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Sloan Valve Company has been innovating the way we use commercial bathrooms for many years. Starting with advanced flush valves, Sloan has since redeveloped the market for commercial sanitation products with hands-free flush valves, faucets, dispensers and more.
Sloan flush valves are designed with the user and installer in mind, taking full consideration of the men and women who service the product on a regular basis. With that said, a primary incentive to install Sloan Valves is the ease of repair, maintenance, and long lasting durability.
Sloan flush valves are easily upgradeable due to their advanced multi-part design. This design allows for maintenance of the valve parts individually, along with quick replacement incase a part malfunctions. This design has become very popular especially with the transition to hands-free technology. Sloan makes that part easy! With the clever design of the standard Sloan valve, you can retrofit a hands-free valve controller onto the existing Sloan valve, with no need to replace the original valve. Your new hands-free device will install in minutes at minimal cost to you.
For ADA applications, Sloan has developed several useful designs that will convert your standard Sloan valve into an ADA compliant model with added features. These designs provide larger activation buttons & easier flush mechanisms as required to meet ADA requirements.
Sloan has been a premier manufacturer of flush valves and is known for being one of the largest flush valve companies in the world. After being in business for so many years producing high quality products, Sloan's main focus has become developing methods to retrofit existing installations with new technology, while also still producing the next generation of innovative flush valves for new installations.
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A toilet flush valve is an extremely important part of any toilet. It has been created not only to perform a basic function of water flushing and cleaning the toilet inner surface, but also to provide a quiet and efficient performance that provides a low-flow function and water preservation. Flash valves can differ by materials, spare parts, functions and implemented technological mechanisms. There are available brass, zinc or hard plastic fixtures, valves with old float ball style or valves with a new float mechanisms where the float is directly attached to the water fill tube. Such method greatly improves the valve fill shut off.
With that said, before making the right choice, it is necessary to consider the following issues:
- Brass Assembly. While looking for a durable and high quality flash valve with reliable spare parts, the best choice will be a brass valve. Brass refers to water resistant materials and is securely protected from the corrosion that usually appears in the toilet area. More than that, being not as hard as steel, brass is hardly to be cracked if under pressure.
- Plastic Assembly. Hard Plastic flush valves are cheaper, but after some decent period of time it will weaken, especially if being in a constant contact with water, just like in a toilet tank. Of course, the new technologies have done a lot to improve the overall quality of plastic material, but its main drawback of getting rot and easily cracked remains unchangeable.
- Siphoning Air. Sanitary flush valves can perform their workflow in two main directions – with air or anti-air siphoning feature. A syphon toilet valve has a possibility of water being sucked back from the toilet tank down to the system in case of unexpected decrease of water pressure level. It can happen in many situations like a fire-fighting operation or a simple neighboring water main.
- Anti-Air Siphoning. This type of flush valve construction is a perfect solution for environments with constant low water pressure problems. Anti-air system preserves water in the toilet tank in any case, preventing in from pulling back into water supply system. In this case a toilet will continue proper flushing even if there is not enough water in the supply system. An anti-air syphon is a must for all toilets equipped with a new low flow technology.
- Old Style Flush Valves. Old flush valve types still exist today, which is attached by a screw to an arm, holding a large black float. Of course, the old standard of flash valves is considered to be familiar and easy to fix, but it no longer remains the most reliable one. In order to provide your home with the most reasonable and highly efficient devices, it is strongly recommended to follow the new trends in modern technologies—trends that are continuously growing. This will significantly contribute to the level of your life comfort and budget savings.


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What's more American than a modern-day Western—especially one that's packed with muscle cars and insane gunplay? Never mind that many of the genre's favorite conventions were invented by Japanese and Italian filmmakers; few movies have ever been as carefully calculated to appeal to red-state America as The Last Stand, a film that, taken at face value, would have NRA honcho Wayne LaPierre's eyes rolling back in his head from the sheer, orgiastic ecstasy of it all.
And you can certainly read it and enjoy it that way if you're so inclined. Featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger's first starring role since Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines back in 2003, The Last Stand is a perfectly serviceable, bullet-riddled comeback for the 65-year-old, er, actor. It's bloody, goofy, loud fun that harks back to '80s body-stackers such as Raw Deal and Red Heat. (And no, that's not a backhanded compliment.) As mindless, violent fun, it's no Commando, but it's a hell of a lot better than, say, 2002's Collateral Damage.
But there's something sly going on under the surface here. First of all, the murmurs of xenophobia that have accompanied the film's release are hilarious. The Last Stand is about as 'murican as the GM cars featured in nearly every scene—it may have been assembled in the States, but it's an entirely global affair. The film was directed by Korean Kim Jee-Woon, features a principal cast that includes an Austrian, a Spaniard, a Brazilian, and a Swede, and lavishes fetishistic attention on British and German firearms.
Even more puzzling is the critical hand-wringing that has gone over the movie's timing and its supposedly unabashed promotion of gun violence. The Last Stand was clearly meant to be taken about as seriously as an episode of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. It might not be clever enough to qualify as satire, but this is parody through-and-through.
