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14 wrestlers place at individual state finals
AUBURN HILLS — Sometimes it's just not meant to be.
That may have been the case for Carson City-Crystal senior Kenneth Dittenber, who was in search of a third straight individual wrestling state title on Saturday at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
Dittenber — won titles as a sophomore and junior at 103 pounds — was competing at 112 pounds this year and faced Logan Griffin of Erie Mason in the Division 4 final.
After a scoreless first period, Griffin got a point for an escape in the second and led after two periods. A flurry of action in the third period, including a takedown by Dittenber with just seconds left tied the match at 4-4 after the end of regulation.
The first three overtimes — the first one 60 seconds and the others 30 seconds — went scoreless and moved the match to the final overtime, period seven.
In the final sudden death overtime, the wrestler that scored first got to choose his starting spot. Griffin scored first and chose top, meaning Dittenber needed an escape or else the match and title would belong to Griffin.
Dittenber (53-5) had a couple of close calls on escapes, but Griffin (27-0) held on to win the state title 5-4 and leave Dittenber as runner-up.
"It was a great match and exciting stuff," Carson City coach Kacy Datema said. "What a way to go out. He (Dittenber) is a great wrestler, there is no question. He is a tough kid and a competitor."
Third place
Dittenber's teammate Dillen Decker dominated his final match in the third period to place third at 145 in his first appearance at the state finals.
The sophomore outscored Cash Bolles of Hesperia 8-0 in the final period for an 8-2 win.
"It feels pretty good. All the hard work has paid off," Decker said. "I had a tough loss to (Josh) Wendling, but I will be back next year. I had knee surgery last year, so I didn't get to wrestle last year. It's not first, but I will take it."
Decker defeated Larry Kissinger of Pine River 6-2 to reach the third place match. He finished the year 51-7.
Fourth place
A pair of area wrestlers claimed fourth place on Saturday in their respective weight classes and divisions.
In Division 4, Montabella's Jonny Durham lost 8-0 to Shane Rodenburg of Kent City in the third place match at 171 to finish fourth.
Durham just couldn't get anything going, but finished the year 50-7.
Belding's Michael Walker — after a fourth place finish at regionals — took fourth at the state finals at 152.
Walker lost 6-2 to Tobias Barnes of Romulus Summit Academy North in the third place match to finish his season 38-14. He defeated Shane Cooper of Jackson Lumen Christi in the consolation semifinals.
Belding coach Travis Meyer said Walker grew up this year and because of that had such a great year.
"He is a better wrestler mostly because he has grown up. He's grown up a little bit and he's confident," Meyer said. "Being fourth at regionals didn't faze him. He assumed he belonged in the semifinals and he wrestled that way."
Fifth place
Tri County's Tommy Gilbert and Greenville's Michael Schmidt both earned fifth place finishes. It was also the first time either wrestler placed at the state finals.
Wrestling at 103 in Division 3, Gilbert defeated Kenny Reinhart of Dundee 8-7 to place fifth. Gilbert needed a last second escape for the deciding point.
"I kept thinking this was the last match of my high school career and I have to do what I can to win," Gilbert said. "My coach kept saying I will remember this for the rest of my life and I will."
Gilbert finished the year 49-10.
Schmidt (112 in Division 2), who suffered a heartbreaking loss to Lowell's Zeth Dean in the championship semifinals, lost his first match on Saturday to Andrew Gorman of Madison Heights Lamphere 3-2.
He bounced back with a 3-0 win over Chris Poland of Thornapple Kellogg in his final match ever.
"I feel good about it. I rode him out pretty good in the third, but I couldn't get anything," Schmidt said. "I wish I could have been in the one or two position. It feels good to win my last high school match. I worked hard.
"This is my third year here. I didn't place my first two years, so it feels good to place," he added.
Schmidt finished 51-5.
Sixth place
Dallas O'Green of Carson City-Crystal and Logan Burns of Montabella both placed sixth in Division 4.
O'Green, at 119, lost to Darrin Crandall of Springport 2-1. O'Green trailed 2-0 to start the third period. He got one point back, but could not get any more.
The freshman finished 49-9.
Burns, at 160, lost to Jarret Wolford of Reading by technical fall 15-0. The senior finished his season and career 43-9.
Seventh place
Two area wrestlers won their final match on Saturday to place seventh. Greenville's Alec Ward in Division 2 and Belding's Todd Haller in Division 3 each placed seventh.
Haller, at 215, defeated Adam Ball of Manistee 9-5 to place for the first time in his career. Haller lead throughout the match and was very excited to earn a victory in his final career match.
"It feels amazing. I would rather take seventh place, than sixth place, by ending with a win," Haller said. "I had a lot of close matches. In round two I wrestled Jay Sroufe of Dundee and he beat me. I beat him at team state last week. I could wrestle him 10 times and I would win five. He just got me today.
"It feels great to place here. I've wrestled four years and it feels great to be here. This is the first time I placed," he added.
Haller finished 39-8.
Ward, at 130, defeated Nolan Waddell of Byron Center 5-3 to place seventh. The junior placed fifth a year ago at 125 and disappointed with this outcome.
Eighth place
Four area wrestlers placed eighth on Saturday. Unfortunately, that means they all lost their final match.
In Division 4, Montabella's Dan Davidson (43-14) and Carson City-Crystal's Garner Cusack (49-10) and Darren Decker (52-6) all placed eighth.
