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The New York Eagle News/HCSD 

By Jeanine M. Wilder 

The New York Eagle News/Noyes 

This year’s theme for National 

Hospital Week is “A Guiding 

Light for Changing Times”, 

and Noyes Health is proud to recognize 

Noyes Memorial Hospital as the 

foundation upon which the healthcare 

organization was built over a 

century ago. 

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Regional 

Hammondsport Central School 

Top Seniors 

Sydney Farmer, daughter of 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert and Mary 

Farmer of Hammondsport, has 

been announced as the Valedictorian 

of the 2013 Senior class at Hammondsport 

Central School. 

Sydney has been active in National 

Honor Society, Ski Club, Student 

Council, Academic All-Stars, Vintage 

Yearbook, Tennis where she was 

Captain of Varsity Tennis, as well as 

holding several class officer positions 

during high school. Sydney has also 

volunteered at the Public Library, 

Camp Good Days, and at many other 

community activities/events. 

Sydney’s final college choice is undecided 

at this time, having received 

acceptance at Hofstra University, 

Binghamton University, and the University 

of Vermont. Her major will 

focus on International Business. 

Lauren Binnert, daughter of Mr. 

and Mrs. Thomas and Lynn Binnert 

of Hammondsport, has been announced 

as the Salutatorian of the 

2013 Senior class at Hammondsport 

Central School. 

Lauren has been active in Student 

Council, National Honor Society, 

Softball, Cheerleading, and Volleyball-where 

she was previously comvp 

of the League, as well as Team 

Captain. Lauren has also held several 

class officer positions during high 

school, and has been involved in numerous 

volunteer activities, both in 

school and the community. 

Lauren was accepted at the University 

of Tampa, Ithaca College, Hofstra 

University, Drexel University, Binghamton 

University, and Clarkson 

University. Lauren will be attending 

the Ithaca College in the fall, majoring 

in Psychology. 

The remaining top ten in the Senior 

Class are: 

- Connor Amsden, son of Mr. and 

Mrs. Jeffrey and Julie Amsden of 

Hammondsport; 

- Matthew Lowin, son of Mr. and 

Mrs. Jon and Lynda Lowin of Hammondsport; 

- Brooke Clark, daughter of Ms. 

Nancy Clark of Hammondsport and 

Mr. Paul Clark of Hammondsport; 

- Ryan Eckel, son of Mr. and Mrs. 

Charles and Patricia Eckel of Hammondsport; 

- Kareena Hoyt, daughter of Mr. and 

Mrs. Raymond and Dawn Hawley of 

Hammondsport; 

- Carmen Coppola, daughter of Ms. 

Amy Kuczka of Elmira and Mr. Marcus 

Coppola of Elmira; 

- Kaley Bray, daughter of Mr. and 

Mrs. Cesar and Christine Villena of 

Bradford, and Mr. Charles Bray of 

Habersham County, Georgia; 

- Megan Erway, daughter of Mr. 

and Mrs. Peter and Yvonne Erway of 

Hammondsport. 

Graduation is scheduled for June 

21, 2013 at 6 p.m. in the auditorium 

or outside (weather permitting) at the 

Hammondsport Central School. ■ 

Noyes Memorial Hospital (Photo provided.) 

The New York Eagle News/USPS 

Dog Attacks on Postal 

Carriers Reduced in 

Rochester Area, But 

Concerns Still Exist 

The City of Rochester is no longer 

listed in the top cities for 

dog attacks on postal carriers. 

The 15 dog attacks of 2011 ranked the 

city 25th in the nation; in 2012, the reduction 

to 10 attacks have the city off 

the list. However, the concern for carrier 

safety remains strong with eight 

dog attacks occurring in 2013 so far. 

The U.S. Postal Service carries on 

its tradition of calling attention to 

one of the nation's most commonly 

reported public health problem, dog 

attacks through National Dog Bite 

Prevention Week, May 19 - 25. 

"While we are thankful to the pet 

owners of Rochester for helping us 

reduce carrier injuries, we continue 

to have issues with dog bites and attacks 

on our Rochester streets," said 

Postmaster Ignatius Vaccaro. "We're 

asking pet owners to be vigilant in 

socializing, training and restraining 

dogs to minimize risk to carriers or 

other visitors at their home." 

Vaccaro told of two incidents 

that occurred two weeks ago. In the 

Greece area, a dog owner was transferring 

her dog from the house to the 

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Hammondsport 2013 Senior students Sydney Farmer (left), Valedictorian and Lauren Binnert, 

Salutatorian. (Photo provided.) 

Noyes began providing healthcare 

services to residents in Livingston, 

Allegany, Steuben and surrounding 

counties back in 1890. The original 

hospital, named the Dansville Medical 

and Surgical Hospital, was located 

in the building now known as 

the King’s Daughters and Sons. In 

1952 the Dansville Memorial Hospital 

opened on Main Street, in what 

are now the Faulkner apartments. In 

1973 Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial 

Hospital was opened at its present location 

thanks to tremendous financial 

support from the public, including a 

generous gift from the Noyes Family. 

In 2001, Noyes opened its ambulatory 

care facility, Noyes Health Services 

in Geneseo, and in 2006, the 

Saunders Surgical Center and Holroyd 

Intensive Care Unit expansion 

was completed and offered state-ofthe-art 

equipment in more advanced 

USPS on National 

Dog Bite Prevention 

Week, May 19 – 25 

operating suites. Noyes Memorial 

Hospital joined forces with Livingston 

County to unveil the Noyes Center 

for Kidney Disease and Dialysis in 

Geneseo in 2008, and in April of this 

year, Noyes Health welcomed local 

and state legislators to the hospital 

to join in the groundbreaking festivities 

for its Emergency Department 

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(USPS Photo.) 

car without a leash as the carrier was 

delivering mail. The dog ran to the 

carrier and bit her on the side of the 

knee. 

In the Westgate area, a customer 

opened the door to retrieve mail from 

the mailbox letting her two pit bulls 

loose. The dogs ran out to the street at 

the carrier. An alert neighbor warned 

the carrier before the dogs reached 

him, allowing him to get in the back 

of the postal vehicle. Despite the dogs' 

biting attempts, the carrier was able 

to fend them off until they could be 

restrained. "If it wasn't for the neighbor's 

yell, the carrier could have been 

severely injured," concluded Vaccaro. 

A moment of inattention; a door or 

gate left open; a flimsy screen or loose 

latch could result in an injured visitor, 

and ultimately, financial liability for 

the pet owner. 

Despite awareness, education and 

media coverage, dog attacks are an 

ongoing national problem. Across 

the country, nearly 5,900 postal employees 

were attacked last year; 66 in 

western New York (ZIP Codes 140 

through 149). Unfortunately, it is an 

even greater concern for the 4.7 million 

Americans bitten by dogs annually, 

the majority of victims being 

children. 

The Postal Service places the safety 

of its employees as a top priority. Letter 

carriers fearing for their safety due 

to a loose or unrestrained pet may 

stop delivery and ask homeowners to 

pick up their mail at the Post Office 

until the pet is restrained. In cases 

where a carrier sees a dog roaming 

and can't discern where it resides, 

delivery could be interrupted to the 

entire neighborhood. 

The Postal Service recommends the 

following prevention tips: 

Be a Responsible Dog Owner 

- Obedience training can teach a 

dog to behave properly and help owners 

control their dogs. 

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New York State Police Awards Presented 

The New York Eagle News/NYSP 

New York State Police Superintendent 

Joseph A. D’Amico 

commended and recognized 

23 individuals and one unit for bravery, 

investigative persistence, police 

education, traffic safety, community 

service and overall exceptional contributions 

at the New York State Police 

Annual Awards Day Ceremony. 

The 37th annual ceremony, held 

May 16, 2013 at the New York State 

Police Academy, paid tribute to the 

courage and perseverance of employees 

and sworn members of the New 

York State Police. The awards ceremony 

immediately followed the State Police’s 

Annual Memorial Day Service 

to honor the memory and service of 

deceased members of the State Police. 

Superintendent Joseph A. D’Amico 

said, “Every day, the men and women 

of the State Police are performing 

selfless acts of courage, heroism and 

bravery. Our troopers are ensuring 

the safety and security of all New 

Yorkers while fighting crime and protecting 

the innocent. Our non-sworn 

employees of the State Police are 

dedicated and committed to public 

service, demonstrating outstanding 

qualities on a daily basis. Today we 

recognize those troopers and employees 

who have shown an extraordinary 

commitment to the people of the State 

of New York. It is through their exemplary 

service and duty that makes 

the New York State Police among the 

most well respected law enforcement 

agencies in the world.” 

Among the awards presented were: 

Superintendent’s Commendation 

Awards 

The recipients of the Superintendents 

Commendation Awards were 

selected from the many members who 

have received Letters of Commendation 

from the Superintendent during 

the past year. The awards presented 

recognize the recipients’ outstanding 

performance of duty and exceptional 

contribution to the New York State 

Police. 

- Investigator George V. Grbic and 

Trooper David W. Pearce Jr., Troop E, 

based in Canandaigua 

On the night of January 14, 2012, 

Investigator George V. Grbic, along 

with Trooper David W. Pearce, was 

clearing from a call in Marion, NY 

when they were advised that smoke 

appeared to be coming from an 

apartment above a local pizza shop. 

After notifying 911, both members 

responded upstairs where they encountered 

smoke in the hallway and 

an audible alarm. They immediately 

entered the apartment to search for 

occupants and were met with thick 

smoke, forcing them to crawl along 

the floor. They located an unconscious 

male on a bed, pulled him 

into the airspace near the floor, and 

dragged him from the apartment to 

safety. The victim subsequently regained 

consciousness and was treated 

by ambulance personnel. It was determined 

that he had been cooking 

food on the stove and inadvertently 

fell asleep. If not for the quick actions 

of both members, the subject would 

likely have succumbed to the thick 

smoke in the apartment in a short 

amount of time. 

- Trooper Michael J. Buchinger, 

Troop E, based in Canandaigua 

On November 16, 2012, Trooper 

Michael J. Buchinger was dispatched 

to a report of a disoriented male subject, 

who was seen lying in the roadway. 

The subject had informed the 

complainant he had been discharged 

from the hospital. After Trooper Buchinger 

contacted the hospital with 

a description of the man, the staff 

verified that he had signed himself 

out against their advice, and suffered 

from a serious leg and traumatic 

brain injuries. Trooper Buchinger 

checked the location where the man 

was seen lying in the roadway with 

negative results, and then proceeded 

to the subject’s residence, also with 

negative results. In an effort to get a 

better location, he contacted the initial 

911 caller who was able to give 

him additional details regarding 

the location where she last saw him. 

Trooper Buchinger went to the area 

located the residence she described 

and began interviewing potential witnesses, 

when he heard a rustling noise 

approximately 70 yards away. Trooper 

Buchinger began checking the area of 

heavy brush and subsequently located 

the male subject, who apparently had 

fallen into a concrete tank filled with 

water in sub-freezing weather conditions. 

It is very unlikely that this man 

would have survived the night given 

his medical condition, compounded 

with the freezing temperatures, if not 

for Trooper Buchinger’s diligence. 

George M. Searle Memorial Award 

The George M. Searle Memorial 

Award, established to honor the late 

Deputy Superintendent George M. 

Searle, is presented to individuals 

who have distinguished themselves in 

training and education. 

- Trooper Robert P. Brown, Traffic 

Safety Officer, Troop E, based in 

Canandaigua 

Trooper Robert P. Brown is responsible 

for a myriad of training issues 

for Troop E members such as Breath 

Testing, Speed Enforcement and the 

Division EVOC Program. In addition, 

he has assisted at the New York 

State Police Academy as an instructor 

for numerous recruit classes, most recently 

the 2012 recruit class. Trooper 

Brown has added to the development 

of the aforesaid training programs, 

particularly the EVOC program, by 

providing an impartial critique of the 

curriculum and working in concert 

with the academy staff to “tweak” it 

accordingly. Most recently, Trooper 

State Police Participating in the 

31st Wave of "Buckle Up NYS" 

The New York Eagle News/NYSP 

As motorists take to the roads 

this Memorial Day holiday, 

the New York State Police are 

urging everyone to buckle up. Beginning 

May 20, 2013, law enforcement 

officials will be out in full force, taking 

part in the 2013 national Click It 

or Ticket seat belt enforcement mobilization 

and cracking down on motorists 

who are not belted. 

“As we kick-off the busy summer 

driving season it’s important that 

everyone buckles up every time they 

go out, both day and night – no excuses,” 

said Major Mark A. Koss 

Troop E Commander, “Our officers 

are prepared to ticket anyone who is 

not wearing their seat belt – Click It 

or Ticket.” 

On the morning of May 20th, The 

New York State Police joined law enforcement 

agencies throughout the 

northeast in mobilizing the Click It 

or Ticket (CIOT) “Border to Border” 

Operation. 

Law enforcement agencies that 

share State borders will team up to 

provide increased seat belt enforcement 

at border sites, sending a ‘zero 

tolerance’ message to the public: 

Driving or riding unbuckled will result 

in a ticket, no matter what State. 

According to the U.S. Department 

of Transportation’s National Highway 

Traffic Safety Administration 

(NHTSA), 52 percent of the 21,253 

passenger vehicle occupants killed in 

2011 were not wearing their seat belts 

at the time of the crash. As noted, 

deaths involving seat belt nonuse are 

more prevalent at night than during 

the daytime. According to NHTSA, 

62 percent of the 10,135 passenger 

vehicle occupants killed in 2011 during 

the overnight hours of 6 p.m. to 

5:59 a.m. were not wearing their seat 

belts at the time of the crash. 

“Seat belts save thousands of lives 

every year, but far too many motorists 

are still not buckling up, especially 

at night when the risk of getting 

in a crash is even greater,” said Koss. 

“We want everyone to have a safe 

summer, but it requires an important 

step on the part of motorists – clicking 

that seat belt.” 

In 2011, seat belts saved an estimated 

11,949 lives nationwide according 

to NHTSA. While this year’s Click It 

or Ticket enforcement mobilization 

runs from May 20 through June 2, officers 

are out enforcing seat belt laws 

year-round. ■ 

Brown has provided training to members 

from Troops A, C, D, E and T in 

the operation of the new Chevrolet 

Caprice and Dodge Charger, which 

are part of the Division Vehicle Pilot 

Program. Trooper Brown has continually 

pushed the Division Driver 

Program in Troop E by preaching 

safe driving and completing member 

driving evaluations in all phases of 

the program (Probationary, General 

and Clinical). These efforts have paid 

off, as troop car accidents in Troop E 

fell from a total of 64 in 2011 to 43 in 

2012, the lowest number in more than 

10 years. 

In addition to the above training 

for members, Trooper Brown has 

stressed public highway safety education 

at community events and high 

schools throughout Troop E. He has 

conducted presentations at more than 

30 area high schools reaching more 

than 600 new teenage drivers. He has 

also provided educational presentations 

at the Rochester Auto Show, 

St. John Fisher College, Corning Incorporated 

and the Monroe County 

Highway department. Trooper Brown 

administers the Child Passenger Safety 

Seat program in Troop E. In 2012, 

Troop E inspected more than 300 

child seats and replacing 92. 

Superintendent’s Unit Citation 

Award 

This award was established to recognize 

the outstanding efforts made 

by members of a particular unit or 

detail. 

- Computer Crimes Unit 

The Computer Crime Unit (CCU) 

provides assistance to state, local and 

federal agencies in the securing and 

processing of digital evidence. The 

CCU also provides outreach to local 

communities, provides education on 

internet safety, and train law enforcement 

agencies in tools and processes 

to assist in prosecuting technology 

related crimes. The CCU consists of 

three primary areas: Field Investigations, 

the Computer Forensic Laboratory, 

and the Internet Crimes against 

Children Task Force. Each of these 

areas provides vital services to State 

Police members, as well as the public 

at large. In 2012, CCU members conducted 

more than 1,500 previews of 

digital evidence. CCU investigators 

also assisted stations and prosecutors 

in the writing and executing of search 

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Bath, NY - Barbara G. Towner, 80, 

formerly of Salubria Road, passed 

away May 11, 2013 at the Steuben 

County Health Care Facility in Bath. 

Born in Hornell on April 21, 1933, 

Barbara was the daughter of the late 

Bennett and Irene Gellien Gesner. 

Besides her parents, she was also 

predeceased by her husband, Harley, 

and her brother and sister-in-law, 

Jack and Nancy Gesner. 

A graduate of Arkport Central 

School, class of 1950 and the former 

Hornell Business School, Barbara 

was employed by the College of 

Ceramics at Alfred, the New York 

Telephone Co., Arkport State Bank 

and the Southern Tier Mobile 

Library System; in 1998 she retired 

from Steuben-Allegany BOCES as a 

Senior Account Clerk. 

Barbara served as President of 

North Central Senior Citizens of 

Bath and also volunteered at the Ira 

Davenport Memorial Hospital Gift 

Shop as well as the Bath Area Chamber 

of Commerce and the Corning 

Classic LPGA. She also served as 

Co-Chairman of the John Southard 

Youth Recreation Commission for 

the Village of Bath for four years. 

Barbara enjoyed watching football 

and baseball and playing cards. 

Barbara’s family includes her son, 

Michael Clancy (Karen) of Bath; her 

daughter, Patricia (Darrell) Gardner 

of Wallace; her four granddaughters, 

Kristen and Megan Clancy, Christine 

Gardner and Chayanne Miller; her 

four great-grandchildren, Bennett, 

Breighden, Levi and Isaac; her stepson, 

James Towner; her three stepgrandchildren, 

Lucas Towner, Kelly 

(John) Murphy and Todd (Shanna) 

Gardner; her niece, Kim (Wes) 

Wheeler; her nephew, Jeff Gesner; 

and several cousins. 

A funeral and committal service 

were held May 16, 2013 at the Avoca 

Funeral Home with the Rev. Daniel 

Pickering officiating. Private interment 

was set for Fremont Cemetery, 

Stephens Mills. The courtesy of no 

flowers will be appreciated and those 

wishing may contribute in Barbara’s 

memory to either the Avoca United 

Methodist Church, 8593 Jacobs Ladder 

Rd., Avoca, NY 14809 or to the 

Finger Lakes SPCA, 7315 State Route 

54, Bath, NY 14810. 

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Bloomfield 

William J. "Bill" Barden 

Bloomfield, NY - William J. "Bill" 

Barden, age 79, passed away May 13, 

2013 at Hospeace House in Naples. 

He was born in Ypsilanti, MI and was 

the son of James and Olive (Morgan) 

Barden. 

Bill was a graduate of Bloomfield 

Central School, class of 1951. He 

served in the U.S. Navy from 1952- 

1956 and was a helmsman aboard the 

aircraft carrier USS WASP. He retired 

from Rochester Gas & Electric, after 

30 years of service. Mr. Barden was 

a member of the American Legion 

Bloomfield Savage Post 970. He 

enjoyed the outdoors, hunting, Bluegrass 

music and spending time with 

his family. 

Mr. Barden is survived by his wife 

of 54 years, Joan (Carroll) Barden; 

son, James Barden; two daughters, 

Obituaries 

Wendy (David) Rayburn and Carol 

Barden; five grandchildren, Kyle, 

Kelsie and Taylor Rayburn, and Sara 

and Holly Bumpus; brother, Thomas 

Barden; and several nieces and 

nephews. He was predeceased by his 

sister, Marilyn Herr-Gesell. 

Mr. Barden’s memorial service 

was held May 17, 2013 at Johnson- 

Kennedy Funeral Home, Inc., 

Bloomfield. Interment was set for 

E. Bloomfield Cemetery. In lieu of 

flowers, memorial contributions may 

be made to Hospeace House, P.O. 

Box 343, Naples, NY 14512 or the 

American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 7, 

E. Syracuse, NY 13057. 

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Bruce Roe 

Bloomfield, NY - Bruce Roe, 67, 

lifelong Bloomfield resident, died 

May 16, 2013 at Thompson Hospital 

as a result of complications from 

exposure to agent orange. 

Bruce was born in Rochester on 

August 29, 1945 to the late Dean and 

Eunice Roe. He served with the U.S. 

Marines from 1964 to 1967. He was 

assigned to Golf Co. 21, 2nd. Batt., 

1st. Marines at Camp Pendleton and 

upon arriving in Viet Nam was assigned 

to Foxtrot Co., 2nd. Batt., 4th. 

Marines. Serving as a rifleman, he 

was wounded in March 1966 during 

Operation Texas and was honorably 

discharged in 1967 from Quantico. 

He was a life member of the Marine 

Corps League, VFW Post 7414 and 

American Legion Post 256. Bruce 

was an active volunteer and served 

with the Post 256 Honor Guard and 

Memorial Day Detachment 468. He 

was a self employed framing contractor 

for forty years. 

Bruce is survived by his wife of 

43 years and love of his life, Carol 

(Wilkins) Roe; two daughters, Rochelle 

(Craig) Domville and Krista 

(John) Schlenker; his grandchildren 

Travis (Leigha), Justin (Samantha), 

Hanna and Jakob; his sisters Deanna 

(John) McKelvey and Joanne (Sonny) 

Newbauer; Pepper and Missie; 

sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law and 

several nieces and nephews. 

At Bruce's request, there will be 

no prior calling hours. Graveside 

services with military honors will be 

conducted in Miller Corners Cemetery, 

Ionia, at 11 a.m. on Thursday, 

May 23, 2013. It has been suggested 

that memorials be directed to the 

Bloomfield Food Bank, Renewalk 

Ministries, Inc., the Blessing Room, 

117 West Main St., Bloomfield, NY 

14469. Arrangements are with the 

Fuller Funeral Home, Canandaigua. 

