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Birthdate: Dec. 10, 1954Education: College of Charleston, concentration in Supply Chain and Logistics Management.Occupation: Director of business development at Clemson University's Restoration Institute.Previous offices held: NoneFamily: Husband, Claus Busch; three children, three grandchildren.Why I'm running: "To continue to create thousands of good-paying jobs for our community, ensure our children are educated for 21st-century jobs, and fight to preserve Social Security and Medicare."Proudest accomplishment: "My wonderful family and successfully working with Clemson's Restoration Institute in Charleston to develop the world's largest wind-energy facility, creating thousands of jobs in the Lowcountry."Contact information: (803) 240-5863; email@example.com
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When Elizabeth Colbert Busch thought about running for Congress, she talked it over with her husband, children and siblings, including her famous kid brother.
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At least not unless she were to win the March 19 Democratic primary against perennial candidate Ben Frasier as well as the May 7 election against the eventual GOP nominee. And her brother's political action committee won't help either; it has given its money away to three charities.
On the stump, she has talked not about her brother but about her own political awakening, beginning when she was 6 years old.
That's when her family lived in St. Louis and her mother took her to see the motorcade of presidential hopeful John F. Kennedy pass by.
She also remembers Kennedy's assassination and those of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy. "These were the years that anchor me," she said.
She married, had three children, divorced and went to the College of Charleston to study the maritime industry. She then worked as sales director for the large ocean carrier Orient Oversea Container Line.
Five years ago she took a job as development director for Clemson University's Restoration Institute and worked on developing a wind power facility.
"I'm most proud of the trust I've built, a level of trust that I will act in the best interest of my company and my colleagues and that we're in this together," she said.
While many of the Republican candidates are focusing on the federal debt, Colbert Busch offers a different message.
"We're going to talk about job creation. We're going to talk about education. We're going to talk about how those combine with each other."
"If you have a really educated workforce, industry will want to come."
She said she would protect intensely the nation's Social Security and Medicare programs, and try to move the discussion toward keeping the benefit levels while reducing duplication and fraud.
Charleston County Democratic Chairman Richard Hricik is among the many prominent Democrats who have lined up behind Colbert Busch.
"She is an accomplished business person. That's first and foremost," he said. "She's not just her comedian brother's sister and this is some lark."


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This fault can be easily accessed from Highway 50 less than 1 mile east of Keystone Junction (the turnoff to the small town of Ruth) and about 6 miles west of Ely, Nevada. Just park on the northeast side of the highway at Milepost 62 and look up (or walk up). The fault is a low-angle fault, striking about NS and dipping 30 degrees to the east, with N70E slickensides. The fault surface appears to be undulating in its overall geometry. It has Ely Limestone in the hanging wall, and possibly has Ely Limestone in the footwall - although the thin-bedded, cherty limestone in the footwall could conceivably be a different formation. As far as I know, this fault is not mapped on any major maps; I'm not sure about any thesis maps done in the area.
The first photo shows the general setting of the fault, looking to the northeast. The second photo shows a closeup of the fault, looking southward.
As seen in the third photo, the fault often has folds in the footwall. It was a little difficult to get any measurements on fold axes due to the steep nature of the cliffs. One that I did measure trended about N60W, with overturned beds dipping steeply to the northeast on the northeast limb, and beds apparently dipping rather shallowly southward on the southwest limb of the fold - but that part of the fold didn't outcrop well, and I may have been measuring the regional strike and dip of beds and not anything related to the fold itself.
Also, there may be other faults in the hanging wall, and hints of these possible structures can be seen in photos 1 and 3.
A major fault is exposed at the base of the cliff in a few places, below the fault described above. That fault shows up on local and regional maps as a thrust fault, and may be of greater offset than the one I've shown pictures of above. (The amount of offset has not been documented on either fault, as far as I know.) Exposures of that lower fault are harder to reach at the base of the limestone cliffs, and are most visible above steep, roadcut faces that can't be climbed. Standing above these steep faces requires nerves of steel. The intrusive rock that forms the footwall of the lower fault can be seen most easily by walking carefully along the highway to the north of the fault exposure seen above in photo one (that is, just off the left side of photo one).
One question I have: can the folds below the fault, as shown above, form by extension, or are they more likely to have formed by compression?
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Google this outfit in NY. I understand their mission but I am concerned with who they will put in the housing. And will they be of our own population or will they be sending more trouble our way?
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im just shaking my head in disbelief..."The city has worked with apartment management companies in the past that have resulted in poorly managed properties, Campana said... wow...
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"With some of these housing projects, the police department has been continually involved"... Please stop. We all like to make money but creating more room for trouble-makers is a huge mistake. Please consider donating the site to the Lycoming Habitat for Humanity for development into single family homes. It is the only thing that will save this city's future.
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Instead of dumping all those bricks into the land fill. they might be crushed into something that could be used in other applications in the future.
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First of all, it is not free. The grant money comes from somewhere. Second, how does this benefit Williamsport?
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Wmsptman, i said the same thing in a story posted a few days ago about the same subject. by building this site from the NY based company, this means no one in this area will have a job created for them to build it. the NY based company will be getting the profits and no one in this town will have a say about the managing of this property. it sounds fishy as if theres someone lining councils pockets again. why would you first of all hire an out of state person to manage this and build this property when lycoming county and PA are hungry for jobs and income.
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All the actions taken to move this project forward leave a bad taste in my mouth. Its another Kohls type project. The city secures large amounts of money in the form of grants to benefit outside companies. It says those townhouses are going to be market rate. I assume that means $1000 a month or more in rent. Seems none of these new properties will be taxed being somehow none profit. Sp we are securing grants that will not benefit any person living in this city, will lose additional taxes, and will be sending money out of the area for property management. There is a long laundry list of needs in this city where these grants and gas impact moneys would be better put to use. If some company wants to build housing on that property and have someone manage it then let them find the money just like most other companies.
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He is probably in cahoots with these people like he was with his buddies in the hockey business!
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I'm confused... is the city going to own this property? If not, why would the management company be required to meet with the administration? Does the local Burger King franchise have to meet with the city every time they hire a manager?
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"They will be vetted by my administration and council," Campana said Thursday night." WOW Gabe, what a brilliant idea! Good to know you're not going to have them vetted by someone else's administration! - Although I do pray for the day... Williamsport finally moves into the 21st century, removes the shackles from our counsel, and elects a competent City Manager.
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"He added that actions taken by council with the nonprofit do not add expenditures to the city or to Lycoming County for the $26 million overall housing plan."
We have heard that before...
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Higher engineering and development costs, coupled with an increase in warranty and inventory costs, caused Astronics third-quarter profits to slide by 26 percent, falling short of analyst forecasts, the East Aurora aircraft electronics and lighting manufacturer said today.
The increased costs offset a 22 percent jump in Astronics' sales, which were slightly stronger than analysts were expecting, fueled almost entirely by a 33 percent jump in revenues from its cabin electronics products and its acquisition of an avionics product line late last year.
Astronics' profitability was hurt by a 35 percent jump in its engineering and development expenses, along with a $1 million increase in its warranty and inventory reserves, which reduced the company's profit margins by a full percentage point.
Even so, Astronics chief executive Peter Gundermann said he remains optimistic about the company's prospects, even with the current uncertainty about U.S. defense spending. The company said it expects sales to range between $267 million and $275 million this year, which would be an 18 percent increase from $229 million last year.
The company's profits slid to $4.9 million, or 33 cents per share, from $6.7 million, or 45 cents per share, a year ago. While operating profits from its aerospace business grew by 7 percent to $10.6 million, losses from its long-struggling test systems business worsened by more than a third to $1.1 million.
Astronics' sales rose to $68.9 million from $56.4 million, with all of the growth coming from its cabin electronics products that let airline passengers plug their laptops and other electronic devices into their seats, along with its Ballard Technology acquisition, which contributed $4 million in revenues during the quarter.
