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People with a wide array of skin problems now have a new option for medical care. Dr. Scott Green, a board-certified dermatologist, who has practiced in Fort Dodge since 1996, has launched a new business venture - Mid-Iowa Dermatology.
Green heads up a nine-person team that in addition to him includes a physician assistant, Katherine Blomgren; and two nurse practitioners - Barbara O'Connor and Crystal Meyer - registered nurses Kathy Hepburn, Christie Nielsen, Jennifer Dewinter and Jill Schott; and a receptionist, Joleen Green, who is Scott Green's wife.
Mid-Iowa Dermatology is headquartered in Fort Dodge at 22 N. 27th St., just north of the Crossroads Mall. In addition to seeing patients at the local site, regular clinics are held in Boone, Carroll, Clarion, Humboldt, Lake City, Pocahontas and Rockwell City. Patients will be first welcomed to the Fort Dodge office July 31, but are already being seen at the satellite locations.
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-Messenger photo by Hans MadsenDr. Scott Green looks at a sample under the microscope as his wife, Joleen Green, stands by with more specimens to check. The board-certified dermatologist is opening Mid-Iowa Dermatology at 22 N. 27th St. on July 31.
"We saw an opportunity to expand into other areas to serve not only Fort Dodge, but the surrounding communities," Scott Green said, explaining his decision to found Mid-Iowa Dermatology.
"The focus will be medical, surgical and cosmetic dermatology," Green said. "Some dermatologists do strictly surgery, like mole surgery where they specialize in cancer surgery. Some will focus strictly on cosmetics, cosmetic procedures. We kind of do all of it."
He said the complicated process of getting the new office ready is now virtually completed and regrets any inconvenience the transition may have caused.
"I want to apologize to my patients for the delay in getting our Fort Dodge office up and running, but we are once again happy to serve the community needs," Green said.
The mix of patients Mid-Iowa Dermatology is geared to serve is diverse.
"It's a broad spectrum," Green said. "Anywhere from infants to the elderly."
The nature of the ailments the professionals at Mid-Iowa Dermatology can address is similarly extensive.
"We have a mixture," Green said. "We have lots of things like eczema ... which are ongoing. They go through phases, remissions. We also have plenty of things that are self-limiting - viral conditions, bacterial infections, things that are fixable. Things that go away."
The variety of conditions dermatologists see is part of the specialty's appeal to Green.
"I knew from the first day of my dermatology rotation that's what I wanted to do," he said. "It's a specialty where you get to do a lot of different things. ... You can do medicine. You can do surgery, cosmetic things, diagnostic tests. It covers a lot of areas. It's always interesting. ... There's a whole mix of things. That's why it's fun to do this, because we see so many different things. We get to help people who have chronic conditions. We also help people who have things that are curable or self-remitting. That's gratifying."
Green said previous patients who wish to be seen at Mid-Iowa Dermatology will find the process of transferring very simple. He said new patients are also welcome and stressed that his office is geared to accept most payment sources.
Patient convenience will be a priority at Mid-Iowa Dermatology.
"We'll be very accessible," Green said. "We'll have fairly immediate openings, so we'll be able to cover all of their needs quickly. We'll have low wait-times; very short wait-times in the waiting room."
He emphasized that while he regularly receives patient referrals from other physicians, that is not required. People who need care can make appointments directly with his office.
An added advantage of seeking care at Mid-Iowa Dermatology is that it is adjacent to Radiant Skin & Spa, owned by Kyle and Sherry Ruge.
"They will help us with the cosmetic portion, the products," Green said, noting that his office will market a variety of high-quality skin care products.
Meet Scott Green, M.D.
Scott Green grew up in Fort Dodge. He graduated from Fort Dodge Senior High in 1977. Then it was on to the University of Iowa where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1981 and his medical degree in 1984. Green did an internship at Lutheran Hospital, LaCrosse, Wis., and returned to the University of Iowa for a dermatology residency that he completed in 1988. Green became board certified in dermatology in 1988. He practiced for eight years in Salem, Ore., before returning to Fort Dodge. He was affiliated with Physician Practice Management Corp. and its successor - Trimark Physicians Group - from 1996 until establishing Mid-Iowa Dermatology. Though no longer part of Trimark, Green remains affiliated with Trinity Regional Medical Center.
Green married Joleen Pagel, of Clare, in 1979. The Greens have three adult children. Nate Green, 30, is a lawyer who practices in Washington, D.C. BJ Green, 29, is a doctor of osteopathy who is a third-year surgical resident at Mercy Medical Center in Des Moines. Alex Green, 26, is a financial analyst in Chicago.
Scott Green said he and his wife returned to Fort Dodge because they both have family here and thought it was a good place to raise their family.
"To raise our children in an environment like we grew up in," he said. "Good Midwestern values, you can't beat that. ... You can be a part of the community. It's small enough to know a good share of the community, but it's big enough to offer plenty of things to do."
The Greens are both active in Noon Rotary and are members of New Covenant Christian Church.


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After commencing a career as a clarinettist and conductor of a music-theatre company in London, of which Sir Simon Rattle was Patron (1985-90), Doran was appointed to directorships of four major international arts festivals (1991-2003). These included:
At the age of 42, Seán Doran was appointed Artistic Director & Chief Executive of English National Opera (from 2003), the first Irishman ever to lead one of England's national arts companies.
Today he leads his own company Insideworld Imagine.
In 2002 Seán Doran was awarded the Centenary Medal by the Australian Government for his directorship of the Perth Festival. In 2001 Seán also became an Australian citizen alongside his Irish citizenship. He is married to the opera singer Ruby Philogene (http://www.philogene.net/) and lives in both London and Perth, Australia.
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'Doran's sense of place is acute – and strategic...
In some ways Doran's nerve is breathtaking' VICTORIA LAURIE, THE AUSTRALIAN
'The most beautiful show of the year in operatic London'
Two of Seán's final inspirations at ENO were to pair Deborah Warner & Ian Bostridge in Benjamin Britten's Death in Venice and to invite Improbable Theatre to make their opera debut with the composer Philip Glass (Satyagraha 2007). Death in Venice became the second most popular Britten production in ENO's history. Satyagraha is the most popular contemporary work in ENO's history, selling over 17,000 tickets. Both productions were outstanding artistic and critical successes.
The artists of Seán's programming at ENO were awarded all eight nominations at the 2006 Olivier Awards, winning both opera category awards.
In more popular mode, Seán presented Bono of U2 in his first live on stage Conversation (with The Guardian's Robin Denselow in 1995) and opened the literature component of his inaugural Belfast Festival with Australian icons Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue (1997).
It was Seán's idea to grass London's Trafalgar Square, Glyndebourne-style, in preparation for its first ever opera staging in 2004. However, many will remember Seán's most daring and successful audience development idea of all: taking English National Opera to the Glastonbury Festival in June 2004 when over 50,000 popular music fans responded with glee to Act 3 of Richard Wagner's opera The Valkyrie.

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Another treat; another of the finest films ever made: Peter Weir's Fearless. Based partially on the journey of United Airlines Flight 232: Dennis Fitch, who helped return that crippled craft to earth: "For the 30 minutes I was up there, I was the most alive I've ever been. That is the only way I can describe it to you."
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extraordinary film. truly memorable. muchas gracias, blue. this was at Tampa Theatre some time ago. hard to imaginate a more perfect venue for Fearless.


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American Express Discount Rate & Merchant Account
American Express discount rates are higher due in large part to the company's closed loop system.
Update: American Express has introduced OptBlue, which is a new pricing structure that will replace the company's current One Point pricing for most businesses. OptBlue allows processors to add a markup to Amex's base rates, which creates different rates for American Express among processors. Please follow the previous link to learn more about OptBlue.
American Express operates on a closed loop network whereby it issues credit cards directly to cardholders and merchant accounts directly to businesses.
Since American Express issues merchant accounts directly, the company also governs its own discount rates. Therefore, the rate that a business pays to accept an American Express card will remain the same regardless of the credit card processor it uses to process Visa, MasterCard and Discover transactions.
A credit card processor that claims to offer lower American Express credit card processing fees than its competition is simply being misleading. American Express sets its own discount rates which are exactly the same for all credit card processors.