Davidson fell to Gabe Beaubien of Sand Creek 2-1, Cusack lost to Nick Klemm of Adrian Madison and Decker fell to Cason Rawson of Pine River in their final matches.
In Division 3, Central Montcalm's Jesse Judge (45-9) placed eighth at 189.
Judge lost to Kendall Betteridge of Caro 4-1 in his final match. The senior placed for the first time.
"I think I could have done a little bit better," Judge said. "I had some close matches. I could have finished my shots. I always got them elevated, but could not finish them."
Individual state placers
Division 2
112: Michael Schmidt, Sr., 51-5, 5th place
130: Alec Ward, Jr., 50-7, 7th place
Division 3
152: Michael Walker, So., 38-14, 4th place
189: Todd Haller, Sr., 39-8, 7th place
Central Montcalm
189: Jesse Judge, Sr., 45-9, 8th place
Tri County
103: Tommy Gilbert, Sr. 49-10, 5th place
Division 4
Carson City-Crystal
112: Kenneth Dittenber, Sr. 53-5, 2nd place
119: Dallas O'Green, Fr., 49-9, 6th place
140: Garner Cusack, Jr., 49-10, 8th place
145: Dillen Decker, So., 51-7, 3rd place
152: Darren Decker, So., 52-6, 8th place
160: Logan Burns, Sr., 43-9, 6th place
171: Jonny Durham, Jr., 50-7, 4th place
285: Dan Davidson, Jr., 43-14, 8th place


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The $30 billion Comcast-NBCU deal, announced Dec. 3, 2009, would put Comcast in control of 10 NBC TV stations, more than a dozen top-tier NBC national cable networks and about 9 regional sports networks - all-must have content for pay-TV providers, especially those that compete head-to-head with Comcast for cable and broadband subscribers. Comcast already is the largest cable operator and residential broadband access provider in the nation.
ACA has repeatedly expressed concern that media consolidation on such a large scale would give Comcast-NBCU the incentive and ability to undermine competition by charging direct rivals programming fees far in excess of market levels, greatly harming their ability to retain and attract subscribers. ACA also warned that Comcast-NBCU's control of such key content assets would cause programming fees to rise for all pay-TV distributors, whether or not they directly compete for customers in Comcast franchise areas. ACA also called for an arbitration process to resolve programming fee disputes that did not impose excessive financial burdens on small cable operators.
"ACA demonstrated that the deal, as proposed, will force consumers to pay an additional $2.4 billion more for Comcast-NBCU programming, justifying FCC conditions that will restrain Comcast-NBCU from abusing its market power to gouge ACA members and the millions of consumers they serve," Polka said.
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Nov. 17, 2012
RENO, Nev. - University of Nevada (2-1) junior point guard Deonte Burton made his 1,000th career point memorable nailing a deep three-pointer with two seconds to play to give the Wolf Pack a 71-69 victory over Green Bay (2-1) in the World Vision Classic tonight. The Pack has won its last two to improve to 2-1 on the season while the Phoenix lost for the first time falling to 2-1.
Nevada led 68-66 but GB's Alec Brown's three-pointer with 11 seconds to play put the Phoenix in front 69-68 setting up Burton's heroic effort. Burton took the inbound pass and after bringing the ball to the frontcourt nailed the long distance three to give the Pack the 71-69 victory.
Burton entered the game needing 19 points to become the 23rd player in school history to score 1,000 points and accomplished that with the game winning shot.
It was the second night in a row Burton willed the Pack to victory. Against Cal State Fullerton on Friday he scored the final five points in the 80-77 victory. He tied the game at 77 then converted the free throw after being fouled to put the Pack in front 78-77. Burton closed out the scoring with two more free throws.
In addition to Burton's game-high 19 points, junior Devonte Elliott scored a career-high 10. Freshman Marqueze Coleman reached double figures for the first time in his Pack career finishing with 11. Elliott tied for game-high honors with seven rebounds.
Four Green Bay players reached double figures led by Brennan Cougill and Kam Cerroni who scored 16 each. Alex Brown had 12 points and seven rebounds. Keifer Sykes finished with 11 points.
Nevada shot 42.4 percent from the field and GB 42.6. The Phoenix outrebounded the Pack 39-34.
Nevada takes on Southern Utah on Sunday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. Southern Utah (0-2) and Cal State Fullerton (0-2) are playing tonight's second game.
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Postgame Notes
Nevada (2-1) won its second game in a row defeating Green Bay (2-1) 71-69 tonight in the World Vision Classic.
Nevada is 2-0 in the World Vision Classic.
Deonte Burton became the 23rd player in school history to score 1,000 points. Burton's game-winning three-pointer with two seconds left gave the Pack the victory and him 1,000 points.
Fourth-year Wolf Pack head coach David Carter is now 64-40 at Nevada. Carter is one win from tying Jim Carrey (1976-80) for ninth most wins in school history.
For the second night in a row Burton scored a game-high 19 points.
Junior forward Devonte Elliott scored a career-high 10 points and tied for game-high honors with seven rebounds.
Freshman Marqueze Coleman reached double figures for the first time in his Pack career finishing with 11.
Nevada's bench outscored Green Bay 30-8.
After tonight's game Malik Story has 989 career points.
Story and Burton have started all 70 games of their Wolf Pack careers.
Jerry Evans, Jr. has started the last 52 games and 58 in his career.
Story has 173 career three-pointers which is fourth most at Nevada.
The score was tied 10 times and there were seven lead changes in the game.
Nevada plays Southern Utah tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 p.m. in the final game of the World Vision Classic.


