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Buck Mini SpitFire Orange Folding Knife - Satin Plain
- Overall Length:6.50"
- Blade Length:2.75"
- Blade Thickness:0.10"
- Blade Material:420HC
- Blade Style:Drop Point
- Blade Grind:Hollow
- Finish:Satin
- Edge Type:Plain
- Handle Length:3.75"
- Handle Thickness:0.35"
- Handle Material:Aluminum
- Color:Orange
- Weight:2.10 oz.
- User:Right Hand, Left Hand
- Pocket Clip:Tip-Up
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- Model Number:0762ORS
- Country of Origin:USA
- Best Use:Everyday Carry
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The Mini SpitFire is a lightweight, easy to use folder from Buck Knives. It features a recurve style blade with swedge spine and a thumb hole for one-hand opening. The aluminum handle is outfitted with a lockback mechanism for safe use and includes an ambidextrous 4-way reversible pocket clip. The SpitFire is a perfect everyday carry folder with style.
This Mini SpitFire 726 model has an orange anodized aluminum handle. The 420HC steel blade has a plain edge and satin finish.
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More than three-quarters of British doctors prescribe a treatment they know probably won't work at least once a week, like low-dose drugs, vitamins, nutritional supplements or an unnecessary exam, according to a new survey.
This use of placebo treatments directly contradicts advice from the British Medical Association, which deems them unethical.
UK doctors net £40m in one year from drug companies
The money was paid to medics for "attending medical education events, support such as training and development, as well as fees for services such as speaking engagements to share good clinical practice and participation in advisory boards," a spokesman said.
Leaders of the medical profession and pharmaceutical industries are examining whether doctors paid by drug companies should declare their dealings on a public register.
medical professionals should have their accounts frozen and liquidated....just like they do with they illegal drug dealers.
he clown circus at work solving our healthcare issues. Surely doctor shortages will dissipate when MDs have their assets frozen by a jealous citizenry that has already seen fit to cap their salaries.
yeah, like the financial crooks...."we need them" so no jail time for their criminal practices
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Placebos can actually do some good, in fact the placebo effect is stronger than that of most drugs. They even help some when the patient is told it's a placebo. Numerous studies have shown this.
Placebos can actually do some good, in fact the placebo effect is stronger than that of most drugs. They even help some when the patient is told it's a placebo. Numerous studies have shown this.
Criminal? Outside of your straw man trying to lump bankers and doctors together, where are the doctors doing anything illegal?
taking bribes to prescribe unnecessary procedures and drugs under the guise of placebo when they get caught doing it
In 2011, the German Medical Association recommended doctors use fake pills and other placebo treatments more often and said patients didn't necessarily need to be told.
Some small studies have found dummy pills work even when patients are explicitly told what they're getting and others have documented the fake treatments can spark a biological effect in the body.
"For illnesses where there is no truly effective treatment, a placebo or alternative therapy is a fine thing to do," said Dr. Walter Brown, a clinical professor of psychiatry at Brown University and author of a recent book on placebos. He was not connected to the new study.
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young only seek HC when they need it, older people abuse, and doctors enable them to abuse
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How to get more Calcium into my diet?
Created August 22, 2013 at 3:45 PM
Hey guys,
Is there any easy ways to get Calcium into your diet. I'm allergic to dark leafy greens & dairy.
If you make stock from the bones, you can even eat the big ones. I just cooked a chicken back for stock, and then ate it. The entire back, including all the bones. It was delicious!
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Eat the bones of small creatures, especially small fish, and make bone stock from larger bones.
If you take supplemental calcium, you're either being sold processed bones or processed rocks.
It is worth noting that the need for supplemental calcium is suspect. Calcium, while a part of bones, doesn't itself "build strong bones."
If you make stock from the bones, you can even eat the big ones. I just cooked a chicken back for stock, and then ate it. The entire back, including all the bones. It was delicious!
Some ideas for eating calcium:
- bone broth
- eat small fish with the bones (like sardines)
- egg shells (can be prepared with lemon juice to form a calcium supplement)
- spices like basil, thyme, majoram, oregano etc. do contain a lot of calcium (between 1500mg and 200mg per 100g)
- some nuts & seeds do contain considerable amounts of calcium (examples per 100g: sesame seeds almost 1000mg, almonds 264mg); just be sure to soak properly
The first two are certainly the best sources for calcium. Also make sure you get enough:
- Vitamin D3
- Vitamin K2
- Magnesium
Because calcium without d3 and k2 is like throwing sand at a wall and wondering why it doesn't stick. And magnesium to balance out the calcium.
To add to the above. Read Sally Fallon's Broth is Beautiful Article:
Bone broth with a tbsp of apple cider vinegar added to the water to leach the calcium out of the bones
also, I know it works for animals, but I'm not sure about humans, though i don't see why not, eat meat with the bones in and gnaw on the bones and scrape as much meat from the bones as you can with your teeth to add an extra dusting of calcium...not sure if it works as well for humans as it does for animals, but you can give it a shot
I personally take Calcium supplements (Magnesium+Calcium+VitD+Zinc)...I like me some ground bones/rocks!
Almond Milk has a good amount of calcium as well...bone broth is a great source but I don't always have the time to make it.


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I really like the finish on that mandolin, My Altman F5 has a similar dark finish to it, I am curious about its number though because mine is number 57 and it was made in 2010, that is the number Mr Altman gave me. I love my Altman and the more I play it the more it changes, the sound is incredible. There is a video of mine on the you tube Altman channel, Herschells new mandolin, I was lucky enough to get this one after Herschell acquired his Altman Loar series mandolin.
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The confusion with the mandolin numbers relates to the system Bob Altman has used in the past and perhaps still uses.
He (at least in the past) has numbered his instruments consecutively including BOTH mandolins and guitars.
Last time I looked, you could add 35 to the mandolin number and get the "instrument number". That probably has changed.
Examples: Mine is #30 mandolin and has 6507 as its serial number, indicating 65th instrument, finished in 2007.
The Torch & Wire currently in the classifieds is mandolin #51 and has the serial number 8609, 86th instrument, finished in 2009.
So "instrument" #55 (perhaps "mandolin number" 20?) could be finished in 2006 and also "mandolin" 57 (possibly serial #9210???) could be finished in 2010. That would suggest that Bob built 37 mandolins within a 4 year period?
