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A major disability hasn't kept New Jersey resident Malcolm Phillips from reaching out and sharing his story with the world.
Phillips, 20, was born with cerebral palsy. He was the guest speaker at Brooklyn Springs Elementary School's fifth-grade graduation June 3.
He is the godson of Principal Gwen Minor.
Phillips can't walk or use his hands, and isn't able to talk clearly. He gets around in a wheelchair and needs assistance with all tasks.
INDIAN LAND – Get ready shoppers, Wal-Mart is making plans to build its second Lancaster County store.
Chris Neely, spokesman for Wal-Mart, said the company has opened bids on construction at the Indian Land site off U.S. 521 near the North Carolina state line. A contractor has not yet been awarded, but Neely said that could happen in late summer or early fall.
Once work begins, Neely said it could take up to a year to finish construction and ready the building.
An economist told Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce members Thursday morning that the economy could begin to recover from the recession in the fourth quarter of 2009.
Steve Rick, senior economist for the Credit Union National Association, addressed chamber members at the Economic Forum 2009 at the Fairway Room at the Lancaster Golf Club.
Rick said many economists believe this is the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. He said the recession of 2001 was minor in comparison.
Do the math.
Those in search of the perfect Father's Day gift may want to consider buying Dad a season ticket for the 2009-10 Performing Arts Series at the University of South Carolina at Lancaster.
At $395, that works out to about $44 apiece for the nine upcoming shows, which includes The Spinners, Little Big Town, the Glenn Miller Orchestra and The Tams.
A Lancaster woman charged with setting fire to her ex-boyfriend's house in February has been charged again with the same crime.
Ashley Kirkland, 24, address unknown, has been charged with second-degree burglary and second-degree arson, Sheriff Barry Faile said.
According to an incident report, a deputy responded Saturday morning to 1118 2nd St. because of a house fire.
Ready or not, the switch from analog television to the digital age is here.
If you don't notice anything different, that's a good thing, analysts say.
"When you get up Saturday morning and turn on your TV, if it doesn't work, you'll know," said Doug Crenshaw, owner of the Energy Center, who is certified to sell the special converter boxes that decode the digital signal.
The FCC has set up a toll-free hot line – 1-888-CALL FCC (225-5322) – for viewers with technical difficulties.
Authorities continue to probe the early Saturday morning shooting that sent a recent high school graduate to the hospital.
Lancaster Police Lt. James Kirk said Monday afternoon that no arrests have been made in the incident in which Todd Talford, 18, a 2009 Lancaster High School grad, was shot in the chest at Crenco Food Store on South Main Street.
Though no suspects have been identified, Kirk said investigators are following up on leads. Police are looking for a motive, he said.
The economy was good. All the mills were running three shifts full tilt, with jobs available to those who showed interest in becoming lint heads.
As a soon-to-be 1951 graduate of Lancaster High School, I was about to achieve a milestone in a textile town; I was about to get my high school diploma.
It's what I had been working hard for and was the one highlight for my years of schooling.
It was a good time; the 1950's were just getting off the ground and great things were ahead, or so we thought.
But last summer, war started in far off Korea.
Sheriff Barry Faile said he was sworn in as sheriff on Jan. 5, and on Jan. 6, Operation New Year's Resolution began.
At a press conference Thursday at the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office, and flanked by elected officials and local and state law enforcement officials, Faile talked about the operation, which netted 218 arrests, drugs, guns and $27,000.
Crimes range from criminal domestic violence to driving offenses and drug charges.
Faile said 119 arrests came as the result of checkpoints, warrant sweeps and specialized narcotics operations.
Lancaster County Council is considering a funding request for a new workforce training program that could attract call centers to the county.
Keith Tunnell, president of the Lancaster County Economic Development Corp., and Ernie Green, dean of Off Campus Centers for York Technical College, spoke to council Monday.
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Bay Medical is in for some changes due to their new management. Since Sacred Heart is a Catholic organization, certain medical and surgical procedures will no longer be available.
After Sacred Heart takes over Bay Medical on April 1st, one of the procedures that will no longer happen is tubal ligations. Tubal ligations are a surgical form of contraception where a surgeon clamps or cuts the woman's fallopian tubes preventing her eggs from being fertilized. Since the Catholic church ruled the procedure is against their theology, Catholic operated hospitals usually don't perform tubal ligations. However, even though women won't be able to have the procedure done at Bay Medical, they will be able to go to other facilities if they desire a tubal ligation.
"There won't be any major changes where patients will have to change doctors or anything like that," says Dr. Sam Wolf, D.O. of Emerald Coast OB/GYN, "they'll simply just have to let their physician know that they need to deliver in a hospital that will allow them to have a postpartum tubal the next day." Dr. Wolf says some doctors now offer out-patient tubal ligation procedure in their offices, that can have women back to their daily schedule in less than an hour.

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Breasts — extolled in poetry and song, exploited in fashion and film, augmented, minimized, and, oh horrors, removed by the Amazon women warriors to enhance their archery — have always defined femininity. Mae West, Jane Russell, and Dolly Parton, with their double "D's" diminished most women, but I am totally satisfied with my size 34C, and well-proportioned, athletically toned body. When my baby girl was born, my 34C's became their slang name "jugs" by providing ample nourishment for her. It was great — no sterilizers, formula, bottles. 24/7, there was always plenty to satisfy her, and I watched in amazement as a scrawny newborn turned into a sturdy little girl. At eight months she ended that happy relationship by trying out her first tooth and biting the boob that fed her.
There have been times when my 34C's took on far greater proportions than their actual size. When shopping at my favorite farmers' market, I carefully guided the organic eggs into my shopping cart but I did not notice the label had adhered to the tip of my left breast. When people started staring, I, too looked and was totally embarrassed to see the label from the egg box proclaiming, "jumbo white." The next time I ran into difficulty was at a family dinner in an exquisite, expensive steak house. The place was mostly empty when we arrived, but as the evening progressed, the noise level accelerated as the crowd grew, and I had to lean closer to the table to hear the conversation. Suddenly my right nipple felt cold. "That's weird," I thought and looked down to see it fully encased in raspberry sorbet. Walking out of that crowded restaurant with one very pink breast was a challenge.
When my physical therapist was helping me with the exercises to repair my shoulder, he showed me how to pull the pink and green bands, saying, "Up front and proud, pull your shoulders blades back as if you are trying to make them touch each other." I started pulling the pink band — 20 times, then the green 20 times, back to the pink and then the green again. About half way through, I noticed another patient, comfortably ensconced in a heat wrap, literally leering at my 34C's. Hmmm, I thought, still getting leered at at 81 isn't bad. Up front and proud I shall remain.


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Governments of The Climate Group's States and Regions Alliance support new global Clean Revolution Campaign
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- 19 June 2012
RIO DE JANEIRO: Premiers and ministers of The Climate Group's States and Regions Alliance have pledged commitment to the newly launched Clean Revolution Campaign and agreed future actions in their States and Regions Clean Revolution Statement to accelerate the green economy at their General Assembly during the Rio+20 summit.
Launched on June 18 in Rio, the Clean Revolution calls for a swift scale-up of clean technology and investment in green infrastructure. Globally there are currently more than 5 million jobs in renewable energy industries. Earlier this week The Climate Group said that by the end of the decade the low carbon market could triple in value to over US$2 trillion and warned that failure to seize the opportunity would cause economies to fall behind in the global marketplace. The governments supporting the Declaration represent over 100 million people.
The states and regions commitment focuses on four key areas of policy and technology needed to drive the Clean Revolution forward: efficient and new energy vehicles, SMART technology, energy efficient lighting systems and renewable energy. The commitment includes adopting individual targets where possible towards at least 20% reduction of CO2 emissions in public buildings, and encouraging the scale-up of low-carbon lighting - in particular LEDs and smart controls.
Mark Kenber, CEO of The Climate Group, says: "The Clean Revolution Campaign sets out a clear vision of how we can tackle the global recession and climate change. Just 24 hours after it was launched at Rio it has the backing of government leaders from the world's states and regions. The speed and depth of their commitment should be an inspiration to world leaders gathering in Rio, and proof yet again that the green economy is the only solution to the critical challenges we are facing that delivers both sustainability and prosperity. The leadership of these heads of states and regions should be applauded."
"The Basque country is truly proud to be a supporter of the Clean Revolution, one of the most ambitious global initiatives in support of a low carbon economy. Cutting emissions and supporting the green economy is a key commitment for the Basque country, with active support for public-private partnerships and concrete measures and initiatives already in place in our Sustainable Development Strategy EcoEuskadi2020. We aim to be an active player in fostering relations between the world's states and regions, exchanging best practices and expanding the network of regional low carbon leaders globally." Said Minister Pilar Unzalu, the Basque Government's Minister for the Environment, Land Planning, Agriculture and Fisheries and Co-Chair of The Climate Group's States and Regions Alliance.
