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Learn the importance of nondeductible IRAs
I give a lot of advice regarding how important Roth IRAs can be, because they allow you to pay your taxes now and, if handled correctly, all of the growth on the money can be taken out tax-free at retirement.
Similarly, I always advise investors to take advantage of a company-sponsored IRA if there is company matching. But these types of investments have restrictions and limits, leaving some investors to think they have few alternatives if they hit their limit or don't qualify.
Investors who have maxed out their company-sponsored plan but are still looking to save more money often don't know where to look. The same can be true for Americans whose are restricted from contributing to a Roth because their single (or joint) income has passed a certain threshold set by the Internal Revenue Code.
In these and other situations, a nondeductible IRA may be the answer.
The Internal Revenue Code states that you are eligible to contribute to an IRA, regardless of how much money you make, so long as you follow some specific guidelines. Starting in 2013, individuals under the age of 50 can invest $5,500 per year, and those over 50 can invest $6,500 (after taking advantage of a catch up contribution of an extra $1,000) in any IRA.
But all this is on a nondeductible basis.
This means you can't write off the contribution on your taxes in the year you contribute. However, a nondeductible Roth IRA can still grow on a tax-deferred basis. This means that in your retirement years, the nondeductible contributions can be returned to you, pro rata, tax free.
Now this may not seem like a lot of money to some people, and some may dismiss it as being too small to worry about. However, if you consider a married couple each contributing the max every year from the time they are 50 until age 65, they can save $195,000 (not counting interest).
If that same investment experienced a rate of return of 7 percent, that $195,000 would grow to nearly $350,000 by age 65. (An assumed growth rate of 7 percent is provided for illustrative purposes only and may not be indicative of future results as past performance is not a guarantee of future results).
The nondeductible IRA shows how small changes to your retirement planning can sometimes make significant differences in the years ahead. Sometimes all it takes is being willing to look beyond the normal everyday planning, and some sound advice. It makes sense to review your plan at least annually, if not more often, to take advantage of these opportunities.
Joe Wirbick is the president of the Lancaster financial services firm Sequinox. Joe specializes in retirement planning and distribution. This allows him to concentrate on developing strategies that help address the unique issues that confront retirees and those approaching retirement.
Tax information is provided for informational purposes only, changes in tax laws may occur at any time and could have a substantial impact upon each person's situation.. Tax returns should be completed in conjunction with a qualified tax professional. While we are familiar with the tax provisions of the issues presented herein, Sequinox Financial and JWC/JWCA do not offer tax advice and are not affiliated. Mr. Wirbick is an Investment Advisor Representative offering advisory services through J.W. Cole Financial Advisors, Inc.. (JWCA) and securities through J.W. Cole Financial, Inc. (JWC) Member FINRA/SIPC. The opinions expressed are those of Mr. Wirbick and based on information believed to be reliable but not guaranteed and subject to change and do not necessarily reflect the position of JWC/JWCA.JWC/JWCA and Sequinox are unaffiliated independent entities.

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NASHVILLE - Excitement continues to build as the jackpots climb once again for the Tennessee Lottery's two popular online games, Lotto 5 and Powerball. The jackpot for Lotto 5 is $330,000 for Monday's drawing, while the Powerball grand prize has climbed to $120 million for Wednesday's drawing.
Friday night's Lotto 5 drawing produced 2,108 winners, including 62 players who each won $178 and 2,046 players who each won $8. For Saturday night's Powerball drawing, there were 36,493 winners who purchased tickets from Tennessee retailers. By selecting the Power Play option, 8,439 players multiplied their winnings by three.
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Bethel Park battles Mt. Lebanon
For a first game, Jeff Metheny conceded Bethel Park played well in its 38-0 victory against Plum. Plus, the Black Hawks enter their Southeastern Conference showdown Sept. 6 against Mt. Lebanon in good condition.
In the huddle after the win over the Mustangs, Metheny told his troops, that yes, they are 1-0 and that's good. "But, we've got to win next week."
If history is an indicator, Friday's contest is pivotal because the winner emerged as co-champions of the conference with Upper St. Clair. Lebo defeated a Bethel Park team decimated by injuries, 17-7. The contest saw Levi Metheny, then a freshman, emerge as the Hawks' starting quarterback for the remainder of the campaign.
Metheny pointed how this year's confrontation is a little different coming off another win against the Mustangs. "The Plum win gives us confidence," he said. "We didn't get hurt and we came out of it healthy."
But, he added, "We've got to get better and continue to step up and perform. We did some good things but we are not firing on all cylinders."
The only thing firing on all cylinders for Mt. Lebanon in its season opener was North Allegheny. Despite returning only three starters from a team that has won three straight PIAA championships, the Tigers thumped Lebo, 55-7, in a non-conference clash. One of the few bright spots for the Blue Devils was Jake Rolfsen's 16-yard TD run late in the game, when the mercy rule was invoked at the 10-minute mark of the third quarter.
Metheny pointed out, that though devastating, the defeat would not factor into Lebo's psyche for the upcoming clash, nor will it factor into the Blue Devils' ability to bounce back.
"Lebo had a big loss last year to NA," he said recalling that 39-14 unfavorable decision. "It doesn't matter. They are going to come back strong from their defeat."
