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Paul Roderick Gregory, Contributor
I cover domestic and world economics from a free-market perspective
More suspicious voices on the right warned that the Left would use a collapsing Obama Care as an excuse for a single payer medical care system. The "train wreck" of the Obama Care roll-out has underscored its incredible complexity, contradictions, and peccadilloes, and we are just beginning to scratch the surface. Who knows what horrors lie buried in the thousands of pages of regulations that no one has read?
The warning that the Republicans will be blamed for the crash of Obama Care is already coming true. As ueber-Liberal Robert Reich writes from his Ivory Tower of Berkeley (Don't Blame Dems. We Wanted Single Payer):
"Had Democrats stuck to the original Democratic vision and built comprehensive health insurance on Social Security and Medicare, it would have been cheaper, simpler, and more widely accepted by the public."
The Left is champing at the bit to go single payer, even before Obama Care has begun. The employer mandate has been delayed and thousands of exemptions have been granted. Of the major provisions, only the individual mandate and fines remain, and even they may be delayed. But the liberals say: Let's change the venue and the rules before the game even starts.
The oracle of the Left, New York Times columnist Paul Krugman (The Big Kludge) explains that Obama Care, as constituted, is too complicated a mix of the private and public sectors. (Why did he not say that when the bill was before Congress?) Krugman explains that Obama Care was given to us by the Republicans in cahoots with Big Insurance, Big Pharma, and Big Hospital. Poor Obama and the Democrats had to take what was possible not what was best because of the rascally Republicans.
Krugman then issues his siren song for the single payer system:
"Imagine, now, a much simpler system in which the government just pays your major medical expenses. In this hypothetical system you wouldn't have to shop for insurance, nor would you have to provide lots of personal details. The government would be your insurer, and you'd be covered automatically by virtue of being an American. Of course, we don't have to imagine such a system, because it already exists. It's called Medicare, it covers all Americans 65 and older, and it's enormously popular. So why didn't we just extend that system to cover everyone?"
Sounds good does it not? We have no more worries. We can all go to the doctor or hospital, pick up our drugs at the pharmacy and initial a receipt that says: "Paid for by Uncle Sam." All these providers are sitting there waiting for us to arrive so they can serve us with efficiency, sympathy, and good will.
Before falling for these myths, consider what Reich and Krugman are not telling us.
First, they do not admit that their beloved single payer system is being grafted into a Medicare which already cannot keep its promises. Medicare's unfunded liabilities eclipse those of Social Security. Any actuary will tell you that, when the next generation retires, Medicare will be trillions of dollars short in paying its bills. In fact, Obama Care largely gets its own funding by robbing an already underfunded Medicare to pay for the Obama exchanges and Medicaid expansion.
Second, single payer systems elsewhere are paid for primarily by payroll taxes. The U.S. payroll tax rate is currently 15.3 percent with an additional 2.3 percent for higher income earners thanks to Obama Care. In the single payer systems of Europe, the payroll tax averages 37 percent. (Economists have long taught that the wage earners ultimately pay the payroll tax whether it is formally paid by the employer or employee). To pay for a single payer system like Europe's, America's middle class would face a doubling of payroll taxes and a fifty percent increase in their total taxes on income. Americans would pay about 45 percent of their earnings for federal taxes on income alone. After that they have to worry about state taxes and local property taxes.
Third, the Obama Care website is only about directing families to buy health insurance that meet Obama Care requirements, while informing them what the policy will cost after subsidies. It does not address real medical-care issues like which treatments will be covered, which doctors you can see and with what wait times, what reimbursement fees will doctors receive, what R&D costs pharmaceutical companies can recoup, or what kind of end-of-life care can seniors count on. If the Obama Care administration cannot even get you enrolled, how can you expect it to make these hundreds or thousands of decisions for millions of families. If Obama Care alone requires 12 million words of regulations, Obama's "SocialSecurity USA" will need 100 million words of regulations, which no one understands, much less has read. What 800 help line will be able to guide you through this mess?
Fourth, what talented young person will train for a decade to get an MD degree or a Ph.D. in science to qualify for work that is directed every step of the way by a Canadian IT company? Instead of patients and lab research, that person's time will be devoted to paper work and arguing with the 800-SOCIALSECRUITYUSA helpline. Under these conditions, why would Big Pharma risk billions to develop a cancer cure or the new equipment for brain or heart surgery. Instead, America's great pharmaceutical companies will become public utilities earning a fixed rate of return guaranteed by SOCIALSECURITYUSA. Why bother when Switzerland and Israel are still the land of the free? Let's get out of here before even they disappear.
Liberals will accuse me of crying wolf. After all, we have the best central planners in our MIT's, Harvards, and CalTechs. This Gregory guy says the problem is too complex, but what does he know.
My response: Let these true believers study the Soviet economy or read Hayek's The Fatal Conceit. I doubt either would help change their mind.
There's another reason why Cuba's so-called health "statistics" look good.
They're lying communists.
Could the "young idealists" do any worse? I don't believe it takes much math and science studies to determine the US healthcare system, which has gone from less than 10% of GDP in 1980 to current 17.7%, is broke. I'm not sure who you're talking about, believes there is a free lunch, but for me, that would be the any idiot who believes everything was just fine before Obamacare.
Here is a little graphic on the single payer Canadian Healthcare system regarding wait times. Enjoy government health care!
"Enjoy government health care!"
As user of VA Healthcare System, I enjoy it very much. When I have multiply complaints my PCP doesn't tell me to schedule separate appointment for each complaint. The doctor spends as much with me as necessary rather than going by the 5 minute mark as did my former private physician.
This is not say I didn't enjoy my former private health insurance. Certainly enjoyed suing them (insurance company) a couple times for bad faith. You'd think lesson learned after first denial of service/payment.
"The warning that the Republicans will be blamed for the crash of Obama Care is already coming true."
Haven't seen this anywhere. When Jon Stewart and Lorne Michaels are downing libs, you're in trouble
Alternative to the Affordable Care Act and a different type of HSA
Why does our employer or why do we give 100% of our monthly premiums to health insurance companies who then decide which treatment they will pay for with our money? Not only do insurance companies receive 100% of our premiums (often $20,000+ per employee annually) we also pay large co-pays and office visits payments. Could we create a system where employers send 50% of employees' health care premiums to their employees' health care savings account (HSA) and 50% to either a new version of Medicare (low cost coverage for everyone not just the elderly) or health insurance companies instead of giving 100% of our premiums to health insurance companies?
Do we even need health insurance companies? Health insurance companies are raising premiums, raising co-pays, lowering coverage, and lowering reimbursements for health care providers because health insurance executives seem more worried about making money for themselves and their shareholders than using our money to pay for our health care needs.
The health insurance companies often claim that rates are high because of the ballooning cost of treating the elderly. This argument is a ruse as the elderly are already covered under Medicare. Furthermore, as we age, insurance companies charge us more because, potentially, we could cost the insurance companies more money, but in reality we should be given credit or lower premiums for all of the money/premiums we or our employers have paid to the health insurance companies over our entire lifetime.
The Affordable Care Act/Obamacare requires everyone to purchase health care coverage from the same health insurance companies who have gotten us into this mess. The Affordable Care Act also requires health insurance companies to use 80-85% of the money they receive from us on healthcare. If 80-85% of the money health insurance companies receive from us must be spent on health care, then insurance companies will raise their rates even higher so the 15-20% they can spend on salaries will not result in a pay cut.
If the government can require everyone to buy health insurance, then the government should ban health insurance companies from being traded on Wall Street and mandate that health insurance executives/employees may not be paid more than $1 million per person annually.
In the early 1990s health insurance companies converted from not-for-profit companies to for profit companies traded on Wall Street. Ever since the conversion health insurance costs have skyrocketed. Health insurance companies, in the end, obstruct health care. Not only do they take our money with a promise to pay if we are sick or injured, when the time comes, they often refuse to pay. Health insurance companies have numerous excuses for not paying while at the same time charging a small ransom to be covered under their health plan. The new law should not be a windfall for the health insurance industry.
