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Mark Sanford and Elizabeth Colbert Busch are running distinctly different campaigns for the 1st Congressional District seat. Read how their strategies differ as they try to reach voters for the May 7 election.
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Mark Sanford charged back into campaign mode Friday, hitting rival Democratic candidate Elizabeth Colbert Busch for her union support and for not committing to appear with him at events.
"To date, my opponent has refused to do any joint public appearances or debate the issues for the benefit of voters in the 1st District," Sanford said in a statement released after days of setbacks to his congressional campaign.
Only one joint forum — an April 29 event at The Citadel — has been agreed to so far. Colbert Busch has not committed to attending the joint appearances offered by other groups. Sanford also challenged her to appear with him at 15 of his events next week, but Colbert Busch's campaign indicated she would not join him.
Colbert Busch's camp disputed any characterization of her running a "stealth" campaign and notified the media of four public appearances today in Beaufort County. Her spokesman, James Smith, said she has "a very aggressive" schedule leading up to the May 7 election.
She deflected Sanford's criticism of her financial support from unions by saying she is receiving backing from across the political spectrum but is not automatically beholden to any of her donors.
"If there is anyone out there who believes that a board member of the Chamber of Commerce is in the pocket of big labor or 'Beltway Democrats,' I have some oceanfront property in Wyoming for you," she said in a counter statement.
Sanford had kept a low profile after a trespassing accusation related to his divorce went public this week. The National Republican Congressional Committee pulled its support from his campaign in the wake of the revelation.
But he re-emerged on the trail Friday and defended breaking his divorce decree to watch the Super Bowl with his son by saying, "You got to make a call as a dad."
The Republican ex-governor used a radio audience to explain why he broke the agreement to watch the Feb. 3 game with his 14-year-old son inside the home of ex-wife Jenny Sanford.
"I though it was in the best interest of him as a boy," Sanford said on WTMA-AM radio about entering her residence while she was away and without her permission. "The Super Bowl comes around once a year."
He also acknowledged the first media reports Tuesday of his conduct that night made his conduct sound "creepy" when he was spotted by Jenny Sanford leaving through the back of the house as she returned from out of town.
He said he was not trying to sneak out of the residence, which was hers and never a part of their marriage.
"Met her, told her what had happened," he said on the radio program, adding that he used the flashlight feature of his cellphone to illuminate a dark part of the stairs of her Sullivan's Island residence.
During an interview with The Post and Courier afterward, Sanford declined to expand much beyond his broadcast comments.
In the radio segment, Sanford said the night started as he and his 14-year-old son were watching the first half at the home of longtime supporter Chad Walldorf, who has an annual Super Bowl party at his home, also on Sullivan's Island.
His son didn't like the crowd and wanted to return home to the house owned by Jenny Sanford at halftime so he could watch the rest of the game in a quieter venue, Mark Sanford said.
Jenny Sanford was out of town and he couldn't reach her to explain their plans, so Sanford said he made a father's decision to go inside. "You say, 'Am I going to let him sit there and watch the game alone, or I'm going to go in and watch it with him,' " Sanford said.
When Jenny Sanford returned, she questioned why he was there. "She said, 'That's against our rules and I'm going to file something,' " Sanford said of the conversation. "I said, 'That's fair enough. You got to do whatever you got to do and we can let somebody decide.'
"I think I made the call I had to make," and that when the reason is put into the context of potentially leaving his son alone, his explanation is valid, he said.
Jenny Sanford did not respond to an interview request Friday. But their divorce settlement includes the phrasing "both husband and wife shall live in such places as each may desire, and neither will hereafter enter into the residence of the other without the specific permission of the other."
The couple has a May 9 appearance date scheduled in Charleston County Family Court to address the trespassing issue. Jenny Sanford's filings say Mark Sanford has shown a history of trespassing.
He said much of the fallout is part of the complications that go with divorce.
Divorce is a commonality the two candidates have. The Sanfords divorced in 2009 after he admitted his affair with Argentine-born Maria Belen Chapur, now his fiancee. Colbert Busch also had a difficult divorce and aftermath.
She was granted a divorce from her first husband, Robert W. Legare, in August 1987. Court records show the couple continued to fight in court over unpaid child support, insurance and Legare's visitation rights.
In November 1988, Family Court Judge Mendel Rivers Jr. issued an order saying they had "failed miserably" to resolve their differences in the children's best interest and ordered them both confined to the Charleston County jail for 24 hours.
Their divorce file shows their issues calmed down after 1989, and she married Claus Busch four years later.
Sanford also used Friday's radio appearance with morning host Tara Servatius to rekindle his theme that Colbert Busch would be a reliable vote for Democrats in Congress.
Reach Schuyler Kropf at 937-5551. Reach Robert Behre at 937-5771.


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Jewish families in Altoona and around the world will light a candle to begin
Hanukkah at sunset Saturday.
It is the first day of the eight-day observance associated with the lighting of the candles and in some families, the receiving of gifts by the children.
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Eric Charles helps his daughter Renna, 3, light the Hanukkiah (Hanukkah menorah that holds eight candles and a starter candle) while his wife, Christi, and daughter Merryn, 5, watch in their Altoona home. Jewish families will begin to celebrate the eight -day holiday at sunset Saturday.
But beyond the candlelight is a deeper meaning as to why Jews remember a conflict that occurred more than 2,000 years ago.
And the struggle itself is not what is considered significant. It is the fact that some Jewish people took a stand and would not compromise their faith, even though some of their Jewish brothers were willing to do so.
"It was a turning point for Jewish history and for world history," said Rabbi Audrey Korotkin, spiritual leader at Temple Beth Israel.
Alexander the Great had conquered Judea in about 350 BC and the people became influence by Greek culture.
Basically, the Seleucids (a Greek military family) had the power, said Rabbi Josh Wohl, spiritual leader of Agudath Achim Congregation. Wohl said some of the Jews, including priests, such as Menelaus, aligned themselves with the Seleucids. He said they were willing to adapt Greek or Hellenistic ways, including allowing a statue of Zeus as well as pigs in the Temple.
Korotkin pointed out that some Jews abided by the Hellenistic ways in order to survive.
Antiochus, leader of the Seleucide Empire outlawed Jewish religious rites and traditions.
Rising up in revolt to Hellenism were Jews known as the Maccabees. They stayed true to the Torah.
Wohl said the group followed the Scriptures so fully that at first they were willing to die rather than engage in battle on the Sabbath.
"It was almost a civil war with Jew versus Jew," he said. "The side that worshipped God prevailed."
The Maccabees won the battle and Judea was free from outside rule for about 80 years from 165 BCE to 63 BCE when it came under Roman rule. It would not be its own country again Israel until 1948.