A new report; The Clean Revolution: Leadership from the World's States and Regions, showcases some of the most ambitious and transformational measures being implemented by states and regional governments around the world. Details of Clean Revolution best practice across states and regions, as well as future commitments states and regions have pledged to meet, can also be found below.
The report was launched by The Climate Group with support from Zennstrom Philanthropies and the Dutch Postcode Lottery. Further case studies of low carbon best practice can be viewed in The Clean Revolution: Leadership from the World's States and Regions which is available online.
Hosting the signing alongside The Climate Group were the co-chairs of States and Regions Alliance: Premier Charest of Quebec, Minister Unzalu of the Basque Country and Minister Caica from South Australia and Christiana Figueres the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Details of Clean Revolution best practice report across states and regions around the world:
- North Rhine Westphalia have currently achieved a 13% reduction in emissions since 1990.
- South Australia's AUS$2 million Building Innovation Fund offers grants for retrofitting initiatives that demonstrate new and leading-edge approaches, with the potential to improve a building's energy use and reduce GHG emissions.
- Upper Austria'sOekoenergie-Cluster (OEC), a network of companies active in renewable energy and energy efficiency, has grown from €230 million in 2000 to €1.8 billion in 2012, exporting to more than 60 countries worldwide and contributing 4% alone to the state's GDP.
- Manitoba's hydropower resources currently deliver 97.4% of their energy.
- In 2009, São Paulo became the first state from an emerging economy to enact climate legislation.
- Between 2008 and 2013, Île-de-France, along with the French national government, will have invested €2.7 million in rehabilitating six of the 30 geothermal installations still in use, and developing six new state-of-the-art plants to boost geothermal energy production in the region.
- By the end of 2010, South Australia had attracted 86% of Australia's total AUS$680 million estimated investment in geothermal exploration and proof of concept projects.
- Gujarat remains the only Indian state to form a climate change department in government, reducing electricity transmission losses from 31% to 22% in four years [no indication of exact time period].
- Quintana Roo's collaborative REDD+ Strategy is one of the first efforts to combine tropical forest management with the promotion of agriculture and other land use activities, especially important since it is operating in the second most heavily deforested area in Latin America.
- Since 2003, New York has participated in the development and implementation of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), the US's first cap and trade program collaborating alongside eight partner US states and Canadian provinces.
- Baden-Württemberg has opted for the formation of 32 Regional Energy Agencies (REA) across the state, giving each €100,000 seed funding giving communities the opportunity to convene consumers, craftsmen, banks and citizens' groups, creating networks to support joint effort.
- Catalonia's Voluntary Agreements Programme for reducing GHG emissions is open to diverse organizations (companies, institutions, public administrations, associations and foundations) with 59 participating organizations from a range of sectors, committed to monitoring emissions and enacting reduction measures beyond that required by legislation.
- The Basque Country has two functioning schemes: one for voluntary reductions in industrial and services companies with more than 40 companies are involved, and another for the Local Agenda network where there are almost 200 municipalities with Local Action Plans.
- Rhône-Alpes is part of the EFFINERGIE project, which creates a voluntary label for the certification of new, low-carbon buildings which was three times more demanding than national regulation.
- Bavaria's Energy Innovative commits to the expansion of renewable sources, the extension of energy networks and storage systems, the optimization of heat and energy generation and use, the retrofitting of buildings, low-carbon mobility and investment in green jobs and climate change adaptation. Ambitious for a state which already has the lowest per capita energy emissions in Germany.
- La Reunion's Regional Council is giving €3,000 (an "Energy Cheque") to households for the installation of photovoltaic panels with a smart storage battery, so far installing some 2050 smart boxes to help families manage their real-time energy consumption.
- In Wales, the arbed program used an initial £60 million investment to provide: solid wall insulation to nearly 2,900 social and private homes; over 1,800 solar PV panels in social housing and solar hot water to 1,000 households including several sheltered housing schemes. A further £6.6 million has been invested to expand the program and £3 million has been reinvested.
Future commitments:
- Scotland's Routemap commits it to producing 30% new renewable energy and 100% renewable electricity by 2020
- Harnessing just a third of available offshore renewable energy potential could meet Scotland's electricity needs seven times over by 2050, with the net value of electricity sales estimated at £14 billion by 2050.
- By 2020, Quebec aims for 25% of new light passenger vehicle sales to be for plug-in hybrids or all-electric vehicles, reducing GHG emissions by 900,000 tons, and a total of 3.5 million tons by 2030.
- California's Advanced Clean Cars program requires the one out of seven new vehicle sales be zero-emission by 2025 (40% of California's emissions come from transport)
- Jämtland's target is to be fossil fuel free by 2030
- Guangdong's ambitious SEI Development plan became the only one so far approved by the Chinese government.
- Brittany's Pacte électrique Breton – PEB commits to cutting growth in energy consumption by a third and producing 3,600 megawatts of renewable energy, including solar, marine, wind and biomass.
- KwaZulu-Natal has developed a comprehensive Green Economy Strategy to guide action made on a local and provincial scale, leveraging green economy initiatives by developing a Green Procurement Policy that favours purchasing from green companies, with special interest to SMMEs.
- Ontario passed a new regulation in 2011 to reduce the climate impact of its Broader Public Sector (BPS), with organizations required to report on energy use and GHG emissions beginning July 1, 2013, and develop energy conservation plans beginning July 1, 2014.
The states and regions that signed the commitment are:
Basque Country (Spain) Brittany (France) Catalonia (Spain) Ile de France(France)
La Reunion (France) Manitoba (Canada) Quebec (Canada) Quintana Roo (Mexico)
Rhone-Alpes (France) State of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) Sao Paulo (Brazil) Scotland (UK)
South Australia (Australia) Wales (UK) Wallonia(Belgium) Kwa Zulu Natal (South Africa)*
North Rhine Westphalia (Germany)*
* North Rhine Westphalia (Germany) and Kwa Zulu Natal (South Africa) support the statement in principle.
Additionally, at the World Summit of States and Regions, the Carbon Disclosure Project, R20 - Regions of Climate Action and The Climate Group, announced today that they are collaborating to create a Subnational Climate Reporting Program as there is a clear need for subnational governments to consistently benchmark, monitor and report their climate actions. Nine state and regional governments from around the world have expressed their interest in participating.


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Sure, I'd love to live to be 100. But only if I get some perks. For instance, I'll want to date younger men. Nobody a day older than 85. And nobody who gets little white blobs at the corners of their mouth when they
talk. (What is that stuff anyway? Gelusil? Lomotil? Viagra?) Find me a man who still has bounce in his Wallabys and I promise not to show him pictures of my great-great-great-grandchildren.
Naturally, I'll be needing a car. You'd be amazed who doesn't give 100-year-old people a seat on the bus. I'd like a Mini Cooper, which gets 34 miles per gallon on the open road. When you're 100, like it or not, you have an enormous carbon footprint just from having been around so long.
Speaking of footprints, I'll need a house charge at Jimmy Choo. No ortho pedic shoes for me, thanks. Jimmy Choo's Jade has the perfect last and it's the sexiest shoe I own. Toe cleavage is the last cleavage to age.
I'm going to want a good contractor too. It's my bathtub. Even now, still in my prime, I have trouble getting into it. I call it Moby Dick, the Great White Tub. It's Waterworks's Cambridge tub, an English soaking model. I paid thousands for it, imagining lavender-scented bains à deux. But this tub is a living hell. The sides narrow precip itously, making the bottom too small to stand in. It's mor dantly slippery. You've seen the statistics. I don't want to be one, a 100-year-old lady who falls in the bathroom and breaks her hip. But please, none of those bathing stalls you see in the back of mag azines either, the ones with suction-sealed doors for people who have to walk directly into a tub be cause they can't raise a leg.
My kids don't have to call every day. But I will need to see those adorable codgers every week for dinner. Of course I'll be treating them and their offspring and their offspring's offspring. So think in terms of a hefty perk in the finance department too. Nothing extra vagant. Just enough to take four gen erations out to a three-course dinner.
It goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway: We've grown used to terrific family vacations. I've heard the trip
of choice for centenarians is a cruise: There's always a doctor on board, and you can't get lost.
On a personal level, by 100 I'll be col oring my hair, and I'd like a standing ap pointment with Kathy Galotti
at Louis Licari. Massages are essential. Bob Hope lived to be 100, and he had a massage every day. I might need
three. What about a massage every time I'm hungry? I'll not only be limber, I'll be thin.
Poor Aunt Ruthie. She outlived her friends. She had to put together a whole new canasta game from scratch. On the upside, Aunt Ruthie had 20 years of playing on her new pals, so she won every hand. But I would be miserable without Frannie, Molly, Lily, Marjie, Stevie, Lisa, Marian, Joel, Ben, Jan, Amy and Patti. I can't imagine life without my friends. I love my friends. They have to live to be 100 too.
