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Frequently Asked Questions
We have compiled a list of questions that we frequently receive about the Smart $aver® Incentive program. If your question is not listed, please contact us.
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How can I find a trade ally in my area that can provide this service?
Do I have to use a trade ally from the list?
No, use of a trade ally is not restricted to the list. Duke Energy in no way implies promotional support of any specific trade ally noted on the list. The purpose of the trade ally list is to provide a service to our customers looking for a potential trade ally. Customers are responsible for verifying certifications/licensing, if any, of the trade ally they choose.
What if I install the equipment myself?
Customers can install the equipment; however, Duke Energy may require site verification. Self-installed labor costs are not eligible for incentives.
Are newly constructed buildings available for incentives?
If the customer meets eligibility requirements, incentives are available for new construction with the exception of the equipment marked retrofit only on the application.
When do I submit my application?
For Smart $aver Prescriptive projects, once the eligible measures have been installed and are operable, you may submit your application. Prescriptive applications must be submitted within 90 days of project completion. See the Smart $aver Custom Incentive Program section for details on when to submit Custom applications.
What happens if incentives change before my project is completed?
Incentives are subject to change based on changes in the market. However, Duke Energy posts all changes on our website a minimum of three months prior to the change. Projects that were proposed prior to the incentive change date will be eligible for the original incentive amount. A copy of the proposal is required by Duke Energy to verify the proposal date. Projects without proposals will be eligible for the original incentives if the application is submitted within the 90-day required time frame.
Who receives the incentive payment: the customer or the trade ally?
Unless otherwise indicated on the application, the customer will receive the incentive check. However, the customer may choose to sign the incentive check over to the trade ally by signing the Payment Release Authorization section of the application. By signing, the customer also agrees that such action constitutes an irrevocable assignment of the incentive. The assigned incentive must reduce the purchase price paid for the equipment by an equal amount.
How do I determine the status of my application?
You may contact us by phone at 866.380.9580 or by sending an email to email@example.com.
How do I know if I am an eligible customer?
The following are eligible:
Ohio, Indiana, North Carolina and South
Carolina Nonresidential electric
customers are eligible.
Kentucky Nonresidential electric customers not on rate TT (Time-of-Day Rate for Service at Transmission Voltage).
In North Carolina and South Carolina, accounts on outdoor lighting rates OL, FL, PL, GL and NS are not eligible.
*Companies that have elected to opt out of the Energy Efficiency Rider are not eligible.
**Ohio nonresidential customers on rate TS electing to receive Smart $aver® incentives or Mercantile Self Direct rebates will see an increase in their energy efficiency rider ($.000049 to $.001781 per kWh) from the point of receiving the rebate, forward.
How long does it take to receive my incentive payment?
Checks are generally mailed within 3 weeks.
Where do I find out more information about the equipment and/or customer requirements?
Refer to the incentive application form for the equipment and customer requirements.
What are examples of energy conservation measures that could receive Custom Incentives?
Custom Incentive applications may include, but are not limited to, variable speed air compressors, thermal improvements to the roof and wall insulation, upgrades to windows and doors, on-demand ventilation systems, energy management systems, HVAC tune-up initiatives, energy recovery systems, energy-saving process upgrades, retro-commissioning of existing buildings, and non-prescriptive lighting measures such as reflectors.
What are the criteria for eligibility and what information do I need to provide?
Proposed energy conservation measures may be eligible for Custom Incentives if they clearly reduce electrical consumption and/or energy demand. Customers must submit a complete Custom Incentive application, questionnaire and supporting documentation, which outlines the proposed project and provides energy-saving estimates and implementation costs. To avoid delays in receiving your preliminary incentive offer, ensure that the application is completely filled out and that all the additional supporting data that is needed to review the project is attached to the application.
Currently, program guidelines do not allow for incentives that reduce the simple payback to under one year.
What is the process for Custom Incentive applications?
Please allow four to six weeks for your Custom Incentive application to be reviewed. Trade Allies who are completing an application to be incorporated into a customer proposal should plan well in advance to allow sufficient time.
Phase I: Application
The process begins when Duke Energy receives a Custom Incentive application and calculation (visit duke-energy.com/custom for more detailed instructions). After receipt, the application and calculations will be reviewed and the customer will be notified if there is any missing information. Once the application is complete, a technical review of the project takes place. During the technical review, the customer may be contacted again with a request for additional supporting data. Once the technical review is complete and all data has been accepted, the preliminary incentive is calculated and communicated to the customer. Duke Energy strives to review applications as quickly as possible. Reviews currently average four to six weeks in duration, with some applications requiring additional time. The length of time varies depending on the number of applications under review and the complexity of your project. If, at any time during the process, Duke Energy determines that the energy conservation measures do not meet its requirements, then the customer will be notified immediately.
Phase II: Installation and
Once a preliminary incentive is approved and accepted by the customer, the customer may proceed with installation. Upon completion, the customer notifies Duke Energy by submitting a completion form provided with the offer letter as well as receipts, invoices, or other proof of installation. Duke Energy then issues the payment in approximately 10 business days.
Phase III: Measurement &
Duke Energy verifies a portion of approved Custom Incentive applications. This involves an independent third-party visiting the facility where the energy conservation measures were installed to take measurements of the energy reductions.
What amount of Custom Incentive can be expected on an approved application?
Duke Energy calculates an incentive for each individual Custom Incentive application. The incentive is ultimately tied to the impact of the measures on the customer's load profile. Past incentives range from approximately 25 to 150 percent of the projected annual electrical savings from the proposed energy efficient equipment.
Why does the application form ask for so much detail?
Duke Energy calculates an incentive for every individual Custom Incentive application, so an exact incentive cannot be predicted without a completed application. However, we have published custom payment rates on our website so that you can estimate the incentive prior to applying. Visit duke-energy.com/custom to access these rates. The incentive is ultimately tied to the impact the measures have on the customer's load profile. Past incentives have ranged from approximately 25%-150% of the projected annual electrical savings from the proposed energy efficient equipment.
Our custom energy efficiency calculators will also estimate project incentives for small to medium size projects. Please visit duke-energy.com/customtogo to access these tools.
What rate should be used to calculate annual monetary savings from a proposed project?
Refer to your bill(s) or ask your Duke Energy Account Manager about your electricity rate schedule. If your facility is billed on a time-of-use rate, then the cost savings estimate should be calculated using on-peak and off-peak charges, as well as the appropriate energy and demand for on-peak and off-peak hours.
How does one apply for a project that involves some energy conservation measures that qualify for Prescriptive Incentives and some that require a Custom Incentive application?
If equipment that is eligible for a Prescriptive Incentive is submitted through the Custom application, the equipment will still receive the same incentive as it would through a Prescriptive application.