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A new packet of shrink-wrapped state tests will arrive at hundreds of elementary and middle schools across the region this week.
But these 40-minute tests given in early June won't count for students or teachers. They'll test whether a private contractor, Pearson Education, hit the mark when it developed multiple-choice questions for state exams.
It's exactly the kind of class time parents such as Daniel Kasprzak think could be better spent.
"Basically, we have our children as child labor determining and enhancing the product for Pearson," said Kasprzak, a City of Tonawanda resident who held his third-grade daughter out of state math and English exams this spring and will not allow her to take the upcoming field tests.
Speak to parents upset about statewide tests, and you'll hear a number of concerns: the amount of time spent prepping and testing students; the narrow focus on math, English and science; and the pressure placed on students for tests designed to assess schools and teachers.
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Concern about corporate testing in public schools has flared since 2011, when a subsidiary of Pearson won a five-year, $32 million state contract to design state tests that every student in third through eighth grade is expected to take. Pearson is not the first education corporation to create exams for the state, but its size and reach in the education and publishing industries has made it the target of those who believe efforts to reform schools through testing are derailing public education.
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Pearson is a giant in the education and publishing fields. It publishes the Financial Times and prints books through the Penguin Group. Its education arm, Pearson Education, writes textbooks, sells school curriculum and designs tests taken by millions of children across the country. During the last decade, it has become one of the largest education companies in the world.
"Its primary agenda is deriving profits for shareholders," said Robert Schaeffer, public education director of FairTest, a national advocacy group that opposes high-stakes testing. "Back in the day, the exams were made primarily by state and public employees who presumably had as their top priority improving the quality of public education."
Pearson was one of two companies that submitted a proposal in 2010 to design the state math and English exams. The other was McGraw-Hill, which had previously designed tests for the state.
"Pearson is an organization that has made a long-term commitment – and a very significant investment – to serve public education," Susan Aspey, a spokeswoman for Pearson Education, said in an email response to questions from The News. "We play that role only when public officials, teachers, parents or students choose our services, and that highly competitive environment spurs us constantly to raise our game."
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But those concerned about state testing believe it's a conflict for a private company that sells textbooks and curriculum materials aligned with new state learning standards to also design state tests that assess how well schools are teaching those standards.
Holly Balaya, a mother of six who serves on the Hamburg Board of Education, said school districts have the impression that purchasing Pearson prep and curriculum materials will help their district do well on Pearson exams.
"I have a problem with the amount of tax dollars the state is spending on it," Balaya said of the state tests. "And the only way you're going to stop it is if enough parents say, 'We've had enough.' "
The impression that purchasing Pearson products will help improve test scores on Pearson exams was reinforced this spring when some reading passages that appeared on state tests were included in curriculum materials Pearson created.
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The company, Skelly said, uses a separate process for selecting test material than for creating textbooks, and Pearson employees who develop the state assessment contract do not develop curriculum for other divisions of Pearson.
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State officials say reading passages used in textbooks could appear on tests again as the state focuses on using real-world reading samples – such as a passage from a work of literature – rather than those commissioned specifically for the exams. The use of those texts, they say, "allows for inclusion of works of literature that are worthy of reading outside of an assessment context."
"For the very reasons that texts were selected for use on the assessment, it is possible that teachers have selected the same texts for use in their classrooms, and students may have read the books that passages were drawn from for their personal reading," said Antonia Valentine, a spokeswoman for the Department of Education.
Those who oppose the increase in state assessments also point to errors on tests. Last year, a Pearson math exam for fourth-graders included a question with two correct answers and an eighth-grade test that had no correct answer because of typos.
The state also chose not to count questions related to a fable about a pineapple and a hare last year after it provoked widespread complaints.
To guard against errors and to "assess the difficulty, fairness and appropriateness" of items proposed for real tests, the state requires Pearson to embed field questions into the exams and to conduct stand-alone field tests in the spring and fall.
But parents like Kasprzak would prefer to see Pearson use focus groups and its own resources, rather than classroom time, to test its exams.
Because field questions could be used on future exams, the tests are now kept secret even after they are administered, and teachers must sign confidentiality agreements. Some parents view the secrecy surrounding the tests as another indication that the tests hold little value for assessing student achievement.
"I can't make an accurate judgment of my children's progress without being able to see the test," Cerrone said.
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The 40-minute field tests, which will be conducted in 220 schools in Erie and Niagara counties in early June, have prompted questions from some parents at Hillview Elementary School in Lancaster, said Principal Kathleen Carroll Knauth.
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Online open enrollment for small businesses in Oregon is set to begin mid-October. Oregon's exchange is not on the exact timeline as federal exchanges, because Cover Oregon is a state-run exchange.
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What is a Rheumatologist? A subspecialty certification by the Board of Internal Medicine; practitioners treat diseases of the joints, muscles, bones, and tendons. The rheumatologist diagnoses and treats arthritis, back pain, muscle strains, common athletic injuries, etc. The rheumatologist may work closely with other specialists such as orthopaedic surgeons and physical therapists.
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Maha M. Dawood
United Medical Specialists
203 Tommy Stalnaker Dr
Warner Robins, GA 31088
(478) 225-2949
- 22 years experience
- 1 office location(s)
- 3
Alan G. Struth
Alan G Struth MD
1037 N Houston Rd
Warner Robins, GA 31093
(478) 929-0233
- 41 years experience
- 1 office location(s)
- 4
Kathy C. Lynn
Kathy C Lynn Md
458 Hemlock St Ste 201
Macon, GA 31201
(478) 742-0483
- 25 years experience
- 1 office location(s)
- 5
Manmohan Gupta
Manmohan Gupta MD
770 Pine St Ste 440
Macon, GA 31201
(478) 741-4588
- 41 years experience
- 1 office location(s)
- 6
Nannette R. Crowley
Nannette R Crowley MD
310 Hospital Dr Ste 210
Macon, GA 31217
(478) 742-3704
- 14 years experience
- 2 office location(s)
- 7
Bridget M. Wright
Heart Of Georgia Rheumatology
310 Hospital Dr Ste 310
Macon, GA 31217
(478) 742-3704
- 15 years experience
- 2 office location(s)
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Nearby Warner Robins Hospitals results
- 1Houston Medical Center
1601 Watson Blvd
Warner Robins, Georgia 31093
(478) 922-428
- 2Perry Hospital
1120 Morningside Dr
Warner Robins, Georgia 31069
(478) 987-360
- 3Medical Center Central Georgia
777 Hemlock St
Warner Robins, Georgia 31201
(478) 633-100
- 4Children's Hospital
888 Pine St
Warner Robins, Georgia 31201
(478) 633-100
- 5Coliseum Ctr Behavioral Health
340 Hospital Dr
Warner Robins, Georgia 31217
(478) 741-135
- 6Coliseum Medical Center
350 Hospital Dr
Warner Robins, Georgia 31217
(478) 765-700
- 7Peach Regional Medical Center
601 Bluebird Blvd
Warner Robins, Georgia 31030
(478) 825-869
- 8Coliseum Northside Hospital
400 Charter Blvd
Warner Robins, Georgia 31210
(478) 757-820
- 9Central Georgia Rehab Hospital
3351 Northside Dr
Warner Robins, Georgia 31210
(478) 201-650
- 10Bleckley Memorial Hospital
145 E Peacock St
Warner Robins, Georgia 31014
(478) 934-621
- 11Taylor Regional Hospital
222 Perry Hwy
Warner Robins, Georgia 31036
(478) 783-020
- 12Flint River Hospital
509 Sumter St
Warner Robins, Georgia 31063
(478) 472-310
- 13Monroe County Hospital
88 Martin Luther King Jr Dr
Warner Robins, Georgia 31029
(478) 994-252
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The Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University is one of just 22 schools in the United States now recognized by the CFA (Chartered Financial Analyst) Institute for the work it is doing to prepare students to earn the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
The CFA designation has become the most recognized investment credential in the world. The Huntsman School has been invited by the CFA Institute, a global association of investment professionals, to be part of its University Recognition Program. This move signals to potential students, employers and the marketplace that the Huntsman School's bachelor's in finance degree curriculum is closely tied to professional practice, according to Paul Fjeldsted, a senior lecturer in the Economics and Finance Department.
