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Peter Lawrence, father of missing York chef Claudia

2014-12-20 13:16:13| Agriculture - Topix.net

ALMOST 200 people joined Peter Lawrence, father of missing York chef Claudia, and the families of other missing people for a special carol service this week. The Missing People Carol Service took place at St Michael le Belfrey church in York, to remember missing people from around the county, including Claudia, who has been missing since 2009.

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Video Gamers Recall 'Father' Ralph Baer's Extraordinary Legacy

2014-12-08 21:29:35| TechNewsWorld

Ralph H. Baer, the father of the home video game, died Saturday at 92. Baer invented the Odyssey video game system and co-invented the electronic game Simon. While working as a military contractor for Sanders Associates in the '60s, Baer began to explore the possibility of creating a video game system that could be played on the television. The result of his work was the "Brown Box."

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The Father Of Video Games Has Passed Away

2014-12-08 17:59:03| Electronics - Topix.net

There are three guaranteed spots on the Mount Rushmore of video games: Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari; Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Nintendo's Mario and Zelda franchises; and Ralph Henry Baer , who is commonly known as "The Father Of Video Games." Baer was born in Germany, but his family fled to the US before the start of World War II.

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Leominster teacher donates kidney to father of students at school where she works

2014-10-22 16:43:56| Jewelry - Topix.net

As Richard Finlay sat in the surgical waiting room of UMass Memorial Medical Center on Tuesday morning, he couldn't help but be thankful for the young woman who was willing to make a decision that would help prolong his life. Two of Finlay's three children attend Page Hilltop Elementary School in Ayer, and when special-education teacher Kaitlin O'Connell heard the 52-year-old Ayer resident would die without a transplant, she knew she had to step in.

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