Take, for instance, the plot. Ah-nold stars as Ray Owens, a one-time LAPD narcotics officer who has retired to a much quieter patch of Arizona desert known as Somerton Junction. Owens heads up a sheriff's department made up of himself and three deputies of varying degrees of inexperience and ineptitude. The town has emptied out thanks to a high-school football away game, and the sheriff is looking forward to a day off. Mexican drug lord/professional race-car driver (seriously) Gabriel Cortez has other plans, though. When Cortez (played by Spanish actor Eduardo Noriega) escapes from federal custody in Las Vegas, he hightails it toward the border at 200 mph in a stolen supercar with a beautiful hostage (Genesis Rodriguez) in tow. His minions, led by Burrell (scenery-noshing Swedish character actor Peter Stormare), are literally building Cortez a bridge to Mexico; all he's got to do is make it across it. Since FBI agent John Bannister (Forest Whitaker) and his team of pilots, tech nerds, and sharpshooters lack the resources to stop a guy in a fast car, the task falls to Owens, his deputies, the town troublemaker (Brazil's Rodrigo Santoro) and a local gun nut (Johnny Knoxville—god, we're proud).
It's absolutely as ridiculous as it sounds. Kim, a top-notch Korean director whose filmography includes the creepy fairy tale A Tale of Two Sisters, the nutso spaghetti western The Good, the Bad, the Weird, and the grisly revenge thriller I Saw the Devil, doesn't expend much energy during the film's clumsy set-up, but he makes up for it with the tightly directed and often inventive action sequences. The Last Stand's frequent shootouts are certainly gory—when a movie leads with a bloody joke about the recoil of a massive .50 caliber handgun, there's little doubt that someone's eventually going to take one of those huge rounds through his face—but the violence is so over the top that it's played for laughs, not shocks. A bad guy is shot in the head during a fall that would kill him anyway; when another heavy tries to cut through a storefront manned by a granny lady in a rocking chair, she blasts him right through a plate-glass window.
This is a hyper-violent fantasy flick made by a director from a country where handguns are hard to come by; it's a stretch to assign it any sort of genuine social or political subtext. Still, it manages to be unexpectedly poignant when the good guys suffer casualties. Kim caps everything off with a fantastic car chase through a cornfield that subverts every convention you can think of, before giving Schwarzenegger one last opportunity to prove that, even in his twilight years, he can still take most would-be action stars to school.
We'll probably never return to the days of the shamelessly violent but weirdly innocent action films that crowded video store shelves throughout the '80s. For the foreseeable future, The Last Stand might be as close as we'll get.
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The American Diabetes Association, Western New York Chapter, has named Vincent Harrer, of Lockport, its Youth Ambassador for the 2013 Tour de Cure, a bicycle ride and fundraiser which takes place June 8 along Lake Ontario.
Vincent, a fourth-grader at DeSales Catholic School, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when he was 7 years old. An avid athlete, who is a member of the DeSales swim team, also plays soccer and lacrosse. Vincent rode six miles in last year's tour, raising nearly $3,000 and also rode in the 2011 Tour.
"I want to go way over $3,000 this year. I'm at almost $2,000 right now," Vincent said in a news release. "We need to raise money to find a cure and help other people who have diabetes."
Vincent has enlisted several of his young friends and family members, including his seven-year-old brother, Grant, to ride the six-mile course again this year. He and his friends have been doing training rides around his neighborhood to get ready.
Jill Bakeman, Manager of the 22nd Annual Tour de Cure, said Vincent is a wonderful role model for kids and adults who are living with diabetes.
"He has such a positive attitude and his upbeat spirit is really contagious. We are thrilled to have him represent the thousands of young people in Western New York who understand the importance of ADA's quest to find a cure," Bakeman said.
Lindsay Harrer, Vincent's mom, said she's extremely proud of her son.
"He's been through a lot and he's such a strong little boy. He never lets his medical condition get him down. He is very motivated to do everything he can to show other kids he can do anything they can and he is very motivated to get the message out that with more money for research there will be cure," Harrer said.
The Harrer family was familiar with diabetes prior to Vincent's diagnosis. Lindsay's aunt was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 12 and several cousins have Type 2 diabetes. Brian Harrer, Vincent's dad, a member of the Niagara County Sheriff's Office, has been a long-time rider with the Niagara County Law Enforcement & Friends Tour de Cure team, which rides in memory of the late Sgt. Jeffrey J. Juron, who had Type I diabetes.
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Original recipe yields 10 to 12 servings
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 C). Grease and flour two 8 inch round cake pans. Set aside. Put dates in a bowl with soda and pour boiling water on top. Set a side.
- In a large mixing bowl, mix together 1 cup sugar, 2 1/2 cups flour and 1 cup chopped walnuts. Add egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla, pinch of salt and tablespoon butter. Mix to combine. Finally, stir in chopped dates with liquid. Mix well. Pour batter into prepared pans.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Cake will pull away from sides of pans and be golden brown.
- In a medium saucepan, combine buttermilk, 1 cup sugar, pinch of salt and 4 tablespoons flour. Cook on medium heat until thickened. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla and remaining cup of walnuts.
- Spread mixture between layers and on top of cake. Let filling run down the sides of cake.
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Since I bake alot,I really should have paid more attention to the ingrediants.A tablespoon of butter is not enough oil for this cake.And 4 tablespoons of flour in a icing?And that is what the icing tastes like.Flour.I actually used less that the recipe called for and still,thats the taste.Dry,flour tasting,not good at all.Possible the worst cake I have ever baked.
this recipe was given to me many, many years ago. i was delighted to see that someone else had it and enjoys it as much as i do. it's really one of the best cakes that i have made. all cake lovers must try it. it deserves 10 stars.
