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• Forget about the age-old question of "Where's the beef?" (Remember the Wendy's commercials from the 1980s? Don't get me started on square hamburgers, though. OK, I'll say one word: Communist.) A Lawrence company is making money off a different question these days: "What's the beef?" Lawrence-based Identigen has made a breakthrough in its process of using DNA to provide specific information about the type of beef that consumers are buying.
The West Lawrence company has been using DNA to trace the origin of steaks and roasts and those types of cuts for a couple of years now. But now the company has discovered how to apply the process to hamburger meat. Identigen has signed a deal with the national food distribution company Performance Food Group to apply DNA tracing to all the ground meat in the company's Braveheart Black Angus Burgers brand.
The Braveheart brand makes a couple of promises to its customers — which are mainly fine restaurants that are paying for high-quality beef. One is that the patties are Angus, and the other is that the beef is being raised in the Midwest. Identigen's system tracks the cattle from start to finish, so it can attest to the authenticity of both those claims. And it uses DNA data to back it up. (You know CSI type of stuff. Looks for "CSI: Cow Pasture," coming to CBS soon.)
Even if you don't care about high-quality Angus beef, you may want to keep an eye on Identigen. Its deal with Performance Food Group marks the first of its kind in the U.S. It expects to sign similar deals with other meat processors in the future.
"We're definitely having discussions with other people," said Michele Wells, a spokeswoman with the company.
Hamburger is a big market, and future deals could lead to employee increases for Identigen, which came to Lawrence in part because the Kansas Bioscience Authority invested in it as a rising-star-type of company. Currently, Identigen has about 40 employees, Wells said.
The company has hopes for another boost as well. Currently, the company's testing program — called DNA TraceBack — mainly is just known by food distribution companies and large buyers. But Wells said a Canadian pork company is in the process of putting the DNA TraceBack label on products that it sells in supermarkets. Wells said Identigen has hopes that eventually its DNA system will become something that shoppers in major grocery chains like Dillons and Hy-Vee will look for.
I have no word of this next one, but here's hoping that they also eventually develop a home testing kit. That way I maybe could have figured out what it was my wife served me on Wednesday.
• It will be a race to 100, but nobody probably is going to be a winner at the end of this deal. With 10 months of building permit totals in the book, only 86 new single-family homes have been started in Lawrence. That's down nearly 35 percent from last year, when 131 single-family permits had been issued through October. Today's numbers also a far cry from the housing boom days when 300 was the norm and it wasn't unheard of to exceed 400 single-family building permits in a year. Nobody expects that anymore, but now there are questions about whether the local housing industry will even hit the 100 mark. That's significant because the city keeps building permit records back to 1956 and never has there been a year when the city hasn't issued more than 100 single-family building permits. The low point came in 2008 when 102 were issued. Builders were hoping that would mark the bottom of the housing recession, but this year is giving it a run for the money. As far as other building stats, here's a quick look:
- Apartment construction has definitely filled a void in the construction market. The city has issued permits for 363 apartment units thus far. Oddly, that's the best year since 2008 — when single-family construction also was in the dumps. That year, the city issued permits for 557 apartments.
- Even though home numbers are down, there have been several large ticket projects on the books. The city has issued permits for $92.7 million in private construction. (It also has issued permits for $7.9 million worth of publicly funded construction.) The $92 million mark already is better than either 2010 or 2009 when $85 million and $68 million worth of projects were started for the year. The largest project of the year, so far, has been a $28 million permit for the new Hunter's Ridge Apartment Complex near Sixth Street and Stoneridge Drive.
• If the future of big buildings in Downtown Lawrence interests you, mark your calendar for Tuesday evening. City commissioners have agreed to hear whether a six-story hotel and apartment building should be allowed on the southeast corner of Ninth and New Hampshire streets. The city's Historic Resources Commission has rejected the idea, saying it doesn't fit with the city's Downtown Design Guidelines and is not compatible with the adjacent historic district that runs along Rhode Island Street in East Lawrence. Some residents of that neighborhood also have expressed opposition to the building, particularly its height. I recently wrote a whole article about tall buildings in downtown, so I'm not going to rehash all that. But here's guessing that there will be a lively debate at City Hall. The city already has received a significant amount of correspondence in opposition to the project. But others — including the development team led by local businessman Doug Compton — point out that the city has said increasing the density of downtown and the people living in the district is critical to downtown's future. This seems to be shaping up as a decision that will have an impact beyond just this particular project. Commissioners meet at 6:35 p.m. on Tuesday at City Hall, Sixth and Massachusetts streets.