One of the ways to fix health care would be to let us keep more of the money we pay, or our employer pays, for our health insurance. Using the 50/50 health care plan, health care costs would be reduced, risks could be managed, and everyone would be covered. There would be fewer disagreements with insurance companies over services or payments. Patients and doctors would decide the treatment that is necessary and the patient would pay for the services through either their HSAs or if their HSA was depleted then payment would be through the new Medicare or through health insurance companies. This would encourage more responsible behavior and better patient-doctor relationships. (Economics 101: No one spends someone else's money as carefully as they spend their own money.)
No more millionaire insurance executives denying claims. The patient would have control over his/her money and health care. And, people who lose their jobs would still have money for health care through their HSAs, the new version of Medicare, which would receive 50% of our premiums or we could choose to direct 50% of our premiums to a private health insurance company.
Currently, if you lose your job and cannot afford COBRA, then you lose your health insurance or become part of Medicaid (if you are poor enough) or Medicare (if you are old enough) programs. It would be helpful to have a HSA to draw upon when unemployed in addition to Medicare and Medicaid. For example, if the health insurance premiums your employer pays for you cost $20,000 annually and you worked for 30 years, then you could potentially have $300,000 ($20,000/2 * 30) in a health savings account. HSAs would be portable and preventative care would be paid through the 50% that goes to the new Medicare or health insurance companies. The new Medicare would also cover the indigent or others who do not have and/or have depleted their HSA with the 50% of the premium Medicare would receive in addition to the current payroll taxes that go to Medicare.
If health insurance companies can pay multimillion dollar salaries, then my 50/50 plan could be implemented without affecting patient health care. It would only impact/reduce the health insurance executives' salaries to seven digits instead of eight or nine digits or Medicare could be strengthen and provide coverage for everyone including people who had depleted their HSA.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
That is the constitution.
Please let me know where the constitution indicates we should have the federal government dictate healthcare in this country?
The more we forget what the framers intended the worse off we seem to get.
The theory and beauty of single payer is that the money that I as a small employer pay to the fat cat insurance companies would be used to support a single payer healthcare system. No one is suggesting that we continue to raise taxes on the average worker. I consider the money that I pay in insurance premiums for my employees as part of their salary. Thus, i would use this money to pay into a payroll tax for single payer for all. The money that most people are paying in deductibles and copays would be gone in a single payer system. Thus, the average worker would be able to pay slightly more in taxes. Your description of the poor abused physician in a single payer system is also confused. If you haven't looked, the physicians in Canada are not unhappy and are not crossing the borders by the thousands to be treated like nonentities by the likes of UHC! i am a physician and have thought of going the opposite direction. The ACA is not my choice since it keeps the insurance companies in the pictures confounding everything. Medicare publishes a fee schedule every year that they don't change on a whim and tells providers and patients consistent information. If you were a little more compassionate, you might realize that single payer is the way to go since healthcare should be a human right. I just hope and pray that Obamacare will keep people alive until this country comes to its senses and realizes that whether or not a human lives or dies should not be dependent upon whether they have the money to pay for healthcare or not
There are so many Fallacies in your argument I don't know where to begin.
1. It would not be a "Slight" increase in taxes to go to single payer unless healthcare becomes rationed care. Remember only about half of American families even pay federal taxes so this would only be good for half the population unless the taxes are coming from employers like your self which are already over burdened.
2. Canada has rationed care some people it is months to see a doctor and get surgeries. I have relatives in Canada and they say it is getting worse as time goes on.
3. Your first statement who would be the fat cat in this the government is. When has to government ever been more efficient at delivering services. That I hope was a joke.


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By Bryan Fischer
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It's fascinating to watch liberals, Democrats in particular,
tie themselves up in knots trying to get as far from Anthony Weiner as possible
without abandoning their foundational moral principle, which is that whatever
consenting adults do in private is nobody's business.
Liberals are sounding like a resurrected Jerry Falwell in
their bloviations and denunciations of Anthony Weiner, despite the fact that
everything he did was a matter of consensual sexual activity between adults.
And yet we read in the New York Post that the Clintons are
"livid" that Anthony and Huma are emulating their example of the randy
politician and his "stand by your man" doormat of a wife.
The Clintons, in point of fact, should be honored that Huma
has learned her lesson so well and admires the Tammy Wynette of American
politics so much that she has snatched a page out of the Clinton playbook.
It's a remarkable thing to watch as the left suddenly and
mysteriously recovers some sense of sexual propriety and is now filled with the
kind of righteous indignation they excoriate in social conservatives.
Not only are the Clintons filled with moral outrage, so are
their sycophants in the media. The New York Times testily called for Weiner to
step down, because of his "personal compulsions." Because he is in a political
campaign, said the Times, his behavior is no longer private.
Referring to his behavior as "sexual misconduct," the Times
rejects the Clintonian strategy adopted by Huma that his "sexual behavior is
not the public's business." Says the Times, "it isn't, until they make it our
business by plunging into a political campaign."
So Bill and Hillary get a pass from the meanstream media and
Anthony and Huma don't. And the media seem glaringly blind to this massive
Bob Schieffer, a Clinton acolyte if ever there was one, said
on Sunday that Weiner's behavior was "sickening," and that his misadventures
are in fact important.
mayor of New York is not only the most powerful municipal post in America, but
because New York is so big and is the media capital of the world, the mayor of
New York occupies a bully pulpit, second in bullyishness only to that of the
White House. The rest of us may not like it, but what the mayor of New York
says matters far beyond the New York City limits. Which is why someone with
Anthony Weiner's problems has no business there and should leave the race...Why
would anyone put themselves and their loved ones through something like this? I
wouldn't pretend to know, but a friend of a friend said, in today's world there
are those who value power above dignity. That's probably right. But even in
politics, I want to believe they are still a minority."
Let's substitute Bill and Hillary and the Monica Lewinsky
escapade, shall we, and see what Bob should have said about them?
"One, it is not funny.It is sickening. Two, it is important. The presidency of the United States
is not only the most powerful political post in the world, but because
Washington is the political capital of the world, the president occupies a
bully pulpit...The rest of us may not like it, but what the president says
matters far beyond the D.C. city limits and even the borders of America. Which
is why someone with Bill Clinton's problems has no business there and should leave
the White House... Why would anyone put themselves and their loved ones through
something like this? I wouldn't pretend to know, but a friend of a friend said,
in today's world there are those who value power above dignity. That's probably
right. But even in politics, I want to believe they are still a minority."
Weiner's problems are far less problematic than the ones
created by Bill Clinton. Thanks to Bubba's example, and his claim that oral sex
isn't really sex at all, an entire generation of millennials is now suffering
through an epidemic of cancers of the throat, neck and head caused by the human
papilloma virus which is transmitted through oral contact.
Well, it's never too late for the left to discover that God
has been right all along, that sex is something designed exclusively for the
union of one man and one woman in marriage. Alas, this discovery is connected
to their visceral dislike of Weiner and not to their newfound allegiance to
truth and morality. That will have to wait for another day. Or the next
Republican sex scandal.
(Unless otherwise
noted, the opinions expressed are the author's and do not necessarily reflect
the views of the American Family Association or American Family Radio.)

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A developer is making a second bid to open a children's play centre.
Ian Cubberley has applied for planning permission to change the use of units seven and eight at the Station Industrial Estate, in Station Approach in Burnham.
The first unit is currently occupied by his building company, Charles May Construction, and the second has been vacant for more than two years.
Mr Cubberley had previously applied to open his new venture, Let's Go Bonkers, at an empty unit on the Springfield Industrial Estate, in Springfield Road.
If the new bid is successful, his building company will relocate to the unit on the Springfield Industrial Estate.
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While it's still fighting with Cablevision, Fox has settled its carriage dispute with Dish Network. It has signed a comprehensive deal for its broadcast network's O&O stations as well as the cable channels that went dark on Oct. 1. (They have been restored today.) The Fox network signal was in jeopardy with the two sides' previous deal expiring Sunday night. The agreement means Dish customers will have continued coverage of the World Series and the NFL unlike Cablevision subscribers who have been without Fox for 2 two weeks as the two sides have failed to agree on a new deal.