Maybe Bob will weigh in and clarify.
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I believe your explanation adds up, my number 57 has the serial number 9210, and is dated 8-19-10.
Dignity, Respect and Love, for who they are, not what they are.
The number inside of mine reads 5506 I took it to mean the 55th mandolin made in 06. I hope to be talking to Bob by email soon and will let you know.
John Dudeck
Phil that is interesting. Do you think that is good or bad?? So if I am reading this right he has made about 100 mandolins right?
John Dudeck
Yeah. I think that's close. I'd take a wild guess that there are 80-some Altman mandolins in existence. I could be guessing a little low. Bob's been pretty busy lately!
Now, the "do you think that is good or bad?" part of the question. I'm not sure exactly what you're asking. I think Bob had a rapidly ascending learning curve and got pretty good at building really early on. In fact, (shhhhh.....) I actually like the voicing of his mandolins several years ago a little better than his "Loar-voiced" recent instruments. (That's just me.)
So I guess I'd say,'that's good'! But I bet if you played his 80th mandolin, you'd think it sounded pretty great, too! (I LOVE the voice of Bob's instruments.)
So it's all good. I'd love to have a new Altman to use when my old Altman gets tired!
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No matter how many he has built, I have yet to hear one that is not great, I was just curious about the number system, many times I will see an Altman mandolin appear for sale and the seller will give you "the number of the mandolin" I do know it can be misleading from just reading the lable inside the mandolin and Phils explanation does make sense, as far as how many Altman mandolins are out there, Only Mr. Altman knows.......
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Thanks guys this is interesting. I will let you know what I find out when I talk to Mr. Altman.
John Dudeck
Well Phil you are right. My mandolin 5506 was Bob's 17 th. mandolin. I also found out that mine is not red spruce top, but as Bob put it killer Engelman spruce. I have yet to find out how many mandolins he has made to date. Anybody else have one with Engelman spruce ??
John Dudeck
nothing wrong with engelmann.
Last edited by mtucker; Apr-18-2012 at 12:42pm. Reason: youtube added
I have heard some of the engleman voiced mandolins, they are great also! I believe he has made some with both Engleman and red spruce two piece tops, have not heard one of them though, Im sure they are great as well.
Dignity, Respect and Love, for who they are, not what they are.
Oh don't worry this mandolin is one find sounding and very loud mandolin. I really don't know how it could be better.
John Dudeck
Sharps/Flats ≠ Accidentals
Can not go wrong with an Altman!
Dignity, Respect and Love, for who they are, not what they are.
Bob sent me a email today and said he has made 66 mandolins so far. So the # is 66
John Dudeck


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Thread: Changing limbs on PSE Optima?
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Changing limbs on PSE Optima?
Hi, I am a beginner archer. Just bought my first bow. I am 28 years old. 5'7 tall. I bought a PSE Optima off of craigslist. It has 56 inch limbs with a 25 pound draw. I've been told that 56 inches is a bit too short for me. I'd like to get 62 inch limbs.
My question is, has anyone had any experience with changing limbs on the PSE Optima? The guy I bought the bow off of said it was about 10 years old. Did PSE change their limb system at any point or could I just buy new PSE optima limbs and they will be compatible with the old bow?
My other question is - Is it ok to keep learning with the 56 inch bow for now and just invest in a new one later if I cant find replacement limbs?
Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.
contact PSE and find out......here's an email address firstname.lastname@example.com
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Ernest Crofts Ernest Crofts in his studio in 1883 working on the painting of Charles 1st on His Way To Execution. Crofts was one of the leading military-historical painters of the late Victorian and Edwardian periods, exhibiting well over 40 paintings at the Royal Academy and numerous scenes at other exhibitions depicting soldiers in battle or on campaign. And, unlike many of his contemporaries, he had had the luxury of actually witnessing soldiers in battle during the Franco-Prussian War. After his early schooling at Rugby, the young Yorkshireman moved to Dusseldorf in 1870 to study art with the German military artist, Emile Hunten (1827-1902), and spent almost ten years there before returning to England to study with the historical genre painter, Alfred Barron Clay. 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However, in the following year, he turned his attention to a more historical military scene with his representation of the battle of Ligny in 1815, showing Napoleon surrounded by his staff surveying the battlefield while columns of infantry advance to the front. This was to be the first of no fewer than twelve paintings shown at the Royal Academy by the artist between 1875 and 1906 representing the events surrounding the Waterloo campaign, the one exception being his 1887 rendition, Napoleon leaving Moscow. For whatever reason, Crofts produced a series of accurate retrospective scenes of the Waterloo campaign right down to the minutest detail. Gone were the sweeping panoramic battle scenes of the early 19th century. The focus now was on the incident. Crofts had the skill and eye to produce these masterpieces of late Victorian battle art equaled only by Lady Butler. He himself built up a large collection of original uniforms and accessories, many of which were exhibited at the Royal Military Exhibition held at Chelsea Hospital in 1890. Many of his surviving sketches of figure studies attest to his fine draughtsmanship. It is quite probable that Crofts visited the battlefield of Waterloo and vicinity to gather sketches of the various locales he intended to depict. Other places were visited in order to obtain particular information such as details of Napoleon's coach at Madame Tussaud's for his 1879 work, On the Evening of the Battle of Waterloo. In this painting, Napoleon, bareheaded and forlorn, escapes from his carriage just before it becomes the booty of the Prussians. His troops are being routed an are in an utter state of confusion although several ranks of the old guard vainly attempt to present a hasty line of retreat. Two paintings dating from 1876 and 1878 represent the events before the battle. In the scene entitled On the morning of the battle of Waterloo, Crofts depicted the centre of the French position at break of day on June 18, 1815, under a dull sky laden with rain. Napoleon, surrounded by several marshals makes preparations for the final inevitable struggle. The Emperor, pale but undaunted, sits at a table near a farmhouse consulting a map while questioning a local farmer named Decoster. All around, the French army nervously awaits its fate. The painting of 1878 was entitled Wellington's March from Quatre Bras to Waterloo and featured a group of French prisoners being escorted by soldiers of the 79h