- Closed Loop Network
- American Express Discount Rates
- American Express Refunds: Hidden Fee
- American Express Settlement
- American Express One Point
- Should You Accept American Express?
- Opening an American Express Merchant Account
- Transferring an American Express Merchant Account
Closed Loop Network
American Express operates on a closed loop network. This means that American Express issues credit cards directly to its cardholders, and opens merchant accounts directly for business that accept its cards.
The closed loop network of American Express gives the company a competitive advantage over open loop networks like Visa and MasterCard.
Unlike American Express, Visa and MasterCard do not issue or acquire credit cards. Instead, these companies maintain an open network that allows various issuing and acquiring banks to communicate in order to facilitate the credit card processing system.
It's easiest to think of American Express's closed loop network as a dictatorship, and the open loop network of Visa and MasterCard as a democracy.
Since American Express does not have to answer to any other financial institution for issuing or acquiring, the company is free to set its discount rates at whatever level the market will bear. This is why businesses pay significantly more to process American Express credit cards than they do to process MasterCard or Visa credit card transactions.
American Express Discount Rates
American Express discount rates are based largely on a business's merchant category code (MCC). Unlike Visa and MasterCard interchange fees, American Express discount rates have relatively few qualification factors.
American Express discount rates for retail stores and restaurants will downgrade (meaning the rate increases) if a transaction is keyed-in rather than swiping a card, but most rates are the same regardless of transaction method.
American Express does not charge a credit card transaction fee and a discount rate for every industry category. Many rates consist of a percentage-base charge (discount rate) without a transaction fee (flat dollar amount, i.e. $0.10).
However, virtually all credit card processing services will charge a fee to process American Express transactions through their network. So, even if American Express does not charge a transaction fee directly, a business will inevitably have to pay a transaction fee to its credit card processor for processing American Express transactions.
The following table outlines basic American Express discount rates. Keep in mind that discount rates are subject to change, and you should check with American Express, or your credit card processor for the latest rate information.
|Business Type
|American Express Discount Rate & Transaction Fee
|Fast Food Restaurant
|Mail Order & Internet
|Restaurant *
|3.50% plus a $0.05 Transaction Fee
|Other Transportation
|Independent Gas Stations
|Retail *
|2.89% plus a $0.10 Transaction Fee*
|Services, Wholesale & All Other
|2.89% plus $0.15 Transaction Fee*
|Office-based Doctor, Dentist, Orthodontist
|Healthcare not office-based
|2.89% plus $0.15 Transaction Fee
|* A surcharge of 0.30% will apply to transactions that are not swiped. For example, keyed-in, e-commerce and other card-not-present transactions will be charged a discount fee of 3.80% instead of 3.50%
American Express Settlement
In addition to charging hefty discount rates, American Express transactions take longer to settle when compared to Visa and MasterCard. This means that deposits for American Express credit card sales take longer to show up in your business checking account than deposits for Visa and MasterCard sales.
Barring a processor-imposed risk hold, Visa and MasterCard transactions are generally settled within 24-48 hours, meaning that deposits will show in your business checking account 24-48 hours after approved authorizations are sent to the processor for settlement.
With the exception of American Express One Point, which we will cover in a moment; American Express transactions typically take almost twice as long to settle as Visa and MasterCard transactions. Deposits will generally take three to seven business days to show up in your business checking account.
Check out our article about the credit card transaction process for a more detailed explanation of credit card authorization and settlement.
American Express One Point
American Express One Point (also referred to as American Express Full Service by First Data) is a program offered by American Express that makes it possible for participating processor to streamline the authorization, settlement and reporting of American Express processing volume.
The main advantages to American Express One Point are faster settlement of American Express transactions and reporting that is easier to reconcile.
American Express One Point makes it possible for a processor to settle American Express processing volume along with Visa, MasterCard and Discover volume. Instead of receiving a separate, delayed deposit for American Express transactions, all credit card sales are sent in a single deposit in the time it takes to settle Visa and MasterCard volume. This means that American Express volume settles roughly one to four days faster through One Point than it does with a traditional American Express merchant account.
One Point also streamlines the reporting of American Express volume. Instead of receiving a separate statement for American Express transactions, One Point makes it possible for a processor to report the card volume and charges for Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express on a single monthly statement.
Accept American Express?
High discount rates and delayed settlement lead many businesses to give careful consideration to the costs and benefits associated with accepting American Express credit cards. In fact, we help many businesses here at CardFellow that opt not to accept American Express citing the increased costs.
Customer demand and cash flow requirements are typically the primary determining factors when considering whether or not to accept American Express.
Businesses that cater to a professional clientele or that operate within the travel and tourism industry will likely be forced to accept American Express due to customer demand.
The following table provides an estimate of the percentage of total charge volume that American Express will account for within a given industry. Businesses that operate within industries with a high percentage of American Express volume should strongly consider accepting the card.
|American Express % of Total Charge Volume
|Restaurant / Food Service
|Travel & Tourism
|Supermarket & Grocery
|E-Commerce & Mail-Order
|Business-to-Business Service & Wholesale
Businesses that require steady cash flow should give careful consideration to the extended settlement time associated with American Express processing volume. If cash flow is a concern and customer demand for American Express is high, only processors that are able to offer American Express One Point should be considered.
American Express Discount Rates
A little-known "hidden" credit card processing fee is associated with issuing a customer refund. The issuing banks of Visa, MasterCard and Discover will reimburse businesses a portion of fees when a customer is given a refund. American Express does not refund fees unless a business agrees to pay a higher discount rate on gross sales volume.
Note: Even though fees are refunded by Visa, MasterCard and Discover, processors often intercept the refund before it reaches the business. Read how to stop your processor from stealing your refunds here: Credit Card Refunds: Is Your Processor Stealing Your Credit?
On page 21, section 4.7 of its Merchant Reference Guide, American Express states (bold and underline styling added by CardFellow):
"A Credit may occur when a Merchant processes a refund for purchases or payments made on the Card. If the Merchant issues a Credit, we will not refund the Discount or any other fees or assessments previously applied on the corresponding Charge, unless the Merchant elects to increase its Discount Rate by 40 basis points (0.40%), in which case, if the Merchant issues a Credit, we will refund the Discount (but not any other fees or assessments) previously applied on the portion of the corresponding Charge that has been credited."
Essentially, a business has to pay more up front to receive a refund on fees for returns. American Express is a winner either way.
Opening an American Express Merchant Account
It is not necessary to contact American Express directly to open a merchant account. If you choose to accept American Express, the processor that you choose to handle your Visa, MasterCard and Discover volume will be able to open an American Express account on your behalf.
The processor will integrate your American Express merchant account into your credit card machine, gateway or other processing solution so that all card brands can be processed through the same application.
Transferring an American Express Merchant Account
A business cannot have more than one American Express merchant account. If a processor opened an account for your business in the past, a new processor will not be able to open a new American Express merchant account on your behalf.
Instead, you will have to provide the new processor with your existing American Express merchant account number so that they may reference the account when configuring your credit card machine, gateway, etc.
If you have lost your American Express merchant identification number, you will need to contact American Express directly. Processors cannot obtain a lost merchant ID number on your behalf.


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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. _ Benefits are an important component of any employment arrangement.
Workers fortunate enough to have jobs that offer pensions and health insurance are seeing reductions in coverage, increased co-pays or dropped coverage altogether.
Alabama teachers and other state employees are facing possibly another year with no pay hike along with increased cost-sharing for individual and family health insurance plans. Any cost-sharing hike would be the first in more than 20 years.
Teachers and noneducation state employees could also see a major change in state policy that will require at least 30 years of service before being eligible for retirement at age 55, as opposed to the present 25 years at a minimum age of 50. The retirement age shift will probably only apply to new hires, as it should.
Teacher-lobbyist Paul Hubbert, executive director of the powerful Alabama Education Association, sent an ominous warning about rising benefits costs in June in AEA's bi-weekly Alabama Journal.
Hubbert said the Public Education Employee Health Insurance board (PEEHIP), of which he is chairman, may have to implement cost-saving measures to keep the program "solvent" for members.