It's a given that I'll want to see, hear and not limp. I'm willing to eat as much dark chocolate and drink as much red wine as it takes. And when it's time to bite the dust, I want everyone I love around me. I want all my ex-boyfriends there too. I want them to say how happy I made them. After I'm carted off, they should head for Chanterelle. Everyone will toast me, and as people leave the restaurant, someone will murmur: "Patty still throws the best par ties!" Then my ashes will be divided among everybody I care about to scatter in a place where we had a good time to gether. A lot of me will wind up in Cen tral Park, Schroon Lake and on Broadway. Makes me happy just to think about it.
Wait—it's not over yet. My last will and testament will secure the future of my heirs but be dispensed in a way that does not thwart ambition, with enough left over for the South ern Poverty Law Center, PEN, Yaddo, Poets & Writers, NPR, the Central Park Conservancy and the Authors Guild.
If that's too much to ask, then fine. I don't have to live to be a hundred. Ninety-five's got a fine ring to it.
The most recent of Patricia Volk's five books is the novel To My Dearest Friends. For more writers on living to 100, go to the June issue of MORE, onsale now.


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After three years of visits, my primary care physician still didn't know who I was. During my final appointment, as I sat on the exam table swinging my legs, she barely glanced at me. Instead, she swiveled her desk chair toward her computer monitor and began, in a robotic monotone, to read questions from the screen. I never got around to asking her about several nagging health concerns, because when she finished typing my answers on her clacking keyboard, our time together was up.
I would not have accepted this treatment from another professional—say, my accountant or lawyer. And right then I decided this was not the kind of relationship I wanted to have with my physician. I was fed up with the culture of unavailability. I yearned to put myself in the hands of a persevering detective who would get to the bottom of things, no matter how long it took, and bear witness to a menopausal body so mysterious that at times I swore it belonged to someone else. In short, I wanted a medical home.
Ten years earlier, I'd lost an internist I'd liked and trusted to retirement. Since then, I'd been riding the Blue Cross preferred-provider circuit, delivering my medical records into the hands of one local physician after another—three in quick succession. In my Northern California town, you took what you could get: Several well-established doctors no longer accepted health insurance reimbursement, and others had closed their practices to new patients.
But now I was determined to do better for myself. Opening my Facebook page, I typed a question into the "What's on your mind?" box: "Does anyone have a terrific primary care doc?" For several days, the comment box remained empty. Then my friend Jennifer wrote back. She'd been a patient of Dr. Mei-Ling Fong's for more than a decade. Dr. Fong, Jennifer assured me, was a great physician, as well as a true friend. There was just one catch: A few years ago, Dr. Fong had transitioned to a "concierge practice," which meant that she now collected an annual retainer of $2,100 from each patient. This allowed her to limit the size of the practice and to provide an impressive level of personalized care.
As a self-employed person, I thought this sounded a little too rich for my pocketbook. The fact that I was already shelling out $435 per month for my own health insurance plan was irksome enough; I balked at the prospect of spending even more. Discouraged, I returned to the Blue Cross Web page.
And at first I believed my luck had changed. One doctor, a woman in her early forties, had excellent reviews on Yelp. She accepted my insurance, and although she practiced primary care, she was also board certified in rheumatology, which sounded promising. My perpetually aching joints were one of the nagging concerns I'd never had time to bring up with my previous primary care doctors.
After the receptionist ran my credit card for the $30 insurance co-pay ("get-to-know-you" appointments aren't free), I learned several things. This doctor, every inch as youthful and attractive as she appeared in her Yelp photo, worked only three days a week. She was, in fact, an employee of the other physicians in the practice, all of whom happened to be orthopedists. This wouldn't be of much help if I came down with the flu on her day off. At least she was young, I told myself—she'd be there for me as I grew old. But no. As we chatted, she mentioned that within the next 10 years she intended to retire and move to Kauai.
I took my charts with me when I left. It was time to call Mei-Ling Fong and investigate "concierge medicine."
A Different Medical Model
I learned that concierge doctors are physicians (most practice internal and family medicine) who have rebelled against the pressure cooker conditions typical of primary care: seeing 20 to 25 people a day for only about 15 minutes each and carrying a roster of 2,000 or more patients. Instead, they have set up personalized practices serving far fewer patients (usually 300 to 600) who typically pay a retainer of $1,500 to $3,000 a year—although about 20 percent of concierge doctors charge a lot more, in the range of $15,000 to $25,000. (Spouses usually pay separately, though some doctors offer a family discount, and dependent children under 26 are sometimes covered for free.) Because of that annual fee and a reduction in insurance-related paperwork (fewer patients means fewer forms), doctors are able to reduce their patient load but maintain their income level. Despite the economic downturn, business for concierge doctors is booming. The number of doctors engaged in what is often referred to as "private medicine" has exploded from 146 in 2004 to 2,800 in 2010 and now is estimated, by the American Association of Private Physicians, to stand at 4,400.
The financial aspect of concierge medicine isn't complicated. For the patient, all the usual costs stay the same; you just add on the doctor's yearly retainer. In other words, you continue to maintain your health insurance coverage. You foot the bill for your co-pay for all visits except your extensive annual wellness physical, which is typically included in the concierge fee. You'll be charged for such extras as pretravel vaccinations. If you're referred to a specialist, you'll pay the fee set by your health insurance provider. You pay separately for your prescriptions, and you rely on your health insurance to cover what happens in a hospital.
What your retainer does buy is a variety of services and amenities. In most concierge practices, you get a two-hour, comprehensive wellness exam, including lab tests and other screenings. Often included are high-tech medical screenings, such as advanced lipid profiling, a test that goes far beyond the ordinary good-cholesterol/bad-cholesterol measurement. In some situations, the market value of such "free" tests exceeds the cost of the retainer.
Above all, the annual retainer buys you an astounding level of access and attention. You get same-day appointments with little or no waiting. You can text, e-mail or phone your doctor whenever you want, from anywhere on the planet, and he or she is very likely to answer immediately, even if it's the dead of night. He or she will also customize a long-term wellness plan for you and coordinate all specialist care; the office may even intervene with those evasive preauthorization people at your health plan. If you are rushed to the ER, your electronic medical records will arrive there before you do—and you may find your concierge doctor waiting there as well. Then there's the intangible payoff: the experience of feeling that someone besides you is deeply interested in your health.
I finished my research on concierge care knowing that this was the kind of treatment I was looking for. I was ready for a road test.
Up Close and Personal
When I called the number Jennifer had given me, Dr. Fong herself answered after the first ring.
Several days later, as I walked through the front door of her freshly renovated suburban office, she greeted me as warmly as if I were entering her home. Dressed in casual cords and a nice sweater, she looked like a college girl, even though she's 44. Within moments, we were chatting like longtime girlfriends, swapping stories of kids and career paths. Here's what I noticed right away: There was no professional firewall between us, no "You are the patient and I am the doctor, and you will stand in awe of my white coat."
For the next hour, we talked about every aspect of my personal and professional life, including the continual stress involved in meeting the deadline for my next book. She understood how difficult it is for us laypeople to navigate the health care system and recognized that it was her job to coordinate care. First, she'd collect all my medical records, bringing the findings of my OB-GYN, my breast surgeon, my orthopedist, my physical therapist and my endocrinologist under one roof. She would study my medical history in detail, and then we would move forward. She would select all my specialists and stay in touch with them. She'd also deal with my insurance provider on preauthorizing any scans, tests or procedures I required. If a specialist ordered a test, or a battery of them, she'd use her judgment, making certain they didn't duplicate evaluations I'd already had. She would remind me, five times if necessary, to get my mammogram and not dare blow off my next colonoscopy when I turned 60. If I needed to see her—this wouldn't happen often, because so many things could be handled over the phone—same-day appointments were typical and would never cost more than my $30 co-pay.
As I climbed into my car, I realized I felt cared for in a way that often eludes women in midlife, when the demand to meet the needs of other people—spouses, parents, children and bosses—is unceasing. The annual fee was starting to seem like a sound investment. I needed a partner in health care, a cheerleader who would refuse to let me put myself on the back burner. While I can't guarantee that every concierge doctor makes patients this comfortable, with Dr. Fong I felt as if I'd planted the seeds of a special and enduring relationship.
From Practicing Medicine to Practicing Wellness
About nine weeks after I signed on with Dr. Fong, I got this article assignment and informed her I was writing about my health care experiences. I don't believe that affected her treatment of me, but in any case, all the other new concierge patients I interviewed were similarly positive. Sherise Beale, who lives near Philadelphia, said she started having leisurely conversations with her doctor of eight years after she transitioned to a retainer practice: "I'd had migraines for the entire time she was my doctor, but after she went into concierge practice, she could adjust my meds when she needed to without my having to wait three months for an appointment."
Other patients commented on a shift in emphasis from reactive care to preventive care. Tracey Watson, an attorney who serves as the general counsel for the Utah Education Association in Salt Lake City, went to Dr. Beth Hanlon's traditional medical practice after it opened in 1993. "It was extremely hard to get an appointment, and when I did, my visits lasted 10 minutes," Watson recalls. In the months since Dr. Hanlon made the transition, that has totally changed. "It went from 'Dr. Hanlon, I'm sick, please make me better' to an opportunity to work with me on long-term goals," Watson says.