Mike Melnyk and guys like Penn State recruit, Troy Apke, and standout linemen like Alex Bookser and Matt Hoffman, who are both major Division I prospects, are a few of the reasons for Metheny's statement.
"Lebo has good players. They are well-coached," added Metheny of Melnyk's squad. "They played us hard here last year and now we have to go over there."
BP enters the Devils' den with plenty of poise and playing Plum.
For starters the defense excelled, forcing five turnovers. Alex Minton, Jake Lewis and Chris Papalia all recovered fumbles. Lewis and Papalia also intercepted passes.
"Defense did a great job," Metheny said. "I'm proud of that group."
Metheny was equally pleased with his special teams as well as the kicking unit that features long-snapper Matthew Carr, holder Steve Evrard and placekicker Danny Christenson, who kicked five extra points. After the Lewis fumble recovery, Christenson also connected on a 27-yard field goal with two seconds left in the second stanza, a quarter in which BP racked up 26 points.
"Special teams did well for us and Papalia is a real weapon for us," Metheny said.
"Plus those three do well together," he added of the kicking unit. Danny does a good job. Matt is dependable and Steve is a good holder."
"We are team-oriented," Metheny stressed. "We go as our special teams do. Our kickers and punters did well. We go as our defense goes. We got turnovers."
And while the Hawks outgained Plum, 255-74, they were not that impressive in the backfield. In fact, the young Metheny led the ground game. The sophomore signal caller gained 66 yards on 11 carries. Metheny also scored three times, twice on 1-yard scampers into the end zone and once for a 10-yard score that ignited the Hawks and snapped a 0-0 deadlock 30 seconds into the second stanza.
Zach Enick, who led BP last year with nearly 600 yards on the ground, recorded a 1-yard TD and Minton supplied an 8-yard score.
"We did good things but we did not run the ball with the tailback well enough. The way you need to do in this league in order to be successful," Metheny said. "We need to run better. We do that, then I think we've got a chance to be special."


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The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, Miss.
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, will react in the most shortsighted fashion possible and break away from this tyrannical republic, because (insert name of petitioner's state here) is well-equipped to stand on its own since our candidate lost the presidential election."
That statement should perhaps serve as a guiding preamble to the seemingly hottest trend in the country – secession of states from the United States. In the wake of the election, people in Mississippi and the other 49 states have filed petitions asking that their states be allowed to peacefully secede from the union. Some have gotten at least 25,000 signatures, which would require an official response from the White House.
That response should be: This is ridiculous. Because we all know how it went when states last seceded in 1861 to 1865. At least the petitioners this time aren't calling for a revolution.
Eric B. of Picayune launched Mississippi's petition two days after the election. He writes that Mississippi should be allowed to withdraw from the U.S. "and create its own NEW governmen (sic)."
True, the effort to break away likely will easily fail. But the fact that the thought of succession has gotten this much traction is more than a bit alarming.
States like Mississippi need federal dollars and support for a host of quality-of-life issues. That, of course, would go away with secession. The state would have to rummage through its already bare-bones coffers to offer the range of services the federal government provides in the state now.
But as for secession talk, we don't need two Americas. The Civil War should have been a resounding reminder of that. Even if it means passionate yet constructive disagreement, or your party not always winning every election or majority in Congress, we are much stronger, and always will be, as one America.
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As hard as it is to believe, Christmas is just around the corner.
As much as this time of year is about family, spirituality, food and celebrations, it's also the time of year that charities – many of which have been hit by the recession – receive a big portion of their annual contributions.
Unfortunately, it's also the time when scammers have the best chance of pulling off money-making schemes by playing on a person's emotions.
But there are ways you can ensure that the money you donate goes to a place where it will help. The Better Business Bureau, which has its BBB Wise Giving Alliance, has some suggestions that donors would do well to consider before writing that check.
First, when making a donation, write a check made out to the organization to which you are contributing.
Second, don't let a name fool you. Many times scammers will use a name that is similar to the name of a legitimate charitable organization.
Third, check out the organization to which you are contributing.
China Daily, Beijing
With incumbent President Barack Obama beating his Republican challenger Mitt Romney to win a second term in the White House, the hullabaloo surrounding the presidential election in the United States finally drew to an end.
While he could blame the global financial crisis and the mess left by his predecessor for the U.S.' woes during his first term in office, he will not be able to do that now. He will have to redouble his efforts over the next four years if he is to fix the country's ailing economy, create more jobs and bring government spending down.
Despite all the rhetoric he used to bash China in his presidential campaign, Obama needs to handle U.S. relations with China in a more mature and rational way now that he is ensconced in the White House.
After all, growing and healthy ties cater to the interests of both countries and to the rest of the world.
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- Dr. Mary Wardell Ghirarduzzi, President
- 6/19/14 – 1/15/18
Dr. Mary J. Wardell Ghiraduzzi was appointed by Mayor Edwin Lee in June 2014. She has been working in various roles in higher education administration for the past 18 years. She is currently the Vice Provost for Diversity Engagement and Community Outreach and is part of leadership at the University of San Francisco. Working with faculty, staff and students, and diverse communities throughout the San Francisco Bay area, she promotes an understanding of diversity as core to a holistic and sustainable higher education organization. She received a BA in Communication from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, her hometown; a MA in Cross Cultural Counseling from San Diego State University; and a doctorate in Organizational Leadership from Pepperdine University in Los Angeles.
