posts that you share after blocking them.
They won't be able to mention you in posts or comments.

When you block someone, we won't proactively notify them (unless you block them from within a video call). But since blocking someone limits the interactions that person can have with you, they may figure out that they've been blocked.

See people you've blocked

To see the list of people you've blocked, follow these steps:

Open Google+. Place your cursor in the top left corner for the Google+ main menu.
Click People.
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Select View blocked.

Blocking and Communities

Communities in Google+ are shared spaces for users to gather and have conversations around common interests. Communities have owners and moderators: users who are responsible for managing these shared spaces so that everyone has a positive experience.

If you join a community that is managed by someone you've blocked, you will not see content they share. However, the person you've blocked, as a moderator, will be able to view and moderate the content you share in that community. They will not be able to +1 your comments or posts, nor will they be able to comment or reshare your posts or photos. As always, people you've blocked will not be able to see or interact with Google+ content you share outside of the community.

If you own or moderate a community and someone you've blocked is a member of that community, the content they share in that community will be hidden with the option to view the content for moderation purposes. You will not be able to +1 their comments or posts, nor will you be able to reshare or comment on their posts or photos.

Blocking and Hangouts

Visit our Hangouts Help Center to learn about blocking in Hangouts.

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The Weather Channel’s Plea to Waive DIRECTV’s Cancellation Fee - FishbowlDC

The Weather Channel’s Plea to Waive DIRECTV’s Cancellation Fee - FishbowlDC:

By James Reiter on January 23, 2014 2:40 PM

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The Weather Channel's Plea to Waive DIRECTV's Cancelation Fee

After DIRECTV recently dropped The Weather Channel from its lineup, many of the television provider's customers went to switch service, only to be faced with cancelation fees ranging from $200 - 400. Yesterday, The Weather Channel ran full-page ads in The Washington Post, The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the LA Times that featured an open letter to DIRECTV's Board from The Weather Channel's Chairman and CEO, David... read more>>

To date, more than 115,000 DIRECTV subscribers have pledged to switch their provider, more than 750,000 have complained about the dropped channel, and 4.7 million people have visited the site, www.keeptheweatherchannel.com. These numbers are up significantly from where they were at just 48 hours ago.

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Sunday, January 19, 2014

January 19, 2004 Baltimore Sun Poincare Conjecture On the verge of a solution

Ten years ago - - January 19, 2004 Baltimore Sun Poincare Conjecture On the verge of a solution

I wonder, what is the current status of this story on solving the Poincare Conjecture?

BTW, sadly, the link is dead: http://www.sunspot.net/news/health/bal-te.perelman19jan19,0,5865047.story?coll=bal-home-headlines

Poincare Conjecture On the verge of a solution

Riddle: A reclusive Russian researcher's work, if proven, may unravel one of the biggest and most taxing mysteries of mathematics.

By Douglas Birch Sun Foreign Staff January 19, 2004

MOSCOW - In his office overlooking the faded pastel mansions along a St. Petersburg canal, a young Russian mathematician spent eight solitary years grappling with the Poincare Conjecture, one of the most famous and frustrating conundrums in math.

Now, colleagues say, Grigori Y. Perelman may not only have solved the century-old riddle. He may have helped advance many areas of math and physics, and made it possible to better understand the shape of the universe. "It seems like a very beautiful idea," one American colleague said.

If "Grisha" Perelman's proof of the Poincare is correct - and many mathematicians suspect it is - it will seal his transformation from an obscure researcher into one of the world's leading scientists.

And he will become the first person eligible to claim a $1 million prize offered by the Clay Mathematics Institute of Cambridge, Mass., for solving what it calls one of the seven central problems in math.

But the 37-year-old native of Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, doesn't seem interested in money or acclaim. While he could probably get a far more lucrative job in the West, he earns only about $200 a month at the Steklov Institute of Mathematics in St. Petersburg.

And he has rejected at least one mathematical prize. In 1996, he refused to accept an award in Budapest, Hungary, from the European Mathematical Society.

Perelman himself won't discuss any of this. "In my opinion, any public discussion of my work at the moment is premature and counterproductive," he wrote in an e-mail to The Sun several months ago. He didn't respond to another request for an interview this week.