Wohl said that the struggle was significant in that the Jewish faith was preserved.
He said groups like the Hittites were absorbed into Hellenistic culture and do not exist today.
While the Jews did adapt somewhat to Greek culture, they managed to keep their own identity by putting a Jewish spin on Greek customs, Wohl said.
For example, the four cups of wine that are part of a Passover seder are modeled after a Greek custom that has has been adapted to fit into Jewish traditions, Wohl said.
"You lose your identity if you don't put a spin on it," he said.
Rabbi Audrey Korotkin of Temple Beth Israel compared the Maccabee victory to a David and Goliath situation.
"The people had a strong belief and a strong faith," she said. "They were fighting the people who were trying to take away their faith."
Korotkin said the story resonates across the board, no matter what a person's belief system is.
"We have no chance of surviving, but we do," she said.
"The important thing is not the military victory," Korotkin said. "It was the sustaining of the Jewish faith."
She said the Book of the Maccabees that records the victory is not part of the Jewish Scriptures and it is considered a minor holiday on the Jewish calendar.
She said only hundreds of years after the struggle do the rabbis address Hanukkah in the Talmud (writings on Jewish civil and religious law).
The Talmud does not record the miracle of the lamp in the Temple that burned without oil for eight days after it was rededicated by the Maccabees. She said it could have happened, but never recorded, with the story being passed down orally.
It is the miracle of the oil or the belief that the Temple light stayed lit for eight days until its oil could be replenished that is associated with Hanukkah.
During the observance, families light candles for eight nights which begins this year on Saturday. An additional candle is lit on each of the remaining nights until all eight candles are lit on Dec. 15.
Korotkin said the rabbis' mission throughout history is a spiritual one, and they emphasize the Maccabees belief in Judaism and their willingness to stand up for their faith in the Talmud.
"We may not have been here if that had not happened," she said. "That's the miracle."
If the Greeks had assimilated the Jews into paganism, there would have been no Jewish Temple and no rabbis to preach during the decades before Judea came under Roman rule, she said.
Bill Wallen, executive director of the Greater Altoona Jewish Federation, also stressed that the story of Hanukkah is about maintaining faith in difficult times.
He said the real focus of the story is that Judaism survived and thrived in a Greek culture that was trying to snuff it out.
He also related to an earlier time in Judaism when Joseph was taken to Egypt, yet he maintained his faith in a different culture.
Wallen said in the same way, even in America where Jews only make up a small portion of the population, the people continue to keep their faith alive.


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The budget talks are under way not just for the City of Williamsport but also for boroughs and townships throughout the region.
And as those talks unfold, some themes emerge.
Hopefully, one of the themes is holding the line on taxes, which South Williamsport, Montoursville, Hughesville and Old Lycoming Township did this past week.
But that's no easy task. Whether the budget is $6.3 million South Williamsport or $804,920 Hughesville or $20.4 million Williamsport, it's tight.
"Barebones" was the word used by Michael D. Miller, South Williamsport borough manager.
Relatively speaking, almost all of the boroughs and townships have police protection costs that are a heavy influence on budgets.
All the municipalities have infrastructure needs often sewer and street upgrades and improvements that never end.
What the municipalities don't have, other than Williamsport, are salary and benefits costs for firemen.
If you get nothing else out of the battery of budget stories you will be reading in the coming weeks, appreciate those volunteer firemen in your community. Think about what it would cost to provide an adequate level of fire protection if they were not volunteering to provide that protection. Volunteer firemen are truly community servants and hometown heroes.
We, of course, want every borough and township to balance its budget without a tax increase.
But it must be acknowledged how difficult that is becoming. Big and small, these municipalities have employee health care costs to deal with, snow to remove, unforeseen disasters to deal with and capital improvement needs that outpace available revenue.
All we can ask of municipal officials is a sincere effort to establish the correct spending priorities, manage budgets frugally and provide necessary services to taxpayers and residents, always with an eye toward keeping the tax bill within reason.
That's a tough list. But a necessary one.
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Bone Metastasis Treatment with Bisphosphonates
Bone metastases are a common complication of advanced cancer. They are especially prevalent (up to 70%) in breast and prostate cancer. Bone metastases can cause severe pain, bone fractures, life-threatening electrolyte imbalances, and nerve compression syndromes. The pain and neurologic dysfunction may be difficult to treat and significantly compromises the patients' quality of life. Bone metastases usually signify advanced, often incurable disease.
Osteolytic vs. osteoblastic
Bony metastases are characterized as being either osteolytic or osteoblastic. Osteolytic means that the tumor caused bone break down or dissolution. This usually results in loss of calcium from bone. On X-rays these are seen as holes called "lucencies" within the bone. Diffuse osteolytic lesions are most characteristic of a blood cancer called Multiple Myeloma, however they may be present in patients with many other types of cancer.
Osteoblastic bony lesions, by contrast, are characterized by increased bone production. The tumor somehow signals to the bone to overproduce bone cells and result in rigid, inflexible bone formation. The cancer that typically causes osteoblastic bony lesions is prostate cancer. Most cancers result in either osteolytic or osteoblastic bony changes, but some malignancies can lead to both. Breast cancer patients usually develop osteolytic lesions, although at least 15-20 percent can have osteoblastic pathology.
Why the bone?
The bone is a common site of metastasis for many solid tissue cancers including prostate, breast, lung, kidney, stomach, bladder, uterus, thyroid, colon and rectum. Researchers speculate that this may be due to the high blood flow to the bone and bone marrow. Once cancer cells gain access to the blood vessels, they can travel all over the body and usually go where there is the highest flow of blood. Furthermore, tumor cells themselves secrete adhesive molecules that can bind to the bone marrow and bone matrix. This molecular interaction can cause the tumor to signal for increased bone destruction and enhance tumor growth within the bone. A recent scientific discovery showed that the bone is actually a rich source of growth factors. These growth factors signal cells to divide, grow, and mature. As the cancer attacks the bone, these growth factors are released and serve to further stimulate the tumor cells to grow. This results in a self-generating growth loop.
What are the symptoms of bone metastasis?
It must be recognized that the symptoms of bone metastasis can mimic many other disease conditions. Most people with bony pain do not have bone metastasis. That being noted, the most common symptom of a metastasis to the bone is pain. Another common presentation is a bone fracture without any history of trauma. Fracture is more common in lytic metastases than blastic metastases.