- Susan Mall, Vice-President
- 2/2013 - 2017
Susan Mall was appointed to the Library Commission by Mayor Edwin Lee in February 2013. She is a development professional with a successful track record of providing leadership, strategic planning and event production for fund-raising, donor relations, and marketing. Recently she served as the grand opening consultant for the new SFJAZZ Center which opened in January 2013. She has also worked with the Jewish Community Federation, the Contemporary Jewish Museum, Jewish Vocational Services and Jewish Community Relations Council. She serves on the board of directors of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, the Nancy and Stephen Grand Family House, and the Alexander and June Maisin Foundation, and also serves on the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra Committee and the Koret Family House Advisory New Building Committee. She has a master's degree from Loyola University in Chicago and a bachelor's degree from Boston University.
- Zoe Dunning, Commissioner
- 7/30/14 – 1/15/18
Zoe Dunning was appointed to the Commission by Mayor Ed Lee in July 2014. She currently serves as Director of Change Management for Future State consulting, helping her clients lead their organization and its stakeholders through large-scale operational transformation. A retired U.S. Navy officer, Commander Dunning was a leader in the successful campaign to repeal the military's discriminatory Don't Ask, Don't Tell law. She is a Senior Fellow at the Truman National Security Project and serves on the board of Stanford Pride, a network of alumni, students, faculty, and staff connected to the LGBTQQI community. She holds an M.B.A. from Stanford University and a B.S. from the United States Naval Academy.
- John Lee, Commissioner
- 2/2013 - 1/15/18
John Lee was appointed to the Library Commission by Mayor Edwin Lee in February 2013. He has worked in information technology for the past two decades and currently serves as an IT executive with the YMCA of San Francisco. Lee serves on the board of the Evergreen Education Foundation, which brings education opportunities to rural areas of China. He is active in MentorNet, which mentors university students. He is also a CPR and first aid instructor for the Red Cross and certified volunteer with San Francisco Neighborhood Emergency Response Team (SF NERT). He earned a bachelor's degree from Hong Kong Polytechnic and a master's degree from the University of Southampton in the U.K. He also completed post graduate work at the University of Warwick in the U.K.
- Teresa Ono, Commissioner
- 5/21/09 – 1/15/17
Teresa Ono was appointed to the Commission by Mayor Gavin Newsom in May 2009. She currently serves as Advancement Services Manager at San Francisco State University. She has been Director of Development at the Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Northern California where she raised over $370,000. In 2005, as Executive Director she raised over $300,000 to support 24 events of the Celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Japantown. Previously she worked for AT&T, rising to Director of Law and Government Affairs. She has a strong community background serving as Vice President and Treasurer of the Golden Gate chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL). She serves on the Executive Committee of the Cherry Blossom Festival as well as Past Chairperson of the Senior Appreciation Brunch and current member of the planning committee.
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- 3/15/10 – 1/15/17
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It's not until three-quarters of the way into "jOBS," the highly anticipated biopic of Apple icon Steve Jobs, that we get the first honest glimpse of the man many would call the greatest entrepreneur who ever lived.
It's in a small scene when Jobs, played by Ashton Kutcher, reveals the now-famous "1984" Macintosh commercial to a room full of employees, and Kutcher perfectly captures the charisma and drive behind Jobs' eyes.
But that flash of the real spirit and soul of Jobs is sadly lacking in the rest of the film, which premiered Friday as the closing night movie of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in Park City.
That's likely going to disappoint those who want to know more than just a telling of Job's early career.
Still there's good news for those who've been waiting to see how the lanky co-star of "Two and a Half Men" does as Jobs they can somewhat breathe a sigh of relief. He's not the casting disaster that some thought he might be.
Kutcher does competent work of replicating Jobs' moves, from his walk to his wiry, toothless grin. In fact, from the neck up, Kutcher bears a remarkable resemblance to the Apple founder throughout Jobs' career (though Kutcher is much too tall).
But what Kutcher can't seem to nail is that spark of creativity and foresight that elevated Jobs as a great entrepreneur.
Most of that fault doesn't lie with Kutcher, but with director Joshua Michael Stern ("Swing Vote"), who never gives his actor the scene that conveys Jobs' soul and creative skill, instead opting to focus on his well-known temper and corporate backstabbing.
Stern and first-time screenwriter Matt Whiteley deliver a straightforward re-telling of the early years of the formation of Apple from a basement startup to Jobs' return to Apple as interim CEO in the 1990s.
And it crams in as many details as it can possibly tell in its two-hour length: Jobs' partnership with Steve Wozniak (Josh Gad, who does a better job portraying the fun-loving "Woz"), Jobs' unwillingness to acknowledge his daughter, the infamous flare-ups in the boardroom, his ousting by onetime Apple CEO John Sculley (Matthew Modine), and his creative relationship with Apple designer Jonathan Ive.
It's too much historical retelling of what Apple and Jobs fans already know through scores of interviews and Walter Isaacson's best-selling biography. What they instead want to know is what really makes this business showman tick.