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Moving to Phoenix:
May 30th
Just moved to Phoenix. Now this is a state that knows how to live!! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy evenings. Mountains and deserts blended together. What a place! Watched the sunset from a park lying on a blanket. It was beautiful. I've finally found my home. I love it here.
June 14th
Really heating up. Got to 100 today. Not a problem. Live in an air-conditioned home, drive an air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to see the sun every day like this. I'm turning into a real sun worshipper.
June 30th
Had the backyard landscaped with western plants today. Lots of cactus and rocks. What a breeze to maintain. No more mowing for me. Another scorcher today, but I love it here.
July 10th
The temperature hasn't been below 100 all week. How do people get used to this kind of heat? At least it's a dry heat. Getting used to it is taking longer than I expected.
July 15th
Fell asleep by the pool. (Got 3rd degree burns over 60% of my body.) Missed two days of work, what a dumb thing to do. I learned my lesson though: got to respect the ol' sun in a climate like this.
July 20th
I missed Tabby (our cat) sneaking into the car when I left this morning. By the time I got out to the hot car for lunch, Tabby had swollen up to the size of a shopping bag and exploded all over $2,000 worth of leather upholstery. I told the kids she ran away. The car now smells like Kibbles and @#$@. No more pets in this heat!
July 25th
Dry #@*&$!% heat, my ass. Hot is hot!! The home air-conditioner is on the fritz and AC repairman charged $200 just to drive by and tell me he needed to order parts.
July 30th
Been sleeping outside by the pool for three nights now. $1,500/month in house payments and we can't even go inside. Why did I ever come here?
Aug 4th
115 degrees. Finally got the air-conditioner fixed today. It cost $500 and gets the temperature down to about 90. Stupid repairman p----- in my pool. I hate this #@*&$!% state.
Aug 8th
If another wise ass cracks, "Hot enough for you today?", I'm going to tear his #@*&$!% throat out. Damn heat. By the time I get to work the radiator is boiling over, my clothes are soaking wet, and I smell like Roasted #@*&$!% Garfield!!
Aug 10th
The weather report might as well be a recording: Hot and sunny. The weatherman says it might really warm up next week. Doesn't it ever rain in this barren desert?? Water rationing has been in effect all summer, so $1,700 worth of cactus just dried up and blew into the #@*&$!% pool. Even a cactus can't live in this heat.
Aug 14th
Welcome to Hell!!! Temperature got to 123 today. Forgot to crack the window and blew the #@*&$!% windshield out of the Lincoln. The installer came to fix it and said, "Hot enough for you today?" My wife had to spend the $1,500 house payment to bail me out of jail.
Aug 30th
Worst day of the #@*&$!% summer. I'm not leaving the house. The #@*$!% rain finally came and all it did is to make it muggier than hell. The Lincoln is now floating somewhere in Mexico with its new $500 windshield.
That does it, we're moving back to Pennsylvania.
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Im jealous. Have fun...Congrats!
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Congrats Justin, have fun in the sun!

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Way to go Justin.......Congrats on the new position!
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Prison Break's Robert Knepper will play President Snow's minister Antonius in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Parts 1 & 2, Lionsgate announced today. Jennifer Lawrence reprises her role as Katniss opposite Josh Hutcherson's Peeta in the final two franchise sequels. Julianne Moore also joined the cast as Alma Coin along with Natalie Dormer, Stef Dawson, Lily Rabe, Patina Miller, and Wes Chatham and Elden Henson. Knepper is repped by Innovative Artists and Kramer Management.
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Dude gives me the creeps on Prison Break.
Knepper is so talented. He can play a wide range of roles. He will add a nice layer to HG.
Rob's an old friend from Northwestern. So glad his career has taken off these past few years. He's always worked but since Prison Break he's really had some great things happen.
He's a pro. Congrats!
After Robert Bigelow puts hotels in space, Knepper could play the space eccentric.
Congratz to Knepper! A seasoned pro!
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Hey, did you know it's National Grilled Cheese Month? It's also Holy Humor Month and National Straw Hat Month. And how could we forget the 13th through the 19th - it's Egg Salad Week! Don't believe me? The Internet told me so.
But back to the important stuff - cheese! Kathy at Panini Happy has organized a Grilled Cheese Pageant. Her roundup, er, list of finalists,
will be posted on April 20th. I can't wait to see all the delicious contestants. is posted here. Go check it out! I dare you to not drool on your keyboard.
Never being one to pass up a grilled cheese opportunity, I had to make a sandwich for Kathy's event. I was literally dreaming about what kind of sandwich I could make. Fontina, arugula and fig preserves on ciabatta? Prosciutto, provolone and peperoncini on a nice crusty Italian? Roast beef, Havarti and horseradish on rye?
In the end, I didn't feel like going to the store, so I ended up with American cheese, bacon and tomato, on store-brand sourdough. Although every time I re-read the preceding paragraph, I drool a little. Have to make those...
Please excuse the photographs, my kitchen is the worst for lighting. No, I take that back, the bathroom's probably worse, but you know what I mean.
Here's what I did:
Cook bacon.
Slice and pat dry tomatoes.
Butter bread, using a little less butter than you normally would.
Assemble bread, cheese, tomatoes, bacon, bread.
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And a glass of Chianti.
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Grilled Cheese with Tomato and Bacon
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- Bob said...
Mmmm, that looks awesome! I love grilled cheese. I might just have to enter that contest. :)
- April 14, 2009 at 5:52 PM
- Vicki said...
