NORTH GREENBUSH Clare L. Treat, 86, of Van Rensselaer Manor and formerly of Poyneer Road, East Schodack, died Sunday in the manor.
Mrs. Treat was born in Greenpoint. She had lived in East Schodack for 47 years before moving to the manor.
While living in East Schodack, she was a member of the East Schodack Garden Club and the Antiques Study Group.
Mrs. Treat was a communicant of St. Mary's Church, Nassau.
She was the widow of Donald O. Treat.
Survivors include two …
Originally, constructed in 1904 as the training facility for the U.S. men's Olympic team, the University of Chicago's Bartlett Hall, a neo-Gothic limestone structure in the heart of the campus, last year was transformed into a 550-seat student dining hall.
The $15.5 million adaptive reuse project "had to compete for resources and attention" with three glamour projects on campus, according to Curt Heuring, university architect. They were: a new $52 million athletic center designed by Cesar Pelli, with Chicago's OWP&P; a $54 million dormitory from Ricardo Legorreta, which opened last year; and a new graduate school of business designed by Raphael Vinoly, scheduled to open next fall.
"The sensitivity with which the renovation was done was terrific," says Heuring. "You have these large projects by Legorreta, Pelli, and Vinoly, and this little renovation project has stolen some of the limelight because it was done so well. It's a credit to the skills of the architect and the entire team."
The project, designed by Bruner/Cott & Associates, Cambridge, Mass., was conceived as part of the university master plan, which called for more student housing in the heart of campus, as well as additional athletic facilities+ "The pool facilities, among other things, were outdated," says Heuring. "We were building the new dormitory on campus, but the students needed a place to eat." So the university planners asked: Why not let Bartlett be their dining hall?
The timing of the two projects thus became crucial. "If you opened the dining hall without the dorm being open, it wouldn't succeed, and the dorm couldn't open without a dining hall," Heuring says.
Working in tandem
To facilitate the process, the projects shared equipment and locally based …
BRUSSELS (AP) — Luxembourg-based freight airline Cargolux says it will receive its first two Boeing 747-8 freighter planes on Oct. 12 and 13.
The delivery of the newly revamped 747-8 freighter had been scheduled for Sept. 19 and 21 but was delayed amid a dispute between the two companies.
Cargolux said Wednesday that the disagreement "related to the …
NEW ORLEANS - The NBA Western Conference playoffs were supposedto be a brutal test for a young New Orleans Hornets squad withlittle postseason experience.
Of their first seven playoff games, the Hornets have now won six -five by double digits.
"I am proud of way our team has played," Hornets Coach ByronScott said. "We've had a heck of season. We've still got a lot ofpeople out there that doubt us. I think that's what fuels theseguys. We've been proving people wrong all season."
With flashy dribbles and a driving floater that couldn't miss,Chris Paul had 30 points and 12 assists, leading the Hornets to a102-84 victory over San Antonio on Monday night and a 2-0 …
According to a study from Brussels, Belgium, "We investigate the dynamical properties of a simple four-variable model describing the interactions between the tumour suppressor protein p53, its main negative regulator Mdm2 and DNA damage, a model inspired by the work of Ciliberto et al. [2005. Steady states and oscillations in the p53/Mdm2 network."
"Cell Cycle 4(3), 488-493]. Its core consists of an antagonist circuit between p53 and nuclear Mdm2 embedded in a three-element negative circuit involving p53, cytoplasmic and nuclear Mdm2. A major concern has been to develop an integrated approach in which various types of descriptions complement each other. Here we …
Without a single question about his highly publicized road rage incident last year, state Sen. James Lack was confirmed by his fellow senators Tuesday to a Court of Claims judgeship.
The action marked the Senate's latest stamp of approval of a nominee from Gov. George Pataki, who has enjoyed an unbroken string of quick and easy confirmations of his judicial candidates by the Republican-dominated chamber.
The Senate Judiciary Committee earlier in the day unanimously recommended Lack, R-Northport, for the $136,700-a-year post. The Court of Claims handles lawsuits against the state.
Lack, 58, the committee's chairman, said it was a ``little bit of an …
Byline: Bob Gary Jr.
