The Week

10 things you need to know today:August 24, 2013

Hasan could face the death penalty after being found guilty on multiple premeditated murder and attempted murder charges.

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1. FORT HOOD SHOOTER FOUND GUILTY
Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who killed 13 soldiers and injured 31 more at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009, was found guilty on multiple premeditated murder and attempted murder charges. Hasan, a radicalized American-born Muslim, could face the death penalty. [USA Today]
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Wounded Warrior & disabled youth Military-style ‘Boot Camp’

For Immediate Release
                            
 STRIDE, Inc.                   476 North Greenbush Rd. Ste. 9 ,   Rensselaer NY 12144
        
EMAIL:  mwhitney@stride.org WEB: www.stride.org
Contact: Mary Ellen Whitney- (518) 598-1279
For Immediate Release Photo Opportunity

Wounded Warrior & disabled youth Military-style ‘Boot Camp’ 

(Chatham, NY)  If there is something that Soldiers and Marines are good at, it is leading from the front and working as a team to serve. These ideals will be put to test when Wounded Warriors are paired up one-on-one with STRIDE Adaptive Sports youth athletes for a military –style Boot Camp  retreat at the STRIDE Center for Outdoor Recreation and Education ( SCORE) in Chatham NY. 
Ten disabled youth will don Army issued uniforms, and sleep in canvas tents on cots at the campsite named ‘Yellow Ribbon’ pavilion. The 4-day event takes place this weekend Aug 22-25.  

Re-connected at last

It has been a strange, somewhat solitary week...

My computer was in the shop being de-bugged and for a solid week I was unable to connect with Facebook, my bank account, my online bill pays and my email friends - Hi everybody!

Moving my desk and office furniture has been on my list for far too long...first step was to unplug the computer, modem, monitor and mouse.  OOPS.  I probably should have taken a photo of where all those wires belong. 

After several attempts to re-connect, I called my good friend to come over and straighten me out.  

One wire plugged in the wrong port - literally 35 seconds and he had me up and running. :D Love you R.J. :D

Now when my armiore, and filing cabinet make it up the stairs my 'office' will be complete. Yay!

What's going on?

Calendar of Events

http://thescene-thescene.blogspot.com/p/what-to-do.html

August 10

August 6-18

SHREK

25 Years of free theatre… The Park Playhouse

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August 17

The 2013 Clove Run Road Races are Coming Soon!
The Castleton Road Racing Commission in conjunction with theCastleton-Schodack Kiwanis Club have scheduled the Clove Run races to be held in the beautiful Village of Castleton on August 17th. All proceeds will once again benefit the Anchor food pantry in Castleton. There will be a children’s 1 mile fun run, a new event this year, a 5K walk, a 5K running race and a 10 mile race all starting from the Castleton Elementary School at 8:30 am. The awards ceremony will begin immediately after the races are completed with a great lunch and live music. For more information, visit the Clove Run web site at http://www.vanrensselaerdivision.org/Clove_Run/  or call the Race Director at 518-732-2940.  Runners who are interested in online pre-registration can do so at Active.com or via a link on the Clove Run web site.  A brochure containing the Race Application may be downloaded from the Web Site and mailed to the address on the Race Application. We look forward to seeing you at Castleton’s Community Running Event of the Summer! 

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Pope Cries With Nathan de Brito, The Little Boy Who Brought Him To Tears (VIDEO)

Meet Nathan de Brito, the little boy who broke past barriers to run into Pope Francis' arms on Friday in order to tell him something that moved the pontiff to tears.

They embraced on the Popemobile as de Brito confided to Pope Francis, "Your Holiness, I want to be a priest of Christ, a representative of Christ."

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FREE Movie Night @ EG Pop Warner Field

To celebrate the start of the 2013 Season, the EGPW Board invites you to join us for Movie Night!

We will be showing "Here Comes the Boom" Starring Kevin James

Driver on phone when Spanish train derailed, court says

By CNN Staff

Driver on phone when Spanish train derailed, court says

Authorities have charged the train's driver, Francisco Jose Garzon, with 79 counts of homicide by professional recklessness and an undetermined number of counts of causing injury by professional recklessness.

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New, potentially fatal tick borne illness found in local areas

Posted: Jul 29, 2013 6:10 PM EDT

By Lindsay Nielsen - email

 

ALBANY, N.Y. - Ticks are now carrying a new, potentially deadly virus in our area.

According to researchers at the Wadsworth Center, the deer tick virus, also known as Powassan virus, has been found in Saratoga, Albany, Rensselaer and Columbia Counties.

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