The opportunity for follow-up is particularly useful when it comes to changing risk factors such as smoking and being overweight. Dr. Hanlon recalls a young woman who had been her patient for years before the transition: "Every year she came back five pounds heavier, and every year we had the same discussion about her need to lose weight." Last April, after examining the woman for the first time in the new concierge practice, Dr. Hanlon told her to come back in three months "10 pounds lighter." To the physician's delight, when the woman returned in June, she'd lost 23 pounds. "It was very exciting," Dr. Hanlon recounts. "She'd quit eating fast food and drinking sweet soda. Her cholesterol had improved, and she was no longer on the brink of diabetes. What changed is that with my concierge practice, I could sit down with her and come up with a definitive plan."
Some retainer-based doctors take preventive health care much further, setting out on walks with patients, teaching Tai Chi classes in the waiting room, conducting indoor Spinning sessions in a local gym or, in the case of Shari Rosenbaum, a doctor based in Boca Raton, Florida, maintaining an active and lively Facebook page where she posts health tips for her patients and their friends.
The downsides of "on Demand"
Concierge physicians are convinced that the comprehensive two-hour annual physical is a key part of their relationship with their patients. But public health experts have serious questions about whether such microscopic inspection is necessary or even prudent. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an expert panel that reviews medical evidence and delivers recommendations on preventive care, has made itself clear on this matter by advising against annual ECGs for people who do not have chest pain or diagnosed heart disease and by dismissing advanced lipid profiling in favor of a no-bells-or--whistles cholesterol check. A 2009 study from Thomson Reuters Healthcare Analytics noted that the unwarranted use of medical care—-including high-cost diagnostic procedures and lab tests, unnecessary use of brand-name drugs and surgery of unproven value—-accounted for somewhere north of $250 billion in expenditures added to the national health care tab each year.
It's not that the screenings cost a lot. The problem is what often comes after them, usually as a result of false positives that lead to unnecessary imaging (which not only is expensive but also exposes patients to radiation), biopsies and other invasive procedures. There's a psychological drawback to this kind of testing as well: Who among us has not anxiously awaited the result of a breast biopsy or pelvic ultrasound that turned out to be perfectly normal?
I considered these questions as I embarked on a comprehensive wellness screening with Dr. Fong. In the end, I decided that for me what happened after those tests would be a good thing rather than a bad thing. In a concierge practice, the tests and screenings don't get shoved into the back of a file cabinet, as they might in a more rushed traditional practice. Instead, the data would be considered in the context of my lifetime wellness plan, initiating and encouraging an ongoing conversation about wellness goals. So, in addition to having tests like the advanced lipid profiling, I filled out a comprehensive questionnaire about diet, anxiety, sleep and sexual dysfunction. For me, the result of the wellness exam was not a lot of unnecessary, expensive tests; it was an action plan that would help me improve my overall health in the months that followed.
Proponents of concierge medicine argue that this kind of practice can actually save the system money. Typically, wellness exams devote most of the two hours to establishing extensive baseline measurements of how your body functions when it's healthy. Having those baselines might eventually spare you hospitalization for, say, chest pain. If you go to an ER, this kind of symptom often leads to hospitalization, which may be unnecessary, expensive and inconvenient. Having a baseline ECG on hand can help resolve the question of whether this is indeed an emergency, sparing you an overnight stay, notes Las Vegas concierge physician Candice Tung.
Keeping people out of the hospital can save money for the federal government, which picks up the tab for Medicare-patient hospitalizations. According to a 2010 study commissioned by MDVIP, the largest of the consulting companies that help concierge doctors manage their practices, Medicare patients cared for by -MDVIP physicians were hospitalized 79 percent less frequently than Medicare patients cared for by physicians in conventional practices. And -MDVIP patients under 65 who were covered by commercial insurance were in the hospital 72 percent less often than patients in conventional practices. If these figures represent concierge practices in general, they suggest that this form of personalized medicine may actually discourage overutilization of hospital services.
A New Class System
Individualized care may feel like a huge improvement for patients who can afford it, but what about those who can't? Many researchers and public-policy experts say doctors who limit their practices to patients who can afford an annual fee create a two-tier system, a "wealth care" some find ethically dubious.
Every doctor who transitions to a concierge practice leaves behind patients who can't afford to come along, raising the ethical issue of "patient abandonment." Critics note that when freshly minted physicians take the modern Hippocratic oath, they vow to "treat without exception all who seek [their] ministrations." In other words, an ethical doctor can't just walk away, letting the chips fall where they may. It is a transitioning physician's duty not only to suggest other doctors for patients who do not take the concierge route but also to make certain that -patients are not unleashed on a community without enough practitioners to absorb them.
The latter is a major issue, notes Dr. Jay Jacobson, an internist and professor emeritus at the University of Utah School of Medicine. "If an individual who is responsible for 2,000 patients quits a practice, taking only 300 of those patients along, that leaves 1,700 patients for the partners who remain in the practice to divide among them," he says. "Unless those doctors weren't very busy, which would be unusual, some—or many—of those patients will have a prolonged search for a new physician and in the meantime may wind up in the ER for routine problems." For this reason, many concierge doctors dedicate 10 percent or more of their practice to "scholarship patients," the sickest and most dependent people from their traditional practice. But no one believes that people are never left behind.
Public health experts also worry that concierge medicine limits the general public's access to primary care physicians, which inarguably it does. Primary care doctors, underpaid and overworked relative to specialists, are already in short supply. More than a quarter of today's primary care physicians are 56 or older and will probably retire within a decade. There are not nearly enough primary care doctors in the pipeline to replace them. One medical group estimates that in 2015 the country will have 62,900 fewer doctors (in all specialties) than needed.
And if it's hard to find a new primary care doctor now, expect things to get worse. While I was writing this article, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision to uphold most provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act. Assuming the law is fully implemented by the federal and state governments, it will open the door for health insurance to 30 million patients who are currently not covered.
The Bottom Line
I asked my go-to ethics guy—Arthur Caplan, head of the division of medical ethics at NYU Langone Medical -Center—for his take on concierge medicine. From a public-policy standpoint, he doesn't like it. "Concierge medicine is a symptom of not having enough primary care doctors," he states. "Our standard of care has just collapsed. Now you're being asked to pay for what you once expected as routine, like having the doctor return your call or not keep you waiting an hour in the office."
But the medical system doesn'tfunction the way it should. So for many of us, the $1,500-to-$2,100 annual retainer makes sense, even if we have to sacrifice some other purchases to pay for it. Sylvia Sanchez Lindsey, a patient of Dr. Tung's who recently retired after many years in human resource development in Las Vegas, has made that calculation.
When Lindsey experienced a violent allergic reaction to a sulfa drug prescribed after cosmetic surgery, her husband got on the phone with Dr. Tung shortly before midnight. By the time Lindsey, now in a coma, reached the hospital by ambulance, Dr. Tung had already had her records delivered there, which was hugely helpful to the attending physician. Lindsey feels that this kind of possibly lifesaving assistance is worth the cost. "If you break down the fee," she told me after her recovery, "it comes to about $125 a month. We all have choices about how we spend money, and this is mine." Choices, of course, assumes discretionary income, a luxury not every American enjoys.
My first visit with Dr. Fong occurred on March 15, barely half a year ago. To get a sense of how the relationship has unfolded, I counted the e-mails we'd exchanged. There were 75. After a few months with her, I realized I was solving problems without racking up extra doctors' bills. I was no longer racing to the acupuncturist out of frustration over not being able to get to see my primary care doctor about my bronchitis. I did not need to visit the allergist for hay fever or the dermatologist for a rash, because these are things that a primary care physician is perfectly capable of handling. (See "How Much Does It Really Cost?," for my conclusion about the net effect of concierge medicine on my bank balance.)
When I had a problem, I e-mailed Dr. Fong—actually, Mei-Ling and I were on a first-name basis—and she'd tell me what to do. For example, I was concerned about what seemed like a never-ending menstrual cycle. At one point, Dr. Fong sent me several well-crafted paragraphs describing how a deeply confused menopausal uterus and ovaries might behave and what she thought we might do about mine. After a very expensive pelvic ultrasound that showed nothing worrisome, she referred me to a gynecologist in San Francisco who focuses on menopause management and also takes my Blue Cross PPO. Dr. Fong made the appointment for me and sent the specialist a detailed chronology of my reproductive issues.
He suggested I try a CombiPatch, a transdermal hormone-therapy patch that contains both estrogen and progestin, which are continually released into the skin and the bloodstream. The next day, Dr. Fong and I talked it over. Because I had no risk factors—no breast cancer or heart disease—she thought I should give it a try.
Two days later, Dr. Fong texted me to see how I was faring. I was happy to tell her that at least for the moment, my female troubles were entirely resolved.
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Jean Elizabeth Baker, 67, died Monday, May 13, 2013.