Although the cake is good, I wouldn't give it 5 stars. It didn't "wow me" as I thought it would. My husband really liked it and we both agree that it is the icing that makes it. I feel that it isn't really moist enough right after the baking process. The cake is predominantly a nut cake and not a date cake. The dates only seem to accent it, which isn't unusual as the recipe calls for 2 cups on nuts and only 1 cup of dates. As it stands, I have to say that taste is entirely a personal matter and I can only speak for myself. It tastes fine, but I prefer a meatier tecture when it comes to a date cake.
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Amount Per Serving (11 total)
- Calories
- 458 cal
- 23%
- Fat
- 15.9 g
- 25%
- Carbs
- 74.3 g
- 24%
- Protein
- 8.1 g
- 16%
- Cholesterol
- 23 mg
- 8%
- Sodium
- 223 mg
- 9%
Based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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A Union Area School District administrator is ending an educational career that has spanned more than 30 years.
The school board approved the retirement of Dave Nerti, middle/high school principal, during Wednesday's school board meeting.
Nerti's last day on the job is June 30.
He has served in the district for 32 years — seven in his current role and two years as assistant principal. Nerti was first a teacher in the district for 13 years, and he was head teacher for 10 years. In his earlier years, he coached football and track.
The years went by very quickly, said Nerti, who believes in the adage that, "It's time to leave when you still love what you're doing."
In three decades, he witnessed a time, "when color TV was exciting" through an era of rapid technological advances including hook-ups to different countries, iPads and cell phones.
The only negative aspect of education is the emphasis on state assessment testing under the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment, Nerti said.
Overall, though, "It's been a wonderful ride. No regrets. I would do it again."
Nerti said he will miss the students the most.
"They keep you young with their energy and excitement," he said. "The reward is seeing the success of students following graduation."
He plans to spend part of his retirement hunting and fishing at his camp in Forest County.
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While the plan includes an increase in the county's , it also includes the formation of a task force appointed by the state and the county to monitor Rockland budget and also requiring the county develop a multi-year budget.
Zebrowski said Gov. Andrew Cuomo has said he would consider the plan.
Three legislative bills are part of the plan. Zebrowski said one measure would potentially save Rockland $1.3 million in lowering its pension costs and the other two are more preventative measures to prevent a financial crisis like this from occurring again — including a fiscal indicator system for the county's budget.
Rockland County has a $40 million budget gap. On Thursday, Moody's Investor's Service downgraded Rockland County's bond rating to Baa3 from A3 on and revised its outlook to negative.
Ron Levine, a spokesman for County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef, said that Vanderhoef, County Legislature Chairwoman Harriet Cornell, D-West Nyack, and several county Legislative leaders were meeting Friday afternoon to discuss county finances. The said they learned that Zebrowski had crafted legislation to assist the county with its financial shortfall.
Levine said details were not clear on Friday, but that all present were appreciative that another Rockland County state legislator had stepped up the plate to support county government in these tough fiscal times.
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Rockland County Deficit Reduction Taskforce
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- 4 appointed by Governor – of which one is the Chairperson of Taskforce.
- 1 appointment by Temporary President of Senate.
- 1 appointment by Speaker of Assembly.
- 1 appointment by Rockland County Executive.
- 1 appointment by Chairperson of the Rockland County Legislature.
- 1 appointment by the State Comptroller.
- Taskforce recommendations, oversight or monitoring ends in three years and may be extended by vote of the Taskforce
- All reports and recommendations by the Task Force shall be made public and accessible.
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- Require the County to annually prepare and submit a balanced multi-year financial plan.
- Require the County to review the annual and multi-year budget recommendations of the Taskforce and make adjustments to the annual and multi-year budget for each recommendation. If the County Executive and County Legislature wish to reject any of the submitted recommendations, the County must enact a local law for each individual recommendation that it seeks to reject and must be approved by two-thirds of the County Legislature.
- Prepare quarterly budget reports and submit such reports to the governing board and chief executive officer of the County, the State Director of the Budget, the State Comptroller, the Chair of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, the Chair of the Senate Finance Committee and the Taskforce.
- Submit the County tentative or preliminary budget to the Taskforce no later than 30 days before the budget has to be adopted, for review and recommendations.
- Review the operations, structure and services of the Summit Park Nursing home and make recommendations for a long term plan.
- Review the revenue sharing arrangement between the County, Towns and Villages and make a recommendation for long term changes.
Sales Tax
- Initially authorizes a ¼ of 1% increase in sales tax for three years and must be reviewed every two years thereafter as deemed necessary. The original proposal called for an increase of 3/8 of 1% for a ten year period with no option to discontinue prior.
- The deficit financing will be backed by an intercept option of state aid or local sales tax by the State Comptroller to ensure proper collateral.
Preventative Measures
- Creates the Local Government Fiscal Indicator System that will monitor local government finances to determine whether they are experiencing fiscal stress. The legislation provides for appropriate state fiscal intervention depending on the severity of the stress to prevent further economic decline. This early warning system will prevent situations like Rockland County from occurring in the future.
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Duane Lamb, age 68, of Weatherford, left his earthly life on Monday morning, Jan. 14, 2013, after a lengthy battle with cancer.
A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jna. 16, 2013, in the Galbreaith Pickard Chapel, with interment in East Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, at the funeral home.
Born on May 10, 1944 to Wayne D. (Whittie) Lamb and Mildred Lamb, Duane graduated from Weatherford High School and married his high school sweetheart, Annette Martin. He took over his dad's paint business after his father passed away in 1966. Duane was a well known painting contractor for 47 years. He always loved fast cars and used to drag race at Forest Hills and Kennedale. He later moved on to building street rods and restoring classic cars. He and Annette showed his cars at car shows and won several awards. He usually sold the cars after the car shows and started another project. He always said the fun was building and showing them rather than driving them.