Los Angeles and Englewood, Colo. — DISH Network L.L.C., a subsidiary of DISH Network Corporation (NASDAQ: DISH) and Fox Networks, an operating unit of News Corporation (NASDAQ: NWS), today announced a wide-ranging distribution agreement to provide the third-largest video distributor in the United States with continued access to programming from Fox Broadcasting and Fox local television stations in major cities. The agreement also included carriage of FX, National Geographic Channel, and Fox's 19 regional sports networks, which were restored for DISH Network viewers Friday.


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Imagine this: Walking into your local library and finding an advertisement for an app that allows you to checkout ebooks and audiobooks on your mobile device!
Inside, you yell, "Genius! Why hasn't this existed before?"
That's exactly what happened to me with the OverDrive Media Console app. OverDrive has so much promise, so many tantalising possibilities that you can't help but like it.
Earlier: A Review of Panoramic Photos by the Pano App.
In my case, I really, really wanted to like it.
But the experience speaks for itself.
I tried this app out a year ago but was frustrated by its limited book selection and even more limited functionality. For example, I wanted to listen to The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Vol. 1 on my iPhone. It's a rare audio book and I was able to download it to a proprietary player OverDrive had me install on my desktop. It played perfectly. But it would not, could not transfer to my iPhone.
As much as I would have liked to listened to the entire book, my desktop Dell is not very portable.
So I gave up, hoping that OverDrive would improve its user experience and increase its selection.
When I tried it again this week, the only Philip K. Dick book I could find was Do Androids Dream Electric Sheep? (the basis for the movie Blade Runner). My second choice, Dan Savage's The Commitment, was already checked out, with a hold on it — as were scores of books I browsed.
Now, libraries set the number of books available, so until e-commerce relationships between libraries and publishers and mobile software folks evolve, I don't know how many audiobooks will be made available when they still have mass market appeal.
But I could only find one book I was interested in, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein — and it took 20 minutes to download, even with my iPhone tapped into wifi. Worse: It would not download while I was doing something else and kept telling me of its "limited ability."
And sometimes, because the app operates as little more than portal to its website, I'd get system error messages.
Still, I'm enjoying Frankenstein. I just wish the app wasn't equally as antiquated.
Patch also has its own iPhone app, which will connect you to local news, weather, events and business listings in your town.


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Michael A. Sawyers
Cumberland Times-News
The possible reintroduction of Rocky Mountain elk into Garrett and/or Allegany counties has been the quietest big story I have experienced in 3-plus decades here at your hometown newspaper.
In the 15 months that have passed since the idea was brought up, nothing much has been said about it by the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation or the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and only a little has been said by the Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Foundation.
I mean we are talking about a once-in-a-lifetime conservation issue here. Large ungulates which have not lived in Maryland for more than 200 years may be brought back.
Some people like that basic idea. Some people don't.
Bill Miles of the MLSF has been our sole source of information, but that has been mostly letting us know in a general way how the process has been coming along. At least somebody was staying in touch.
I can't think of any better way to reach the outdoorspeople of Almost Maryland than putting it on the Outdoors page of the Cumberland Times-News. No brag, just fact. I wrote that in my best Walter Brennan voice in his role as Will Sonnett. If you are a young person who doesn't understand what that means, that's why Al Gore invented the Internet.
I was hoping that by now I could have provided readers with some information from a study showing whether or not Western Maryland has the habitat to support elk.
I was hoping that by now I could have passed on information from an economic study showing who may or may not prosper from having elk out here in Maryland's panhandle.
If I could have provided that kind of info, then people who choose to attend the Nov. 2 public meeting about the potential reintroduction could have had something upon which to base opinions and statements.
That public meeting will take place at 8 a.m. at 9 N. Centre St. in downtown Cumberland. That is the address of the Allegany Arts Council.
I know. It's an odd time. Miles said the scheduling of the meeting was the role of the Allegany County Chamber of Commerce and that has been confirmed by the chamber's executive director, Stu Czapski.
"The Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Foundation requested the Allegany County Chamber of Commerce to facilitate this forum, meaning we wanted them to pick the best time and location in order to maximize attendance," Miles wrote in an email.
Anyway, that meeting will be your chance to have input.
I know drivers are concerned about hitting an elk with a vehicle. They have told me so. Just show up at the meeting and go on record.
I know others want the elk brought back, hoping that someday there may be a huntable population. Put in your 2 cents worth.
Farmers don't want elk eating their crops. Say so.
Some folks want to hear elk bugle in the fall. Let 'em know.
There are deer hunters wondering what kind of competition the elk will provide the whitetails.
And now that chronic wasting disease has been confirmed in Allegany County, what role will that play in a reintroduction decision?
At the Nov. 2 meeting, Dave Ragantesi will represent the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. That group, based in Montana, put up $125,000 for the studies dealing with reintroduction.
Miles will represent the Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Foundation, the business arm of the Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus. The caucus is made up of state delegates and senators from throughout Maryland.
Paul Peditto, the director of the Maryland Wildlife and Heritage Service, will represent the DNR. Peditto's agency has provided the wildlife management expertise that will be a critical part of the decision-making process.
Mark Duda, the president of Responsive Management, will be there as well. RM conducted the statewide telephone survey that found 75 percent of Marylanders favoring a reintroduction.
A written meeting invitation to the Allegany County commissioners included the following by Miles: "As stated from day one, the decision rests solely with the good people of Western Maryland and sound wildlife management science. We are at the point of ascertaining those opinions and findings."
I have a sneaking suspicion that the state's wildlife specialists are not all that eager to add elk management to their bucket lists, but money (and elected representatives) talks and male bovine droppings walk. Just saying.
Maybe we'll get some answers Friday.
Contact Outdoor Editor Mike Sawyers at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Rockport Music presents: Catie Curtis, singer/songwriter
Sat, Mar 9, 2013
Times: 8 PM
Venue: Shalin Liu Performance Center
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An American singer-songwriter dubbed a "folk-rock goddess" by The New Yorker, Catie Curtis tours extensively nationwide--from Chicago's legendary Old Town School of Folk Music to the White House. A Lilith Fair alum and former tour mate of Mary Chapin Carpenter, this urban-folk powerhouse is one of the best singer-songwriters recording today. Many of her recordings have been featured on episodes of Grey's Anatomy, Dawson's Creek, and other TV series.
"Any fool can write a love-gone wrong song; it takes a real genius to write a love-gone-right one. No urban songwriter does that better than Curtis." -The Boston Globe
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text: While it's a stretch to call any Yamaha YZF-R1 a replica of Valentino Rossi's YZR-M1, there's no such ambiguity surrounding a Ben Spies edition. Unlike Rossi's MotoGP-spec M1, which merely inspired the R1 streetbike, Spies' World Superbike racer is based on the same machine you can buy from your local Yamaha dealer. And while you can't buy a Spies Replica R1 in America just yet, enthusiasts in the UK and France have that option thanks to two firms presently offering R1 replicas done up in factory Sterilgarda Yamaha graphics. The UK version comes from CMC Bikes in Chesterfield, a Yamaha dealer well known for finishing motorcycles in special, race-replica paint schemes. In addition to a Sterilgarda machine, CMC also offers R1-based Fiat-Yamaha and Monster Energy/Tech3 knock-offs, as well as replicas of Chris Walker's British Superbike racer and Michael Rutter's Northwest 200 entry. The CMC bike, which sells for the equivalent of $20,000, comes complete with an OEM-quality paint job (not decals), plus twin Akrapovic carbon-fiber exhaust cans, a passenger seat cowl and rear fender eliminator. At the opposite end of the Chunnel, Yamaha's French importer will likewise produce a limited run of just 10 Ben Spies Replica R1s. Identical to the stock bike except for graphics, the French version will sell for a $3280 premium over the stocker's retail price. Milk builds strong bones, healthy teeth and very fast Superbike riders. That's what Sterilgarda, Italy's largest dairy processor, wants you to believe. Milk builds strong bones, healthy teeth and very fast Superbike riders. That's what Steril It's slightly ironic that American race fans don't have an option to purchase a replica of the bike ridden by the best American World Superbike rider of this century-and our 2009 Motorcyclist of the Year. Maybe some enterprising stateside dealer will step up and fill this void. Or, better yet, Yamaha Motor Corporation USA-inspired by the success of the Rossi Replica-will give Spies fans a replica to covet too. 1 | 2 | » | View Full Article By Aaron Frank Enjoyed this Post? Subscribe to our RSS Feed, or use your favorite social media to recommend us to friends and colleagues!