"jOBS," which will land in movie theaters around the country on April 19, tells us what we already know when we're begging to know so much more.
Steve Jobs helped define a generation of technology lovers and he did it his way, with an undeniable flair that no one else possessed. That's the movie that Jobs' followers want to see.
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Thirty-eight bridges in Washington and Greene counties will be among those posted with new weight restrictions.
"Postings will probably begin later this month," said Valerie Petersen, spokeswoman for PennDOT District 12 in Uniontown.
Passenger cars weigh an average of 1.5 tons, while a pickup truck averages 3 tons and an ambulance, 5 tons, said Joseph Szczur, PennDOT District 12 executive. Contrast this with a school bus at full capacity that weighs 17 tons and a fire truck that weighs 30 tons.
PennDOT's own truck, loaded with road salt, weighs 28 tons, and a tractor-trailer weighs 40 tons, he said, so the real impact will be felt by those driving emergency vehicles, school buses and the largest trucks.
It will take PennDOT "weeks and months to determine the impact a weight restriction will have on surrounding roadways and work out detours for each bridge. We start from a priority standpoint with bridges with the highest amount of truck traffic," Szczur said.
The final stage will be installing signs noting the new weight restrictions. In some cases, motorists will see postings next week.
State-owned bridges affected in Washington County include spans over Buffalo Creek, Brush Run branch, Chartiers Run branch, Little Chartiers Creek, Peters Creek, Chartiers Creek, Little Chartiers Creek branch, Horne Run, Little Ten Mile Creek, Daniels Run, Montgomery Run, Pigeon Creek, Pike Run, Dog Run, St. Patrick Run, Bigger Run, Buffalo Creek branch, Cross Creek north fork and Brush Run.
Reduced weight restrictions also will affect municipal bridges.
Don Herbert, District 12 bridge engineer, said "PennDOT is the steward" for any municipal or county bridges over 20 feet. There are many more local bridges that made the PennDOT spreadsheet, but those listed represent either new postings or an existing posting that has been reduced.
"You're generally looking at a 10- to 20-percent reduction in the safe load capacity," Herbert said.
Two locally owned bridges in Washington County are included on the state's list: a 62-foot span that carries Ridgewood Drive over Miller's Run, Cecil Township, and a bridge on Redd's Mill Road that has carried traffic for 67 feet over Pigeon Creek in Fallowfield Township near Bentleyville since 1935. They were previously posted with weight restrictions.
The postings are being carried out because of lack of funding, Petersen said, for the safety of motorists "to preserve what we currently have, and (to) decrease further damage," Petersen said, adding she did not know of any bridge closings in the area.
In Greene County, state bridges to be posted include spans over Castile Run, a branch of Dunkard Creek, Whiteley Creek, Braden's Run, the Pennsylvania fork of Dunkard Creek, Hargus Creek, the south fork of Wheeling Creek and Scott Run.
Six locally owned bridges in Greene County include the Harvey Hill Road bridge over Gray's Fork, Perry Township Road 479 over Brown's Creek, a concrete bridge that has carried Township Road 353 over Roberts Run south of Spraggs since 1926, and Township Road 369 over Hoover's Run, south of Kuhntown, a 34-foot steel bridge built in 1996. All of these bridges have already been posted.
Two bridges to be posted are Township Roads 489, Sy Huffman Hill Road, and 491, Orndorff Road, both over Smith Creek in Franklin Township.
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If you were arrested or cited by Washington police in 2012, you are not alone.
City police Chief Robert Lemons Jr., who just completed his first year as head of the department, told City Council last week that the numbers were up across the board.
Police issued 1,843 traffic citations, up 727 from 2011, and wrote 646 nontraffic citations, an increase of 123 over last year. Nontraffic citations are given in summary offenses, such as public drunkenness, disorderly conduct, harassment or even code violations.
City police officers and members of the detective unit made 672 arrests for crimes ranging from theft and assault to homicide, up 125 from 2011.
Lemons said three people were murdered in the city in 2011 with arrests made in two of the homicides.
"One crime you can't predict are homicides," Lemons said, "We had a good clearance rate."
Henry Dion Williams, 29, of Pittsburgh, is awaiting trial in the May 24 shooting death of 23-year-old Rensfield Donald Jarvis on the street near a Ewing Street bar. Jarvis had recently moved to Washington from Brooklyn, N.Y.
Brandon D. Thomas, 30, of Upper St. Clair, will stand trial in the shooting death of Vaughn Simonelli, 55, of Chartiers Township. The Oct. 18 shooting, in the parking lot near Shop 'n' Save, was apparently the result of road rage stemming from an incident between the two men on Jefferson Avenue.
Lemons said detectives continue to work daily on the unsolved murder of Timothy McNerney. The 21-year-old Washington & Jefferson College senior and standout running back on the football team died of a blow to the head Oct. 4 after leaving a South Main Street bar.
He was walking with friends when they were confronted near South College and East Maiden streets. They ran, but when he didn't return to his dormitory room, his friends found him unresponsive on the sidewalk near where the confrontation took place. He died a short time later.
"The investigation has been a long road," Lemons said. "They are following every tip and looking at every angle."