Some people with more advanced disease may come to medical attention because of numbness and tingling sensation in their feet and legs. They may have bowel and bladder dysfunction – either losing continence to urine and/or stool, or severe constipation and urinary retention. Others may complain of leg weakness and difficulty moving their legs against gravity. This would imply that there is tumor impinging on the spinal cord and compromising the nerves. This is considered an emergency called spinal cord compression, and requires immediate medical attention. Another less common presentation of metastatic disease to the bone is high levels of calcium in the body. High calcium can make patients constipated, result in abdominal pain, and at very high levels, can lead to confusion and mental status changes.
Diagnosis of bone metastasis
Once a patient experiences any of the symptoms of bone metastasis, various tests can be done to find the true cause. In some cases bone metastasis can be detected before the symptoms arise. X-rays, bone scans, and MRIs are used to diagnose this complication of cancer. X-rays are especially helpful in finding osteolytic lesions. These often appear as "holes" or dark spots in the bone on the x-ray film. Unfortunately, bone metastases often do not show up on plain x-rays until they are quite advanced. By contrast, a bone scan can detect very early bone metastases. This test is done by injecting the patient with a small amount of radio-tracing material in the vein. Special x-rays are taken sometime after the injection. The radiotracer will preferentially go to the site of disease and will appear as a darker, denser, area on the film. Because this technique is so sensitive, sometimes infections, arthritis, and old fractures can appear as dark spots on the bone scan and may be difficult to differentiate from a true cancer. Bone scans are also used to follow patients with known bone metastasis. Sometimes CT scan images can show if a cancer has spread to the bone. An MRI is most useful when examining nerve roots suspected of being compressed by tumor or bone fragments due to tumor destruction. It is used most often in the setting of spinal cord compromise.
There are no real blood tests that are currently used to diagnose a bone metastasis. There are, however, a number of blood tests that a provider can obtain that may suggest the presence of bone lesions, but the diagnosis rests with the combination of radiographic evidence, clinical picture, and natural history of the malignancy. For example, elevated levels of calcium or an enzyme called alkaline phosphatase can be related to bone metastasis, but these lab tests alone are insufficient to prove their presence.
The best treatment for bony metastasis is the treatment of the primary cancer. Therapies may include chemotherapy, hormone therapy, radiation therapy, immunotherapy, or treatment with monoclonal antibodies. Pain is often treated with narcotics and other pain medications, such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents. Physical therapy may be helpful and surgery may have an important role if the cancer resulted in a fracture of the bone.
Bisphosphonates are s category of medications that decrease pain from bone metastasis and may improve overall bone health. Bisphosphonates man-made versions of a naturally occurring compound called pyrophosphate that prevents bone breakdown. They are a class of medications widely used in the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis and certain other bone diseases (such as Paget's Disease), as well as in the treatment of elevated blood calcium. These drugs suppress bone breakdown by cells called osteoclasts, and, can indirectly stimulate the bone forming cells called osteoblasts. It is for this reason, and for the fact that bisphosphonates are very effective in relieving bone pain associated with metastatic disease, that they have transitioned to the oncology arena. However, treatment of bone metastases is not curative. There is increasing evidence that bisphosphonates can prevent bony complications in some metastatic cancers and may even improve survival in some cancers. Most researchers agree that these drugs are more helpful in osteolytic lesions and less so in osteoblastic metastasis in terms of bone restoration and health, but the bisphosphonates are able to alleviate pain associated with both types of lesions. The appropriate time to start treatment is once a bone metastasis has been identified on imaging.
Bisphosphonates can be given either orally or intravenously. The latter is the preferred route of administration for many oncologists as it is given monthly as a short infusion and does not have the gastrointestinal side effects that the oral bisphosphonates have. There are currently two approved and commonly used IV bisphosphonates –Pamidronate disodium (Aredia, Novartis) and zolendronic acid (Zometa, Novartis). Their side effect profile is fairly mild and includes a flu-like reaction during the first 48 hours after the infusion, kidney impairment and osteonecrosis of the jaw with long term use. Patients with renal impairment may not be candidates for this therapy.
Bisphophonates may have some level of anti-tumor activity in breast cancer. A recent Phase III clinical trial revealed that the addition of Zometa to endocrine therapy, improves disease-free survival, but not overall survival, in pre-menopausal patients with estrogen-receptor postive early breast cancer. Another trial called AZURE found no effect from the bisphosphonate zolendronic acid (Zometa, Novartis) on the recurrence of breast cancer or on overall survival. However, several other studies on bisphosphonates and breast cancer are ongoing, and for now, their use is not recommended in patients without metastases.
In addition to bisphosphonates, osteoclast inhibition can also be achieved through other means. Another medication, Denosumab (XGEVA, Amgen), targets a receptor called receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa B ligand (RANKL), is able to block osteoclast formation. A few studies comparing Denosumab to bisphosphonates have found Denosumab results in a longer time to skeletal events, on the order of a few months, compared to bisphosphonates, however many experts believe that the evidence is not strong enough to support one class of drug over another. The most common side effects of Denosumab are fatigue or asthenia, hypophosphatemia, hypocalcemia and nausea. Patients receiving bisphosphonates or denosumab should also be taking calcium and vitamin D supplementation.
The future
Skeletal metastases remain one of the more debilitating problems for cancer patients. Research is ongoing to identify the molecular mechanisms that result in both osteolytic and osteoblastic bone lesions. Perhaps the use of proteomics and gene array data may permit us to identify some factors specific to the tumor or to the bony lesion itself that could be used as therapeutic targets to teat or even prevent this complication.
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Van Poznak CH, Temin S, Yee GC, et al. American Society of Clinical Oncology executive summary of the clinical practice guideline update on the role of bone-modifying agents in metastatic breast cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2011;29(9):1221-7.
West, H. Denosumab for prevention of skeletal-related events in patients with bone metastases from solid tumors: incremental benefit, debatable value. J Clin Oncol. 2011;29(9):1095-8.
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David and Becky Gregg are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary today.
They were married Sept. 16, 1972, at St. Peter Catholic Church, Upper Sandusky.
David, the owner of David A. Gregg Carpentry, is the son of Dale and Doris (LaRue) Gregg of Sycamore.
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Monday, May 12, 2014
A Berkeley County fund has given a $10,000 grant to Lowcountry Food Bank to aid in prevention of child hunger in the county.
Giving Back to Berkeley County of Coastal Community Foundation gave the grant that will be implemented at two Berkeley County schools Boulder Bluff Elementary and Sedgefield Middle School during the 2014-2015 school year.
According to LCFB, one in four Berkeley County children is at risk of hunger.
The grant will continue to support BackPack Buddies, a program designed to prevent weekend hunger for children at Boulder Bluff Elementary, and to support School Pantry, a program providing shelf-stable foods to older children and their families at Sedgefield Middle School.