SEMPER FI! HOORAH! 

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Canandaigua 

Connie (Rotach) Bleier 

Canandaigua, NY – Connie 

(Rotach) Bleier, age 62, passed away 

May 13, 2013, at Strong Memorial 

Hospital, after a brief illness. She 

is survived by her husband, Peter 

Bleier; two children, Royce Bleier 

of Rochester and Hilary Bleier of 

Valhalla; mother, Charlotte (Fehr) 

Rotach of Newark; eight siblings, 

Carol (William) Chalker of SC, 

Glenda (Larry Joe) Noble of VA, Judy 

DiSanto (Jon Haskell) of Newark, 

Ronald (Brenda) Rotach of MD, 

Doris (Steven) Bates of Sodus, Patti 

Rotach of SC, Donald (Patricia) 

Rotach of TN and Kevin Rotach of 

Rochester; and many nieces and 

nephews. She was predeceased by her 

brother, Alan Rotach. 

Connie was a Licensed Practical 

Nurse and worked for Finger Lakes 

DDSO at a group home in Middlesex. 

She attended the First United 

Methodist Church in Canandaigua. 

Connie's favorite pastime was being 

outdoors feeding the birds, squirrels 

and deer at Birdsong Trail in 

Mendon Ponds Park. She loved her 

two cats, who were adopted from 

Lollypop Farm. Most of all, she loved 

spending time with her family. 

Connie’s memorial service was 

held May 18, 2013 at the First United 

Methodist Church, Canandaigua. In 

lieu of flowers, memorial contributions 

may be made to the Humane 

Society of Greater Rochester at Lollypop 

Farm, 99 Victor Rd., Fairport, 

NY 14450. Arrangements were made 

through Johnson-Kennedy Funeral 

Home, Inc., Canandaigua. 

*** 

Robert Sherman 

Canandaigua, NY – Robert Sherman, 

80, passed away May 15, 2013 

at his home. Bob is survived by his 

wife, Jean Marie (Kreamer) Sherman; 

son, Larry (Adora) Sherman; 

grandchildren, Ashly, Alicia, Kara, 

Michelle and Derrick; and greatgrandchildren, 

Kallie Lynn Merulla, 

Lillian and Tucker Law. 

Bob was a member of Seneca 

Falls VFW Post 6433, Korean War 

Veterans Association Chapter #1, 

and Shortsville American Legion 

Post 34. He also was a Scout Master 

for 50 years. 

Bob served with the U.S. Army in 

Korea. As Master Sgt. in the 187th 

Air Bourne/ 7th army, Bob received 

the Purple Heart, Bronze Star and 

many other Army commendations. 

After his military service, Bob became 

assistant manager with Pinkerton 

Security, in charge of the 1980 

Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, NY. 

A funeral service was held May 18, 

2013 at Fuller Funeral Home, Inc., 

Canandaigua. Contributions may be 

made in Bob’s memory to: Trail of 

Remembrance c/o Chuck Pelton, 454 

N. Main St., Canandaigua, NY 14424 

or a charity of the donor’s choice. 

*** 


Conesus 

Nancy J. Bartholf 

Conesus, NY - Nancy J. Bartholf 

passed peacefully at Strong Memorial 

Hospital on May 10, 2013, while 

being comforted by members of her 

family. 

Nancy was a graduate of Oakfield 

High School and Genesee Community 

College, and worked in various 

positions for Liberty National Bank 

for several years. Before retiring, 

she was manager at Liberty’s (then 

Central Bank) branch in Elba, NY. 

Prior to her time at Liberty/Central, 

Nancy also worked a number of 

years for the United States Gypsum 

Company and Better’s Enterprise, 

also in Oakfield. 

Nancy was a longtime member of 

the Zonta International Organization 

for the advancement of women. 

She also was a member of both St. 

Michael’s Church in Oakfield and St. 

Michael’s Church in Geneseo. 

Nancy is survived by her husband 

of 63 years, Paul; their 3 children, 

Dan (Amy) Bartholf of Geneseo, 

Todd (Anji) Bartholf of California 

and Kim DeVitto of Conesus; and 

4 grandchildren, Mitchell, Sydney, 

Caitlin and Andrew. 

Calling hours were held May 15, 

2013 at Kevin W. Dougherty Funeral 

Home, Inc., Livonia. Private services 

will be held. Memorial contributions 

may be made to either the Livonia or 

Geneseo Ambulance Funds. 

*** 

Conesus/Geneseo 

Richard Allen Schibler, 

Sr. 

Conesus/Geneseo, NY - Richard 

Allen Schibler, Sr., 76, of Geneseo, 

formerly of East Lake Rd., Conesus, 

passed away on May 12, 2013 at 

Strong Memorial Hospital with his 

family by his side. Richard was born 

on September 21, 1936 in Buffalo, 

NY, son of the late John William 

Schibler and Ruth Mildred Ludlow. 

He served in the U.S. Army in 1959 

to 1965, stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky; 

Co. C 8th Med Tk Bn (Pat) 

34th Armor. He was an avid gardener 

and enjoyed fishing, boating, and 

especially his grandchildren. 

Mr. Schibler is survived by his wife, 

Darlenne (nee Sands) of Geneseo; 

children Cindy (Tim) Whitford of 

Lakeville, Mary (Jim) Clise of Waterloo, 

Suzanne (Jim) Tuchrello of Livonia, 

and Richard (Carol) Schibler Jr. 

of Prospect, KY; grandchildren Sara 

Whitford, Michael Whitford, Cassandra 

Tuchrello, Allison Tuchrello, 

Madison Schibler and Makenna 

Schibler; two brothers, Gary (Linda) 

Schibler and Donald Schibler; Mrs. 

Diane (Regula) Schibler; brother-in- 

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By Michael Birnbaum 

Special to The New York Eagle 

News/The Washington Post 

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European Discomfort With U.S. Farming 

Could Derail Trade Talks 

Reinhard Jung, who opposes the use of genetically modified crops in farming, leads the Brandenburg 

Farmers' Federation. He owns 25 cows. (Washington Post photo by Michael Birnbaum) 

Many Europeans see American 

farming and its reliance 

on genetically modified 

crops as more Frankenstein than 

Farmer in the Dell. 

Now, the opposition in Europe to 

U.S. agricultural practices is threatening 

to become a major battle in 

discussions starting next month that 

could sweep away trade barriers between 

the United States and Europe. 

Many in Europe worry that a trade 

pact would ease regulations that have 

made it difficult for genetically modified 

crops and products to reach European 

shores. Genetically modified 

crops are broadly unpopular in Europe, 

and farmers and environmentalists 

fear that if trade restrictions 

are lowered, both genetically modified 

seeds and U.S.-grown genetically 

modified products would quickly 

take over European farmland and 

grocery stores. 

Some farmers are hoping to stop the 

talks if rules that govern their work 

are thrown into the mix, and they are 

determined to keep U.S. industrial 

farming an ocean's-length away. 

U.S. crops inspire fear among everyone 

from French wine producers 

to German corn growers. Many European 

farmers say that plants that 

are carefully engineered to do everything 

from boosting production to 

repelling pests have uncertain environmental 

consequences and, once 

growing, spread uncontrollably via 

pollen that can float for miles on the 

wind. 

But in the United States, many 

farmers wring extra profit out of each 

acre they plant with the new seeds, 

and the technology has quickly cornered 

the U.S. market despite lingering 

concerns from environmentalists 

and consumers. In the United States 

last year, genetically modified crops 

comprised 88 percent of all corn, 94 

percent of cotton and 93 percent of 

soybeans, according to Agriculture 

Department figures. In the European 

Union, they covered less than 1 percent 

of farmland, mostly in Spain, 

according to the European Commission. 

"We will fight this until we cannot 

fight any more" if it appears that 

restrictions on growing genetically 

modified crops are about to be loosened, 

said Reinhard Jung, the head 

of the Brandenburg Farmers' Federation. 

Jung's 25 spotted brown cows 

grazed calmly one recent afternoon 

on a field behind his squat, red-brick 

farmhouse. "We don't want to make 

the same mistakes with our agriculture 

that the Americans made with 

theirs," he said, adding that American 

farms have become industrial in 

scale, unlike the postage-stamp plots 

in Germany. 

With talks expected to begin within 

weeks, Europeans and Americans are 

still finalizing the topics where they 

will try to find an agreement, but officials 

on both sides say that genetically 

modified crops are almost certain to 

be part of a broader discussion about 

easing restrictions on the flow of agricultural 

products in both directions. 

Few involved in the discussions expect 

European concerns over genetically 

modified products to endanger 

the entire trade pact, but analysts say 

the brouhaha could limit the extent to 

which agriculture is part of the final 

agreement. 

Just two genetically modified crop 

types are approved for planting in the 

European Union, out of a far wider 

range of species used elsewhere. 

But one of the two, a BASF potato, 

is no longer marketed; the other, a 

Monsanto corn breed, is banned for 

growing in France, Germany and 

elsewhere, despite findings from both 

U.S. and E.U. food regulators that the 

produce is safe. 

The foot-dragging on further approvals 

has long infuriated U.S. officials 

and businesses who say that Europeans 

are ignoring science in favor 

of superstition. 

But even some biotechnology industry 

advocates are not so sure that 

European farmers would dig up their 

fields in favor of genetically modified 

crops. Their focus is on U.S.-grown 

products, many of which are currently 

barred from Europe. One exception 

is the American-grown genetically 

modified soybean, which dominates 

the European animal feed market. 

Other American agricultural products, 

such as beef from cows treated 

with hormones, are banned. 

Although agriculture is just 2 percent 

of the European economy and 1 

percent of the U.S. economy, the sector 

holds outsize political clout, and 

past free trade negotiations between 

Europe and the United States have 

foundered on the topic. Some officials 

warn that agriculture is where the 

talks could start and end, since the 

touchy issues could so quickly set off 

a firestorm. 

"I don't think there will be an agreement 

if agriculture is in there," said 

Martin Haeusling, a German member 

of the European Parliament who 

has campaigned against loosening 

restrictions on genetically modified 

organisms. 

The overall talks will range far beyond 

agriculture, as officials aim to 

boost the struggling economies of 

the United States and the 27 nations 

of the European Union. Tariffs, which 

are the traditional focus of free-trade 

agreements, are already low between 

the two blocs, so the toughest negotiations 

will cover everything from 

eliminating rules that require many 

local governments to buy only American 

products to regulatory issues 

such as agreeing that a car deemed 

safe in Europe is also safe in the United 

States. Officials say that they want 

to agree to as wide a deal as possible, 

but they are split about what topics to 

include in the discussions. 

"Europe and the U.S. both want to 

protect the interests of their people 

with respect to food. There's no question 

about that. But we in the past 

have had different approaches to doing 

it," said Under Secretary of State 

for Economic Growth, Energy and 

the Environment Robert Hormats, 

who has a lead role in the trade negotiations. 

"This is going to be a challenging 

area of the negotiation," he 

said at a forum last month. 

With deep-seated cultural divides 

over a host of issues, each area of 

the talks may turn into a miniature 

skirmish pitting European attitudes 

against American ones. 

The difference in approaches, analysts 

say, is that U.S. regulators tend to 

rely on short-term scientific studies 

about safety to give new technologies 

a green light. European regulators 

tend to be far more cautious, focusing 

more on what they might not know 

than on what they do know. Even if 

European trade negotiators agree to 

loosen restrictions on U.S. genetically 

modified crops, they are likely to demand 

the labeling of products with 

genetically modified ingredients. 

The United States has resisted that 

step in the past because officials say 

they do not want to label something 

they do not believe is harmful, even 

though deep reservations remain 

among some ordinary Americans 

about genetically modified food. 

The differences are causing splits 

among European countries. Top German 

officials have signaled that they 

are comfortable talking about genetically 

modified crops, and British 

Prime Minister David Cameron said 

in Washington two weeks ago that 

"everything" was on the table. But 

France is not yet on board. 

"On the subject of GMOs and 

hormones in meat," French Foreign 

Trade Minister Nicole Bricq told Liberation 

newspaper last month, "this is 

not a subject for discussion." 

The American approach may not be 

absolutist, one analyst said. 

"Some of this has become almost 

like theology, like the GMO issue," 

said Daniel Hamilton, director of the 

Center for Transatlantic Relations at 

Johns Hopkins University. The trade 

deal "is not about one side of the Atlantic 

converting the other to its religion, 

it's about finding a mechanism 

for religious tolerance," he said. 

Farmers who tend the blooming 

yellow canola fields in Lennewitz , a 

rolling patch of northern Germany, 

brag about the all-natural bounty that 

they coax out their soil. 

"We could destroy our brand if 

we used genetic technology," said 

Karsten Jennerjahn, who has a farm 

in Schrepkow, a small village 60 miles 

northwest of Berlin. "With every poison 

there is an opposite reaction in 

nature," he said. Jennerjahn fears that 

if he planted pest-resistant crops, insects 

would simply develop their own 

resistance in turn. 

But European concerns about U.S. 

biotechnology aren't just about safety 

or the environment. They're also 

about more basic questions of how 

they organize their society. Jennerjahn's 

1,000-acre farm is immense by 

German standards, where an average 

farm runs 120 acres. U.S. trade newsletters 

call land the size of Jennerjahn's 

a "hobby farm." 

"For farmers, is it positive to do 

away with their own jobs?" Jennerjahn 

said. "At the end, you're alone in 

the village." 

- Washington Post correspondent 

Petra Krischok contributed to this report. 

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By Ezra Klein 

The New York Eagle News/The 

Washington Post 

"I says. "In 1960, 25 percent of 

Gates Discusses Global Health Campaign 

always use this chart of 

childhood death," Bill Gates 

kids died before the age of 5. And now 

we're down below 6 percent of kids 

dying before the age of 5." 

We're sitting in a bare conference 

room at his foundation's Washington 

headquarters. Gates — who Bloomberg 

News calculates is once again the 

world's richest man — is in town to 

talk to members of Congress about 

his top priority this year: Global 

health — and, in particular, the total 

eradication of polio. He wants to 

drive that 6 percent even lower, and 

he believes he can. Wiping out a disease 

like polio sounds impossible. But 

it's actually, Gates tells me, completely 

achievable. Perhaps even by the end 

of 2013. This is a transcript of our 

conversation, edited for length and 

clarity. 

Q: Your Foundation is known for 

taking a particularly data-driven approach 

to its work. So how do you 

know what's actually working when 

you're in failed states with very little 

data-collection capacity? 

A: Of all the statistics in health, 

death is the easiest, because you can 

go out and ask people, "Hey, have you 

had any children who died, did your 

siblings have any children who died?" 

People don't forget that. If you say to 

them, "Did your kids get vaccines or 

not," they might have done it and not 

remember, or they might think, "Oh, 

this person wants me to say yes, maybe 

I look bad if I don't say yes." Death 

is something we really understand extremely 

well. 

But you can save a lot of lives. One 

thing about the childhood death 

rate is you really can split it into the 

first 30 days of life versus 30 days to 

5 years. Thirty days to 5 years is all 

vaccine preventable stuff — it's diarrhea, 

respiratory and malaria. The 

first 30 days, the primary healthcare 

system really has to engage with the 

mother pre-birth, and then get the 

mother to do things like keeping the 

baby warm, making sure to avoid doing 

things that break the baby's skin, 

breast-feeding, and that's been harder. 

We've had sites in India where we 

can cut those deaths down by over 50 

percent just by training the mother. 

But the worker has to engage with the 

patient, hopefully speak the same language 

or be of the same caste so that 

they're willing to trust the advice that 

they're getting. 

Q: What's been the biggest surprise? 

What has the data shown works, or 

doesn't work, that you simply didn't 

expect? 

A: I was completely surprised that 

nobody was funding some of these 

vaccines. When I first looked at this 

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Health & Science 

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, shown during 

the 2013 Fiscal Summit in Washington, on May 

7, believes vaccines can dramatically reduce 

the number of childhood deaths around the 

world. It’s not all about money, he says: “Some 

very poor countries run great vaccination 

systems and some richer ones run terrible 

programs.” (Bloomberg News photo by Andrew 

Harrer). 

I thought, well, all the good stuff will 

have been done. It was mind-blowing 

me to find things like Rotavirus vaccine 

were going unfunded. One hundred 

percent of rich kids were getting 

it and no poor kids were. So over a 

quarter million kids a year were dying 

of Rotavirus-caused diarrhea. You 

could save those lives for $800 per 

life. That's like $20 or $30 per year of 

life. It's just ridiculous that an intervention 

like that isn't funded. 

And I'm really surprised at the variance. 

Some very poor countries run 

great vaccination systems and some 

richer ones run terrible programs. 

The north of Nigeria has about 30 

percent vaccination coverage, and 

they're above average in terms of 

wealth within Africa. You compare 

that to, say, Somalia, which has absolutely 

no government at all, and they 

get about 60 percent vaccine coverage 

of children. So you have a place 

literally with no government getting a 

better vaccine coverage than a place 

that's above average wealth. 

Q: Why? 

A: Well, in Somalia they've given 

up using the government. The money 

goes through the NGOs. Whereas 

in Nigeria they've designed a system 

where the federal government buys 

the vaccines, the state government 

provides the electricity, and the one 

level down below that provides the 

salaries. It's just a bad design. You 

know, the north of India has very 

poor vaccination rates, so we picked a 

state up there with 80 million people 

and we drove it from 30 percent to 80 

percent. But they had a really good 

chief health minister and the federal 

government was providing lots of 

money and lots of good technocrats, 

so the skills were there, as long as you 

employed them in the right kind of 

system. 

Q: This gets into an interesting 

question about public health, which 

is that when we think about health- 

care challenges, we think primarily 

about technological challenges. We 

think about cures for cancer and vaccines 

for AIDs. But in public health, 

much of the challenge is logistical and 

organizational — how you deliver, 

how you organize, who you actually 

partner with. And that seems much 

harder to replicate. If you can invent 

the pill, then you can probably keep 

reproducing the pill, but even if you 

get a good system in the north of India 

with their good health minister, it 

isn't necessarily the case that you can 

move that over to the south of Nigeria. 

A: It can be replicated, though. 

Ethiopia is a good example of a country 

that decided to get serious, train 

35,000 health workers and actually 

put them in the right places. So they 

did the map, looked at it, got the donor 

money, it's a work in progress. It's 

doing quite well but there are still a 

few of the supply chain things that 

need to be fixed. So, it can be replicated. 

We do report cards for each 

country, saying OK, did you have a 

plan, do you have the money, did you 

do the personnel right, did you do the 

supply chain right? 

Q: What's the difference between 

trying to work in high-income, middle-income, 

and low-income countries? 

A: The low-income, middle-income 

and high-income health systems have 

extremely different problems. You 

know, in low-income countries, getting 

to a health post is hard. It's very 

expensive. Whereas in rich countries, 

yes, you can get to your doctor. 

In low-income countries, the main 

problems you have is infectious diseases. 

We're dealing with countries 

that in the worst case where kids have 

death rates of 20 percent and that's all 

infectious disease. And nothing else. 

In the U.S., in terms of kids under 5, 

other than premature birth, you really 

don't have big problems. Kids just 

don't die of infectious disease. 

Then as you get into the adult 

phase, in the U.S., what do people die 

of? From age 5 till age 50, you've got 

suicide, you've got traffic accidents. 

There's very little cancer and heart 

disease before age 50. Then once you 

get past your 50s, the poor countries 

basically say, "Hey, I hope you don't 

get cancer, because if you do get cancer, 

we just don't have enough money 

per person, we're just not gonna buy 

chemotherapy drugs. We're just not 

going to get engaged in that." 

Q: How do you make these decisions 

about what is and isn't worth 

paying for? 

A: The way that this is talked about 

is, what's a year of life worth? They 

call it a disability-adjusted life year 

(DALY). When you're running a 

poor country health-care system, you 

can't treat a year of life as being worth 

more than, say, $200, $300 or else 

you'll bankrupt your health system 

immediately. So, with very few exceptions, 

you do nothing for cancer. 

If you get cancer, you're going to die. 

And so none of the stuff that's going 

on in the U.S. about $300,000 a year 

chemotherapy drugs is relevant. 

Even simple things don't pass the 

test. We're on the verge of saying that 

Africa should do blood pressure medicine 

because it's become generic and 

so cheap and that's such a common 

issue in terms of heart attack death, 

the so-called polypill is so cheap that 

it's one of the few non-infectious disease 

things that meets the dollars per 

DALY threshold to actually go into a 

poor healthcare system and say this is 

worth it given the extremely finite not 

only financial resources, but personnel 

resources, that you have. 

But here's the good news for these 

countries. If you spend the less than 

2 percent of what the rich countries 

spend, but you spend it on vaccinations 

and antibiotics, you get over half 

of all that healthcare does to extend 

life. So you spend 2 percent and you 

get 50 percent. If you spend another 

80 percent you're at over 90 percent. 

Q: Your top priority, I'm told, for 

the next year is the literal eradication 

of polio. What's between here and 

there? 

A: Whenever you can eradicate one 

of these infectious diseases, you get 

these exponential benefits. Polio's the 

extreme example where we're near 

the magic number of zero, so the $2 

billion that the year spends protecting 

kids against getting polio, the day you 

know you're at zero — you have to 

really know you're there — then you 

save the $2 billion. And, you know, 

that happened for smallpox. Nobody 

spends any money on smallpox unless 

they worry about a bio-terrorist 

recreating it. It's financially the best 

thing that ever happened because 

we're saving all that money forever 

after. 