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ZF-7702: E-Mail is sent to Reply-To if given
Adding a reply-to address (via setReplyTo()) and sending the mail results in sending the mail to the given address additionaly to TO/CC/BCC.
The setReplyTo() function uses _addRecipientAndHeader, but should work like setFrom(), where only the header is set.
This is the first patch I make, so I hope it's a good one.
The patch fixes the the Reply-To header functions. It's acting like the ReturnPath functions.
Are you doing this on windows and using the Sendmail Transport.
I am, but this has nothing to do with the fact that the Reply-To address is added to the receivers list, I think.
I'm experiencing same bug with SMTP under Linux! The Reply-To address must not be added to the list of recipients, but just to the headers.
Issue fixed. Thank you for reporting.
Thank you, Dolf. And I add some fix at trunk SVN r18566: 1) from tab code to 4 spaces. 2) from $name = $this->_filterEmail($name); to $name = $this->_filterName($name);
Was the patch useful? Just to know if I should create other patches in the future...
Patches are always usefull.
Even if te committer does not use it, he will always look at your sugestion and become an much better idea of what your problem and solution is.
It also gives you a better understanding of the framework.
And when you also add unittests to your patch, then the committer can use it completly without changes.
Yes, the patch certainly was useful as I hardly know anything about Zend_Mail (I did use it once though!). For some reason however your patch was pretty mangled up by which it was hard to see what actually did change, that is why I only used it as a reference. So please; do attach a patch too in future where possible, it is always appreciated!
This issue still exists as of v1.9.6. Seems like the patch never made it in.
Hi, Michael, It seems that possibly you might misunderstand about the Next Minor Release, for me.
the Next Minor Release means not 1.9.x but 1.10.0 . I hope this comment could help you. ;-)


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DNREC's Watershed Assessment Section and the Delaware Department of Transportation are sponsoring a rain barrel painting contest to educate young people on the benefits of using rain barrels to reduce rainwater run-off and improve water quality.
DNREC and DelDOT will select participants in the contest based on their application, design ideas and site placements. Once contest participants have been selected, they will have five weeks to finish their painting and submit final photographs and information requested.
The rain barrel designs will be voted on by the public online at delawarewatersheds.org. The top five painted entries will be displayed at this year's Delaware State Fair, where they will be voted on again by fair visitors for best painted rain barrel. These five grand prize winners will also participate in the annual Governors Day program at the Delaware State Fair.
To enter the contest, participants must complete and submit an application by March 3.
Completed applications can be sent to: DNREC Watershed Assessment Section, c/o Sharon Webb, 5 E. Reed St., Suite 305, Dover, 19901.
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When scrutinizing the public works payroll, the focus today is not just on dollars and cents, but on the total compensation package. Like private industry, municipalities fold salary, health insurance, and other benefits into an overall mix.
In January, we asked readers what they do, how long they've been doing it, and if they feel they're being compensated accordingly. We thank the 1300 PUBLIC WORKS readers who chimed in with their information (and their beefs), and congratulate the 10 who were randomly selected to receive a $25 gift certificate for completing our online questionnaire.
One of the biggest benefits to working at a municipality, respondents say, is the work-life balance. Public works departments offer a host of different job opportunities, and no two days are the same.
"I don't work 80 hours a week on the same engineering job," says a professional engineer working for a county in the Southeast. "I go home at night to my family, and start the next day with a new set of jobs to complete."
Benefits—like health insurance and paid time off—are definitely what keep employees in the public sector. Everyone knows that a government job offers great retirement benefits, excellent insurance, and regular holidays off. So why work anywhere else?
Because, say respondents, salaries are too low. Compensation is the No. 1 reason managers move to the private sector. Public works departments attempt to retain key employees by talking up intangible benefits, like work-life balance and the opportunity to help the public, which the private sector can't provide.
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ASK IRA: Could the Heat re-visit Mo Williams?
Q: Couldn't the Heat, which once went after Mo Williams, try and trade for him? Wouldn't a Beasley and Cook trade for Mo Williams be about the same money next year? — Jeremy.
A: I think that could be more of an after-the-fact type of trade, once the Heat and Cavaliers are done with free agency. If LeBron leaves Cleveland and doesn't come to Miami, then perhaps there could be something to Beasley-for-Mo. But I can't see the Heat, or any space team, making a play for before playing the free-agent market.
Q: How can Stern dictate there will not be a summit? D-Wade, LeBron, and Bosh can do what they please, as they will be free agents. – Phillip.
A: After July 1, they can do whatever the heck they want. For now, until all the opt-outs are made official, Wade, James and Bosh remain under contract to their 2009-10 teams, and therefore can't deal in contractual terms with players from other teams. Yet I am sure that once July 1 comes around, it will be every man for himself, and if Bosh, Stoudemire or Boozer can take money off the table from another free agent, they'll do it in a heartbeat. These guys are competitors first.
Q: Do you think the rumor of Riley planning on pitching to Wade, James and Bosh to take on less than max contracts is true? If so, do you think these guys would actually take this pitch seriously? I'm hoping if he does plan this pitch that they're not insulted, which might end up in us losing Wade. — York.
A: I don't see Bosh taking a penny less. And I'm not sure about LeBron or Dwyane, either.
Q: Assuming we have most of our cap space dedicated to two or three players by the start of the '10-11 season, how long do you anticipate it to take for the Heat to achieve the level of depth (or somewhere near) that both the Lakers and Celtics now possess? — Adrian
A: I'd say one more draft and one more free-agent cycle, when the Heat can again utilize the mid-level and other cap exceptions. But that is contingent upon the Heat walking away from 2010 free agency with three prime components. Otherwise, push the target date back by another year.
Q: Is there any scenario that could give the Heat Washington's No. 1 Pick? I believe John Wall would be the perfect fit and would keep Wade in Miami. — Tim.
A: So would have Derrick Rose, but the Heat couldn't get that No. 1 pick, either. No, John Wall appears beyond the Heat's reach.


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Updated: February 28, 2012 Lovers of literature – rejoice. The Feast is almost here!
Readers love writers and, of course, writers love readers. At Literary Feast 2012, both come together for four fun-filled days of literary events that raise funds for the Broward Public Library Foundation. From March 2-5, Literary Feast will showcase 17 outstanding authors in a series of happenings that range from panel discussions to intimate dinners. Last year, Literary Feast raised over $145,000, with proceeds helping to support literacy programs for all ages at Broward County Library. This year's Feast is already garnering media attention with its all-star line-up of authors and awesome events!
Ready to Feast? Tickets are on sale for Literary Feast 2012 – get yours!
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Author! Author! Who's Who at Literary Feast 2012
Literary Feast 2012 gathers together a genre-jumping array of writers representing everything from mysteries to biographies to literary fiction. Here's the author roster for Literary Feast 2012:
Diana Abu-Jaber, author of the Miami-based novel Birds of Paradise, is a part-time resident of South Florida and the author of three previous novels and a culinary memoir.
John U. Bacon is a writer, speaker and sports commentator who's latest book, Three and Out: Rich Rodriguez and the Michigan Wolverines in the Crucible of College Football, chronicles the story of a college football coach who inherits a winning team – only to lead them to three losing seasons.
Barry Barnes, a professor at Nova Southeastern University, explains a different perspective on success in his book Everything I Learned About Business I Learned From the Grateful Dead.
Mary Jane Clark has written more than a dozen thrillers, drawing on her experience as a TV journalist for her KEY News series of mysteries. She recently published the second book in her new "Wedding Cake Mystery" series.
Leila Cobo, pianist, TV host and executive editor of Latin content and programming for Billboard magazine, is the author of the acclaimed novel Tell Me Something True and the recently released The Second Time We Met.
Lauren Groff has written two novels and published a collection of short stories. Her second book, Arcadia, will come out in mid-March 2012.
Doc Hendley is the founder and president of Wine to Water, a nonprofit aid organization focused on providing clean water worldwide to those in need. Wine to Water: A Bartender's Quest to Bring Clean Water to the World, he writes about how one man can change the world.
Ann Hood's latest novel The Red Thread is a moving tale about Chinese adoption. One of her other ten books, The Knitting Circle, is being adapted into an HBO movie starring and produced by Katherine Heigl.
N.M. Kelby is the author of a guide to writing fiction and six novels, including the recently released White Truffles in Winter, an imaginative look at the life of a legendary chef.
Jeffrey Kluger is an expert at explaining things. A veteran writer of Time magazine, Kluger's latest book, The Sibling Effect: What the Bonds Among Brothers and Sisters Reveal About Us, takes on the myths and reality of familial relationships.
Bernice McFadden, novelist and humor writer, explores racial conflicts in Mississippi in her new book Gathering of Waters.
Andrew S. Rosen is the CEO of educational conglomerate Kaplan, Inc. and the author of Change.edu: Rebooting for the Talent Economy, a look at the U.S. higher education system.
David Rosenfelt has written a series of popular thrillers starring lawyer Andy Carpenter and his dog Tara. His newest mystery, Heart of a Killer, is a stand-alone novel that looks at an ordinary man facing extraordinary circumstances.