Mar. 19--The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga "probably" will be unable to make a formal proposal for control of Max Finley Stadium by April 1, according to school spokesman Chuck Cantrell.
"All the reviews and everything we'd need to complete won't be done by that point," he said.
Frank Burke, owner of the Chattanooga Lookouts and BellSouth Park, made a proposal Wednesday. He asked the Stadium Corp. board for "some sort of direction" by April 1, citing the upcoming baseball season.
UTC was to have made a presentation Friday to The Stadium Corp., but canceled it, leaving Stadium Corp. Chairman Ryan Crimmins …
Sculptor chisels St. Damien statue for church in Puna district where priest ministered
HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A sculptor on the island of Hawaii is creating a life-size statue of St. Damien for the Sacred Heart Church in Pahoa, located in the district where the venerated Roman Catholic priest first worked after being ordained in 1864.
William McKnight is chiseling a 7-ton basalt boulder into a statue depicting a 5-foot-10, 210-pound Damien topped by his signature hat. The sculpture will show Damien extending his hand to help people.
The base will feature Hawaii Island's main volcanoes, which also are meant to represent the Trinity, along with water symbolizing Damien's …
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August 30-September 4: Feria Internacional del Hogar, La Decoracion, El Regalo, y La Moda (Home, Decoration, Gift and Fashion Trade Show). Sponsor/organizer: Grupo de Ferias,?Congresos y Eventos S.A., P.O. Box 7277, Panama 5, Republic of Panama. Phone: 507-269-3995. Fax: 507-264-6983. E-mail: congreso@gfce.com. Web site: www.gfce.com. Contacts: Manuel Alzamora, President. Marichel Ortiz, Event Coordinator Frequency: Yearly. Visitors: 50 50,000. Exhibitors: 120. Description: ?Manufacturers, distributors, agents of decoration products, …
Schenectady City Hall
With its familiar clock tower, Schenectady City Hall was …
NEW YORK - At the Bear Stearns' Mortgage and Structured Products Conference 2005 held here last week, analysts expressed concern about whether the influx of new affordability mortgage products has created artificial borrower demand, making lower credit borrowers more vulnerable in a rising rate scenario.
Senior Managing Director Dale Westhoff said that there are three recent major changes in the mortgage market: record home price growth, expanded access to credit and the growth of new affordability mortgage products such as hybrid ARMs and interest-only mortgages. Some of the consequences of these changes, he said, are the fastest discount speeds on record and a shrinking and …
TOKYO Soichiro Honda, the blacksmith's son who applied hismechanical gift brilliantly to motorcycles and later to the smallcars that fit the bill of the energy-conscious 1970s, died of liverfailure Monday in a hospital. He was 84.
Honda Motor Co., which he founded in 1946, now is Japan's No. 3car manufacturer. In the United States, where it began production in1982, it ranks fourth, after General Motors, Ford and Chrysler.
Mr. Honda had been top adviser to the company since he retiredas president in 1973, its 25th anniversary under the Honda Motorname.
He was born in central Japan, the son of a blacksmith, and sawhis first car in 1913, when he was 8. It …
Byline: Gannett News Service - FACTS:ON THE WEB To learn more about time, calendars and the millennium, visit these Internet sites: http://www.usno.navy.mil, the U.S. Naval Observatory http://www.mille.org, the Center for Millennial Studies at Boston University http://www.calendarhome.com, calendars galore http://realmillenniumgroup.com, the Real Millennium Group http://www.futurist.com, the FuturistNews newsletter -- Gannett News Service
Geoff Chester of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., clings to history in defense of his stand that the 21st century and the third millennium begin Jan. 1, 2001.
There's no real argument, he says, except with …
London, June 24 -- Hackers struck computer systems of the Sun newspaper and The Times, bombarding them with Internet traffic in an attempt to make them crash.
The international hacking group LulzSec, has taken exception to the Sun's coverage of the arrest of Ryan Cleary who is a member of the group, the police said.
LulzSec has also threatened a major attack on government websites. It came as Cleary, 19, was remanded in custody for further questioning by police as he appeared in court charged with five hacking offences, the Telegraph reports.
News International declined to comment on the attacks on its servers, but revealed that computers in Russia had been used to attack the Sun website and Times newspaper.