Highlanders at the moment when the Duke of Wellington salutes a troop of passing Royal Scots Greys, Wellington appears in other paintings by Crofts including At the Farm of Mont St. Jean painted in 1882. Other paintings of the battle represented the fighting around Hougoumont, the capture of a French Battery by the 52nd Regiment (1896), and Napoleon's Last Grand Attack (1895). While Crofts represented scenes from the wars of Wallenstein, Marlborough, and even a painting of the Sikh War, Charge of the 3rd King's Own Light Dragoons, Moodkee, it was the events of the English Civil War which, like Waterloo, captured the artist's imagination. In fact it was his Royal Academy picture of 1877 - Oliver Cromwell at Marston Moor - that brought the artist to the attention of many art critics. Similarly it was another Civil War scene, his 1898 painting To the rescue: an episode of the Civil War, which he painted on election to the Academy itself, the only late nineteenth century military artist to achieve this honour. Most of the major battles of the war such as Edgehill, Marston Moor and Naseby were painted by the artist as well as siege related scenes, i.e. Oliver Cromwell at the Storming of Basing House, painted in 1900, The Surrender of Donnington Castle, painted three years later, and The surrender of the city of York to the Roundheads, exhibited only three years before the artist's death. Crofts painted a trilogy of canvases surrounding the execution of Charles 1 as well as scenes representing the campaigning at Worcester such as Charles 11 at Whiteladies (1898) and The Boscobel Oak (1889). Crofts died on March 19, 1911 at Burlington House where he had lived as Keeper of the Royal Academy. Three years later and almost a century after Waterloo, Europe went to war again on a scale unimagined by the artist. The Great War inspired a vastly different type of art focusing on the horrors rather than the glory of war. While Crofts' pictures had been popular in the 1870's and 1880's, the public lost its appetite for war pictures in the early years of the 20th century and during the hideous war in South Africa. While Crofts continued to paint scenes of war within the confines of the Royal Academy exhibitions, the public lost interest in his work and today, with the exception of a handful of canvases in public galleries, his paintings are more or less forgotten but they deserve greater attention if only for their wealth of detail and as windows on late Victorian attitudes to war and history. (c) Peter Harrington 1991 |
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In front of a tattered haunted house, a vampire lurks in the shadows. Her glossy white eyes pierce the darkness as she makes her way through the front gate to greet arriving guests.
"Welcome to Hell… Town," she says. "My name is Hellen Vegas."
Hell Town, a horror-themed film studio and back lot, opened Dec. 13 at 6425 W. Richmar Ave. with a private event of film producers and event planners.
"It'll be open (to the public) year-round but not like the Goretorium," said general manager Gary Sax. "It'll be strictly open for hire for film productions, parties and stuff like that."
The lot consists of a haunted mansion and casino, cemetery, theater, and a coffin ride that simulates being buried alive.
Guests can rent the studio and back lot for low-budget films, commercials, music videos, weddings, parties, photo shoots, funerals and even seances.
"There's a lot of people out there that are into horror stuff," Sax said. "People are going to come in with their own vision, and depending on what their need is, we can tailor (Hell Town) however they want. We'll conjure up anything."
Though Halloween is 10 months away, business partners Sax, a Paradise resident, and Randy Grigg, a southwest-area resident, said they purposely opened Hell Town in the off-season.
"This is our slowest time (of the year), so we thought we would try to do a little something to see how it works out," Grigg said. "I think it's going to be OK because we've gotten a good response so far."
A new Nevada film tax incentive starts Jan. 1, offering a 15 to 19 percent tax credit for productions that shoot at least 60 percent in-state and have a budget of more than $500,000. Sax and Grigg said they hope the credit will draw business to Hell Town.
"It's like a catalyst to bring more productions into Nevada," Sax said, "and we're trying to capitalize on that ahead of time."
Though Grigg has been a professional "haunter" since 1997, his obsession started when he was 5.
"I made my first haunted house in the crawl space under my dad's house, and all the neighborhood kids came out scared and dirty," Grigg said. "It's a disease; it really is. If you're not into it, you wouldn't understand it."
The haunted mansion in Hell Town was originally Grigg's first haunted house constructed for Texas Station. He also designed Bloody English at the Hard Rock and Blood Village at the Henderson Pavillion with Sax.
"After we took Bloody English down last year, I suggested we open a film studio," Sax said. "It was just kind of a spur-of-the-moment idea, but it hasn't been a spur of the moment putting it together."
Sax has been an actor and film producer since the 1980s. He produced the television series "Harmony Street" in 1992 and produced Zombie Precinct at New York New York in 2009.
"After I started acting, I realized I enjoyed behind the scenes a lot more," Sax said. "In Hell Town, we plan on doing our own in-house projects and film festivals."
North Las Vegas resident Darlene Zuodar plays Hellen Vegas, the studio's vampire character. Her dog also plays Vegas' dog, Satan.
"Almost every Halloween I dress as a vampire or witch," Zuodar said, "so when I found out they could use a character as a vampire, I was all for it."
As an ordained minister, Zuodar can perform wedding ceremonies as Hellen Vegas, other horror characters or her "normal" self.
"The thing is, if we were normal, we wouldn't be doing this," Sax said. "There's nobody normal here."
For more information, visit helltownlasvegas.com or call 702-203-3018.
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A single fruit flavor or complementary fruit flavors can be refreshing, but if you want to be more adventurous with your flavors, try adding in an herb such as mint. There are no rules against sweetening your water with sugar, honey or agave nectar, if you so desire.
Likewise, when using the Salad Zinger to make dressings, flavored oils, vinegars and syrups, you may choose from a wide variety of options, brands and types of base liquids to infuse. Begin with light, mild oil like safflower or canola, or try olive oil and grape seed oil, which work well too.
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Description: Michael Stubbs (b. 1958) Untitled (Yellow) oil on five stacked canvases 9 x 12¼ x 12¼in. (22.7 x 31.2 x 31.2cm.) Painted in 1991
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SAN ANTONIO -- Investigators said they are examining allegations that supervisors in the veterans' health system retaliated against 37 employees who complained about practices such as falsified records used to cover up months-long delays in scheduling appointments. The acting Veterans Affairs Secretary Sloan Gibson said on Friday such reprisals would not be tolerated.