If the equipment that requires a Custom Incentive application is not integrated with the equipment that qualifies for a Prescriptive Incentive, then we encourage you to only submit the equipment that requires a Custom Incentive application. This will speed up the review process. If a combination of Prescriptive-eligible and Custom equipment is submitted, then we may ask you questions about the equipment in order to determine the most appropriate way to calculate an incentive.
My project reduces non-electrical energy use. Does it qualify?
Duke Energy's Smart $aver Custom Incentive program is only applicable to projects that reduce electrical energy and/or demand through energy efficiency measures.
Another electric utility provides a rebate that is not listed on Duke Energy's Smart $aver Prescriptive Incentive application. Is it eligible for a Custom Incentive?
Possibly. Submit a Custom Incentive application and the energy conservation measure will be considered.
How can I find a trade ally in my area that can provide this service?
Do I have to use a trade ally from the list?
No, use of a trade ally is not restricted to the list. Duke Energy in no way implies promotional support of any specific trade ally noted on the list. The purpose of the trade ally list is to provide a service to our customers looking for a potential trade ally. Customers are responsible for verifying certifications/licensing, if any, of the trade ally they choose.
Can I apply for a Custom Incentive if my project has already started?
No. Custom Incentives require pre-approval, which means that you must apply and receive approval before you start your project. The timing of the application is critical. You should apply once you have a proposal for a measure that will reduce your electrical usage, but BEFORE any equipment has been ordered, purchased or installed.
When will I receive the custom incentive payment?
Although the application must be submitted and approved prior to the start of your project, the payment itself is like a rebate and is received after a project is completed. Instructions on how to request payment will be included in the incentive pre-approval letter you receive from Duke Energy if your project is approved for an incentive.
Do I need to wait for an inspection before I install my equipment?
Once you have received an incentive pre-approval letter from Duke, you can install your equipment at any time. You do not need to wait for an inspection. If an inspection is requested, we will contact you to schedule at a time that is convenient for you.
What do I do if I receive a Custom Incentive offer and the energy conservation measures I undertake subsequently become part of the Prescriptive Incentive program?
Whenever feasible, energy efficiency equipment will be added to the list of Prescriptive Incentives. If the Prescriptive Incentive program adds a measure for which you have already received a Custom Incentive offer, then the following will apply:
- If the measure is added to the Prescriptive application before you complete your project, then you may receive the higher of the two amounts for your project.
- If the measure is added to the Prescriptive application after you have applied for a Custom Incentive payment for your project, then you will receive the Custom Incentive. There will be no adjustments to the incentive paid if the Prescriptive and Custom Incentives differ.
Because the Prescriptive Incentives involve averages across all customers and Custom Incentives are based on one customer, it is common for there to be some variation in Custom Incentive and Prescriptive Incentive offer amounts.
Are the following eligible for Custom Incentives?
- Capacitor banks: No. In most cases, the benefits of installing capacitors do not include significant energy and/or demand reductions.
- Compressed air redundancy: Smart $aver incentives require that the equipment being replaced be removed and disposed of properly. In the case of compressed air, adding system redundancy can be important. We permit you to keep the old compressed air system as a back-up to the new system in case of failure or maintenance. To qualify for a Custom Incentive and keep the old compressed air system as a back-up, the customer must provide and commit to an operational plan for the back-up system when submitting the custom application.
- De-lamping: Some de-lamping is eligible. As with any lighting project, the proposed light levels must be appropriate to the space involved. Provide a lumen method and study with a Custom Incentive application for de-lamping, and keep in mind that the de-lamping must have a simple payback of more than one year to be eligible for an incentive.
- Induction light fixtures: Yes. As with any lighting project, the fixture application must be appropriate to the proposed induction fixture. This prevents subsequent retrofits from negating the projected energy savings.
- LEDs: Some LEDs are eligible and others are not at this time. See details below.
- T8 and T5 fluorescents replacing T12 fluorescent: Installation of high performance and reduced wattage T8 fluorescents to replace T12 fluorescents may be eligible. Incentives for T5 and standard T8 fluorescents replacing T12 have been or are being phased out. See details below.
New construction:
Yes. With new construction and
major renovations, the baseline is
equal to the equipment or
facilities that the customer would
install if an incentive was not
available from Duke Energy.
Typically, this baseline is the
facilities/equipment that meet the
building energy code requirements,
which is usually based on ASHRAE
90.1 2007. The table below gives
state-by-state listings for new
construction and major renovation
baselines applicable to
most projects. In some
cases, such as state-owned
facilities, more stringent
standards may apply. Inquire at
if you believe that code calls for
a different baseline for your
project. Also, for new
construction, the incremental
implementation cost is the
difference between the cost of the
baseline equipment/facilities and
the cost of the proposed
energy-saving equipment/facilities.
The proposed design must consume
less electrical energy and be more
costly to implement than the
baseline design to receive an
State Applicable Building Code IN ASHRAE 90.1 2007 OH ASHRAE 90.1 2007 KY ASHRAE 90.1 2007 NC 20% better than ASHRAE 90.1 2007 SC ASHRAE 90.1 2004
- Polarized refrigerant oil additives: No. It is not clear that these additives can consistently produce savings in the ranges that vendors claim. Most HVAC manufacturers do not recommend using these additives in their systems, and, in some cases, will void the warranty of the system.
- Power factor correction equipment: No. The annual kilowatt-hour savings of power factor correction equipment is negligible.
- Renewable energy generation technologies: No. See details below.
- Surge protector/voltage control devices: No. In most cases, the benefits of voltage control devices do not include significant energy and/or demand reductions.
- VFDs on new equipment: For some new equipment, a VFD is considered to be a standard feature. In those cases, the VFD is not eligible for an incentive. Where a VFD is not standard for new equipment, an appropriate baseline can be established and the project simple payback is above one year, the application can be considered. On retrofit projects, VFDs can be considered if reduced electrical consumption is projected for the equipment on which the VFD is to be installed.
- VSD air compressors (Ohio & Indiana only): Eligibility depends on the equipment being replaced. New air compressors with variable speed drives are now eligible for a Prescriptive Incentive and should not be submitted through the Custom application. To qualify for a Prescriptive Incentive, the new unit must be a variable speed rotary vane compressor or variable speed screw compressor that replaces a rotary unit with inlet modulation control. Replacing other types of compressors as well as other compressed air system upgrades may qualify for Custom Incentives. Examples include replacing load/unload and variable displacement units; equipment replacement that results in a change in system size; and replacements integrated with automatic drains, air storage and controls.
Are T5 and standard T8 fluorescents replacing T12 fluorescents eligible for Smart $aver Custom Incentives?
Eligibility varies by state. In Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio and South Carolina, incentives for T5 and standard T8 fluorescents replacing T12 fluorescents have been phased out due to energy efficiency legislation and shifts in common practice. In Indiana, T5 and standard T8 fluorescents replacing T12 fluorescents remain eligible for incentives. In all states, replacements of T12 fluorescents with high performance or reduced wattage T8 fluorescents are eligible for incentives. Replacing HID or other lighting technologies with more energy efficient T5 and standard T8 fluorescents are eligible for incentives in all states. Finally, the replacement of T12 fluorescent with technologies that are more efficient than T5 and standard T8 fluorescents remains eligible for incentives in all states.