"In the beginning, quality expensive health benefits were designed to help education employees offset what was often low pay and long hours," he told the Journal. "Since the 1980s, health care has become more valued and more expensive, and now it is one of the most important things to education employees and retirees."
He echoed that position last week, saying, "We've got to balance what people can afford out of pocket and what the state can afford to be able to pay our claims."The rise in claims, indeed, has skyrocketed.
State pension and health care costs for Alabama teachers, state employees and state retirees have risen a staggering 238 percent just in the last decade - from $667 million in fiscal year 1999 to $2.3 billion this fiscal year. The $2.3 billion figure is nearly one-third of the $7.3 billion Alabama Special Education Trust Fund budget.
If benefits aren't reduced or employees aren't tapped to pay more for them, officials estimate the state's cost to provide health insurance and pension coverage would jump to $2.7 billion in fiscal 2011, an 18.5 percent increase over this year's estimate.
The PEEHIP covers 156,000 active and retired education employees. The counterpart State Employees Insurance Board covers 55,000 active and retired noneducation state employees.
State Education Superintendent Dr. Joe Morton proposed last week several cost saving measures, including the later retirement age and make public employees contribute 6 percent of their salaries for pension coverage instead of the 5 percent most pay now.
He also suggested freezing the state's current obligation to PEEHIP at this year's $972 million level - a projected $285 million less than is needed - which would force its board to cut benefits, raise premiums for active and retired employees and increase co-pays.
State Employee Association Executive Director Mac McArthur doesn't share Hubbert's willingness to spread the cost at a time when state workers have gone back-to-back years without salary hikes.
It's a thorny situation made more interesting by Hubbert's openness to solutions that could hit his constituents in the pocketbook.
Something must be done and it's got to be more than just talking about it. State benefits officials have seen an uptick lately in PEEHIP and SEIB participants, the result of spouses and dependents switching over after losing private health benefits.
Doing nothing could result in hundreds of million of dollars directed from vital programs. Let's hope lawmakers will remember their nonlobbying constituencies when they face those critical budget decisions.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Lawmakers seem to be leaning toward granting Tesla Motors an exception in a bill that would block manufacturers from selling automobiles directly to Ohioans.
A Senate panel revised the bill on Tuesday to allow Tesla to hold up to three dealer licenses in Ohio unless the company is sold, acquired or starts making cars that aren't 100 percent electric-powered. The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles already granted Tesla two licenses for its stores in Cincinnati and Columbus.
Senate Bill 260 still has to be approved by the Senate, go through the committee process on the House side and be approved by that body before becoming law, which could take months.
Tesla does not sell its luxury electric cars through dealerships. Instead, the company operates stores where customers can look at models of the car, ask questions and test drive a vehicle.
Stores tend to be built in or near malls or places with lots of foot traffic and feature a few vehicles instead of hundreds displayed at dealerships. Customers order the vehicles online.
Tesla officials have hinted that Northeast Ohio would be its next location in Ohio, but they said Tuesday they haven't committed to Cleveland. Diarmuid O'Connell, Tesla's vice president of business development, said the company is also considering Akron, Dayton and Toledo, among other Ohio cities.
"The nice thing about Ohio is you've got a diverse number of areas with an attractive population," O'Connell said.
If Tesla has the opportunity to expand — either to a third location through this bill or unlimited locations if the measure fails — where should they open up shop next? Take our poll above and explain your choice in the comments section.


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The Wizard of Oz
By: L. Frank Baum
Music and Lyrics by: Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg
Directed by: Ian Leonard
Vocal Direction by: Sheila Townsend
Choreography by: Jillian Toby Cummings
We are excited to announce that the next production will be co-produced by Los Altos Stage Company. THE WIZARD OF OZ will perform July 18 through August 3, 2014. Because of expected demand, there will be 14 performances instead of the usual 10. This is a chance to be part of a more professional show featuring three professional actors as teaching artists.
Sheila Townsend, actress, conductor and vocal instructor. (Glinda)
Kimberly Kaye, a singer & dancer with extensive performing experience. (Wicked Witch)
Daniel P Wilson, professional actor, director & arts educator, also the associate artistic director of Los Altos Stage Company. (Wizard, Professor)
These teaching artists will also conduct master classes in their fields. Youth actors will work on their performing and audition skills and apply them to a mock audition. Note that there are many of important parts in Wizard of Oz to be cast: Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man, Lion, Lullaby League and many more. There will be lots of singing and dancing for all characters.
Audition Information
Audition will take place May 13 & 14 from 4-7pm at the Hillview Community Center, please write to firstname.lastname@example.com to request an audition time:
May 13: 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, 6:30 or
May 14: 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, 6:30.
- Casting ages 10-20
- A few roles or production positions available for interns 21-30
- Come prepared to move!
- Prepare one minute of classic Broadway song
- Call back will be May 17 (College students may audition this day by appointment.)
June 2 - July 3 & July 7-10, 6-8:30pm, Hillview Multipurpose Room
Tech week July 13-17
Master classes will take place on Fridays. Sample Master Classes include:
Movement Techniques for the Actor
This Master class will explore movement from an actor's perspective: understanding oneself in neutral, finding a character's center, shifting where a character 'moves from', exploring things like walking/sitting as a character, as well as the technique of Animal Explorations – with varying levels of humanizing as a 'secret' methodology for unique character development and movement creation. It will also explore the use of props/costumes as character extensions and/or masks.
Getting What You Want (Onstage)
Prepping a monologue for an audition or tackling your script after landing the part may seem intimidating at first. You dive in, but no matter how angry/excited/sad you try to be, it all seems fake. The problem is with trying to "be an emotion" instead of taking action. It's called acting for a reason! In this session, we'll work on discovering what your character wants and how to use active verbs to get it.
Performance weekends
July -August 3 (14 performances)
Los Altos Residents: $289 All Others: $307
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As he readies for the fourth edition of his annual Folkus Project gig Saturday night at the Westcott Community Center, Elbridge guitarist, songwriter and singer Loren Barrigar sees some really cool things happening in 2011.
He's ready to reprise his collaboration with New Zealand guitarist Mark Mazengarb because of the positive reception they received this year while teaming in Nashville at the annual Chet Atkins Appreciation Society convention.
Barrigar says the pair set up to play in the main hotel lobby.
"Within 15 minutes, we had people all around us, and we were selling CDs out of our bags," Barrigar says of their trip south in July. One of the watchers was Nokie Edwards, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his work with The Ventures, including the memorable guitar line on the evergreen song "Hawaii Five-O."
"I knew (Edwards) played 'Dance with Me,' so I had Mark start to play it and I joined in," Barrigar recalls. "Nokie stopped and said, 'I like what you're doing.' I gave my guitar to Nokie and I spent 15 minutes watching Nokie play guitar with Mark Mazengarb. It was great."
Plenty of folks had that same opinion about the work of Mazengarb and Barrigar.
They had one scheduled performance at the convention. "We were the new kids," Barrigar explains.
The right people heard them play.
"We went to say goodbye to the convention director on Saturday morning, and he said, 'We'd like you to stay for the tribute show tonight.' They gave us two songs, and we got a standing ovation," Barrigar says of the duo's performance of "To Be or Not to Be" and a medley that included "Apache," "Ghost Riders in the Sky" and "Jerusalem's Ridge."
On his website, Canadian fingerstyle champion Bob Evans called the work of Barrigar and Mazengarb among the best of the new players in 2010, citing their "stunningly great guitar duets."
Mazengarb will return from New Zealand to tour with Barrigar in May, July and August. Sandwiched around Mazengarb's June tour in Europe.
"We'll play from North Carolina to Maine," Barrigar says.
Australian guitar star Tommy Emmanuel asked Barrigar to open a half-dozen shows for him this year, and Barrigar thinks he and Mazengarb, both students of Emmanuel, could tour more with Emmanuel in 2012.
Barrigar also is producing a CD he recorded with Mazengarb at SubCat Music Studios in Skaneateles in 2010, as well as a project from Manlius singer-songwriter Greg Hoover. He says he's finding plenty of satisfaction finding the right place for the right pieces on the production side of things.
From Feb. 16 to 20, Barrigar will play in Memphis, at the Folk Alliance Convention, hoping to catch the attention of theater owners and booking agents. He says he'd love to play 100 gigs a year from his home base in Elbridge, with his wife, Mary, and their two children.