His comments came after the Office of Special Counsel said it was looking into possible retaliation against 37 employees of the VA who filed so-called "whistleblower" complaints.
The office is an independent watchdog separate from the VA which looks into whistleblower complaints from across the federal government.
Lockdown at Navy facility
PORTSMOUTH, Va. -- A Navy facility in Virginia was on lockdown Friday as officials searched room by room for a suspect wanted in connection with a stabbing at a base parking lot, officials said.
The Navy identified the suspect as Petty Officer 3rd Class Wilbur Harwell, who is believed to have stabbed another serviceman in the parking lot outside a mini-mart at the base, acting public affairs officer Rebecca Perron said.
The victim was taken to surgery and was listed in critical condition, she said.
Hillary Clinton's memoirs
NEW YORK -- In her memoir "Hard Choices," Hillary Rodham Clinton writes about the United States' troubled "reset" with Russia, says her vote authorizing the war in Iraq was "wrong," calls Syria a "wicked problem" and provides a timetable of the raid that led to the death of Osama bin Laden, according to CBS News, which obtained a copy of the book before its scheduled publication next week.
Ms. Clinton also acknowledges "opening the door to negotiations with the Taliban" that eventually led to the release of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, which has become so controversial this week. She said she knew that the talks "would be hard to swallow for many Americans after so many years of war."
Clinton-era documents
WASHINGTON -- The National Archives unsealed about 2,000 documents from President Bill Clinton's administration Friday, the fifth such release in recent months of memos, transcripts and speeches that had been withheld from public view.
The documents cover subjects including the U.S. response to the genocide in Rwanda, policies toward gay men and lesbians serving in the military, the Oklahoma City bombing and Vice President Al Gore's 2000 campaign for president.
America's faith mosaic
Christianity is by far the largest religion in the United States; more than three-quarters of Americans identify as Christians.
But what about the rest? In the Western United States, Buddhists represent the largest non-Christian religious bloc in most states. In 20 states, mostly in the Midwest and South, Islam is the largest non-Christian faith tradition. And in 15 states, mostly in the Northeast and including Pennsylvania, Judaism has the most followers after Christianity, according to data by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies.
CIA now on Twitter
WASHINGTON -- The CIA, one of the nation's major spy organizations, joined Twitter on Friday, announcing its presence with a snarky tweet that will immediately be familiar to national security journalists who have spent years trying to get information from it."We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet," it said.
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Klonopin Wafer (clonazepam) and Alcohol / Food Interactions
There are 2 alcohol/food/lifestyle interactions with Klonopin Wafer (clonazepam) which include:
clonazePAM ↔ Alcohol (Ethanol)
Moderate Drug Interaction
Using clonazePAM together with ethanol can increase nervous system side effects such as dizziness, drowsiness, and difficulty concentrating. Some people may also experience impairment in thinking and judgment. You should avoid or limit the use of alcohol while being treated with clonazePAM. Do not use more than the recommended dose of clonazePAM, and avoid activities requiring mental alertness such as driving or operating hazardous machinery until you know how the medication affects you. It is important to tell your doctor about all other medications you use, including vitamins and herbs. Do not stop using any medication without first talking to your doctor.
Moderate Potential Hazard, Moderate plausibility
benzodiazepines - obesity
The plasma half-lives of benzodiazepines may be prolonged in obese patients, presumably due to increased distribution into fat. Marked increases in distribution (> 100%) have been reported for diazepam and midazolam, and moderate increases (25% to 100%) for alprazolam, lorazepam, and oxazepam. Therapy with benzodiazepines should be administered cautiously in obese patients, with careful monitoring of CNS status. Longer dosing intervals may be appropriate. When dosing by weight, loading doses should be based on actual body weight, while maintenance dose should be based on ideal body weight to avoid toxicity.
- "Product Information. Tranxene (clorazepate)." Abbott Pharmaceutical, Abbott Park, IL.
- "Product Information. Librium (chlordiazepoxide)." Roche Laboratories, Nutley, NJ.
- "Product Information. Ativan (lorazepam)." Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, Philadelphia, PA.
Klonopin Wafer (clonazepam) drug Interactions
There are 902 drug interactions with Klonopin Wafer (clonazepam)
Klonopin Wafer (clonazepam) disease Interactions
There are 10 disease interactions with Klonopin Wafer (clonazepam) which include:
- Acute Alcohol Intoxication
- Closed-Angle Glaucoma
- Drug Dependence
- Respiratory Depression
- Seizures
- Renal/Liver Disease
- Suicidal Tendency
- Depression
- Obesity
- Paradoxical Reactions
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Drug Interaction Classification
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Major | Highly clinically significant. Avoid combinations; the risk of the interaction outweighs the benefit. |
Moderate | Moderately clinically significant. Usually avoid combinations; use it only under special circumstances. |
Minor | Minimally clinically significant. Minimize risk; assess risk and consider an alternative drug, take steps to circumvent the interaction risk and/or institute a monitoring plan. |
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According to Pegasus News, Angus Wynne has reported the death of 92-year-old philanthropist Nancy Hamon, whose life was filled with much happiness and heartache. Her generosity was overwhelming (SMU, the Dallas Zoo, Presbyterian Hospital, UT Southwestern Medical Center, the Winspear Opera House, etc.); her parties, whether on board a yacht in the Mediterranean or at her Turtle Creek penthouse, were legendary; and her personal tragedies (the premature deaths of her son and her husband) were heartbreaking.
She was very generous indeed, and the money her husband made did much good in this city. (But when someone dies at age 82, as Jake Hamon did, it's a little melodramatic to describe that as a "premature death.")
In a former life as a music student at SMU, I spent many nights in the fantastic Jake and Nancy Hamon Arts Library. It is a treasure for our university and for Dallas. Thank you, Mrs. Hamon. We are honored by your generosity and vision for the Meadows School of the Arts.
@Blue Pen: Nancy was just 66 when her husband, Jake, died of a heart attack just a few months following the unexpected death of her 33-year old son, Jay, in 1984.
She was truly one of a kind. Some of us were talking about her over dinner just last weekend. The wonderful parties. The incredible generosity to so many museums in Dallas, San Francisco and elsewhere. I hate to lose her, but heaven must be having one heck of a party right now.