Eligibility Notes: In all cases, eligibility is dependent on receiving pre-approval through a custom application. Reduced wattage and high performance T8s must appear on the appropriate CEE qualified products list.
Smart $aver Custom Incentives and renewable energy generation technologies
The Smart $aver program regulations do not allow Duke Energy to offer incentives for renewable energy generation projects. Although these projects will reduce a customer's electricity purchases from Duke Energy, the approved programs are designed specifically for energy efficiency.
Example technologies that are not eligible for Smart $aver incentives include solar PV, wind, biomass-fueled generation, and combined heat and power. Any Smart $aver Custom Incentive application for these renewable energy generation projects will be declined. Currently, solar thermal for water heating is under review and eligibility is yet to be determined. Any Smart $aver Custom Incentive application for solar thermal for water heating will be placed on hold until eligibility is determined.
Are LED light bulb replacements eligible for Smart $aver Custom Incentives?
LED light bulbs that have earned the
ENERGY STAR® rating for the proposed use
can be evaluated for a Custom
ENERGY STAR Qualified Products List
Details of Smart $aver Custom Incentive LED lamp eligibility are listed below.
Indoor LED Lamps:
- Ohio & Indiana - Energy Star LED lamps replacing indoor incandescent bulbs must be submitted using the Smart $aver Prescriptive application. Other Energy Star LED Lamp replacements may be eligible for a Custom Incentive.
- Carolinas & Kentucky - Energy Star LED lamps may be eligible for a Custom Incentive. LED lamps must be listed on the Energy Star Qualified Light Bulbs list to qualify.
Outdoor LED Lamps
- Ohio & Indiana - Energy Star LED lamps replacing incandescent bulbs (retrofit only) may be eligible for a Custom Incentive. LED lamps must be listed on the Energy Star Qualified Light Bulbs list to qualify.
- Carolinas & Kentucky - Energy Star LED lamps may be eligible for a Custom Incentive. LED lamps must be listed on the Energy Star Qualified Light Bulbs list to qualify.
ENERGY STAR-qualified products are eligible for Custom Incentives where an LED light bulb will replace a non-LED light bulb in an existing fixture. On new construction, ENERGY STAR-qualified products are eligible for Custom Incentives as compared to the alternative non-LED light bulb that is appropriate for the fixture being installed.
Are LED fixtures eligible for Smart $aver Custom Incentives?
Some LED fixtures (where both bulb and ballast are replaced) are eligible for Custom Incentives. While we believe LED lighting has the potential to save customers a significant amount of energy, we provide incentives for only the most efficient and reliable products on the market. LED fixture Smart $aver Custom Incentive eligibility is listed below:
LED Fixture - Indoor:
- Ohio & Indiana - Energy Star or DLC qualified LED fixtures replacing 60 to 100 watt incandescent downlights should be submitted using the Smart $aver Prescriptive application. Energy Star or DLC qualified LED fixtures replacing the following may be eligible for a Custom Incentive, as long as the fixture is approved for the intended use.
- Incandescent downlights less than 60 watts or greater than 100 watts,
- Non-downlight incandescent, or
- Any non-incandescent fixture.
Some fixture categories will not be covered by Energy Star or DLC evaluation standards. Refer to the documentation below for direction in applying for Custom Incentives for such fixtures.
- Carolinas & Kentucky - Energy Star or DLC qualified LED fixtures replacing any fixture may be eligible for a Custom Incentive, as long as the fixture is approved for the intended use. Some fixtures categories will not be covered by Energy Star or DLC evaluation standards. Refer to the documentation below for direction in applying for Custom Incentives for such fixtures.
LED Fixture - Garage & Outdoor:
- Ohio & Indiana - Energy Star or DLC qualified LED fixtures replacing high intensity discharge fixtures are eligible for Smart $aver Prescriptive Incentives. Energy Star or DLC qualified LED fixtures replacing other fixtures may be eligible for a Custom Incentive, as long as the fixture is approved for the intended use. Some fixtures categories will not be covered by Energy Star or DLC evaluation standards. Refer to the documentation below for direction in applying for Custom Incentives for such fixtures.
- Carolinas & Kentucky - Energy Star or DLC qualified LED fixtures replacing any fixture may be eligible for a Custom Incentive, as long as the fixture is approved for the intended use. Some fixture categories will not be covered by Energy Star or DLC evaluation standards. Refer to the documentation below for direction in applying for Custom Incentives for such fixtures.
For more information on ENERGY STAR and DLC performance standards, please visit the following:
If the fixture category is not addressed by ENERGY STAR or DLC, what are the LED qualification requirements?
Through the Smart $aver Custom Incentive process, Duke Energy can evaluate specialty fixtures on a case-by-case-basis, as resources allow. Because of the added fixture qualification requirement in the review process, turnaround time for incentive offers, if granted, may take longer than with other applications. Prospective applications should include any and all available warranties, specifications and independent lab test results. Such documents include the following:
- Product data sheet with complete information on exact options being specified.
- LM-79 test. Provide report on
results of testing, conducted according
to IES standard LM-79 that provides
efficacy, output, color and photometric
distribution of your product. At a
minimum, the LM-79 test report(s)
should include:
- Luminaire efficacy (Lm/w)
- Light output (Lumens)
- Color rendering index (CRI)
- Correlated color temperature (CCT)
- LM-80 test. Provide LED package manufacturer IES LM-80 test report with results showing relative (%) light output over time at 55°C, 85°C and X°C (a third temperature at the manufacturer's choice).
- In-Situ temperature test. Provide test report indicating the temperature of the hottest LED In-Situ in ANSI/UL 1598-04 (hardwired) or ANSI/UL 153-05 (corded) environments. This temperature measurement will be used with LM-80 data to validate lumen maintenance and useful life of product. Note that this temperature measurement should be specially requested from the manufacturer as they are getting their UL testing.
- Product warranty and proof of UL listing.
Additional documentation, including photometric layouts, site plans and project site information may be required.
Testing by the U.S. Department of Energy's CALiPER (Commercially Available LED Product Evaluation and Reporting) program indicates that some manufacturers provide product specification sheets that show inaccurate or misleading information. Due to this, a Custom Incentive application for any proposed LED fixture requires a copy of a lab test reports performed by a CALiPER testing laboratory, listed at http://energy.gov/eere/ssl/solid-state-lighting. Test reports from any laboratory not listed on the CALiPER website will not be accepted.
How do I become a Duke Energy Smart $aver Participating trade ally?
Complete the trade ally registration form and email to firstname.lastname@example.com or fax to 866.908.4921.