Stephen Horan is the head of University Relations & Private Wealth for the CFA Institute. He said students in these programs study what the institute calls the "Candidate Body of Knowledge," which is a curriculum designed to help students obtain the knowledge, skills and abilities that investment experts worldwide have identified as essential best practices.


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CAREY - Jordan Freed was too much for Carey hitters Thursday.
The Arlington starter limited the Blue Devils to just four hits and struck out 10, pitching a complete game as the Red Devils won, 7-1.
Freed shut out Carey for six innings before the Blue Devils scraped across a run in the bottom of the seventh. Carey was paced on offense by Dylan Musgrave, who had two hits, one a double.
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Carey's Jonathan Racheter connects with a pitch during Thursday's game against Arlington.
Carey first baseman Jonathan Racheter readies to catch a pop-fly as an Arlington baserunner lumbers past.
Freed improved to 2-1 with the win. Carey's Satchel Strahm (1-1) took the loss as the Blue Devils dropped to 3-5.
Arlington (6-3) slapped 13 hits in the win.
Caudill shows power and the pitch
ATTICA - Ethan Caudill had this game covered.
The Seneca East pitcher did his job on the mound and at the plate Thursday against Willard, striking out 14 batters and allowing just two hits as the Tigers shut out the Flashes 8-0.
If that wasn't enough, Caudill blasted a homer, had three hits, scored four times and drove in two runs.
The only blemish on Caudill's day was six walks, but it was another dominant effort for the starter, who improved to 4-0.
Ben Cramer doubled and drove in three runs for the Tigers, who won their 11th-consecutive game to remain unbeaten on the season. Braden Nagel had two hits and scored twice.
The Tigers scored single runs in each of the first four innings, then broke the game open with two runs in the fifth and the sixth.
"I'm really pleased with the way some guys have developed their offensive games," Seneca East coach Frank Lamoreaux said. "We lost some good players last year, but guys are working their tails off."
Blaine Hershiser took the loss for Willard.
Bucks vault ahead, hold on
NORTH ROBINSON - Buckeye Central pounded out seven runs in the top of the third for an 8-2 lead, then turned back Colonel Crawford from there Thursday for a 10-9 North Central Conference win.
Austin Lutz went 3 for 4 with a run and double for the Bucks (5-5, 2-2 NCC).
Reliever Seth Parsons got the win despite allowing three earned runs in an inning of work. He also singled and drove in two runs.
Buckeye Central added a run in the fourth to push its lead to 9-3, but allowed six runs over the final three innings.
Eric Hanes scored twice, doubled and singled for Buckeye Central and Mike Blackford doubled. Tanner Zaebst scored twice and singled twice.
TC overpowers Blue Streaks
Derek Ball drove in a pair and Russ Yeast scored twice to fuel Columbian's 6-1 Northern Ohio League win over Sandusky.
The Tornadoes never trailed, but had to score a run in the bottom of the third after Sandusky knotted the score with a run in the top of the inning.
It stayed 2-1 until TC plated three more runs in the fifth to pull away and get Nate Hoyda the win against the Blue Streaks.
Aaron Sostaric went 2 for 3 with a run and RBI, and Bell, Christian Magill, Hoyda and Tyler Gillig each singled.
Big inning keys Redmen
FOSTORIA - Fostoria erupted for seven runs in the bottom of the sixth and held on from there Thursday to upend Arcadia, 11-9.
Arcadia scored three runs in the top of the sixth to snap a 4-all tie, then added two runs in the seventh to keep it close.
Elliot Hossler doubled and singled for FHS (7-3) and Rob Crotty singled twice to help Dugan Smith (4-0) get the win.
Noah Hammer and Alex Jackson each added a double for the Redmen.
The Redskins got a double and single each from Sawyer Kieffer and A.J. Lentz, and Hayden Ramsey singled twice. Dylan Conine suffered the loss.
Rams batter Falcon
MOUNT BLANCHARD - Carson Mittermaier smacked two home runs, Alex Kenner added another and four other teammates had at least one extra-base hit Thursday as Upper Sandusky hammered North Central Conference foe Riverdale, 15-2.
The Rams used a seven-run burst in the top of the second to forge a 9-0 lead and added their next six runs over the next two innings to get Sam Plott the victory.
Mittermaier also had five RBIs and Kenner finished 3 for 4 with two runs and two RBIs.
Ross Dible doubled twice and scored twice, Plot went 3 for 4 with three runs and a double, Cody Gabriel scored twice and chased in four runs with a triple and single and Andre Myers doubled.
Tylor Pritchard chipped in two singles and two runs against the Falcons.
McComb slams H-L
BASCOM - One swing of the bat was the difference Thursday between Hopewell-Loudon and McComb. Taylor Reardon blasted a grand slam to give his Panthers a 4-2 lead in the third inning over the Chieftains.
McComb tacked on one more in the fifth and Malachi Abbott shut down Hopewell-Loudon over the final five innings for a 5-2 victory.
Reardon scored twice and had two hits but his grand slam was by far the biggest.
Hopewell-Loudon (5-4) got RBIs from Ryan Depinet and Braden Park. Depinet, Park and Tyler Imes each had two-hit days. Bryan Scherger added a double.
Garrett Sendelbach (3-1) picked up the loss on the mound, his first of the season. He scattered seven hits in the complete game performance, striking out six.


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Downtown Summerville is about to get a new pub.
Caleb Taylor of Summerville will open Homegrown Brewhouse at 117 S. Main St. on the square March 30.
The 4,000-square-foot business will be open six days a week after 11 a.m. and offer 40 taps, including several South Carolina-based beers. It will offer pretzels, beer floats and desserts made with beer from the nearby Hummingbird Cafe. The pub will be open until 9 p.m. Monday through Wednesday and until midnight Thursday through Saturday.
Moving off King
Bartons Toys, Candy and Gifts, one of King Street's oldest businesses, has moved to 728 S. Shelmore Blvd. in Mount Pleasant's Shelmore Village, next to Bi-Lo. The shop has been in business since 1964, and in its new location will continue to carry candy and a wide selection of toys. It had been at 327 King St. And moving from 329 King St. is The Silver Puffin gift shop. It recently relocated to 43 Broad St. in downtown Charleston. The shop was on King Street for 16 years. Erastus Corning is the owner of both shops.
Moving in
GNC is moving into Mount Pleasant Towne Centre. The health store will move into the former Vitamin World space at 1325 Theater Drive by early July. Vitamin World closed Feb. 28.
Under renovation
Bessinger's BBQ at 1602 Savannah Highway had a water line break recently, and its dining room is undergoing renovations. The drive-thru is open, and the buffet will reopen at 5 p.m. Friday. The dining room should reopen in a week or two. Also, Steve Madden shoe shop at 287 King St. in downtown Charleston is closed for renovation. Look for a reopening soon.
Silver lining
Copper Penny will celebrate 25 years in the Charleston area with three trunk shows at 311 King St. in downtown Charleston during Fashion Week.
Trina Turk will set up a display of spring fashions today. On Friday and Saturday, clothes and shoes from designer Diane von Furstenberg will be at the store and at Copper Penny Shooz at 317 King St. And on Saturday, The Milly collection by Michelle Smith will be on display.
Copper Penny will offer refreshments, special discounts and a gift with a purchase.
Hopping in
The Easter Bunny has arrived at Citadel Mall. Kids can have their photos taken at Center Court through March 30. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday. The mall will be closed on Easter. Go to citadelmall.net for more information.
Do you know of a business that is opening, closing or expanding? Reach Warren L. Wise at 937-5524 or twitter.com/warrenlancewise.