This was a great lady. I had dealings with her when Jake was still alive. He was much more conservative but still an interesting guy. After his death, OMG, Miss Nancy went wild – but fun, always pleasant, interesting and generous to the city as well as her pals. Dallas has lost a real jewel.
We need, every city needs, a Nancy!
She typified what fun could come from investing in the arts. God Bless.


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Matthew and Meghan Allen, Lawrence, Kan., and sibling Meaa Allen are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter and sister Madyson Ayleen Allen at 2:59 a.m. on Saturday, March 3, 2012, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital. Madyson weighted 8 pounds, 4 ounces and was 20.75 inches in length. Maternal grandparents are Tony and Brenda Augusto and Rick and Chris Ingrim. Paternal grandparents are Martha Wrenn and Mike and Jean Allen.
Maternal great-grandparents are Antonio Augusto and Ed and Jolene Born. Paternal great-grandmother is Ann Schnichels.


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January 7, 2013
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Is it possible to do error checking when transfering a file via FTP in batch mode on an AS400 ? Like a MONMSG or something else ? Any suggestions on how to do this would help. Thank you !! Jim Sovick firstname.lastname@example.com
FTP and error checking
Some FTP return codes are listed on http://www.as400pro.com/TipsFTP.htm#10 These codes and other messages are placed in FTP job log OUTPUT, provided by FTP command for batch processing or displayed on screen in interactive mode. By checking this log for key phase like 'file transfer completed successfully' via RPG, SQL ... you may determine the result. Text depends on QS400 version and target system and could be identified by manual FTP command execution and passed to program as parameter. I wrote generic FTP program to send/get files and can provide program code. To verify successful FTP, data file is sent first, OUPUT file is checked and if transmission was successful, program sends trigger file to target system. After receiving both files, process is initiated on target system Another way to check is to GET file you just sent from target system and compare number of records sent and received. In my experience testing this program, when AS400 used different then English language (German, Chinese, etc.) OUTPUT file had mixed language messages in native and English, but in some cases Transfer successful or its variations with some additions were displayed in English.


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Mark A. Sirgo, Pharm.D., has been our President since January 2005 and Chief Executive Officer and Director since August 2005 and Vice Chairman since October 2016. He joined our company in August 2004 as Senior Vice President of Commercialization and Corporate Development upon our acquisition of Arius Pharmaceuticals, of which he was a co-founder and Chief Executive Officer. He has also served as our Executive Vice President, Corporate and Commercial Development and our Chief Operating Officer. Dr. Sirgo has over 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including 16 years in clinical drug development, 7 years in marketing, sales, and business development and 12 years in executive management positions. Prior to his involvement with Arius Pharmaceuticals from 2003 to 2004, he spent 16 years in a variety of positions of increasing responsibility in both clinical development and marketing at Glaxo, Glaxo Wellcome, and GlaxoSmithKline, including Vice President of International OTC Development and Vice President of New Product Marketing. Dr. Sirgo was responsible for managing the development and FDA approval of Zantac 75 while at Glaxo Wellcome, among other accomplishments. From 1996 to 1999, Dr. Sirgo was Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing at Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc., a leading contract service provider to the pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Sirgo served on the Board of Directors and as Chairman of the Compensation Committee of Salix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SLXP), a specialty pharmaceutical company specializing in gastrointestinal products since 2008 until its sale in 2015. Dr. Sirgo was added to the Board of Directors of Biomerica, Inc. (NASDAQ: BMRA), a diagnostics and therapeutic company. Dr. Sirgo is qualified to serve on our board of directors because of his extensive experience in specialty biopharmaceutical companies. Dr. Sirgo received his BS in Pharmacy from The Ohio State University and his Doctorate from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science.
Ernest R. De Paolantonio, CPA MBA, has been our Chief Financial Officer since October of 2013 and has over 35 years of varied financial and business experience in the pharmaceutical industry. Prior to joining the company, he served as the Chief Financial Officer of CorePharma LLC, a private specialty generic company, and was directly involved in the financial and commercial strategy to establish Core's proprietary labeled portfolio of products. In addition, he previously served in finance and controllers positions in roles of increasing responsibility at Colombia Laboratories, where he was also responsible for business development and logistics, including supply chain management for the company's first commercial product launch. Mr. De Paolantonio has served in various financial positions in senior management at Taro Pharmaceuticals where he was the Corporate Controller, Watson Pharmaceuticals where he was Executive Director of Finance, Group Controller and responsible for managing the Corporation's supply chain of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, and GlaxoSmithKline where began his career in finance and spent over 17 years in areas of increasing responsibility including; Manufacturing, Corporate Finance, R&D and U.S. Pharmaceuticals where he was Group Controller. Mr. De Paolantonio received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Lycoming College, his MBA in Finance at Saint Joseph's University and is a licensed CPA.
Niraj Vasisht, Ph.D. joined our company in February 2005 as the Vice President of Product Development. In October 2009, he was promoted to Senior Vice President of Product Development and Chief Technical Officer and later to Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer in January 2016. Dr. Vasisht heads the Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) for our pipeline products, and has led the efforts on formulation development, process development, and manufacturing of ONSOLIS®, BELBUCA®, and BUNAVAIL® based on BEMA® Technology. In his new role, Dr. Vasisht will focus on selecting suitable drug delivery platforms and product where delivery is the differentiating feature to continue growing our product development pipeline, while continuing to lead the CMC and Quality Operations. Dr. Vasisht will provide technical and strategic leadership to the business development function as he evaluates drug delivery platforms and candidate molecules. Dr. Vasisht is known as a key-opinion-leader (KOL) in the field of microencapsulation-based controlled/sustained release and drug delivery technologies. Prior to joining the company, Dr. Vasisht served as the Director of Microencapsulation, Pharmaceutical Development and Nanomaterials at Southwest Research Institute where he developed several commercial formulations and lead a team of prolific researchers in product conceptualization, product development, engineering scale up and commercial manufacturing across pharmaceutical, consumer health, and nutraceutical industry. Dr. Vasisht is the inventor for several patents that resulted in product commercialization. He received a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur, a Master's of Science from the University of New Hampshire and a Doctorate in Chemical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Albert J. Medwar, M.B.A. joined our company in April 2007 and is our Senior Vice President of Corporate and Business Development. Mr. Medwar has over 25 years of experience in marketing, sales, investor/public relations and business development. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Medwar was the Head of Oncology Marketing at EMD Pharmaceuticals, the U.S. subsidiary of Merck KGaA, where he was responsible for developing the global market for a pipeline of oncology products. Mr. Medwar was also the Marketing Director for Triangle Pharmaceuticals, a start-up company focusing on the development and commercialization of compounds for HIV and hepatitis. Mr. Medwar's pharmaceutical career began in sales at Burroughs Wellcome, which later became Glaxo Wellcome. After six years of sales experience, he took on marketing research responsibilities, and then played an important role in the launch of a short acting opioid analgesic, remifentanil, and held increasing marketing responsibility for a number of products including a portfolio of anesthetic/analgesic agents, Zofran, and Wellbutrin SR. Mr. Medwar received a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University and a Masters of Business Administration from Bentley University.