"I'm finding out I can do it," he says of the national work.
At 8 p.m. Saturday, he expects cool things at the Westcott Community Center, 826 Euclid Ave., Syracuse.
"It's a great atmosphere, with great people at the shows," he says.
The admission is $15 for the general public, $12 for Westcott Community Center members.
Folkus Project director Dana Cooke thinks the Syracuse organization has a great secret to unveil at 8 p.m. Friday at May Memorial Unitarian Society, 3800 E. Genesee St., Syracuse.
The Parkington Sisters feature five siblings from Massachusetts who've been acclaimed as the best "Under the Radar" group by American Songwriter magazine.
Lydia, Rose, Nora, Sarah and Ariel blend string work, voices and styles.
They pick their set list from Stravinsky, Joni Mitchell, the Pixies, Radiohead and the Motown catalog.
Tickets are $15 for the general public, $10 for members.
NEXT WEEK'S PLANNER: Frankly, Feinstein plays notable pops concerts for SSO
Vocalist Michael Feinstein is the special guest artist Jan. 14 and 15, as the singer and pianist joins the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra for a pops series show titled "The Sinatra Project." Feinstein, dubbed "The Ambassador of the Great American Songbook," will perform songs made famous by ol' blue eyes, Frank Sinatra, from Feinstein's 2009 Concord Records album "The Sinatra Project." Fans can expect to hear "Fools Rush In," "You Go to My Head, "Begin the Beguine," "I've Got a Crush on You" and more. Tickets are $15, $25 or $40. Call 424-8200 or 800-724-3810 or go to www.syracusesymphony.org.


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THURSDAY, July 23 (HealthDay News) -- Postmenopausal women with elevated insulin levels may be at higher risk of developing breast cancer, a new study says.
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in New York City found a strong association between elevated insulin levels in the blood and increased risk of breast cancer. Their findings were published online in the International Journal of Cancer.
"Up to now, only a few studies have directly investigated whether insulin levels are associated with breast cancer risk," said Geoffrey Kabat, the lead author and senior epidemiologist in the department of epidemiology and population health at Einstein. "Our study involved analyzing repeated measurements of insulin taken over several years -- which provides a more accurate picture of the possible association between insulin levels and breast cancer risk."
Kabat's team examined data on 5,450 women who took part in the Women's Health Initiative, a large study that looked at how various factors influence women's health. The researchers found that women with insulin levels in the highest third were twice as likely to develop breast cancer as women in the bottom third. The team also discovered that the link between elevated insulin levels and breast cancer was stronger for thin women than for obese women, who tend to have higher insulin levels.
"This finding is potentially important because it indicates that, in postmenopausal women, insulin may be a risk factor for breast cancer that is independent of obesity," Kabat said in the news release.
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Now, I don't always agree with all studies, but I do find this interesting.
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High carb consumption is linked to insulin resistance and therefore abnormally high insulin levels.
Research seems to increasingly support the idea that the more we diverge from the diet we evolved to eat, the more likely we will experience health issues.
Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. -Oscar Wilde
"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." -George Bernard Shaw
"The trouble with jogging is that the ice falls out of your glass." -Martin Mull
Cancer cells principally use glucose, so is it the high insulin that's causal, or is it the high carbs/high glucose for which the insulin is just an indicator?


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Purchase: I tried this used older Antares because it has short flaps. It was on usedsaddles.com site and I was able to trade a saddle I already had. Without the trade it would have been $850, I think.
Likes: This saddle has a nice wide gullet and my horses love it! Although this one has short billets, that doesn't bother me. It is very well balanced; it allows you to just 'be' in the correct position. At first I thought that it felt bulky where the stirrup bars are, but I think that was just because it is different from my old saddle. I only thought that for the first ride. I love it! Now I know why Passier is recommended so highly.
Dislikes: The only things are irrelevant; it was used and was knocked around a bit by its previous owner. But that's why it was affordable.
Quality: The Passier construction is the best I've seen. I've had other well made English and German saddles. These are the best.
Summary: It's a well balanced saddle that allows me to ride comfortably and effectively. Its wide channel is great for my horses, they go better in this than anything else.
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Sport Facilities Fund
This section contains information on sportscotland's main capital funding programme for the development of sports facilities, the Sport Facilities Fund.
This programme covers the provision or upgrading of all facilities for the general community. In the main, proposals will be led by local authorities, clubs, trusts and the like.
This funding stream funds developments that are for the public good and will provide equitable opportunities for increased sports participation by the community at local level.
Priority will be given to projects that have established/will establish with the sports programmes and/or initiatives operated by the local authority, national governing body for sport and their associates/partners.
Applicants need to demonstrate that the proposed development is for the public good and will provide equitable opportunities for increased sports participation by the community at local level.
This funding stream is for capital expenditure only. We distribute this in accordance with the Government's policy directions for lottery and funds for capital expenditure on sports projects which benefit the community. We cannot fund projects that are already underway, where building contracts are already let.
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At the beginning of the year, I authored an article laying out fifty predictions for 2013. The picks ranged from highly speculative to coin tosses that I believed had a better than average chance of going in my direction based on market strategies that have historically outperformed. Below I list the fifty predictions in bold with commentary on how this forecast has fared year-to-date. I have given myself letter ratings on each prediction. Feel free to assign your own grades in the comments section.
U.S. Stocks
The S&P 500 (SPY) makes a new all-time high, but closes beneath that plateau for the year. The S&P 500 eclipsed its former all-time high close of 1565 on March 28th, faster than I anticipated. With the index now ending the week above 1700 for the first time, closing below 1565 for the year seems a distant memory. Not everyone was calling for a new all-time high to be reached in 2013, and investment bank equity analysts were targeting on average high single digit annual gains at the beginning of the year. I did not expect a 19.9% return through the beginning of August, but I will take it. Grade: BThe equal-weighted S&P 500 (RSP) outperforms its capitalization-weighted alternative. The equal weighted index has produced a total return of 23.34%, besting the market capitalization-weighted S&P 500. Long-time readers know that I have long extolled the virtues of equal weighting. The lagging performance of former top holding Apple (AAPL), which has 1/14th of the weight in the equal weighted index has contributed to the outperformance of the equal weighted strategy. Grade: AThe Russell 2000 (IWM) outperforms the S&P 500 as small caps outpace large caps. The Russell 2000 has bested the S&P 500 by nearly five percent with the small cap index producing an impressive 24.8% return year-to-date. Grade: AThe shares of Bank of America (BAC) outperform J.P. Morgan (JPM) and Wells Fargo (WFC) on both an absolute and risk -adjusted basis. Bank of America has outperformed the broade! r market, producing a 28% total return year-to-date, but it has lagged Wells Fargo (32.1%) and J.P. Morgan (31.1%) while exhibiting higher volatility. Grade: C-The banking sector (XLF) outperforms the S&P 500. The Financial Selector Sector SPDR has produced a 27.9% year-to-date, besting the S&P 500 by roughly 8%. Grade: AHomebuilders (XHB) outperform the S&P 500, but not when adjusting for their variability of returns, which is over twice that of the broader market. Homebuilders, often extolled as top picks for 2013 given the domestic housing recovery, have lagged the S&P 500, producing a 16% total return that trails the broader market by roughly 4%. Trailing 200 day volatility has been 22% as compared to 12.4% for the S&P 500. Lots of investors were crowding into homebuilders in 2012, and this forecast was meant to highlight that alpha is only generated when outperformance is not achieved through simply taking more than proportional risk. Homebuilders ha ve lagged and been much more risky than the market at large. Grade: B-Apollo Group (APOL), owner of the University of Phoenix, is taken private. Apollo Group is producing roughly the same amount of free cash flow as in 2006, but is trading at an enterprise value that is roughly one-sixth of its former level. Even despite the controversy over the efficacy of these for-profit learning institutions, and the wary eye of the federal government, I expect an investor to eventually lever up this still impressive cash generation machine. Grade: C-/IncompleteSafeway (SWY) spins off a portion of its real estate assets into a real estate investment trust, prompting a rise in the shares of the grocer. Safeway has produced a 40% total return and a 74% return over the last twelve months. When Seeking Alpha came out