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LOCKPORT – Yahoo must donate $3.5 million to the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo as a condition of receiving tax breaks and other incentives for its expanded Lockport data center – an arrangement that doesn't strike close enough to home to suit one Niagara County official.
Majority Leader Richard E. Updegrove, R-Lockport, said Wednesday he thinks Yahoo should be required to make its donations to recipients in Lockport or at least in Niagara County. The town is providing the Internet giant with an 18-year break on property and sales tax for the $168 million expansion that is projected to add 115 jobs to the 77 Yahoo already has in Lockport.
"While I certainly appreciate that Buffalo is facing its fair share of challenges, the reality is that we need to look at a fair and equitable disbursement of those funds so that the people of Niagara County may also benefit," Updegrove said in a news release distributed by the county.
Clotilde Dedecker, president and CEO of the Community Foundation, said her charity has directed more than $800,000 to Niagara County recipients in the past 15 months.
The Foundation serves all eight counties of Western New York. "Economic development does not start at county lines here. We are a region," Dedecker said. "Our metropolitan region is Erie and Niagara counties. We are not two different countries."
The agreement between Yahoo and Empire State Development requires the company, as a condition of state tax credits and low-cost New York Power Authority electricity, to pay the foundation $500,000 a year for seven years.
"Yahoo and Empire State Development will decide how that money will be spent," Dedecker confirmed.
Updegrove says that puts the onus on Empire State Development, and he said he's not criticizing the foundation or the Yahoo project itself.
"We think there should be a commitment to spend grant money in Lockport, maybe not all of it, in addition to Niagara County," Updegrove said in an interview. "I think we should have that conversation."
The foundation's recent donations in Niagara County include more than $100,000 worth of college scholarships to students who live in the county.
Other recipients include Niagara County Community College, for its horticultural training program, and Niagara University, for its environmental offerings and for a program to develop "grass-roots leadership" in Niagara Falls.
Donations also have been sent in the past 15 months to Niagara Hospice; Family and Children's Service of Niagara; Meals on Wheels of North Tonawanda; and the Falls-based charitable organization Heart, Love and Soul, according to Dedecker.
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on January 9, 2013 - 12:14 AM
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Jason Pominville had no time to waste. After a long day of travel from Europe on Monday, the Buffalo Sabres' captain returned to the ice Tuesday with 10 other teammates as informal workouts continued at the Northtown Center of Amherst.
Pominville got the news of a deal and told Adler Mannheim General Manager Teal Fowler, who is a Batavia native, that he was leaving to return to Buffalo. Pominville drove with Adler teammate and Boston Bruins defenseman Dennis Seidenberg, leaving a house in Mannheim at 9:30 a.m. local time to drive to Frankfurt airport. They flew to Newark, getting there about 5 in the afternoon, and Pominville finally got to his suburban Buffalo home at nearly 11:30 Monday night.
"I wanted to be here, make sure I got a good sweat in," Pominville said of the one-hour workout, during which he wore a black NHLPA sweater. "It's such a tight turnaround, there was no time for a day off."
Pominville had five goals and seven assists in 12 games for Adler Mannheim, the German team the Sabres played in an exhibition game as part of the European tour the team opened last season with.
"It was fun, a great organization," Pominville said. "The GM is a big Sabres fan. They treated me really well. Great fans. It's different than what we see here — they sing the whole game. They chant. Different kind of vibe. I'm excited I had the chance to go there and play. Obviously I would have rather been here but I'm excited I had the opportunity and my family enjoyed themselves as well."
Pominville said another enjoyable part of the trip was playing on a line with former Sabre Jochen Hecht, who signed a two-year deal over the summer to rejoin his hometown club. Hecht, whose last two years in Buffalo were marred by concussions, is interested in rejoining the Sabres. He has 13 points in six games in Germany.
"He looks great. He's healthy. He's the same Jochen that he's always been," Pominville said. "Just one of those guys who is so solid at every area of the ice and was playing really well. No health issues. Everything is fine. He's just staying there patiently and waiting for an opportunity to play. Whatever team gets him — hopefully it's us — they're going to have a good player, that's for sure."
Later in the day, General Manager Darcy Regier confirmed the Sabres do have some interest in re-signing Hecht and said he would be in contact with the players' agent.
Pominville said he was monitoring the progress of talks to end the lockout on the Internet, and went to bed Saturday noting they were still ongoing. He woke up Sunday to learn the sides were still talking and the deal was eventually made in the early afternoon German time.
"Throughout the process, there was a little anger from the players' side thinking it could have been done earlier, that they weren't treating us fair," he said. "But at the end of the day, it's a business for them and they want to make sure they're getting the best deal and we were doing the same. It was good we held together.
"Everyone is sorry about what happened. It's disappointing. But at the end of the day, it wasn't a strike. It was the league not wanting us to play. We would have wanted to play through the old CBA and they didn't want to do it that way. Fortunately, we're going to have a season, be able to play and back to doing what we love."
Pominville and defenseman Robyn Regehr rejoined their teammates Tuesday for the workout, run by former Sabres enforcer Andrew Peters. Also skating were Thomas Vanek, Drew Stafford, Tyler Ennis, Ville Leino, Steve Ott, Patrick Kaleta, Matt Ellis, Mike Weber and Jordan Leopold.
"This is what you dream about, to be in the NHL," said Pominville, whose 30 goals last year were his most since 2006-07. "You don't really understand the business side of things that go with it until you're in it. But now that it's all said and done, we're excited and we're just waiting for guys to get back, have skates together, get practices and get going because the turnaround is going to be really quick. We're going to have to be ready to play in a short amount of time."
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No one was elected to the Hall of Fame this year. When voters closed the doors to Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa, they also shut out everybody else.
For only the second time in four decades, baseball writers failed to give any player the 75 percent required for induction to Cooperstown, sending a powerful signal that stars of the Steroids Era will be held to a different standard.
All the awards and accomplishments collected over long careers by Bonds, Clemens and Sosa could not offset suspicions those feats were boosted by performance-enhancing drugs.
Voters also denied entry Wednesday to fellow newcomers Craig Biggio, Mike Piazza and Curt Schilling, along with holdovers Jack Morris, Jeff Bagwell and Lee Smith.
Among the most honored players of their generation, these standouts won�t find their images among the 300 bronze plaques on the oak walls in Cooperstown, where � at least for now � the doors appear to be bolted shut on anyone tainted by PEDs.
�After what has been written and said over the last few years I�m not overly surprised,� Clemens said in a statement he posted on Twitter.
Bonds, Clemens and Sosa retired after the 2007 season. They were eligible for the Hall for the first time and have up to 14 more years on the writers� ballot.
�Curt Schilling made a good point: Everyone was guilty. Either you used PEDs, or you did nothing to stop their use,� Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt said in an email to The Associated Press after this year�s vote was announced. �This generation got rich. Seems there was a price to pay.�
Biggio, 20th on the career list with 3,060 hits, appeared on 68.2 percent of the 569 ballots, the highest total but 39 votes shy. The three newcomers with the highest profiles failed to come close to even majority support, with Clemens at 37.6 percent, Bonds at 36.2 and Sosa at 12.5.
Other top vote-getters were Morris (67.7), Jeff Bagwell (59.6), Piazza (57.8), Tim Raines (52.2), Lee Smith (47.8) and Schilling (38.8).
�I�m kind of glad that nobody got in this year,� Hall of Famer Al Kaline said. �I feel honored to be in the Hall of Fame. And I would�ve felt a little uneasy sitting up there on the stage, listening to some of these new guys talk about how great they were. ... I don�t know how great some of these players up for election would�ve been without drugs. But to me, it�s cheating.�
At ceremonies in Cooperstown on July 28, the only inductees will be three men who died more than 70 years ago: Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert, umpire Hank O�Day and barehanded catcher Deacon White. They were chosen last month by the 16-member panel considering individuals from the era before integration in 1947.