Scott Plesha joined the company in August 2015 as our Senior Vice President, Sales, with more than 26 years of sales experience and over 18 years of sales management experience within the pharmaceutical and medical industries. Mr. Plesha assumed the additional responsibility of leading our Marketing department in December 2015. Mr. Plesha leads our Specialty Sales Force, Marketing, and Training departments. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Plesha was Senior Vice President, GI Sales Force & Training at Salix Pharmaceuticals, where since 2002 he led Salix's top rated gastrointestinal (GI) sales forces, the sales training department as well as many other sales operations functions. During Mr. Plesha's tenure at Salix he was responsible for launching or growing product sales as well as optimizing and expanding the sales force to accommodate the multiple companies and products that Salix acquired. Prior to joining Salix, Mr. Plesha was a Regional Sales Manager for the O'Classen Dermatologics division of Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Mr. Plesha began his pharmaceutical sales career with Solvay Pharmaceuticals where he was a field as well institutional sales representative. Mr. Plesha received a Bachelor of Arts in Pre-Medical Studies from DePauw University.
Michael Bullock has been our National Director, Managed Markets since joining the company in June 2015, with more than 26 years of Sales and 18 years of Managed Markets experience within the pharmaceutical and medical space. Mr. Bullock heads our Managed Markets department and is responsible for developing and implementing market access strategies and managing consultant relationships relating to managed markets, lobbying and government affairs. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Bullock was a Director, Managed Markets for Salix Pharmaceuticals, a GI pharmaceutical and medical device company, where he led a team of National and Regional Account Managers. While at Salix, Mr. Bullock was responsible for implementing market access strategies across various payer channels including Commercial, Medicaid, Medicare, GPO, Institutional, Long Term Care and Employer Group customers, as well as developing medical policy for devices. Prior to joining Salix, Mr. Bullock held managed markets positions with UCB, Celltech Pharmaceuticals and Medeva Pharmaceuticals and was a sales representative with Adams Laboratories. Mr. Bullock received his Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Economics from The Ohio State University.
Joseph Lockhart has been our Vice President of Manufacturing and Supply Chain since joining the company in November 2015, with 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry with specific focus in the areas of manufacturing, supply chain, product development, CMC (Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls), and quality. Mr. Lockhart heads our manufacturing and supply chain function, including both commercial production and scale-up/manufacturing support for products in the latter stages of development. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Lockhart was Vice President, Pharmaceutical Development and Manufacturing at Salix Pharmaceuticals, where since 2001 he established the Pharmaceutical Development and Manufacturing team and contributed to multiple NDA submissions, as well as multiple product acquisitions and launches. During Mr. Lockhart's tenure at Salix he held positions of increasing responsibility and was responsible for managing the functional areas of manufacturing, technical operations, formulation development, and clinical trial material operations, and contributed to the expansion and optimization of the overall supply chain operation which included over 40 contract vendors. Prior to joining Salix, Mr. Lockhart served in various CMC-related roles and responsibilities throughout the first 15 years of his pharmaceutical career including Manufacturing Manager (Blue Ridge Pharmaceuticals) and Associate Director of Quality (Mayrand Pharmaceuticals). Mr. Lockhart began his pharmaceutical career with Baxter Healthcare as an analytical chemist. Mr. Lockhart received a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Michigan Anti-Union Advocates Want to Undermine the Middle Class
by Clyde Weiss | December 06, 2012
Working people pack the Capitol to protest anti-worker legislation.
The corporate-driven, right-wing effort to undermine workers' rights by pushing so-called "right to work (for less)" laws is moving ahead at full speed in Michigan. The Michigan House and Senate today approved the measure this afternoon after Gov. Rick Snyder and Republican lawmakers put it on a fast track.
Let there be no mistake. Those lawmakers who follow the anti-union agenda of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) – the source of much of this legislation – will be held accountable when voters get a chance to speak their own minds.
State Democratic Chairman Mark Brewer called for working people to pack the Capitol today in even larger numbers than the hundreds who crowded inside the Capitol in protest of the expected legislation yesterday. That demonstration is reminiscent of what happened in Wisconsin in 2011 when union members and allies took over that state's Capitol to protest the loss of collective bargaining rights.
While the fight continues to restore workers' rights in Wisconsin, we've already won key battles. Several lawmakers who supported Gov. Scott Walker's anti-worker legislation lost their recall elections, resulting in a loss of Walker's working majority in the state Senate. In Ohio, where Gov. John Kasich launched an attack on workers' rights, the people overwhelmingly rejected his Senate Bill 5 legislation in a citizens' referendum last fall.
The corporate forces behind this "right-to-work (for less)" legislation in Michigan came out of hiding Monday when the Michigan Chamber of Commerce announced support for the legislation, ending its neutrality on the issue. Another pro-business group called the Michigan Freedom Fund also announced this week that it is spending $1 million on TV ads supporting this initiative. The group's president is Greg McNeilly, who managed the failed 2006 gubernatorial campaign of Dick DeVos, an heir to the Amway business fortune who's estimated net worth is $5.1 billion, according to Forbes.
The proponents argue that this is about workplace fairness and equality, that it does not change collective bargaining, that it is not anti-union – that it's a matter of fairness. But right-to-work a misleading term that hides what its proponents really want to do: weaken the voices of workers through their unions.
Such laws do not guarantee a right to work. Instead, they allow workers who enjoy the benefits negotiated by a union to avoid having to pay their fair share of the costs of representation.