with its Alpha Rich article ideas, Safeway was going to be my first article, but my exposure as a lender to the company at my day job made this a conflict of interest to which I did not want to run afoul. I believed that the company, whi! ch had ag! gressively bought back shares in the past two years only to see its share price continue to swoon, would follow Canadian grocer Loblaw into the REIT concept. Low interest rates had increased the value of REIT equities, and a business that owned the company's real estate assets and leased them to the grocer could command a premium value while freeing up an additional capital expenditure budget that the grocer could use to streamline its business, reduce debt, or return additional capital to shareholders. Instead in April 2013, Safeway IPO'd a minority portion of its prepaid and gift card network, Blackhawk (HAWK), and in June 2013 Safeway sold its Canadian grocery assets to Empire's Sobeys Inc for C$5.8bn with proceeds used to buy back shares and reduce a debt level that had taken the company to the cusp of below investment grade ratings. Safeway appeared ripe for a reorganization of its assets and capital structure to drive value, and that is what has occurred in 2013, albei t in a slightly different form than I envisioned. Grade: B+Groupon (GRPN) is taken private for less than half of the value Google (GOOG) had originally offered the firm pre-IPO. Groupon has soared by nearly 80% in 2012 taking the value of the firm to roughly three-quarters of the $6 billion offer from Google. The increased valuation and limited EBITDA ($150mm) makes a takeover far less likely. Grade: DAn activist shareholder takes a major stake in Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), driving the stock to a market beating annual return. Hewlett Packard has returned a scintillating 89% year-to-date. I believed that the company's low valuation at the beginning of the year would invite activist shareholders, which failed to take place; however, lots of shareholders bought into the HPQ turnaround story, driving the stock to top percentile returns in the S&P 500. Grade: A-An activist shareholder takes a major stake in Dell (DELL), driving the stock to a market beating annual return. The MBO -led by Michael Dell and Silver Lake was proposed just weeks! after th! is article, and has made Dell one of the most topical stocks of 2013. The stock is up 35% year-to-date while the future ownership of the company remains in doubt. The stock returned 30% in the month after this article was written. Grade: AEither U.S. Bancorp (USB) or PNC Financial Services (PNC) makes a major acquisition to broaden their geographic footprint, spurring further consolidation in the banking sector. I thought that USB or PNC would use their strong balance sheets to buy a footprint in the U.S. Southeast and chase the majors, but this has not come to fruition and regional banks have rallied strongly, increasing the sticker price on such a transaction. Every year prognosticators look north to the handful of oligopolistic banks in Canada and assume that the thousands of banks in the U.S. will choose to consolidate… maybe next year. Grade C-Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) loses its heretofore sacrosanct AAA rating, choosing to re-lever its balance sheet and return cash to shareholders amidst record low borrowing levels. The company is in the midst of a $2 billion share repurchase program and again increased its dividend, but both moves were consistent with their long-term conservative capital allocation framework. JNJ was rumored to be in the bidding for Bausch & Lomb, whose $10 billion price tag may have triggered a ratings downgrade given the amount of debt that would have needed to be absorbed. I continue to believe that debt levels consistent with AAA ratings is not the optimal capital structure given that JNJ had the ability to issue long-term debt with an after-tax interest cost roughly equal to long-run inflation. That window has likely closed given the backup in interest rates, but would still likely be value accretive given that the debt tax shield outweighs the increase in credit spreads from a more levered capital structure. Grade C-Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) makes an acquisition in the $20 billion enterprise valuation rang e. Berkshire joined 3G Capital to buy Heinz (HNZ) for roughl! y $28 bil! lion (including assumption of debt) of which Berkshire's share of the purchase price was roughly $12 billion. The company later bought NV Energy (NVE) for $5.6 billion. Grade: A-My guess is Cummins (CMI). I was wrong, but weakness in Cummins' international markets for its diesel engines has seen the company grow comparatively cheaper (13.6% return year-to-date), and I think that this business would still be consistent with Berkshire's long-term objectives. Grade: D+Alcoa (AA) is the Dow Jones laggard as persisting unfavorable supply/demand imbalance in aluminum further weakens results and prompts a cut of the company's debt to junk. Alcoa is one of only two stocks (Caterpillar) in the Dow that have posted negative returns year-to-date, but Alcoa's -7.6% return has trailed all thirty constituents. The company's debt was cut to junk by Moody's in late May. Grade: A+Aubrey McClendon, co-founder and CEO of Chesapeake Energy (CHK), follows up a disastrous 2012 with a strong 2013 as rising natural gas prices drive company results, and his part-owned Oklahoma City Thunder win their first NBA championship. Aubrey McClendon resigned under pressure in April due to a shareholder revolt by Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management. Natural gas prices rose early in the year, but are now flat. Russell Westbrook injured his knee in the playoffs and the top seed in the Western Conference bowed out in the conference semifinals in ignominious fashion to the Memphis Grizzlies. Chesapeake's stock is up fifty percent on the year, but this was a bad year for the former CEO and co-founder. The stock performance keeps this prediction above an F, but just barely. Grade D-Best Buy (BBY) outperforms Amazon (AMZN), which has only 60% of the EBITDA of its bricks and mortar retail competitor, but has a market capitalization 28x higher. Best Buy has returned 167% in 2013, and is the top stock in the S&P 500. Amazon has market performed with a 21% return. While everyon e bemoaned the fate of brick-and-mortar retail, they forgot ! to notice! the impressive free cash flow that the company still produces. Grade A+J.C. Penney (JCP) outperforms Macy's (M). In an additional high beta bet on a big box rebound, J.C. Penney has been a failed turnaround story and was forced to jettison their ballyhooed CEO, draw down on their revolver due to a meteoric cash burn, and lost a long-term major shareholder in Vornado. The JCP stock has returned -28% as Macy's has continued to be a shining "star" up 27% year-to-date. Grade FDomestic automakers outperform their Japanese competitors as the strong yen and the territorial dispute between China/Japan hurts auto exports of the Japanese firms. The domestic automakers are off to a strong start with Ford (+35%) and General Motors (+28%) outpacing the market. Toyota (+61%), Nissan (+32%), and Honda (+18%) have all benefited from a yen weakened by Abe's aggressive monetary accommodation that has benefited exporters. Grade B-Newspapers lose their taint as troubled investments a s online subscription growth of local and regional periodicals expands. John Henry, owner of the Boston Red Sox, announced the purchase of the Boston Globe today for $70 million, a far cry from the $1.1 billion that New York Times paid for the paper twenty years ago. Berkshire continues to buy strong local papers, but newspapers continue to be a place for deep value investors only. McClatchy (MNI) is down 5.2% on the year. Grade C-Property and casualty companies finally see a mild year for weather catastrophes, boosting results. Not sure why I was trying to predict the weather other than the bad catastrophes we have seen over the past several years were bound to normalize. The S&P Property and Casualty Index is up 27.3% year-to-date, strongly outperforming the broader market. I can not think of a named storm in 2013. Grade: A-
International Stocks
Hot Dividend Stocks For 2014: Intel Corporation(INTC)
Intel Corporation engages in the design, manufacture, and sale of integrated circuits for computing and communications industries worldwide. It offers microprocessor products used in notebooks, netbooks, desktops, servers, workstations, storage products, embedded applications, communications products, consumer electronics devices, and handhelds. The company also provides system on chip products that integrate its core processing functionalities with other system components, such as graphics, audio, and video, onto a single chip. In addition, it offers chipset products that send data between the microprocessor and input, display, and storage devices, including keyboard, mouse, monitor, hard drive, and CD, DVD, or Blu-ray drives; motherboards designed for desktop, server, and workstation platforms, and that has connectors for attaching devices to the bus; and wired and wireless connectivity products consisting of network adapters and embedded wireless cards used to translate and transmit data across networks. Further, the company provides NAND flash memory products primarily used in portable memory storage devices, digital camera memory cards, and solid-state drives; software products comprising operating systems, middleware, and tools used to develop, run, and manage various enterprise, consumer, embedded, and handheld devices; and software development tools that enable the creation of applications. Additionally, it develops computing platforms, which are integrated hardware and software computing technologies designed to offer an optimized solution. The company sells its products principally to original equipment manufacturers, original design manufacturers, PC components and other products users, and other manufacturers of industrial and communications equipment. It has a strategic alliance with Scientific Conservation Inc. Intel Corporation was founded in 1968 and is based in Santa Clara, California.