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Oxford City will have to wait until May 25 to find out which division of the Blue Square Bet Conference they will play in next season.
It follows their thrilling 4-2 play-off final win against AFC Totton.
The issue will be discussed at an FA Alliance sub committee meeting on May 15 and is set to be rubber-stamped the following week.
City chairman Brian Cox said: "Hopefully, we are going to be in the Blue Square South rather than the north.
"Even then, there is a fair amount of travelling. There are plus and minuses – obviously you get a lot better gates, but then you've got the costs of the travelling against it.
"But you're not going to turn it down."
Cox said the emergence of the club's crop of talented youngsters gave him more cause for optimism.
He added: "What I like is that we have a lot of young lads here. You saw two goalscorers on Monday, Kynan (Isaac) and Albi (Skendi). They're 18-year-olds who can play at this level, and we can only go forward.
"I don't think there is much to fear next season."And with our youngsters, I think the future looks bright."
Meanwhile, City secretary John Shepperd confirmed that Court Place Farm will be able to host Conference South or North matches next season.
He said: "We have been given a C grading, which means Conference football can be played there. However, we have to have a B grading by March 31 next year so we will have to carry out a number of improvements."

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Call it the battle of the operatic titans. There's Verdi in the left corner and Wagner in the right.
So, how best to mark the 200th anniversary of both composers born - in a bonanza for opera programmers - fewer than six months apart?
The solution for the artistic director of Opera Australia, Lyndon Terracini, is to present Verdi in Sydney and Wagner in Melbourne.
It is a question of balance, he says. And Verdi - all five productions - seemed a better fit in Sydney in the year in which the company stages Wagner's epic Ring Cycle in Melbourne.
''We have to be aware of the zeitgeist of a particular place,'' Terracini says. ''It's important to have a handle on it. That's part of the job description for an artistic director.''
Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball) with the edgy Catalan theatre group La Fura dels Baus is the centrepiece of Sydney's Verdi celebration and looks set to be a high point of the 2013 season. Verdi's blood and thunder opera of deception and power will be re-imagined as a high-tech comment on big business. The production, directed by Alex Olle, will be Opera Australia's first collaboration with major international opera houses and will premiere in Sydney before seasons in Brussels, Oslo and Buenos Aires.
''We'll do one of these sorts of productions every year with major European partners,'' Terracini says.
The 2013 season, unveiled today, will consolidate the work the company has done this year in widening its horizons and audience base, notably in staging its first Handa Opera on the Harbour as well as the musical South Pacific, both of which will return next year. The harbour opera will be Bizet's Carmen, directed by Gale Edwards.
And there will be fireworks. Lots of them. New Year's Eve will kick off the summer season, with the company performing in two Opera House venues. It will present Puccini's La boheme in the opera theatre and its traditional gala in the concert hall.
''One of the most identifiable days with Sydney is New Year's Eve,'' Terracini says. ''I'd like everybody to know that on a particular date we are going to open the season. So, in future every New Year's Eve, Opera Australia will open the season. We [have] had the Opera Theatre empty . We thought 'we can do this'.''
Roger Hodgman will direct a new production of Donizetti's comic opera Don Pasquale, sponsored by Opera on the Harbour benefactor Haruhisa Handa's Tokyo Art Foundation. It is the first time Opera Australia has presented a sponsored production but is unlikely to be the last.
''We'll ideally continue to do things like this. [Dr Handa's] Tokyo Arts Foundation is paying for this production. I'm extremely happy with that … It is us looking for different ways to generate revenue,'' Terracini says.
The company has grown dramatically in the past two years. Its operating revenue is $100 million this year, against $68 million last year - achieved through sponsorship and the box office, rather than direct government funding.
John Bell will make his debut as an opera director but it won't be a production based on Shakespeare. He will direct Puccini's Tosca. Why?
''Tosca is about a triangle - Tosca, Cavaradossi and Scarpia - and you need outstanding singing actors and you need a director who directs them as singing actors. So, I think you need an actor's director. And it will look gorgeous.''
The opera will return to its traditional lavish settings - Rome's church of Sant'Andrea della Valle, the Palazzo Farnese and the Castel Sant'Angelo - after Christopher Alden's controversial production two years ago. US soprano Takesha Meshe Kizart will return in the title role, which she will share with Cheryl Barker.
Terracini considered remounting the hardy perennial John Copley production but decided against this.
''I did consider doing that, but we did need a Tosca we can use for the next 10 years. If we did the Copley again it would be the last time, because everybody has seen it,'' he said.
Other new productions include Verdi's La Forze del Destino (The Force of Destiny) and Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld, starring Todd McKenney.
