Dorian Daniels

Smartphones are changing everything. The average smartphone has 41 apps, and each day more new mobile devices are activated than there are children born into the world.

And once devices are activated, they are checked on average 150 times a day -- once every 6

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You know I like my coffee as much as the next guy and more than some.  That said, I have also pushed the envelope in the past to cold sweats and not being able to sleep, so I find it hard to imagine myself brewing this stuff on purpose

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If you get an official looking e-mail from the IRS claiming that they owe you money  but they need more information to process your return.  Delete it and report it! Fraudsters are sending out phony e-mails like this by the thousands making them look authentic but it is in virtually every case a ploy to steal your identity

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Newly elected Pope Francis gets called humble for riding the bus and cooking his own meals. I was watching the news on TV the other day and a story had surfaced that the Pope had called his paperboy to discontinue hies delivery

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One of the funniest rabbit tales I remember at Easter was a Mall in Ohio that ejected the Easter Bunny for being too religious.  He must have been a Catholic.  So why is there a bunny involved in the whole affair??   Prepare to be the smartest person at the Easter table:) From Passover to Estora this History Channel video from youtube covers it all

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It's big news today that Walmart is expanding their i-phone app check out services to more stores in the US.  ( None in Maine yet ) And I was thinking in my jaded, pragmatic way..."what is to stop the unscrupulous from taking advantage?"  Here is what they have in place

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Hello. This is Governor Paul LePage.

Our first education conference was a great success, and I would like to thank everyone who participated. One of those participants was Mohamed Nur. He is a sophomore at Deering High School in Portland

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I was reading this proposal put together by House Majority Leader Seth Berry of Bowdoinham which seem fair and equitable. It makes fro interesting reading even if you whether or not you agree.

 Berry proposes Buffet Rule for Maine

Proposal would bring total state and local tax rate for incomes over $250K to average paid by all other Mainers

AUGUSTA – Taxation rates for the state’s highest-income households would come into alignment with the rates paid by all other Mainers under a measure proposed today by House Majority Leader Seth Berry of Bowdoinham.
Berry’s measure, LD 1113, “An Act To Provide Tax Fairness for Maine’s Middle Class and Working Families,” follows the same philosophy as the federal Buffet Rule: that

Chris Cassidy, of York Maine, along with two Russian cosmonauts,  launches on a six month mission to the International Space Station on March 28 at 4:43pm EST.     

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It is funny and I can see why this would be true.  When we take the time to post to Facebook , if you do that kind of thing, it's generally something that made you laugh, or that you were proud of or when you were having a very good time

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