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July 30, 2014
A local golf course will be sold.
The Parks and Recreation Board voted Wednesday 6-to-3 to sell Sandy Brae.
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Earlier this year, the board increased green fees to help the struggling golf course.
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It had its moments, but i say NO!!!!. I feel that the movies "CARRIE" "ROCKY HORROR", "EVIL DEADS" are TRUE CULT MOVIES.
CULT MOVIE quotHEATHERS 1989quot
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CULT MOVIE quot;HEATHERS 1989"smithhh on Sunday, March 18, 2007 - 5:36am
winona ryder heathers? i love it
CULT MOVIE quot;HEATHERS 1989"tequilajoe on Monday, March 19, 2007 - 12:59am
"Heathers" is actually a great "black comedy"...a truly sad/funny commentary about teenagers in the 1980s...
CULT MOVIE quot;HEATHERS 1989"RopeandBottle on Friday, March 23, 2007 - 8:19pm
I agree that this is a great movie plus its got some amazing quotes
CULT MOVIE quot;HEATHERS 1989"Blood Dragoness on Sunday, March 25, 2007 - 4:14am
This film was so much better then I thought it would be! And I really enjoyed it! Some REALLY MEAN girls there! ~Blood Dragoness~
CULT MOVIE quot;HEATHERS 1989"Mykestopheles on Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 1:53pm
Finally someone captures the true brutality of high school as well as croquet , this topic is great but i better motor if i'm gonna make it to that party
CULT MOVIE quot;HEATHERS 1989"Lonewolf94 on Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 10:42pm
Heathers was a brilliantly done Dark Comedy.It truly deserves it's Cult status.I never tire of this movie.
CULT MOVIE quot;HEATHERS 1989"chOMpy on Sunday, April 1, 2007 - 10:54pm
winona ryder heathers? i love it
WoW I haVN'T sEEn ThiS One In yEaRs....I'll haVe tO RenT ThiS oNe SoOn. I Use To LiKe iT aS a KiD
CULT MOVIE quot;HEATHERS 1989"Honey Driftwood on Monday, April 2, 2007 - 9:12pm
i love this movie!! its so funny!
"i just killed my best friend!"
"you mean your worst enemy!"
"same difference."
dont know if i would call it a cult classic though...
CULT MOVIE quot;HEATHERS 1989"Lonewolf94 on Tuesday, April 3, 2007 - 11:37pm
It's absolutely a Cult classic.Not as big as Rocky Horror by any stretch,but maybe someday.
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I loved this movie, another one I own. I thought Christian Slater was great in it.


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Last November, Blair Holliday and his family hoped he would be able to return to school this semester and reach another milestone in his recovery from a near-fatal personal watercraft accident. That won't be possible, because his application for admission was denied by Duke.
"He was really disappointed. He tried to not get out of bed, but I made him," Leslie Holliday, his mother, said to the Ventura (Calif.) County Star. "He wanted to get back into school and get back to a normal life around his friends. His doctor at Shepherd Center was 100 percent behind him doing it, but I think Duke maybe feels it is looking out for his best interest, too, to make sure when he does come back he succeeds."
Holliday was pulled unconscious from the waters of Lake Tillery on July 4, after teammate Jamison Crowder accidently hit him while the two were riding water scooters. Crowder suffered no major injuries, but Holliday was airlifted to UNC Trauma Center in Chapel Hill. He had severe head injuries, including a broken jaw, and was nonresponsive. Slowly, his condition improved, and he has regained the ability to walk and talk and graduated from inpatient and outpatient therapy at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta. Currently, he is at home in Southern California.
According to the Star, Holliday is a psychology major with a 3.75 grade point average. In a November interview with The News & Observer, Leslie Holliday said her son had petitioned to return to Duke as a part-time student in January. At Duke, however, only graduating seniors who need fewer than 3.0 course credits to graduate (4.0 is a full load) may request permission to study on a part-time basis in their last semester of enrollment, according to the Trinity College of Arts and Sciences website. This would be Holliday's sophomore year.
Michael J. Schoenfeld, Duke's vice president for public affairs, said he could not comment on specifics regarding any student's academic or health issues.
"Blair Holliday is a valued member of the Duke community and (an) inspiration to everyone," Schoenfeld said. "We are working to facilitate his return to the Duke campus in the near future."
Leslie Holliday did not return a call seeking comment.
Duke students who take a medical leave may return two semesters after the semester in which the leave is granted, or as soon as they are deemed healthy enough to resume a full-time course of study, according to the Trinity website. It is unclear what kind of leave Holliday took.
Duke sports information director Art Chase said that the football team will continue to support Holliday in whatever ways the NCAA and school allow on his road to recovery. Holliday was a constant fixture on the sidelines at Duke football home games and also traveled with the team to Charlotte for the Belk Bowl. Holliday told the Star that the coaching staff has offered to let him stay involved with the team.
"The coaches have invited me to help coach the wide receivers," Holliday told the Star. "I would probably do that because I don't want to just get rid of football completely in my life."
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Reviews by thehyperduck:
Ontario (Canada)
3.04/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
473 mL can from the LCBO; packaged on June 7 2013. This is the second time I've tried this in the last month, and I'd be pulling your leg if I were to tell you I was impressed with it the first time. Still, as far as fruit beers go, the blueberry ones generally sit pretty well with me, so I figured this one was worth a sober second quaff. Served well-chilled.
Pours a pedestrian-looking golden-blonde colour, topped with about one finger's worth of puffy, foamy white head. It manages to retain cohesion for far longer than the average fruit beer, at least in my experience - eventually wilting into a thin, soapy film at the surface, with some minor smears of lacing left clinging to the glass. Looks fine, maybe a bit more like a standard blonde ale than a fruit beer, but I respect the choice to not use dyes or colouring agents to make it look 'fruitier'. The aroma is relatively one-note in nature, with the blueberry completely dominating all other aspects. The underlying bready malts give this beer a strong blueberry muffin vibe, with just a hint of Fruity Pebbles - it's not bad, but it comes across as rather artificial and somewhat cloying.
The taste doesn't really offer any more complexity than the aroma might have implied, but at the very least, the blueberry extract flavour has been reigned in just enough to make this brew balanced and approachable. Blueberry is still the major facet at work here - providing a gentle, fruity sweetness at the start of the sip, and leaning a little more toward the tart side in the finish. A modest base of bready, grainy malt flavours can be detected beneath the fruitiness. The finish is a little dry, with some lingering blueberry extract notes. Fairly light in body, but not to the point of being thin or watery, and quite easy to toss back quickly. High-to-moderate carbonation; a little less bite than your typical fruit beer, but pretty smooth.
As mentioned earlier, I tried this stuff fairly recently and it left a bad impression on me. I came into this review ready to ream it out, but after a few sips my perspective has changed somewhat. I probably won't purchase this again any time soon, but I have never been a regular consumer of fruit beer in the first place.
Final Grade: 3.04, a manageable C+ grade. Pump House Blueberry Ale is not a spectacular fruit beer, but it gets the job done. This is the sort of stuff that is more likely to appeal to the flavoured malt beverage crowd than the beer geeks, but even the latter group should find this to be a serviceable, if unremarkable summer refresher. This won't be everyone's cup of tea, as the blueberry flavour could easily be perceived as unappealingly cloying to some palates. But at the very least, fans of fruit-flavoured beer should consider this one worth at least one kick at the can.
Serving type: can
07-11-2013 03:54:25 | More by thehyperduck
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Ontario (Canada)
3/5 rDev -10.7%
07-25-2014 00:59:12 | More by hunterjames
Saskatchewan (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev +11.6%
07-04-2014 22:18:32 | More by YamagamiTravis
Alberta (Canada)
3.5/5 rDev +4.2%
06-07-2014 23:39:36 | More by Tivlavrie
Alberta (Canada)
3.5/5 rDev +4.2%
05-31-2014 02:32:19 | More by Exeter
Ontario (Canada)
3.25/5 rDev -3.3%
05-27-2014 17:43:57 | More by alienmario
New Brunswick (Canada)
3/5 rDev -10.7%
05-18-2014 09:24:00 | More by DreamDeath
3.54/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
A: Golden filtered with an almost non existent haze, a few particles, 5 fingers of off white foamy head with good retention. No visible carbonation.