Hey Bob - Enter, please! You could make a pizza-bubble-monster-cheese-sandwich :)
- April 14, 2009 at 7:49 PM
- Betts said...
Make the arugula one for me. You could put arugula on anything and I'd eat it.
- April 14, 2009 at 7:53 PM
- Vicki said...
Hey Betts - I honestly don't remember the last time I had arugula, it's so darned expensive here! Maybe I'll splurge, just for you :)
- April 14, 2009 at 8:47 PM
- melissa said...
What a perfect grilled cheese. I've been contemplating what to do for Kathy's event and am gathering inspiration everywhere. This looks so, so good.
- April 14, 2009 at 11:05 PM
- Vicki said...
Hi Melissa -
It was tasty :) Can't wait to see what you come up with!
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First of all I want to personally thank you for the investigation you conducted in the matter at hand. It's nice to see that major companies are held to the responsibilities of the law and to their customers. I know this would not have been taken care of without you bringing it to the attention of your listeners of your station. I personally want to salute you for your dedication to your community.
-- Dan M.
I want to thank you and applaud your efforts on reporting the story about what you found in the dumpsters of local pharmacies. With the frequent sweltering hot weather of the past few weeks, I am sure it was not a "fun" assignment, but the information you have uncovered is of paramount importance to the public. The concerns you and people you have interviewed have expressed are all true and very valid as many peoples' privacy has been violated. However, there is yet another angle that you've not yet mentioned that concerns me greatly as well... I have to take very large doses of a potent and "street-popular" narcotic every day for pain control. As you must know, several local pharmacies have been recently robbed at gunpoint in order for thieves to illegally obtain this drug. I try to closely guard the fact that I take this particular medication and especially the large quantity I have on hand at the beginning of a prescription cycle. The "street value" would be very substantial. Therefore, I am now extremely worried that thieves could also go "dumpster diving" and find out my name, address and the specifics about the type, quantity and strength of the medication I have on hand, which could easily trigger a robbery at my home.... This is pretty frightening.
--Bob R.
I understand the point of the investigation. I understand we all have private information we do not want others to have access to. These items are trash. They are in a dumpster to be disposed of and placed there by unsuspecting employees. The next part of your investigation should be to go through trash left for pick up at the end of driveways. You will find the same information in those trash bags, probably even more information. The problem is there are people out there that lie, cheat, steal, and take advantage. Thank you for your report and hard work.
--Bob M.
I saw your report on the ongoing investigation involving pharmacy trash and I for one to say the least am outraged my personal info may be thrown out with the trash and yet you keep finding these same places are still doing it but at the same time what can I do to make sure it doesn't happen to me and my family's info. Please stay with this investigation until it is resolved I would also like to hear what the corporate headquarters have to say about this totally lack of security as well as irresponsibility to their costumers and patients. I have been calling everyone I know about this ordeal and they will be watching your report as well. Thank you.
Thank you for your series of reports regarding the trashing of private pharmacy records. My pharmacy was listed on the WTHR website as one that was found to be neglectful with their customer's personal information. Your reports lead me to question if my pharmacy's computer database is secure enough from identity theft. Is my Name, Date of Birth, Social Security, Medicare and Credit Card information adequately protected? I will be contacting my pharmacy's corporate headquarters for answers. Thanks again.
--Steve S.
Name and address on a prescription bottle is no big deal. You can get that out of the phone book. It is important for the person to have the name of the medication on the bottle to ensure they are taking the correct medicine. Info beyond those items is private and should not be thrown into the trash.
--John B.
OK, we get it, we get. Pharmacies put private patient information in to the dumpster. Of course they shouldn't. But don't you think that a 3-part story showing one of your reporters dumpster-diving to be more than a little overdone? I suppose I now know if I want to find out who in my neighborhood has erectile dysfunction or takes birth control that I can put on my old jeans and a thick pair of gloves and hit the Walgreen's garbage pail. I have always wondered if that old guy down the street has high blood pressure. But come on on guys, who really cares? There's serious news to report.
--Robert S.
I just want to thank you for uncovering such sloppy practices by some pharmacies. It's really inexcusable. What is even MORE inexcusable is that they didn't even clean up their act after getting such negative publicity. Unbelievable.
--Megan T.
My husband and I watched your investigative report each night this week, and were horrified to learn that our pharmacist, CVS on 56th and Georgetown was one of the worst violators in handling our personal health records. We switched our drug store the very next day to Costco's on W. 86th street and the first thing I asked before signing was, "How do you handle a customer's files?" Words can not say "Thank you" enough, but you have my utmost respect for having the guts to dig in trash bins in order to educate our community. I can't wait to see your next report!
--Yolanda J.
I'm sorry, (I work in Human Resources), don't they realize this could be concidered a violation of the HIPPA laws??? !!!! Man, I'd hate to be the person on the receiving end of that lawsuit . When you go to a doctor or pharmacy,you are given paperwork on what exactly HIPPA is and what it covers. It does state that your medical and personal history with them is kept under strick confidentiality and not shared with ANYONE without permission from the patient.Seems to me this could turn out to be a really ugly situation for these pharmacies if the HIPPA people decide to step in and investigate this little problem you've uncovered !
Good job reporting on this issue !!! Keep up the good work !
--Stacy R.