�It is a dark day,� said Jose Canseco, the former AL MVP who was among the first players to admit using steroids. �I think the players should organize some type of lawsuit against major league baseball or the writers. It�s ridiculous. Most of these players really have no evidence against them. They�ve never tested positive, or they�ve cleared themselves like Roger Clemens.�
It was the eighth time the BBWAA failed to elect any players. There were four fewer votes than last year and five members submitted blank ballots.
�With 53 percent you can get to the White House, but you can�t get to Cooperstown,� BBWAA secretary-treasurer Jack O�Connell said. �It�s the 75 percent that makes it difficult.�
There have been calls for the voting to be taken away from the writers and be given to a more diverse electorate that would include players and broadcasters. The Hall says it is content with the process, which began in 1936.
�It takes time for history to sort itself out, and I�m not surprised we had a shutout (Wednesday),� Hall President Jeff Idelson said. �I wish we had an electee. I will say that, but I�m not surprised given how volatile this era has been in terms of assessing the qualities and the quantities of the statistics and the impact on the game these players have had.�
Bonds, baseball�s only seven-time Most Valuable Player, hit 762 home runs, including a record 73 in 2001. He was indicted on charges he lied to a grand jury in 2003 when he denied using PEDs but a jury two years ago failed to reach a verdict on three counts he made false statements and convicted him on one obstruction of justice count, finding he gave an evasive answer.
�It is unimaginable that the best player to ever play the game would not be a unanimous first-ballot selection,� said Jeff Borris of the Beverly Hills Sports Council, Bonds� longtime agent.
Clemens, the only seven-time Cy Young Award winner, is third in career strikeouts (4,672) and ninth in wins (354). He was acquitted last year on one count of obstruction of Congress, three counts of making false statements to Congress and two counts of perjury, all stemming from his denials of drug use.
�To those who did take the time to look at the facts,� Clemens said, �we very much appreciate it.�
Sosa, eighth with 609 home runs, was among those who tested positive in MLB�s 2003 anonymous survey, The New York Times reported in 2009. He told a congressional committee in 2005 that he never took illegal performance-enhancing drugs.
Since 1961, the only years the writers didn�t elect a candidate had been when Yogi Berra topped the 1971 vote by appearing on 67 percent of the ballots cast and when Phil Niekro headed the 1996 ballot at 68 percent � both got in the following years. The other BBWAA elections without a winner were in 1945, 1946, 1950, 1958 and 1960.
Morris will make his final ballot appearance next year, when fellow pitchers Greg Maddux and Tom Glavine are eligible for the first time along with slugger Frank Thomas.
�Next year, I think you�ll have a rather large class, and this year, for whatever reasons, you had a couple of guys come really close,� Commissioner Bud Selig said at the owners� meetings in Paradise Valley, Ariz. �This is not to be voted to make sure that somebody gets in every year. It�s to be voted on to make sure that they�re deserving. I respect the writers as well as the Hall itself. This idea that this somehow diminishes the Hall of baseball is just ridiculous in my opinion.�
Players� union head Michael Weiner called the vote �unfortunate, if not sad.�
�To ignore the historic accomplishments of Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, for example, is hard to justify. Moreover, to penalize players exonerated in legal proceedings � and others never even implicated � is simply unfair. The Hall of Fame is supposed to be for the best players to have ever played the game. Several such players were denied access to the Hall today. Hopefully this will be rectified by future voting.�
The BBWAA election rules say �voting shall be based upon the player�s record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character, and contributions to the team(s) on which the player played.�
An Associated Press survey of 112 eligible voters conducted in late November after the ballot was announced indicated Bonds, Clemens and Sosa would fall well short of 50 percent. The big three drew even less support than that as the debate raged over who was Hall worthy.
Voters are writers who have been members of the BBWAA for 10 consecutive years at any point.
BBWAA president Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle said she didn�t vote for Bonds, Clemens or Sosa.
�The evidence for steroid use is too strong,� she said.
As for Biggio, �I�m surprised he didn�t get in.�
Mark McGwire, 10th on the career home run list with 583, received 16.9 percent on his seventh try, down from 19.5 last year. He got 23.7 percent in 2010 � a vote before he admitted using steroids and human growth hormone.
Rafael Palmeiro, among just four players with 500 homers and 3,000 hits along with Hank Aaron, Willie Mays and Eddie Murray, received 8.8 percent in his third try, down from 12.6 percent last year. Palmeiro received a 10-day suspension in 2005 for a positive test for performance-enhancing drugs, claiming it was due to a vitamin vial given to him by teammate Miguel Tejada.
MLB.com�s Hal Bodley, the former baseball columnist for USA Today, said Biggio and others paid the price for other players using PEDs.
�They got caught in the undertow of the steroids thing,� he said.
Bodley said this BBWAA vote was a �loud and clear� message on the steroids issue. He said he couldn�t envision himself voting for stars linked to drugs.
�We�ve a forgiving society, I know that,� he said. �But I have too great a passion for the sport.�
AP Sports Writers Dan Gelston, Mike Fitzpatrick, John Marshall and Ben Walker contributed to this report.
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Surveys have been undertaken annually on various topics by the Levitt Center through the auspices of the Levitt Council in order to give students some "real world" experience in designing and conducting preliminary attitude polls. Knowledge Networks and Zogby International conducted the final polls.
Hamilton students Nick Anastasi, Jack Cartwright, Matthew Creeden, Will Rusche, Jesse Stinebring, and Hashem Zikry, under the supervision of Professor Klinkner, conducted a national poll on partisan attitudes toward the Fall Presidential election results and President Obama. Going into the 2012 election, both Democrats and Republicans expressed concerns about the fairness of the election. Only 15 percent of Republicans and 19 percent of Democrats were very confident that the election would be decided fairly. After the election, fears about voter fraud abated among Democrats but skyrocketed among Republicans, with 58 percent of Republicans not confident at all about the fairness of the election. More...
December 12, 2011
An often ignored demographic group, American young people, say that the top two causes of poverty are a lack of jobs (83.7 percent) followed by a lack of health insurance (64.3 percent) according to a new national survey of young Americans' attitudes on poverty, released on Dec. 12. More than two thirds (67.7 percent) also cited the growing incomes of the wealthiest people as negatively affecting the quality of life of those with lower incomes. The full results of this survey are available online and were presented by webcast at www.hamilton.edu/poverty. Almost three-quarters of respondents (73.8 percent) intend to vote in next year's presidential elections. More...
May 11, 2011
The Levitt Center funded a survey of young people's attitudes toward race, ethnicity, and religion in the spring of 2011 by students in Professor Phillip Klinker's Survey Research seminar. In recent years, the topics of race, ethnicity, and religion have played increasingly important roles as Americans have grappled with the diversification of American life. Indeed, a quick survey of the headlines--from the controversy over an Islamic cultural center in New York City, to debates over immigration, to continuing misinformation about President Obama's citizenship and religion--indicates the relevance of these issues to contemporary politics. More . . .
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The survey of high school students' attitudes toward the U.S. economy and the performance of President Obama revealed significant difference in attitudes on both issues between African-American and white teens. Two-thirds of African-American teenagers believe they'll be more prosperous than their parents. In contrast, a little more than a third of white students believe their standard of living will be better than their parents. More ...


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AUBURN – Passion is one of the main ingredients in the creamy delights crafted along the Finger Lakes Cheese Trail.
"I told my children not to come back to the farm after college unless they had a passion for hard work," said Tom Murray, who runs Muranda Cheese Co. on Route 96, just south of Waterloo.
His dairy farm is one stop on the Finger Lakes Cheese Trail (www.flcheesetrail.com), a consortium of 15 cheeseries along Seneca, Cayuga and Owasco lakes.
The trail is about 500 miles long and offers beautiful views of the Finger Lakes. Savor the scenery as well as the cheese, but plan on spending two days to cover the whole route.
Pack a picnic lunch and bottle of wine, and don't forget to bring a cooler to keep fragile purchases fresh.