S: Blueberries, blueberry pop tarts, blueberry jam. Fresh blueberry muffins, right home made from the oven with the cake like breadiness there as well.
T: Light sweetness, heavy on the malt with blueberry undertones, then blueberry is stronger in the aftertaste. Lightly hopped, berry like hopiness.
M: Light body, medium fizzy carbonation.
O: Awesome smell, unique and good taste, looks and mouth feel are average. Love the can and I'm glad to have found one from New Brunswick here in Ontario. Great refreshing summer drink.
Serving type: can
05-12-2014 02:27:53 | More by patre_tim
Ontario (Canada)
3.94/5 rDev +17.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Purchased at the LCBO for around the $3.00 mark for a 473ml can. Served at 5deg C in a draught glass
A- Opens with a ton of white head. Head stays forever. Clear
S- WOW this is fantastic! Blueberry galore! WOW
T- Nowhere near as good as it smells. Very good though
M- Very good. Like Bud though with blueberry
O- The generic beer with blueberry flavor is not so good. If a craft company mixed an IPA with this blueberry goodness it would be a hit
Food Pairing
This blueberry beer went well with... a cheese plate. Nice assortment of blue, white owl and Rockford.
Serving type: can
04-17-2014 01:13:35 | More by DaveBar
Ontario (Canada)
3.71/5 rDev +10.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Blueberries are good, and beer is good, so therefore blueberries + beer must also be good...right? Such was Bucky's logic in buying a 473 ml can of Pump House Brewery's Blueberry Ale. Blueberry Ale was 5.0% alcohol by volume, with a production date of January 30, 2013 printed on the bottom of the can.
The Pump House Brewery Ltd. is located at 131 Mill Road in Moncton, New Brunswick, and offers five different brands of its own bottled beer, eight on tap and in kegs, and several other seasonal beers. Brewed in New Brunswick since 1999, Pump House bottled beer is available in every province except Saskatchewan and Quebec.
Blueberry Ale poured with a fizzy, very fine, white head that burned itself out in short order, leaving no spotting or lacing down the glass as it disappeared. The beer itself was slightly cloudy and yellow in colour. The beer's aroma and flavour are very simply described...sweet blueberry juice. As soon as I opened the can I was hit with a strong natural blueberry aroma. Likewise with the flavour...a sweet blueberry juice and not much else, which is fine with me since I was looking for blueberry when I bought the beer. Certainly no bitterness here, and a clean finish. Blueberry Ale was carbonated enough to remind you that you are drinking a beer and not pure blueberry juice, and I would describe it as light bodied. Overall, a refreshing change of pace, but given the sweetness I could enjoy one can, but that would be my limit. At $2.75 per 473 ml can Blueberry Ale was fairly priced.
Serving type: can
04-13-2014 22:06:31 | More by BuckyBeerBeaver
British Columbia (Canada)
3.2/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
This is a beer I remember liking as an undergraduate in New Brunswick. Will I still like it now?
A: Clear gold with more head than will fit in my too-small glass (no proper glassware for beer at my parents' house). Visible carbonation. Now that it's had a few minutes to settle, the head is about a centimetre tall.
S: Blueberry! The blueberry is very prominent. I might be picking up a hint of corn.
T: A mild, blueberry-flavoured pale ale. It's easy to see why I liked it back when I'd only tried a few different beers. Unless you hate blueberries, it's pretty inoffensive. If I wanted to put a positive spin on it, I could call it mild. If I wanted to put a negative spin on it, I could call it bland. More hops, please!
F: A bit watery.
Serving type: bottle
12-24-2013 03:09:02 | More by souvenirs
Ontario (Canada)
3.25/5 rDev -3.3%
12-15-2013 06:30:11 | More by liamt07
Ontario (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev +11.6%
12-09-2013 14:29:43 | More by Vyronian
Ontario (Canada)
3.5/5 rDev +4.2%
10-26-2013 00:54:22 | More by MJ63
Ontario (Canada)
3.15/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
Serving Type - 50ml can, poured into a pintglass
Appearance - Golden/straw coloured, crystal clear. Little to no carbonation visible. 2 Fingers of white, foamy head sits on top. Decent retention, moderate lacing.
Smell - Blueberries, unsurprisingly, combined with some grassy and floral bits.
Taste - Faint blueberries. Well not so much faint as less prominant than i had expected from the nose. Otherwise there's some bready malts, and not a heck of a lot else. Maybe some very, very (very) faint spices. But hardly.
Mouthfeel - Extremely light, moderate carbonation. Crisp, dry finish.
Serving type: can
09-22-2013 02:29:15 | More by IdeaSpeeder
British Columbia (Canada)
2.25/5 rDev -33%
09-21-2013 16:13:05 | More by ZachT
Ontario (Canada)
2.25/5 rDev -33%
09-17-2013 14:10:13 | More by ECBS
Ontario (Canada)
3.5/5 rDev +4.2%
09-08-2013 23:01:45 | More by esto
4.4/5 rDev +31%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
This beer pours a golden colour with a nice big thick foamy head which leaves a decent amount of lacing on the glass.
The fantastic aroma of blueberry always amazed me and just makes the beer so enticing before you even drink the first sip. Then comes the first burst of flavour of ripe blueberries. I've had this at the pumphouse where they threw in a few blueberries into the glass. The hop aroma and flavour is subtle and doesn't overpower the blueberry flavour. It's refreshing without being a fruity drink.
Serving type: bottle
09-01-2013 11:01:59 | More by Mountainmanbrewing
3.25/5 rDev -3.3%
08-26-2013 19:59:42 | More by davemathews68
Newfoundland (Canada)
2.75/5 rDev -18.2%
08-26-2013 01:10:08 | More by cam477
Ontario (Canada)
3/5 rDev -10.7%
08-12-2013 02:14:15 | More by evil_liver
Alberta (Canada)
3.31/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Bought as a single from a busted six pack from my store. I'm not sure who broke it, but thanks!
The beer pours a pale yellow like that of any blonde ale and is accompanied by an extremely thick head about 3 fingers high. The head took about 2 mins to dissipate completely. The smell is predominantly of blueberries, but it has a slightly sour and almost corny smell too, which takes away from the berries a bit. The taste is very pleasant with a strong hit of blueberry and a decent aftertaste, but it's not too spectacular. The feel is pretty light and fizzy, and not as stellar as some other fruit beers. It is not very sweet, which is nice. Still, an average fruit beer at best.
Serving type: bottle
07-31-2013 01:12:12 | More by Olek4374
Nova Scotia (Canada)
3.25/5 rDev -3.3%
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Ontario (Canada)
3.75/5 rDev +11.6%
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Blueberry Ale from Pump House Brewery
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DURHAM — Police on Thursday announced the arrest of an 18-year-old accused in the shooting death of another teen late Wednesday in East Durham.
Jaaron Joyner of Raleigh is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Dion Omari Williams, 17, of Durham, according to Kammie Michael, a spokeswoman for the Durham Police Department.
Investigators have not made public a motive for the shooting, but they say Joyner and Williams knew each other, Michael said.
The shooting took place Wednesday night in the 3400 block of Freeman Road.
It was just before 10:30 p.m. when officers arrived in the neighborhood and found Williams already dead, lying in the road, Michael said.
Williams had been charged in October with felony possession with intent to sell, manufacture and deliver a controlled substance. He was scheduled to appear in court on March 6, 2014, state records show.
A woman who identified herself as Williams aunt in North Durham on Thursday declined comment.
Joyner has a much more extensive criminal history.
State records show he was scheduled to appear in court next week in Wake County in two cases.
He was to be in court Monday to answer to a charge of disorderly conduct, and on Wednesday to face charges of felony probation violation, state records show.
Joyner has previous convictions for felony breaking and entering and was sentenced in Wake County to two years probation in 2011. A Wake County judge ordered Joyner to have no contact with his accomplices and to attend public school or earn a general education diploma, court records show.