Studies have shown that workers in right-to-work states lose economically compared to those in non right-to-work states. That's why we call them right-to-work (for less) states. Read more here.
Delegates to AFSCME's 40th International Convention in Los Angeles this year approved a resolution declaring that the union and our affiliates will "continue to counter the lies advanced by those individuals and organizations determined to weaken and destroy labor unions, by educating the public and elected officials about the real purpose and effect of these laws."
AFSCME will fight this dangerous legislation in Michigan and wherever it raises its ugly head. This is a fight for the working middle class.
"This is a fight for the middle class, for workers' rights and dignity," says AFSCME Council 25 Pres. Al Garrett. "Those politicians who want to protect the power of the 1 percent over the 99 percent are using this right-to-work legislation as a club to get us to surrender. They're up to their same old political tricks. Those attacks didn't work in the last election, which saw President Obama re-elected on the vow to rebuild the middle class, and it won't work now. We will fight in the streets and in the Statehouse, and like the Wisconsin battle, our voices will be heard."
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The long-awaited 'new' Orange Room – reviewed
A few days ago, Will and I made our way down to The Orange Room, which recently reopened under new management. It has long been a favourite haunt of ours, so we came with high expectations and a little fear that the elements that made The Orange Room so great (delicious menu, friendly service, liveRead More
A few days ago, Will and I made our way down to The Orange Room, which recently reopened under new management. It has long been a favourite haunt of ours, so we came with high expectations and a little fear that the elements that made The Orange Room so great (delicious menu, friendly service, live music, stylish atmosphere) might be missing under different management.
We came away reassured, though our experience was somewhat marred by new restauranteur growing pains (more on that later). It was exciting to have a whole new menu to try. The standout was the pistachio-encrusted tuna steak skewers, which were rich and savoury. We also enjoyed the 'Coquille Saint-Orange Room' – Scallops in garlic butter and white wine sauce with mushrooms, onions and sizzling gruyere cheese. The potato yam pavé was less to my taste. It's a layered yam and potato cake with cream, garlic and herbs. It wasn't bad, but I didn't feel it stood up to the unique flavour of the other dishes.
There were lots of interesting little flourishes that show the new owners have put in a lot of thought about the experience they want to create at The Orange Room. For example, they are passionate about sourcing local suppliers, so the beer on tap is from Surrey's Central City Brewery. Because it's a brand many people are unfamiliar with, The Orange Room offers beer tasters served in diminutive drams no bigger than a shot glass. It's just enough to tell that, for example, the pale ale isn't to your taste, but the 'winter ale', though unexpectedly pale, is pleasantly smooth with a hint of apricots.
Sampling isn't yet available for wine or other drinks, but our server hinted that a wine tasting concept could be on the horizon. Given the local focus, we put in a good word for adding Pacific Breeze's wines to the list – we visited the Stewardson Ave. 'Garagiste' winery recently as well and were very impressed with both the bold taste of the product and the local story behind it.
The changes made to the 'old' Orange Room are subtle but worthwhile improvements. Re-envisioning the Orange Room as a tapas restaurant makes the menu feel more cohesive. The lighting seems brighter, and the decoration has been pared back somewhat. The room itself is the same deep reddish-orange, and the the furniture is the same, yet the space has been gently reworked to provide more kitchen space and better traffic flow among the tables.
Now, about those growing pains… although the menu looked delicious, many items were marked as unavailable, whether sold out or pending supplier relationships. The service was pleasant, but slow. When we went, the kitchen was backlogged with orders and so it took a long time to get our food. We spotted one of the new owners, Zoe Watters, zipping around the tables, working behind the bar and then finally donning a chef's hat and apron to get things moving behind the scenes. Despite the frantic pace, Zoe took a few minutes to chat with us while we paid the bill and told us that they've been much busier than they expected. It seems we were not the only ones hungering for the Orange Room's return.
All in all, we were pleased with our experience. The problems we encountered were unfortunate, but understandable given that the owners are new to the restaurant business. The Orange Room delivered the goods where it counts, in atmosphere, menu and charm. Live music isn't currently offered, but we were assured that it was coming soon. With a little more time to work out the kinks, the Orange Room will remain a beloved local eatery. In the meantime, it's well worth the visit.
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I am happy to hear there is hope! I'm headed there for a girls' night next week so I hope I am not disappointed.
I am really liking the new Orange Room — locally sourced, organic, and delicious food! But what I like most is that they are very open to customer feedback. I suggested a lemony addition to the menu!
Also, the ketchup, made in house is delicious! And the service is much faster now.
The Orange Room has definitely become a regular addition to my New West ensemble of dining outings.
Much better than the previous menu of 64 different ways to make Eggs Benedict.
A welcome addition to the city of $4 breakfasts and bridal shops. 🙂
We went recently for breakfast, and we were really impressed.
My wife had the Eggs Benedict with smoked salmon, and it was delicious. I had the French omelet with smoked salmon, and it was perfectly made (though it needed less egg, or more smoked salmon).
The menu states that they use organic produce, and free range meat where possible.
Finally, a good breakfast restaurant in New West.
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- She was charged with operating a motor vehicle while her ability was impaired by drugs
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- She is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday
- New York State Police she was driving under the influence of drugs
Kerry Kennedy, the daughter of the late Robert F. Kennedy and ex-wife to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was involved in a hit-and-run incident Friday morning while under the influence of drugs, according to the New York State Police.
"911 calls reported a white vehicle operating in an erratic manner ... that collided with a tractor-trailer," a state police press release said. "The vehicle sustained damage and a flat tire."
Kennedy, 52, was found by state police behind the wheel of her damaged Lexus SUV. "A subsequent investigation found Kennedy to be operating the motor vehicle while her ability was impaired by drugs," police said in announcing the charge against her.
Ken Sunshine, a spokesman for Kennedy, denied that she was on drugs, noting Kennedy "voluntarily took breathalyzer, blood and urine tests -- all of which showed no drugs or alcohol whatsoever in her system. The charges were filed before the test results were available."
Kennedy was issued several traffic tickets and is scheduled to appear in court in North Castle on Tuesday.