Boulder Bluff is a Sedgefield Middle feeder school, so this gift will create continuity in services for many Berkeley County children and families who know the realities of hunger. We are thrilled to be able to continue to support the children of Boulder Bluff Elementary while expanding School Pantry into Sedgefield Middle, LCFB President and CEO Pat Walker said.
The grant from Giving Back to Berkeley County of Coastal Community Foundation will provide more than 11,000 pounds of food to children and their families. The grant creates more than 1,400 backpacks of food for students at Boulder Bluff Elementary through support of its BackPack Buddies program. The grant also expands School Pantry into Sedgefield Middle School and will create 360 boxes of shelf-stable food for older children and their families.
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Editor's note: This is another story in a series looking at the Altoona Regional Health System's proposed affiliation with UPMC.
A Mercyhurst University health care expert believes that if UPMC and Highmark do not resolve their differences regarding in-network care, it might be difficult - if UPMC and Altoona Regional were to merge - for Highmark subscribers in Blair County to keep their policies here.
Blair County has 44,000 Highmark health insurance subscribers.
"If you're used to Highmark, it could potentially bother you," David Dausey, dean of school health professions and public health at Mercyhurst, said. "The lack of choice does disturb people."
UPMC is locked in a struggle with Highmark and has said it does not intend to sign an agreement giving Highmark subscribers in-network access to to UPMC facilities when the current arrangement expires at the end of 2014.
"Where would we go?" asked Jim Snively of Duncansville, who is a state worker in the Altoona area and has Highmark insurance. "I wouldn't want to have to drive to Pittsburgh."
He could change insurance companies - to UPMC, or other firms that may have an agreement with UPMC.
"But that is not up to us," he said, since the state buys his policy and those of his co-workers.
Highmark spokesman Michael Weinstein said his organization wants to work out a long-term contract with UPMC to give its subscribers access to all UPMC facilities and providers.
UPMC spokeswoman Susan Manko also was reassuring in her assessment of the potential access problem.
"Our assumption is that we will continue in a manner similar to that of our sole community hospital in Bedford County, which has open access to all insurers," she said, referring to Highmark's Community Blue plan.
Concerns about Highmark and UPMC crystallized recently when a controversial provision of Highmark's Community Blue took effect, resulting in elimination of most plan subscribers from the patient rolls of UPMC doctors, according to a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story.
Except for emergency care and several other specific exceptions, Highmark's Community Blue
doesn't allow subscribers access to UPMC care, even if they're willing to pay out-of-network costs or cash.
In an April 22 "position paper," Highmark argues that Community Blue is part of a strategy to take advantage of the lower costs - but good care - available at community hospitals, including independent ones.
UPMC defended itself after the patient elimination led to outrage. Manko said Highmark has "purposely misinformed the public about the plan."
UPMC is refusing to renew with Highmark because it doesn't want to help Highmark build up an integrated delivery system to rival UPMC's own, according to W. Thomas McGough Jr., chief legal officer of UPMC, speaking to the state House Insurance Committee in August 2011.
It doesn't want to let Highmark use its dominant insurance plan and the lure of access to UPMC medical facilities to create the illusion of choice, even as it as it steers patients toward its own newly acquired medical facilities, McGough said.
The community will be better served with two well-funded, integrated health systems competing on a level playing field - and funneling patients from their health plans into their own medical facilities - with at least four national insurance companies offering access to both, McGough said.
Even after 2014, Highmark patients won't really be shut out of UPMC provider services, he said. Those subscribers just won't have low in-network rates, he said. Even there, Highmark could provide those lower rates if it's willing to absorb the extra costs, he said.
Patient access
Recently, Highmark announced its expansion of Community Blue into central and eastern Pennsylvania - although not to Blair County.
The state House Democratic Policy Committee will hold a hearing Monday on Community Blue and access issues, according to a news release from the House Democratic Caucus.
"Patients can't begin to understand the complex contracts signed behind closed doors between insurers and providers," said State Rep. Tony DeLuca, Democratic chairman of the House Insurance Committee. "They just want to be seen by their doctor and know how much they'll need to budget."
Last week, Geisinger placed an ad in the Mirror critical of Highmark for the central Pennsylvania version of Community Blue, which "forces the most critically ill patients to leave our community and travel to Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Ohio or Maryland for advanced care."
In Erie, it looks like there will be a choice for patients, as UPMC took over Hamot Medical Center in 2011, and Highmark expects to take over St. Vincent Health System.
But Dausey noted that in Altoona, there might not be much of a choice.
"I don't want to be alarmist about it," he said, predicting people won't be "shocked."
Still, there are areas of the country where there's already a situation like the one that may develop in Altoona, he said. The scenario will become increasingly common in rural areas, he said.
In another form, that limitation on choice is actually common - when employers offer their workers a single insurance option, he said.
The benefits to the kind of quasi-monopoly that UPMC would have if it takes over Altoona Regional include efficiency, according to Dausey.
But that kind of situation doesn't give the organizations in charge the power to raise prices at will, he said. Medicare limits help ensure that, he said.
There would, however, be the potential for "gaming the system" - creative billing to get maximum income, for example, through the strategic classification of facilities, he said.
To dilute the monopoly, other insurance plans that still deal with UPMC could enter the market here, he said.
The trend is toward creation of a handful of "provider-insurers" nationally, and UPMC is shaping up to be one of them, Dausey said.
Highmark could also be one, although UPMC is "light years ahead" in working out affiliation agreements that appeal to smaller hospitals like Altoona, he said.
The more smaller hospitals UPMC captures, the more appealing the system becomes, he said.
UPMC has demonstrated excellence in care, in managing patients and in creating its organizational management structure, Dausey said.
"The rich get richer," he said.
Highmark, which a couple of decades ago had medical services but dropped them, is playing "catch-up," as it tries to re-enter the field, he said.
The rise of big, vertically integrated systems is congruent with health care reform, although Dausey doesn't necessarily think their creation is an explicit intention of the law.
Big organizations are best suited to take advantage, however, of concepts promoted by the Affordable Care Act, including all-electronic medical records, bundled payments, patient-centered medical "homes" and in general, economies of scale, he said.
It's complicated, according to Dausey.
"I wish it were clean-cut," he said. "But it's very nuanced."
Mirror Staff Writer William Kibler is at 949-7038.


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Stupidity has no social, educational or economic boundaries. It does not matter if you graduated from an elite college such as Harvard, Princeton or Yale. It does not matter if you only have a certificate from a local community college. It does not matter if you are a billionaire or on food stamps. It does not matter if you hold a Ph.D. or a GED. It does not matter if you are a lawyer, a judge or a clerk at Walmart. It does not matter if you are a Republican or a Democrat. Stupidity is an equal access, equal opportunity, non discriminatory state of mind.