He has prior convictions for felony larceny and misdemeanor possession of marijuana. Misdemeanor charges of carrying a concealed weapon and resisting arrest were dismissed in March.
Police charged Joyner with a second felony probation violation in connection with Wednesdays fatal shooting, according to records filed with the Durham County Detention Center.
Joyners family could not be reached for comment Thursday.
He is being held at the Durham County jail without benefit of bail, detention records show.
News researcher Peggy Neal contributed to this report.
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As the lockout trudges onward, a pair of all-star goalies are now considering leaving North America to get work in Europe.
Penguins netminder Marc-Andre Fleury tells Shelly Anderson of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that while hes killing time working out and trying to stay fresh, hes considering heading to Europe. Fleury was set to split time with Tomas Vokoun this season in Pittsburgh, but that monster tandem has been delayed thanks to the work stoppage.
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In Ashe County, not far from the Blue Ridge Parkway, stands the former copper-mining capital of America.
The place isn't much to look at – a barren, bulldozed plateau where a mountainside should be. A welter of bright-red signs from the Environmental Protection Agency warns trespassers away from the rust-colored ground.
But in the 1870s, Ore Knob was a genuine boomtown, employing some 700 people pulling ore from the mountains of North Carolina and shipping it to processors as far away as Boston and Baltimore. It was a dirty business, financed by out-of-state speculators paying low wages to imported workers.
Ashe County's industrial flowering was short-lived. The original operation at Ore Knob closed by the 1880s, and small-scale mining flickered rarely and briefly until 1962, when the mine was abandoned for good.
But the impact of the mine lives on. Today, an ever-widening swath of groundwater – the water local residents draw from their wells – is laced with a foul blend of copper, zinc, iron, arsenic and mercury.
The EPA has been working to clean up the site since 2008, but it's not optimistic about the water. The agency has been trucking bottled water to nearby homes and installing special filtration systems on household wells. Local homeowners have complained that their properties are worthless, unsellable because of the contaminated water.
Ore Knob isn't getting much attention, but other incidents are. In the past month, we've seen a massive leak of mining chemicals into the municipal water supply of Charleston, W.Va., and a decayed drainage system that spilled swirling plumes of coal ash into North Carolina's Dan River.
No one meant for that to happen. We are mostly past the era when pollutants were blatantly and callously dumped into lakes and rivers.
But things go wrong. Pipes burst, tanks corrode, ground shifts, water seeps and flows. We know this, of course, but we're flawed creatures, prone to delusions of control and notoriously bad at considering time's long horizon.
"Pat McCrory believes North Carolina can create much-needed jobs that will help fuel North Carolina's economic recovery by safely and aggressively pursuing an 'all-of-the-above' energy plan," says the governor's campaign website. "He is committed to protecting our mountains, beaches, barrier islands and water supply by utilizing technology and effective pollution prevention programs."
The governor no doubt believes that. I trust he loves the mountains and the beaches – to say nothing of the Piedmont's tap water – as much as the next Tar Heel. I imagine the fracking companies eyeing North Carolina believe in their ability to manage their toxic byproducts, just as Duke believed in its ability to manage piles of ash next to a river of drinking water.
But no matter how earnest we wish it, an energy policy cannot be both safe and aggressive. The finest technology devised by man hasn't stopped pipes from cracking or ponds from overflowing.
There is only one way to prevent our fair state from being sullied by fracking waste: Don't create the waste. We can promise ourselves vigilance and technological salvation – an "all-of-the-above" energy policy – but time has a way of mocking our best intentions.
It's been more than a century since Ashe County was a copper-mining powerhouse. The jobs and the boomtown are gone and forgotten, but the toxic ground will be with us for a long time yet.
Eric Johnson is a writer in Chapel Hill.


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By Rick Dandes
The Daily Item
NORTHUMBERLAND — What began in 1972 as a labor of love of country — a bicentennial festival — has become the annual Pineknotters Days, now in its 41st year, one of the Valley's leading weeklong festivals, attracting thousands of people from throughout the region to Northumberland borough.
"The original group of organizers liked doing this so much that they decided to keep the tradition of a patriotic festival going around July 4," said Mike McWilliams, of Northumberland, co-chairman of Pineknotter Days.
In 1990, the Kiwanis club began overseeing the celebration, going as far as setting up a separate structure within its organization to work on the yearly street festival.
McWilliams said he has been pleased at the celebration's growth.
"There are some nights when we'll have thousands of people come to hear a band like Re-Creation, which has a lot of fans," he said.
Each year, 25 to 30 vendors set up around King Street Park, selling food and offering up games to play.
"You'd be surprised by how few people put this all together," McWilliams said. "Seven to eight people do the work. Our Kiwanis chapter only has about 17 active members."
He is concerned about the future of Pineknotter Days. Not because everyone who attends doesn't enjoy it, but because "it's so hard to get volunteers to help out."
Still, when the festival gets rolling, there's not a better feeling he has of accomplishment. "It's a great family destination, wonderful fun for families and that makes everything we do worth it," he said.
Here's a lineup of events:
- A soapbox race will kick off the celebration at 8 a.m. Saturday at King and Fourth streets.
- On Sunday, a community church service will begin at 7 p.m. in the King Street Park gazebo.
- Monday events include entertainment by Re-Creation from 7 to 10 p.m. and presentation of the Pineknotter Good Citizenship Award at 7 and Pineknotter of the Year award at 8.
- Tuesday's entertainment will be presented by Memory Lane from 7 to 10 p.m.
- The Priestley-Forsyth Memorial Library book sale, one of the area's biggest, begins Wednesday in Christ United Methodist Church, Front and King streets on the park, and runs through July 6. Book sale hours are 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, 5 to 8 p.m. July 5 and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 6. Last year, the sale raised $2,100.
- Wednesday's entertainment will be by the Badless from 6 to 10 p.m.
- Thursday's events include entertainment by Billy Dee and Rosie from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., a balloon animal artist from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., a chicken barbecue by the Tuckahoe Fire Company at 11 a.m. and a drum circle at 2 p.m.
- On July 5, the Pineknotter Car Show will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. and the 60's Boys will perform from 7 to 10 p.m.


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By Joy Hampton
The Norman Transcript
NORMAN — District 2 County Commissioner Darry Stacy wants to build bridges in Cleveland County, but he's not just talking infrastructure. Stacy wants to bridge communities and agencies to create a smooth working, successful county culture.
"One of my biggest goals is to partner with the cities and bring everybody together under one umbrella," he said.
Stacy took the oath of office for the first time in January, replacing long- time incumbent George Skinner who retired at the end of his term. Skinner chose not to run again, and Stacy had to compete against a broad field of candidates for the position. A long-term Norman police officer and member of the Norman Public School Board, Stacy brings a fresh perspective to the county office.
"Obviously, my life has been in public service," he said.
He sees his new job as a continuation of that public service and believes that county government is the form of government most close to the people. He said there are fewer layers between the people and county officials than there are in city or state government.
Cleveland County is one of the oldest in the state and was named after President Grover Cleveland, Stacy said.
"It was almost named Little River County, Mansur County and Lincoln County," he said.
Norman is the county seat, and Stacy is a long-time Norman resident. He lives just a short distance from the District 2 County Warehouse where most of the D2 equipment, gravel and sand are stored.
Stacy said former commissioner George Skinner's road crew has remained intact.
"I think the guys are excited," he said. "George Skinner did an awesome job. It's my hope to build on that. I think I bring a new vision of technology and partnerships."
Cleveland County has the third largest county population in the state, covers 558 square miles and was the fastest growing of the bigger counties from 2010 and 2011, Stacy said.
District 2 has 400 total road miles, 186 of which are in areas not incorporated by cities or towns. There are 13 miles of gravel roads in the county, he said.
Plans for 2013 include several road and bridge projects in partnership with Moore, Norman, the Absentee Shawnee Tribe and the state.
"Our plan, which is growing, is to do 26 miles of chip and seal and eight and a half miles of paved road," he said.
The county also will work with the state on the widening of Highway 9 at the 180th Street intersection.