So in 1988, the World Health Organization, 

through the World Health 

Assembly, declares they're going to 

eradicate polio. It's already been eradicated 

in North America and South 

America and most of Europe. Polio is 

paralyzing 360,000 kids a year when 

they start. They get it down below 

10,000 by the year 2000. Then from 

2000-2010 it stays flat. And they lose 

credibility because they're always saying 

"Oh, just give us two more years," 

and they're just doing the same thing 

and it's not working. And so in 2010, 

the polio community got together 

and said, "Look, are we going to succeed 

or not?" And so there were a lot 

of improvements made, those led to 

finally getting done in India in 2011. 

And India was expected to be the 

hardest and the last. 

Q: Just a point of clarification, the 

functional mechanism here is a high 

enough level of vaccine coverage, 


right? When we say eradicate, we 

mean got it to a high enough level of 

vaccine coverage that the disease died 

out? 

A: Yeah, eradicate means there's 

no poliovirus around. The method 

of doing that is you get to extremely 

high levels of vaccination — that is, 

over 90 percent of the kids have the 

drops three times, and that protects 

them and the disease dies out. The 

number is actually well below 90 percent 

if you're in a community that either 

has good sanitation or where the 

kids don't move around much. 

Q: So what did we learn that made 

eradication possible in India? 

A: The two things that were done 

super well were social mobilization 

and mapping where the houses were. 

When somebody would refuse to take 

the vaccine, they would mark it down 

and they would have either a political 

leader or religious leader come in and 

convince them. Dealing with refusals 

is a huge part of this. If your team 

goes in, maybe they don't speak the 

dialect, they're not the same caste, 

the family has heard a rumor that the 

vaccine is bad, there's many reasons 

you get refusals, and so you need follow-up 

for refusals. Usually you'll get 

10 to 20 percent refusals. But if there's 

been a rumor, you get much higher 

refusals. 

Q: A rumor that, say, the vaccine is 

bad, or it makes you sick? 

A: Yeah or that the U.S. government 

uses vaccination campaigns to sterilize 

Muslim women. Vaccination always 

has problems with rumors. The 

U.S. doesn't achieve nearly as high a 

vaccination rate as many countries. 

Vietnam is 99 percent vaccination, 

the U.S. is about 95 percent. Because 

people just hear "Oh, what about autism 

or something." But it's particularly 

bad in poor countries. 

Q: The logistics of the operation 

seem basically impossible. How do 

you ensure you hit every tiny village 

in a mountainous, rural, poor country? 

A: We began using satellite maps 

and we're finding particularly in Nigeria 

we were missing a lot of settlements, 

a lot of nomadic people. The 

thing we were missing the most was a 

village would be on a border, and one 

government would say, "Oh, that's on 

their side," and the other guy would 

say, "No, that's on their side." So your 

chance of getting polio was super elevated 

if you happened to live on the 

border between these local government 

administrative boundaries. 

Then in terms of the teams doing 

their job, we now put a phone with 

a GPS sensor in it, every three minutes 

it says where this team is. It's 

in the box with the vaccine so when 

they come in at the end of the day we 

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Get Out, Work Out 

By Vicky Hallett, Margaret 

Ely and Lenny Bernstein 



The spring rains may let up 

any day now, and then you'll 

be able to exercise outdoors 

again. If you've forgotten during the 

dreary winter and wet spring, that's 

where the sun shines, breezes blow 

and birds chirp. Also where drivers 

come around corners without looking 

and holes in the outfield grass grab 

and twist your ankles. 

"You find yourself when you are 

outside the comfort zone," says Jimmy 

Minardi, an athletic coach based 

in Aspen and Santa Barbara who is 

writing a book about the benefits of 

outdoor exercise. "You are constantly 

surveying your environment and 

adapting to it. Adapting to change is 

a primal need." 

Confronting an uncontrolled environment 

— heat, hills, head winds 

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plug that in and see if they really went 

where they were supposed to go. 

Our biggest problems now are violence, 

which causes campaigns to be 

canceled, or people just not to be willing 

to go into various neighborhoods, 

and refusals having to do with bad 

rumors about the vaccine campaign. 

And these are both serious issues in 

both Pakistan and Nigeria. Afghanistan 

is just part of the Pakistan thing, 

and it's not the big deal. The number 

of cases there is pretty small and it's 

just in the areas where there's fighting. 

Q: I almost feel bad asking it after 

this particular discussion, but what 

has this work made you think about 

our health-care system's problems, 

recognizing everything you said 

about how incredibly, incredibly different 

they are from truly poor countries? 

A: It's an important topic and I do 

care about it. My deep interest in this 

came somewhat because it's fascinating 

but also because our big cause 

in the U.S. is education, and if you 

look at state budgets, they are moving 

money from education to health. 

They have to because the health costs 

are just exploding. So very quickly say 

to yourself, gosh, if there's going to be 

and uneven pavement, for example 

— provides a tougher workout than 

a comparable routine indoors and 

stimulates the senses. Outdoor workouts 

have been associated with stronger 

feelings of revitalization, more 

energy and less tension than indoor 

exercise. 

"You find joy outside," Minardi says. 

You'll also find Vitamin D from 

sunlight, which helps you absorb calcium 

and promotes bone growth. 

When warm weather does arrive, 

however, remember that acclimating 

to heat can take 10 to 14 days of exposure 

and exercise, according to the 

American Council on Exercise. Once 

that happens, you'll produce more 

cooling sweat and lose fewer electrolytes, 

according to the group. 

And, of course, don't forget to hydrate 

adequately. Trust your thirst. It 

won't steer you wrong. 

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any money left for university education 

and adequate money for K-12, 

even to stay flat, you have to figure 

out health-care costs. 

Unfortunately, in rich-world health, 

innovation is both your friend and 

your enemy. Innovation is inventing 

organ replacement, joint replacement. 

We're inventing ways of doing 

new things that cost $300,000 and 

take people in their 70s and, on average, 

give them an extra, say, two or 

three years of life. And then you have 

to say, given finite resources, should 

we fire two or three teachers to do this 

operation? And with chemotherapies, 

we've got things where we'll spend 

our dollars on treatments where 

you're valuing a life here at over $10 

to $20 million. Really big, big numbers, 

which if you were infinitely rich, 

of course that would be fine. 

So most innovations, unfortunately, 

actually increase the net costs of the 

healthcare system. There's a few, particularly 

having to do with chronic 

diseases, that are an exception. If you 

could cure Alzheimer's, if you could 

avoid diabetes — those are gigantic in 

terms of saving money. But the incentive 

regime doesn't favor them. 

Q: You've talked a lot so far about 

this question of DALYs. We're very 

uncomfortable putting a value on 

human life. The way I see our health 

Veterans Claims 

Still Backlogged 

Six months ago, we looked at the claims processing 

time for a number of small and large 

locations across the country. Given the Department 

of Veterans Affairs' efforts to reduce the 

time to process a claim to less than 125 days, 

let's check in with a few of the same locations 

and see how they're doing. 

In November, White River Junction, Vt., had 

969 veterans awaiting claims, with 510 waiting 

an average 239 days. Now they have 834 veterans 

waiting an average of 239 days. However, 

average wait time for first claims is now at 559 

days. 

Lincoln, Neb., had 4,476 veterans waiting, 

1,678 of them over 125 days. Now they have 

2,560 veterans, with 695 over 125 days. Average 

wait time is 143 days. Clearly there's been some 

progress made. 

Let's look at some of the more populated areas. 

Last November, St. Petersburg, Fla., had 

46,366 veterans waiting an average 207 days. 

system is we've chosen to pay a huge 

premium in order to avoid these questions. 

A prerequisite for the kind of 

cost-cutting innovations you're talking 

about it is being willing to make 

judgments about what a human life 

is worth, or even what a few months 

of a human life are worth. Because if 

you can't decide that, then of course 

you just pay for everything. But if you 

start trying to make those choices, or 

even get people to think about those 

choices, people cry "death panels!" 

A. Yes, someone in the society has 

to deal with the reality that there 

are finite resources and we're making 

trade-offs, and be explicit about 

that. When the car companies were 

found to have a memo that actually 

said, "This safety feature costs X and 

saved Y lives," the very existence of 

that memo was considered damning. 

It was "Oh, you think human life is 

only a bank account." Or when you 

made it reimbursable for a doctor to 

ask, "Do you want heroic care at the 

end-of-life," that was a death panel. 

No, it wasn't a death panel! It was asking 

somebody to make a decision. 


Of those, 30,321 were past the 125-day mark. 

Now there are 50,492 veterans waiting an average 

of 319 days. Of those, 34,860 are over 125 

days. As usual, the devil is in the details. The 

office receives 4,293 claims per month and only 

completes 3,687. 

Baltimore, Md., had 19,662 claims waiting 

last November, with 16,472 past the 125-day 

mark. Average claim time was 343 days. Now 

it has 18,421 veterans with 15,326 waiting over 

125 days with an average claim time of 417 days. 

Here, too, the incoming exceeds the outgoing: 

1,023 claims coming in each month, and only 

880 completed. 

To see how your local claims office is doing, 

go online to http://cironline.org/ and click on 

Returning Home to Battle, then click on the 

backlog map. 

- Write to Freddy Groves in care of King Features 

Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, 

FL 32853-6475, or send e-mail to columnreply@ 

gmail.com. 

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renovation project, which is slated for 

completion at the end of 2014. 

“Noyes has been reshaped over the 

years in response to the dramatic 

changes we have seen in healthcare. It 

is remarkable to think back on over 

a century of care…..the clinical and 

technical advancements to improve 

care are truly amazing,” says Amy 

Pollard, President and CEO of Noyes 

Health. “Noyes Hospital has been a 

guiding light for changing times, and 

I am proud to recognize Noyes Hospital 

and the outstanding staff that 

work throughout the Noyes Health 

system, who truly demonstrate the 

spirit of compassionate care, close to 

home!” ■ 

Volunteer at 

Your Local 

Schools 

A gentleman in Iowa has gone back to school, 

although not in the traditional sense. He's 

found his way to the local elementary school, 

where he volunteers doing a variety of tasks -- 

not just a few hours a week, but every day. He's 

74 years old. 

Some days he spends time one-on-one with 

children who need help with math. Other times 

he helps those struggling with reading. During 

his "spare" time he reorganized the school's library. 

His school feels lucky to have him. 

All across the country there are schools in 

trouble. They're victims of budget cuts that take 

away valuable resources, perhaps the resources 

that the kids need most. Instead of a reading 

specialist in each school, maybe that specialist 

is spread out over five schools, and too many 

kids are falling through the cracks. The federal 

infusion of "turnaround" dollars for the past 

three years is about to end. Less money will 

mean even fewer resources. 

It can be a vicious cycle. But it's one that we 

can break -- by volunteering at our schools. 

Here are some things you can do: 

--Help struggling students with math and 

reading at all grade levels. 

--Answer phones in the front office. 

--Help with building maintenance on an ongoing 

basis. 

--Teach art classes. 

--Assist with field trips. 

--Give presentations on a topic you know a 

lot about. 

--Organize bake sales. 

--Catalog, repair and shelve books in the library. 

--Give music lessons. 

--Chair an afternoon special-interest club. 

We have the time; we have the experience. 

Who better than seniors to lend a helping hand 

at our local schools? To get started, call the 

school principal, the head of the PTA or the district 

offices. 

- Matilda Charles regrets that she cannot personally 

answer reader questions, but will incorporate 

them into her column whenever possible. 

Write to her in care of King Features Weekly Service, 

P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475, 

or send e-mail to columnreply@gmail.com. 

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DOG BITES FROM PAGE 2 

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- When letter carriers and others 

who are not familiar with your dog 

come to your home, keep your dog 

inside, in another room away from 

the door. 

- In protecting their territory, dogs 

may interpret people's actions as a 

threat. 

- Spay or neuter your dog. Neutered 

dogs are less likely to roam. 

- Dogs that receive little attention or 

handling, or are left tied up for long 

periods of time, frequently turn into 

biters. 

Avoiding Attacks 

- Never leave a baby or small child 

alone with a dog. 

- Don't run past a dog. The dog's 

natural instinct is to chase and catch 

you. 

- If a dog threatens you, don't 

scream. Avoid eye contact. Try to remain 

motionless until the dog leaves, 

then back away slowly until the dog is 

out of sight. 

- Never approach a strange dog, especially 

one that's tethered or con 

fined. 

- Don't disturb a dog that is sleeping, 

eating or caring for puppies. 

- Anyone wanting to pet a dog 

should first obtain permission from 

the owner. 

- Always let a dog see and sniff you 

before petting the animal. 

- If you believe a dog is about to attack 

you, try to place something between 

yourself and the dog, such as a 

backpack or a bicycle. 

- If you are knocked down by a dog, 

curl into a ball and protect your face 

with your hands. ■



By Alan Ohnsman 

The New York Eagle News/ 

Bloomberg News 

Elon Musk was fresh off the sale 

of PayPal and starting another 

business, commercial rocket 

service Space Exploration Technologies, 

when he met kindred spirit JB 

Straubel. Their shared belief that 

consumer electronics advances could 

be applied to more earthly modes of 

transport is a cornerstone of Tesla 

Motors. 

Straubel's first company, Volacom, 

designed unmanned electric aircraft. 

He sold the assets to Boeing and was 

working with it in late 2003 when he 

attended a Stanford University speech 

by Musk on his startup SpaceX. Then, 

over lunch in Los Angeles, the two 

moved from ideas on aerospace to 

electric vehicles. 

"The whole thing really grew out of 

an idea of how to leverage commercial 

advances that were happening in 

lithium-ion batteries," Straubel, 37, 

said in an interview this month. "That 

was the premise Elon and I discussed 

over that first lunch: that batteries 

have come much further than anyone 

expects, certainly than the auto industry 

expects." 

While the two have very different 

personalities — Straubel is a softspoken, 

publicity-shy engineer, while 

Musk is famously voluble and frenetic 

— they quickly found a shared 

passion for the idea that lithium-ion 

battery cells used in consumer electronics 

could be rigged up to power a 

car. His work on the company's powertrain 

has made him Musk's semisecret 

weapon. 

In 2004, Straubel joined Musk and 

three other men to turn Tesla from 

a concept into a startup with a goal 

of bringing a new type of electric 

car to market. With some of Musk's 

EAGLE NEWS 

Economy & Business 

Tesla's Straubel Keeps Motors Rolling 

as Stock Surges 57% 

While other companies have struggled with electric batteries, JB Straubel has kept Teslas running. 

This month Tesla reported its first quarterly profit and surged 57 percent. Pictured, a Tesla Model X 

electric prototype in March at the 83rd Geneva International Motor Show. (Bloomberg News photo by 

Valentin Flauraud). 

proceeds from the $1.3 billion sale of 

PayPal to eBay, Straubel put a crew 

together in his garage wiring up thousands 

of cells. 

Since then, while other companies 

— from startups to giants — have 

struggled with electric batteries, 

Straubel, as chief technology officer, 

has kept Teslas running. Last week, 

the company reported its first quarterly 

profit and has since surged 57 

percent. 

Collaboration between Musk and 

Straubel that began after their initial 

meeting has been very close, said 

Musk, 41. 

"We are almost always on the same 

wavelength — or one of us will adjust 

his opinion according to the arguments," 

he said by email. "JB is an 

exceptionally reasonable and smart 

guy." 

The company named for inventor 

Nikola Tesla has delivered more than 

10,000 Model S sedans and Roadsters 

since 2008 and stands tall among recent 

U.S. auto startups, with most failing 

in attempts to create a rechargeable 

car business. 

"We certainly expected and hoped 

we'd get the company into the black; 

otherwise we wouldn't have poured 

so much heart and soul into it," said 

Straubel, whose name is Jeffrey but 

is known by his first two initials. 

"There've been plenty of times we 

were scared as hell." 

After years of skepticism about Palo 

Alto-based Tesla's viability — starting 

from the unveiling of its Roadster 

in July 2006 — the stock soared after 

that first profit report. The next day, 

a Consumer Reports magazine review 

of the Model S, which starts at 

$69,900, ranked it with the best vehicles 

it has ever tested. 

If Tesla achieves its 2013 target of 

21,000 Model S deliveries, that would 

surpass combined global volume for 

Italian luxury marques Ferrari, Automobili 

Lamborghini and Maserati, 

which together sold 15,701 cars in 

2012. 

The success up to this point 

wouldn't have happened without 

Straubel's patented powertrain that 

has underpinned Musk's goal: electric 

cars that are appealing for more than 

the battery pack. 

While designing the pack and motor 

weren't the company's sole challenge 

at the outset "it was the problem 

we had to solve first," said Straubel, a 

Wisconsin native who earned two engineering 

degrees from Stanford. 

Batteries with large lithium-ion 

cells were linked to fires in January 

on Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, halting 

flights and production. In 2011, General 

Motors' Chevrolet Volt caught 

fire three weeks after a U.S. crash 

test. Afterward, GM strengthened 

the plug-in hybrid car's battery pack 

to prevent cells from igniting if damaged 

in an accident. 

Defective batteries in Fisker Automotive's 

plug-in Karma sedan made 

by A123 Systems led to a March 2012 

recall, after owners and Consumer 

Reports said the cars were prone to 

unexpected shutdowns. The battery 

maker filed bankruptcy in October. 

Model S has had no recalls since deliveries 

began in June 2012, Musk and 

Straubel said in separate interviews 

this month. 

"We started out very, very conservative 

on safety, because we had to; 

there were no guidelines," Straubel 

said. "We kind of built a culture of 

safety paranoia around lithium-ion." 

Tesla's battery uses thousands of 

small cells, unlike those in competing 

plug-in models that are designed 

using hundreds of larger lithium-ion 

cells. The company's approach has 

been criticized as too expensive and 

complex. 

"It's a high-cost model and doesn't 

easily lend itself to a lower-cost vehicle," 

said K. Gopal Duleep, president 

of HD Systems, a Washington-based 

consulting firm. "There are things 

with regard to safety it's probably 

good for, but it's just too high-cost." 

That makes it difficult to move from 

high-priced cars such as Model S and 

the Model X crossover due next year 

to selling more mass-market vehicles 

priced below $40,000, Duleep said. 

Musk wants to have a car in that price 

range within a few years. 

In its favor, Tesla's in-house-designed 

motor and the power electronics 

that control how the system works 

are "state of the art," Duleep said. 

That's Straubel's work. 

His first Tesla pack was a 

990-pound (449 kilogram) battery 

with 6,831-laptop-style lithium cells 

for the $109,000 Roadster. That al- 

lowed the car, based on Group Lotus' 

Elise chassis, to travel as far as 245 

miles (394 kilometers) per charge 

and speed from 0 to 60 mph in 3.7 

seconds. 

From initially using "commodity" 

cells, Tesla now makes its packs with 

customized cells that cost 50 percent 

less than those in the Roadster, 

Straubel said. 

Along with improved durability 

and performance "the cost point that 

we've been able to build a pack at using 

this cell size is also really compelling," 

he said, without elaborating. 

"We purposely don't go out and advertise 

that super- aggressively." 

As the company seeks further cost 

reductions, it has avoided pack-related 

recalls, fires or failures that have 

affected competitors large and small. 

"This is one of our major core competencies," 

Straubel said. "It's not by 

far the only one, but it's the one that's 

been with us the longest." 

The Model S is Tesla's first fully developed 

car, mating its own design, 

lightweight frame, in-car electronics 

and navigation system to the company's 

battery and motor that give 

the car as much as 265 miles of range 

per charge. The powertrain is "an important 

ingredient, but it's extremely 

important to consider the rest of the 

car," Musk said in a May 2 interview 

in Hawthorne. 

Along with its design, speedy acceleration, 

quiet ride and interior materials, 

Model S features Web-based 

navigation, data and entertainment 

features designed in-house that Musk 

and Straubel say set it apart from luxury 

rivals. 

"Hold down voice button & say 

'Play Amish Paradise by Weird Al 

Yankovic,' " Musk said in May 11 

Twitter post. "Model S can play almost 

any song via Internet." 

Owners "after living in the car for a 

couple of days don't think much about 

the battery pack, and how many cells 

are in it," Straubel said. "You think 

way more about how responsive is 

the touchscreen? How well is Google 

Maps rendering?" 

Straubel "knows the pulse of this 

technology," said Greg Bernas, a chief 

engineer for Toyota, who worked 

with him during the development of 

Toyota's RAV4 EV that uses a Tesla 

battery pack and motor. 

The electric RAV4 was a highprofile, 

high-speed project for Bernas 

and Toyota engineers assigned 

to bring it to market in less than two 

years. Toyota President Akio Toyoda 

and Musk had said in May 2010 the 

companies would work together, 

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9 

Fruit Growers Say Immigration 

Stunts Push for Healthy Crops 

By Alan Bjerga 



Bill Landreth bought a second 

tractor as Berries by Bill Inc. 

sold more melons, sweet corn 

and strawberries. 

He also expanded to 200 the acreage 

of his Newport, Arkansas farm 

devoted to the fruits and vegetables, 

though that's where the growth will 

end. After that, he runs out of workers. 

"We could do more, but I'm not sure 

we could harvest more because of the 

labor," Landreth said as his tractor 

moved slowly through plowed rows 

with workers following behind, transplanting 

seedlings into freshly turned 

earth. 