City police officers focus on patrolling the neighborhoods, both on foot and in the cruisers.
"They are out there, meeting the residents who are getting to know the officers," Lemons said. "That is a huge factor in solving crimes. Plus, I usually have the same officer patrolling the same neighborhood."
Lemons said last week that assistance from West End residents was instrumental in police making a quick arrest of 18-year-old Brandon Wolowski in the Jan. 8 shooting that killed Matthew Mathias and seriously injured Michelle Powell.
Lemons said officers attend neighborhood crime watch meetings. There are currently three active groups in the city with some residents showing interest in starting crime watch programs in their neighborhood.
City police will continue working with day care centers in providing safety information, such as on safety seats. They also meet monthly with the Washington County Housing Authority, discussing any problem addresses in the three housing projects located in the city.
City police also will continue to look out for trucks with safety or weight violations. Lemons said the department is seeking funding for portable scales.
Police also will continue to participate in the aggressive driver grant program. Lemons said that most of the traffic citations are issued by officers who see an offense take place, although a violation like illegally passing a school bus can be given on information received from the bus driver.
At the beginning of the year, city patrol officers joined other area departments and started working 12-hour shifts. Officers work with 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. or 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
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Due to outstanding assessment appeals that won't be completed by the time they must pass a 2013-14 budget, Upper St. Clair School Board can expect to be faced with tough decisions about where to set the millage rate due to the state law that prevents the district from receiving any extra funds from the recent county-wide reassesment.
The board on Feb. 25 received a report from John Vogel of the law firm of Tucker Arensberg, which represents the district in assessment appeal.
Vogel told the board that there were still 334 appeals pending at the Board of Property Assessment, and 196 pending at the County Board of Viewers as of December.
He said the appeals that have not been settled represent about $53 million in additional value after assessment, according to Allegheny County.
Since the school board is required to lower the 2012-13 millage rate of 25.718 so that the district does not collect more than $43,522,383 in 2013-14, the board will have to determine what will likely happen with those final $53 million worth of appealed assessments.
Vogel said if the district keeps the millage rate too high, they may face having to refund money to the taxpayers. If they decrease the millage too far, though, that is money that the district will never get back. Thus, the board will have to walk a fine line in setting a millage rate for the 2013-14 budget.
Vogel showed a chart that indicated what the millage rate would have to be lowered to under three different scenarios. If the district lost all $53 million worth of the appeals, it would have to lower the millage rate from 27.718 to 22.070. If the district lost 75 percent of the assessed value increase, they would have to lower the rate to 21.920. And if they lost half of the assessed value increase of $53 million, they would have to lower the millage rate to 21.773.
Board Member Harry Kunselman asked what it would cost the district to refund tax dollars if they set a millage rate that was too high.
Frosina Cordisco, director of business and finance for the district, said she would recommend giving residents a credit on the next year's taxes, rather than issuing refunds.
She said the county is expected to give the district updated calculations for the assessed value of property, including all settled appeals up to that point, on May 1. She said she will meet with Vogel to determine what the recommendation will be regarding a millage rate.
Cordisco said Feb. 11 that the district is hoping the board will approve a proposed final budget for 2013-14 at its April 22 meeting, and a final budget at the May 28 meeting.
This is a month ahead of deadlines set by the state for adoption of the proposed and final budgets. The state requires the proposed final budget to be adopted by May 31 and the final budget be adopted by June 30.
In other business Feb. 25, the board authorized the refinancing of up to $12 million in bonds from 2007, if the sale will save the district at least $900,000.
Michael Bova, of Boenning & Scattergood, told the school district Feb. 11 that he expected to be able to refinance the bonds at interest rates between 0.6 and 3.25 percent. The district is currently paying between 3.625 and 4.25 percent interest on the bonds that were issued in 2007.


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"The place that offers all those great views of Pittsburgh was one of the richest coal sources in Ameica," said Bill Flanagan of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development. "It was called Coal Hill longer than it's been known as Mount Washington."
Flanagan, executive vice president of corporate relations, surprised many with that bon mot during a breezy address Thursday at Southpointe. He was the keynote speaker that morning at the second annual Energy & Innovation Conference, co-sponsored by Pittsburgh-based Catalyst Connection and National Energy Technology Laboratory.
Although, literally, it would be impossible to talk coherently with one's tongue in cheek, Flanagan did that masterfully in a figurative sense as he presented a chronology of the energy history of Western Pennsylvania to an audience of about 200 in the Hilton Garden Inn.
That history dates to the French and Indian War in the mid-1700s, and continues to today with the region serving as a hub for energy and natural resources.
"I'm going to talk about how our region saved the energy industry and saved the whales," Flanagan said at the outset of his talk, titled "From Western Virginia to the Forks of the Ohio: Following the Trail That Gave the World an Energy Industry."
He harkened back to a young British officer named George Washington, who became familiar with this region during the conflict with the French over Pittsburgh and its rivers, then believed to be pivotal to controlling North America. The future father of this country started purchasing land in Western Pennsylvania, including some in Washington County.
That land, it turned, was teeming with coal.
"The rivers themselves did not make this a vital energy center," Flanagan said on the second and final day of the conference. "The reason that took root is coal."