This is a one-time registration. Once you have submitted a signed form, you do not have to fill it out again. Your company name and contact information will appear on the Smart $aver website as a tool to help customers find contractors in their area.
Duke Energy in no way implies promotional support of any specific trade ally noted on the list. Use of a trade ally is not restricted to the list. To remain on the list, a trade ally must submit or assist an eligible customer in submitting at least one incentive application during an 18-month period. Failure to do so will result in your company's name being removed from the list. If you submit an application for the next 18-month period, you will automatically be reinstated on the list.
What are the benefits of being on the participating trade ally list?
Your company name and contact information will be included in the Duke Energy trade ally search tool posted on the Smart $aver website. Customers can access the site and search for trade allies by location or specific technologies or equipment, in which they are interested in purchasing or installing.
How do you define a trade ally?
Any third-party who promotes the sale of and/or installs qualifying high-efficiency equipment for the customer is considered a trade ally. Trade allies who both sell and install the equipment are responsible for making sure the equipment is installed and operable. If the trade ally is responsible for the sale of the equipment only, then the trade ally is not required to ensure installation of the eligible equipment. All license requirements, if any, are solely the trade ally's responsibility.
Participating trade allies include equipment contractors, equipment trade allies, equipment manufacturers and distributors, energy service companies, and engineering or architectural firms, etc.
I am a trade ally/manufacturer and would like to talk to someone from Duke Energy about having my product included in Duke Energy's portfolio of high-efficiency measures.
Email the following information to email@example.com:
- Company name and contact information
- Description and application of your product(s)
- Manufacturer's specification sheets
- Any other supporting documentation that explains why this product(s) should be considered as part of Duke Energy's high-efficiency equipment portfolio
The equipment that currently appears in the portfolio has been pre-approved by the utility commissions of each state.
Once a year, Duke Energy will review the current portfolio and evaluate each technology against any new technologies and market standards. Engineering studies will be completed on any potential new technologies. Before changes can be made to the portfolio, Duke Energy must seek approval from the utility commission in that state. Changes to the program will be posted on the Duke Energy website and reflected in the applications.


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3.1On 22 June 1941, the day of the attack on the Soviet Union, the German military administration of Serbia arrested all leading communists, as well as persons that had fought against Franco in the Spanish civil war. The Jewish community of Belgrade was forced to provide a further 40 hostages daily. In "reprisal" for acts of resistance, there were almost daily shootings of hostages, communists and Jews held in German custody.262 In August, the arrests were extended to all Jewish men. As in the Soviet Union, the "measures of retaliation" in Serbia were thus directed against the image of the enemy as "Jewish Bolshevism". Despite the shootings, the Serbian resistance against the occupying power continued to grow. After 22 German soldiers were killed in a further attack, the General in command in Serbia, Böhme, ordered on 4 October "the immediate shooting of 100 Serbian prisoners for each German soldier killed", as a measure of "retaliation and punishment".263 According to Böhme, the prisoners of the concentration camps Sabac and Belgrade - "mainly Jews and communists", in particular - should be executed.264 About 2000 Jews and 200 Gypsies from these concentration camps were in fact killed, between 9 and 13 October.265 Böhme's policy of directing his "retaliation measures" against Jews in the first instance was explicitly supported by Luther, the Head of the German Department of the Foreign Office, and the specialist on Jewish Questions of the RSHA, Eichmann: in a letter of 16 September, Luther had directed the representative of the Foreign Office in Belgrad to treat the sum of the imprisoned Jewish men as hostages,266 and during a telephone conversation with the Department for Jewish Questions of the Foreign Office on 13 October 1941, Eichmann recommended that the entire group of persons in question should be shot.267
3.2On 10 October, Böhme issued the general command "to shoot 100 prisoners or hostages for every German soldier or ethnic German (man, women or child) killed or murdered", and "50 prisoners or hostages for every wounded German soldier or ethnic German".268 "Immediately" to be arrested as hostages were: "all Communists; all inhabitants suspected as such; all Jews to a man; a certain number of nationalistically and democratically minded inhabitants".269
3.3In accordance with this scheme, a further 2200 men were shot a few days later, Jews and Gypsies once more among them. This was in response to 10 casualties and 24 wounded in battle of the Wehrmacht forces.270 In the two weeks following the order of 10 October, Wehrmacht units shot more than 9000 Jews, Gypsies and other civilians.271 By the beginning of November, 8000 Jewish men had been executed by the firing squads.272 The families of those murdered were interned in concentration camps during the winter, and murdered early in the next year in gas-vans.273
259. ZSt., 208 AR-Z 252/59, vol. 6, pp. 1179, statement of Stanislaw Kozak. Start of construction was 1.11.41. Printed in NS-Massentötungen, pp. 152f. Michael Tregenza's study Belzec Death Camp confirms this date, WLB 30 (1977), pp. 8-25.
260. According to Arad, Belzec, p. 17, the first group of the 'Euthanasia' personnel arrived in Belzec between the end of October and the end of December.
261. Pohl, Lublin, pp. 101 and 105f.
262. Manoschek, Serbien, pp. 43f.
263. 'Repressalie und Sühne ... sofort für jeden ermordeten deutschen Soldaten 100 serbische Häftlinge zu erschießen'. Ibid. pp. 49ff.
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Fire guts fairgrounds rabbit barn, farmers market site
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A smoking frame and hunks of charred aluminum siding were all that was left of the former home of the River City Farmers Market Monday after an early morning fire ravaged the Washington County......
I do feel sorry for the vendors who lost their stuff, but any sound business-person would either insure the stuff or know the risk of keeping it in a place you do not own.
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Why don't have the market at the Armory ?
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What a Shame.
Great idea Joshbrown!!
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Because the Armory is not open yet.
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I am sure the farmers market will bounce back quickly.
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I'm a vendor at the market and did have ins...but found out it was for my home business..it didn't cover my stuff at the market.. so im out over $2000.00, but I will start over.
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WildsKitKat: Bummer. Just want to let you know that we go down to the market all the time and the best part of the whole deal is just talking to you vendors.Great Folks! (we always buy something from someone. I hope we had spent money with you)
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This sounds more like a flea market then a farmers market. A farmers market is where farmers bring their produce to sell, not nick nacks and craft items.
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RiverRat: the produce vendors are outside. No reason the other vendors can't be outside also. This whole thing used to be under a bridge. the back parking lot behind the Amory is perfect.
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Someone spends way to much time logging in and out just to hit the agree and disagree button!
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There is not enought parking at the armory. Not to mention the vendors trucks that many of them pull up and open their tailgates and set up pop up canopies. It would not work for the full market that you typically see on a Saturday.
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Beright...I sold candles and knitted items....and I love the market and all that come down
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Sorry for the loss that all the vendors experienced. Under the grandstand sounds like a good idea. Since the same rent can't be charged this impacts the Fair Board as well.