Auburn is a good base to hit the eastern side of the trail in Cayuga County. Seneca Falls provides a jumping off point for the L-shaped western leg in Seneca County.
Some of the farms are tucked into pastoral hillside sites, so it becomes a bit of an adventure to find them all. To avoid getting lost, download a map from the Cheese Trail website.
Since these are all working farms, it's a good idea to check the website for visiting hours, too. Some dairies are open year-round with regular hours. Others have seasonal or irregular hours built around milking times.
All the farms will be open during trailwide open houses from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Many will provide activities like goat milking, cow walking and children's games.
A three-day, wine-and-cheese weekend is scheduled April 26-28, 2013, on the Seneca Wine Trail (www.Seneca-LakeWine.com) and a cheese festival will be held July 27 at one of the member creameries.
Tour the barn
Murray sees the Cheese Trail as the perfect compliment to all the Finger Lakes wineries. "I also believe cheesemaking and cheese tasting offer small to midsized dairy farmers the opportunity to sustain and grow," he added.
Murray's tasting room has the feel of a wine bar, with a long wooden table offering 17 varieties on glass-covered plates. "Muranda Cheese is served at 85 wineries, 50 restaurants and on a toothpick here," joked Murray.
In a backroom cheese cave, Murray stacks wax-painted wheels of British Cheddar to age for three years. Other shelves contain Red Buddy (Swiss and cheddar blend), Bel Ciello (asiago and provolone), horseradish cheddar, colby and a host of garlic and herb flavors.
During calving season, visitors can tour the barn next door, where Murray's son, Blane, tends to newborn calves. The farm has an award-winning Holstein herd of 187 with 75 milking cows.
"Our cheese is made with raw, unpasteurized milk, which gives it a richer taste and denser, creamier texture," Murray said.
Seasonal flavors
A little farther down Cayuga Lake in Ovid is Vanillen Dairy, the newest cheese maker in the region. Sarah Van Orden makes a soft, creamy cheese called "Morning Glory," which is named after one of her 60 Brown Swiss cows.
Van Orden offers tasty recipes with her spreadable cheese. She also helps develop new flavors of handmade ice cream at Cayuga Lake Creamery (www.CayugaLakeCreamery.com).
The creamery on Route 89 in Interlaken was recently named the "Top Ice Cream Parlor in New York" by USA Today. The man behind such flavors as Merlot wine sorbet, apple dumpling sundaes or pumpkin ice cream is Jeff Kostick, who has a master's degree in biomedical engineering.
"I like to use locally sourced seasonal ingredients," Kostick said. "I buy ginger from a place up the road or Seneca Lake salt caramel or strawberries from a nearby hydroponic farm."
On a recent visit, he and Van Orden were mixing vanilla custard with her cheese, local berries and Eremita Wine from Lodi to create a small batch of strawberry cheesecake ice cream.
Highly educated
Like Kostick, many of the cheese makers are well educated with degrees in animal science and business. In times of fluctuating milk prices, they see cheese making as a way to help keep alive the family farm.
Kenton's Cheese Co. (www.kentonscheeseco.com) in Trumansburg produces Bianco, a mild, blooming-mold Brie-style cheese. Cornell University grad Kenton C. Burr is a sixth-generation member of Burr-Ayr Farms and a descendant of Aaron Burr, whose brother, Bradley, settled the family farm in 1837.
"We milk 150 cows daily, producing 10,000 pounds of milk," explained Burr.
"One percent of the raw milk is used to make Bianco, which has earthy tones from the grasses and goes well with Riesling or Chardonnay."
University of Vermont alumna Keeley McGarr honed her cheese-making skills in Ireland. Her Keeley's Cheese Co. (www.keeleycheeseco.com) is located at McGarr Farm in King Ferry on the east side of Cayuga Lake.
After studying at the university's Institute for Artisan Cheese, McGarr learned to make semi-soft, washed-rind cheeses at a Cork dairy farm.
Inspired by the Irish farmstead techniques, she began producing her Across the Pond cheese 2½ years ago from the raw milk of Holstein and Jersey cows. Cave-aged for 60 days, the super creamy cheese is now sold out of a self-serve refrigerator on the porch of her grandfather's farmhouse. She also sells it at gourmet cheese shops, farmers' markets and wineries.
Distinct styles
Each cheese maker strives to make artisan products different from the neighbors' goods. Rose Marie Belforti of Finger Lakes Dexter Creamery (www.kefircheese.com) makes tangy, nutty-tasting kefir cheese.
Belforti and her husband, Tim Wallbridge, have been raising rare, heritage breed Irish Dexter cows since 1999 on their 12-acre farm in King Ferry. Belforti has a master's degree in botany from Cornell and began to "engineer" the kefir cheese in 2007 with the help of food scientists from her alma mater.
To create the cheese, she combines the butterfat-rich Dexter milk with kefir "grains," a mixture of living lactic acid bacterium and yeasts. The resulting probiotic cheese is aged for two months and according to Belforti "is even better than yogurt for good digestion and increasing human longevity."
Sue and Steve Messmer and their son, Peter, craft Balkan-style feta, Cayuga Lake marbleized blue and French-style chevre in seven herb flavors at Lively Run Goat Dairy (www.livelyrun.com).
The family started their 22-acre Interlaken farm in 1982 as one of the first commercial goat dairies in New York. They have 21 milking goats, 30 kids, eight yearlings and one happy buck in the barn. Visitors can pet, bottle-feed and photograph the braying herd.
Along with their herd's production, Lively Run gets milk from 350 goats on other farms. A fairly big operation, the creamery has two cheese caves and is expanding its production facility.
With no preservatives or artificial additives, the goat cheese is sold in vacuum-packed chunks, bricks, logs and wheels in both farm and online shops.
Andrew Fish and his wife, Kim Fortin, have a much smaller business at 4 Tin Fish Fish Farm (www.4tinfishfarm.com), a micro goat dairy in Port Byron, north of Auburn.
Both hold down full-time jobs and milk 14 goats daily, along with taking care of 41 kids and yearlings. They make four fresh-wrapped cheeses, a tangy feta and plain, peppercorn and herb chevre.
"The farm initially started as a hobby," explained Fish, "but as our passion grew, we began to shift our thinking as to how we might make it profitable doing what we love."
Places to stay
Tuxill House (www.TuxillHouse.com) is Auburn's newest B&B. Built in 1906 by real estate developer Charles Tuxill, the four-bedroom Georgian-style house has beautiful woodwork, oak pocket doors, stone and brick fireplaces and leaded glass windows. Co-owners Susan Marteney and Audrey Iwanicki began restoring the house in March. Marteney is an ordained minister who can perform marriages at the home.
Barrister's Bed and Breakfast (www.sleepbarristers.com) is a village inn in Seneca Falls. The five-bedroom mansion has carved oak mantels, chestnut-paneled dining room, stained-glass windows and large porches. The 1860 home was featured on HGTV's "If Walls Could Talk" program. The B&B was named "Barrister" because four of the past five owners were lawyers.
Planning a visit
To get to Seneca Falls, take the Thruway to Exit 41 and go south on Route 414 to Route 20, which connects with a number of roads on the Cheese Trail (www.flcheesetrail.com).
The Cayuga County Office of Tourism at 131 Genesee St. in Auburn offers free maps, brochures and friendly advice. For an online map, try http://tourcayuga.com/farm-to-table/finger-lakes-cheese-trail.


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Football Kicks Off GoDaddy Bowl with Press Conference
Ball State's football team was represented at the GoDaddy preview press conference by athletics director Bill Scholl, head coach Pete Lembo plus student-athletes Zane Fakes and Keith Wenning.
The preview press conference took place at the Heron Lakes Country Club in Mobile, Ala., the city where the GoDaddy Bowl will take place Jan. 5, 2014 at 8 p.m. (CT) and air live on ESPN. Ball State, 10-2 on the season, will face the Arkansas State Red Wolves, 7-5 on the year.