Survivors include his wife, Annette Martin Lamb, of Weatherford; daughter, Michelle Lamb Seay and husband, Brad, of Weatherford; son, Christian Thomas lamb and wife, Diana, of Weatherford; sister, Suzanne Lamb, of Weatherford; brother, Greg Lamb and wife, Diane, of Weatherford; four grandchildren, Rachael Crockett, Stephen Lamb, Jade Seay and Glenn Seay; and his boxer, Booger.
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Arlington House is a medium sized house in the center of Arlington Cemetery.
Arlington House can be accessed from the Arlington Cemetery, which in turn can be accessed from several metro tunnels in the surrounding area.
Inside the house is the Luck bobblehead, located on the bookshelves on the west wall of the basement. The house is good for player housing because there are beds you can rest in, a workbench and lockers to hide your loot in. In the basement there is a shrine to Abraham Lincoln, (ironic as the original owner, Robert E. Lee, General of the Confederate Army, fought against the Union) complete with flowers and wine.
If you took the Lawbringer perk, Junders Plunkett will exist, and attack the player character and their followers if he finds them inside the house. Plunkett will most likely be found in the basement and might run upstairs if he detects you. Junders has the unique Plunkett's Valid Points, and upon death Junders Plunkett's finger which can be turned in for 1,000 caps at the Regulator HQ.
To the south of Arlington House there is Mama Dolce's food industry and Arlington/Falls Church Metro, and to the north there is Arlington/Wasteland Metro and Arlington utility.
Notable lootEdit
- Bobblehead - Luck is on the bookshelves on the west wall of the basement.
- Big Book of Science on the table at the far end of the kitchen.
- Bottlecap mine on the workbench against the south wall in the basement.
- This house makes for good player housing, due to its size and the fact that its containers do not reset. However, if the Lawbringer perk is added after the initial visit to the house, the first aid box near the bed in the basement will respawn, erasing previously stored items.
- The photo of President Lincoln in the shrine is actually an enlarged version of the exhibit info plates at the Lincoln Memorial. The writing can be seen by standing on the far left side of the shrine and looking between the picture and the wood frame or by going to the far right of the shrine and looking in between the wood panels right beside the dresser.
- The offerings of flowers and liquor would indicate that Lincoln's reputation has been canonized by the wastelanders to the level of a deity.
- The radio in the basement will only appear if you have the Lawbringer perk and Junders Plunkett is in the house.
- Junders Plunkett will only appear if you have the Lawbringer perk.
- There is a safe with a small amount of caps behind the dresser in the upstairs bedroom on the west corner.
Arlington House appears only in Fallout 3.
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It sometimes felt like a garden club meeting rather than a public hearing on possible changes to the Oyster Bay Town code, but Tuesday's Town Council meeting brought out dozens of passionate residents, environmentalists and elected officials concerned about proposals related to trees and bamboo.
The hearing was a continuation of one held at the Aug. 14 meeting on several code changes the town is considering. Many of the proposals involve updating laws that are already on the books, according to town officials.
But two issues received the most attention Tuesday.
The town is proposing restrictions on the growth of bamboo, banning its growth, unless it's growing in a container or if a barrier is installed. In all cases, bamboo growth must be kept at least 10 feet from the property line.
The town is proposing the repeal of the current tree ordinance, and has not yet written a new proposed ordinance, according to a Town spokesman, but Supervisor John Venditto once again insisted that the law will not be abolished.
"There was never an intent to leave the Town of Oyster Bay without a tree ordinance law," Venditto said.
"The problems with the current ordinance were two-fold. One was the [$75] fee [too take down a tree]. That' s easily remedied, obviously, you can eliminate the fee. The second problem was a little more complicated. There were quite a number of residents who were disappointed with government intrusion."
Venditto, a Republican, said he wanted to hear from all points of view on the issues, a stance that was applauded by Nassau County Legislator Judy Jacobs, D-Woodbury, who at the last meeting.
"I think it's important that the tree ordinance remain in place in the Town of Oyster Bay," she said. "If there are modifications needed it's important that good heads put themselves together." Jacobs was one of
Venditto said he's heard varying points of view expressed on the bamboo issue, particularly over whether or not it could be contained.
Jimmy Meehan, a landscaper, who serves the Massapequa and Farmingdale areas said he believes there's no way to completely stop it's growth.
"It's very invasive," he said. "It goes on the driveway. It goes into the garage. There's no cement wall that's going to stop it. There's no plastic that's going to stop it. You cut it down and it comes back."
When asked what how he thought the town should handle the bamboo issue, Meehan said, "eliminate it from being planted and grandfather those who already have it," indicating that those who already have it on their property should not be fined, since it 's so difficult to get rid of the plant."
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Bob, left, and Mike Bryan, of the U.S, holds the cup after defeating France's Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut in the men's double final match of the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium Saturday, June 8, 2013 in Paris. (AP Photo/David Vincent)
Top-seeded Bob and Mike Bryan of the United States won their 14th major doubles title by defeating Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut of France 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (4) in the French Open final Saturday.
In the tiebreaker, the Bryans rallied from a 4-2 deficit to clinch the victory when Mahut sent a forehand wide.
The twins won their only other French Open in 2003.
When they won the Australian Open this year, they broke a tie for most major doubles titles with Australian greats John Newcombe and Tony Roche.