It appears that a great many people lack the ability to internalize new knowledge. They proudly brandish their arrogance. I have found that without exception we all have had our "stupid" moments. Unfortunately, some have a great many more than others.
Our government (politicians and bureaucrats) as a whole seems to be having a "stupid" episode. When a government spends more than it takes in, raises taxes to create jobs, fights wars it cannot win, promises benefits it can not pay for, has open borders, punishes success, over regulates, assists in overthrowing governments that are friendly to us, disregards the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, seeks to divide the country economically, culturally and socially (class warfare) what conclusion can you come to?
In contrast, common sense and wisdom is found more among ordinary folks. Unfortunately, it seems to be lacking among those who have educated themselves to the point of where they know more than anyone else. I have found that common sense is prevalent among those who have worked mostly with their hands and have struggled with life on a daily basis. A professor teaching a business course who has never run a business or had to make a payroll is the last person you should be learning business from. Book knowledge can never replace real-life experience. It follows that you do not want someone who never ran a business telling you how to run your business and that you are making too much money and you should give it to someone else.
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Try as I might, they seem to leave a little trail of destruction wherever they go!
I wanted to do a craft with them where they could get messy and love every minute of it! So, keeping in the spirit of the season, I decided to try "Snow Painting" this weekend. This "paint" looks just like snow and is really fun to work with. The 3D effect and soft but sticky texture really interested my son.
This craft seemed simple enough (although not edible as my 1-year-old would have hoped!), so I gathered the supplies and began.
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Mix the shaving cream and school glue, equal amounts, in the mixing bowl. I found it best to put the glue on top of the shaving cream because it mixes in better.
DONE! How much easier can it be?!?! Now you start creating!
We did a snowman and a snowflake at my house. I outlined the snowman for my son so he could just fill it in. He loved it! He added eyes, a nose, mouth and buttons and then we dabbed some around the paper to look like falling snow!
For the snowflake, I just painted the basic shape and then sprinkled white glitter all over it. We let everything dry, laying flat, overnight. We turned the snowflake into an ornament by cutting it out and hanging it with some ribbon!
You can create colored "snow paint" by adding food coloring! It would be fun to create a Christmas tree or a string of lights with the colored paint. I would love to see what everyone creates at their house!
Next week, I will be talking about homemade Christmas gifts for kids (and some for adults, too!). Is anyone making a really cool gift this year?
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - A new property appraisal of the old Incline K-2 elementary school site on Southwood Boulevard was recently completed in response to renewed interest from two potential buyers.The appraisal, conducted by Johnson-Perkins & Associates, Inc., the largest real estate appraisal firm in Northern Nevada, values the property as of Nov. 16 at $2.75 million - between $950,000 and $1.85 million less than its appraised value from three years ago."The market has declined precipitously since the first appraisal, and a decline in value was to be expected," said Mike Boster, the district's capital projects planner. "We are encouraged by the latest real estate trends showing values gradually beginning to come back."For now, the "highest and best use" of the property in today's market, according to the appraisal, is to "hold until market conditions warrant development of commercial uses."It's the school district's and school board's intention to follow that recommendation, Boster said.There are a variety of land uses allowed for the property, according to the appraisal, including: "employee housing, bed and breakfast facilities, hotels and motels and a wide variety of commercial, public service, recreation and resource management uses."Recently, two potential buyers have expressed interest, Boster said: the Tahoe Transportation District and an unknown second party, inquiring through a commercial representative. When asked this week if the name of unknown company had been learned, he said no."Everything right now is still preliminary," said Curtis Garner, transit manager for TTD, adding that several locations are being looked at for a possible long-term station for the East Shore Express.The East Shore Express, a pilot program this past summer that made daily runs to and from Sand Harbor every 20 minutes from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. from mid-June to early-September, used the old Incline K-2 site as its main pick-up location.Since the shuttle is a two-year pilot project, Garner said it's TTD's "hope" to continue to use the site this summer for the service. Derek Kirkland, capital program specialist for TTD, said the site could potentially be used as a transportation hub serving multiple modes of transit. According to the appraisal, the old K-2 site's total land area is approximately 6.41 acres, with its two closed school buildings equaling about 49,459 square feet.An appraisal done in November 2009 determined the value of the site at $3.7 million to $4.6 million if the buildings remained standing, according to previous reports. A second appraisal done at that time also valued the property at $4.6 million to $5.5 million if the buildings were demolished."The 2009 appraisal was done when we were working with the community to determine the most beneficial community use for the site, one of which included clearing the site for some kind of new development," Boster said. "We needed to know that cost at the time."The November 2012 appraisal only determined the value of the property with the school buildings still standing. "... If a potential buyer does come along and is interested in having the buildings demolished as part of any deal, we can do an in-house assessment of what it would cost to demo the buildings," Boster said.If the existing school buildings were to remain, the buyer would need to do "extensive" seismic retrofits to bring them up to code, Boster said, since a fault line extends under the site."I do not have the figure (of much that would cost), but our engineers estimate that it could be more than the cost to demo and build something new," he said. "Further, the building is purpose-built as a school with a floor plan that would only appeal to a limited number of potential users."Ultimately, the school board intends to select a buyer whose use of the property will benefit the community, Boster said, while also following Nevada law governing the sale or transfer of publicly owned property.As for now, the district is allowing Burdick Construction to store materials at the site - mostly dirt and rocks - from the Rosewood Creek Restoration project for a fee, Boster said. The construction company started using the property in August and will be likely be out by next fall, he said.
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On November 2, the Board of Directors of the Animal Agriculture Alliance announced the promotion of Kay Johnson Smith to President and CEO of the non-profit organization. Johnson Smith has served the Alliance since 1994, first as Vice President, and later as Executive Vice President. Previously, Johnson Smith was the Executive Director of the Alliance's predecessor association, the Animal Industry Foundation.
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There's bad luck, then there's whatever it is Buffalo Bills center Eric Wood has been cursed with.
The fourth-year center is hurt again, this time with a partially torn medial-collateral ligament in his left knee.
The injury will keep him out at least the next two games, and could cost him the final four of the year.
"It's extremely disappointing," Wood said. "When it happened, I was in disbelief. I just played the next play — I was like, 'well, whatever, I'm not coming out.' And then I felt instability on the next play and I was like, 'oh, I better say something.'"
Wood was hurt with about 10 minutes to go in the fourth quarter of Sunday's 38-14 win over Jacksonville when a Jaguars defensive lineman crashed into him trying to make a tackle.