The production of The Times was not affected and the website of the Sun was slowed down but did not crash at any time.
Cleary is said to be co-operating with the police as they investigate a string of cyber attacks both here and abroad. He appeared before City of Westminster magistrates charged with five offences under the Criminal Law and Computer Misuse Act, including an attack on the website of the Serious Organised Crime Agency.
Cleary was arrested from his home in Wickford, Essex on Monday in a joint operation by Scotland Yard and the FBI.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 23 -- Eli Moreno of Tacoma, Wash., has developed goods secured delivery coordinating methods.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and process for securing goods delivered to and retrieved from a secure storage unit is provided. The system utilizes a locker having an interior into which at least one good may be inserted and secured by a door via a locking mechanism. Access to the interior of the locker is controlled by a server which is in communication with the locker via an Internet or other network connection. The server controls the accessing and operation of the locker either directly or in combination with a controller."
An abstract of the invention, released by the Patent Office, said: "The controller is suitably situated in a kiosk that provides user interfaces by which customers, vendors, and/or carriers access and utilize the locker. The locker may be any suitable storage container including garages, mailboxes, heated/cooled compartments, and other storage units. The kiosk may also include other vending machines and dispensing devices, the operation of which are preferably controlled by the server."
The inventor was issued U.S. Patent No. 6,882,269 on April 19, 2005.
The patent has been assigned to Darren Murrey of Tacoma.
The original application was filed on July 12, 2001, and is available at: http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,882,269.PN.&OS=PN/6,882,269&RS=PN/6,882,269.
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Question: I'm a hypochondriac. I've tried everything, includingpsychotherapy, to make my concerns go away, but I keep beingterrified.
Right now, because I often have headaches, I'm afraid I have abrain tumor, even though I've had head scans done and nothing iswrong. What can I do? - Maria Elisa, Portugal
Answer: In true hypochondriacs (who are equally split among menand women, by the way), even mild physical sensations - a fleetingchest pain, a plain-vanilla headache - feel like warnings ofsomething terminal.
The Internet likely has made it worse. The vast array of websiteslisting symptoms and diagnoses sometimes can make even thehealthiest people feel like they're teetering at the edge of theirgrave.
Extreme health anxiety is no joke. Hypochondria, like otheranxiety disorders, can be disabling, and ordinary psychotherapy,constant reassurance from your doctor or medications might not beeffective.
But there's one proven anxiety treatment that almost alwayshelps: cognitive behavioral therapy.
This short-term treatment helps you identify and challenge thethoughts that underlie your fears and emotions.
After a few sessions with a therapist experienced in its behavior-modifying techniques, most hypochondriacs find that the frighteningfeelings start to fade away - and, with a couple of painkillers, sodoes the headache.
Question: I'm a vegetarian. I've noticed that quite a few of youronline recipes contain polenta.
I live in the U.K. and don't know what polenta is or where to getit. Can you help please? - Lynne, via email
Answer: Polenta is the Italian name for boiled ground cornmeal,or what you British usually call maize meal. (For our readers in theSouthern U.S., it's like finely ground grits.)
It's OK for vegetarians. When boiled and cooked, polenta has amashed-potato consistency, but it quickly firms up as it cools. Thenit can be sliced and pan-seared or baked.
It used to be a staple of peasants and soldiers - in fact, slicedpolenta was the MRE (meals ready-to-eat) of the ancient RomanLegion.
You can buy polenta precooked (usually in a tube) or as fine orcoarsely ground meal that also can be turned into corn cakes or evenused as a crust for sweet or savory pies.
It's fat-free, fiber-rich, high in iron and has about 100calories per half cup (cooked). We love it smothered in roastedvegetables, spicy beans, herbed lentils or marinara sauce.
Buying polenta ready-made makes going meatless even easier.
Question: I love gardening but have horrible allergies. What canI plant that won't make me sneeze? - Kathy, Wyndmoor, Pa.
Answer: Well, sneezeweed is probably out. In fact, any plant thatproduces pollen (trees, shrubs, grass, flowers ... pretty mucheverything) has the potential to give you itchy, watery eyes, adrippy nose and sneezing fits.
Before you start contemplating Astro Turf, some pretty plants areless likely to send your nose into a tizzy. These include florist-style hybrid tea roses (they're almost scentless), old-fashioned pom-pom hydrangeas, hollyhocks, sedum and irises.