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Employers are increasingly trying to avoid paying for health insurance for retirees who leave the workforce before they become eligible for Medicare. Some 43 percent of companies currently offering retiree medical benefits plan to soon reduce or eliminate them, according to a recent Towers Watson survey of mid and senior level benefit professionals at 392 companies providing health plans to retirees.
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"Beginning in 2014, when health insurance exchanges become operative, pre-65 retirees will have access to competitive plan choices without preexisting condition underwriting," says Dave Osterndorf, a senior consulting actuary for Towers Watson. "This important development will likely accelerate employers exiting sponsorship of retiree health programs and, in many cases, adopting account-based solutions." Towers Watson suggests that some companies will deposit a portion of their current retiree health spending into a medical reimbursement account such as a health savings account or retiree medical savings account for former employees to help with premium costs and uncovered expenses.
Until these health insurance exchanges become operational in 2014, many employers plan to accept federal subsidies to maintain their retiree health care coverage. The Obama administration announced earlier this month that companies will get $5 billion from the federal government to maintain health care coverage for early retirees. Most companies that offer retiree medical benefits intend to apply for the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program, which will subsidize employers that provide health insurance to retirees age 55 and older who are not yet eligible for Medicare.
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More than three-quarters (76 percent) of companies with retiree health plans plan to pursue reimbursement through the program which goes into effect June 1, according to a Hewitt Associates survey of 245 large employers that offer medical benefits to over 1.3 million retirees. Employers that are accepted into the program, which was created by the health reform bill, will be reimbursed for up to 80 percent of each retiree's medical expenses between $15,000 and $90,000.
The average federal reimbursement will be between $2,000 and $3,000 per retiree each year, which is approximately 25 percent to 35 percent of their total health care costs, according to Hewitt estimates. A company that provides insurance for 1,000 retirees could receive between $2 million and $3 million from the federal government each year.
Employers must use the reimbursement to reduce their own health care costs or to reduce premium prices for workers and their families. Two-thirds (66 percent) of companies that intend to apply for the reimbursement say they are unsure about how they would spend the proceeds, Hewitt found. Some employers plan to use the federal money to reduce both the employer and retiree share of premiums (16 percent) or to reduce only the retiree share of premiums (5 percent). Companies will be required to describe how the proceeds will be used in their Early Retiree Reinsurance Program application.
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The reinsurance program will last until January 2014 or until the $5 billion set aside for the program is exhausted. "Because so many companies plan to apply for the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program, employers will need to act quickly to secure a share of the proceeds, since the federal funds earmarked for this program are limited," says Milind Desai, a senior consulting actuary for Hewitt.


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City of Clovis Start Smart Basketball: 10 a.m. Jan. 25. Children ages 3-5. Clovis Recreation Center, 324-2780, www.ci.clovis.ca.us/Departments-and-Services/ Recreation/Youth-Programs, $60.
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By Steve Fields
The Tribune-Star
RICHMOND — Dess Fougerousse and Austin Karazsia accounted for 61 points, 20 rebounds and nine assists in Linton's first-ever high school basketball semistate victory at Richmond High School.
But the roles of Bryant Jackson, Keith Fulk and Jackson Bohnert were pivotal to the Miners' 76-75 overtime win over Speedway in the Class 2A semistate contest. Statistically, the trio accounted for 15 points, 12 rebounds, five steals and six assists, but it was the timing of those plays that helped lift the Miners into the Class 2A State Championship game next week.
"We have 6-8 [Karazsia] and 6-5 [Fougerousse] and they're crazy athletes, they're crazy basketball players. They're just really good and we just got to keep getting them the ball, so they can keep scoring for us and and-ones [free throws]. Then me, Bryant, Keith and A.K. and Dess we just have to stay together as a team and play strong [defense] and get boards," Bohnert said of the Miners' overtime plan.
Bohnert, a 6-4 junior, was responsible for guarding Speedway's Justin Brent. The 6-3 Brent scored 17 points and had six rebounds, but Bohnert came up with four steals, including one with 1:24 left in the game.
With Linton leading 70-69, Speedway had the ball and a chance to take the lead when Bohnert grabbed the basketball. Seconds later Karazsia turned the possession into two free throws and a 72-69 edge.
"Jackson played amazing. His defense was awesome. He had a lot of big layups, a big steal at the end [of the game]," Karazsia.
Speedway never led by more than three points because Linton's defense came up with big plays. With the score tied 53-53 in the third period, Speedway had the ball with a chance to go ahead when Linton's Jackson reached out and tipped the ball to Fulk.
"I didn't really mean to get my hand on it, I just got lucky on that one," Jackson said.
When the Sparkplugs tried to back off Fulk, the 5-11 senior popped a three-pointer to give the miners a 56-53 lead.
"We're a big family. We play together, we became real good friends over this year and we play together really well. We have such good chemistry is hard for everybody not to contribute," Jackson said.
Linton's largest lead of the night was 41-33 midway through the third quarter. Jackson caught the ball just left of the point and found himself wide open, as the Sparkplugs sagged back to cut off the inside feed. Jackson swished the three and the Miners led 39-33.
Fougerousse hit two free throw to give Linton a 76-73 lead with 20.2 seconds left to play. The Miners gave up a layup to Speedway's Corey Ross, giving him the shot uncontested.
There were just seven seconds on the clock when the official handed Fulk the basketball. And with a sea of blue and red clad fans at the other end waiting to rush the court, Fulk just stood there. He called timeout with 1.5 seconds on the clock.
"We looked a lot better doing that today than we did last Saturday morning [in the regional]," Hart said.