It's the third time in four professional seasons he's suffered a leg injury, although the first two were of a more serious variety.
As a rookie in November 2009, he suffered a compound fracture of his left leg in a game at Jacksonville, then in November of last year tore the anterior-cruciate ligament in his right knee at Dallas.
"I knew something was wrong, so getting an MRI and them saying it's just a partial tear in your MCL is a huge relief. I texted my wife and said it's an MCL tear, and she said, 'Thank God.' She doesn't want to go through surgery again, I was relieved from that standpoint but the fact that I have to miss time just ticks me off to no end," Wood said.
Coach Chan Gailey said the plan is to shift right guard Kraig Urbik over to center and replace him with rookie undrafted free agent David Snow. That's how the Bills finished Sunday's win.
"That's always tough to lose a good player, and he's obviously one of our best players," Gailey said. "We've gone through this before. Hopefully we'll continue on in the same vain. We won't as well, but we'll try to as best we can."
Wood was limited in the preseason as he recovered from ACL surgery, but has been a constant fixture on the offensive line since the regular season began. In fact, the only game in which he had come out for even a play was in Week Two, when he was in for 51 of 57 snaps (89 percent) of a blowout victory over Kansas City.
Entering Week 13, Wood had played in 689 of 695 offensive snaps, or 99 percent.
"It was amazing. He did a great job of getting ready for the season. He continually got stronger. He was getting stronger and stronger and stronger as the year wore on," Gailey said. "He wasn't going back, he was going forward, which was great. He was playing probably on one and three-quarters legs to start the season and it was getting better each week it seemed like, so you hate to see it for a guy who fought so hard to get back."
Wood was wearing a knee brace at the time, which prevented the injury from being worse.
"It's unbelievable. You do all you can to prepare, you keep your feet moving on every play, you think of all the things that could've got you in the past and you try and improve it for this year," he said.
Wood started all 49 games of his collegiate career at Louisville, so this run of injuries as a pro as left him exasperated.
"There's literally nothing I can do about it. They MRI'd my knee [Monday] morning and said 'your knee looks perfect.' [I] literally have no damage except for an MCL, which is pretty rare for an O-linemen. It's just stupid stuff keeps happening."
In response to Wood's injury, the Bills released linebacker Kirk Morrison on Monday, presumably to add interior along the offensive line.
Right tackle Chris Hairston suffered a bruised ankle against the Jaguars, and Gailey said "it's probably going to be tough for him to make it" for Sunday's game against the St. Louis Rams.
Morrison, an eight-year veteran in his second season with the Bills, had been inactive for the first 12 games of the season. He apppeared in 14 games with the team last year.
The Bills have a pair of offensive linemen in Andrew Jackson and Keith Williams on the practice squad, and it's likely one will be promoted prior to Sunday.
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I believe playing in Toronto is a pressure cooker even without Burke opening his mouth...Up until 6 weeks ago this Leafs team was certainly playoff bound, and I honestly believe they got lackadaisical in their overall approach, and Wilson simply wasn't capable of getting them outta their funk.
Burke puts to much pressure on this team with what he says to the media. A team build around Kessel-Phaneuf-Reimer isn't a playoff team, no matter what Burke says.
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Happy Valentine's Day from America's first couple!
The Oval Office is decidedly more heart-shaped today as Michelle Obama posted a Valentine's Day message to her husband on Instagram.
"Hey Barack, I'll always be your valentine! #HappyValentinesDay," she wrote, next to three photos of herself and the president laughing and embracing.
The president and first lady are famously affectionate with each other year-round. But this year, they're actually not planning anything major for Valentine's Day – mostly because Michelle's 50th birthday celebrations last month were so extensive.
"He celebrated me so well – he did a great job," Michelle told Ryan Seacrest on his radio show this week. "I had a great couple of weeks, so I think we're going to low-key it for Valentine's Day. It feels like we just finished celebrating my birthday so I think we'll low-key it."
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He might have gotten away with it had he not been driving the wrong way on a 1 way street in downtown Grand Rapids. Hahah. Caught the story on the local news.
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2011: Steve Jobs, the co-founder and longtime CEO of Apple Inc., dies of pancreatic cancer at the age of 56.
2004: Comedian and actor Rodney Dangerfield dies at age 82 from complications from an Aug. 24, 2004, heart valve-replacement surgery. Dangerfield's films included "Caddyshack," "Back to School" (pictured) and "Easy Money" and he is also remembered for his exasperated standup routine about getting "no respect."
2001: Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants hits his 71st and 72nd home runs of the season to surpass the single-season record of 70 set by Mark McGwire in 1998. The Giants' slugger would add another on Oct. 7 to set the new record at 73.
2001: The crime drama "Training Day," starring Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke, premieres in theaters. Washington would win his first Oscar, for Best Actor, for his performance as a corrupt cop in the film.
1989: The Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is named the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent campaign to end the Chinese domination of Tibet.
1988: In a debate between United States vice presidential candidates, Democrat Lloyd Bentsen famously tells Republican Dan Quayle, "Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy," after Quayle defends his qualifications for office by comparing his Congressional experience to President John F. Kennedy's when he first sought the presidency.
1988: Chilean President Augusto Pinochet loses a referendum that would have provided him with a new eight-year presidential term. As a result of the vote, presidential and legislative general elections were set for the following year, putting an end to Pinochet's 16-year military dictatorship.
1983: Earl Silas Tupper, the inventor of Tupperware, dies at the age of 76. Tupper developed a method for purifying black polyethylene slag, a waste product produced in oil refinement, into a substance that was flexible, tough, non-porous, non-greasy and translucent. Second, he developed the Tupper seal, an airtight, watertight lid modeled on the lid for paint containers. Together, these innovations laid the foundations for the future success of Tupperware as a consumer product.
1983: Actor Jesse Eisenberg, who earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for "The Social Network" and is also known for movies like "Zombieland," "Adventureland" and "Now You See Me," is born in Queens, New York.
1982: Johnson & Johnson initiates a nationwide product recall in the United States for all products in its Tylenol brand after several bottles of Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules in Chicago were found to have been laced with cyanide, resulting in seven deaths. The incidents would lead to reforms in the packaging of over-the-counter substances and to federal anti-tampering laws. The case remains unsolved and no suspects have been charged.
1975: Actress Kate Winslet, a six-time Oscar-nominee who won Best Actress for 2008's "The Reader," is born in Reading, Berkshire, England. Winslet was also nominated for "Sense and Sensibility," "Titanic," "Iris," "Little Children" and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind."
