John Palermo

ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE, June 11th, 2009
Actor John J. "Johnny" Palermo, who appeared in more than 30 television shows in his brief career, died Monday in an early morning car accident. He was 27.

Mr. Palermo, a 2000 graduate of Webster High School, where he played football and was a member of the team that won a state championship in 1999. He later attended the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, where he studied special effects movie makeup...

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From This Place

Deanna Witkowski (class of 1989) Deanna was interviewed on National Public Radio's "Weekend Edition Sunday," to promote her new sacred jazz recording, "From This Place."

The interview is permanently archived at npr.org and at deannajazz.com. For the exact link to the Weekend Edition website, or to purchase a CD, visit deannajazz.com.

Google PowerMeter

"If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it."

- Lord Kelvin

Ed Lu (rlt 80) and a team of engineers at Google have developed the prototype of a new device that can closely measure the amount of electrity used in various household activities.

Part of the objective of the PowerMeter project is to provide a manner for consumers to monitor and then adjust their own use of electricty.

Power to the People: Ed's blog post 2/10

Google PowerMeter
Daily Telegraph 2/10

William Brantly ('93), poet

"Some of you know that I've been writing on and off for 15 years and after a lot of back and forth about releasing something, I finally decided to put a book of poetry out to check off one of those boxes on life's to do list. It's about half of what I've written and perhaps someday I'll take a look at the rest or start again, but I felt this was a good point to do something a little more formal.

I ended up self-publishing it through a website called Create Space. It's available online at the following sites and I listed it for $14.99. I recently re-did the cover so it should reflect the new version in a week or so, but you can still order if you're interested.

I'm putting myself out there a bit so please be gentle in your reviews on Amazon. :)) Feel free to forward the info. above to any friends that I missed as well as your contacts too bc I've just started the engine on the marketing machine and if I have time and based on the amount of positive response, I'll probably market it a bit more. Ofcourse that's not my primary reason for putting a book out, but who knows, maybe I can quit my day job one day! :))

I hope everyone enjoys it bc I've put a lot into it and I know it's not perfectly formatted or perfectly written, but it's meant to capture a point in time and put out that sort of vibe."

Bill Brantly

The poop on Dr. T's Big Idea

Dr. Mike Thomann (rlt'82) has never been one to follow convention. Rather than setting up his veterinary practice in a traditional brick and mortar office building, Dr. Thomann took his practice out on the road via a modified Coachmen RV. Since 1994, Mike has been well known in the Charlotte, North Carolina area as the Mobile Vet.

While some would be content with a successful veterinary practice, Dr. Thomann is taking his interest in pets national with the introduction of his line of lighted pooper scoopers.

Yes, Dr. Thomann has a new web site, Ka Ka King and his S3 Sanitation Safety Sticks is coming to a store near you.

One has to wonder what twin brother, Mark might think of potentially being mistaken for the Ka Ka King.