The Pittsburgh Coal Seam was under Mount Washington and stretched for miles along the Monongahela and Ohio rivers. Mining started on that seam in 1760, 12 years after the first commercial coal mine in the U.S. opened near Richmond, Va. By the late 19th century, 13 million tons of coal per year was being extracting from the Pittsburgh Coal Seam.
"Until 1860, the Gateway to the West grew into the major production center in the United States," said Flanagan, also the host of a business program on WPXI-TV. "This was truly the Silicon Valley of the 19th century."
About that time, Pittsburgh also was an early incarnation of Greenpeace, according to Flanagan. He said that in the 1850s, the whale populations in the North and South Atlantic were severely diminished because of a need for oil for lamps. Then in 1853, Sam Kier of Indiana, Pa. – using a still as his standard – developed the world's first oil refinery in downtown Pittsburgh. The product became known as kerosene.
It was needed in large quantities, though, which led to Edwin Drake setting up the nation's first commercial oil well in 1859.
"This is how Pittsburgh saved the whales," Flanagan said.
He also credited Pittsburgher George Westinghouse, possessor of 361 patents, for two major energy-related developments. Westinghouse invented the air brake for trains, using compressed air, in 1869 – "one of the 10 most important innovations of the 19th century." Later, he developed the technology to safely transport natural gas, using what he learned about alternating currents from Thomas Edison light bulb.
National innovations contnued here into the 20th century, including KDKA, the first commercial radio station, in 1920 and construction of the first atom smasher in 1937. The 1940s, however, were "Pittsburgh's finest hour," Flanagan said. The region produced more steel than their World War II rivals, Germany and Japan, combined,
In recent years, of course, the Marcellus rush has fueled more energy and job opportunities for Southwestern Pennsylvania. And, Flanagan said, the region would be boosted even further if Shell Oil Co. does select Beaver County for its ethane cracker plant,
Yet, amid the prosperity and rosy prospectus, he does have a concern.
"We will need to hire 130,000 people by the end of the decade in this region, and we'll need a highly skilled, educated and trained workforce," Flanagan said. "But we have a declining population and a low number of people who are interested in the technology fields. We need lots of people in all seven sectors."
Those sectors of energy, he said, are coal, nuclear, natural gas, power distribution, solar, wind and green buildings. Flanagan said the Pittsburgh, Chicago and Detroit regions are the only ones nationwide that rank in the top 25 in each.
"We're the smallest of the three, and the only one of the three with all of the natural resources," he said.
"What we have here in natural resources will drive this economy for the next century."
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When we look at people who lived into their 90s, we often like to say they have lived a full and prosperous life.
That couldn't be more true of Stan Musial, who died Saturday at the age of 92.
People often throw around glowing words about the recently deceased, such as "He was a great guy" or "She was loved by all," even if they don't necessarily mean them.
But when it comes to Musial, the glowing epitaphs couldn't possibly do him justice.
When your nickname is simply, "The Man," and everyone knows who you are talking about when you say it, you transcend all normal bounds.
Yet Musial, without a doubt one of the top five baseball players of all-time, was as humble and down to earth as anyone you could meet.
When Musial returned to his native Donora in 1994 when the baseball fields at Palmer Park were dedicated to him and another native son, Ken Griffey, I had the opportunity to be the reporter assigned to the story.
At just 25 years old, I was born five years after Musial had played his last baseball game in 1963 and a year before he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969. Being something of a baseball historian, I had heard of Musial.
But in doing more research for the story, I came to have an even greater respect for what "The Man" had accomplished.
From 1941 through 1963, Musial accumulated a National League-record 3,630 hits, despite missing the entire 1945 season while serving in the U.S. Navy.
His NL hit record stood until 1981, when it was broken by Pete Rose. Ironically, Musial's final hit came past a diving Rose in 1963.
Despite having good power – he had 475 home runs and 725 doubles – Musial was a remarkable contact hitter. He batted above .300 in 17 seasons and yet never struck out more than 50 times in a single year.
Think about that for a moment.
Had Joe DiMaggio and Musial swapped teams, it would have been Musial that Simon and Garfunkle immortalized in "Mrs. Robinson," instead of Joltin' Joe.
But Musial wasn't that kind of guy.
At the ceremony honoring him in 1994, Musial not only signed autographs for everyone in attendance, he chatted with them as well. He genuinely cared about these people, even though he hadn't lived in the valley in years.
His wife, the former Lil Labash, was at his side, as the childhood sweethearts – married 71 years, perhaps his greatest statistic – spoke with friends, acquaintances and others who were just there to spend a moment with "The Man."
He even led a rendition of "Take Me out to the Ballgame," playing his harmonica while others sang along.
Fame was something he had become accustomed to, and always seemed to embrace.
On another occasion, during a trip to St. Louis, I had an opportunity to stay at a hotel adjacent to the new Busch Stadium.
The hotel is decorated with dozens of old photos of baseball players from the past. None was more prominent than Musial, who played his entire career with the Cardinals.
He is so beloved in St. Louis, they have not one, but two statues of him outside of Busch Stadium.
As much as Musial loved the Cardinals, he loved baseball more. He was perhaps the game's greatest ambassador until old age robbed him of the ability to get around the way he was accustomed.