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Sounds like? If you had ever visited the market you would see that farmers DO sell their produce, meats, cheese, etc. Crafts items are a bonus
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SAN JOSE -- Parishioners of San Jose's Greater St. John The Baptist Church surveyed the unfathomable destruction of their storage trailer on Sunday morning, the second strike against their tidy church and the latest in a wave of arson plaguing a modest downtown neighborhood.
"We'll get through this. We'll survive," said one church official, who would not give his name. Congregants of the African-American church at the corner of South 26th and East San Antonio streets, dressed in their Sunday best, gazed at the structure's damage -- repaired by plywood after last Wednesday morning's blaze and now further charred.
The mystery of the 12 blazes since Wednesday, all believed to be arsons, deepens as city officials expand their hunt for the suspect, whose image has been detected by surveillance cameras and an eyewitness.
"Keep your eyes and ears open," San Jose Fire Department Capt. Robert Brown said Sunday morning. "We'll be asking residents to be aware of their surroundings, keep their homes well lit, with motion sensors and smoke detectors -- and if they see anything, call 911."
"The word is getting out," he said. "It's just a matter of time."
Brown went on to assure citizens, "We're talking to witnesses, looking at videos that are believed to be of the suspect in the area, moving around." And further, he said, "The motive is a mystery."
Just blocks from the church, another suspicious fire was reported at 1:55 a.m. Sunday in the first block of South 24th Street. That one damaged a fence and exterior siding of a house but was extinguished by neighbors.
A third fire, just before 7:30 a.m. in the 1300 block of East San Antonio, is thought to be accidental and unrelated to the others.
The fires have burned in the Roosevelt, Little Portugal, Wooster and Five Wounds neighborhoods of San Jose, as well as the eastern parts of the Brookwood Terrace, Naglee Park and Northside neighborhoods.
Just across the railroad tracks from the church, residents of Mobile Home Manor expressed worry about what looks to be a serial arsonist at work, but they felt helpless.
"We didn't know anything, or see anyone," said resident Noelle Bertran.
The San Jose Fire Department has released a sketch of a person of interest. The suspect is described as a white or Latino man, age 25 to 40, at least 6 feet tall and weighing 160 to 180 pounds. Eyewitnesses said he was wearing baggy clothes, large frame glasses and is very thin.
On Sunday, San Jose City Councilman Sam Liccardo distributed fliers, organized a "block watch" and met residents at the corner of Santa Clara and 17th streets. In a posting on his Facebook page, Liccardo said his office is seeking volunteers who are willing to stay awake at night for two-hour shifts and watch by their front window or porch in the neighborhoods that have been targeted.
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SNOWMASS VILLAGE - The inaugural Apres-Ski Cocktail Classic is March 14 through 17 in Snowmass Village, and co-founder Kim Haasarud is hoping to make it an annual affair for the town.
The four-day event features tastings, demonstrations and pairings - all celebrating the cocktail and its close partner, apres-ski.
"If you go and look at, like, Chamonix, when they do apres-ski, it's a huge party," Haasarud said. The Classic will "highlight the craft of the cocktail and highlight the apres-ski experience," she said.
Haasarud, a mixologist herself, said the demonstrations should appeal to people of all levels of familiarity with the topics.
"People just want to learn more about what they're drinking," she said.
Haasarud is producing the event along with her husband, Kevin, who formerly directed the HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, and Joe Lang, former executive director of Jazz Aspen Snowmass. Haasarud said the team chose Snowmass for a few reasons.
"Aspen sort of owns Aspen Food and Wine," she said. "(Snowmass is) a huge mountain and gets a lot of traffic. ... But also, it's a little funkier, a little more casual. Maybe they can own this."
The event's home base is the Westin Snowmass, with most tastings in the conference center, but some events also will be on the mountain and in Aspen. Some weekend highlights include a pub crawl in Aspen on St. Patrick's Day, an opening-night party at the Bar at Wildwood on March 14, grand tastings and a cheese-fondue-and-champagne pairing.
Weekend passes and individual event passes are available. Tickets can be purchased online or at The Overlook inside the Westin Snowmass. For a full schedule, visit www.apresskicc.com.


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First set comes right out with a Rift that never really locks in, like they can't quite hear each other as the monitors get settled in. Very rough. Into a solid, rocking Wilson. Trey mentions Hendrix's birthday. Divided Sky has some rough spots towards the end but, overall is pretty good and dynamic. This is quickly becoming a Gamehenge set as a really good Forbin's follows up with a great story and a equally tight Mockingbird. Melt is also tight and has a great jam. Cool it down with a light, mellow Lawn Boy. Then bring it right back up with a nice tight Reba. Also a nice jam on the end. Llama rips as usual. Mound is getting really good and is a great Mike call. Memories is surrounded by the usual shushing of the times. Jim is a great closet for a good first set.
After Page and Fish comment about stupid f-ing hats given to them, second set starts of with a tighter Axilla. Much improved although Page is playing piano for his solo instead of organ. Sounds like Fish isn't ready as Trey picks right into a decent Poor Heart. Possum seems to go on forever as Trey wails away. Glide is a little too fast and suffers a bit on Trey's part. It's Ice is better than the last one I heard but, still has rough spots. McGrupp continues the Gamegenge saga into the second set. Pretty good considering it's rareness but, is unfinished as Trey goes right into Walk the Line. I personally don't like this song for them but, it is funny to hear Mike try to sing in all the key signatures and getting as low as he can. Bowie then continues the foolishness with various teases. Not a bad Bowie. The Horse puts Trey out there all alone and this one is rough. Silent, on the other hand, is not that bad. It's getting tighter. Another installment of Faht is dedicated to Hendrix by Fish and includes audience participation. Nicely done. A-Train is pretty sweet jazz as usual. Fish stops to praise Hendrix again. Cavern makes for a rocking closer complete with Jimi teases and a little Trey speech at the end.
Of course, after talking about him all night, they have to play Bold as Love for Jimi. Well done.
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Dr. Jon Kedrowski graduated as a valedictorian and four-sport athlete from Eagle Valley High School in 1998. He went on to play NCAA Division I basketball, earn a doctorate in environmental geography, write books and climb Mount Everest.
Last week, he spoke to Eagle Valley High School students about his area of expertise - making goals a reality.
"Set your goals high, chase your Everest," he said. "There's no reason you can't go and do something great. Also remember that friends - the relationships you make - are important for helping you on your journey."
Climbing Everest last spring had been a lifelong goal for Kedrowski, ever since he discovered how much he loved mountains when he was a teenager. He framed his message in the context of that story and shared slides from his ascent.
"When I realized I wanted to climb Everest, I hung a photo of the mountain over my bed so I saw it every day when I woke up," he said. "Ask yourself each day what you want to do and then you have to do it!"
Kedrowski's story of Everest included a rescue he helped with and doubts over a short window of good weather for a second attempt. He wasn't able to summit on his first attempt because of crowds and assisting in a rescue. At one point, he gave his bottled oxygen to a climber who needed it more.