Avoid heavily perfumed plants and male trees and shrubs (agreenhouse can help you choose). Female plants not only don't shedpollen, but they also trap and keep the pollen that's in the air, soless reaches your nose.
There are some new allergy-free Bermuda grasses. Your localCooperative Extension Service (find it here: www.csrees.usda.gov/Extension/) can help you create a low-allergy landscape.
Wind-borne pollen is a problem, but there are some preventivesteps that will help. Try wearing a filtering mask, sunglasses,gloves and a hat.
When you come in from the north 40, always shower, wash your hairand strip down to eliminate pollen from your hair, skin and clothes,which go straight to the laundry. And, take non-sedatingantihistamines faithfully during your allergy season (spring andfall are usually flora's time for sex orgies).
The YOU Docs, Oz and Roizen, are authors of "YOU: On a Diet."Want more? See "The Dr. Oz Show" on TV (check local listings). Tosubmit questions, go to www.RealAge.com.
Relief washed over Geiger Corrections Center on Friday when thehuman remains unearthed by Division Street construction workers weredetermined to be from a graveyard dating back to early Spokanesettlers.
Administrators had been worried that the corpse might have beenyet another escapee from their minimum-to-no-security prison west ofSpokane.
"It seemed pretty far-fetched the more we thought about it,"conceded an unnamed corrections source. "Like, why would anybody goto the trouble of digging out of Geiger when you can pretty muchwalk out the front door?"
Geiger getaways have reached such epidemic proportions that:
-- Inmates may now request meals in "to-go" boxes.
-- "Geiger Defections Center" T-shirts have replaced shaving kitsas the top selling item in the prison commissary.
-- Northern Quest now offers free casino shuttle service from theGeiger parking lot.
-- The prison just held its first Geiger Escapees Reunion (classof last March).
No one seems more dazed by the turnover than Geiger director LeonLong.
"They want to see their boyfriends or they want drugs and all ofa sudden bam, bam, bam, people are taking off on us," said Long in aSaturday Spokesman-Review story.
Under normal circumstances, a prison director will only utter thewords "bam, bam, bam," to mimic the happy sound of guard gunfire.
At Geiger, however, the words "bam, bam, bam" mean only onething:
The slamming of an exit door.
If the escapes continue, I'm afraid insensitive inmates willbrand poor Leon with one of those hurtful nicknames.
Geiger isn't a prison - it's a bed and breakfast.
Geiger logs more departures than the STA Plaza.
Geiger has become such a disgrace that it's beginning to take abelly-laugh lead over Spokane Mayor Jim West's Internetindiscretions.
Two women - Jaymie C. Fowler and Amanda George - were the mostrecent inmates to say goodbye to Geiger.
They went over a fence last Wednesday in an area Long called a"weak spot" although the director could have been referring to hisauthority.
Although George was caught quickly, Fowler as of Saturdayafternoon was still - as the great Merle Haggard once sang - "on therun, the highway is my home."
In lieu of racking up high overtime hours looking for her, Geigerofficials have offered Fowler free HBO and cell-service happy hourif she'll "please, pretty please" come back.
I've always had grudging regard for the prison escapes you see inthe movies.
I love it when a clever con sculpts a lifelike dummy out ofpapier-mache and then leaves it in his bed to fool the screws.
How can you not respect the inmate who can turn a bar of soap andsome shoe polish into a perfect handgun replica?
Then there are the cagey jailbirds who find their way out of theslammer by hiding in a sack of dirty prison laundry or worming theirway through stinky subterranean sewage pipes.
But leaving Geiger? That's about as complicated as calling atravel agent.
Geiger needs to plug the holes. But how?
I offer a simple 3-Step Penal Plan:
1. No more pole vault privileges in the prison yard.
2. Take bus schedules out of the weight room.
3. Stop hanging "Escapee of the Week" photos in the cafeteria asa morale builder.
"We're trying to get some respect from the public at Geiger, andthis doesn't help us at all," Long observed to a reporter afteranother Geiger inmate fled while in custody at the public defender'soffice.
You can certainly see why this man gets the big bucks. If hecan't keep his prisoners from taking so many powders, I think I knowwhat that nickname will be.