Landreth and other farmers in Arkansas, 

the nation's 15th- biggest 

crop-producing state, say they would 

like to take advantage of the push 

by advocates such first lady Michele 

Obama and health professionals to 

get Americans to eat more fruits and 

vegetables. Those crops take more 

workers to plant and harvest. 

That has him watching debate on 

immigration that resumed a week 

ago Tuesday in Congress, hoping for 

relief. Farmworker visas were among 

the final details resolved last month 

in bipartisan negotiations among a 

group of senators on a compromise 

bill. In the House, lawmakers backed 

a larger guest-worker program in a 

plan late last month. 

U.S. crop farms either grow commodities 

such as corn, wheat and 

soybeans — harvested with massive 

Deere & Co. tractors — or sow 

crops like fruits and vegetables that 

are hand-picked. While states in the 

Corn Belt, the nation's main grain 

region, employed 38,000 agricultural 

workers at the start of 2012, California, 

the nation's chief fresh-produce 

state, had 135,000 workers. 

Farm-lobby groups including the 

American Farm Bureau Federation, 

the largest U.S. farmer group, say 

cumbersome regulations make it difficult 

for fresh-produce growers to 

meet their needs for field workers. 

"For a 10-acre strawberry farmer, 

the paperwork and bureaucracy 

they'd have to go through would be 

absolutely prohibitive" to expand, 

said Chuck Conner, acting U.S. agriculture 

secretary in the final months 

of President George W. Bush's administration 

who now heads the National 

Council of Farmer Cooperatives, a 

nationwide agricultural group. 

Immigrant workers package freshly-picked organic persimmons in Santa Cruz, Calif., in 2007. 

The American Farm Bureau Federation, the largest U.S. farmer group, and other organizations 

representing farmers in Washington, say cumbersome immigration regulations make it difficult for 

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Arkansas, the leading U.S. rice producer, 

grew $34.8 million of fruits, 

nuts and vegetables, less than 1 percent 

of its $5.3 billion crop of grains 

and oilseeds. Still, the value of the 

state's niche crops, such as strawberries 

and watermelons, has increased 

53 percent since 2010, out pacing traditional 

field plants such as rice and 

soybeans. 

Farmers now have reasons to plant 

new crops, said Calvin Shumway, 

an agriculture professor at Arkansas 

State University in Jonesboro. 

Produce buyers are seeking multiple 

sources to shield against regional 

crop failures, and the popularity of 

locally grown food has fueled a 150 

percent surge in the number of farmers 

markets, he said. 

Michele Obama is an advocate of 

serving fruits and vegetables in the 

nation's schools, and the U.S. Department 

of Agriculture in February proposed 

standards to encourage healthy 

snacks for students. 

"The farm economy's been good, 

and farmers are always looking for 

opportunities to make them better," 

Shumway said in an interview. 

A lack of workers can impede taking 

advantage of those opportunities, 

farmers say. Declining rural populations 

leave fewer kids at home to help 

in the harvest, said Samantha Matthews, 

co-owner of Matthews Sweet 

Potato Farm outside Wynne, Ark. 

Job-seekers from Memphis, about 50 

miles east, quickly tire of farm work, 

said Matthews, 48, whose business, 

which dates to the 1800s, sells mainly 

sweet potatoes to grocers including 

Wal-Mart Stores and Supervalu. 

The current H-2A visa program 

adds costs for hand-picked crops, 

which are already higher than for 

corn or soybeans, by requiring employers 

to pay for transport and housing 

and to advertise job openings that 

U.S.-born workers are unlikely to 

seek. Some farmers in Arkansas are 

discouraged from trying crops that 

might be more profitable and meet 

consumer demand for healthier varieties 

of fresh food, she said. 

"If it were not quite so expensive, 

you would see more of our type of 

produce grown in Arkansas," she said. 

About 300,000 farmworkers lack 

valid immigration documents, according 

to the Pew Hispanic Center. 

Other studies suggest the total 

may exceed 1 million, depending on 

time of year and historical migration 

trends. 

Under the deal grower and farmworker 

groups struck last month, 

guest-worker visas would be capped 

at 337,000 over three years. Current 

requirements to advertise and pay 

housing and transportation expenses 

would be relaxed. In return, laborers 

would be able to switch employers, a 

key demand of farmworker advocates 

who considered it a way to enhance 

worker protections as other rules are 

eased. 

The House plan would make 

500,000 visas available a year and 

would drop housing and transport 

requirements, which immediately 

drew objections from farmworkers 

who said such a plan would depress 

wages and leave employees without 

adequate protections. While the Senate 

plan provides a path to citizenship, 

the House would not. 

Any benefit from a more readily 

available pool of farm workers is 

overshadowed by the burdens on local 

schools and health-care systems 

from an influx of less-educated workers, 

said Steven Camarota, director 

of research for the Center for Immigration 

Studies, a Washington-based 

group critical of increased immigration. 

Further, the need for more U.S.- 

grown fresh produce is dubious, he 

said. 

"Most of our clothing, much of our 

electronics is already imported — is it 

a big deal if we grow more corn and 

buy our strawberries elsewhere?" he 

said. U.S. advantages in mechanized 

harvesting should be encouraged, 

which the House and Senate plans 

impede by increasing the supply of 

cheap labor, he said. "America's advantage 

will never be low wages, it 

will be productivity. This retards productivity 

growth." 

A lack of labor lowers potential 

profits of Arkansas farmers, said Landreth, 

who at harvest will have about 

20 workers handling watermelons on 

85 acres. Mechanically harvested soybeans 

are going on 80 acres, easing 

his worker needs on land he said he'd 

rather plant in hand-picked sweet 

corn. 

In Arkansas, the decision to plant 

fruits and vegetables is trickier than 

in California, where weather and the 

state's history with migrant labor supports 

the fresh-produce industry, or 

Iowa, where conditions are ideal for 

corn. The heritage and infrastructure 

in Arkansas is geared toward grain 

and cotton, yet its climate and ample 

water and makes it promising for 

warmer-weather crops. 

Other farmers "look at us like we're 

strange, but we get good prices," said 

Landreth, who sells produce at a 

farmstand and distributes across the 

U.S. Midwest and South. 

Landreth harvested his first strawberries 

in 2000. Last year he made 

$640,000 on 150 acres, almost seven 

times what he could make growing 

soybeans on the same land, according 

to USDA data. About a quarter 

of his revenue pays for labor. While 

he'd like to add more acres for grow 

fresh produce, oilseeds take less work 

to harvest. 

The H-2A rules are inflexible, making 

it harder to get immigrant workers 

to the state, and the time to file 

an application and wait for approval 

may not match a farmer's needs, he 

said. A late planting caused by cold, 

wet weather — similar to this year — 

leaves workers with little to do, adding 

to costs, he said. 

"If we could get guys when we need 

them, that would make a big difference," 

Landreth said. 

Matthews said she hires about 75 

H-2A workers, about three- quarters 

of her peak workforce during harvest. 

She said the system would be better 

if farm owners and farmworkers had 

more flexibility. 

"When I'm making planting decisions, 

I'm also thinking about housing 

and transportation costs for labor," 

she said. "I want to be thinking 

about the crop." 

Money 

Management for 

Students 

Parents who have a child going away to 

college have more to worry about than partying 

and failing grades. Two things are a 

given: 1) New students on campuses will be 

approached to sign up for credit cards, and 

2) students need to know in advance how to 

handle the financial responsibility. 

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 

(FDIC) has issued a special edition of 

its Consumer News to help young adults and 

teens manage their money and avoid financial 

scams. Here are a few places to start to 

get your student up to speed. 

Credit cards: Teach your child everything 

you know about credit-card use, even your 

own mistakes. Show them how to read the 

fine print on the disclosure, to be aware of 

the card's limit (and how that limit can affect 

credit scores) and to pay off the full balance 

each month. Don't apply for multiple 

cards (especially if the applications are being 

handed around on campus by zealous 

recruiters) and to take advantage of alerts 

from credit-card companies about payment 

reminders. If there's any doubt about your 

child's ability to handle payments, aim him 

or her toward a pre-paid card or one with a 

very low credit availability. 

Credit reports: Students need to know 

that potential employers will check their 

credit history during the job-application process. 

Insurance companies will do the same, 

with monthly premiums partially determined 

by credit scores. At some point, a graduate 

will need a loan, perhaps for a first car. An 

initial credit history, although short, will help 

secure a lower interest rate. 

Picking a bank: As a student, your child 

will likely only need the most basic of services. 

If he or she is going away to school, 

start shopping on the Internet. You'll need 

one close to campus that has the lowest possible 

fees. Check whether there are fees for 

falling below a minimum required balance, 

or for an excess number of ATM withdrawals 

or debit-card transactions. Plan to open an 

account at the same time you're moving your 

student into the dorms. 

Guarding against fraud and scams: 

Your child needs to know to review bank 

and credit-card statements the minute they 

arrive, to keep personal information private, 

especially online, and to be suspicious of 

emails that appear to come from the bank. 

- David Uffington regrets that he cannot 

personally answer reader questions, but will 

incorporate them into his column whenever 

possible. Write to him in care of King Features 

Weekly Service, P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 

32853-6475, or send e-mail to columnreply@ 

gmail.com. 

© 2013 King Features Synd., Inc. ■ 

— With assistance from Kathleen 

Hunter in Washington. 

© 2013, Bloomberg News ■


CYBERSECURITY FROM COVER 

_________________________ 

By Sandrine Rastello and 

Jeanna Smialek 



Five dozen teenagers hunched 

over computers in a hotel conference 

room near Washington, 

decrypting codes, cleaning malware 

and fending off network intrusions to 

score points in the finals of a national 

cybersecurity contest. 

Just hours later, the high-school 

students got a glimpse of the labor 

market's appetite for their skills as 

sponsors such as network equipment 

maker Cisco Systems Inc. described 

career opportunities. Internships 

start as young as 16 at Northrop 

Grumman Corp., which reserves 20 

spots for participants in the Air Force 

Association's contest. 

"We're the largest provider of cybersecurity 

solutions to the federal government, 

so we know that we've got 

to help build that talent pipeline," said 

Diane Miller, Northrop's program director 

for the CyberPatriot contest, 

on the sidelines of the March event. 

"We just have a shortage of people applying" 

for the 700 positions currently 

open. 

Security breaches experienced by 

institutions ranging from Facebook 

to the Federal Reserve are spurring 

spending on cybersecurity. President 

Barack Obama describes the threat as 

one of the nation's most serious perils, 

while the Department of Defense 

has said the Chinese military has targeted 

government computers. With 

few specialists trained to respond to 

evolving attacks and most universities 

still adjusting to requirements, 

demand is overwhelming supply. 

"I cannot hire enough cybersecurity 

professionals, I can't find them, 

they're not qualified," said Ryan Walters, 

who founded mobile data security 

company TerraWi Inc. in 2009. 

The company, based in McLean, Va., 

employs 12 people and plans to expand 

to 20. 

Walters, who says he has 22 years 

of experience in the field, helped prepare 

48 students from Marshall Academy 

in Falls Church, Va., who competed 

in the CyberPatriot contest this 

year. Twelve made it to the finals. He 

says he's gotten calls from companies 

and government agencies to interview 

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said Ramon Martinez-Diaz, a 

16-year-old sophomore coached by 

Walters. "But it's also great that there 

are so many job openings." 

Listings for cybersecurity positions 

rose 73 percent in the five 

years through 2012, 3.5 times faster 

than postings for computer jobs as 

a whole, according to Boston-based 

Burning Glass, a labor market analytics 

firm that collects data from more 

than 22,000 online jobs sites. 

"You have to scratch your head and 

ask whether the supply could possibly 

keep up with that," Burning Glass 

Chief Executive Officer Matt Sigelman 

said in a phone interview. Data 

show "employers literally just posting 

and reposting" their offers, he said. 

There were 64,383 jobs related to 

cybersecurity listed for the twelve 

months through April, about 3 percent 

of all information technology 

positions, according to the company. 

Rob Waaser found his skills in high 

demand. Just more than a month after 

graduating in December from Carnegie 

Mellon University in Pittsburgh 

with a master's degree in information 

security technology and management, 

he started working at defense 

contractor Raytheon Co. Waaser 

chose to pursue a master's because he 

said the industry is technical enough 

to justify the extra training. 

"Cybersecurity is a good field these 

days to get into — there are a lot of 

people out there looking for talent," 

said the 24-year-old, who got offers 

from all six of the potential employers 

he interviewed with. "I really didn't 

have a problem finding job openings." 

To prepare the next generation of 

specialists, the federal government's 

National Security Agency is working 

to strengthen college-level education 

through its National Centers 

of Academic Excellence in Cyber 

Operations program, which gives a 

designation to universities that meet 

curriculum and other criteria. 

Companies and government agencies 

are finding many candidates exiting 

college programs inadequately 

prepared for high-skill jobs crucial 

to cybersecurity, said Frank Reeder, 

co- founder of the Center for Internet 

Security in East Greenbush, N.Y., and 

former senior official at the U.S. Office 

of Management and Budget responsible 

for information policy. 

"In the cybersecurity world, it's still 

a little bit of the Wild West," he said. 

For today's gap, part of the solution is 

to train existing workers, he said. 

Alan Paller, whose Bethesda, Md.- 

based company SANS Institute provides 

such instruction, said many job 

candidates lack the hundreds of hours 

of lab experience needed to develop 

the highly-specific skills required. 

"We have a huge number of frequent 

flyers and a tiny number of 

fighter pilots," Paller said. "In the next 

war, people will be the tanks and the 

planes. We've got to be ready." 

The threat of cyber attacks has for 

the first time become a greater concern 

than terrorism, James Clapper, 

the top U.S. intelligence official, told 

the House Intelligence Committee 

during an April hearing. A spate of 

recent disclosures by corporations 

about security breaches include social 

network Facebook, which said it was 

targeted in a "sophisticated attack" 

by hackers in January who installed 

malware on laptops used by company 

employees. 

The Fed said in February that intruders 

breached a website used 

to stay in touch with banks during 

emergencies, though no critical operations 

were affected. 

Companies and governments are 

boosting spending on cybersecurity. 

Obama's 2014 budget recommends 

more than $13 billion for computer 

network security, about $1 billion 

more than current levels, including a 

21 percent increase at the Pentagon. 

U.S. companies and public sector 

organizations will raise outlays on 

computer security to an estimated 

$89.1 billion in the fiscal year ending 

October 2013, more than double the 

2006 level, according to data collected 

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Future Retirees at 

Risk of Downward 

Mobility, Pew Finds 

The retirement prospects of 

Americans are slipping for 

the first time in generations, 

according to a report released last 

Thursday, adding a new voice to those 

warning that future retirees face the 

risk of downward mobility when they 

leave the workforce. 

The report by the Pew Charitable 

Trusts said that Americans born after 

1955 are carrying more debt than the 

generations that came before them, 

putting them in danger of not having 

enough savings to maintain their 

standard of living in retirement. 

The report estimates that, at the median, 

Americans born between 1966 

and 1975 — so-called Gen-Xers — 

will be able to replace just half their 

pre-retirement income once they stop 

working, well below the minimum 70 

percent replacement rates recommended 

by most financial planners. 

Late baby boomers — which the report 

defines as those born between 

1956 and 1965 -- will be able to replace 

60 percent of their working 

incomes in retirement, the report 

estimates. Both replacement rates are 

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below what financial experts say is 

necessary for a secure retirement. 

"Late boomers and Generation- 

Xers lost significant amounts of 

wealth during the Great Recession, 

eroding their already low levels of 

assets," said Erin Currier, director 

of Pew's Economic Mobility Project. 

"As policy makers focus on Americans' 

retirement security, particular 

consideration should be paid to how 

younger generations of workers can 

Retiring Down? 

Late baby boomers and Generation Xers do not have adequate 

resources for retirement and face the possibility of downward 

mobility when they retire. 

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make up for these losses and prepare 

for the future." 

The new report from Pew, a nonpartisan 

authority on public policy 

issues, adds to the growing concern 

about retirement security as policymakers 

face financial pressure to trim 

programs such as Social Security and 

Medicare that form the mainstay of 

financial support for the nation's rapidly 

aging population. 

The report found that the country 

is on the verge of a pronounced 

shift in retirement security. Buoyed 

by the run-up in housing values over 

the past two decades and ballooning 

stock prices caused by the dot-com 

boom, Americans born between 1946 

and 1955, are approaching retirement 

well prepared. They have more financial 

assets and greater home equity, 

on average, than people born between 

1926 and 1935 or those born between 

1936 and 1945, the so-called war babies. 

But the report said neither late 

boomers nor Gen-Xers are on track 

to build on that progress, largely because 

they are carrying more debt, 

often in the form of student loans, 

higher mortgages and credit card balances. 

Those trends were only magnified 

by the Great Recession, which 

cost Gen-Xers nearly half their wealth 

— far more than other age cohorts, 

according to the report. 

The report examines finances only 

up to 2010. But researchers believe 

that the findings are still relevant 

even though the economy has been in 

a slow recovery since. Unemployment 

rates, while ebbing, have stayed far 

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by the Ponemon Institute. and analyzed 

for Bloomberg. The Traverse 

City, Michigan-based company conducts 

research on data protection and 

information security. 

Each year JPMorgan Chase "spends 

approximately $200 million to protect 

ourselves from cyberwarfare and to 

make sure our data are safe and secure," 

with 600 people dedicated to it, 

Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon 

wrote last month in a letter to shareholders. 

"This number will grow dramatically 

over the next three years." 

Increased awareness of cyber risks 

means more business for Bostonbased 

Rapid7, which sells security 

software to small and medium companies 

and has more than tripled in 

size since 2011, now with 350 employees. 

"The challenge for us is finding the 

balance of the skillset with the cultural 

fit," Chief People Officer Christina 

Luconi said in a phone interview. 

"There's a lot of really talented hackers 

or people with cybersecurity skills 

— it's finding those folks who want to 

use their skills for good, not evil." 

As a result, workers the company 

goes after are often being courted by 

other employers as well, she says. 

That shows up in pay: In a survey 

released February of more than 6,300 

U.S. information security professionals, 

62 percent had gotten a salary 

or benefits increase. Seven percent 

reported a raise of 10 percent or 

more, with the average worker earning 

$109,156. The data was collected 

in fourth quarter 2012 for ISC(2), 

a global not-for-profit organization 

headquartered in Clearwater, Florida, 

specializing in information security 

education and certifications. 

Even those without college degrees 

are commanding good salaries. A 

participant in last year's CyberPatriot 

contest earned certifications and 

went from high-school to a job paying 

$62,000, said Bernie Skoch, the 

commissioner for the competition at 

the Air Force Association, a nonprofit, 

independent group that supports 

the service through educational and 

promotional programs. 

Skoch said the goal was to get teenagers 

interested in science, technology, 

engineering and math. "Every 

aspect of our economy is cyber-dependent," 

he said. "If we're not drawing 

enough people at a young age, 

where you can shape their choices 

into these technical fields, we won't 

be able to feed this technical workforce." 

The contest, which started as a pilot 

program in 2009 with eight Florida 

high-schools, attracted 1,226 teams 

from high- schools or institutions this 

year. Now, it is expanding. 

"We learned that high school is too 

late for many students," Skoch said. 

"We need to excite them at middle 

school." 

_With assistance by Aki Ito and 

Jordan Robertson in San Francisco, 

Michael A. Riley and Chris Strohm in 

Washington and Elizabeth Dexheimer 

in New York. 

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law James (Carol) Sands; several 

nieces and nephews; and many 

friends. 

Calling hours were held May 16, 

2013 at the Kevin W. Dougherty 

Funeral Home Inc., Livonia. Funeral 

services will be held privately. In 

lieu of flowers, memorial contributions 

may be made to the Disabled 

American Veterans, 933 University 

Ave., Rochester, NY 14607. 

“Until we meet again…….rest in 

peace Poppy.” 

*** 

Dansville 

Russell L. "Russ" Bradley 

Dansville, NY - Russell L. "Russ" 

Bradley, age 60, passed away May 12, 

2013, at Noyes Memorial Hospital in 

Dansville. He was born in Hornell, 

NY, on April 15, 1953, a son of the 

late John R. and Cora (Stanbro) 

Bradley. On April 10, 1976, he was 

married to Shelia (Johnson) Bradley, 

who survives. 

Russ was a member and Past 

President of the Hook and Ladder 

Fire Company of the Dansville 

Fire Volunteer Department. He was 

a machinist at the former Foster 

Wheeler Energy Corp. in Dansville 

and retired from Erdyl Company in 

Rochester. He was a 1971 graduate 

of Dansville Central School. In his 

younger years Russ was a member 

of the White Saber Drum and Bugle 

Corps and enjoyed hunting. He also 

liked to listen to records and watch 

old movies on TV. 

Surviving, in addition to his wife 

Shelia, are a daughter, Michelle 

(William) Masten of Dansville; a son, 

Rusty (Kellee) Bradley of Perry; four 

granddaughters, Emma and Paige 

Masten, and Kayden and Madison 

Bradley; his mother-in-law Elma 

Brooks of West Sparta; his brothersin-law 

Darrell Brooks and Richard 

(Michelle) Brooks; aunts and uncles, 

Grace Appleby, Betty Randall and 

Carl (Norma) Stanbro; several cousins, 

friends and his dogs, Cosmo, 

Dooley, Angel and Gizmo. 