After the timeout, Speedway made a desperation pass, but the celebration was on.
"Going to the state, that's amazing, that's great. We're still getting better. We wanted to keep practicing because we really feel we're still getting better. Dess is working harder than ever. He's always been a great player [now] he's going to take it to a different level," Hart said.


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Pro Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley was his usual unrestrained self on the nationally syndicated "Dan Patrick Show" this morning. Among a series of fantastic takes also including his thoughts on starring in a spin-off of "The White Shadow" and Lane Kiffin, the TNT analyst also weighed in on the Bills hiring Chan Gailey.
Remember, Barkley was outspoken last year when his alma mater, Auburn, hired the white Gene Chizik as its football coach over then UB coach Turner Gill.
Here is what Barkley said about the Bills turning to Gailey:
"I call it the Mickey Rooney rule instead of the Dan Rooney rule. Because they interview these black coaches after white guys have already got the job -- that's a travesty. That is a flat-out travesty.
"But ['Inside the NBA' host Ernie Johnson] corrected me. I said, 'You know, I'm not happy with the Mickey Rooney rule.' He says, 'Dan Rooney.' I said, 'Well, you interview black coaches after white guys have already got the job, that's the Mickey Rooney rule.'
"And let me tell you something, I don't mean no disrespect to Chan Gailey, but listen, Leslie Frazier has done a fantastic job. And when you start getting guys off the street, giving them the chances before guys that have been doing a great job, that really pisses me off.
"I like Roger Goodell -- and the way he hammers these players, he's got to start hammering these teams, man. They just can't go get guys off the steets instead of hiring young black assistants."
---Geoff Nason
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By GERIANNE WRIGHT and MARGARET DOWNS, Press-Republican
---- — Paul finished packing up the back of his Lexus and slammed the trunk. The saleswoman at the department store had done an adequate job wrapping the gifts he had purchased for his family on his lunch hour the day before, and now they were all nestled in the back of his car, ready for the upcoming trip. He didn't relish the idea of a six-hour car ride to Plattsburgh, but he had taken only that afternoon and Christmas Day off and wanted to be back in the office early on the 26th.
He relished even less the idea of visiting his family. He hadn't been back for any kind of visit — Christmas or otherwise — in, how long was it? Four years? Five? He hadn't even planned to visit this year but his brother, Gordon, shamed him into it.
"Mom isn't doing well," he had said on the phone.
How had Gordon gotten his phone number?
"She may not make it another Christmas, and this would mean the world to her," his brother had said.
Paul stood with his hand on the car door handle, looking at the door that led to his apartment on York Avenue in New York City. He gave the thought just a second of his time. But instead of heading back up the stairs, he opened the car door and climbed inside. He looked at his watch. Noon. With any luck, the traffic wouldn't be too bad out of the city and up Interstate 87. He might make it through the mountains before it got too dark. Driving through the Adirondacks at night in the middle of winter was akin to riding a tricycle in the Tour de France — your car being no match for some tractor trailer headed to Montreal with a payload of logs to run you off the road just as the cellphone coverage goes dead.
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Traffic north to Albany wasn't bad. He found the signal for WAMC down near Newburgh and just kept working the scan button along the way to find it on a different frequency as the station started to flit in and out. National Public Radio was rebroadcasting David Sedaris reading from his "SantaLand Diaries." Just the kind of snarky tone he needed for this drive. "Santa changed his policy and no longer traffics in coal," Sedaris said. "Instead, if you're bad, he comes to your house and steals things."
The signs up I-87, now called the Northway, started to feel familiar. Clifton Park, Glens Falls, Saratoga Springs — names he enjoyed seeing from the rear-view mirror so many years ago. To escape, to leave the insular environment of the North Country. Columbia School of Law, clerking for Supreme Court justices in New York City, passing the bar then being brought on as an associate and then partner at Beals, Signet and Wilkens. It kept him busy, it kept him focused, and it kept him there.
Focus was what he needed about then. The snow had started lightly just north of Albany, but by the time he passed Exit 21 at Lake George, it was coming down furiously. The plows hadn't sanded there yet, and he was driving in the tire tracks left by the last car to have made its way north, the taillights of which were out of sight. High beams didn't help; they made the flakes look as big as silver dollars. The Lexus wasn't equipped with snow tires, so he had to bring it down a notch, feeling like he was crawling along a highway built in the '60s for speed. Something up ahead near the Pottersville exit brought him upright in his seat. Flashing lights, burning flares. He slowed down to a stop and rolled the window down. A state trooper came up. Accidents, several of them after this exit. He'd have to leave the Northway and work his way up Route 9 for a ways.
"How far?"
"You'll see the troopers re-routing you once you get to Westport."
"Thanks," Paul said, rolling the window up.
The trooper waved and called, "Merry Christmas," as the car started to roll away.
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Yeah, right. Route 9. At least the Mobil station at Pottersville gave him the chance to gas up the car and get a hot cup of coffee.
It was slow, slower than the Northway, but at least there was no other traffic to contend with. The coffee did its job — he was alert, but he also had to use the bathroom. As he was about to give up hope of finding a restroom and pull over in the snow, a Stewart's Shop came into view.
"Hello," said the clerk. "We're having a sale on our hand-packed pints."
"Just have to use the men's room."