Advisors' Opinion:
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Intel (NASDAQ: INTC ) had previously provided the chip architecture for the Xbox, so this land grab comes at a crucial juncture for the chipmakers. The PC is dying a slow, painful death, and despite the weakness in the video-game market as developers move on to mobile platforms, the console remains an important growth outlet and AMD's new apparent dominance breathes new life into it.
- [By Justin Loiseau]
As retail sales rose 9.8%, McDonald's (NYSE: MCD ) shares jumped 35%. As the Purchasing Managers Index increased 11.9%, General Electric (NYSE: GE ) shares grew 41% while Intel (NASDAQ: INTC ) rocketed 110% on 42% sales increases.
Hot Dividend Stocks For 2014: Littelfuse Inc.(LFUS)
Littelfuse, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells circuit protection devices for use in the automotive, electronic, and electrical markets in the Americas, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific. The company offers electronic circuit protection products, such as fuses and protectors, positive temperature coefficient resettable fuses, varistors, polymer electrostatic discharge suppressors, discrete transient voltage suppression diodes, TVS diode arrays and protection thyristors, gas discharge tubes, and power switching components, as well as fuseholders, blocks, and related accessories under PICO II, and NANO2 SMF, TECCOR, SIDACtor, and Battrax brand names. It offers its electronic circuit protection products for use in wireless telephones, consumer electronics, computers, modems, telecommunications equipment, telephones, data transmission lines, and alarm systems. The company also provides automotive fuses that are used in automobiles, trucks, buses, and off-road equipment to protec t electrical circuits and the wires that supply electrical power to operate lights, heating, air conditioning, radios, windows, and other controls, as well as offers fuses for the protection of electric and hybrid vehicles. It markets its automotive fuse products under ATO, MINI, MAXI, MIDI, MEGA, MasterFuse, JCASE, and CablePro brand names. In addition, Littelfuse manufactures various low-voltage and medium-voltage circuit protection products, such as power fuses that are used in the protection from over-load and short-circuit currents in motor branch circuits, heating and cooling systems, control systems, lighting circuits, and electrical distribution networks to electrical distributors and their customers in the construction, original equipment manufacturers, and industrial maintenance and repair and operating supplies markets. Littelfuse sells its products through direct sales force and manufacturers? representatives. The company was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
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- [By Rich Smith]
Littelfuse (NASDAQ: LFUS ) has signed an agreement to acquire Key Safety Systems' Hamlin subsidiary for $145 million in cash, Littelfuse announced Monday.
Best Cheap Companies To Buy Right Now: China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd (NPD)
China Nepstar Chain Drugstore Ltd. operates retail drugstores in the People?s Republic of China. The company?s drugstores provide pharmacy services and other merchandise, including prescription drugs; over-the-counter drugs; nutritional supplements, such as healthcare supplements, vitamins, minerals, and dietary products; herbal products, including drinkable herbal remedies and packages of assorted herbs for making soup; and private label products. Its stores also offer personal care products, such as skin care, hair care, and beauty products; family care products, including portable medical devices for family use, birth control products, and early pregnancy test products; and convenience products, such as soft drinks, packaged snacks, other consumables, cleaning agents, and stationeries, as well as seasonal and promotional items. The company operates its stores under the China Nepstar brand name. As of December 31, 2009, its store network comprised 2,479 retail drugstores located in approximately 71 cities in Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Liaoning, Shandong, Hunan, Fujian, Sichuan, and Hubei provinces, as well as in Shanghai, Tianjin, and Beijing municipalities of the People?s Republic of China. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, the People?s Republic of China.
Hot Dividend Stocks For 2014: Progress Energy Inc.(PGN)
Progress Energy, Inc., a utility holding company, engages in the generation, transmission, distribution, and sale of electricity in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. It uses coal, oil, hydroelectric, natural gas, and nuclear power to generate electricity. The company also engages in various alternative energy projects to generate electricity from swine waste and other plant or animal sources, biomass, solar, hydrogen, and landfill-gas technologies. Progress Energy serves various industries, including chemicals, textiles, paper, food, metals, wood products, rubber and plastics, and stone products, as well as phosphate rock mining and processing, electronics design and manufacturing, and citrus and other food processing. It has approximately 22,000 megawatts of regulated electric generation capacity and serves approximately 3.1 million retail electric customers, as well as other load-serving entities. The company was formerly known as CP&L Energy, Inc. Progress En ergy, Inc. was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Advisors' Opinion:
- [By Holly LaFon] ess Energy shares climbed over 2011 as the company announced in January it would merge with Duke Energy. Together, they will form the nation


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Dress = Look 44 from our Spring 2011 RTW collection: Blush silk tulle hand-ruched draped gown with train over stretch bustier underpinning.
Story = "Sound of Silence."
Model = Arizona Muse (According to NYmag.com, "Fall 2011′s top runway model is Arizona Muse." Check out Arizona closing Vera Wang's Fall 2011 RTW Show here!)
Editor = Nicoletta Santoro
Where = April 2011 issue of Vogue China.
Amazing photography = Paolo Roversi.


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Prep Basketball Roundup: Jackets surge away after first quarter
NORTH BALTIMORE – New Riegel stormed off in the middle quarter and had three players each score at least 12 points in Thursday's 64-41 Midland Athletic League domination of North Baltimore.
The Blue Jackets (11-2, 5-1 MAL) ended the first quarter with an 18-14 lead, but outscored the Tigers 42-12 over the next 16 minutes to put the game out of reach.
Kara Scherger tossed in 16 points for New Riegel, Taylor Arbogast scored 15 and Abby Cassidy netted all 12 of her points behind the 3-point line.
Lauren Ladd backed them with eight rebounds, and Cassidy and Arbogast each hauled in seven.
Arbogast also tallied four steals and four assists, Scherger tallied five steals and four assists and Morgan Noftz chipped in five assists and four steals.
Olivia Frost's 14 points led North Baltimore (7-6, 2-3) and Ricci Emahiser had nine.
Raiders overpower Old Fort early
OLD FORT – Lakota blanked Old Fort, 11-0, in the first quarter and benefited from the Stockaders' woeful 8-for-24 showing at the line Thursday in a 39-26 Midland Athletic League win.
Jessica Walter's 15 points sparked the Raiders. Ally Hovis added nine points.
Sara Bell led Old Fort with eight points and seven rebounds. Sam Hartsel hauled in 11 boards and Shelby Bilger grabbed another nine.
Mohawk's 1-2 punch KO's St. Joe
SYCAMORE – Lynsey Trusty and Sarah Runion pumped in 15 points each Thursday in Mohawk's 67-33 thumping of Midland Athletic League foe Fremont St. Joe.
Trusty added six assists, five rebounds and four steals, and Runion tallied steals and three assists.
Julie Adelsperger backed them with 13 points.
Kaple, Snyder lead BC charge
BUCYRUS – Cade Kaple and Dustin Snyder combined for 25 points Thursday in Buckeye Central's 54-37 North Central Conference win over Bucyrus.
Kaple led the way with 13 points and Snyder netted 12 for the Bucks (5-6, 1-2 NCC).
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Judith Grace Renews Talk Show Contract
16 de Noviembre, 2007 - 07:00 AM EDT
Judith Grace Renews Talk Show Contract
The host of Casos de Familia (Univisión) will stay with the program for two more years
Judith Grace
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"I'm very content to have my contract renewed," said the Mexican TV personality, 46, "because it will allow me to continue to visit the homes of my viewers, who are my real family." Grace acknowledged her appreciation for her followers in a press release, saying that "it's for them and for the thousands of people who visit and contribute to our program daily that day after day I'll be bringing them stories of everyday life."
Casos de Familia features real-life tales of happiness, pain, forgiveness, revenge and reunions, from Monday to Friday at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on Univisión.


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In response to news that Pennsylvania bicyclist deaths doubled in 2009, several PennLive.com readers blamed the lack of accommodations for bicyclists on local roads.