A fireman's' memorial service 

was held May 15, 2013 at the Hook 

and Ladder Fireman's Clubroom in 

Dansville, followed by a reception. In 

lieu of flowers, please make memorials 

to the Dansville Fire Department, 

PO Box 401, Dansville, NY 14437. 

Arrangements were by the Hindle 

Funeral Home, Dansville. 

*** 

Geneseo 

Frank T. Twidale 

Geneseo, NY - Frank T. Twidale, 

93, passed away peacefully May 12, 

2013 at Monmouth Care Center in 

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Long Branch, NJ, after a long illness. 

Frank was born on August 10, 1919 

in Elnora, Alberta, Canada, the son 

of Elizabeth Jane Tuma Twidale and 

Arthur Musgrave Twidale. 

Frank graduated from the University 

of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta, 

Canada in 1946 with a degree in 

Civil Engineering. While employed 

on a project surveying Canada after 

graduation, he met Jean Raye MacKillop 

in Nova Scotia at a dance. They 

were married on October 14, 1950, 

in Toronto, Canada. After working 

for the Canadian government for 

several years, he was recruited by 

Rochester Telephone Company in 

Rochester, NY. The couple moved to 

Rochester in 1956 and then to nearby 

Geneseo, NY in 1960, where he was 

the head of the Geneseo office of 

Rochester Telephone Company for 

many years. Frank and Jean became 

citizens of the United States in 1961. 

Their daughters were born and grew 

up in Geneseo. He retired from 

Rochester Telephone Company in 

1980 and became President of LivCo 

Telephone Consulting Services until 

his final retirement. 

Frank and Jean Twidale were 

members of St. Michael's Episcopal 

Church in Geneseo for 50 years. He 

was also a decades-long member 

of the Geneseo Masonic Lodge, 

the Geneseo Rotary Club, and the 

American Society of Professional 

Engineers. Frank was a voracious 

reader with a deep interest in history, 

specifically of the time periods of the 

American Civil War, the Revolutionary 

War, the Norman Conquest 

of England and ancient Rome. His 

daughters fondly remember trips 

to Gettysburg, PA, Washington, 

DC, Plymouth, MA, and Northern 

England to examine Hadrian's Wall 

while they were growing up, as well 

as many summers traveling to Nova 

Scotia to see their mother's family. 

Frank was predeceased by his parents; 

his wife, Jean Raye MacKillop 

Twidale in 2012; and his brothers 

John Harold Twidale and William 

Twidale of Saskatchewan and Alberta, 

Canada, respectively. 

Frank is survived by his daughters, 

Heather (Bruce) Twidale Kennedy of 

Centennial, Colorado and Amy (Mario) 

Ferro of Red Bank, NJ; grandson 

Nicholson Twidale Kennedy of Centennial, 

Colorado; brother, Joseph 

(Edna) Twidale of Alberta; and many 

nieces and nephews in the United 

States and Canada. 

A Memorial Service will be held 

at 11 a.m. on Saturday, June 1, 2013 

at St. Michael's Episcopal Church in 

Geneseo. Interment of consecrated 

ashes will follow the ceremony in 

St. Michael's Memorial Garden. 

All are invited to a luncheon in the 

undercroft of St. Michael's after the 

interment. Arrangements are with 

the Rector-Hicks Funeral Home, 

Geneseo. 

*** 

William H. "Bill" Welch 

Geneseo, NY - William H. "Bill" 

Welch, 72, died May 14, 2013 at his 

residence. 

Bill was born May 25, 1940 in 

Rochester, the son of Mark and 

Mary Gallagher Welch. Bill was a 

Livingston County Deputy Sheriff 

and Geneseo Volunteer Firemen in 

the 1960's. He retired as Executive 

Director of Thoroughbred Breeding 

for N.Y.S.B.D.F Corp. in Saratoga 

Springs, NY. Bill was an avid Fox 

Hunter with the Genesee Valley 

Hunt Club. He was a member of St. 

Mary's Church in Geneseo. 

Bill is survived by his partner, Peter 

Mendiola; sisters, Martha (Eric) 

Myer of Boyce of VA, and Sheila 

Chanler of Geneseo; many nieces, 

nephews, cousins, dear friends; and 

his canine companion, Bruno. 

A Memorial Mass was held May 

18, 2013 at St. Mary's Church in 

Geneseo. In lieu of flowers, memorial 

contributions may be made to 

the Geneseo Ambulance Fund, P.O. 

Box 428, Geneseo, NY 14454 or 

the Teresa House, 21 Highland Rd., 

Geneseo, NY 14454. Arrangements 

were with the Rector-Hicks Funeral 

Home, Geneseo. 

*** 

Honeoye 

Richard N. “Dick” and 

Barbara S. Fuller 

Honeoye, NY - Memorial services 

for Richard N. Fuller and his wife, 

Barbara S. Fuller, who both died 

this past winter, were held May 18, 

2013 at Kevin W. Dougherty Funeral 

Home, Inc., Livonia. Memorial contributions 

may be made to Honeoye 

United Church of Christ or the 

Richmond Ambulance Fund. 

*** 

Mt. Morris 

Beatrice C. Schoultice 

Mt. Morris, NY - Beatrice C. Schoultice, 

age 84, passed away peacefully 

May 15, 2013 at the Livingston Co. 

Nursing & Rehabilitation Facility in 

Mt. Morris. 

Beatrice was born September 10, 

1928 in Cohocton, a daughter of 

Amel and Caroline (Zeh) Schoultice. 

She was a graduate of the Cohocton 

High School and worked for many 

years at Westinghouse, later, Philips 

Lighting, in Bath, NY. 

Beatrice was a member of the St. 

Paul's Lutheran Church in Cohocton, 

NY. She enjoyed knitting, reading 

and animals. 

Beatrice is survived by several 

cousins, Karen Harlock of Buffalo, 

NY; Russell Ross of Dripping 

Springs, TX; Mark Beechner of 

Poughkeepsie, NY; Dr. Dale Zeh of 

Pasadena, CA; and Denise Kilgore of 

Corning, CA. 

Funeral services were held May 22, 

2013 at the Walter E. Baird & Sons 

Funeral Home, Wayland. Burial was 

set for Mapleview Cemetery, Cohocton. 

Memorial contributions may be 

made to the Activities Fund at the 

Livingston Co. Nursing & Rehab. 

Facility, 11 Murray Hill Dr., Mt. Morris, 

NY 14510. 

*** 

Penn Yan 

Wallace "Wally" K. 

Rhinehart 

Penn Yan, NY - Wallace "Wally" K. 

Rhinehart, 70, passed away unexpectedly 

on May 15, 2013. 

Wally was born in Penn Yan, on 

November 18, 1942 to the late Ralph 

and Madeline Wallace Rhinehart. He 

was member of St. Michael's Church, 

former member of the Parish 

Council, past Superintendent of St. 

Michael's Cemetery, Superintendent 

of Lakeview Cemetery, CNA at The 

Homestead, a professional organist 

and an area Funeral Director. 

Wally is survived by his children, 

Tracy (Brent) Bodine, Kevin 

(Liz) Rhinehart and Robert (Lisa) 

Rhinehart; grandchildren, Andrew, 

Alexander, Aaron and Abigail 

Bodine, Gavin and Faith Rhinehart, 

Noah, Joel, Grace, Ella and Maisy 

Rhinehart; nieces, Deborah Bell and 

Caroline Wetzel; nephews, Gregory 

DeSmith and Vincent Curtain; sisterin-law, 

Virginia (Brendan) Curtin; 

brother-in-law, David DeSmith; 

special friend Nancy Kennerson and 

family. 

Wally was predeceased by his wife 

of 19 years, Rita Mills Rhinehart, 

in 1986; in-laws, Metz and Helen 

Mills; and sister-in-law, Jane Mills 

DeSmith. 

A Mass of Christian Burial was 

held May 21, 2013 at St. Michael's 

Church. Burial was set for St. Michael's 

Cemetery at the convenience 

of the family. In lieu of flowers, 

please consider making a memorial 

donation in Wally's name to St. 

Michael's School, 214 Keuka St., 

Penn Yan, NY 14527. Arrangements 

were made through Townsend-Wood 

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Janet O'Grady recently had the 

front walkway and porch steps 

replaced on the rambler she's 

owned for 30 years in Arlington, Va. 

She also had her kitchen painted. 

Now she's planning to upgrade her 

countertops to granite. 

"Eventually, I'll sell, but I wanted to 

do the work when I could enjoy it," 

she said. "Now I've got this fabulous 

front walkway and it opens up the 

world," she added. 

She's in good company. 

As the housing market recovers, 

spending on remodeling is rising. 

Whether to increase resale value or 

to simply make their surroundings 

more contemporary, homeowners 

spent 9 percent more on renovations 

in 2012 than the previous year, according 

to an April study by the Joint 

Center for Housing Studies at Harvard 

University. 

Renovation spending is expected 

to increase again this year, the study 

says. 

The top improvements homeowners 

make, according to the latest 

American Housing Survey, are upgrading 

appliances and major equipment 

as well as flooring, paneling, 

ceilings, windows and doors. Garages, 

at a median price of $15,000, are 

the most expensive project. Kitchen 

remodeling, at a median price of 

$5,000, is the next most expensive 

one, followed by roofing, at a median 

cost of $4,559. 

Growth in remodeling is fueled by 

several factors, experts say. 

Rising home equity has given owners 

incentive to resume spending on 

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new properties. 

And elderly people are putting 

money into wider doorways, ramps, 

elevators and easily accessible showers 

so that they can remain independent 

in their homes as they age. 

Still, many homeowners who want 

to increase resale value when they list 

may feel clueless in determining what 

projects will yield the best return. Is 

it best to do a full-scale kitchen and 

bathroom remodel, or will some 

paint here and there do? 

If you're looking for the greatest return 

on investment, start at your front 

door. According to Hanley Wood, a 

publishing and information firm that 

focuses on housing construction issues, 

a steel entry-door replacement 

job will cost an average of $1,207, 

work that will yield about 98 percent 

in resale value. 

Vinyl siding replacement averages 

about $12,007 and yields about an 84 

percent return. And adding a wooden 

deck is also a good investment: Costing 

an average of $10,696, it returns 

about 91 percent at resale. 

The projects that recover less are 

sunroom additions, 58 percent; 

bathroom additions, 53 percent; and 

home office remodels, 44 percent. 

Such information may be useful to 

determine which option is best. For 

instance, homeowners who install 

steel entry doors may pay less and recoup 

more. A fiberglass door recoups 

66 percent of its $3,481 cost, accord- 

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By Denise Stewart 


The Root 


The Bronners 

Have Twin 

Success at 

Spelman 

Spelman College's 2013 co-valedictorians, 

Kirstie and Kristie 

Bronner, come from a long 

line of success as part of America's 

prominent family of hair-care entrepreneurs. 

Their father, Bishop Dale 

Bronner, is the pastor at one of the 

largest churches in Atlanta, and both 

their mother and grandmother preceded 

them as graduates at Spelman. 

But for the identical twins with an 

identical grade point average of 4.0, 

it has been the prayers and not the 

pressure of family that has propelled 

them through four years of success. 

"Our parents helped build the 

foundation. We never felt pressure 

because of the family name," said 

Kristie. "We just have this intrinsic 

motivation to please God. We want 

to represent God in the best way we 

can." 

Kirstie recalls her mother's words 

as she drove them to elementary 

school. 

"My mother used to tell us, 'You are 

the head and not the tail.' And she 

would say, 'You are first and not last.' 

She would always tell us, 'Do your 

best and trust God to do the rest,' " 

Kirstie said. 

As they matriculated through four 

years of study toward bachelor's degrees 

in music at the liberal arts college 

in Atlanta, prayer was just as 

much a part of their college life as 

class work, the twins said. 

"Some students only pray when 

they are about to take a test. We 

prayed before we studied for tests and 

as we studied each day, asking God to 

help us retain the information," Kristie 

said. 

The sisters plan to work in music 

ministry on the staff at Word of 

Faith Family Worship Cathedral, the 

church led by their father. The sisters, 

both sopranos, also plan to record a 

contemporary gospel CD and write a 

book. 

"All of our goals are connected to 

ministry," Kristie said. The book, she 

said, will answer questions for teens, 

young adults and their families. "We 

want to teach other students the wisdom 

God has given us along the way," 

Kirstie said. 

Through Spelman, the twins said 

they had an opportunity to learn at 

home and abroad. 

They spent the spring semester of 

their junior year studying in Milan 

as part of the Institute for the International 

Education of Students. The 

semester was the first time since birth 

that Kirstie and Kristin did not live 

together or take classes together. 

Kristie and Kirstie Bronner both graduated from Spelman College with a 4.0 grade point average. 

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"I was nervous about being in different 

classes. We had not been in 

different classes since elementary 

school," Kristie said. "We like being 

together, but we can be confident and 

independent on our own." 

Because of the requirements of the 

international study program, students 

from the same college could not live 

together, Kirstie said. The Bronners 

spent most of their time together on 

the weekends, which they often used 

to travel through Europe to take in 

the cultures of such places as Paris, 

Barcelona and Ireland. 

"We would find the cheapest flights 

or trains, get a map and travel," 

Kirstie said. "This was one of the most 

memorable experiences because it 

broadened our horizon and allowed 

us to be immersed in a different culture. 

Americans live to work. Italians 

work to live. They place emphasis on 

family and relationships." 

At Spelman, the Bronners participated 

in several activities, including 

the Spelman College Glee Club. 

Kirstie is a section leader and student 

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Warm Nights & Cool Hostesses 

By Jura Koncius 



Entertaining expert Susan 

Spungen's favorite outdoor 

party venue is by the water. 

"We meet at the beach, bring potluck 

and end the evening with a bonfire 

under the stars making s'mores," 

Spungen says. 

But most outdoor gatherings end 

up being in her backyard, where 

Spungen, the founding food editor 

at Martha Stewart Living and an accomplished 

cook and culinary consultant, 

will light a row of citronella 

tiki torches and prepare a savory paella 

on her grill. 

Spungen's new book, "What's a 

Hostess to Do? 313 Ideas and Inspirations 

for Effortless Entertaining," 

has a chapter on al fresco dining, 

including advice on the most stylish 

unbreakable plates and how to master 

a charcoal chimney. Spungen, whose 

work as a food stylist can be seen in 

films such as "Julie & Julia" and "Eat, 

Pray, Love," says the best hosts are the 

ones who make everything look easy, 

knowing how to plan ahead and spoil 

their guests. 

We spoke to her a few weeks ago as 

ture she and her husband bought for 

the place: a Crate & Barrel teak Regatta 

extension table that seats up to 

Nothing sets atmosphere at an outdoor party like lighting; here, ribbed teal tabletop lanterns by 

World Market (left); Ikea’s Solvinden solar-powered table lamps (right), a quirky take on outdoor 

lanterns. (Photos: World Market; Ikea.) 

It’s easy to add color to an outdoor table with (from left) French Bull Kat Melamine serving 

collection; seascape platters from World Market; and Trellis collection dinnerware from Pier 1. 

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Rather than a tablecloth, Susan Spungen sets her outdoor table with casual Chilewich placemats. (Photo by Susan 

Spungen.) 

she was starting a kitchen renovation 

on her new beach house in Amagansett, 

N.Y., which includes a large deck 

for parties. The first piece of furniyou 

need to buy and do. 

Q: What are the basic things you 

need? 

A: A good grill you enjoy using. We 

actually love the Big Green Egg, and 

my husband is a big smoking and barbecue 

aficionado. I think for the new 

house, we will have both charcoal and 

gas grills as well. You should have 

tableware you are comfortable using 

outside. I think melamine is perfect 

and I like the Coastal Melamine 

Plates from Williams-Sonoma. I like 

using real glasses, not plastic. 

Q: What about lighting? 

A: I love fabulous hurricane lamps 

that don't blow out. I also am a big fan 

of tiki torches, such as the South Seas 

bamboo ones from Kmart. They can 

add a lot of drama, mood and light. 

Q: Paper or cloth napkins? 

A: It depends on what you are serving. 

If it's barbecue, it could ruin your 

cloth napkins, so use paper. If you're 

having a nice dinner with grilled fish 

and salad, use cloth. I love the napkins 

from Francoise Paviot. Also I 

like MYdrap, tear-off disposable cotton 

napkins you can find at Bed, Bath 

& Beyond. 

Senior 

Thoughts 

- When I'm finally holding all the 

cards, why does everyone want to 

play chess? 

- The only difference between a rut 

and a grave is the depth. 

- You know you're over the hill 

when the only whistles you get are 

from the tea kettle! ■ 

Q: What jobs can you 

delegate when entertaining 

outside? 

A: I am always frantic at 

the last minute. Get someone 

to be a bartender. They 

can set up the bar with ice 

and give everyone a drink 

when they walk in. Then 

you can have the rest of 

the evening be self-service. 

Have someone arrange the 

flowers: hydrangeas in a jar 

or sunflowers or cosmos 

from a farm stand. 

Q: What do you do with 

the beer and wine? 

A: You can put beer and 

wine in galvanized buckets you pick 

Serving utensils by Ladies & Gentlemen Studio have ends dipped in colorful polymer; Pottery Barn’s 

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up at a hardware store. Sears has good 

ones, so cheap and so chic. If a guest 

brings me a bottle of wine, which in 

the summer tends to be rose, I stick it 

right in the bucket. 

Q: Do you use tablecloths or 

placemats? 

A: I do not usually use a tablecloth. 

I'm a fan of the Chilewich basketweave 

placemats that are so easy to 

clean. They are totally flat and come 

in great colors. I'm partial to green, 

as it connects with the outdoors and 

flatters food nicely. 

Q: What are the biggest challenges? 

A: Bugs and weather. Mosquitoes 

come out at dusk. So if you are going 

to be outside, have repellent handy so 

A ceramic beverage tub will keep your drinks cool, and drink dispensers with lids keep the bugs out. 

(Photos: Ballard Designs; Pottery Barn.) 

people can spray their ankles. In the 

summer, you need to have Plan B. 

Figure out how you can do everything 

inside if you need to. If you invite a lot 

of people and you can't accommodate 

them all indoors, have a rain date on 

the invitation. Remember, you can't 

get too fixated on having a perfect 

day. You have to be able to roll with 

the punches. It may not be what you 

dreamt of, but people will still have a 

good time if you are relaxed about it. 

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Summer Movie Guide Part II: Get Ready to Have a Blast 

By Stephanie Merry 



The carefree days of summer 

are just ahead, which means 

warm weekends, light traffic 

and vacation plans. And yet, filmmakers 

seem to have something darker 

in mind: doomsday. Movie releases 

promise a zombie apocalypse and 

massive monsters, humans moving 

to another planet and others relocating 

to a space station. There are even 

a couple of catastrophe comedies. 

Of course, if armageddon isn't your 

thing, there will be other options. 

Read on for a look at more upcoming 

theater releases, including some 

lighter, less cataclysmic entertainment. 

Opening dates and film ratings 

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ler, director Marc Forster is bringing 

the adaptation to life. Pitt plays 

a United Nations worker who might 

save hum comedy is a snail with 

dreams of racing in the Indy 500. 

July 26 

"The Wolverine" (not yet rated) 

Stars: Hugh Jackman, Famke Janssen 

and Will Yun Lee 

Scoop: The never-ending saga of 

the clawed, hirsute Canadian continues, 

this time in Japan. 

"Blackfish" (unrated) 

Scoop: The documentary examines 

the sometimes dangerous business 

of keeping wild animals in captivity 

through the story of Tilikum, a killer 

whale responsible for the deaths of 

three trainers. 

July 31 

"The Smurfs 2" (not yet rated) 

Stars: Neil Patrick Harris, Hank Azaria 

and Jayma Mays 

Scoop: In this cerulean twist on the 

damsel-in-distress routine, the little 

blue creatures try to save Smurfette 

from Gargamel's clutches. 

July TBD 

"Fruitvale Station" (not yet rated) 

Stars: Kevin Durand, Octavia Spencer 

and Michael B. Jordan 

Scoop: Writer-director Ryan 

Coogler is off to a promising start 

with his first feature, which won the 

grand jury prize and the audience 

award at Sundance. The drama recounts 

the events of the last day of 

2008, leading to the moment that East 

Bay-native Oscar Grant was shot and 

killed by a police officer. 

"Passion" (R) 

Stars: Rachel McAdams, Noomi 

Rapace and Karoline Herfurth 

Scoop: Veteran filmmaker Brian 

De Palma directs this remake of the 

French film "Love Crime," a steamy 

thriller about a rising star at an advertising 

agency who gets doublecrossed 

by her boss. 

August 2 

"Europa Report" (PG-13) 

A summer movie guide: get ready to have a blast. Matt Damon stars in the futuristic sci-fi film, 

“Elysium.” (Photo: Columbia Tristar) 

Stars: Sharlto Copley, Michael Nyqvist 

and Christian Camargo 

Scoop: A crew of astronauts head to 

one of Jupiter's moons searching for 

signs of life. 

"Blue Jasmine" (PG-13) 

Stars: Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin 

and Peter Sarsgaard 

Scoop: Woody Allen has been cagey 

about the details of his next film. 

What we do know: The cast is stellar, 

and after a handful of European-set 

films, the auteur is back on American 

soil. 

"300: Rise of an Empire" (not yet 

rated) 

Stars: Eva Green, Rodrigo Santoro, 

Sullivan Stapleton and Lena Headey 

Scoop: The violent CGI-filled action 

flick is a prequel to the 2007 hit. 