Sally Bedell Smith has penned a number of bestselling biographies. Her latest is Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of the Modern Monarch.
Julia Spencer-Fleming's seventh novel, One Was a Soldier, focuses on the issues facing veterans as they reenter life after service.
Kate White is the veteran editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine and the author of three career books for women and eight mystery novels including her latest So Pretty It Hurts and The Sixes: A Novel.
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Police: Man backs over wife in Orange City
Published: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 1:58 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 at 7:05 p.m.
An Orange City woman whose husband backed over her in a car is expected to survive, Orange City police officials said.
"A husband backed over his wife. The wife was conscious and was flown to Halifax Health Medical Center" in Daytona Beach, said Orange City police Detective Ken Jones. "That's all we know for now."
The incident is under investigation, Jones said.
"She was awake and concious, she had a couple of lacerations and they flew her to Halifax," said Orange Cirty police Cmdr. Jason Sampsell.
A caller to a dispatcher said the 1:14 p.m. incident happened at 1220 S. Volusia Ave., the parking lot of the Orange City Animal Hospital.
Preliminary reports to dispatchers said the woman was under a station wagon and bleeding from the head but alert and talking, and that the driver was having difficulty breathing.
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Built in 1783, Barrett House is located on the corner of Route 121 and Townshend Road, just across the street from the Grafton Inn.
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Woman takes off in SUV while driver pays bill
It seems a local man learned the hard way why it's never a good idea to leave the car running when you're not in it.
According to a Wauwatosa police report:
After getting into a conversation with a woman at a gas station, the man offered to take her for a drive.
He stopped at Metcalfe's Market, 6700 W. State St., about 8:20 p.m. April 13 to pay a bill, and left the vehicle running. She took off in the 2002 Acura MDX sports-utility vehicle, which belonged to the man's girlfriend.
Initial Reaction Podcast: A look ahead to US Open 2017, look back at Champions Tour event in Madison
Lake Country/Now sports director JR Radcliffe and Time Warner Cable Sports Channel's JP Cadorin chat about the Wisconsin sports scene, with an emphasis on Milwaukee-area preps. Find the podcast on Stitcher and iTunes.Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel sports columnist and golf writer Gary D'Amato stops by to chat about the next U.S. Open, to be hosted at Erin Hills Golf Course in Erin, Wisconsin. He also talks a little Bucks draft, and JP and JR focus on the selection of Thon Maker and the landing spots for former Wisconsin prep products Henry Ellenson and Diamond Stone. Plus, JP reports back from the inaugural PGA Tour Champions event, the American Family Insurance Championship, in Madison and the Kohler Grand Prix IndyCar race at Elkhart Lake. Each week,
Seventh-inning rally sparks Wauwatosa East over West, 5-4
Wauwatosa East rallied for three runs in the top of the seventh inning and then held off Wauwatosa West and came away with a thrilling 5-4 victory on June 25 at Breitlow Field in the annual Battle of Tosa nonconference game.
"I could say it's just another game, but last week we really struggled," West coach Jason Borski said. "We really wanted this game to finish out the week nicely."
Obviously, East coach Pete Schwichtenberg was feeling a little more upbeat afterward.
"It was huge because it's also a regional game (for seeding)," he pointed out. "We need to keep rolling, keep rolling; it was huge for the momentum to keep carrying through. Coming back in the end is something that was really huge. It kind of gives us our fight going into some big games this week."
East led 1-0 after one inning, and West tied it in the second. East took a 2-1 lead in the fourth inning, but West scored twice in the fifth for a 3-2 advantage. East scored three times in the seventh for a 5-3 lead and then held off the Trojans, who added a run and had the tying run on second when the game ended.» Read Full Article
Tosa police investigating armed robbery at North Shore Bank Wednesday
Wauwatosa police are investigating an armed robbery June 29 at North Shore Bank, 8706 W. North Ave.
According to Lt. Brian Zalewski, public information officer with the department, police responded to the bank around 9:20 a.m. for a holdup alarm. To suspects, who robbed the bank with a gun and while wearing masks, fled the scene before police arrived.
Along with Milwaukee police, officers located the two suspects near 49th and Congress streets shortly after. The suspects fled from the vehicle; one suspect was arrested and the other is at large. A gun and two masks were recovered.
Susan Doyle of North Shore Bank said staff is "fully cooperating with authorities" and is focusing on the safety of customers of and employees.
This is a developing story. More information will be provided as it's available.
Wauwatosa East baseball team stays hot
The Wauwatosa East baseball team continued its run of success by winning four of five this past week.
After starting the season 3-8, the Red Raiders have won eight of their last 11 games to pull to .500 at 11-11. Tosa East entered the final week of conference play tied with Franklin and Brookfield East for fifth in the Greater Metro at 8-7.
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Tosa East came away with a 2-1 win over Sussex Hamilton on June 20.
Hamilton jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the third inning. Tosa East plated both of its runs in the fifth on consecutive two-out RBI singles by Ricky Serrano and Sean Denny.» Read Full Article
Wauwatosa East's Bueckers nabs all-state honors for girls soccer
Wauwatosa East's Liz Bueckers was named honorable mention All-State by the Wisconsin Soccer Coaches Association after leading the Red Raiders with 16 goals.
Bueckers scored in 12 of the Red Raiders' 21 games, including scoring four goals against Franklin on May 26 and two goals against Greendale on May 31.
Bueckers was also named first-team all-conference in the Greater Metro. Senior defender Clara Kuranz took home second-team all-conference honors for the Red Raiders, while senior forward Chyna Sincere, sophomore midfielder Evan Knauss, senior defender Lauren Minette and senior goal keeper Lily Brock were named honorable mention all-conference.
Wauwatosa West baseball snaps skid with wins over Eisenhower
Offensive struggles have plagued the Wauwatosa West baseball team for most of the season, so it comes as no surprise it took a shutout for the Trojans to snap their 10-game losing streak with a win over New Berlin Eisenhower on June 20.
Tosa West then had its bats awaken the following night, scoring double-digit runs for the first time all season, to complete the sweep of Eisenhower.
After a win over Port Washington and losses to South Milwaukee and Wauwatosa East, the Trojans entered the week at 7-13 overall and 3-5 in the Woodland West.
"Overall, it was a pretty good week," West coach Jason Borski said. "We played more consistent baseball both offensively and defensively."
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Irish Fest gears up for week of classes at Tosa's CelticMKE Center
Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School will celebrate its 30th year in 2016 with a lineup of new and returning classes lead by local and international experts.
The weeklong program, which runs Aug. 15 - 19, at the CelticMKE Center in Wauwatosa, provides hands-on Irish cultural experience for all ages with classes in music, dance, history, crafts, language and more.
"Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School never fails to have something for everyone at any skill level," said Jane Walrath, director of the Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School. "We are thrilled to welcome back workshops that are student favorites while also introducing new classes and instructors."
For a complete schedule, instructor bios, class descriptions, updates and to register, visit irishfestsummerschool.com.
Tosa Skateboarders United hosts first event since opening of new park
The organization will host professional skater Grey Lutzka from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 2 at the Tosa Skatepark at Hart Park. Lutzka, who grew up in the Midwest and moved to California at age 18 is known for his technical skills and the distinction of being the only skater to win the Tampa Pro three times, according to a news release.
Lutzka will be available for a meet and greet from noon to 2 p.m. that day.
Bel Air Cantina will be on site, reviving its skater-inspired TSU360 taco. The event, sponsored by Phase II Skateshop and Crime Lab Skateboarding, will also feature prizes, contests, music, food and open skating.
Friends of Center Street Park will launch new barbecue event July 3
A new barbecue event will be coming to Center Street Park in time for the July Fourth weekend.
From 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday, July 3, The Friends of Center Street Park will host its inaugural Q & Brew event at the park, between Center and Clarke streets with a main entrance at 6420 W. Clarke St.
The event will feature a 14 cook competition and live music at 6 p.m. by local modern folk and indie rock band The Belle Weather. Beer from Big Head Brewing Company will be available from 4 to 9 p.m.
The idea for the event came from the East Tosa BBQ Appreciation Society, an informal group of neighborhood residents that gather monthly at community parks to share their latest barbecue recipes. As the group has grown, they've looked for ways to spread their love of barbecue, according to a news release.
Tickets for sampling the barbecue competition, including sides by Tall Guy and a Grill, can be purchased in advance at qandbrew.org. Tickets are limited and the public tasting will begin at 5 p.m.
Long-tenured sports writer Sky Skibosh heads into retirement, sort of
After 14 years, I am stepping down from my position as sports reporter/writer/columnist and tweet guy for Brookfield, Wauwatosa and New Berlin as of June 30.
I have been thinking about this since the end of the winter season. The main reason is my wife, Kathy, turned 65 (hopefully she won't read this) in July and is eligible for Medicare. I've been eligible for two years (I know, I look like I just turned 40).