Reader jackhamma replied,
"OK cyclists, you want to have your own lane, how about this... first, lets get those bikes registered. Next, inspected and don't forget insured. Lets make sure you pay for a bike operators license every few years too, just to make sure you have enough sense to know what a stop sign or red light means. Pony up some of the dollars to make this extra room for you, but don't expect it to come out of the funds raised by motorized vehicles. I'm all for it, maybe it would get [you] out of the traffic lanes at rush hour and stop holding up the traffic that already pays to be there."
Do you think that bikes should be registered, inspected, insured and licensed? Would this make roads safer for bicyclists and help prevent deaths? Comment below.
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On 6/17/2011 4:43 PM, Kshaddrick wrote: > One of my summer antenna projects is to put up two 40m dipoles in an inverted > V arrangement perpendicular to each other. I'd like the apex of the V to be a > half wave length above the ground, so a little over 68 feet. What can be used > for a support for something like this? Can the 4 foot aluminum/fiberglass > mast sections available on eBay be used at that height (guyed of course)? > That would be about 17 or 18 of those sections, not sure how stable that > would be. Other suggestions? > > Thanks, > > Kelley > _______________________________________________ > > > > _______________________________________________ > TowerTalk mailing list > email@example.com > http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk > I put up 60ft of the Al masting by myself. It takes some time and you'll get plenty of exercise. You can probably walk up one third of the mast initially. I'm assuming that you will be using the inverted Vees for the top guys. Tie off the side guys and leave some extra in the back guy. walk up the mast past vertical (it will be held by the back guy) and connect the front guy. Find a step ladder that is taller than a mast section. Loosen the guys and move the base of the mast up on the first step of the ladder. repeat for the second step, etc. When the base is high enough, add another section and repeat until the mast is at the desired height. For 68ft, you probably will want guys at 3 levels. The lower ones can be added as the mast goes up. I used clove hitches on the guy stakes as they make it easy to slacken the guys. When finished, a couple of half hitches will secure the guys (a clove hitch can loosen if it's not under tension). As you can imagine, this process will be much quicker with some assistance. Good luck, Roger _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list firstname.lastname@example.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
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New Orleans Hornets rookie Anthony Davis appears to be ready for the regular season to begin Wednesday night against the San Antonio Spurs. Expectations are enormous for the No. 1 overall pick in this past June's NBA draft, but the 19-year-old Davis has already shown to be a star in the making.
He has used his size, length and his skill set to finish the preseason as the Hornets' leading scorer (14.9) and rebounder (9.9).
In a game last week against the defending champion Miami Heat, Davis got a steal and then drove the length of the court for a layup. Against Dallas last week, Davis grabbed 17 rebounds. In an Oct.18 game against the Atlanta Hawks, Davis made his first six shots before finishing with a game-high 19 points.
Now he's eager to take on the challenge of a six-month NBA season. In a poll conducted by the league, general managers picked Davis to win the NBA's Rookie of the Year award.
If it happens, Davis would become the Hornets' first Rookie of the Year since Chris Paul did it during the 2005-06 season.
"The regular season is here now and I've got to start getting into the groove of things,'' Davis said. "It's time to lock down on some things that we can do well in order to win.''
With the regular season ahead, Davis must now contend with the grind of extended road trips. He must handle facing elite teams with veteran players similar to his matchup Wednesday night against forward Tim Duncan, a two-time league MVP who has won four championships.
Davis, 6 feet 10, 220 pounds, is coming into this season after winning a national championship last season with Kentucky and playing on the gold medal winning U.S. Olympic team this summer.
But he's never played an 82-game schedule that will include a stretch in December of five games in eight days against Western Conference champion Oklahoma City, the Lakers, Milwaukee Bucks, Memphis Grizzlies and the defending champion Miami Heat.
As the season progresses, teams are going to design their defenses to take away Davis' strengths. Some are going to send their most physical post players after him to move him away from the basket. Yet, the spotlight is still going to shine on him whether he has a big game or bad performance.
"He's added a lot to his game and I don't want him to feel like he's restricted,'' Coach Monty Williams said. "When you're 19 and the No. 1 pick, you're trying to please everybody.
"If he's around me long enough he'll realize that's not a part of doing your job. You can't please everybody. You have to go out there and play with that reckless abandon that we saw at Kentucky.''
With a young team that includes eight new players, Williams plans to take advantage of Davis' versatility. He plans to play him at multiple positions -- small forward, power forward and center. Davis is likely to be positioned on the wing on some sets to take advantage of his mid-range shooting ability. At times, Williams also plans to initiate the offensive through him at the top of key because of his ball-handling, athleticism and decision-making abilities.
"I want to expand my game and add more to it and not just be defined as one offensive player who just does one thing,'' Davis said.
Although Davis gained valuable experience playing alongside elite stars LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Kevin Durant on the U.S. Olympic team this summer, he said another major help came in August when he participated in volunteer workouts with his teammates against the Spurs' players in San Antonio.
Davis got a chance to work against Duncan. Davis said during the scrimmage work, Duncan pointed out different situations such as where to go if the post has been taken away by a crowd of defenders.
"Tim is a great player and does a lot offensively and defensively,'' Davis said.
"I know I can look up to him and he reached out to help me. That was one of the big reasons I went down there.''
Hornets lead assistant Randy Ayers said Davis has caught on quickly.
internalizes it and carries it over to the next drill,'' Ayers said.
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and he takes it to each drill.
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After watching Davis score 24 points and grab 11 rebounds last week against his team, Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra said Davis has the whole package and is very skilled.
Former NBA player and current NBA-TV studio analyst Chris Webber said Davis is in the ideal situation with Williams as his coach and mentor.
"I think if he can average a double-double and two blocked shots a game, that would be incredible for a rookie,'' Webber said during a national teleconference last week. "I don't know what type of season they're going to have, but I think what they are doing is building for the future the right way.''


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An April 10 preliminary hearing was set in Columbiana County Municipal Court for John Plavka, Homeworth Road, Alliance, charged with a felony domestic violence. Plavka is accused of punching Sarah Wutrick in the head and face while driving her vehicle on Speidel Road and again on her property when she told him she did not want him to take her car on March 23. Deputies believe he also was previously convicted of domestic violence in Stark County Municipal Court in a 2009 case.
Heath A. Broadbent, 29, state Route 7, Columbiana, was bound over to the county grand jury on a charge of trafficking in drugs for allegedly having packages of marijuana divided for sale, scales, three cell phones, drug paraphernalia and baggies in his vehicle during a traffic stop in New Waterford on Feb. 2.
An April 7 preliminary hearing was set for Paula J. McFarland, 35, Teegarden Road, Salem, charged with theft for allegedly leaving WalMart in Salem with $1,538 in items in the shopping cart, leaving the cart behind when confronted in the parking lot and still leaving with a stolen headlight bulb for an automobile and a cell phone concealed in a purse or in her clothes.
Joseph P. Desalvo Jr., 37, East Third Street, Salem, was fined $1,275, had his license suspended for two years and was sentenced to 210 days in jail for OVI second offense, turn signal violation and drug paraphernalia for a glass pipe with residue in the metal filter on Feb. 27.
Jeramey L. Loving, 24, Webb Avenue, Alliance, was fined $1,000 and required 28 hours community service for four counts of deer tag violations and two additional deer violations. Additionally, he was ordered to exercise no hunting privileges until April 2015. The citations dealt with hunting on another's property without a deer permit and tagging deer in another person's name. Three additional similar counts were dismissed.
Johnny E. Loving, 74, Webb Avenue, Alliance, was fined $200 for two deer tag violations.
Joey N. Lafleme, 22, East Third Street, Salem, was fined $525, had his license suspended for 180 days and required three days in counseling for physical control and failure to yield.
Dishelle T. Carchide, 20, Salem Alliance Road, Salem, was fined $400 and required to attend the STEP program for underage consumption.
Richard Brewer II, 36, Parkview Drive, Hanoverton, was fined $275 and required 25 hours community service for driving under suspension and speeding.
Amy Milliken, 41, Whinnery Road, Salem, was fined $250 and required 25 hours community service for wrongful entrustment.
Jaymelyn Williams, 24, Girard, was fined $250 and required 50 hours community service for attempted theft for $100 discovered missing during a jewelry party at a family member's home in April 2010.
