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Nearly a dozen of the region’s pastors and religious leaders led a group of about 50 people in words of Scripture, hope and unity Sunday afternoon during a prayer vigil for Isiah Brown, his family and the county deputy involved in a shooting last month from which Brown remains hospitalized. “What we hope to promote today is unity within our community to work through difficult circumstances together with unbiased grace, discernment, truth and love with an eye towards impartial justice,” said Temaki Carr, founder and CEO of Fredericksburg’s Loving the Nations Missions Minist...

“It’s really hard to define what’s special about neurons,” says Tufts molecular biologist Michael Levin. “Almost all cells do the things neurons do, just more slowly.”Illustration by jijomathaidesigners / Shutterstock Life seems to be tied to bioelectricity at every level. The late electrophysiologist and surgeon Robert Becker spent decades researching the role of the body’s electric fields in development, wound healing, and limb regrowth. His 1985 book, T he Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life, was a fascinating deep dive into how the body is electric thr...

Feb 11, 2021 WESTFIELD – Richard L. “Rick” Abbey, 56, of Hardscrabble Rd. Westfield, NY, passed away peacefully Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021 at home following a brief illness. Rick was born November 21, 1964 in Westfield Memorial Hospital the son of Dale L. Abbey and the late Sally D. (Toy) Abbey. He was a graduate of Westfield Academy and Central School Class of 1983. Following graduation, Rick specialized in computer building and repair. Most recently, he had been employed at the Chautauqua Rehab and Skilled Nursing Facility in Dunkirk, NY in their facility operations department. In his spa...

Feb 10, 2021 WESTFIELD — Richard L. “Rick” Abbey, 56, of Hardscrabble Rd. Westfield, N.Y., passed away peacefully Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, at home following a brief illness. Rick was born Nov. 21, 1964, in Westfield Memorial Hospital the son of Dale L. Abbey and the late Sally D. (Toy) Abbey. He was a graduate of Westfield Academy and Central School Class of 1983. Following graduation, Rick specialized in computer building and repair. Most recently, he had been employed at the Chautauqua Rehab and Skilled Nursing Facility in Dunkirk, N.Y., in their facility operations department. In his sp...

First Zoom patent jury trial sees Valve fined $4 million 05-02-2021 Valve has been fined $4 million after being found to have infringed a video game controller patent. Ironburg Inventions, the IP holding arm of hardware manufacturer SCUF, filed the suit against Valve in 2017, claiming that the company’s Steam Controller infringed its rear-fitted paddle lever controller. The trial was the first of its kind to take place over Zoom, ending in Valve being ordered to pay $4,029,533.93, with the possibility of supra-compensatory damages. “Valve did know that its conduct involved an unreasonable...