1974: David Kunst, seen here in Australia, completes the first journey around the world on foot. It took him four years and 21 pairs of shoes. He crossed four continents and walked 14,450 miles. He had started the journey from Waseca, Minnesota, on June 20, 1970, with his brother John and a pack mule named Willie Makeit, but his brother was shot and killed by bandits half way around the world in Afghanistan on Oct. 21, 1972, in an attack that also left David wounded.
1972: Basketball forward Grant Hill, who won NCAA championships with the Duke Blue Devils in 1991 and 1992, is born in Dallas, Texas. Hill, who was inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014, also spent 19 years in the NBA, being named the 1995 NBA co-Rookie of the Year and playing seven NBA All-Star Games. He also won an Olympic gold medal as part of Team USA in 1996.
1970: The Public Broadcasting Service, a non-profit American public broadcasting television network, is founded.
1969: The first episode of "Monty Python's Flying Circus" airs on the BBC. The sketch comedy series, which made Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin famous, would produce 45 episodes before going off the air on Dec. 5, 1974.
1967: Actor Guy Pearce, best known for his roles in "L.A. Confidential," "Memento," and "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert," is born in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.
1965: Hockey Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux, who won two Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1991 and 1992, is born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The Penguins also won another Stanley Cup under his ownership in 2009 and he led Team Canada to a gold medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. He won the Hart Trophy as the NHL's most valuable player during the regular season three times, the Art Ross Trophy as the league's points leader six times, and the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1991 and 1992. At the time of his retirement in 2006, he was the NHL's seventh-ranked all-time scorer with 690 goals and 1,033 assists.
1965: Hockey Hall of Fame goalie Patrick Roy, who led the Montreal Canadiens and the Colorado Avalanche to two Stanley Cup titles each and is generally considered one of the best NHL goalies of all time, is born in Quebec City, Canada. He is the only player in NHL history to win the Conn Smythe Trophy (awarded to the most valuable player in the Stanley Cup playoffs) three times, in different decades, and for two different teams.
1963: Laura Davies, England's most accomplished female golfer of modern times, is born in Coventry, England. Davies became the first non-American to finish at the top of the LPGA money list in 1994 and topped the Ladies European Tour money list a record seven times.
1962: "Dr. No," the first in the James Bond film series, premieres in London, England. The plot finds Sean Connery's Bond taking on Dr. Julius No, who is plotting to disrupt an early American manned space launch with a radio beam weapon. It also features the first "Bond Girl," Ursula Andress, as the white-bikini-clad Honey Ryder.
1962: The Beatles' first single, "Love Me Do," is released in the United Kingdom. The song, which wouldn't be released in the United States until April 1964, reached No. 17 on the U.K. singles chart.
1961: The romantic-comedy "Breakfast at Tiffany's," starring Audrey Hepburn and George Peppard and directed by Blake Edwards, premieres in theaters. Hepburn would earn her fourth Best Actress Oscar nomination and the movie would also receive four other Academy Award nominations, winning for Best Original Song for "Moon River" and Best Score.
1957: Actor and comedian Bernie Mac, known for roles in "Ocean's Eleven," "Mr. 3000" and "The Bernie Mac Show," is born under the birth name Bernard Jeffrey McCullough in Chicago, Illinois. He died from sarcoidosis complicated by pneumonia at the age of 50 on Aug. 9, 2008.
1956: The epic film "The Ten Commandments," directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Charlton Heston as Moses, premieres in theaters. The film, which was DeMille's last, was a box office success and would go on to receive seven Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, winning only for Best Visual Effects.
1954: Bob Geldof, who would go on to be the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980s and starred in Pink Floyd's 1982 film "Pink Floyd - The Wall," is born in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland. Geldof is also known for his activism, including forming the supergroup Band Aid to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia and organizing the charity super-concert Live Aid in 1985 and the Live 8 concerts in 2005.
1953: The first documented recovery meeting of Narcotics Anonymous is held in Sun Valley, California.
1951: Actress Karen Allen, best known for her roles in "Raiders of the Lost Ark," "Animal House," "Starman" and "Scrooged," is born in Carrollton, Illinois.
1950: Actor Jeff Conaway, best known for playing Kenickie in the movie musical "Grease" and Bobby Wheeler in the sitcom "Taxi," is born in New York City. He died on May 27, 2011, at age 60 due to complications related to pneumonia and the degenerative brain condition known as encephalopathy, attributable to long-term drug use.
1949: The animated movie "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" premieres in theaters. The film is broken up into two segments, both based upon popular works of literature: "The Wind in the Willows" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
1947: The first televised White House address is given by President Harry S. Truman. The president asked Americans to refrain from eating meat on Tuesdays and poultry on Thursdays to help stockpile grain for starving people in Europe.
1947: Brian Johnson, who replaced the late Bon Scott as the lead singer for the rock band AC/DC in 1980, is born in Dunston, Gateshead, England.
1943: Musician Steve Miller, known for such hits as "The Joker," "Fly Like an Eagle," "Rock'n Me" and "Abracadabra" with the Steve Miller Band, is born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
1943: After a successful American air raid on the Japanese-occupied Wake Island in the North Pacific Ocean, 98 American civilian contractors being held as POWs are taken by Japanese forces to the northern end of the island, blindfolded, and machine-gunned. One prisoner escaped, carving the message "98 US PW 5-10-43" on a large coral rock near where the victims had been hastily buried in a mass grave. This unidentified American was soon recaptured and beheaded. The remains of the murdered civilians were later exhumed and reburied at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu.
1941: Former Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis, the first Jewish member of the nation's highest court, suffers a heart attack and dies at age 84 in Washington, D.C.
1931: Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon complete the first nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean, touching down their plane, named the Miss Veedol, without landing gear at Fancher Field in East Wenatchee, Washington, about 41 hours after leaving Japan.
1922: Cartoonist Bil Keane, known for creating the long-running newspaper comic "The Family Circus," is born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died from congestive heart failure at the age of 89 on Nov. 8, 2011.
1921: The World Series is broadcast on the radio for the first time. The series pitted the New York Giants and the New York Yankees, with the Giants eventually winning the best-of-nine series five games to three.
1919: Actor Donald Pleasence, best known for his roles in "The Great Escape," "You Only Live Twice" and the "Halloween" series, is born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England. He died of heart failure at age 74 on Feb. 2, 1995.
1918: Roland Garros, an early French aviator and a fighter pilot during World War I, is shot down and killed near Vouziers, Ardennes, France, a month before the end of the war and one day before his 30th birthday.
1914: French Sgt. Joseph Frantz and Cpl. Louis Quenault score the first air-to-air kill (not involving ramming) of World War I, shooting down a German Aviatik two-seater with machine gun fire from their Voisin III over northeast France. This is believed to be the first air-to-air kill in any war. Pictured is a different Voisin III captured during the war by German forces.