But he and Lil always were proud to be from Donora.
While dedicating the field in his name – and also donating $10,000 to the Donora Baseball Association – Musial took the time to talk about what baseball meant to him.
"I want this field to be a symbol and inspiration to young ballplayers, that somewhere along the line, something like this might happen to them," Musial said.
It was a heartfelt thought.
If young baseball players truly want a symbol of what can happen to them, they need to look no further than Musial. Look up video of him on Youtube or check out his stats on the internet.
Not bad for a skinny kid from Donora.
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Republican Pete Domenici's retirement from the US Senate seat he has held since 1972 threw open New Mexico's political landscape. All three of the state's house congressional representatives gave up their positions for a shot at moving to the Senate.
Among them is Tom Udall, who is in his fifth term representing the state's 3rd Congressional District and who served two terms as the state's attorney general prior to that. As attorney general, Udall was accessible and proactive in facing problems such as DWI, consumer fraud and domestic violence.
As a congressman, Udall has stood up for constituents on a variety of fronts. He was a voice against the USA Patriot Act and the Iraq War. He supports the State Children's Health Insurance Program and fought against expanded eavesdropping abilities for US spy agencies. He voted to lower interest rates for college students, to increase the minimum wage and he has been a voluble voice for veterans' rights.
Most recently, he voted against Congress' $700 billion bailout bill. In our discussion on this subject, Udall says he voted against the bailout because, among other facets, it doesn't include protection for taxpayers, any provisions for homeowners or a plan to correct the mistakes that created the situation we're in right now. Udall plans to fight for these principals in the Senate and believes the plan that was passed will have to be revisited.
Udall's opponent, Steve Pearce, also voted against the bailout. But in most areas, there are stark differences in viewpoints between the two congressmen. We endorsed Pearce, who represents the 2nd District, in the June Republican primary against Heather Wilson (who represents the 1st District), because we found him to be clear on his points, accessible and willing to articulate his views.
But we don't agree with those views and believe Pearce's positions are both too conservative and too reflective of the Bush administration to serve all of New Mexico. Pearce supports continuing the Iraq War. He uses the term "socialized medicine," presumably in reference to the notion of universal health care. He does not support reproductive freedom for women. Further, he prioritizes drilling and expansion of nuclear energy in his energy platform, whereas Udall makes it clear he will push for a more rounded energy policy that also stresses alternative energy. Udall believes in, and plans to work for, making New Mexico a leader in creating jobs and growing new technologies in the energy sector.
Udall recognizes New Mexico will face challenges in the coming years, given the difficult economic times ahead and the turnover in our congressional delegation. He already has spoken with the leaders of the Democratic Party, including US Sen. Jeff Bingaman, to seek assurances that the state will receive help when it's needed. And he's committed to looking after the state's needs, while continuing to grapple with the major problems facing the nation.
Unlike Pearce, Udall has represented the entire state before, and he's proven he can continue to get things done, even when the executive administration, be it of the state or the nation, is run by a different political party.
When asked how his service in the Senate might differ from his role in representing the 3rd District, Udall says he plans to proceed in the same vein he always has:
"The rule I've always applied with my public service is to do the right thing…for New Mexico and do the right thing for the nation…I'm going to continue with that same way of approaching things, to get to the bottom of what's really happening and then do the right thing."
We think Udall has the public-service record to back up his words, and we urge all New Mexicans to elect him to the Senate.


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Bethel Park teacher a finalist for Teacher of the Year
The first reaction Nicola Hipkins said she felt upon learning she is one of 11 teachers across Pennsylvania to be selected as a finalist for Pennsylvania's 2014 Teacher of the Year was "shock."
"I'm very overwhelmed by the attention, but it is shocking. I'm a little bit uncomfortable about the attention," Hipkins said.
She has worked in the Bethel Park School District for the past 15 years, where she teaches English 10, Film as Literature and SAT Preparation.
Finalists were nominated by students, parents, colleagues or members of the community who want to recognize teachers' accomplishments in and out of the classroom.
"I believe it was my principal," she said of who nominated her. "He asked me and I said I would, and so I'm assuming it was him."
Her students learned of the nomination May 3, when she told them about a class she was to record and teach in which the students were to participate.
To reach the final 11, Hipkins wrote six essays. Now that she is a finalist, she must film a class and complete interviews on DVD, along with some speeches.
The graduate of West Allegheny High School and Indiana University of Pennsylvania, said her family was excited about her selection as a finalist. When asked specifically if her mother was pleased, Hipkins said, "She is happy. She's on cloud nine. I'm the first one in my family to go to college."
Hipkins did her student teaching at Fox Chapel High School, followed by a long-term substitution stint at Fox Chapel and another in the Canon-McMillan School District. When a position came open in the Bethel Park district, she was hired and has been there ever since.
As for the Film in Literature class, Hipkins explained she teaches the language of film, like different shots, angles and framing. Students study film clips, not full-length movies.
If Hipkins is selected as the 2014 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year, she will be expected to carry out the duties of the state teacher of the year, which were not specified, and will compete as the state's nominee for National Teacher of the Year.
No date was given for when the winner is selected, and Hipkins said she was not certain of the date.