"2 Guns" (not yet rated) 

Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Denzel 

Washington and Paula Patton 

Scoop: Baltasar Kormakur, who directed 

Wahlberg in the well-received 

"Contraband," once again collaborates 

with the actor in this convoluted 

story about two undercover agents 

who start out investigating each other 

and end up allies when they wind up 

on the wrong side of both the mob 

and the law. 

August 7 

"Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters" 

(not yet rated) 

Stars: Logan Lerman, Nathan Fillion 

and Alexandra Daddario 

Scoop: The sequel to the kidfriendly 

2010 fantasy follows Percy 

on his quest to find the golden fleece 

and save his home. 

August 9 

"Elysium" (not yet rated) 

Stars: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster 

and Sharlto Copley 

Scoop: In the futuristic sci-fi film, 

the wealthy live on a state-of-the-art 

space station, while the prols are stuck 

on Earth with no hope of gaining access 

to the Shangri-la above. Damon 

plays a man capable of bringing the 

two groups together, but only if he 

succeeds on a dangerous mission. 

Why to see it: This is the second 

feature from writer-director Neill 

Blomkamp, the man behind 2009's 

"District 9," which artfully inserted 

political undertones into sci-fi action. 

"We're the Millers" (not yet rated) 

Stars: Jason Sudeikis, Jennifer Aniston, 

Emma Roberts and Ed Helms 

Scoop: A small-time drug dealer assembles 

a faux family — including a 

stripper, played by Aniston, posing as 

his fake wife — in order to smuggle 

two tons of weed out of Mexico. 

"Computer Chess" (not yet rated) 

Stars: Kriss Schludermann, Tom 

Fletcher, Wiley Wiggins 

Scoop: The 1980s-set fuzzy blackand-white 

faux-documentary looks 

at a crew of nerds who meet up for a 

weekend of fun — which means comparing 

their computer-based chess 

programs. 

Why to see it: Mumblecore aficionado 

Andrew Bujalski ("Funny Ha 

Ha") wrote and directed the understated 

dramedy that took home the 

Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize, 

awarded to movies that focus on science 

or technology, at Sundance. 

"Prince Avalanche" (not yet rated) 

Stars: Paul Rudd, Emile Hirsch and 

Lance LeGault 

Scoop: Rudd and Hirsch play road 

workers who become friends — 

mostly because there's no one else 

around in David Gordon Green's understated 

1980s-set dramedy. 

"In a World . . ." (not yet rated) 

Stars: Lake Bell, Fred Melamed and 

Demetri Martin 

Scoop: A Los Angeles voice coach 

toils away in the shadow of her egotistical 

father, who happens to be the 

king of movie trailers. 

Why to see it: The comedy is Bell's 

writing and directing debut, and 

she snagged a screenwriting award, 

plus positive reviews, after the film 

showed at Sundance. 

"Planes" (not yet rated) 

Stars: The voices of Dane Cook, 

Val Kilmer, Gabriel Iglesias and Brad 

Garrett 

Scoop: Think of Disney's animated 

feature as "Cars" but in the sky. 

"The Spectacular Now" (not yet 

rated) 

Stars: Shailene Woodley, Miles Teller 

and Jennifer Jason Leigh 

Scoop: After a drunk high school 

senior (Teller) passes out on the lawn 

of his classmate (Woodley), the pair 

become friends, despite his live-inthe-moment 

mantra and her hopes 

for a bright future. 

Why to see it: In addition to two 

impressive up-and-comers in lead 

roles, the film joins James Ponsoldt, 

the director of "Smashed," and Scott 

Neustadter, who co-wrote "(500) 

Days of Summer," for a movie that 

reportedly spans a gulf, speaking to 

both teen and adult audiences. 

August 16 

"Kick-Ass 2" (not yet rated) 

Stars: Chloe Grace Moretz, Jim 

Carrey and Aaron Taylor-Johnson 

Scoop: Carrey joins the crew for 

this sequel to the comic book adaptation 

featuring a girl with a foul mouth 

and some serious martial arts skills. 

"I Give it a Year" (not yet rated) 

Stars: Rose Byrne, Rafe Spall and 

Minnie Driver 

Scoop: Frequent Ali G collaborator 

Dan Mazer wrote and directed this 

British comedy about a mismatched 

husband and wife trying to make it to 

their first anniversary. 

August 23 

"The World's End" (not yet rated) 

Stars: Rosamund Pike, Martin 

Freeman and Simon Pegg 

Scoop: The British team behind the 

much-loved "Hot Fuzz" and "Shaun 

of the Dead," including actor-writer 

Pegg and writer-director Edgar 

Wright, team up for this black comedy 

about a group of hard-partying 

friends that may be mankind's last 

glimmer of hope. 

"Mortal Instruments: City of 

Bones" (not yet rated) 

Stars: Lily Collins, Lena Headey, 

Jamie Campbell Bower and Robert 

Sheehan 

Scoop: After her mother is kidnapped 

by a demon, a teenage girl 

finds out she may not, in fact, be human. 

"You're Next" (not yet rated) 

Stars: Sharni Vinson, Joe Swanberg 

and AJ Bowen 

Scoop: A family's celebration at a 

remote vacation house takes a turn 

when a band of killers with axes interrupts 

the festivities. 

August 28 

"Closed Circuit" (R) 

Stars: Rebecca Hall, Eric Bana and 

Ciaran Hinds 

Scoop: Bana and Hall star as lawyers 

and exes forced to work together 

on a case defending a terrorist in this 

thriller. 

August 30 

"One Direction: This Is Us" (not 

yet rated) 

Scoop: Something seems wrong 

here, and yet it's true: "Super Size Me" 

director Morgan Spurlock directed 

this 3-D documentary about British 

boy band One Direction. 

"Getaway" (not yet rated) 

Stars: Ethan Hawke, Selena Gomez 

and Jon Voight 

Scoop: Hawke plays a retired racecar 

driver trying to save his kidnapped 

wife with the help of a young 

hacker (Gomez). 

"Drinking Buddies" (not yet rated) 

Stars: Olivia Wilde, Jake Johnson 

and Anna Kendrick 

Scoop: Wilde and Johnson work at 

a brewery, where they banter all day 

with amazing chemistry. If only they 

weren't dating other people. . . . 

August TBD 

"The To Do List" (R) 

Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Alia Shawkat 

and Bill Hader 

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school grad who feels she squandered 

opportunities for debaucherous fun 

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A 

McLaren supercar likely to 

cost some $1.1 million. A 

$845,000 Porsche. And a really 

nifty Acura. 

High-concept, "halo" cars are by nature 

rare and unusual. The reflected 

glow of their specialness can raise the 

profile of an entire brand. 

Yet 2013 is looking like the beginning 

of a banner period for supercars. 

The bang starts with production of 

the Porsche 918 Spyder, the first new 

supercar from the manufacturer in 

nearly a decade. 

Then we'll see the McLaren P1 

coupe, the successor to a legendary 

highway scorcher built in the 1990s. 

Lastly, Acura, Honda's upscale sister 

brand, is finally resurrecting its 

NSX, a supercar for the everyman. 

While all three are spiritual successors 

of cars we've seen before, both 

the Porsche and Acura will employ 

New-Age hybrid powertrains that use 

both gasoline and electric motors. 

I count myself among the excited, 

as the original Acura NSX and the 

Porsche 918's predecessor, the Carrera 

GT, are two personal favorites. I'd 

dearly like the chance to drive them 

both again. 

Carmakers play their cards especially 

close when it comes to these 

exclusive models. Information about 

engines, top speeds and release dates 

are carefully doled out over time, 

both to maintain consumer interest 

and to foil competitors. 

The Porsche 918 Spyder is slated 

to begin production this September, 

with that announced price of 

$845,000. It will be a hybrid with a 

mid-mounted V-8 and two electric 

motors that should churn out a combined 

output of nearly 800 horsepower. 

Porsche says the car will be capable 

of 200 miles per hour, reaching 60 

mph in around three seconds. Yet it 

can also drive short distances on battery 

power alone, and the company 

promises excellent gas mileage. 

I wonder how it will stack up to the 

Carrera GT, which was released in 

2004. A two-seater powered by a midengine 

V-10, it made more than 600 

horsepower. Priced at some $450,000, 

fewer than 1,500 were produced. 

While it used innovative technologies 

like a carbon-fiber shell, the Carrera 

GT lacked many safety-minded 

driving aids found on sports cars today. 

It was twitchy and hard to drive, 

especially on the edge. 

I tested it at Mosport International 

Roadway in Ontario, Canada. As a 

green racetrack driver at the time, its 

fury outmatched my skill. I happily 

traded the steering wheel to a pro, 

who showed me what the mid-engine 

screamer was truly capable of. 

McLaren's P1, meanwhile, is the 

successor of the supercar that I'd 

most like to drive if I had the chance, 

the infamous F1. 

About as exotic as autos get, it broke 

records as the world's fastest production 

car, surging past 240 mph. Only 

107 were ever produced. No wonder 

I've never driven one. (Though I have 

had fast turns in the McLaren currently 

on the market, the delightful 

MP4-12C.) 

This new, top-of-the-line P1, the 

coupe will likely go on sale at the end 

of the year. 

I recently saw a P1 in the flesh at a 

presentation in New York, and the design 

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A 2013 Porsche 918 Spyder, capable of reaching 200 mph, the combined hybrid engine boasts nearly 

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weave of exposed carbon-fiber, lowlipped 

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ducts. It looks like half a fighter jet, 

half an alien spacecraft. I've already 

commenced a lobbying campaign for 

a test drive. 

Further out is a car much less rare 

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My Father's Car in Name 

Only 

By Warren Brown 


News/The Washington Post 

We waited for the symmetrically 

aligned taillamps, 

three on either side, to 

disappear around the corner of Athis 

Street. 

We listened to the dwindling rumble 

of the big V-8 as it blended with 

the roar of traffic rolling along nearby 

Franklin Avenue. 

We waited a few moments longer to 

be certain the big, brown Chevrolet 

Impala SS coupe was gone. Its departure 

meant Daddy, the enforcer of 

discipline in the Brown household in 

New Orleans, was gone — for a little 

while, at least. 

We Brown children could act the 

fool, maybe watch some forbidden 

TV. Looking out for the reappearance 

of parental authority was easy. 

Our mother drove Cadillac sedans, 

usually purchased secondhand from 

an employer. She drove them as if she 

were in a parade — slowly, preciously, 

ostentatiously. With sentries posted 

by living-room windows, we could 

spot her approach blocks away from 

the house. 

But Daddy's 1962 Impala SS coupe 

was the best. We could hear it. Its 

front springs, bearing much of the 

weight of that heavy 6.7-liter V-8, the 

Above, a 2013 McLaren P1 Coupe which reaches speeds beyond 240 mph, breaking records as the 

world's fastest production car. (Photo: Joe Windsor-Williams/McLaren Automotive). Below, the 2013 

Acura NSX. A V-6 engine with two electric motors powers the rear-wheel-drive sports car. (Photo: 

Acura). 

There are no creaks, squeaks, rumbles or rattles in the 2014 Chevrolet Impala LTZ. It gets a definite 

“buy” from the author. (Photo: General Motors) 

famed 409-cubic-inch gasoline engine 

immortalized in a song ("409") 

by the Beach Boys, would squeak and 

creak. The engine itself was noisy as 

all get-out — varoom, rumble-rumble, 

cough. It was glorious imperfection. 

We loved it. 

I have loved Chevrolet Impala cars 

ever since. It was an affection bor- 

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of the car for ideal balance. The design 

was sleek if not outlandish, and 

the handling was astonishing. It was 

also relatively inexpensive, starting at 

around $60,000. 

The first time I saw one was on a 

spinning dais at a Las Vegas casino, 

the grand prize on a bank of slot machines. 

I was in college and dreamed 

about racing it across the desert after 

a lucky pull. Didn't happen. 

Flash forward to the late 1990s, 

when I tested one for a magazine. I 

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dering on stupidity from the 1970s 

through most of the 1990s, when 

General Motors, maker of all things 

Chevrolet, lost its way in terms of 

product design, quality and reliability. 

It was a conflated emotion associated 

with reliability of a more important 

sort — the certainty that we were 

loved by two parents who'd kick our 

butts if we misbehaved. 

Today, I can say I love the 10th generation 

of the Chevrolet Impala, represented 

by the 2014 Chevrolet Impala 

LTZ sedan driven for this column, 

for more practical reasons. It quite 

simply is among the best full-size 

family sedans available in the United 

States, or in any other automobile 

market. 

That's "best" from the standpoints 

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Program, in which 95 investigators 

and troopers have been trained by 

CCU staff in identifying and securing 

digital evidence, and conducting limited 

examinations of digital evidence. 

These specialists provide additional 

technical know-how to the Troops 

and details to which they are assigned, 

and assist CCU members with the increasing 

amount of requests for assistance 

regarding digital evidence. This 

year, these investigators and troopers 

spirited it around a circular off-ramp 

again and again, the centrifugal force 

caused lights to dance in my eyes. 

With less than 300 horsepower, it 

wasn't nearly as powerful as modern 

sports cars. But the accuracy of the 

steering and its ability to dart into 

turns opened my eyes to the attainable 

perfection of a lightweight car 

with a superior suspension. 

The new design doesn't specifically 

mimic the lines of the original, but it 

is a mid-engine sports car fashioned 

into a sexy, modern wedge. 

It will have a direct-injected V-6 

conducted more than 700 previews of 

digital evidence. 

Supervisor Recognition Awards 

These awards recognize the outstanding 

work ethic demonstrated by 

both sworn and non-sworn supervisors 

who coordinate and oversee various 

units within the State Police. 

- Ms. Michelle A. Thomas, Chief 

Budgeting Analyst, Administration 

For more than four years, with 

enthusiasm, independence of effort 

and professionalism, Ms. Michelle 

A. Thomas represented the 

agency on the Statewide Financial 

System Implementation Team. Ms. 

of exterior and interior design, overall 

craftsmanship, safety, onboard communications, 

and passenger comfort. 

It is not "best" in terms of acceleration 

and handling, especially when 

equipped with the standard 2.5-liter 

in-line four-cylinder gasoline engine 

(195 horsepower, 187 pound-feet of 

torque). The new Impala is perfectly 

fine and enjoyable with that engine 

mated to the standard six-speed automatic 

transmission. But it is not a car 

for people who measure their driving 

lives in 0-to-60-mph acceleration 

times. It is competent on the highway, 

pleasant in the suburbs and reasonably 

fuel-efficient (21 miles per gallon 

in the city and 31 on the highway using 

regular-grade gasoline). 

The Impala LTZ sedan driven for 

this column came with an optional 

3.6-liter gasoline V-6 (305 horsepowthat 

powers the rear wheels, and two 

electric motors for the front wheels. 

The result should be added power and 

traction while lending efficiency. 

Though we know it will be built in 

Ohio, Acura is coy as to release dates. 

It might come out as a 2016 model 

year. 

Either way, I'm hoping for an early 

drive just to see how it compares with 

my happy memories of the original. 

- The author's opinions are his own. 

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er, 264 pound-feet of torque) mated 

to a six-speed automatic transmission. 

It is a good long-distance driver 

offering more power at the expense 

of better fuel economy (28 miles per 

gallon on the highway in my experience). 

But that's still pretty decent using 

regular-grade gasoline. 

There are no creaks, squeaks, rumbles 

or rattles in the new Impala. It 

is one of the tightest hewn big family 

sedans available in any market. It 

certainly is one of the safest — 10 air 

bags, with available blind-side warning 

and emergency communications 

systems. 

The new Impala is bound to become 

another chariot of family fun — and 

parental authority. It's a good ride. It 

gets a definite "buy" here. 


Thomas readied the Division to use 

the complex SFS tools to improve 

their productivity and efficiency. 

This enormous accomplishment was 

done while Ms. Thomas continued 

to perform with the highest professional 

standards in all other areas of 

responsibility associated with her position. 

Ms. Thomas’ leadership skills 

have been clearly demonstrated to all 

Division employees as well as outside 

agency representatives that have been 

involved in this endeavor. She is an 

example for all of the dedication and 

devotion to duty that the agency requires 

from its’ supervisors. ■ 

Washington DC Airport Ticket Agent 

A DC airport ticket agent offers 

some examples of why the US is in so 

much trouble! The names have been 

removed to protect the stupid. 

1. I had a New Hampshire Congresswoman 

ask for an aisle seat so 

that her hair wouldn't get messed up 

by being near the window. (On an airplane!) 

2. I got a call from a Congressman's 

staffer who wanted to go to 

Cape Town. I started to explain the 

length of the flight and the passport 

information, and then he interrupted 

me with, ''I'm not trying to make you 

look stupid, but Cape Town is in Massachusetts.'' 

Without trying to make him look 

stupid, I calmly explained, ''Cape Cod 

is in Massachusetts, Cape Town is in 

South Africa.'' 

His response: click. 

3. A senior Congressman called, 

furious about a Florida package we 

did. I asked what was wrong with 

the vacation in Orlando. He said he 

was expecting an ocean-view room. 

I tried to explain that's not possible, 

since Orlando is in the middle of the 

state. 

He replied, “Don't lie to me! I 

looked on the map, and Florida is a 

very THIN state!!'' (OMG) 

4. I got a call from a lawmaker's wife 

who asked, ''Is it possible to see England 

from Canada ?'' 

I said, ''No.'' 

She said, ''But they look so close on 

the map'' (OMG, again!) 

5. An aide for a cabinet member 

once called and asked if he could rent 

a car in Dallas. I pulled up the reservation 

and noticed he had only a 1-hour 

layover in Dallas. When I asked him 

why he wanted to rent a car, he said, ''I 

heard Dallas was a big airport, and we 

will need a car to drive between gates 

to save time.'' (Aghhhh) 

6. An Illinois Congresswoman 

called last week. She needed to know 

how it was possible that her flight 

from Detroit left at 8:30 a.m., and got 

to Chicago at 8:33 a.m. 

I explained that Michigan was 

an hour ahead of Illinois, but she 

couldn't understand the concept of 

time zones. Finally, I told her the 

plane went fast, and she bought that. 

7. A New York lawmaker called and 

asked, ''Do airlines put your physical 

description on your bag so they know 

whose luggage belongs to whom?'' 

I said, 'No, why do you ask?' 

He replied, ''Well, when I checked 

in with the airline, they put a tag on 

my luggage that said (FAT), and I'm 

overweight. I think that's very rude!'' 

After putting him on hold for a 

minute, while I looked into it. (I was 

dying laughing). I came back and explained 

the city code for Fresno, Ca. is 

(FAT- Fresno Air Terminal), and the 

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above historical norms. Meanwhile, 

housing values — the biggest source 

of wealth for most Americans — remain 

far below pre-recession peaks, 

despite recent increases. In addition, 

the benefits from the surging stock 

market have gone mainly to the nation's 

top earners, widening the nation's 

wealth inequality. 

The Pew report also predicted increasing 

wealth inequality within 

each successive age group as they approach 

retirement. For example the 

wealth gap between the poorest and 

most affluent Gen-Xers is expected to 

be larger at retirement than the gap 

separating the poorest and wealthiest 

late boomers. 

The recession compounded factors 

that were already hurting the finances 

of future retirees. They included 

ever-rising health-care costs, growing 

household debt and an increasing 

reliance on individuals to plan and 

save for their own retirements, a responsibility 

previously borne largely 

by employers. 

Half of American workers have no 

retirement plans through their jobs, 

leaving people on their own to save 

for old age. Meanwhile, four out of 

five private-sector workers with retirement 

plans at work have only 

401(k)-type defined contribution accounts 

rather than traditional pensions 

that pay retirees a fixed benefit 

for life. Researchers have repeatedly 

found that workers with defined-contribution 

accounts often do not save 

enough, make unwise investment 

choices or dip into their retirement 

savings too often for non-retirement 

expenses. 

- The analysis in the Pew report was 

done by John Gist, a professor of public 

policy at George Washington University. 

The data used in the study came 

from the Federal Reserve's Survey of 

Consumer Finances and the Panel 

Study of Income Dynamics, conducted 

by the University of Michigan. 


airline was just putting a destination 

tag on his luggage. 

8. A Senator’s aide called to inquire 

about a trip package to Hawaii. After 

going over all the cost info, she asked, 

''Would it be cheaper to fly to California 

and then take the 

train to Hawaii ?'' 

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building on Toyota's plan to buy a $50 

million stake in Tesla. 

"He understood the importance of 

issues that arose during the development, 

and worked very well with our 

engineering teams to assure quick 

resolution to meet the development 

targets," Bernas said. 

Tesla delivered 4,900 units of Model 

S in the first three months of 2013. 

That made it North America's topseller 

of rechargeable vehicles, topping 

GM's Chevrolet plug-in Volt and 

Nissan's battery-powered Leaf. 

Tesla's potential rivals haven't fared 

as well and Tesla had its own dire 

experiences, including a delay in the 

start of Roadster production in 2007 

on quality concerns. In 2008, cost 

overruns, dwindling funds and recession 

led the company to cut a quarter 

of its workforce. 

Daimler, maker of Mercedes-Benz 

luxury cars, came along in 2009 with 

a contract to make battery packs, 

and invested $50 million. Then Tesla 

won a $465 million Energy Department 

loan to build the Model S that 

helped keep the company going, as 

did investments from Toyota and 

Panasonic. 