"The summit of Everest has 30 percent of the amount of oxygen that sea level does," he said. "It was tough going without supplemental oxygen - my body hurt from it - but I discovered I could do it."
It helped that he had kept his supplemental oxygen at minimal flows before that, so he never depended on it as much as others.
By the time he recovered at base camp, there was one last short window of good weather forecasted.
"People didn't think I could do it safely but I felt I could," he said. "People will tell you sometimes you can't do something but listen to yourself when you know you can do it. A sherpa asked me to go with him on his summit bid. He'd summited all eight times he had been on the peak and felt he could make it again. We made a very fast ascent, climbing to Camp III in one day and then summiting the next morning before the sun camp up."
Now that he's accomplished that goal, he is planning his next adventure to climb Gasherbrum I and II in Pakistan next year with the same sherpa he befriended. The Gasherbrum peaks are the 11th and 13th highest mountains in the world.
"I might also return to Everest to try it without oxygen someday," Kedrowski said.
In a way, a lot of Kedrowski's success kicked into high gear when he discovered the mountains as a kid.
"My parents encouraged my buddies and I to go off into the woods for a few days," he said. "We hiked up Grouse Mountain and I saw Mount of the Holy Cross for my first time."
Soon he was climbing Holy Cross. It was his first 14,000-foot peak. "Fourteeners," as they're called, are the highest peaks in the state. They are mountains above 14,000 feet in elevation and there are 54 in Colorado. Kedrowski climbed all of them as a teenager. It helped when he got his driver's license, which allowed him to drive to the mountains on his own.
Besides giving him a direction he would follow the rest of his life - up - all the summer hiking at altitude did something else for him.
"I returned to football practice and everyone was like, 'You're killing it on sprints!'" he said.
Eagle Valley High School Football Coach John Ramunno remembers that time fondly. He said above all, Kedrowski was always a hard worker with a positive attitude.
"I've been accused of being too positive," Kedrowski said.
Kedrowski finished climbing all of Colorado's fourteeners before he graduated high school but it wasn't for the last time. He did them all again, and camped on top of each one during a single season in 2011. It was for a book titled "Sleeping on the Summits."
He told the EVHS students that it was a way to stand out.
"Go do something that sets you apart from everyone else," he said.
It also prepared him for bigger challenges to come.
"Compared to Everest, sleeping on all the fourteeners was pretty easy," he said.
The bottom line of Kedrowski's message is to actively pick goals and take them seriously from the very beginning; that success comes in small, steady steps.
And it's not just lip service. Kedrowski is literally invested in programs to help young people succeed. He runs a No Off Days (NOD) Basketball Camp at EVHS in the summer and raises money for the Education Foundation of Eagle County through book sales and speaking engagements.
During an interview with a reporter, a student who knew him from the basketball camp approached him about college prospects. Kedrowski talked with the student in depth for a while and offered to give him a ride to visit the Fort Lewis College campus in Durango when he went down there over the weekend.
Clearly, Kedrowski keeps a busy schedule. He sleeps an average of six hours a night and spends most days training in the mountains, squeezing desk work in between. The main thing missing from his life right now is a lady.
"Eventually, I'd like to meet a woman and get married," he said. "I'd like to climb one of the easier seven summits with her, like Kilimanjaro."
The seven summits are the highest mountains of each continent. Kilimanjaro is Africa's highest.
For more information about Kedrowski, his books and organizations, visit www.jonkeverest.org.


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Published: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at 4:06 p.m.
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Over 200 years ago, our founders fought tyranny, uniquely giving us a democratic republic.
It changed the world.
Americans held liberty steadfast for over a century until Feb. 3, 1913, when the 16th Amendment began trading away our God-given liberties wrested, by our founders, from tyrants.
Since, we've bartered liberty for perceived physical and financial "security," lessening and weakening personal liberty.
The 16th Amendment (income tax) set the stage to diminish freedom ceding power to tax, thus track income.
The IRS was set up to monitor citizens' income, enabling the political class (the U.S. Senate and House) to know and control every aspect of our private lives.
To comply, we self-report all income-related life aspects.
The IRS code enables monitoring and manipulation, hence control of each of us.
The Supreme Court decision on the 2010 Affordable Care Act upheld citing "power to tax," adding control of medical life under tax policy.
FairTax is ready-made to replace income tax and is the game changer.
Look up FairTax, learn and join the fight to reverse government control of our lives. FairTax replaces income tax and abolishes the IRS.
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Since first introduced in the 1960s, the birth control pill ("the pill") has been a popular and extremely effective form of contraception. The pill is easy to use and, when taken correctly, it is 95% to 99.9% successful at preventing pregnancy. But, as with any medicine, there are both risks and benefits.
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USA, 2012, 80 Minute Running Time
Additional Countries: Argentina
Genre/Subjects: Art/Filmmaking, Drama
Programs: Focus on Nation Cinema: Argentina, New Directors ShowcaseLanguage: English, Spanish English Subtitles
DIRECTOR: Zach Weintraub
Producer: Bradley SmithEditor: Zach WeintraubScreenwriter: Zach WeintraubCinematographer: Nandan RaoPrincipal Cast: Zach Weintraub, Sophia Takal, Roger Delahaye
Josh (writer/director Zach Weintraub) is returning to Buenos Aires after a stint there as an exchange student, this time to work on a documentary about the lives of "real" Argentines. But his true reason for returning is to track down ex-girlfriend Martina, who has moved without a forwarding address.
Josh rents a room in his former apartment, as does fellow American Anna. The two discover an unexpected mutual attraction, even as Josh's project grows ever more remote. They don't fit in with the "ugly Americans" they encounter in the city, but neither are they Argentine. Josh struggles to make connections: it's clear he can't relate to young marrieds with children, but neither can he hang with guys at the skate park. A tour of a flour mill that never came to fruition mirrors his feelings of displacement and impotency; his project ideas are fruitless. While Josh's detachment grows, Anna meets Roger, a hip Porteño musician. Josh includes Roger in his project, and creates a love triangle.
With his feet in two countries, Josh experiences the growing pains of a person finding his place in the world. But despite his feelings of alienation in an unfamiliar setting, he takes a subtle comfort with it—he's choking, yet avoids connecting with anyone. The film is based on Weintraub's own experiences as an exchange student in Argentina, and largely reflects his own feelings while living there: "It really has seemed next to impossible to feel a sense of belonging in Buenos Aires."
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Christ Presbyterian Church, Akuapem
Akropong, Ghana The congregation is comprised of indigenous people, most
of whom are adults. But the youth and young adult presence is very strong.