"I congratulate these outstanding educators for being selected as finalists to compete for this award," said Gov. Tom Corbett. "These individuals represent the thousands of excellent educators in classrooms across the state who are dedicated to educating children."
Two other finalists in the area are Carol Aten Frow, from the Belle Vernon Area School District, and Jen Klobucar, of the Yough School District, both in Westmoreland County.
"These individuals and their colleagues are committed to encouraging their students to excel," said state Secretary of Education Ron Tomalis. "Each and every day across Pennsylvania, teachers play a pivotal role in preparing our children for academic and personal success. They are to be applauded for their hard work and dedication."
Hipkins, her husband Dan, and children, Abigail, 11, and Anthony, 8, live in North Strabane Township.


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[Reports yesterday say that Apple is proceeding with plans to launch a less-expensive iPhone. What does this mean for the company? Where will they be in 2 years? This speculative column was written after CES 2015 to report on Apple.]
CES 2015 has ended, and we find Apple in the middle of a transition it started with the iPad 2, the mini and the mini iPhone where it was pushing to get an iOS device in as many hands as possible, as quickly as possible, to win the ecosystem wars.
Serdar Yegulalp has a different vision of Apple in 2015. Click here to read about how their efforts to grow market share harm their reputation for quality and innovation.
The war between Apple and Google rages over the next wave of consumer spending. While Microsoft is still playing catch-up with the Surface and Windows Phone, Apple and Google are fighting for dominance with their walled gardens. The more customers using their mobile devices and apps, the more likely they'll be returning customers.
But for Apple the last 2 years has been a losing battle. There is downward price pressure from competitive Android devices. In fact, seventy-two percent of all smartphones sold in Q3 of 2012 were loaded with the Android operating system. While Apple is still a minority player, its market share has grown over the last 2 years.
Apple could tell that their margins were unsustainable. It was seeing reduced profits on new releases because of competition with cheaper older versions of its own products. Consumer Intelligence Research Partners found that the iPhone 5 accounted for just 68 percent of iPhone sales the month of its release.
With diminishing profits for each device, Apple's long-term goal is to get as many customers as possible into the Apple ecosystem before the music stops and the devices can't be sold at a premium.
The transition has made, and will continue to make an Apple that will make money on services and delivering a lot of customers to it. So it needs to maximize market share now for long-term growth. The iPad mini is cheaper, yet "every inch an iPad," and the same goes for the iPhone mini. And each cheaper iDevice builds toward a greater market share for their walled garden in the future.
2015 CES introduced hundreds if not thousands of apps and devices that plug into a mobile OS. And I don't mean the refrigerator that orders mayonnaise from the grocer, but one that tells you on your smart phone how many potential meals it has in it and makes recommendations. Google has been doing this for years with Google Now. Google Now delivers information to you as you need it.
With hardware so cheap, profit margins on it have plummeted just as they did with PCs years ago. As a result, handset companies are more than ever vassals of the carriers and software companies. Indeed, this is the biggest problem in the industry, as vertical consolidation is now the rule, with Apple and RIM still controlling their entire chains, Windows Phones only on Nokia, and Android dominated by Samsung.
Hardware has become cheap and boring; only the ecosystem is interesting, and it's the ecosystems which compete for customers.


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Jean Grosperrin worked as a cognac broker in the Cognac region. A broker in eaux-de-vie plays a very discreet yet strategic role between the producer and the buyer. His job is to evaluate the quality of the eaux-de-vie and to introduce interested parties to each other. His profession takes him to many cellars to estimate the value of different batches, among which there are sometimes some very old cognacs. Practically all vine growers distill their own harvest and they usually conserve, as former generations have done before them, some barrels of cognac in their cellars.
These family treasures are very rarely up for sale and the transactions are very confidential. It is these cognacs, sometimes very atypical with strong personalities that Jean and his son Guilhem (since 2004) seek to obtain in all of the appellations of Cognac. "I am particularly attracted to these small batches of rare cognacs which bear witness to an era now past, when vines were cultivated using horses and when the art of distillation made the vine grower spend all day and all night next to the alembic to control the intensity of the flames and the cooling vapours." Many of the oldest cognacs have lost up to 80% of their initial volume as a result of natural evaporation.
In the Cognac district of Charente we call this the "angels' share". The philosophy is to keep these batches intact, without blending them with others. I leave them in their original barrels and the oldest ones in glass demi-johns. These vintage cognacs are stocked in a Government-controlled warehouse in Cognac and in their own cellars, where they are carefully supervised by officials. This allows to guarantee their age. Their preparation and bottling are carried out under the supervision of official bailiffs. The French laws concerning cognac, as restrictive as they may be in matters of age and vintage, have allowed the company to acquire an incredible collection of exceptional products. This collection is currently the equivalent of more than 81,500 bottles, dating from 1991 all the way back to World War II. All these cognacs have the necessary guarantees of quality and authenticity. Each bottle tells its own story and will take you back to a place where time has stood still for decades, resulting in the exceptional product that you are going to taste. The Cognac de Collection Jean Grosperrin are sold in the best establishments in France and by exclusive and select importers in a score of other countries. They are regularly hailed by the French and international press.
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