"It's yet to be determined how much we'll do," he said.
Stacy said he has hit the ground running. County government is fast paced.
"I love that because I love to stay busy," he said.
Stacy likes a challenge and he is excited about working with his fellow county commissioners Rod Cleveland and Rusty Sullivan.
"What' I'd really like to do is create a vision for where Cleveland County is going to go in the next 20 years," he said.
For road work, Stacy will rely heavily on his road foreman, Paul Meyer who manages the county warehouse and crew.
"That's big business building roads, maintaining roads and it takes experience to do that," Stacy said.
In addition to building, repairing and maintaining roads and bridges, county crews help residents with tin horns, mow right-of-ways, replace signs and more.
D2 employees 16 people at the warehouse and adds seasonal help for mowing.
Safety training is important to keep employees working with large equipment safe.
"We have to stay on top of that," he said.
Most mechanical repairs are done in-house at the warehouse, but maintenance is the key element to keeping large machinery operational, he said.
"We do continual maintenance so we can keep them on the road," Stacy said. "The work we do is hard on the equipment."
To help protect equipment from weather, he and his crew have been building and expanding protective sheds, but Oklahoma weather is extreme and the men and equipment are sometimes out in the worst extremes of heat and cold. That takes a toll on machinery and men.
Stacy has been able to purchase barely used equipment from the military.
"It's a huge saving to the county and it's excellent equipment for us to use," he said.
The current D2 shop was built in 1972.
"We're in the process of building a new shop right now and remodeling this shop," he said. "It's one of the projects George (Skinner) told me he would love to see completed."
Each county district also has a sign crew to replace stop signs and others when they are knocked down, stolen or vandalized.
"These guys are on call 24-7," he said.
Replacing stop signs to save lives is just one of the many services the county provides to residents.
"The things we do affect people on a daily basis," he said.
He said his road crews and most county employees take a sense of pride in their work.
Beside roads and bridges, people come to the county courthouse for taxes, marriage licenses, land records and more.
As chief administrators, county commissioners work with other county officials on overseeing budgets, maintaining the courthouse and other county buildings, and co-ordinating with the health department, juvenile services, extension center and more.
"It takes a very good manager to keep all these together," he said. "There's definitely not a lack of work to be accomplished in the county."
Bringing the communities together is key for the future, he said.
"We build off of each other. Each city has its own individual identity, but how can we work on these projects together?" he said. "There's so much benefit for the county and region if we'll work together.
"Look at what Oklahoma City has done and how that has benefited us. We have to think beyond Cleveland County and think regionally about how we can help each other."
Stacy said his personal priorities are faith, family and service to community, job and county.
"The key is keeping those priorities straight," he said.
Joy Hampton
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Prerequisite: ARH-2010 and ARH-2060.
This course examines all art that scrutinizes the human body in some way. The course covers art from all cultures and all time periods. The art will be both depictions of the human body in art, as well as deal with the human body from a broad variety of venues such as ancient Greek sculpture, Mesoamerican frescoes, Maori tattooing, to the modern-day body artists who practice tattooing, scarification, and other body arts.


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"It is more dangerous to be a woman than a soldier," says Pan African Parliament Women's Conference President, Mavis Matladi of South Africa as she leads the call for the inclusion of more women in UN peace and reconstruction negotiations.
According to Matladi, there has never been a female U.N. chief peace negotiator, fewer than eight percent of all negotiating delegations in U.N. mediated peace processes are women, and only three percent of all peace agreement signatories are women.
The need is clear. Marie Louise Baricako, the Chairperson of the Femmes Africa Solidarité claims that the use of rape and sexual violence as a weapon remains a neglected topic. "It goes unpunished, and unrecognized," she emphasizes, leaving the perpetrators free to inaugurate a new culture of rape and violence.
As the U.N. Women's War and Peace page reports:
While women remain a minority of combatants and perpetrators of war, they increasingly suffer the greatest harm.
In contemporary conflicts, as much as 90 percent of casualties are among civilians, most of whom are women and children. Women in war-torn societies can face specific and devastating forms of sexual violence, which are sometimes deployed systematically to achieve military or political objectives. Women are the first to be affected by infrastructure breakdown, as they struggle to keep families together and care for the wounded.
Women, Business and Africa
Africa has been called the Final Investing Frontier. Though there are Fortune 500 companies like Delta Airlines and Aecom who recognize the opportunity for mutual economic benefit there, much of the continent's economic future is in the hands of African women like Adenike Ogunlesi, founder of the children's clothing company Ruff 'n' Tumble which had revenues of over a million dollars last year.
One of the most successful programs for entrepreneurship in Africa has been the extension of micro-credit to women. Many of the banks and NGO's participating in micro-credit lending cater exclusively to women. As Wikipedia explains,
Exclusive lending to women began in the 1980s when Grameen Bank found that women have higher repayment rates, and tend to accept smaller loans than men. Subsequently, many microcredit institutions have used the goal of empowering women to justify their disproportionate loans to women.
Unsurprisingly, there has been negative blow-back to women who receive "too much" money or who venture into businesses that are traditional male domains due to gender bias and domestic violence. At least one study has shown that women are more likely to retain control over their loans when they are relatively small and in traditional "women's work" like livestock rearing.
Including far more women in U.N. lead peace delegations will, like micro-lending, unleash the power of half the human race on problems that have so far proven intractable.
Below, the preview of Gini Reticker and Abigail Disney's must-see documentary about the women who brought peace to Liberia, Pray the Devil Back to Hell.
I remember many years ago (1997) while teaching a computer class and someone asked me 'Where do you see computing in the next 10-15 years?' My reply was "I see computers, televisions, the internet, and telephony" as one unit in your home. I wasn't too far from correct. I remember thinking many years ago "What would the world be like if those that suffered the most from violence (in any form) were in charge?" Those that suffer the most are in fact the women and the children. Hopefully in the next 10-15 years, the world will come to understand that the leadership of a nuturing female may in fact be better for the human race than the leadership of a male whose base instinct is still to be the 'hunter – gatherer' and 'conquerer' of any perceived threat. If the world were more about the advancement of the family unit than the advancement of men's territory (real or perceived) or ego (very much real), it might be a very different place indeed.


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According to a new report series by iData Research (http://www.idataresearch.com), the leading global authority in medical device market research, European Markets for Diagnostic and Interventional Ophthalmic Devices is expected to reach over $961 million by 2020. Growth will be driven by the increase in incidences of ocular conditions such as cataracts, glaucoma and refractive problems. These conditions will drive the demand for ophthalmic diagnostic and interventional equipment, specifically intraocular lenses (IOLs) and Phacoemulsification consoles. Main players fuelling this market include Alcon, AMO, Carl Zeiss Meditec, Bausch & Lomb and STAAR Surgical.
Cataracts are one of the leading causes of reversible blindness and visual impairment worldwide. The World Health Organization estimated that by 2020, 32 million cataract operations will be performed globally. Phacoemulsification, is the preferred and most common cataract surgery technique because it requires a smaller incision for cataract removal. The small incision necessitates the insertion of foldable artificial lenses known as intraocular lenses, says Dr. Zamanian, CEO of iData.
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2-1 picking up 0.90 units on Thursday. Another light schedule on Friday. Friday almost mirrors Thursday to me. Not much to choose from, but I found three games I like a little bit and just want some action, so I will throw one unit on each and as long as I don't go 0-3 I can live with it.
N Illinios +11.5 vs Wisconsin Green Bay………….neither team very good, but I will go against the team laying double digits who lost their last five games.
Rider -3.5 vs Siena………..Again I am going against a team who has lost five straight games. Rider is the better team and home court is the only reason this game might be close.
Canisius +4.5 vs Fairfield………..Just going with my gut on this one. Smells like a super close game to me.
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Parks meeting rescheduled
The Jeffersonville Parks Authority meeting that was scheduled for tonight at 6 p.m. has been rescheduled.
The meeting will instead be held at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17, in the mayor's conference room at Jeffersonville City Hall, 500 Quartermaster Court.
Parks hosts cooking club
The Jeffersonville Parks Department will host its next session of the Sticky Fingers Cooking Club from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Dec. 22. The program is for kids ages 7-11. Cost is $5.