Angel M. Phillips, 37, West Pershing Street, Salem, was fined $200 for failure to reinstate a license.
George D. Anderson, 18, Riverside Avenue, Wellsville, was fined $180 for a seat belt violation and no license amended from driving under suspension.
Joshua S. Lyle, 26, Louisville, was fined $150 for lighted lights required amended from speeding.
Dakota S. Swearengin, 21, Henryetta, Okla., was fined $150 for disorderly conduct amended from criminal damaging for damage to the Traveler's Motel while Swearengin was intoxicated on March 16.
Susan G. Mountain, 52, Lake Milton, was fined $100 for speeding.
An April 10 pretrial was set for Barry S. Rummel, 50, North Pleasant Drive, East Palestine, charged with obstructing official business for allegedly refusing to get out of a police cruiser and refused to answer question, identify himself or sign any documents on Dec. 20.
An April 24 pretrial was set for Joey L. Cruz, 35, Campbell, cited with violating a temporary protection order for allegedly contacting Adam Sienerth twice by phone after a protection order was served.
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John Kane Sr., a St. Bernard Parish community leader and educator who helped establish Nunez Community College, died June 28 at his Hammond home. He was 88.
He had lived in Chalmette for more than 50 years before moving to Hammond after Hurricane Katrina.
Mr. Kane, who had taught at Port Sulphur High School and at the institution now known as Delgado Community College, was tapped in the late 1970s to create and direct Elaine P. Nunez Vocational Technical School in Chalmette.
In 1992, he helped merge that school with St. Bernard Community College to form Nunez Community College. He retired four years later.
In recognition of the work Mr. Kane did to build support from political, business and education leaders for the two-year college, the original vo-tech building was named the Kane Technology Wing.
Mr. Kane, who earned a bachelor's degree at Southeastern Louisiana University and a master's degree in education at LSU, was a pharmacist's mate in the Navy during World War II.
In addition to being on Delgado's faculty, he was an assistant dean and supervisor of counseling services. He also was a chemist at AMAX Nickel Plant.
Mr. Kane was a former member of the St. Bernard Parish School Board, the St. Bernard Parish Democratic Executive Committee, the Holy Cross High School Foundation Board, the Louisiana Advisory Board for Vocational Education, the St. Bernard Parish Retired Teachers Association, Post No. 3706 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and Our Lady of Prompt Succor Church.
Survivors include his wife, Rita Ledet Kane; three sons, John Kane Jr., Michael and Daniel Kane, all of Hammond; three daughters, Mary and Carolyn Kane and Theresa Avergel, all of Hammond; six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held Saturday at noon at St. Bernard Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, 701 W. Virtue St., Chalmette. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Burial will be at Rose Memorial Park Cemetery, 908 Western Ave., in Hammond.


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Syracuse, NY -- The good news is that Borders isn't taking a possible acquisition (by Barnes & Noble, for one) lying down. The bookseller this week launched its alone-by-itelf Web site (no more teaming with Amazon.com), and now, well, read on...
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Borders pushing concept stores
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The day after launching its independent e-commerce site, Borders Group also said it would continue to open its new concept stores, executives said at the company's first quarter conference call.
The company will open a total of 14 new "concept stores," which include a number of technological improvements and a smaller reliance on music retailing. The first opened in Ann Arbor in February, with "substantially" all to open in the first half.
"The concept store is one of the key planks in our strategic plan," said George L. Jones, president and CEO. "We're really thrilled by how customers are responding to this."
A day earlier, Borders launched its new e-commerce site, now independent after a seven-year partnership with Amazon.com, which also showed numbers, said Edward W. Wilhelm, executive VP and CFO.
"Sales and profits will all go to Borders," Wilhelm said.
The bad news is Borders is going to have a tough time going it alone -- and not just online.
That said, I'm still of the mind that Borders may want to bring one of its "new concept stores" to the Carousel Center expansion, opting for a new location, inside the expansion. But would Carousel cut a deal with a retailer trying to find its way again?
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* Brett K. Africk writes, "OK... So here's my question. You always insisted that Wegmans would not move east until they hit the Albany market first. You always harped on distribution channels. What's different now?''
I'm wrong. And I'm right. Wait... I'm not wrong. At least in my opinion.
Yes, I'm big on distribution channels. That's just the way things work. The difference comes in destination retailers. I've mentioned this before. Destination retailers are just what the word "destination" implies. They are a destination for shoppers, not merely just a neighborhood convenience or a store for the convenience of a neighborhood. Customers will travel long distances on a routine basis to shop at destination retailers, bolstering the business brought on by people who live near the store.
There aren't that many destination retailers, and there especially aren't that many destination grocers. Wegmans is one. Are there others of the bulk and depth of a super Weggies? I'm thinking... I can't come up with one.
Other destination retailers would include, as I've mentioned, Cabela's, IKEA, Bass Pro Shops and a handful of others. They can build stores separated by long distances -- sometimes even entire states -- that don't rely on close-by distribution channels or nearby stores.
The experience Wegmans has had in Virginia and Maryland proved that that company could hopscotch over areas and build in cities and regions far away from its distribution centers -- and those stores would succeed (in the 1990s, Wegmans had targeted Providence for similar growth, but concentrated on a southward push instead, starting with New Jersey).
Frank Hammond, a former Syracuse resident who correspondents with us from Virginia, has written here about the Wegmans effect in Virginia. It's not just me talkin'. (FYI, a shout-out to Frank. He's a first-time grandpa. Go, Frank!).
So with Wegmans and Albany, as I've written, the opposite of my distribution channels argument can be employed. When Wegmans proves successful in Boston, which it will, they may consider linking Boston to Rochester and Central New York with more stores -- in Albany and Springfield, for starters. Maybe one big one per market.
Some housekeeping: I'm backlogged on responses to your e-mails and comments. I'm hoping to catch up by the weekend.
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BossEncounter2 is a boss fight oriented AddOn. Its purpose is to ease your time through bosses by providing tools similarly to other popular mods such as BigWigs or DeadlyBossMods, including timers, health bars, distance checker and some more specialized tools for special fights. BossEncounter2 main purpose is to deliver these tools to the players in a fun, elegant, efficient and funky manner.
- Boss modules for all WotLK bosses (up to 3.3.5). Boss modules are done for each boss and provide the player the tools necessary to (I hope) comfortably enjoy the fight.
- Health bars for the main boss and its adds.
- A window tracking the incoming events (similar to BW and DBM timers).
- Summary window telling you the status of the fight, as well as the combat time or the berserk timer.
- Flashy text that you can't miss for really, really important stuff you may not miss (bomb abilities etc.).
- A list window showing you in certain fights the people that are too close from you (Distance checker). This window has other purposes on some boss fights.
- Optionnal downloadable music plugin to rhythm your fights.
- Evaluation of your performance each time a boss fight is cleared.
- Automatic wipe detection for most fights.
- No configuration to do in long and boring menus. The options for each boss are (intentionally) limited.
- Widgets can be moved and their scale can be changed. Some of them can be disabled if your interface is already overloaded. ;)
- Works best with French and English game clients. Players using different languages should avoid using this AddOn unless a translation is done for their language.
- A bonus loot assignment system has been added since version 18 to help masterloots as well. :)
- Only French and English languages are implemented. You can use BossEncounter2 with other languages at your own risk.
Music plugin
- It is optionnal.
- Musics inside it are only for private use.
- See Credits.txt in "/bgm" folder.
- There currently are 2 official music plugins.
- The first can be found here: http://www.filemonster.net/en/file/12933/BossEncounter2-OfficialMusicPlugin1-zip.html
- The second here: http://www.filemonster.net/en/file/12931/BossEncounter2-OfficialMusicPlugin2-zip.html
- Musics plugins are installed like normal AddOns.
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A man is in police custody after fleeing the scene of an accident early Monday morning.
Officers tried to conduct a traffic stop near 24th Street and Woolworth Avenue around 2 a.m., but the car quickly sped off.
Minutes later, police found the vehicle wrecked in a yard near 33rd and Woolworth Avenue.
Police searched the neighborhood and found the man in Hanscom Park.
Medics checked the man for cold exposure. His name has not been released.