The much-anticipated four-opera Ring Cycle, directed by Neil Armfield, premieres in Melbourne in November, Terracini says he is determined to film the production. South Australia's 2004 Ring Cycle, the first Australian production, went unfilmed.
''We've got to film it,'' Terracini says. ''We're not going to film performances because the last thing you want if you've bought a ticket to the Ring Cycle is to have a huge camera whirring in front of you. I'm trying to work out how we film the general rehearsals and the stage rehearsals.'' Terracini also has his eye on the small screen. He has commissioned Divorce from composer Elena Kats-Chernin and playwright Joanna Murray Smith, which he hopes will run over several nights on television next year.
''It's another avenue for us to try and target another type of audience and demographic,'' he says.
Opera Australia launches its 2013 season today at the Opera House at 12.30pm with free performances by Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Jose Carbo and Shane Lowrencev.


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Four Panthers Punch Tickets to St. Louis
Forys, Solomon to make third trip to national stage
Rande Stottlemyer Named EWL Coach of the Year
It Is the Fifth Coach of the Year Award for Stottlemyer
Pitt Wrestling Will Have Two All-Americans
Tyler Nauman and Matt Wilps Fall in Semifinals, But Had Already Clinched All-American Honors
National Championships: Three Pitt Wrestlers Advance to Quarterfinals
Anthony Zanetta, Tyler Nauman and Matt Wilps All Win Their First Two Matches for the Panthers
Six Pitt Wrestlers Set for NCAA Championships in Saint Louis
Wrestling Begins on Thursday and Will Wrap Up With the Finals on Saturday
2010-11: Registered the third most wins on the team with 26-12 record...Qualified for NCAA Championships after winning EWL title...Defeated Donnie Jones (West Virginia) 6-0 in the finals of the EWL tournament...Pinned No. 10 Nick Heflin (Ohio State) in 4:36 and edged No. 18 Justin Zerrip (Michigan) 3-1 in overtime...Won the Clarion Open...Placed seventh at the Nittany Lion Open...Went 6-2 against EWL opponents...Tallied eight pins and had two major decisions.
2009-10: Redshirted the season, competing in two tournaments and compiling a 9-2 record...Won the Clarion Open at 174, going a perfect 5-0 in the tournament and defeating Hayden Harrison (7-5) in the final...Placed sixth at the Penn State Open, going 4-2 and picking up his fastest fall of the season at 4:21 against Owen Smith (Maryland).
2008-09: Posted a 26-16 record and earned his second straight 20-win season as a sophomore for the Panthers...Qualified for the NCAA Tournament at 165 pounds with an at-large bid after taking third at the Eastern Wrestling League championships...Tallied 11 bonus-point wins and eight falls on the year, cracking Pitt's top 15 career falls list...Went 5-2 at the Michigan State Open, including four straight wins to take fifth place...Went 4-1 with two falls at the Keystone Classic to take third place and help the Panthers to a second place team finish...Posted a 3-2 mark at both the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational and Midlands Championships...Dropped his first round match at the EWL Championships 3-2 to Rob Michaels (Cleveland State) before defeating Michaels 4-2 to capture third place and secure an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships...Went 2-2 at the NCAA Championships including a 3-1 sudden victory win over Brandon Mason (Oklahoma State) and a 4-2 win over Jason Lapham (Roder).
2007-08: Enjoyed a breakout freshman season for the Panthers...One of three returning national qualifiers...Went 20-21 with 10 bonus-point wins on the year while picking up 16 tournament wins...Carded a pin in his first collegiate match over Jeff Havelka (Findlay) at the Eastern Michigan Open...Finished fourth at EMU Open...Went 4-2 with two first-round pins at the Brute/Binghamton Open to finish in sixth place...Went 2-2 at the Mat Town Open...Picked up first dual win over Justin Shannon (Findlay) 8-6 at the Ohio Duals...Took third place at the EWL Championships after going 3-1 with a first-round pin and a 10-0 major decision...Earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships where he went 2-2, scoring a 10-3 decision over Kurt Swatz (Boise State) and a first-round pin against Stephen Crozier (Air Force).
High School: Finished seventh overall at the Pennsylvania State Championships...Two-time section champion at Waynesburg under coach John Yates...Two-time WPIAL runner up...Also a soccer star...Nominated as the team's Most Outstanding Player during his junior and senior year.
Personal: Born November 10, 1988...Son of Ron and Karen Headlee...Has one brother, Drew, who was a two-time EWL Champion and All-America while at Pitt.
Major: Sociology.
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