The big question you failed to ask each of the consumers you presented the "found" information is "how do THEY dispose of their prescription bottles and package inserts"? I'd bet nearly every single one of them throws the empty bottles and package inserts into their trash. Very few people, especially elderly people, have document shredders or bother to destroy their used med bottles. While the stores shouldn't assume the trash (dumpster) is adequate disposal, most people do the same thing. Dumpster diving is not expected behavior...neither is digging up stuff in a landfill. The stuff in those plastic bags are in the same condition 5 years later after being buried! The moral is, just because you toss out something doesn't mean it's gone or someone won't "find it" again! Not to water down your story but you could get better information than you presented just digging through people's trash before the garbage man comes. But again, most people assume that folks don't do that. I guess it's presumed honesty...can we go back to the 50's? These issues didn't exist then.
--Scott W.
I recently have been following your story covering local pharmacy's lack of protecting customers privacy. I appreciate your efforts to make the public aware of the importance of protecting ones personal information, especially in light of the surge in identity theft over the last decade. The truth Mr. Segall, is that it is more than just pharmacy's that violate customers right to privacy. You could go dumpster diving in dumpsters belonging to Banks, Credit Unions, Mortgage and Insurance companies, and find much, if not more damaging personal information, should it fall in to the wrong hands. I would like to point out however, that in the end, it is as much up to individual responsibility and diligence to maintain a high level of awareness as what one does with ones information as it is to count on a certain level of expectation that the company you are doing business with will respect your sensitive information.... quite often, as a patient is leaving the pharmacy with their new prescriptions ... they stop at the trash can just outside the door, dispose of their own previousely used pill bottles, and tear open the bags which contain their new prescription bottles, and dispose of the sack, as well as the patient instructions with their personal information on it, in the trash can outside the front door. So, in the end, they hurt themselves.
--John G.
You did a terrific job on reporting how pharmacies were carelessly throwing private patient information in the trash where anybody could access it. I thank you (as I can only hope other people and families do) for investigating, reporting, and bringing this matter out in the open so we are aware of it and so we (as pharmacy customers) can decide what actions we need to do in order to protect our private information.
--Danielle M.
I'm really disappointed in the reporting of the pharmacy's disposal of patient information.... I keep thinking "thanks WTHR and Bob Segall for telling every low life in the city how they can get more information on the citizens of Indianapolis and surrounding areas".... We all worry about identity theft, try to shred information - shredding it all is impossible. Now the pharmacies may lock up their trash - but, potential identity thiefs now know its there and a simple locking system won't keep them out - I think your BIG news story has made the situation worse - again, thanks a lot.
--Carole F.
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I am having a hard time getting worked up with this story. So far all I have seen are names, addresses, phone numbers, and date of birth. Not too "Shocking". As far as I know this is not private info but public info that can easily be found, most of which in the phone book. Should the pharmacies be more careful? Maybe. I am curious to know that of all these people who are "Shocked" that this info is in dumpsters, how many of them are careful as to how they dispose of the tons of junk mail, especially credit applications, that already has that same info along with account numbers? What about old prescription bottles that they dispose of on their own? I would bet that a "Shocking " number of them just pitch all of that stuff into the trash. I shred everything I revive. It looks like you put in a lot of effort into this story but to my wife and me it doesn't seem like that big of a deal. Surely there are plenty of other topics that would have a greater "shock" value.
--Chris T.
Thanks for your investigation of the pharmacies but I think it is equally important to remind people to take the labels off the prescription bottles before they throw them into their own garbage at home because the same thing can happen-personal information out to anyone who sifts through a garbage can in our own yards.
--Mary C.
I found your recent study about the drug stores a complete success. Thanks to you and the station the local pharmacies might get it together and do what should have been done all along. I didn't see my local pharmacy at 4401 E. 10th St. on the list with the maps. Perhaps its one that wasn't checked. Either way I am sure that they too will look a bit closer at their store. Hope so.
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Spiders/pest control?
Spiders are out of control at my new house and I need to do something about it... Wife hates them, 2 year old toddler, new baby any day and a HIGHLY allergic boxer....
Who did you use for pest control? Did it work? How much?
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We had rose pest control do some spraying for spiders and ants, seemed to work.
For us, the biggest thing is just keeping vigilant. I am out in the country, and its just hard to keep things out sometimes. I've recently found some gaps in the basement windows that have let things into the house (I've found frogs in my basement!), and hopefully sealing them up will slow that greatly.
Spiders are there to eat other bugs, no bugs, no spiders. So keep the basements and house clean. Get out the shop vac and vacuum up webs when you see them. In the baseemnts, get glue board traps, and put them all along windowsills and baseboards, they will just keep catching bugs.
That at least keeps us in decent shape. Before we did that, we would get wolf spiders that would stick around long enough to get to 3" across. Now, we still have some spiders, but they are small.
Most spiders don't really do anything to people, anyway.
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Besides people's fear of spiders, they are really not too bad because, like Jesus said, they eat other bugs. I don't spray for bugs outside because I like to make sure the spiders stick around the gardens.
I found one of the easiest ways to keep bugs out of the house is to make sure there isn't much organic material (besides dirt/rocks) right up next to the foundation. When we first moved in, the previous owners had a lot of mulch piled right up to the foundation anywhere from 6" - 12" deep and all sorts of bugs were coming in (mainly silverfish, pill bugs, box elder bugs, spiders). I pulled most of that mulch back away from the foundation by at least a foot and that made an immediate and huge difference in the number of bugs making it inside.
A few times a year I sprinkle some powdered diatomaceous earth on the ground right around the base of the foundation and that helps too.