On Paul's way out, the clerk told him to have a nice holiday. Too late, he thought as he got back in the car and pulled back out onto the road. Just as he was about to pick up a little speed, he saw the lights in his rear-view mirror, higher than a car's, coming at him at a good clip. He tried to pull over, but there was nowhere to go — he couldn't see the curb, and he wasn't sure there was one. The truck bore down on him and then passed him. The last thing Paul saw as the Lexus spun out of control and rolled into the darkness was the bed of the tractor trailer, filled with baled and tied Christmas trees. It figured.
He sat for a stunned second assessing his condition. Nothing hurt, nothing broken. The air bag didn't even go off. But he was surrounded in darkness. The front of the car was buried in snow, so the headlights were of no use. He was able to open the car door, but the Lexus was on an incline, and he had to pull himself out of the seat. His shoes, fine for the streets of Manhattan even in the winter, were no match for the Adirondacks in winter. His legs sunk in snow to the knee. With effort, he was able to extricate himself from each step and made his way up to the highway about 10 feet from the back of the car. He stamped his feet to try to shed the snow, which had gone up under his pant legs as well.
The snow wasn't letting up. Wrapping his Burberry wool overcoat tightly around him, he started walking north, hoping he wasn't far from the detour to the Northway that would be manned by the troopers as promised.
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After about a half hour, he could make out lights up ahead off the road. Getting nearer, he could see the structure, white against white; its lights set it aglow against the low-hanging clouds. A church. He could see people entering the front doors. Maybe they had a working phone or knew of a garage with a tow truck nearby. At the very least, he could get warm and dry off a little.
The parking lot was packed. He looked at his watch: 6 p.m. Christmas Eve services were just about to start. In Plattsburgh, his mother would most likely be at Mass. He hadn't been to church since leaving for college. When he had attended, under orders from his mother, he felt those anticipated Masses were for people who didn't want to get up on Sunday mornings.
He entered the church, which, like the lot outside, was packed. Ushers were shoe-horning people into pews. An elderly man in a suit brought him to one of the last open seats in the dimly lit church. He seated Paul on the end of a pew next to a couple with three small children. The church was teeming with families, and the noise was reaching a dull roar. There were children everywhere. They were running up and down the aisles, some going to see the manger scene at the front of the church, some running to the bathroom. A little shepherd went scooting by to get in line for the processional, fighting with robes that were too long, not paying attention to where the crook was pointing. It swung by the pew, and Paul had to duck to avoid being struck in the head.
The boy stumbled by without looking back, trying to re-gather his robes with every step. Paul's attention was drawn away from the shepherd boy by the feeling that someone was staring at him. He glanced around and saw, in the pew directly across the aisle, a little boy of about 3 or 4. He met the boy's gaze. Paul looked away and then peeked back to his left. The boy was still staring. He had a slack-jawed, vacant look, and Paul couldn't tell if the boy was actually staring at him or zoned out in some kind of pre-Christmas daze.
He slowly looked over his shoulder and then to his right at the family sitting next to him, and then back at the boy across the aisle. The boy hadn't moved. Paul wasn't even sure if the kid had blinked. If he'd been on the subway on his way to work, Paul might have made a face at the boy to get him to look away, but he didn't feel that was appropriate behavior for church, so turned his attention toward the front and tried to ignore the creepy little kid to his left.
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Soon the dull roar lowered to a murmur, and the music started signaling the beginning of services. Everyone stood to see the children walk up and down the aisles. Led by Mary and Joseph, a whole troupe of shepherds and angels came marching through, followed by a group of much younger children who, for some reason, had been trusted with lit candles. Paul watched, transfixed, as the candle children got ever closer to the feather angel wings in front of them. There was a bit of a traffic jam because Mary and Joseph had stopped at the manger scene to put the statue of Baby Jesus in the manger. One of the candle children, who was focused on the wax slowly dripping toward her hand instead of on where she was going, walked right into an angel.
A parent jumped into the aisle and pulled the angel to safety. Another tragedy averted. Paul looked back toward the action at the manger in time to see the minister bless the crèche and the newly added Baby Jesus statue. The statue was about the same size as Mary. His head was actually bigger than Mary's. Talk about a Christmas miracle.
At some point during the blessing, Paul felt a tugging on his right sleeve. He looked down and saw a rather frantic girl who was hopping from one foot to the other. Her mother was standing beside her.
"Excuse us," the mother whispered apologetically.
Paul sighed, probably louder than he should have because she said in a acrid tone, "She has to use the potty."
He stepped out into the aisle to make room for them to pass. As he sat back down, the services began. He looked around, not sure if he wanted to stay, but it was warm in the church, and his clothes — especially his shoes and socks — were beginning to dry out, and it wasn't until he heard someone else's cellphone going off that he realized he might have the use of his own phone again. He reached for his in the breast pocket of his suit coat but before he had a chance to check it, the mother had returned with the girl, waiting to be allowed back in the pew. Again he stood, and again they moved past him. The mother looked at the cellphone in his hand.
"Really, can't it wait?" she said as she settled down with the kids, all of whom were fidgety and squirmy.
Paul put the phone back in his pocket. He gazed around the congregation, and his eyes settled, once again, on the kid across the aisle. That kid was still staring at him. Paul's attention was suddenly stolen by a little girl in the pew ahead of him. She had turned around and was holding a Sheriff Woody doll. She was shaking the doll back and forth, saying, "I'm Woody! Howdy, howdy, howdy."
People surrounding him started to laugh while her parents tried to quiet her down. Paul closed his eyes a moment and breathed out heavily. At this rate, he'd never get help to retrieve his car, he'd never get to Plattsburgh, and he'd never hear the end of it. Just as he contemplated getting up to leave, everyone stood and launched into a rendition of "Hark the Herald Angels Sing."