The second reason is my kids and their spouses have given Kathy and me two new grandsons — Ayden in November and Lewis in February — to go along with Angeline, a 16-year-old Waukesha Northstar junior, and Aria, a perky 3-year old. We need more flexibility to go see them, especially Ayden, who lives in La Cresenta, California.
Favorite teams
I have been blessed with many great teams, too many to remember, since I can't remember what happened two days ago. But I want to bring up five in particular, all state champs in all three of my papers.» Read Full Article
Family, friends of man killed by Wauwatosa officer want answers
who was shot and killed by a Wauwatosa police officer, are calling for a comprehensive investigation into his death.The family and friends of Jay Anderson,
Anderson, 25, was shot about 3a.m. Thursday at Madison Park.
"If it was just him being in the park, how did it go so wrong so fast?" Shawn Moore, a family friend, said Saturday.
Wauwatosa Police Chief Barry Weber provided initial information on Thursday at the scene, saying officers were investigating a suspicious vehicle in a parking lot and saw it was occupied by a person with a gun.
The officer "fearing for his safety discharged his own weapon striking that person," Weber said.» Read Full Article
Tosa man with gun trove to plead guilty of illegal dealing
A Wauwatosa man has agreed to plead guilty in federal court to dealing firearms without a license and in the process will get rid of nearly 400 guns he had in his home, court records show.
Daniel Pelate, 61, is set to formally enter his plea July 7 before U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman.
Both the prosecutor and defense attorney will recommend two years of probation. Pelate faced up to five years in prison. As a felon, he will not able to legally possess a gun.
Pelate also agreed to pay a $50,000 fine. The 391 guns he has in his home will be sold through a federal firearms license holder. The fine will be paid out of the proceeds and Pelate will get to keep the rest, according to his attorney, Thomas Halloran.
Halloran said Pelate broke the law but labeled it a "technical violation." He said the case may have been hard to defend given the volume of guns involved. He said Pelate was a collector who was selling the guns on the side. His full-time job was as a salesman.» Read Full Article
Wauwatosa endorses bus rapid transit route, more approvals needed
The Wauwatosa Common Council gave its endorsement for a proposed bus rapid transit system in a divided 10-5 vote June 21.
The council approved a locally preferred alternative route that would connect major employment hubs and run from downtown Milwaukee to the Swan Boulevard Park and Ride in Wauwatosa, primarily along Wisconsin Avenue and Bluemound Road.
"It was an important first step in this process," Conway said of the council's approval, adding that whether or not council members have supported the idea, they've been supportive in helping to educate the public about the project.
City aldermen debated the issue at length June 21.
Alderwoman Allison Byrne said the proposed system is a "quality of life issue" and could help citizens with disabilities or those living at or below the poverty line without ready access to vehicles.» Read Full Article
Video: Tosa Top 5: Five things you need to know about in Wauwatosa this week
Here's a list of the top five stories from Wauwatosa this week:
1. Upgrade work at Center Street Park hits snag, options running dry
2. Wauwatosa School Board votes to give teachers a bump in pay
3. Hidden Tosa: Inside the Wauwatosa Police Department
4. Wauwatosa's Lutheran Home brings hope to Alzheimer's with day of fun» Read Full Article
Wauwatosa officer fatally shoots man at Madison Park
A Wauwatosa police officer shot and killed a man early Thursday morning while investigating a suspicious vehicle near the city's north side.
According to police, at approximately 3:03 a.m. Thursday, the officer noticed a man sitting in a vehicle in the parking lot at Madison Park, near 100th St. and Glendale Ave., with a handgun in his possession. The officer feared for his safety and discharged his weapon, striking the man.
Other police officers arriving on scene administered first aid, said Public Information Officer Brian Zalewski of the Wauwatosa Police Department. The man was transported by the Wauwatosa Fire Department to Froedtert Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The Milwaukee Police Department will conduct the investigation on the officer-involved shooting, which is standard protocol. The involved officer has been placed on administrative leave, which aligns with department protocol after a police-involved shooting.
Zalewski said there will be no news conference about the incident.» Read Full Article


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NASA engineers determining whether problem with ammonia flow-control valve may require space walk to fix.
In a situation described as urgent but not an emergency, NASA engineers worked Wednesday to determine what caused one of the International Space Station's two cooling systems to shut down.
Cooling functions were rerouted to the working system after a flow-control valve apparently failed in a loop carrying ammonia along the outside of the station, making it too cold, said NASA Public Affairs Officer Brandi Dean. All life-support and other critical systems were protected and working normally.
"The crew's in no danger at all," she said.
Some non-critical systems were shut down, but none of the science being conducted aboard the station was affected, she said.
Engineers are evaluating whether the problem is hardware- or software-related and "will take all the time necessary" before deciding whether a space walk is required to fix it, Dean said.
"It might just require a software upgrade," she said.
In August 2010, astronauts made three spacewalks to repair a broken ammonia coolant pump.
Wednesday, the six astronauts and cosmonauts of Expedition 38 spent the day preparing for upgrades and training for the capture of the commercial cargo craft Cygnus with the station's robotic arm Dec. 21.
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Snow. I'd forgotten all about it. But it's beautiful, it's soft and it's very, very cold. But that's what you get when you decide to visit Chicago in February, I guess. And whilst the rest of the Chi-town population is wrapping up against more days of the blimmin white stuff, Suzy and me are like kids cause we've not seen snow in four years.
Chicago is a city with seemingly endless possibilities for entertainment, sight seeing, eating and drinking and it's great to land somewhere where nobody knows your name.
After a quick trip up the Willis (formerly Sears) tower we spend our first evening in the Illinois city watching the Chicago Bulls at the mighty impressive United Center along with 20,000 other people. Whilst we may be up in the gods at least we're near the beer; that, allied to the fact that the Bulls ease past the challenge of local rivals Milwaukee Bucks by 110 to 91 with a triple-double from Joakim Noah, makes a very happy bunch of visitors. And whilst Derrick Rose remains the team's star, I've got a new hero - Carlos Boozer. We return to our brilliant, centrally-located Hampton Inn & Suites Chicago Downtown in the River North district, the choice of which proves a smart move on our part due to it being right in the heart of downtown, just north of The Loop.
It's also near the Red Line of the easily navigable El Train underground railway system; we buy day passes and start to make our adventures the next morning. It's always much easier to get an idea of a city's layout and size during the day and so it proves.
Checking the bean
We end up at Millennium Park, which is something of a centre of entertainment, nature and art. Because it's winter there's an outdoor ice rink and we toy with getting our skates on, but we have more important things to do, one of which being checking out the famous Cloud Gate.
It's a sculpture by Anish Kapoor, a British artist born in India, and it's a masterful, huge, distended, polished steel jelly-bean blob in which the downtown scenery is beautifully reflected. The skyline looks quite extraordinary and lends the city a contemporary regality. Of course, the colloquial nickname is The Bean, which shows the humour of the locals. But it's a brilliant piece that plays with perception - so much so that my wife Suzy clonks her head into it whilst trying to take a video. Oops! But no harm done, so we skip through the rest of the park - no music on the Great Lawn today, but in the summer you can tell that open-air concerts would be awesome there. It gets lovely and warm come July here, with temperatures kissing the 80s with some ease.
Back to the frozen icicle dripping from my chin, however. It seems we need to warm up which we duly do with a visit to the excellent Art Institute of Chicago which for 150 years has presented the good stuff.
It's a comprehensive museum with Old Masters alongside plenty of contemporary, decorative and visual arts and the one million square feet make it the second-biggest in the States (only the Met in NYC is bigger). Of the many famous works, Edward Hopper's study of aloneness, Nighthawks, and Grant Wood's American Gothic are highlights as is the ancient Egyptian gallery. Best of all, I buy an awesome pen in the shape of the heavy metal salute on the way out.
There's one thing you have to eat in Chicago and that is pizza. Famous for its deep dish, buttery crust, this is a long way from the mostly traditional Italian thin crust style. It truly is a wonder to behold and a wonder to eat, too. We round off the evening with a visit to the cinema to watch The Artist; a couple of post-movie drinks and we're done - despite planning to head to one of the many awesome blues clubs which are just getting started. But that will have to wait for another visit.
Despite my best efforts, our third day is spent downtown shopping on the Magnificent Mile - every store you could want is here for clothes and stuff apparently. I'm more interested in trying to find a decent set of darts to bring back to Cayman, but sadly I fail. I do, however, manage to snag a pretty sharp set of Nike trainers that I didn't know I was looking for until I saw them, so it ain't all bad.
A bit about food
We lunch at Crisp, a North Broadway eaterie that is famous for its Korean-tinged fried chicken. I'd seen it on one of those celebrity cooking shows previously and if it's good enough for Guy Fieri then it's gotta be worth a shout. And it comes up trumps; the Seoul Sassy adds a great ginger/garlic slight heat to the very tender chicken which, yes, is crispy on the outside. The salad that comes with it - Buddha Bowl - is a mix of vegetables with rice and topped with a fried egg. Strange, but outstanding nonetheless. A quick trip to the ace Myopic Books yields brain food that afternoon and we round off our trip with a final-evening visit to another awesome food place.