Colleagues describe Perelman as jealous of his privacy, and fearful that public attention would distract him from his work. He may also be concerned that the talk of the prize money could make him a target of the Russian underworld.

"I think he wants to be a private person," said John W. Milnor, director of the Institute for Mathematical Science at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. "He doesn't want to be a media hero, where he can't walk out without being recognized, where he has a fear for his life."

Partly, Perelman is probably leery of prematurely claiming victory. Dozens of researchers have tackled the Poincare Conjecture. It goes to the heart of topology, or the mathematical study of surfaces, which holds that the world consists of two basic shapes, the sphere and the doughnut. Poincare speculated, in effect, that certain rules governing these three-dimensional shapes also apply to the same shapes projected into four and more dimensions.

Two years ago, the mathematician Martin Dunwoody of Southampton University in Britain caused a stir when he published a proposed proof. But Dunwoody, like all his predecessors, was later proved wrong.

Milnor cautioned that Perelman's proof could have hidden flaws. "It's been a puzzle and a challenge for 100 years," he said. "There have been many positive first steps and many false proofs. It's the kind of a subject where it's very easy to make a mistake if you're not careful."

Experts say it could take another six months to a year to verify Perelman's work, which is being scrutinized by teams around the world. But the work appears to have avoided the pitfalls of past efforts. Colleagues say even if his proof has hidden flaws, it represents a major advance in math.

"Although at the moment it is still too soon to declare a definitive solution to the problem, Perelman's ideas are highly original and of deep insight," wrote Michael T. Anderson of Stony Brook, in next month's issue of Notices of the American Mathematical Society.

Perelman has so far refused to publish his arguments, a mixture of esoteric math jargon and formulas, in a recognized journal, the traditional method for announcing scientific discoveries. Instead, he has posted his proof as three separate "preprints" -- or draft scientific papers - on an obscure Web site (www.arvix.org/abs/math.DG). A fourth preprint, containing the final elements of his proof, is expected to be posted there soon.

Excitement in the tiny international mathematics community has been building since November 2002, when the first preprint appeared.

Last spring, Perelman gave a series of lectures on his proof at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stony Brook, the University of California at Berkeley and Princeton University. At each appearance, those in attendance say, he parried probing questions with rock-solid answers.

These lectures triggered news coverage that rivaled that given the Princeton mathematician Andrew Wiles a decade ago. Wiles' proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, a problem that had tormented number theorists for 350 years, was confirmed in 1995.

Although Perelman made little stir in math circles before his recent discovery, he made a big impression on his professors. "Grigori Perelman is one of the brilliant successors of earlier Petersburg mathematicians," said a former teacher, Gennadi A. Leonov, dean of the faculty of mathematics and mechanics at St. Petersburg State University.

After his appointment, Perelman published a few works in his areas of expertise, geometry and topology. Then for eight years, he toiled doggedly on the Poincare Conjecture, telling his Russian colleagues little about his work and publishing nothing.

Unlike most of their counterparts in the United States, researchers at the numerous institutes run by the Russian Academy of Sciences are not required to teach or publish. But even by Russian standards, Perelman's long academic silence was remarkable.

Over the past two years he has given numerous lectures to fellow mathematicians. But he has resisted becoming a scientific celebrity. He has refused interviews and asked colleagues not to disclose details of his personal life.

"He doesn't want any intrusions," said Eldar Ibradimov, director of the Steklov, the home to about 85 scholars and researchers. He referred to Perelman respectfully, using his first name and patronymic: "Grigori Yakovlevitch."

The mathematician Jean Pierre Serre recently called Poincare's Conjecture "central to our understanding of the mathematical world." It was proposed in 1904 by the Frenchman Henri Poincare, a nearsighted mining engineer and university professor who was described by one of his early teachers as "a monster of mathematics."

Poincare has been called the last of the great "universalists" in his field, meaning he was a master of all areas of math. But he is probably most famous as a founder of modern topology, the study of the geometric properties of elastic surfaces that don't change when they are stretched or bent.