Tesla's 2010 IPO, the first by a U.S. 

carmaker in 54 years, raised $226 

million, 27 percent more than it originally 

sought. The company's market 

capitalization has swelled to almost 

$10 billion, a development Straubel 

didn't anticipate. 

"Five years ago, the consensus certainly 

was not that we'd get to $55 a 

share," he said May 2, before the latest 

jump. By Monday, Tesla is worth 

more than Fiat, the majority owner 

of Chrysler and almost as much as 

Mazda. 

Tesla's focus has broadened from its 

electric powertrain to how well Model 

S compares with luxury cars from 

Mercedes-Benz, Bayerische Motoren 

Werke's BMW and Volkswagen's 

Audi, Musk and Straubel said. 

"Now Tesla has really quite deep 

experience in vehicle design, in lightweight 

chassis and infotainment," 

Straubel said. "That's what I'm really 

proud of." 

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When Rafael Soriano took 

the mound to begin the 

ninth inning of the Washington 

Nationals' game on May 15th, 

in stepped Austin Jackson of the Detroit 

Tigers. At that point, the Nationals 

clung to a two-run lead. The Tigers 

needed base runners, and Jackson, 

over his career, reaches base better 

than one in three times he comes to 

the plate — a reasonable chance to 

start a rally. 

But in some ways, what happened 

next has become among the most 

predictable developments in any 

baseball game. Soriano, for his career, 

averages more than a strikeout per inning. 

Jackson, for his career, strikes 

out nearly once every four times he 

bats. And after falling behind in the 

count 3-1, Soriano roared back, firing 

five straight strikes to Jackson, inducing 

three consecutive foul balls before 

Jackson finally, helplessly, looked at a 

91-mph fastball for strike three. 

The 2013 season is not yet two 

months old, but it is already continuing 

a trend: Strikeout rates have 

risen, generally, for 90 years, but the 

past decade has been remarkable. 

Each of the last five seasons has set a 

new record for most strikeouts - ever. 

Though data from the first six weeks 

of the season won't necessarily play 

out through the summer, when hitters 

generally heat up, the strikeout rate is 

up again in 2013. This spring, more 

than one in five plate appearances has 

ended in a strikeout. 

"They're not paying attention to 

strikeouts, but more attention to, 'You 

gotta hit 20 home runs,' " Nationals 

Manager Davey Johnson said. "It was 

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strike out. If you're gonna strike out, 

at least do it swinging; don't be taking. 

But for some reason, it seems like 

a lot of guys — not just on my club 

— it's, 'Swing hard in case you hit it.' " 

The rise in strikeouts has roots in 

myriad factors, from hitters' approach 

in individual at-bats to pitchers' physical 

abilities to organizational philosophy. 

And this is, without question, 

not a blip. Bill James, the groundbreaking 

baseball historian and statistical 

analyst, conducted a study last 

year that asked the question: Are we 

near the point at which these trend 

lines will break, and strikeouts will 

stop going up? 

"I wish I could tell you the answer is 

yes, but it isn't," James said in an email 

exchange. "The answer is, 'No, we are 

nowhere near the point at which these 

trends — which have been in motion 

since the mid-1920s — are going to 

change.' Strikeouts are probably going 

to continue to go up and up over the 

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Baseball, it has long been noted, 

is the only American team sport in 

which the defense has the ball. The 

pitcher, then, figures to have the most 

impact on a potential strikeout. And 

there are a slew of advantages that 

pitchers now have over hitters. 

"You see guys with five pitches 

now," Nationals third baseman Ryan 

Zimmerman said. "Lefties are facing 

lefties in the sixth inning. The starter 

doesn't go eight innings anymore, so 

you don't always see the same guy 

three times, and the guys that come 

in [in relief] throw 95 [mph] and also 

throw a cutter, a sinker, a curveball, 

a change-up. And these guys talk on 

TV all the time about how it's not acceptable 

to strike out 100 times a year. 

Well, I wouldn't strike out if the guy 

threw a heater and a curveball." 

A lot to digest, but start with that 

fastball. The evidence is both anecdotal 

and quantifiable: Pitchers throw 

harder now than they ever have before. 

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season, an average fastball clocked in 

at 89.9 mph. Last season, it was 91.6 

mph. 

Increases in velocity correspond to 

increases in strikeouts, according to 

Dave Cameron of FanGraphs. That, 

too, has led to an almost across-theboard 

search for power arms. "Everyone 

has someone who throws 

100," Cameron said. With good reason: 

Most organizations now believe 

pitchers who can make batters miss 

have the ability to wiggle out of jams 

that might cost others runs. 

"I think it's very difficult to go into 

any series with all pitch-to-contact 

guys relying on their defense, because 

when you say 'relying on defense, 

pitch to contact,' you're also relying 

on a little bit of luck," Nationals 

General Manager Mike Rizzo said. "It 

really enhances your chances of not 

having a big, big inning when you 

go out there and strike a guy out in a 

situation where a groundball to shortstop 

scores a run or a sac fly scores a 

run and starts a big inning." 

This, too, extends throughout a 

game. Increasingly, hard-throwing relievers 

are appearing earlier in games, 

and managers are willing to play 

matchups - a lefty on a left-handed 

hitter, say - in the sixth or seventh inning, 

rather than just in the eighth or 

ninth. 

Take last year's National League 

Division Series between the Nationals 

and the St. Louis Cardinals. In the 

seventh inning of Game 4, a game 

Washington had to win to extend its 

season, Johnson inserted Jordan Zimmermann, 

who started the second 

game. This, Rizzo said, is "a prime 

example of what pitchers can be." 

Zimmermann's fastball normally sits 

around 93-94 mph, but he can ramp 

it up. 

He got three straight hitters behind 

0-2, wasted a ball on each of them, 

then struck them out on the fourth 

pitch. He hit 97 mph five times, 96 

twice more, and threw three 91-mph 

sliders. 

"I think that's been the philosophies 

of a lot of teams," Rizzo said, "building 

bullpens from the ninth backwards 

and getting power guys that 

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There are, too, under-reported factors 

that effectively make pitching 

easier. In 2007, MLB commissioned a 

company called Sportvision to install 

cameras that track the velocity and 

movement of pitches for use on the 

league's website - a system known as 

Pitch f/x. That system also maintains 

knowledge of the strike zone, one on 

which umpires are evaluated. 

"From that, it looks like the strike 

zone has gotten significantly larger," 

said Fangraph's Cameron. "There's 

more called strikes now." 

And pitchers now have access to all 

that Pitch f/x information, including 

which hitters tend to swing at particular 

pitches in particular counts. 

So they use it. 

"When I can get 70-80 percent odds 

in my favor that on a 2-2 count he'll 

chase the breaking ball off the outside 

corner, or he'll chase the change-up 

down, I'll take those odds every time," 

said former Cy Young winner Rick 

Sutcliffe, an analyst on ESPN whose 

career spanned from the late 1970s to 

1992. "There's some amazing tendencies 

that the majority of hitters have 

that pitchers have knowledge of now, 

and you incorporate that with better 

stuff, and I mean, it's pretty obvious 

why the strikeout total has gone up, 

and may continue to go up." 

Through May 15th 's games, Houston 

led the majors by striking out 

410 times - 38 more than Atlanta, 

the next-most, and on pace for 1,620, 

which would blow away the old record 

of 1,529 set by the 2010 Arizona 

Diamondbacks. The Astros are, admittedly, 

in the midst of a complete 

rebuilding project, but they are also 

an organization that is willing, even 

long-term, to trade strikeouts for 

power. And in that, they are not alone. 

But as sabermatricians have analyzed 

the impact of such thinking, 

they have long made it clear that 

power hitters who strike out a lot 

must also have another skill if they're 

to be considered truly valuable. 

"The tradeoff the guys who strike 

out a lot make is you have to hit for 

power, and you have to draw walks," 

FanGraphs' Cameron said. 

The quest to draw walks goes back 

to the "Moneyball"-era Oakland Athletics 

and other like-minded, sabermetric 

clubs around the turn of the 

century. Though lots of the teams 

that used to try to wear out pitchers 

by taking pitches and driving up pitch 

counts — which led to deeper counts, 

which in turn led to more strikeouts 

— have now changed course, 

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19 

Wall Street Internships Offer NFL Players 

Option When Game Ends 

By Curtis Eichelberger 



Thomas Welch knows there's a 

better chance he will be fired 

than retire. So he spent his 

vacation interning at Merrill Lynch 

Wealth Management to prepare for a 

second career to sustain him for the 

next 40 years. 

The fourth-year NFL offensive lineman 

and Vanderbilt economics graduate 

worked six weeks as an intern at 

the unit of Bank of America. He is in 

the final year of a two-year contract 

with the Buffalo Bills and says he 

knows his long-term future won't be 

on a football field. 

"It was a great experience," Welch 

said in a telephone interview. "I made 

some contacts, and I got a better understanding 

of what they do — not 

just about wealth management, but 

all aspects of the financial industry." 

Welch, 25, did research and helped 

advisers develop their clients' asset 

allocations. His final project was to 

assemble a hypothetical $1 million 

portfolio, which he is now tracking to 

see how he did. The investments returned 

4.98 percent in the first quarter 

of 2013 when he was an intern 

with the company. 

The Bills' 6-foot-6, 300-pound offensive 

tackle later attended an NFLsponsored 

four-day boot camp at the 

University of Pennsylvania's Wharton 

School. The classes concentrated on 

real estate and negotiations, and included 

breakout sessions on financial 

planning and studying for the Graduate 

Management Admission Test — 

required to be admitted into a Master 

of Business Administration program. 

Internships are just one of the services 

managed by the league's office of 

engagement, run by retired five-time 

Pro Bowl cornerback Troy Vincent. 

"Football is not a career; it is an experience," 

Vincent, who played from 

1992-2006, said in an interview. "The 

body has an expiration date. It's out of 

your control when you are going to be 

released. They need to start planning 

their next career right away." 

For every player like Vincent, with 

his 15 seasons of experience, there are 

several who aren't as successful. The 

average career lasts about 3 1/2 years, 

according to the NFL Players Association. 

The league provides assistance with 

writing resumes, re- enrolling in college, 

job shadowing and interview 

skills. It holds career training camps 

at schools including Pennsylvania, 

the University of Michigan, Stanford 

University and the University 

of Notre Dame on subjects such as 

franchising, hospitality, the music 

and film industries, social entrepreneurship 

and evaluating business opportunities. 

The NFL also has set up hotlines 

for assistance with child care, elder 

care and financial and legal help. Its 

financial planning site is peppered 

with stories titled: "Borrowing from 

Retirement as a Last Resort," "Are 

You Managing Your Family Budget 

Properly?" and online tools such as 

"tracking your spending worksheet" 

and "college savings calculator." 

Vincent said there was an increase 

in the use of the league's counseling 

services this year, especially those 

for mental health services, following 

news coverage of concussions and 

other health issues. 

In a video on the engagement 

department's website, former Dallas 

Cowboys receiver Michael Irvin 

speaks directly to players about depression 

and how former athletes 

need to help others not feel isolated 

when they stop playing. 

David Howard, 25, a Brown University 

graduate selected by the Tennessee 

Titans in the seventh round of 

the 2010 draft, turned an internship 

at Merrill Lynch Wealth Management 

into a full-time job. 

Based in Towson, Md., he works 

with Merrill Lynch Managing Director 

Kent Pearce developing financial 

strategies and investment portfolios 

for clients. 

Pearce said Howard, who was signed 

by four teams and never played in an 

NFL regular-season game, brought a 

skill set that's impossible to teach. 

"Work ethic and discipline," Pearce 

said in an interview. "I attribute a lot 

of that to a tough Ivy League academic 

regimen and from the requirements 

of pro sports. David is hungry 

and has great determination." 

Howard said the NFL offered him 

assistance with his career transition, 

including internship and shadow opportunities 

before he chose to put his 

economics degree to work at Merrill 

Lynch. Once football was over, he 

said, he already knew who to call at 

Merrill, how the system works and 

what they'd be looking for. 

"I played at a small school where 

football wasn't a big deal, and so 

I didn't have the athlete mentality," 

Howard said. "I've always known 

there would be life after football and 

career was more of a priority." 

Vincent said his office is trying to 

create more awareness of its programs 

and that if players aren't taking 

advantage of the NFL's internships, 

career counseling services and other 

programs, they have to take responsibility 

for that. 

"The player today has to make a 

conscious effort not to engage, because 

the service and program offerings 

are robust," he said. "There is no 

excuse." 

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"Certainly, there's not the premium 

on putting the ball in play like there 

was 30 or 40 years ago," said Aaron 

Boone, an infielder on six teams from 

1997 to 2009 and now an ESPN analyst. 

"And I think, in 2013 as opposed 

to the '70s or '80s, there's more guys 

where power is part of their game. 

Nowadays, there's a lot of teams 

where six, seven hitters into the lineup, 

they're not up there to put the ball 

in play. They're up there to do some 

damage." 

The traditional thinking, too, is that 

players should take a different approach 

with two strikes - choke up on 

the bat, spread out the stance, put the 

ball in play. Lots of hitters, though, 

aren't willing to do that, in part because 

they're not worried about striking 

out, and they also don't want to 

give up on power. 

"I'm definitely not swinging with 

two strikes like I do 2-0, but I wouldn't 

say I'm giving up my at-bat and just 

1. Name the only two players to record 17 

consecutive major-league seasons of at least 

150 hits. 

trying to punch something past the 

second baseman," Zimmerman said. 

"If everybody did that, now it's, 'Nobody 

hits home runs anymore.' " 

So as we enter the heart of a season 

in which more than 36,000 hitters 

will strike out, there is a fundamental 

question: Do strikeouts matter? 

"I don't see why people say that it 

doesn't matter," Tigers Manager Jim 

Leyland said. "Nobody can tell me 

there's not a difference when you have 

the infield back in the first inning 

with one out, and instead of hitting 

the groundball to second base and 

having a run trot home, you strike 

out. There's a difference." 

That, of course, applies to a specific 

situation. But over the course of a 

game or a series or a season, sabermatricians 

can show that pitchers with 

high strikeout rates are more valuable 

than those who rarely strike out 

hitters. However, hitters "who strike 

out," writes James, "tend to be not 

only as effective as hitters who don't 

strike out but, in general, a little more 

2. When Angels pitcher Nolan Ryan notched 

383 strikeouts in 1973, whose American League 

record did he break? 

3. In 2012, Arkansas had the second-biggest 

fall in the AP college football poll, going from 

No. 8 to out of the top-25 rankings. Who had the 

biggest drop? 

4. Entering the 2013 playoffs, Jason Kidd was 

third on the list of NBA postseason career assists 

(1,239). Name the players in the top two 

spots. 

5. In 2013, Jaromir Jagr became the 12th NHL 

player to reach 1,000 career assists. Who was 

the 11th to do it? 

6. When was the last time an American driver 

won a Formula One Grand Prix race? 

effective, since they draw more walks 

and hit more homers. 

"These two facts create an asymmetrical 

pressure in the game. Teams 

are always looking for strikeouts, and 

strikeout pitchers have 'survival advantages' 

in the game. But teams are 

not looking, particularly, for guys 

who don't strike out, and low-strikeout 

hitters have no survival advantage, 

on the average." 

So that "sense of pride" hitters once 

had about not striking out? It's largely 

gone, and strikeouts have become 

a sexy part of the game. The top 10 

strikeout pitchers in the early part of 

this season is littered with some of 

the game's biggest draws: Texas's Yu 

Darvish, the Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw, 

Seattle's Felix Hernandez and 

the Mets' Matt Harvey, etc. 

"Some of those guys," Boone said, 

"it's appointment TV for me." 

It is, too, unlikely to reverse course. 

How long, though, can the strikeout 

rate continue to rise? 

7. Serena Williams, in 2013, became only the 

fourth woman to win a WTA tennis event six 

times. Name two of the other three to do it. 

Answers 

1. Hank Aaron and Derek Jeter. 

2. Rube Waddell of the Philadelphia A's, with 

349 in 1904. 

3. The University of Michigan went from No. 

5 to out of the poll in 2007. 

4. Magic Johnson (2,346 assists) and John 

Stockton (1,839). 

5. Colorado's Joe Sakic, in 2008. 

6. Mario Andretti, in 1978. 

7. Chris Evert, Steffi Graf and Martina Navratilova. 


"There probably is a tipping point, 

and maybe baseball is better off with 

more contact," FanGraph's Cameron 

said. "But I don't think we see a lot of 

evidence that it's bad for the game. It 

hasn't hurt attendance or television 

ratings. . . . There's some number 

where it's too high. But at 20 per- 

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cent, I think we're okay. There's still 

enough action, especially if a guy who 

strikes out hits a home run in his next 

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in Texas are offering a Big Chill 

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average high of 95 degrees, the rate is 

$500. The deal includes free ice cream 

and in-room movie in Austin. Based 

on availability. Info: 800-819-5053, 

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— Swissotel Hotels & Resorts 

is offering 20 percent off rates for 

summer stays of at least two nights. 

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is from $281 per night, with tax; regular 

rate is $351. At Swissotel Bremen 

in Germany, sale price is $133, down 

from $167. Stay May 31 through Sept. 

1. Includes cocktail upon arrival and 

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pricing on the Riches of the 

Mekong: Vietnam and Cambodia 

cruise departing Aug. 26. The seven-night 

cruise, which travels from 

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— Royal Caribbean has a pair of 

deals for summer and fall cruising. 

With the Kids Tour Free in Europe, 

children ages 12 and younger receive 

one free shore excursion when two 

adults in the same cabin book the 

same tour. The deal is valid on European 

cruises aboard Navigator of 

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Seminary Graduates Don't Always 

Minister from Pulpit 

Rebecca J. Cole, who graduated from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington and received her 

master of divinity diploma at a May 13 commencement ceremony, plans to become a community 

organizer. (Washington Post photo by Sarah L. Voisin) 

By Michelle Boorstein 



Alethea Allen, a Virginia resident, 

graduated last week 

from Wesley Theological 

Seminary in Northwest Washington 

after years of divinity classes. But she 

has no intention of becoming a minister. 

Instead, Allen plans to keep practicing 

as a pediatrician in the Winchester, 

Va. area. Her seminary training, 

she said, will help her be a better 

doctor. 

Allen is one of an increasing number 

of divinity students who don't 

plan to become pastors. Instead, they 

envision using their degrees to "minister" 

in any number of professions, 

from filmmaking to medicine to nonprofit 

management. 

"I see what I'm doing as a form of 

ministry," said Allen, 36. "Particularly 

with parents whose children are dying. 

I approach the situations more 

with my spiritual eyes open. This isn't 

just a medical event taking place." 

She said she studied not only the 

theological ideas of suffering, but 

also more practical topics, including 

how churches can more directly help 

congregants improve their health. She 

plans to work closely with Winchester 

churches on health programs, particularly 

for childhood obesity. 

About 41 percent of master's of divinity 

graduates expect to pursue fulltime 

church ministry, down from 52 

percent in 2001 and from 90-something 

percent a few decades ago, according 

to the Association of Theological 

Schools, the country's largest 

such group. 

Americans, particularly young 

ones, are becoming less religiously 

affiliated, and many see churches as 

too focused on internal politics and 

dogma and not enough on bettering 

the outside world. Institutional religion 

doesn't have the stature it once 

did, and pastor jobs are fewer and less 

stable. 

The skepticism about mainstream 

religion has led to a broadened concept 

of what it means to minister. 

Like Allen, seminary graduates today 

use the words "ministry" and "calling" 

to describe their plans to employ 

their understanding of theology in 

a new career or to use their degrees 

to bring more purpose to what they 

are already doing. And seminaries are 

busily trying to accommodate them, 

creating new degrees for careers in 

such areas as urban ministry and psychology. 

"Millennials really think people my 

age have screwed it up," said Shaun 

Casey, founder of the new urbanministry 

program at Wesley, where 

65 percent of graduates go on to fulltime 

church ministry compared with 

85 percent 20 years ago. 

"They look at the institutional 

church and say, 'I'm happy to change 

the world with the church's help, but 

if the institutional church gets in my 

way or makes it harder, I'll join [a 

nongovernmental organization] or 

nonprofit.' There's a fair amount of 

impatience with institutional bureaucracies." 

Rebecca Cole said "a call to community" 

led her to seek a master's at 

Wesley. The 28-year-old grew up in 

an nonreligious home in Rhode Island 

but got involved with campus 

ministry in college and went on to 

work for a faith-based group, running 

a preschool for at-risk children. 

"If I felt my faith was driving my 

work and I'm going to claim this, I 

need to know more about it," Cole 

said of her decision to go to Wesley, 

where she studied community organizing 

along with the New Testament. 

"I needed to know more about the 

Bible and where that all came from. I 

felt a deep sense of calling, but I didn't 

know what that meant." 

On Thursday, she started a job on 

Capitol Hill with the advocacy arm of 

the United Methodist Church. 

Seminaries have an incentive to 

appeal to nontraditional students 

because enrollment has been declining 

across all areas of Christianity, 

from 80,140 in 2004 to 69,426 in 2013 

(about 13 percent) at the theological 

schools association's 230 member 

schools, said Chris Meinzer, the 

group's senior director of administration. 

People are also busier, he said, and 

don't necessarily want to spend the 

money and the time on an extra degree, 

which at many churches isn't 

a requirement to be a pastor. Seminaries 

are responding to the concern 

with shorter, more-flexible and 

less-expensive programs. (According 

to the Association of Theological 

Schools, the average annual tuition 

for a master's of divinity degree ranges 

from $10,000 to $16,000.) 