Paul stood, woodenly, eyes on the pew in front of him, when the girl next to him said, "You're supposed to be singing."
This time, he did make a face, as if to say, "And you're supposed to be quiet and better mannered."
"Mommy, he made a face at me," she cried to her mother.
"Don't look at him, honey," she said, loud enough for Paul to hear. "He's not a happy man."
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Paul didn't know if he should be thankful that the kid would now leave him alone or upset at what was certainly an insult. He wasn't an unhappy man. At least, not in general. He just wasn't happy then.
At that point, the minister called the kids forward to tell them the Christmas story. Kids began climbing over people, over pews, all vying for their places up front. The girl to his right didn't give him time to step out into the aisle. She bounded past him, stepping on his foot on her way by. Once the kids were all settled, the minister started out by asking if anyone already knew the story of Christmas. For a moment no one said anything. Then the little girl with the Sheriff Woody doll raised her hand.
The minister nodded at her and she said, in a very confident voice, "My mommy made my dress!"
Then she proceeded to pull the hem of her skirt over her head, showing off her fancy new tights. The minister moved on and asked the kids if they knew who would be born that night.
"Not my baby brother," said one boy. "My mom said if she has to, she's keeping her knees together just to have the baby on New Year's Day so she gets to have the New Year's baby."
Paul huffed. This was his chance to take his leave. He gathered his overcoat, hat and gloves and had stepped out into the aisle when an almost audible hush fell over the congregation. All the children — even the most rowdy of the lot sitting at the minister's feet — sat still. All eyes turned to him. And he felt himself turning crimson as he met their gazes. Just then, the kid whose mother wanted the New Year's baby pointed at him and shouted, "It's Santa! It's Santa!"
Confused, Paul pointed to himself and started to shake his head. But the sound of jingling bells made him turn around. What was coming up the aisle toward him was, indeed, Santa. Not the creepy mall Santa or the Salvation Army Santa found on every corner of Manhattan, with the dirty faux velvet and fur coat and leather slip-ons that cover up sneakers. This was the real deal, the way Santa was supposed to look.
He had a real red velvet suit trimmed in real white fur and big black leather boots with golden sleigh bells attached to the laces that rang with every step. His gloves were black leather trimmed in white fur; his hat was more of the same red velvet and trim. And his beard was fullest and whitest Paul had ever seen on a man in a Santa suit.
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The children were beside themselves with excitement, hoping he might stop to say hello to them. He made his way to the manager scene first, where he knelt down and said a prayer. Leaving a brightly wrapped package at the feet of the big-headed Baby Jesus, Santa stood, righted his hat, and nodded at the minister. He shook a few of the kids' hands as he passed them by, but on his way down the aisle, he stopped first at the boy who had been staring at Paul. He hadn't joined the group of kids up front. Placing one hand on the boy's head and the other under his chin, Santa lifted his face to greet his own. It was at this moment that Paul realized the boy was blind.
The boy smiled, and Santa leaned down and kissed his forehead. Standing, he looked over at Paul and reached out his gloved hand. Paul stood, frozen to the spot for a second, then reached out and took Santa's hand in his own. In an instant, he was a child again, standing at his mother's side waiting his turn in line to sit on Santa's lap at the W.T. Grant store. The atmosphere was electric. Music piping in through the store speakers had people singing to themselves in the aisles, friends were stopping his mother to wish her a happy holiday, Merry Christmas. Santa himself was resplendent in a red velvet coat, black leather boots, real sleigh bells by his side.
Paul could smell Christmas. He could hear Christmas. The next stop after Grants was church. It was Christmas Eve, after all.
Then he was back, standing in the aisle of church with Santa's hand in his. Santa leaned in. Paul looked around, then leaned in as well.
Santa whispered in a hushed tone, "Dubrey's wrecker stopped by the side of the road a ways back and pulled a Lexus out of the snow. That wouldn't happen to be yours, would it?"
Paul's mouth was agape. All he could do was nod. And then, as Santa started to head toward the door, Paul found his voice.
"Thank you, uh, um …"
"Santa. Just Santa."
"Yes, of course. Santa. Um, and Merry Christmas."
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Santa continued heading toward the door and raised his mitten-covered hand in a wave. Paul turned around and saw all eyes on him. He looked around and nodded at several people and smiled. Many nodded, smiling back.
The congregation started filing out. Kids were excited to get home and get to bed. Parents wanted to get home and finish wrapping, to have a glass of wine, to collapse themselves. Paul crossed over to the little boy and smiled at his parents. He then crouched down and touched the boy on the shoulder. The boy looked in Paul's direction.
"Merry Christmas, little buddy," he said. The boy smiled at him.
"Thank you," his mom said to Paul. "To you, too."
Paul walked out of the church. Many of the cars had cleared out by then, and he saw his Lexus sitting at the far end of the lot. He pulled his phone out and dialed.
"Hi, Ma? It's me. I'm about 45 minutes away. ... Long story, but Ma, I'm going to be staying a few days, if that's OK. I'll see you soon."
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Every year, one of our reporters writes a fictional Christmas story, carrying on a tradition started by Steve Manor, who staffed our Northern Tier bureau until his death in 1996.
Here's our 2012 story, written by Contributing Writer Gerianne Wright, and her daughter, Margaret Downs, a senior at Plattsburgh High School.
As is also a tradition, the story is illustrated by local artist Les Cosgrove and dedicated with affection to Steve Manor.