The In Stitiches kids sewing club will also meet Dec. 22 from 1 to 3 p.m. for kids ages 9-11. The cost is $5.
Space for both of these programs is limited and pre-registration is required. You can register online at jeffparks.org or call 502-639-3293 for details.
Utica Christmas event is today
The third annual Christmas in the Community will be at 6:30 p.m., today, Dec. 12, at Utica Church of Christ, 300 S. Fourth St., Utica.
Singing songs of the season will be followed by a complimentary meal with dessert and drinks at 7:45 p.m. at the Utica Community Center.
This a is gift from the Utica churches to the community.
Louisville Orchestra at St. Mary's
St. Mary's Catholic Church, at Eighth and Spring streets in New Albany, will host the Louisville Orchestra at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13. Doors open at 6:15 p.m.
The concert is free. Gohmann Asphalt & Construction, Inc. is the sponsor of the event. Donations will go to the upkeep and restoration of St. Mary's historic Barckhoff pipe organ.
'Wonderful Life' on state at Culbertson
A live stage production of 'It's a Wonderful Life' will be presented at the Culbertson West in New Albany in a dinner theater offering Dec. 13-16. Produced by Bob Trinkle Production, the show recently completed a five-year run at the French Lick Springs Hotel where it enjoyed huge success. Tickets are $42 for adults and $35 for children and includes dinner and the show. The production, based on Frank Capra's film which starred Jimmy Stewart, is a holiday standard for many. For tickets or additional information, call 502-298-2628.
NAACP Freedom Banquet set
New Albany/Floyd County NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet will be at 7 p.m., Friday, Dec. 14, at The Grand, 138 East Market Street, New Albany.
Speaker will be Dr. Eric A Johnson, pastor of Greater Galilee Church in Louisville. Music will be by The Spiritual Wonders of Louisville. Tickets are $40 each. Email firstname.lastname@example.com or call 812-987-6266 for more information or tickets.
40 & 8 club hosting open house
The 40 & 8 Club will sponsor an open house and ham and chicken dinner from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 16, at the clubhouse, 221 Albany St., New Albany.
The price for the ham or chicken dinner with mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, slaw and dessert, is $6.
Business awards to be given out
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Business of the Year Awards will be given out. RSVP for lunch count to firstname.lastname@example.com
Tea Party group to meet
The Clark County Tea Party invites the public to the group's next meeting from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 13, at Silver Creek Middle School, 495 N. Indiana Ave., Sellersburg.
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Ag outlook on the way
The Purdue Extension Service of Clark County will present a program titled Agricultural Outlook 2013 at 7:30 a.m. Dec. 18 at the Clark County 4-H Fairgrounds, 9608 Ind. 62, Charlestown.
The program is free to the public and is designed to help farmers, land owners, input suppliers, and those interested in agriculture make better business decisions in the coming year. The program will be presented by Dr. Chris Hurt, an Agricultural Economist from the Purdue campus. Breakfast is provided, and reservations should be made by calling 812-256-4591 by Friday, Dec. 14.


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Community South Bank is no more. The state shutdown the Parsons-based bank Saturday.
CB&S Bank based in Alabama acquired all 15 branches of the bank.
CB&S Bank President Dennis Upchurch says the owners of Community South Bank were good bankers, but like 19 other FDIC insured banks that have recently failed, the economy caught up with them.
Community South Bank provided banking services to thousands of customers throughout the state and has been existence since 1968.
Upchuch adds that representatives from CB&S will be at each of the branches in the coming days to ease customers' concerns.
Following the acquisition, Upchurch says he'll look to expands operations in throughout Tennessee.
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text: Aesop fables for today. Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk by David Sedaris, illustrated by Ian Falconer (of the Olivia children's books), is different than his previous books, but quite clever. Human thoughts and actions are imposed on the mouths and beaks of animals resulting in jaded portrayals of reality. There's the potbellied pig who diets with so much will power yet still finds himself rounder than he'd like and the bear who's lost her mother that can't help but seek pity via self-centered whining. My fave was probably The Crow and the Lamb because of it's keen depiction of gullibility. He'll be in Milwaukee at the Riverside on October 23, 2010 if you'd like to hear him in person.


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It took Fairmont State just over 20 minutes to take its first lead over visiting Pitt-Johnstown on Monday night at the Joe Retton Arena.
But once the Falcons got the lead, they never relinquished it en route to an 88-73 victory over the Mountain Cats.
The win improved the second-place Falcons to 17-5 overall and to 15-3 in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. It also sets up a big showdown Thursday night in Fairmont at the Joe Retton Arena when third-place Alderson-Broaddus (16-6, 14-4) comes to town for a 7:30 p.m. game.
Monday night, UPJ came out on fire. The Mountain Cats employed red-hot shooting to open a 27-14 lead over the Falcons in the game's first 11 minutes.
But in the final nine minutes of the opening half, Fairmont, led by senior center Isaiah Hill and senior point guard Malik Stith, clawed its way back into contention and tied the score at 38 at the break.
"For some reason in the beginning of games our tendency is to start out lackadaisical on defense," said Stith, who combined with Hill to score 17 of the Falcons' final 24 points in the first half. "When there's a dead spot in the game I try to be aggressive, and I got a couple of baskets there off of our defense. I found some open lanes there and was able to score the ball.
"When we were down 27-14 coach called a timeout. We realize teams are going to come out and give it their all against us with us being one of the top teams in the league. We've got to match their intensity, and early on tonight we didn't do that. Give them credit, though, because they hit shots. Once we started contesting those shots better, playing with more intensity and really getting on the glass, things changed."
Indeed they did.
In the second half, Fairmont amped up its defensive pressure and limited the Mountain Cats' second-chance opportunities. FSU out-rebounded UPJ 45-34 and held the Mountain Cats to just 40 percent shooting in the final 20 minutes compared to the nearly 50 percent field goal shooting UPJ displayed in the first half.
By contrast, Fairmont, which shot just 38.5 percent in the first half, connected on 56.7 percent of its field goals in the second half.
Hill was the catalyst for much of Fairmont's success. He posted his fourth double-double performance of the season, finishing with a team-high 21 points and 11 rebounds. Stith added 18 points and four assists, while Isaac Thornton recorded a double-double outing as well, finishing with 12 points and a game-high 12 boards.
"In the second half we came out with a lot more energy than we had in the first half," Hill said. "We knew this was going to be a tough game for us. We've been down before and we find ways to battle back. We're never going to give up.
"In the second half we executed a lot better on both ends of the floor. Defensively we did a better job of guarding them and contesting shots and we rebounded the ball a lot better. That's what got us going offensively."
A five-foot jumper by Hill early in the second half gave FSU its first lead of the game. That basket ignited a 16-6 run by the Falcons in the first 5:32 of the second half, which gave them a 10-point lead and control of the contest for good.
"Pitt-Johnstown is very good and very well coached," said FSU coach Jerrod Calhoun. "They run as good of stuff on offense as anyone I've seen. It was a hard-fought game tonight. We knew it wasn't going to be easy. Down the stretch everyone is playing hard and playing to win. Every night is going to be a battle.
"We made some defensive adjustments at halftime, which I think helped. We were extended a little too much and they were just throwing it over the top and hitting threes on us. In the second half we played unbelievable defense. To hold a team like that to 73 points is a tremendous job."
Brendan Cooper added 12 points and seven rebounds for the Falcons, while Chase Morgan chipped in 10 points. FSU also got six points from Stevie Browning and five from Ty Garrison.
UPJ, which had won six of seven games coming into Monday's contest, fell to 14-9 overall and to 10-9 in the WVIAC. The Mountain Cats were led by Andrew Cressler's game-high 27 points and nine rebounds. Nick Novak added 13 points for UPJ.
As noted, Fairmont State will host A-B on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and then entertain league-leading and No. 3 ranked West Liberty on Saturday at 4 p.m. at the Joe Retton Arena.


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VERWOOD'S littlest dance star performed for the Queen at the Royal Variety performance on Monday night.
Theo McKenzie Hayton, eight, who attends Ringwood's Shake Dance School, appeared with Britain's Got Talent 2009 winners Diversity.
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