In addition to rising secularism in 

society, experts say, the traditional job 

of pastoring a church is more challenging 

as congregations become less 

committed and more fickle. Often, 

too, graduates have other ideas about 

how they want to use their degrees. 

Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, 

Calif., has seen the percentage 

of graduates likely to head into 

traditional ministry decrease. But the 

evangelical school has simultaneously 

boomed, with 4,800 full-time students 

(including those online), making 

it one of the largest seminaries in 

the world. 

Part of the school's success has 

come from its willingness to meet 

students where they are, with programs 

dedicated to psychology, intercultural 

evangelizing and popular 

culture, said Fuller spokeswoman 

Mary Hubbard Given. 

Among recent Fuller graduates is 

Daniel Long. As a child and in college, 

he made films, acted and wrote. 

He'd considered becoming a pastor 

when he entered seminary and took 

preaching classes, but he constantly 

found himself framing sermons as 

narrative stories. His favorite class 

was "Theology and Hip Hop Culture." 

He realized that telling stories was his 

ministry. 

Long, 30, and his wife (they both 

recently graduated from Fuller) now 

run a media company that makes 

short films, graphic designs and websites. 

His films and writing explore 

the common challenges of young 

people. 

"People always ask, 'Where's the 

correlation between story and seminary?' 

To me, they are both about 

how to ask deep, human questions," 

he said. "Jesus' ministry was in his 

acts, things he did. He healed people." 

Long said that at one point, he was 

less committed to the institutional 

church. 

"There's a common phrase: 'Love 

Jesus but hate the Church.' I went 

through that when I was younger but 

realized: If Jesus is the head of the 

Church, how can you love the head 

but hate the body?" 

Hubbard Given said she believes 

that Americans are increasingly interested 

in spirituality and faith even 

if some struggle with their feelings 

about institutional religion. 

"I think it's more common for people 

to think theologically about their 

vocation. Interest in theology is on 

the increase," she said in explaining 

the school's growth. All the choices 

for graduates, she said, makes seminary 

education "a bit like pre-marriage 

counseling. People often think 

they want one thing when they start 

but [then want] something else when 

they leave." 

That's just what happened with 

Wesley graduate Drew Colby. The 

child of two Methodist pastors who 

grew up in Richmond, Va., Colby 

decided that pastoring was totally off 

the table as a career. He'd seen how 

_________________________ 

SEMINARY PAGE 23 

Prayerful Thoughts 

By Linda Childs 

Special to The New York Eagle News 

Dear Father in Heaven, 

Thank You for helping me to realize that the constant “chatter” we all have in 

our minds, that little voice that just talks incessantly, is not always right, in fact 

isn’t even me, it’s just thoughts, which are subject to change and my control. For 

instance, I have found that when I feel a little off or have a sniffle or two, that 

insipid voice is in there saying, “Oh, I must be coming down with something”, or 

“I am getting sick”. If I listen to this voice and don't correct it, I DO get sick. How 

much better life is now that I know I can contradict that voice and think, “No, I 

am perfectly healthy. I am NOT ill.” I correct that voice a lot, and it’s starting to get 

the message and be more positive to start with. I replace thoughts like “I can’t…”, 

and “it won’t work” with ‘I CAN’, and ‘It WILL work”. I am so much happier now 

that I know that just because a negative or defeatist thought comes into my mind 

doesn't mean it’s true, and it is for me to consciously decide, not just blindly accept 

each thought I have. How did I not know this all my life?! 

Amen 

BRONNERS FROM PAGE 12 

_________________________ 

conductor, and Kristie is a section 

leader and chaplain. 

One of the greatest challenges for 

the sisters was learning to balance 

their lives. "We had to learn to study 

during the week and get our work 

done so that we could do other things 

or rest on the weekends," Kirstie said. 

Most days, Kirstie and Kristie dress 

alike because they want to. They live 

in an apartment about 10 minutes 

from campus, and they share a car. 

While some twins have tension between 

them because of competition, 

Kirstie said that hasn't been an issue 

for her and her sister. "We both have 

our own identities. Those who know 

us well can distinguish between us," 

Kirstie said. 

The twins have advice for students 

who want to be successful in college. 

"Work like it's all up to you, and pray 

like it's all up to God," said Kristie. 

Kirstie stresses balance in life. "You 

don't have to work the whole weekend 

to keep a 4.0. It just takes time 

management, prayer and diligence," 

Kirstie said. "It's not about just being 

the smartest. When you work harder 

than a lot of other people and you 

pray harder, you get results." 

© 2013, The Root ■


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REMODEL FROM PAGE 12 

_________________________ 

ing to the Hanley Wood study, compared 

with the 98 percent recovery of 

the $1,207 cost for steel doors. 

A major kitchen remodeling recoups 

72.5 percent of its cost, compared 

with 85 percent for a minor 

one. 

A wood deck addition recoups 91 

percent of its $10,696 cost, compared 

with a composite deck, which returns 

79 percent of its $15,701 cost. 

The results reflect "what real estate 

agents are seeing," said Jonathan 

Smoke, chief economist for Hanley 

Wood. 

"These numbers are useful to help 

you understand what you're spending 

and to help [homeowners] set priorities," 

he added. "But most people 

improve [their homes based on their 

lifestyle needs], and they do not focus 

on resale." 

Clearly, it's not necessary to spend 

a ton of money on a remodeling job 

if the owner is willing to put in a 

little work. About 37 percent of these 

projects are done by the homeowners 

instead of professionals, according to 

the American Housing Survey issued 

by the U.S. Census Bureau and the 

Department of Housing and Urban 

Development. 

Sometimes the work is a hybrid of 

professional and do-it-yourself work. 

Homeowners Luke and Juliet Armerding 

decided to gut and remodel two 

bedrooms in their 1890 four-bedroom, 

two-bath Washington townhouse. 

The work was "a combination 

of hiring folks and my own blood, 

sweat and tears," said Luke Armerding. 

"It was livable, but it was pretty 

ugly," he said. 

While the temptation was strong to 

hire someone to do the whole job, "I 

wanted to learn how to do this myself," 

said Luke Armerding. However, 

he didn't want to have to learn the 

more "specialized aspects," such as 

electrical work. By doing all of the 

demolition and drywall himself, he 

kept the cost of both projects under 

$7,500. 

"Anyone can demo. You just have to 

learn," he said. He also installed batt 

insulation and leveled the ceiling by 

sistering new joists. He and his wife 

hired professionals to do the framing 

and electrical work and lay the hardwood 

flooring. 

Doing your own renovation work 

— even if you hire professionals for 

part of it — requires patience. 

"It took Luke roughly seven months 

to complete the work, due to having 

limited free time after work and 

needing help from friends to do some 

of the work such as hanging the ceiling 

joists," said Juliet Armerding. She 

added that they haven't renovated the 

kitchen yet because they are planning 

to rent their house when they move 

within the next few years. "If we were 

looking to sell, we'd definitely renovate 

the kitchen," said Juliet Armerding. 

If you are hiring a contractor, it's 

important to make sure he or she is licensed 

in your jurisdiction, is following 

code and is obtaining the necessary 

permits required to do the work. 

The American Housing Survey 

found that, from 2009 to 2011, owners 

spent a median of $3,200 on home 

repairs. Other studies show this number 

increasing — welcome news to 

the remodeling industry after a long 

downturn. During the recession, 

home building and improvement 

spending plunged to 2.8 percent of 

gross domestic product from 5.2 percent 

before the downturn. 

In terms of dollars and the number 

of jobs, "Remodeling took a huge hit," 

said Joe Normandy, executive director 

of the National Association of the 

Remodeling Industry's metropolitan 

Washington chapter. The overall 

number of projects declined, and the 

projects decreased in scope, he said. 

Remodeling companies suffered. "We 

saw members with a staff of 18 go 

down to two," he said. 

Now the industry is surging as 

people are either opting to renovate 

homes they have just bought or to 

remodel their old homes instead of 

moving. 

One demographic represented well 

in the renovation surge is elderly 

people."We are seeing larger shares of 

projects completed by active adults — 

those in or nearing retirement. These 

folks have postponed projects as they 

weathered the economic storm, but 

now are deciding to upgrade their 

homes as they think about retirement," 

Smoke said. 

Timing was everything to O'Grady, 

who owns the Virginia rambler. The 

last time she did any major renovations 

was in the early 2000s when she 

remodeled her kitchen and built an 

addition to her house. 

"I waited for the time I could do this 

without a loan. I'm in my 50s, so I'm 

looking to reduce my debt," she said. 


SEMINARY FROM PAGE 22 

_________________________ 

congregants put pastors on pedestals, 

and he thought that church institutions 

were hypocritical, talking about 

Jesus but not living like Him. They focused 

too much on personal salvation 

and not enough on caring for others, 

he thought, historically not fighting 

hard enough against segregation and 

slavery. 

A singer and musician, Colby, now 

27, had wanted to be a conductor but 

unintentionally became involved in 

youth ministry at a rural Northern 

Virginia church and increasingly 

interested in theology. He went to 

Wesley thinking that he might be interested 

in music ministry and found 

his talents were in such areas as leadership, 

communication and creating 

relationships. 

Basically, pastor things. 

So he switched paths, and later this 

summer he will begin his first fulltime 

assignment as a pastor. 

© 2013, The Washington Post. ■


Dinner in 

30 Minutes: 

Southwestern 

Grits With 

Queso 

Fresco, 

Cilantro and 

Lime 

By Bonnie S. Benwick 

Summary: Here's a bowlful of color, 

creaminess, crunch and flavor, for 

not much effort. The option of adding 

pimenton-seasoned ground chicken 

might make it an alternative to taco 

night at your house. Serve with a crisp 

green salad. Adapted from "Cooking 

With Herbs: 50 Simple Recipes for 

Fresh Flavor," by Lynn Alley (Andrews 

McMeel, 2013). 

Ingredients: 

• 1 cup polenta (coarse yellow grits) 

• 5 cups just-boiled water 

• 1 teaspoon salt 

• 1 pint grape tomatoes 

• 8 ounces ground white-meat 

chicken (optional) 

• 1 1/2 teaspoons smoked paprika 

(pimenton; optional) 

• 1/2 medium white onion 

• 1/2 cup pitted black olives 

• 1/2 cup packed cilantro leaves 

and tender stems 

• 1/2 firm but ripe avocado 

• 2 limes 

• 1/2 cup queso fresco 

Steps: 

Heat the polenta in a large saucepan 

over medium-high heat for 30 

seconds or until it becomes slightly 

toasted, watching carefully so it does 

not burn. Gradually add the water 

(avoiding a face full of steam as you 

do); stir as the mixture comes to a 

boil, then reduce the heat to medium 

and stir in the salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, 

while you prep the remaining 

ingredients. The polenta should 

be creamy and thick; reduce the heat 

as needed to keep it from scorching 

on the bottom. 

Cut each tomato in half and place 

in a large nonstick skillet over medium 

heat; cook, stirring a few times, 

while you prep the remaining ingredients 

or just until some of the tomato 

halves deflate. Transfer to a bowl. 

Optional: Grease the same skillet 

with cooking oil spray and return 

to medium heat. Add the ground 

chicken and smoked paprika, using a 

spatula to break up any clumps. Cook 

through, making sure to distribute 

the seasoning; this will take about 6 

minutes. Remove from the heat. 

Meanwhile, or next, cut the white 

onion into small dice. Cut the olives 

into thin slices or coarsely chop 

them. Coarsely chop the cilantro. Cut 

the flesh of the avocado into small 

chunks. Cut each lime into quarters; 

squeeze one wedge over the avocado 

chunks. 

Divide the polenta among individual 

wide, shallow bowls. Spoon in the 

tomatoes, seasoned ground chicken, 


if using, onion, olives, cilantro and 

avocado. Crumble the queso fresco 

on top, then squeeze three of the remaining 

lime wedges to distribute 

juice evenly over the four bowls. Pass 

the remaining wedges at the table. 

Serve hot. Serves 4. 

NUTRITION Per serving: 280 calories, 

8 g protein, 40 g carbohydrates, 

11 g fat, 4 g saturated fat, 15 mg cholesterol, 

920 mg sodium, 4 g dietary 

fiber, 4 g sugar 


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Summary: SRich coconut milk 

custard is nestled between a layer of 

toasted coconut crust and smooth 

chocolate in these decadent bars. 

Ingredients: 

• 1 bag (14-ounce) sweetened 

flaked coconut 

• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 

• 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar 

• Salt 

• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, at room 

temperature 

• 3/4 cups granulated sugar 

• 1/3 cup cornstarch 

• 1 can (14-ounce) coconut milk, 

shaken 

• 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, 

chopped 

Steps: 

1. Preheat oven to 350 F. 

2. In 13- by 9-inch metal baking 

pan, spread 1 cup coconut. Bake 6 

to 8 minutes or until golden, stirring 

once. Cool. Wipe out pan, line with 

foil; lightly grease foil. 

3. In food processor, finely grind 

toasted coconut. Add flour, confectioners' 

sugar and 1/8 teaspoon salt; 

pulse to blend. Add butter. Pulse until 

blended. 

4. With spatula, spread dough into 

even layer in pan. Bake 30 minutes 

or until golden brown. Cool on wire 

rack. 

5. In 2-quart saucepan, whisk 

granulated sugar, cornstarch and 1/8 

teaspoon salt. Whisk in coconut milk 

until smooth. Heat to simmering on 

medium-high, whisking frequently. 

Simmer 2 minutes or until very thick, 

whisking. Fold in untoasted coconut. 

Cool slightly. Spread in even layer 

over cooled crust. 

6. Place chocolate in medium microwave-safe 

bowl. Microwave on 

High 2 minutes in 30-second intervals 

until almost completely melted, 

stirring between intervals. Stir mixture 

until smooth. Pour and spread 

chocolate over coconut filling. Refrigerate 

until chocolate is set. Cut into 

1-inch by 2-inch rectangles. Store 

bars in airtight container in refrigerator 

up to 3 days. Makes about 4 dozen 

bars. 

NUTRITION: Each serving: About 

165 calories, 4g total fat (1g saturated), 

50mg cholesterol, 495mg sodium, 

8g total carbs, 2g dietary fiber, 

24g protein. 

Good Housekeeping Recipe 

- For thousands of triple-tested recipes, 

visit our website at www.goodhousekeeping.com/recipefinder/. 

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Should Your 

Pet Be 

Microchipped? 

DEAR PAW'S CORNER: My cat "Fred" 

constantly tries to escape the house, and he has 

succeeded five or six times. I usually lure him 

back with a bit of cat food outside the door, or a 

neighbor will call me if they see him. However, he 

usually loses his collar and ID tag when he runs 

away (he has a breakaway collar), and I'm afraid 

he'll get lost or picked up by animal control. His 

vet said I should microchip him, but it's pretty 

expensive at $100. Is it worth the cost? 

-- Carol in Virginia 

1. What was waiting 26 miles across the 

sea in the song by the same name? Who recorded 

it? 

2. Who released "Obscured by Clouds," and 

why? 

3. Name the artist who wrote and released 

"My Back Pages." 

4. What was the name of the band before it 

was Alice Cooper? 

5. Name the song with this lyric: "I used 

to be a renegade, I used to fool around, But 

I couldn't take the punishment, and had to 

settle down." 

Answers 

1. Santa Catalina, the island of romance, 

off the coast of California. The song was big 

for The Four Preps in 1958. 

2. Pink Floyd, in 1972. The album was created 

as a result of the soundtrack they wrote 

for the French film "La Vallee." 

3. Bob Dylan, on his "Another Side of Bob 

Dylan" album in 1964. The song seems to 

indicate a dissatisfaction with his previous 

beliefs. He didn't perform the song in public 

until 1988. 

4. The Nazz, and before that The Spiders. 

The band changed its name to Alice Cooper 

after fooling around with a Ouija board. 

5. "Hip to Be Square" by Huey Lewis and 

the News (1987). Football players Joe Montana 

and Ronnie Lott sang background vocals. 

© 2013 King Features Synd., Inc. ■ 

DEAR CAROL: The cost to microchip your 

pet is not as much as you might think. While 

prices vary, microchipping can cost less, so 

ask around other clinics and pet stores that 

offer the service. Also, low-cost pet-care clinics 

are often held in towns and cities throughout 

the United States during the year; many offer 

microchipping services for less than $25. 

The microchip itself is about the size of a 

grain of rice and goes just under your pet's 

skin. If Fred runs away and is found by someone 

who brings him to a local vet, the clinic can 

scan for a microchip and can then retrieve your 

contact information. 

Since your cat is a flight risk, it's important 

that you also keep Fred's vaccinations up to 

date. Rabies, feline leukemia, and FIV (feline 

immunodeficiency virus) are diseases that outdoor 

cats are especially vulnerable to, should 

they encounter feral cats or wild animals. 

Send your questions, comments or tips to 

ask@pawscorner.com. 


Washington 

DC Airport 

Ticket Agent 

A DC airport ticket agent offers 

some examples of why the US is in so 

much trouble! The names have been 

removed to protect the stupid. 

9. I just got off the phone with a 

freshman Congressman from Ala. 

who asked, ''How do I know which 

plane to get on?'' 

I asked him what exactly he meant, 

to which he replied, ''I was told my 

flight number is 823, but none of 

these planes have numbers on them.'' 

10. Another Senator called and said, 

''I need to fly to Pepsi-Cola , Florida . 

Do I have to get on one of those little 

computer planes?'' 

I asked if she meant fly to Pensacola 

and fly on a commuter plane. 

She said, ''Yeah, whatever, smarty!'' 

11. A Louisiana Senator called and 

had a question about the documents 

she needed in order to fly to China . 

After a lengthy discussion about passports, 

I reminded her that she needed 

a visa. 

"Oh, no I don't. I've been to China 

many times and never had to have 

one of those.'' 

I double checked and sure enough, 

her stay required a visa. When I told 

her this she said, ''Look, I've been to 

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Although you 

might prefer moving forward at a steady pace, it 

might be a good idea to stop and reassess your 

plans. You could find a good reason to make a 

change at this time. 

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Just when 

you thought you had everything planned to the 

smallest detail, you get some news that could 

unsettle things. But a timely explanation helps 

put it all back on track. 

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Home and work 

continue to compete for your attention. But you 

1.Is the book of 2 Colossians in the Old or 

New Testament or neither? 

2. What chapter of Psalms has four verses (8, 

15, 21, 31) that are alike? 4, 58, 107, 133 

3. Song of Solomon and which other book 

(KJV) specifically mention the "apple tree"? 

Genesis, Ezra, Joel, Nahum 

4. From Genesis 4:26 who was Adam's youngest 

son? Ishmael, Cain, Abel, Seth 

5. In John 11:16, who also was called Didymus? 

Simon Peter, Thomas, Silas, Judas 

6. Which book has the longest line in the 

Bible at 89 words? Psalms, Proverbs, Esther, 

Revelation 

ANSWERS: 1) Neither; 2) 107; 3) Joel; 4) 

Seth; 5) Thomas; 6) Esther 


China four times and every time they 

have accepted my American Express!'' 

12. A New Jersey Congressman 

called to make reservations, ''I want 

to go from Chicago to Rhino, New 

York .'' 

I was at a loss for words. Finally, I 

said, ''Are you sure that's the name of 

the town?'' 

“Yes, what flights do you have?'' replied 

the man. 

After some searching, I came back 

with, ''I'm sorry, sir, I've looked up 

every airport code in the country and 

can't find a rhino anywhere." 

''The man retorted, ''Oh, don't be 

silly! Everyone knows where it is. 

Check your map!'' 

So I scoured a map of the state of 

New York and finally offered, ''You 

don't mean Buffalo, do you?'' 

The reply? ''Whatever! I knew it was 

a big animal.'' 

Now you know why the Government 

is in the shape it's in! ■ 

The Older 

Set 

- Middle age is when your old classmates 

are so gray, wrinkled and bald 

that they don't recognize you. ■ 

handle it well by giving each its proper due. 

Someone you trust offers valuable advice. Listen 

to it. 

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Unsettling 

news creates a difficult but not impossible situation. 

Continue to follow your planned routine, 

but keep your mind open to a possible change 

down the line. 

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Lick your wounded 

pride if you like, but it's a better idea to find 

out why your suggestions were rejected. What 

you learn could help you deal with an upcoming 

situation. 

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Feeling 

a bit listless? No wonder. You might be pushing 

too hard to finish everything on your to-do 

list. Cutting it down could help get your energy 

levels up. 

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Taking 

time out of your busy schedule might be the best 

way to handle that sensitive private matter. It 

will help reassure everyone involved about your 

priorities. 

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Insist 

on full disclosure by all parties before agreeing 

to be part of a "great deal." What you learn 

should help you decide whether to go with it or 

not. 

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 

21) Your decision to protect the secret that was 

entrusted to you might irk some people. But it 

also wins you the admiration of those who value 

trust and loyalty. 

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) 

Creative activities take on a practical approach 

as you realize you might be able to market your 

work. Ask for advice from someone experienced 

in this area. 

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) If 

you're suddenly a bit unsure about your decision, 

ask trusted colleagues and/or friends or 

family members for suggestions that could help 

resolve your doubts. 

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) A workplace 

situation could get stormy. But stay on 

course until there's a solution that meets with 

everyone's approval, and things can finally calm 

down. 

BORN THIS WEEK: You keep an open mind 

on most matters, making you the confidante of 

choice for people who need your honest counsel. 

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