Comments from Bill Scholl:
"We are thrilled to be here. Our 115 football players and coaching staff are looking forward to the week of the GoDaddy Bowl. From day one, Mobile was one of the places are fans always talked about positively and wanted to be back. We want to congratulate Arkansas State on their co-championship of the Sun Belt Conference. We also want to thank the bowl committee and the city of Mobile. We are sure they will show our fans a great amount of hospitality."
Comments from Coach Lembo:
"This is a great day for our program and a great opportunity for Ball State to be here. The hospitality has been simply tremendous. This looks to be an outstanding event for our fans whether they fly or travel down I65. Three years ago I had the opportunity to come to Ball State and shortly after, had the opportunity to meet the people from the GoDaddy Bowl. Three years later we are here and anticipating a great matchup with an outstanding Arkansas State team. We know its going to be a tremendous challenge. We have been able to accomplish quite a bit at Ball State the last few years, but the one thing that has never been done at Ball State is to win a bowl game. We have an opportunity to put the icing on the cake of a 10-win season and go out and have a chance to win a bowl game this year against a great team."
The Ball State travel party spent the day researching the team hotel, practice facilities, Ladd-Peebles Stadium and the city of Mobile in preparation for the upcoming game.


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at a post-election
press conference at the White House on Wednesday, U.S.
President Barack Obama called on his political rivals the Republican
Party (also know as the GOP, short for Grand Old Party) to join him
in supporting electric vehicles. He said that while the pair
sparred on many issues, that he hoped electric vehicles would be
something that the two parties would see eye to eye on.The
President will need GOP cooperation if he hopes to push further
grants for the EV industry. While the Democratic Party hung on
to control of the U.S. Senate, Republicans seized a majority in the
U.S. House of Representatives.Obama is trying to sell
Republicans on his
plan to push one million electric vehicles onto U.S. streets
by 2015.Automakers have been partially supportive of Obama's
plan. They've lauded the $5B
USD in special battery and EV technology loans and grants
that he's lavished them with. The legislation to fund these
grants did enjoy a degree of bipartisan support, with some
Republicans jumping on board.However, $10B
USD more in proposed EV loans and grants for the EV industry
was torpedoed during President Obama's first two years in office.
Opposition came primarily from the Republican party, but also from
some fiscally conservative Democrats.Obama tried to drum up
support for more EV grants among both parties at the conference,
stating, "There's a lot of agreement around the need to make
sure that electric cars are developed here in the United States, that
we don't fall behind other countries. That gives opportunities
for Democrats and Republicans to come together."Many of
the big Japanese and U.S. automakers are preparing to release
electric vehicles this year or next. Nissan will release
its LEAF
EV and General Motors Company will release
the Chevy Volt. Next year the Ford
Focus Electric and the Toyota
Prius Plug-in will launch.Automakers have asserted
that grants will be greatly helpful in ensuring that the expensive
research needed to develop electric vehicles -- a radically different
internal architecture -- moves head at a sufficient pace. But
while they have praised the "carrot" side of Obama's EV
approach, they have noisily
criticized the "stick" side of his plans -- a proposal
to mandate a 62 mpg average light vehicle efficiency by 2025.
Automakers were forced to begrudgingly accept a 34.1
mpg mandatory fuel efficiency increase that must be reached
by 2016.Perhaps acknowledging that he faces an uphill battle
to pass more electric vehicle legislation, Obama took an apologetic
tone about the broader bailout, stating, "[Some voters] started
looking at all this and it felt as if government was getting much
more intrusive into people's lives than they were accustomed. We
thought it was necessary, but I'm sympathetic to folks who looked at
it and said this is looking like potential overreach."Very
significantly, the President also essentially agreed to drop plans
to pass
"cap and trade" legislation which would
spend billions
(if not trillions) in taxpayer money to set a hard limit on
the amount of greenhouse gases companies can emit, in a bid to fight
the supposed "global warming" crisis, which some
researchers claim mankind is causing.The President
acknowledged that the bill wouldn't pass the House due to Republican
opposition and argued that he only tried to push it because of the
Supreme Court decision that found greenhouse gases a danger to public
health. That decision mandates the EPA to adopt some sort of
action to fight GHG emissions in the U.S.Obama said that
there's plenty of alternatives to cap and trade, though -- including
promoting lower-emission EVs (centrally produced power, even with
transmission losses is typically lower emissions than small internal
combustion engines). He states, "Cap and trade was just
one way of skinning the cat; it was not the only way. It was a means,
not an end. And I'm going to be looking for other means to address
this problems."
quote: How about almost virtually all scientists!
quote: If you cant explain some stuff in a single snappy page then to the mass (stupid people) it does not exist
quote: It's higher than any historical CO2 levels observable through analysing air packs trapped in ice.
quote: A study by Thomas F. Stocker of the Physics Institute at the University of Bern, in Switzerland, and colleagues describes Dome C core data that reveal the relationship between global temperatures and atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations for the period 390,000 to 650,000 years before present (Science 2005, 310, 1313). The data indicate that the current concentration of CO2, at 380 ppm, is 27% higher than the preindustrial level and higher than any level attained during the past 650,000 years.
quote: We introduce the CO2 into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels, and this output is controllable by us.
quote: Get this through your head, CO2 is NOT harmful. Something we exhale, and that every living thing on the planet depends on, can't be a poison.
quote: If you're really convinced CO2 is not harmful, tape a plastic bag around your head and see how long you continue to hold that position.
quote: In the era when it was 10 times higher atmospheric CO2 concentrations, there were no land plant life
quote: ClimatePrediction.net , which uses BOINC to distribute the workload to test some of these models have amassed over 90 million years worth of CPU time so far. Some of the worlds most powerful supercomputers are used in testing climate models.
quote: CO2 levels are steadily rising ever since reliable recording of it started in 1960. It's higher than any historical CO2 levels observable through analysing air packs trapped in ice.
quote: Estimating past levels of CO2 in the atmosphere for periods older than those sampled by ice cores is difficult and is the subject of continuing research. Most estimates agree that there was a significant decrease of CO2 in the atmosphere from more than1000 ppm at 50 million years ago (during the Eocene) to the range recorded in the ice cores of the past 800,000 years22.
quote: Marine and continental records1 show an abrupt negative shift in carbon isotope values at ~55.8?Myr ago. This carbon isotope excursion (CIE) is consistent with the release of a massive amount of isotopically light carbon into the atmosphere and was associated with a dramatic rise in global temperatures termed the Palaeocene–Eocene thermal maximum (PETM). Greenhouse gases released during the CIE, probably including methane, have often been considered the main cause of PETM warming. However, some evidence from the marine record suggests that warming directly preceded the CIE2, 3, 4, raising the possibility that the CIE and PETM may have been linked to earlier warming with different origins. Yet pre-CIE warming is still uncertain. Disentangling the sequence of events before and during the CIE and PETM is important for understanding the causes of, and Earth system responses to, abrupt climate change. Here we show that continental warming of about 5?°C preceded the CIE in the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Our evidence, based on oxygen isotopes in mammal teeth (which reflect temperature-sensitive fractionation processes) and other proxies, reveals a marked temperature increase directly below the CIE, and again in the CIE. Pre-CIE warming is also supported by a negative amplification of d13C values in soil carbonates below the CIE. Our results suggest that at least two sources of warming—the earlier of which is unlikely to have been methane—contributed to the PETM.
quote: We put greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, the climate will warm. Models and predictions only disagree by how much at this point
quote: One doesn't have to be sensationalist about this.
quote: We can take steps to reduce CO2 and other harmful emissions. It is in our best interest to do so. It doesn't mean the economy has to be gutted, but not recognising the issue, and not taking _any_ steps is irresponsible at best.


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SUICIDE or MURDER?
1979 Jonestown tragedy recalled by former resident
March 28, 2013
LEWISBURG — On the morning of Nov....