The India Sunday School Union (ISSU) was formed in 1876 at a
conference of eight missionary bodies at Allahabad under the leadership of Rev
Dr T.J. Scott, a Methodist educator. From its inception ISSU has actively
promoted Christian education and nurture through its curriculum and training
'Kodaikanal International School is an autonomous residential school
with a broad college-oriented curriculum, serving young people from a
wide diversity of cultures. The School's academic program is
intentionally set within a community life based on the life and teaching
of Jesus Christ and devoted to service in India and the whole human
Fairly Large Church with Prep school
on the Compound close to the University Campus. Lots of work in
basic Pastoral Ministry with opportunity for administration and planning
skills. Committed congregation open to new ideas.
Jintaro Ueda (Anglican) - This specialized ministry
placement is an intentional community of mostly Asian men and women studying
and practicing rural farming and development techniques. ARI works to train
rural community leaders in the love of Christ and to facilitate the
self-development of marginalized people.
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international, English-language congregation and well into its second century
of ministry to Christians from many nationalities, races and
denominations. Tokyo Union Church has ministered in Tokyo for 135 years.
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Large historical congregation. -
Oldest congregation in Liberia, one of the oldest in Africa. - Declaration of
Independence was signed here.
Groomsport is a village
community set on the edge of a larger town, Bangor. About half the
congregation live in Bangor. We are largely a suburban congregation as
well as serving a village community. The Presbyterian Church in
Groomsport was established in 1841 with 150 subscribers under its first
minister, Rev. Isaac Mack. Church services were held in the home of a
parishioner at 17 Main Street until a site was acquired on the same street, in
June 1841. The Church was officially opened in 1843, with the bell tower and
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A.M.U soccer boys team has got East African cup which composed with
Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and Malawi.
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Family church, close to university, inter-cultural, international, inter-generational, contemporary/traditional worship.
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The board of education recognized top performing students at a meeting Tuesday. Surrounded by proud parents and grandparents, the students received certificates of achievement from the board. Benjamin Cottrell and Kaeli Subberwal, both 10th graders at Summit High School, received awards for achieving the highest score on the Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) test for math and reading, respectively. The following students were recognized for scoring in the 99th percentile on both reading and math on the NWEA test: Foster Krueger, fourth grade at Breckenridge Elementary; Jacob Lau, fifth grade at Silverthorne Elementary; Cole Sakata, third grade at Frisco Elementary; and Kaeli Subberwal, 10th grade at Summit High School.
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New Poinciana Hospital Already Plans Expansion
Emergency Department will go from 12 to 20 beds
Published: Friday, September 13, 2013 at 11:55 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, September 13, 2013 at 11:55 p.m.
POINCIANA | Two months after opening, Poinciana Medical Center has diagnosed its emergency department as having growing pains.
Demand for emergency department treatment exceeded expectations, hospital officials said this week. They plan to add eight emergency beds, expanding the department from 12 beds to 20.
That will be almost as many beds as the 24 private medical-surgical beds elsewhere in the hospital.
The new hospital is at 325 Cypress Parkway, Kissimmee, straddling the Polk- Osceola County border.
"Our medical staff and administrators are tremendously proud that the community has quickly embraced Poinciana Medical Center and trusted us with their health care," Chief Executive Officer Joanna Conley said in a news release.
"We've listened to feedback from the community and we're taking proactive steps."
More registered nurses are being sought for its emergency department and intensive care unit, according to a post last week on its Facebook page.
The emergency department is seeing 75 to 100 patients a day. More than 3,500 patients have been treated at PMC since it opened in July, demonstrating the community's need for care, Conley said.
"I trust Joanna Conley is doing what she believes is necessary, thank God," said Annette Brown-Best, co-founder of the former Friends of Poinciana Hospital.
She sent an earlier email thanking Conley and Hospital Corporation of America for expanding "so quickly for the needs of the residents."
The emergency department will gain 3,500 square feet, bringing it to 14,500 square feet. Construction is expected to start in mid-2014 and take about six months. A state certificate of need isn't needed to add emergency department beds, Conley said.
Patients aren't the only ones showing interest in PMC. One hundred fifty- three doctors are on its medical staff, said Jason Hisaw, Conley's executive assistant.
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Medicare is one of the hot topics in this year's presidential and congressional elections, with Republicans and Democrats claiming their opponents' plans will jeopardize, remake and even undo the 46-year-old program.
"The Ryan budget, which is what Bill Johnson voted for, will kill Medicare as we know it," Democrat Charlie Wilson said recently, referring to his opponent in the race for Ohio's 6th Congressional District seat.
"It's Charlie that cut $716 billion out of Medicare when he voted for the president's health care law," said Johnson, the incumbent Republican who unseated Wilson in the 2010 election.
While people pay into Medicare, it's an open-ended program, with taxpayers picking up the costs beyond the original focus, hospital coverage, according to www.factcheck.org, a nonpartisan project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. A 2012 Medicare trustees report estimates the hospital trust fund will be exhausted by 2024. Meanwhile, health care costs continue to rise and more and more baby boomers enter the system every day.
Dealing with those problems was part of the sweeping health care law derisively dubbed "Obamacare," a moniker President Barack Obama now accepts. It creates a board with the power to force payment cuts on the health care industry if Medicare costs rise above certain limits.
Republican challenger Mitt Romney meanwhile favors an approach he calls "premium support," which would allow future retirees to choose between traditional Medicare and private plans the government would help fund. Romney says competition will help lower health care costs, but critics have said that isn't possible without capping benefits, something the former Massachusetts governor opposes.
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A look at the claims made by the presidential candidates about Medicare can be found in the article "A Campaign Full of Mediscare" on www.factcheck.org
Each side has a lot to say about the other's plans, making the issue a potentially confusing one. FactCheck refers to the strategy of claiming Medicare is being gutted or about to end as "Mediscare" and says both parties engage in it.
Some campaign ads feature older individuals that might lead some viewers to believe the dire predictions being made for Medicare will affect current beneficiaries. But FactCheck says neither Ryan's nor Obama's plan "has much of a direct impact on current beneficiaries."
But it does not deny they could be affected.
The $716 billion Johnson and Romney refer to is to be trimmed from "future growth of Medicare spending over the next 10 years," FactCheck says. To Johnson, that's no different from cutting it.
"By any definition, that's going to reduce money available to Medicare," he said.
About $1.8 billion would be cut from seniors living along the Ohio River, Johnson said.
The president's health care law does call for gradually eliminating extra payments for the Medicare Advantage program, which likely would result in some changes for seniors using that plan, FactCheck says. Wilson said that program is 16 percent more expensive than regular Medicare and could be used to buy things like gym shoes and health club memberships. That money is put to better use elsewhere, he said.
"By the investment of the $716 billion, we extended the life of Medicare by eight years," Wilson said.
Johnson said he supports eliminating fraud and inappropriate expenses from Medicare, but reimbursements to providers cannot be slashed too low or they'll stop accepting Medicare patients.
The approach Johnson supports is the one touted by Romney and Ryan. He bristles at critics referring to it as a voucher program.