In topology, a sphere is the only way to bend a two-dimensional plane into a shape without holes. In 1904, at the age of 31, Poincare speculated, in effect, that there was likewise only one way to bend three-dimensional space into a shape without holes. But he couldn't prove this was so.

This talk of bending space may sound like it has nothing to do with the real world. But Albert Einstein said that gravity does indeed bend space, meaning that our three-dimensional universe is curved. If you travel long enough in a straight line through the cosmos, physicists say, you will eventually wind up back where you started.

According to the Clay Institute rules, its so-called Millennium prizes can only be awarded two years after the publication of a proof. But the president of the institute has said that, if the proof holds up, Perelman may still be eligible to win .

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Saturday, January 18, 2014

Arlin Samuel Utz, 95, of Westminster, died Jan. 9, 2014

Arlin Samuel Utz, 95, of Westminster, died Thursday morning, Jan. 9, 2014, at home.

Born June 15, 1918, in New Market, he was the son of the late John and Helen Utz. He was the husband of Dorothy V. "Dottie" Utz, his wife of 62 years.

He graduated from Taneytown High School. He was a veteran of the Navy, where he served from 1944 to 1946. He was a food machinist for Borden's Ice Cream, Food Machinery Corporation and Westinghouse.

He enjoyed driving his 1960 Lark Studebaker convertible in parades and tours. He also enjoyed playing chess, dancing, doing word search puzzles, good music, ice skating, roller skating, woodworking and visiting Chick-Fil-A for lunch on Mondays and Tuesdays.

He enjoyed spending time with his children and grandchildren. He was a member of the Gettysburg Region Antique Automobile Club of America, Carroll County Historical Society and the West Carroll Republican Club. He was also a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Westminster.

Surviving, in addition to his wife, are sons Kevin R. Utz, of Westminster, and A. Dwight and wife Deborah Utz, of Raleigh, N.C; sisters Sarah Rinehart Dowders, of Virginia Beach, Va., and Mary Tracey Bergman, of Pampuna, Fla.; grandchildren and spouses Brad and Stephanie Utz, Jennifer and Jeff Leppert, Julie and Joel Caple, Andrew and Emily Utz, and Nathan and BethAnn Utz; and eight great-grandchildren.

He was predeceased by a brother, Bernard Utz; and a sister, Frances Hahn.

The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Pritts Funeral Home & Chapel, 412 Washington Road, Westminster.

A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home, with Deacon Craig Giles officiating. Interment will be in Evergreen Memorial Gardens.

Memorial contributions may be sent to Grace Lutheran Church, 21 Carroll St., Westminster MD, 21157; or to Carroll Hospital Center Foundation, 200 Memorial Ave., Westminster, MD 21157.

Online condolences may be offered at www.prittsfuneralhome.com.

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Thursday, January 16, 2014

Living Stones | Clem's Corner

Living Stones | Clem's Corner: "LIVING STONES https://clemscorner.wordpress.com/2014/01/16/living-stones/ From Grace Lutheran Church Pastors Kevin and Martha in the Holy Land...

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Posted on January 16, 2014 by clemscorner

Since the first day of this journey we have heard the words ‘Living Stones’ a description of the people of this region. Not sure I really grasped it until today when at the Mount of Olives. Our group had just gotten off the bus when we were approached by an man dressed in traditional Arab garb who also had a donkey. He was selling photo ops. Yet he was also a man of great compassion who so moved me that I went had my picture taken with him so as to never forget. " Read More... https://clemscorner.wordpress.com/2014/01/16/living-stones/

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Monday, January 13, 2014

Robert Lee Myers September 16, 1942 - January 12, 2014

Robert Lee Myers, 71, died Sunday, January 12, 2014. Born September 16, 1942 in Westminster, he was the son of the late Carroll C. Myers Sr. and Agnes J. Rhoten Myers.

He had been the owner of Maryland Business Services in Westminster.

Surviving is daughter Michelle Myers-Kline of Gettysburg, PA; sons Bryan Patrick Myers, Sr., of Savannah, GA and Robert Anthony Myers, Sr. of Hanover, PA; 7 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. He was predeceased by siblings Carroll C. Myers, Jr., Sterling A. Myers and Elizabeth S. Null.