So the Peoples Temple wasn't a cult and the majority of Jim Jones followers were murdered? I've heard the audio tapes of that terrible day. There was a mostly orderly procession of people drinking the poison.
The Peoples Temple was most certainly a cult that fled to the jungle after Jones faced scrutiny for his actions in America.
These people were brain washed by a charismatic leader who used sleep deprivation and many other tactics. For someone who apparently lost their sister, wife and young son on that day Mr. Carter comes off as an apologist.
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Serves 8 |
Prep Time 1 hour 10 minutes |
Cook Time 20 minutes
32 ounces Eden Apple Juice
1 pinch Eden Sea Salt
4 Tbsp Eden Agar Agar Flakes
4 cups fresh sliced strawberries
Place the juice, salt and agar in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce the flame to medium-low and simmer about 15 to 20, stirring frequently until the agar flakes dissolve. Remove from the flame and allow to cool for 15 minutes.
While the juice is cooling, slice the strawberries and place them in a glass or ceramic cassarole dish. When the juice is is slightly cooled, pour it over the fruit. Place in the refrigerator and chill for about 1 hour or so until gelled. Remove, slice and serve.
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Nightfall came early Tuesday night, with dark storm clouds rolling across the region around 7 p.m. and winds whipping down trees and power lines.
In Clearfield County, the Colonial Courtyard, 1300 Leonard St., Lawrence Township, an assisted living facility for seniors, was engulfed by fire about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to GantDaily.com. Unofficial reports said all residents were safely evacuated. It was unknown if the fire was storm related.
In Blair County, more than 60 calls of downed trees had been received by 8 p.m., according to the Blair County Department of Emergency Services.
One worker said he
couldn't even guess the number of calls received, but it is likely in the hundreds as workers connected fire departments with callers.
"I've been on the phone with Penelec constantly," he said.
Luckily there was no major flooding, and most calls have been regarding downed trees and power lines, he said.
Motorists traveling home along Logan Boulevard in Frankstown Township might have noticed the smell of natural gas mixed with the rain.
Geeseytown Volunteer Fire Department Deputy Chief Brian Walls said the storm caused a large tree several feet in circumferance to crack near its base. It fell at a residence between Cedar and Cypress streets and knocked off a gas meter.
"We have no way to shut it off," Walls said, and firefighters put in a call to Peoples Natural Gas crews, who stopped the leak within half an hour.
There was no real danger from the natural gas, said Walls, as cars continued to stream past in both directions.
"It's lighter than air," he said, gesturing to the black skies above, "so it's going up."
Cambria County Department of Emergency Services workers said calls regarding "numerous trees and wires down" across the county streamed in between 7:15 and 8 p.m. before call volume returned to normal.
Cases ranged in severity from a few limbs to trees blocking roads with damage in all areas of Cambria "from top to bottom," he said.
There also was a reported house fire along the 200 block of Kinter Road in Barr Township.
Penelec spokeswoman Beverly Green said crews likely would be working late into the evening and possibly into today's early morning hours for the more than 1,300 Blair County customers who lost power.
As of 9 p.m., Green said workers still "haven't yet been to every location," of which there were many, she said, with outages spread out "across the board."
REA Energy reported about 3,600 outages in Indiana County and 250 outages in Cambria County from the storm.
Blair emergency workers were still playing catch up into the night, even after call volume dropped around 10 p.m.
But one worker said with another storm wave coming, they were bracing for another round.
Mirror Staff Writer Kelly Cernetich is at 946-7520.


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Currently Mercer, ETSU, and FGCU have clinched spots in the A-Sun Tournament. Northern Kentucky, which is ineligible for postseason play, is in fourth place with 10 points. USC Upstate has nine, while Lipscomb and Stetson are tied for the fifth and sixth spots with seven points. Jacksonville and UNF are currently outside looking in with six points and three points, respectively.
A win against FGCU would put Stetson in the tournament with 10 points, but the Hatters could also advance with a tie or even a loss. Jacksonville plays UNF and Lipscomb plays NKU to end the season, and both outcomes will factor into SU's postseason fate. If Stetson and Lipscomb remain tied after this week, the tie-breakers go as follows;
- Head-to-Head (Stetson and Lipscomb tied earlier this season)
- Goal differential vs. each other (tied again)
- Goal differential vs. A-Sun opponents (both at -3)
- Goals scored vs. A-Sun opponents (Lipscomb leads 8 to 6)
Defending Atlantic Sun Conference champions, Florida Gulf Coast welcomes Stetson to town sporting a record of 7-5-2 and is currently in third in the conference with a league mark of 4-1-1. The Eagles have won four straight matches, including this past Friday's 1-0 victory over ETSU. FGCU's last loss came in a 3-1 defeat at Lipscomb on Oct. 6. Felipe DeSousa leads the Eagles with six goals and one assist for 13 points on the season, while William Morse and Henry Penagos have each tallied three goals in 2012. Nathan Ingham is the goalkeeper for FGCU, and has recorded five shutouts on the year.
Stetson holds a slight 3-2-0 advantage over FGCU in the all-time series, which dates back to 2007 when the Hatters won 2-1 in DeLand. SU won the first three matches between the two teams before Florida Gulf Coast took the most recent two, including last season's 3-1 victory in DeLand.
Fans can follow the action on Twitter by following @StetsonMSoccer, with Live Stats at FGCUAthletics.com, or on ASun.TV. Be sure to sign up for Hat-Alerts to get text message scores and news for Stetson men's soccer right to your phone.


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UNIVERSITY PARK - Penn State emerged from Saturday's Blue-White Game with an unexpected prize.
DeAndre Thompkins, a speedy 6-foot, 170-pound receiver from Swansboro, N.C., who was making an unofficial visit with his father, gave the Nittany Lions a verbal commitment after the scrimmage that wrapped up the squad's spring practice session. He then announced his decision via Twitter.
He's the fifth member of the Lions' 2014 recruiting class.
"Thompkins was a player the staff identified early, and recruited hard, and that early relationship and continual building of it paid off," FightOnState.com recruiting reporter Greg Pickel said. "I thought he may take some time to check out some of the new offers and interest he recently received, but he made it clear Saturday that Penn State is the place he wants to be."
Thompkins just had received offers from Notre Dame and Tennessee earlier this month. Clemson, North Carolina, Georgia Tech, North Carolina State and West Virginia were among the other schools that had made scholarship offers; he also had recently been to Georgia and began to receive contact from Florida.
A running back in high school, Thompkins finished second in North Carolina in the 400 meters with a time of 49.45 seconds and has run the 40 in 4.41. He rushed for 1,359 yards, but his more impressive achievement was his five kickoff return touchdowns and better than 50-yard per return average.
"He's an incredible athlete," BlueWhite Illustrated's Ryan Snyder said. "He's going to be a slot wide receiver, but what he really brings to the table is incredible special teams skills."
With Thompkins following Mount Lebanon speedster wideout Troy Apke into the fold for Penn State, the Lions probably won't have room in this class for Delaware's Chris Godwin.
New York defensive tackle Thomas Holley, Tennessee offensive tackle Alex Bars and Maryland defensive back Marcus Allen were at the top of the list of other uncommitted prospects confirmed to have been at Beaver Stadium on Saturday. New Jersey offensive tackle Quenton Nelson also was expected to be on hand.
They were joined by many of the Lions' 2013 recruits, including quarterback Christian Hackenberg.
"We're guestimating 80 recruits showed up, which is a really good turnout," Snyder said. "This coaching staff is going all out for commitments, and they're doing a pretty good job of it. They're kind of using the lack of scholarships to their advantage in a way. They're in a good position with these top guys, and they can stress to these top guys, 'Hey, we don't really have a spot if you wait too long."
The group also included highly-touted Philadelphia rising junior cornerback John Reid and top southeastern Pa. 2015 linebacker Jake Cooper, as well as Jon Runyan Jr.