1905: Wilbur Wright pilots the Wright Flyer III in a circling flight of 24 miles in 39 minutes near Dayton, Ohio, a world record that would stand until 1908.
1902: Actor and comedian Larry Fine, best known as a member of the comedy act The Three Stooges, is born Louis Feinberg in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died at age 72 on Jan. 24, 1975.
1902: Ray Kroc, the businessman who joined McDonald's in 1954 and built it into a fast food empire, is born in Oak Park, Illinois. Kroc died of heart failure at the age of 81 on Jan. 14, 1984.
1864: Louis Lumière (right), who, along with his brother Auguste (left), was one of the earliest filmmakers in history, is born in Besançon, France. The Lumière brothers patented a number of significant filmmaking processes leading up to their film camera, the cinématographe, and presented the first motion picture screenings in 1895.
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1795: Gen. Napoleon Bonaparte first rises to national prominence, being named to defend the French National Convention against armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the 3-year-old revolutionary government.
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Well it was a huge departure from Pink Floyd or their classical Oly program -so yeah it is a pretty big departure.
Well it was a huge departure from Pink Floyd or their classical Oly program -so yeah it is a pretty big departure.
In regard to Ice Dance at Sochi, the "competition" has already been judged and determined. It is now up to the teams to show up, skate cleanly, and allow the order of finish to be presented as "competition results." With no huge errors or deductions, the podium will be in the exact same pattern as in 2010. Canada first/USA second/Russia third.
The music, the programs, the skating, the dresses, the lifts, etc. DO NOT MATTER ANYMORE in regard to judging placements for the 2014 Olympic Games. What may surprise people is when the Russians are placed second and Canada third after the SD, with USA placed first. After the FD, it will be CAN/USA/RUS or CAN/RUS/USA.
At this point, it seems like a POLITIKAL competition, not a skating one, just like SO MANY OG of the past. The only way D/W will win it for the USA is if V/M are injured, make a huge error or don't show up. I guess these predictions can go into a different thread, but to make it pertinent to this thread - it appears NOVI has NO Olympic medal contenders at present, and none should be expected either. Igor is OUT, Marina is IN. This time.
In terms of that question alone, I don't think it matters when the music was composed -- or whether or not the music is "memorable" to every observer (a subjective assessment).
I was giving my opinion that Funny Face was a new type of music to Virtue/Moir's repertoire. Was not commenting on the choreography or storyline of FF.
Having made that set up argument, I felt A/P were actually being consistent. Yes there was the controversial voiceover (overhyped by Hammond and Wilson), but It was still the same narrative, dramatic approach they always used.
For me it's a matter of not just music, but what you do with the music, both in terms of concept and actual skating. T/D totally changed their patterning, holds, pacing, etc for Bolero. It wasn't an organic progression from previous programs. It was more a creative 180. That's really rare, especially once you've reached the top. Am I making any sense here?
jcoates, I agree with your choices.
For D&W, their out of the box programs were Bollywood & Rigby. Their most difficult/ biggest technical improvement program was Postino/tango.
For V&M, their out of the box program was definitely Pink Floyd,. Valse Triste signalled their biggest technical improvement program to me; secondarily Farrucas.
Art on Ice has an interview with Igor about working with Capellini & Lanotte, and acting as their coach at Finlandia.
One interesting thing, for those of us who like to know how programs go together:
One last question. I would like to know who did the choreographies for the Short Dance and the Free Dance, as Paola Mezzadri usually takes care of this aspect, while you have been hired in the first place as a technical coach.
Igor Shpilband: I did the entire choreography for the Free Dance, while Paola choreographed the Short Dance.
I'm not at all happy with the news that Igor set C/L's Carmen.. especially knowing they had another FD program first.. Seems petty to me.
What's Ice Dance without a whole lot of drama?
To play devil's advocate, I don't think any skater, dance team or pair can be too surprised (let alone miffed) if they pick Carmen & somebody else shows up skating to Carmen. There is a reason manleywoman skatecast has that signoff line about skating to Carmen.
And C/L have the bad luck or good luck or deliberate choice to pick music that other teams have picked too, in the past, long before Igor was in their team.
The sudden fashion for a piece of music always baffles me, but the way baby names fall in and out of fashion baffles me too. Who told all these families suddenly that Madison was a great name for a baby and Jennifer no longer was?
If a team comes to you and says, "I want to skate to Carmen, and I want you to choregraph it," do you say no way will I take that job? Especially do you say no if you are starting over, and just working up a clientele?
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Wasn't it reported that C/L had another FD in mind when they went to Igor?
Maybe it was just his way of taking the shine off of V/M's FD and giving D/W a little boost (aka, his sign that he wants them to jump ship). Every little thing....
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I wish no one skates to Carmen anymore!!!! There are so many more pieces of music out there!
^ Ah, but Carmen is classic skating.
It is but it's time to make some new skating classics!!


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Even while his Seattle Seahawks are getting ready for the NFL playoffs, Butler, who caught 179 passes for 2,771 yards and 22 touchdowns in his career with the Nittany Lions, still has been following his college team. He's taken notice of the passing game Bill O'Brien installed in his first season guiding the Nittany Lions.
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Burmese: a language of Myanmar
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in English language. The debate goes on about the use of two different names, but the answer can be fairly simple in its vernacular language: it is a matter of using /ba-ma/ in the colloquial or informal style, and /myan-ma/ in the written, literary or formal style. If you are learning Burmese at Cornell, you will be learning both styles of the language colloquial as well as literary styles.
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. . . or Burma is a country in mainland Southeast Asia, neighbouring with Bangladesh and India in the northwest, China in the northeast, Laos in the east, and Thailand in the southeast. The total population of Myanmar is approximately 42 millions, which is composed of different ethnic groups which have their languages and cultures. For more information on states and divisions in Myanmar where some of these ethnic groups live, please see the website:
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We offer Burmese language instructions at all levels - beginning to advanced every semester, depending on the enrollment. Class sizes are relatively smaller, and therefore there is an abundance of opportunities for individual attention, and tailoring to the needs of the students, especially in the selection of reading materials after the elementary levels.
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Learning can take place only as a result of a combined effort between the instructor and the learner. The instructor will use various methods and materials to expose the target language to the learner as it is used for the native speakers, along with the analysis of its structure which may be provided explicitly or implicitly. Culture of the target language, as it is embedded in the language use will be given a special attention in the language instructions, but students will be referred to various resources such as books and web sites for information on cultural events and notions.
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Successful completion of Burmese 2201 can satisfy language proficiency as well as the geographic breadth requirement for the College of Arts and Sciences.
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