"It's not a voucher program," he said. "It gives people an option. They can go with traditional Medicare."
And Johnson is adamant that Medicare would stay the same for those currently receiving it.
"We protect Medicare for everybody that's 55 years of age and older," he said.
A campaign video posted online by Wilson's campaign claimed Johnson had voted to end Medicare by supporting Ryan's plan. A complaint was filed with the Ohio Elections Commission over that and a committee found probable cause to refer it to the entire commission. However, that complaint and one by Wilson's campaign against Johnson's over statements made in a press release about the probable cause vote were both dropped last week in a settlement agreement.
Wilson maintains the Ryan plan would end Medicare "as we know it," but acknowledged that wouldn't happen until the "voucher" portion is instituted. Still, current seniors would feel the effects, he argued.
"From day one, we lose 9,800 seniors that fall back into the Medicare Part D donut hole," Wilson said, adding that would cost 6th District residents an estimated $96 million over 10 years.
Wilson attributed the return of the donut hole to Johnson and other Republicans' pledge to repeal Obamacare, which included provisions to close the hole, the period when seniors have to pay 100 percent of the costs of their medications once they reach a certain threshold.
Johnson said that wouldn't happen. There are provisions of Obamacare - like prohibiting insurers from denying coverage for pre-existing conditions and allowing children to remain on their parents' insurance until age 26 - he believes are worth enacting in other legislation, after the original legislation is repealed in its entirety.
"What we will not do is put another 3,000-page bill in front of the American people and ask them to pass it before they read it," he said.
Another oft-repeated criticism of Ryan's plan is that it would increase costs for future Medicare recipients by an average of $6,400. But FactCheck says that claim is based on Ryan's original proposal, not the one he and Romney now favor. That could lead to increased out-of-pocket costs, but there hasn't been an estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
Wilson said the $6,400 is the last estimate they have, and argued the new plan is not significantly different from the original.
"They may move those numbers around, but it's going to be in that ballpark," he said.
Area voters said they are concerned about Medicare, but had differing views on how best to address it.
Devola resident Doug Farr, 79, said he believes the election could impact what Medicare provides for him.
"I don't believe what the Democrats say," he said. "I trust Ryan's plan. I think he is a man of integrity."
Aurelius Township resident Mark Wharton, 58, said he thinks it will take more than one man - even if he is president - to solve the issues facing Medicare.
"I would be leaning towards Romney, but I'm not sure he can do it either," he said.
In a recent letter to the editor, Williamstown resident Chester Meeker pointed to Obama's stance on Medicare as one reason voting for him would be "moving forward and not backward." He said thanks to the provisions of the health care law addressing the donut hole, it cut the amount he had to spend on a three-month supply of one medication from more than $700 to more than $300, and noted the hole would eventually be phased out entirely.


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As I've said in previous blog posts, partnerships between the government, including federal research institutions, biopharmaceutical research companies and academia are becoming increasingly important to help improve health care for millions of patients suffering from disease.
All three partners have historically depended on one another to combat some of the deadliest diseases facing patients in the U.S. and around the world. The government, for example, is a critical component in advancing medical innovation through the policies and programs it supports. Federal research institutions and academia conduct a lot of basic research and the biopharmaceutical industry often translates that research into the development of life-enhancing medicines.
The prescription drug discovery process is a lengthy and resource-intensive journey - it takes on average $1.3 billion and 10 to 15 years to develop just one medicine. And only 2 of 10 medicines that make it on the market for patients return revenues that match or exceed R&D costs.
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This charming portrait depicts the features of the daughter of Jean-Joseph d'Albenas, an officer in the Touraine regiment who distinguished himself in the American War of Independence before settling in Toulouse. Athénaïs is wearing a high-waisted light-coloured dress with puffed sleeves in the style popular with women in the late First Empire.
The slanting light which illuminates the young girl's silhouette from top to bottom differs from that of the landscape. It actually corresponds to the light in the studio in which the young model posed.
The undulating landscape is just a backdrop framing the portrait, a technique used by the early studio photographers. With its pretty sky dotted with clouds and succession of light and dark grounds, it follows the rules of composition for a traditional landscape and draws the eye from the factory on top of the hill towards a waterfall spanned by a little bridge in the foreground.
Boilly's work, which describes the life of the middle classes in Parisian society in stylised scenes, was very popular under the Empire and up until the 1830s. From 1800 onwards, his compositions became more complex and were peopled with numerous figures. As wry descriptions of modern life, they are meticulously executed with a refined palette. The artist became enthusiastic about the new technique of lithography and blazed the trail for a long line of 19th century caricaturists with his Recueil de grimaces [Compendium of Grimaces] published in 1823, which was to influence Daumier.
His gift for observation and the need to provide a source of income led him to paint a large number of portraits in every style: family portraits (La famille Gohin, 1787, Paris, Musée des Arts décoratifs), group portraits, facial studies (Lille, Musée des Beaux-Arts) or little half-length studies (Paris, Musée Marmottan). His full-length portraits against landscape backgrounds are his most refined work.


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STATELINE, Nev. - Most fans will bring hats, cards, golf balls, flags and photos for celebrities to sign during the American Century Championship week at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course. But one Michigan woman asks that the celebrities sign her artificial leg.
Christina Kellner lost most of her right leg in an automobile accident in 1987. She wears a $49,000 artificial leg and was using a crutch on Tuesday to help her get around Edgewood. This is her second year coming to the ACC in search of autographs, and said that she gets odd looks when she asks people to sign in the thigh area of her artificial leg. The idea just came to her one day she said.
"Being something unique and different, I thought maybe I might also get them to come over. In fact, when I asked Aaron Rodgers to sign it today, he came over and he looked at me and he goes, 'Really?' I go, 'Yeah, I got AJ Hawk's on here, it's OK.' He was a little hesitant, but he ended up signing it," Kellner said. "Jerry Rice last year, 'cause he usually doesn't do autographs, he said, 'I cannot not sign her leg.' And he signed it and Aaron today he was a little taken back a little bit. Yea, they're not quite sure at first."
But she has accumulated several autographs over the past two years and is looking for more before her time in Tahoe is up. On top of the celebrities she mentioned, Sterling Sharpe and Marcus Allen have also signed the leg she wears everyday. She thinks it ranks pretty high as far as odd autograph requests go.
"This would be the top as far as having anything signed," Kellner said. "This would be the top I would think. I would bet no one has ever came up and asked them to sign an artificial leg before."
She expects her current artificial leg to last for about six more years. After it wears out, she plans on holding on to it.
"I'm going to keep this one," Kellner said. "I got pictures, too, of some of them signing it. So this leg will be kept. The other ones have been donated to third-world countries."
One of her main targets this year was Rodgers, which she accomplished, but there is one more autograph she is after.
"I'd like to get Charles (Barkley) too, but I don't know if he does autographs."