The Purple Pig is located on the Magnificent Mile and can be best described as a kind of pig-worshipping tapas-type bar. We're a little late due to unforeseen wine, so we have to wait, salivating, for half an hour before the table is ready. But by god it's worth it; plate after plate of extraordinary dishes are brought out for us to sample and share. There's fried pig's ear with crispy kale, braised pork shoulder and mash, turkey leg confit and the absolute star of the show - roasted bone marrow. The interior of the bone is a buttery delight; smeared on brioche it is delicate, rich and something that everyone needs to taste at one time in their lives. The Purple Pig's menu is great but this is something very special.
And so, a quick few beers later, we're packing to come back. Yes, it's cold in the winter, but that's no bad thing in itself; when you live in beach paradise it's great to get a dose of opposites once in a while. Chicago is as fast and furious as you want to make it, the inhabitants are friendly and the food is great. With the direct Cayman Airways flight taking around three hours, it could well be the ideal city break.


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American-realist painter Denise Dumont has been commissioned to judge the Second Annual Dover Days Plein Air Paint Out and Quick Draw competitions at The Green on April 27 through May 5.
The event will be held in conjunction with the 80th Annual Dover Days Festival. Artists in the Plein Air Paint Out may choose to paint as many canvases as they wish during the competition through May 1. There will be $1,000 in cash and prizes awarded at the event. One painting by each artist will be exhibited at the Biggs Museum of American Art during the Dover Days weekend.
The optional event plein air Quick Draw is scheduled on Sunday, May 5 and another $1,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded. Artists will have the opportunity to participate in a gallery show of their work during the summer.
Special lodging rates have been secured at a nearby suites hotel for out-of-town artists. For more information see the "If You Go" box.
About Dumont
Dumont received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Parsons School of Design. She also studied at the School of Visual Arts.
Born in New York, Dumont spent her childhood on Long Island and her adult years in New York City until 2004. She was drawn to the coastal landscapes and cityscapes of the Mid-Atlantic region, and today resides in coastal Delaware. Her paintings are held in public and private collections throughout the country and abroad. She exhibits regularly and is represented by fine art galleries in the Mid-Atlantic region.
WHAT Second Annual Dover Days Plein Air Paint Out and Quick Draw competitions
WHEN 9 a.m., Saturday April 27 through 12 p.m., Wednesday, May 1 (Plein Air Paint Out); 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Sunday, May 5 (Quick Draw competitions)
WHERE Annual Dover Days Plein Air Paint Out, 25 The Green, Dover
COST Free for spectators; $25 for artists to register for Paint Out; $ 20 for artists to register for Quick
Draw; $35 for artists to register for both events
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Welcome to the official website of Terry Redlin and the Redlin Art Center. Terry Redlin's interest in out-of-doors themes can be traced to his childhood in Watertown, South Dakota. Few artists can rival the standards of excellence achieved by Master Artist Terry Redlin over the past 25 years. He is truly one of the country's most widely collected painters of wildlife and Americana.
Immerse yourself in over 150 of Terry Redlin's original oil paintings beautifully showcased in an award-winning gallery. The Redlin Art Center is open year-round and admission is free.
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In 1995, as chief of staff to the first lady, Melanne Verveer watched from backstage as Hillary Clinton electrified the international women's conference in Beijing with her now-famous words: "Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights—once and for all."
"That moment had an indelible impact on me," says Verveer, 69, who since then has devoted herself to winning opportunities for women and girls through the State Department and NGOs—most notably Vital Voices Global Partnership, an international NGO she cofounded to invest in emerging women leaders. Now Verveer is switching arenas, moving to academia and the private sector to continue the work she began at State.
As executive director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (Georgetown University is her alma mater), Verveer is commissioning research on women peace builders in societies riven by conflict, such as Iraq and Myanmar.
Newest of all for Verveer is her entry into the for-profit world. The cofounder of Seneca Point Global, a consulting firm, she says she is advising private-sector companies on how to "establish and grow their global women's strategies." For example, her firm helps corporations provide training and loans for small- and medium-size women-run companies.
Although the repression of women continues around the globe, Verveer remains optimistic. She recalls the inspiring words of 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winner Tawakkol Karman, one of the leaders of an uprising against the authoritarian regime of Yemen's president: "The women were asleep, but now they've awakened—and they're not about to go back to sleep."
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"Half slips come in a variety of lengths. Depending on the skirt lengths you wear, it is a good idea to have more than one half slip in your wardrobe."
•Meet Tomima
Slip Sizing
Probably the most over-looked piece of lingerie today is the slip. However, if your outfit calls for one and you forgot to put it on, look out! The world will be seeing more of you than you intended.
A slip is a very helpful garment to have in your wardrobe. For example, if an unlined wool dress makes you itch, a slip between you and the dress can make wearing it bearable. Or, if you have a sheer skirt and don't want your silhouette to show through, a slip is just the trick. A slip can also smooth the lines of a clingy knit. Slips aren't just for your grandmother.
Finding Your Personal Slip Size
Full Slip
The traditional slip as we know it is called a full slip. In fact, several years ago, full slips were being bought and worn as dresses in the summer. These slips almost always have adjustable straps and can be as decorative or plain as you like. Sizing for these slips comes two ways: dress size (e.g. size 8 dress, size 8 slip) or bra band measurement (e.g. 34C bra size, 34 slip size).
Half slip
The half slip is very popular. It begins at the waist with an elastic waistband and comes in varying lengths depending on the skirt length you wear. Sizing for a half slip is based on your hip measurement:
Half slips come in a variety of lengths. Depending on the skirt lengths you wear, it is a good idea to have more than one half slip in your wardrobe. Half slips are based on an average 5' 4" woman. If you are taller, you may need to buy the next longest half slip.
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Strapless and Bra Slip
This style is a full slip with a built-in bra, which can be strapless or underwire. It can also include a padded or push-up bra with straps.
Tailored Slip
A full slip with very tailored lines. This slip gives a smooth line under knits or clingy fabric. Many times this style has a "non-cling" treatment given to the fabric.
Lacy Full Slip
As the name indicates, this is a slip with lavish lace trimmings. This slip can even be worn as a dress, but is most popular with sheer blouses with some detail showing through.
A flirty little mini full slip that comes in a length that hits between the top of the thigh to the middle of the thigh. This style is perfect for short skirts, asymmetrical hemlines, or skirts with slits.
A full or half slip with Lycra that provides a smooth line and some shapewear support. The stretch may be in the bra, bodice or all over. Great for wearing under body-conscious knits.
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Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue a Key to Walter Iooss's Access to Top Athletes
When you're trying to get access to top professional athletes, there's no calling card like a steady gig shooting swimsuit models for Sports Illustrated.
Walter Iooss Jr, whom we interviewed in our October issue about his close professional relationship with basketball legend Michael Jordan, has been photographing sports and athletes for 50 years, and photographing the models for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue for about 40 years.
"You have to ingratiate yourself [with athletes]," Iooss told us. "I've done it for so long, so my reputation helps me. They [star athletes] already think you can do something, so you're not wasting their time.
Then he adds, "The swimsuit issue is obviously a big help with all these horny athletes. They love that. It's remarkable how I could walk into a clubhouse and photograph anyone, as long as I give them a phone number of someone (in the SI Swimsuit issue)."
Not that he ever does that. "I'm not going to give it to them. They have their people contact the [model's] people."
But he shakes his head with wonder. "They think I can pimp for them. Some days I feel like a 69-year-old pimp. It's disgraceful that they need me to find a woman."
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ZF-10708: Cannot redeclare class
Unit tests of ZF2 fail with the following information:
E_COMPILE_ERROR: Cannot redeclare class ZendTest\File\Transfer\Adapter\HttpTest
#0 /home/rtuin/projects/github/zf2/tests/Zend/File/Transfer/Adapter/HTTPTest.php(283)
PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare class ZendTest\File\Transfer\Adapter\HttpTest in /home/rtuin/projects/github/zf2/tests/Zend/File/Transfer/Adapter/HTTPTest.php on line 283
It turns out there are 2 files containing the same class: HTTPTest.php and HttpTest.php
Working on a fix now.
Have you been tracking for some time? and if so, are you using a case insensitive file system (such as Mac, Windows)? We've noticed oddities like that before when we've renamed files to switch case.
Currently, master only shows a Zend/File/Transfer/Adapter/Http.php file, which leads me to believe this is the case for you. As such, I recommend either doing a new clone, or switching to a case sensitive drive partition.
Please note this issue is related to a Unit Test, rather than the library part of the framework. The exact path both of the files are in are in the "/tests/Zend/File/Transfer/Adapter/" folder.
I am running Ubuntu linux, on a case sensitive partition.
I think i have valid arguments for reopening this issue.
Missed that it was in "tests"; fixed in current master.