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One year ago. I was crossing the city driving my car and started to think how stupid and primitive were the traffic signs that were ruling me. They told us: you can't go there, you must turn left or right and nothing more. I decided to give them another meaning, a reading grade was what they lacked.
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IBM used to be easy to understand. It was International Business Machines, the company that invented tangible things—mainframes, PCs, hard drives—and then sold them. IBM still sells some physical stuff but much less than it used to. The PCs and hard drives were offloaded years ago, and now servers and chips are in the offload queue.
Today's IBM is much more of a software, services, and consulting company that works on some pretty nebulous stuff. The truth is that the average person has no idea what IBM does or stands for these days, which is just one of its problems. (Bloomberg Businessweek helpfully detailed several of the other problems in a recent cover story.)
The marketing department at IBM has to work pretty hard to try to give the company a clear identity, and the results can be quite comical. A recent TV ad airing during coverage of Wimbledon concerns IBM's work for a chocolate maker. Thomas Linemayr, the chief executive of Lindt & Sprüngli's U.S. operations, explains during the commercial that some people like dark chocolate while others prefer milk and white chocolate. "Before, we couldn't really allow the consumer to customize their chocolate," he says. "We needed the scalable cloud solution allowing them to select what they're looking for. Now, there is endless opportunity to indulge."
Let's just pause here for a moment and recognize two things: 1) Selling chocolate does not come off as a grand challenge in need of specialized computing systems because 2) we're talking about chocolate. No one has ever stopped buying a piece of chocolate because of their inability to customize it on a cloud. They've bought the chocolate and eaten it.
But suspend disbelief for a moment and assume there is a real problem to be solved here. While IBM's ad doesn't actually tell you what it did for Lindt & Sprüngli, there are some more marketing materials available online that go into the partnership. The materials say that Lindt & Sprüngli had a website since 2002 where it sold chocolate but it wanted a better website. It turned to a company called CrossView to build the new retail site, and CrossView used IBM's software along the way. The end result? A website heralded in the marketing document as "a premium storefront where customers can experience the Lindt brand—like browsing in a department store featuring all things chocolate. This includes a portfolio of up to 600 SKUs—virtually every size, shape and type of chocolate imaginable, including a wide assortment of the brand's iconic Lindor truffle."
In English, this means that IBM played a role in making a website that sells 600 products. The website certainly does not sell "virtually every size, shape, and type of chocolate imaginable," unless you have the imagination of a gnat. It does not even sell all that much stuff as far as retail websites go. And the customization piece that required a scalable cloud solution? Well, there is a spot on the Lindt & Sprüngli store where you can pick three or four different kinds of truffles to put in a bag. Basically, Lindt & Sprüngli now has the dropdown menus of a 1998 website.
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In this case, "the system" requires more human intervention than you might at first think. IBM had 48 people watching the tennis matches and recording their opinions on whether or not a shot was aggressive. In addition, IBM supplied Wimbledon with "a referee schedule system, details of who is playing for outdoor screens, and a press interview schedule." Heady stuff.


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Evaluation of much of the early literature on heredity in atopy proves difficult mainly because of the terminology in use at that time. It was imprecise and included atopic manifestations other than the principal ones. A hereditary predisposition to atopy, as postulated by Coca and Cooke (1923), including the transferability of specific antibodies, was subsequently confirmed by several authors. These included Edgren (1943), who demonstrated an increased frequency of respiratory atopic manifestations in patients who had previously suffered from AD. Clinicians investigating atopic subjects found hereditary background of atopy, including asthma, rhinitis, and AD, in 62%–68% in their cases (Rost and Marchionini 1932; Korting 1958; Baer 1955), and, despite possible sources of error, the Scandinavian series of Hellerström and Lidman (1956) and of the author (Rajka 1960) both gave the incidence as 68%. Reports on "allergic" children gave an even higher incidence (Freeman and Johnson 1964; Kaufman and Frick 1976). These and similar findings support the conclusion that the coexistence of AD and atopic respiratory disease is genetically determined (Schwartz 1952; Schnyder 1960; Rajka 1960).
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On 29 nov, 12:10, Andrea <btlgs2... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Nov 28, 12:56 pm, olfa <olfa.mra... at yahoo.fr> wrote:
> > Dear All,
> > I'm facing a big problem with Mathematica because I need to use it
> > SYMBOLICALLY for many functions like:
> > 1)Nest[f,x,i] (without knowing the value of i)
> > 2)Table[exp,{index,i,n}] (without knowing the values of i and n)
> > 3)Rest[m] such that m is a symbolic list (without knowing its concrete
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> > How to deal with that?
> > Thank you for your help.
> I olfa,
> what do you mean for simbolically use of these functions?
> When you write them Mathematica just keep them unevaluated, just
> writing some message that you can suppress ( look at tutorial/Messages
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> This is not the result you want?
> Andrea
Hi andrea
Here is an example of what I need to do:
Reduce[Nest[f,v,j]==Nest[f,vP,jP] && j>=jP,{vP}]
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Aging, Social Isolation of Seniors Discussed with Danish Leaders
As generations age, how do different countries and cultures plan and provide for them? Information and ideas about senior support and preventing social isolation spanned the Atlantic when a group of 12 health care leaders from Denmark spent the afternoon at the Palo Alto Medical Foundation's Druker Center for Health Systems Innovation on October 10, 2012.