"Long Gone Leon!"
Doug Clark can be reached at (509) 459-5432 or by e-mail atdougc@spokesman.com.
Environmentalists have protested outside Sea World today, calling on the theme parkto release seven large sharks that are the focus of an RSPCA health investigation.
Four Queensland Greens Party members gathered outside the Gold Coast attraction.
The sharks are being housed temporarily in a swimming pool while a $13 million newfacility is built in time to open for Christmas.
Queensland Greens spokesman DREW HUTTON says the makeshift pool is too small.
The RSPCA launched an investigation last week after claims the sharks were in poorhealth and suffering from ulcerations.
An inspection found the sharks were not in any immediate health danger but a secondopinion is being sought from an independent shark expert.
Sea World maintains the sharks are in good health and recovering from injuries sustainedafter being hooked by a commercial fisherman.
AAP RTV dp/sc/rp
KEYWORD: SHARKS (GOLD COAST)
A judge says she's satisfied there's a risk a senior detective facing drugs chargeswould carry out a threat to kill a corruption investigator if he were granted bail.
Supreme Court Justice ROSEMARY BALMFORD has refused bail to 47-year-old Detective SeniorSergeant WAYNE GEOFFREY STRAWHORN.
She says she accepts a Crown submission that the threat was seriously made and seriously meant.
The court has heard that STRAWHORN made a threat to personally kill the corruptioninvestigator when he was secretly recorded by police.
STRAWHORN was arrested last month over allegations he was involved in a conspiracywith a former colleague and others to traffic a commercial amount of pseudoephedrine,the main ingredient in speed.
He faces charges of trafficking, two other drugs charges and three counts of threatening to kill.
AAP RTV sew/dk/rca/wz
KEYWORD: STRAWHORN (MELBOURNE)
Strong winds and stormy conditions have delayed a disaster assessment team headingto cyclone-hit remote islands in the Solomons group.
Remote Tikopia, Anuta and other smaller islands were hit by Tropical Cyclone Zoe lateon Saturday night.
Oxfam Community Aid Abroad's field representative in Honiara, VAL STANLEY, says theassessment team, which was due to leave the Solomons capital today, will leave tomorrowfollowing warnings from the meteorological office.
Ms STANLEY says poor communication systems means there's been no information on thestate of the islands and the welfare of their 4,000 residents.
She says once the assessment team has a picture of the damage Oxfam Community Aid Abroad'sMelbourne office will begin assembling emergency aid.
She predicts the islands will need supplies of water, shelter, food and clothing.
AAP RTV clm/clr/dl/rp
KEYWORD: ZOE AUST AID (MELBOURNE)
The Northern Territory government will spend $1 million shifting a central AustralianAboriginal community out of the path of the Alice Springs to Darwin railway.
The government has picked up the bill to relocate the Harry Creek East outstation,about 50 kilometres north of Alice Springs.
Chief Minister CLARE MARTIN says the shift will take place with the community's blessing.
The move was agreed in negotiations between traditional owners, the Asia Pacific TransportConsortium and the government over where the new corridor will run.
The 1,420-kilometre railway is scheduled to be completed by March 2004.
AAP RTV rmg/jas/rp
KEYWORD: HARRY (DARWIN)
A nine-year-old girl has been airlifted to Nambour General Hospital suffering froma suspected bite from a brown snake.
Energex Community Rescue helicopter pilot CREAGH MECHAM says the girl had been bittenon the foot outside the Sunshine Coast hinterland's Conondale School library at about11am (AEST).
He says she was a bit distressed and complaining about pain in her leg -- but shesettled down once she met her mother at the hospital.
Mr MECHAM says the girl is reported to be in a stable condition.
AAP RTV am/sc/ld/tb
KEYWORD: SNAKE QLD (BRISBANE)
The union representing airport security guards has called on the federal governmentto back their bid for better pay and conditions.
The Australian Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union also wants airlineindustry support, saying the industry must respect the workers' frontline role in thebattle against terrorists.
It's called on Qantas to play a leading role in improving the workers' pay and conditions.
The LHMU Airport Security section begins a work value case in the Australian IndustrialRelations Commission tomorrow.
It …