There will be no funeral services and interment will be private.

Cremation arrangements by Pritts Funeral Home and Chapel, 412 Washington Rd., Westminster.

Online condolences may be made at www.prittsfuneralhome.com.

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New debate rises over Maryland gun law

New debate rises over Maryland gun law

Backlog in background checks put gun in hands of carjacking suspect

Read more: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/sun-investigates/bs-md-gun-backlog-20140111,0,3366491.story

BREAKING NEWS:
New debate rises over Maryland gun law

Jan 12, 2014 | 9:13 AM

More than 200 guns were sold to people legally barred from owning them as a surge in firearms sales last year overwhelmed Maryland's background check system, according to state police.

Read More; http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/sun-investigates/bs-md-gun-backlog-20140111,0,3366491.story

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Sunday, January 12, 2014

Richard Maloy, Thompson and WaPo Veteran, Dies at 89 - FishbowlDC

Richard Maloy, Thompson and WaPo Veteran, Dies at 89 - FishbowlDC:

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"By Patrick Tutwiler on January 9, 2014 1:16 PM"

Yesterday we reported on the passing of longtime WaPoprinter Fred McHone. Today we learn of another veteran WaPo journalist who has died. Richard Maloy, who served as Washington bureau chief of Thomson newspapers after working for years at the Post, died Dec. 1. From the obituary:

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Saturday, January 11, 2014

Eagle River Alaska Real Estate - Bill Babylon Real Estate

Eagle River Alaska Real Estate - Bill Babylon Real Estate:

"Your Source For Eagle River Alaska Real Estate"

December 21, 2010: Isn’t It Really Dark in Alaska? Today is the shortest “day” of the year, so it is a good opportunity to discuss how dark it is during Alaska’s winters. Those who really want to come here would call most of the “darkness” stories, fabled. But, there is truth in at least some of what you have heard about sunrise and sunset in Anchorage and Eagle River. The facts are: Click here to see full blog post.

November 18, 2010 Update: Winter Rules!For about six months of every year, the residents of Eagle River, Alaska, live with winter. Temperatures are generally below freezing, and there is snow and ice on the roads. The part of the day when the sun is up grows shorter, and the night becomes longer. Our shortest day of daylight is slightly under 6 hours. And, so, we adjust our activities accordingly—or not. Click here to see full blog post.

October 29, 2010 Update: It’s “Decision Time” in Eagle River, Alaska; and this time it’s not about which of the homes to choose. It’s about who you want to represent you in the United States Senate. At least we have a lot of choices. In fact, there seem to be as many choices for Senate as there are 4-bedroom homes for under $350K. The issues and the personalities are hotly debated. It’s something you just can’t avoid these days. The television is replete with commercials by the front-runners. The mail is littered with their post cards. The signs clutter the roadsides, and the newspapers headline the latest political gaff by one or the other of the candidates. Our phones ring off the hook with political polls. Click here to see full blog post.

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Hot Anchorage home market drives prices up to average $347,000 | Business | ADN.com

Hot Anchorage home market drives prices up to average $347,000 | Business | ADN.com:

http://www.adn.com/2014/01/09/3266181/prices-of-anchorage-homes-continued.html#emlnl=Breaking_News

"BY MONICA GOKEY mgokey@adn.comJanuary 9, 2014"

Anchorage's real estate market is more competitive than ever, with home prices continuing to rise, according to new data from the Alaska Multiple Listing Service.

In 2013, homes spent an average of 49 days on the market before selling -- down 20 percent from the previous year -- and buyers are paying 99 percent of the last listing price, according to new data.

The average residential home price in 2013 was $346,977, up 7.8 percent over the average home price of $321,958 in 2011.

Homes listed in the $250,000 to $274,999 price range sold in an average of 34 days, the residential home market's quickest turnaround.

In short: It's a seller's market. Read more: http://www.adn.com/2014/01/09/3266181/prices-of-anchorage-homes-continued.html#emlnl=Breaking_News

Read more here: http://www.adn.com/2014/01/09/3266181/prices-of-anchorage-homes-continued.html#emlnl=Breaking_News#storylink=cpy

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