Danish and American physicians, executives and directors from large health systems, government, universities, senior centers, hospitals and hospices joined for the four-hour exchange at the Innovation Center. The goal of the visit was to share knowledge of and opinions about the diverse challenges of aging populations in Denmark and the United States. From the many dynamic conversations underway at any given time, it appeared that that goal was met or exceeded.
Paul Tang, M.D., vice president and chief innovation and technology officer for PAMF's Innovation Center presented on the health care system in the United States, including the changes required to adapt for the Affordable Care Act of 2010 and accommodate the needs of the enormous and growing aging population.
"Already about 13 percent of the U.S. population are seniors, the vast majority of whom are covered by Medicare," Dr. Tang said. "The U.S. faces several challenges somewhat unique in the world: a fee-for-service care delivery model, the lack of universal health care, and health information systems that are not connected or, in some places, nonexistent."
"In Denmark, 16 percent of our people are 65 or older," explained Mikkel Bülow Skovborg, Research Attaché, Danish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Higher Education, outlined the health care system and focus on care for the elderly in Denmark. "We have a highly structured and well-funded system to provide long-term care at home for our elders. We haven't built a nursing home in our country since 1987."
Comparing Senior Support in the United States and Denmark
In Denmark, a high percentage of the gross domestic product is spent on social services and a lower percentage on health care. All health care policies are set on a national level but are implementing regionally via hospitals, clinics, rehabilitation centers and other health service centers. The municipal level tends to home care and preventive care services. Because of this comprehensive system, people rarely if ever "fall through the cracks." There is a continuum of care with coordinated services.
Danish seniors have access to a wide range of services provided at the local, regional and national level, by people whose specific job it is to care for the elderly and support their ability to live in the community. A number of meeting attendees, however, observed that the high-level benefits, free at the point of delivery, may create a level of dependence on the system that enables families to "check-out" of their important caregiver roles. This relates particularly to their role in providing emotional support, the absence of which may contribute to isolation.
By contrast, the United States spends a low percentage of its gross domestic product on social services and a high percentage is spent on health care. The burden of care is on the family, not the government – basically, a private sector approach in which every person or family must research available options. The system is more fragmented, with some communities and cultures more adapted to solutions for elder care than others.
The attendees were divided into several groups, each of which discussed a different query and then reported out to the entire group at the end of the afternoon. Lively, engaging discussions covered these questions:
- What are the drivers of isolation?
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According to Felix Salmon at Reuters, News Corp's independent directors are "not happy" with Murdoch's handling of the phone hacking scandal and are "questioning the company's response to the crisis and whether a leadership change is needed." Bloomberg reports:
News Corp.'s independent directors, who hold nine of 16 board seats, have expressed frustration over the quality and quantity of information they've received about the scandal and concern about management's ability to handle the crisis given how slowly the company has responded, the person said.
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Dabakis, the state Democratic Party chairman, showed up in financial disclosure reports, making a $1,250 contribution to the Salt Lake County Republican Party.
Dabakis made the donation back in February, before he was the party chairman. A Republican friend, Ellie Muth, had dragged her Democratic friend to a Republican fundraiser, headlined by conservative commentator Mary Katharine Ham.
The GOP had a fundraising auction and one of the items was a suite to a Utah Jazz game for the highest bidder and a few dozen friends. Dabakis said the box, donated by Merit Medical CEO Fred Lampropoulos, was going for $1,000, but had to be worth six or seven times that much.
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Hardwood flooring cupping
Our home ( bungalow ) is about 25 years old. Recently we had the parquet flooring removed and new high quality oak flooring installed over the original 25 year old plywood subfloor. The wood flooring was properly allowed to aclimatize to the house for 10 days before laying. The house is airconditioned in the summer and has a heated and finshed basement. The floor is now cupping in certain places and small hairline cracks are appearing on some boards near the end of the board. An inspector from the manufacturer came yesterday and found moisture and hummidity levels were perfectly normal and within acceptable ranges. He said the problem was due to my contractor not leaving any space between the flooring and the walls of the house - in other words the contractor laid the flooring tight up against each wall. Everything I have read about cupping says it has to be a moisture problem which is not the case here. So my question is can laying a hardwood floor tight against a wall result in cupping and small hairline cracks since according to the manufacuturer the wood has no place to expand to. Thanks for any help.
Hi Brian,
I just did a few repair sections on a floor, my first hardwood flooring project. I did a fair amount of research to make sure I did it right, and the floor should have about 1/4 inch space all around to expand. If you've ever seen oak floor change between seasons you'll understand why. In spots of my house I see large gaps practically disappear in the summer months.
So on the repairs I did I tried to leave about that much, 1/4 inch space. If one side had a little less, say 1/8 inch, usually the other side had a bit more space. I think I left enough, but we'll see what happens when summer comes.
So if he didn't leave a space, that could be the problem.
The inspector is correct in stating that there should be a gap around the edge of the floor. Hardwood typically expands between 1 and 2 percent due to moisture changes, perpendicular to the direction of the grain. Different woods expand different amounts, for a full discussion of this issue either go to http://www.nwfa.org/member/ which is the national hardwood flooring association. Since the wood will expand when the relative humidity is high, it is essential to have a gap the wood can expand into.
HOWEVER, the effect of a lack of gap is to cause the entire floor to buckle. This is not what you described. Cupping of a board is almost always due to differential moisture conditions between the bottom of the board and the top. For example, if you spill water on the top of the wood, the top fibers expand, while the bottom fibers remain the same length. The net result is the the board cups downward (convex). If the bottom of the board is in contact with moist air, say a damp basement, the bottom of the boards expand, the top remains the same length, and the boards cup upward (concave).
You do not state which way the boards are cupping, however the appearance of hairline cracks suggests that the humidity in the house is lower now than when the boards were installed, causing shrinkage and cracking, which is normal. Cupping suggests there is a difference in relative humidity between the upstairs and downstairs.
The inspector is certainly correct in stating that there should be a gap around the edges, which if there is not is an indication of an improper installation, however it seems unlikely that the lack of a gap is related to the cupping.
What kind of moisture test did the inspector run and what were his readings? You have a right to know. You may have to hire your own inspector. The inspector working for the manufacturer has to keep them happy to keep his job.
Daniel has given you the correct answer. Well done Sir!:thumbsup:
There are many of what we call "drive by inspectors". Sounds like that is what you got. Cupping is caused by moisture...period. That inspector works for the maker of the hardwood. He is there to protect them and/or the installer. Hire an independent inspector. The installer is responsble if he did not do a moisture test. Sue them if your inspector finds a moisture problem. I hope this wasn't LL, they do this all the time.
Agree with Rusty .
Time has nothing to do with acclimation. Readings must be taken.
Cupping is caused by a rapid loss of moisture in the wood. Checks or cracks in the boards are also caused by loss of moisture.
Expansion space should be left at the walls .
Solid strip flooring does have a shrink/swell coefficient of 1% in the length and 4% in the width.
From what you describe sounds like the wood was installed wet .
Do like Rusty suggests and get a independent Inspector .
Good Luck.
Thanks to all who took the time to respond
Thanks to you all for the information and suggestions. Will definitely get an independent inspector. The manuafacturer is supposed to send me a written report in a couple of weeks. I will see what to do after that. We are not seeing any more cracks and the cupping is only on certain boards so I am begining to think that these paticular pieces were indeed not completely cured. Not sure what kind of instrument the inspector used to check the moisture level. It was digital and he took pictures of the readings with a digital camera. I'll post what happens when I have news.
Sometimes the cupping will flatten out , sometimes it is permanent.
More subtle cupping can be caused by lack of proper acclimation (this is generally permanent cupping).
Post back if you feel you need a independent inspector . A few of us on this site know very good ones in every state.
Good Luck
Check to make sure the problem boards are not directly over a downstairs bath fan that may have been jarred loose during the floor install. Or a caulking leak at the siding to allow moist outdoor air into that joist bay behind the rim..... Over a laundry room or furnace, HWTank? No signs of water damage in the ceiling below- discoloring, exposed tape on drywall, etc. Area near a bathroom on other side of wall with supply lines there? Or sponginess of floor near toilet in bath, same bay? Any water source nearby? Have next inspector moisture test the ceiling below. Just thinking out loud......
Just a question, did the installing contractor lay roofing felt down ontop of the sub-floor? If not they should have, this certainly helps prevent humidity differencials.
Flooring underlay
Yes, the general contractor did indeed install an underlay before putting down the flooring. No other moisture problems re ceiling fans, etc. Wood flooring not in bathroom or kitchen - just living room, dinning room, hall and bedrooms (upper level only ). Basement fully finished ,not damp, and completely dry and heated in winter. Entire house airconditioned in summer. Thanks for your thoughts.
Still say the wood was not acclimated to the site conditions .
Tar paper is a moisture retarder , not a barrier. It does help quiet the floor .
Aqua Bar B is the stuff to use , but it cost more money .
Don't expect any detailed report from the Rep . Lets wait and see what is in the report .
What species of wood is it ? , and what is the width and thickness ?
Type of wood
The wood is solid white oak and size of the planks are 3 1/2" wide and about 1 inch thick. Not sure if I am allowed to say who the manufacturer is but they are well known and guarantee their product for 35 years. We paid more for this type of wood than the standard Home Dept stuff thinking we would have no problems.
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GAINESVILLE - Five people were transported to the hospital. One of them for serious injuries as she totaled her car when she rear-ended an RTS bus. However state troopers say she's not at fault for the accident.
People in shock and shattered glass sum up a bus ride for about 20 people this afternoon. Near the intersection of 39th avenue and 43rd street northwest gainesville, traffic slowed down for about 2 hours. All due to a car accident involving an RTS bus. According to what the passengers inside of the city bus tell me... The bus was doing its routine stop when this white small honda crashed against it. But troopers say only because another honda, a gray one failed to stop in time. Rear-ending the white honda and pushing it about 6 inches under the bus.
Ricky Riera one of the passengers in the bus says he was worried for the safety of the driver that hit them, as her car was totaled. "Immediately we noticed that she was unconscious and some of the men tried to get her out of the car. Unfortunately the doors were locked," Riera said. That's when law enforcement had to use tools to pry her from the vehicle. She was rushed to shands for serious injuries. Four others in the bus were also taken to the hospital but for minor injuries. Clint Ogburn, an injured bus passenger said, "We're trying to get my girlfriend into the ambulance now... She's having real bad neck and back pains."
Trooper Rick Brown with the Florida Highway Patrol says drivers need to be more alert to prevent this type of accident. "In this town, a college town... Buses and pedestrians and bicycles and mopeds are out all over the place and they do stop frequently in front of them and you have to use concern and pay attention," he added.
The driver at fault was physically fine and his car was drivable after the accident. He will receive a citation along with a mandatory court appearance because of injuries to others... And a judge will determine his fine and sentence.
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