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Windmills split town and families
The rhythmic whoosh, whoosh, whoosh of wind turbines echoes through the air. Sleek and white, their long propeller blades rotate in formation, like some otherworldly dance of spindly-armed aliens swaying across the land.
Yancey stares at them, his face contorted in anger and pain.
He knows the futuristic towers are pumping clean electricity into the grid, knows they have been largely embraced by his community.
But Yancey hates them.
He hates the sight and he hates the sound. He says they disrupt his sleep, invade his house, his consciousness. He can't stand the gigantic flickering shadows the blades cast at certain points in the day.
But what this brawny 48-year-old farmer's son hates most about the windmills is that his father, who owns much of the property, signed a deal with the wind company to allow seven turbines on Yancey land.
"I was sold out by my own father," he sputters.
Yancey lives in a pine-studded home on Yancey Road, which he shares with his wife, Marilyn, and three children. The house is perched on the edge of the Tug Hill plateau, half a mile from the old white farmhouse in which Yancey and his seven siblings were raised.
Signs for fresh raspberries are propped against a fence. Horses graze in a lower field. Amish buggies clatter down a nearby road. From the back porch are sweeping views of the distant Adirondacks.
But the view changed dramatically in 2006. Now Yancey Road is surrounded by windmills.
Yancey and some of his brothers begged Ed Yancey to leave the family land untouched. But the elder Yancey pointed to the money � a minimum of $6,600 a year for every turbine. This is your legacy, he told them.
Yancey doesn't want the money or the legacy or the view.
"I just want to be able to get a good night's sleep and to live in my home without these monstrosities hovering over me," he says.
For a long time he didn't speak to his father. The rift took a toll on his marriage. He thought about leaving Yancey Road for good.
The Tug Hill plateau sits high above this village of about 4,000, a remote North Country wilderness of several thousand acres, where steady winds whip down from Lake Ontario and winter snowfalls are the heaviest in the state.
For decades dairy farmers, Irish and German and Polish immigrants, and lately the Amish, have wrested a living from the Tug � accepting lives of wind-swept hardship with little prospect of much change.
Then, a few years ago, change came to Tug Hill, and it arrived with such breathtaking speed that locals still marvel at the way their land and lives were utterly transformed.
Overnight, it seemed, caravans of trucks trundled onto the plateau, laden with giant white towers. Concrete foundations were poured. Roads were built and for a couple of years the village was ablaze with activity.
Today, 195 turbines soar above Tug Hill, 400 feet high, their 130-foot long blades spinning at 14 revolutions per minute.
The $400 million Maple Ridge wind project, the largest in New York state, brought money and jobs and a wondrous sense of prosperity to a place that had long given up on any. Lately, it has also brought a sense of importance. Lowville and the neighboring hamlets of Martinsburg and Harrisburg, which also host turbines, are at the forefront of a wind energy boom that T. Boone Pickens and Al Gore have hailed as the wave of the future.
But for all the benefits of clean, renewable energy, the windmills come with a price � and not just the visual impact.
"Is it worth destroying families, pitting neighbor against neighbor, father against son?" asks John Yancey, whose family have farmed Tug Hill for generations. "Is it worth destroying a whole way of life?"
Similar questions are being asked across the state and the country as more and more small towns grapple with big money and big wind. For many, the changes are worth it. With rising oil and gas prices and growing concerns about global warming, wind is becoming an attractive alternative. The U.S Department of Energy recently released a report that examines the feasibility of harnessing wind power to provide up to 20 percent of the nation's total electricity by 2030. U.S. wind power plants now produce less than 1 percent.
The Maple Ridge project produces enough electricity to power about 100,000 homes. Other wind projects are going up all over the state. Pickens is talking about building a $10 billion wind project � the world's largest � in the Texas panhandle. Everyone, it seems, is talking about wind.
Yancey understands its seduction. An electrician, he knows as much about the turbines as anyone. He helped build and install the ones on Tug Hill. He can rattle off statistics about the bus-sized nacelle at the top of the tower which houses the generator and the sophisticated computer system that allows the blades to yaw into the wind. He talks about the 1.65 mw Vestas with authority and respect.
Turbines have their place, Yancey says, just not where people live.
And he accuses the wind company of preying on vulnerable old-timers like his father.
Ed Yancey sits in the front room of the little house on Trinity Avenue where he moved after retiring from farming. His eyes are bright and his handshake is strong and the only concession to his 92 years seems to be his poor hearing.
He says doesn't feel preyed upon. He feels lucky. He feels proud to be part of a change he thinks is inevitable.
"It's better than a nuclear plant," Ed Yancey says. "And it brings in good money."
Next to him, daughter Virginia Yancey Lyndaker, a real estate agent who infuriated her brothers by siding with her father, nods in agreement. You can't stop progress, she says.
Ben Byer, a 75-year-old retired dairy farmer, feels the same way. Like Ed Yancey, Byer felt lucky when the wind salesmen knocked at his door. He was one of the first to sign up.
Now he can count 22 windmills from his Rector Road home. Seven are on his land.
"The sound don't bother me," he says. "And it sure beats milking cows."
But Byer, who is John Yancey's uncle, understands the lingering resentments the windmills fuel. The wind company signed lease agreements with just 74 landowners over a 12-mile stretch and "good neighbor" agreements with several dozen more, offering $500 to $1,000 for the inconvenience of living close to the turbines. In a small community, that kind of money can cause tensions between those who profit and those who don't.
Byer also understands the strain windmills can place on a family. His 47-year-old son, Rick, lives higher up on the plateau in a small white ranch house with a two-seat glider parked in a shed. The glider is Rick Byer's passion. He flies on weekends when he's not working at the pallet-making company.
In order to launch, the glider has to be towed by truck down a long rolling meadow across the road. When the wind company began negotiating with his father to put turbines on his "runway," Rick Byer delivered a furious ultimatum.
"I told him if he allowed turbines in that field he would lose a son."
The son's rage won out over the father's desire for easy cash, but Rick Byer still seethes at the forest of turbines that sprouted across from his home. Now he speaks out in other area towns where windmills are proposed.
"I tell people it's not a wind farm, it's an industrial development," he says as he mends wooden pallets in a barn one warm summer night. Rock music crackles from a radio propped crookedly on a pile of wood. Every now and then, Byer adjusts the set for a better reception. The windmills interfere with the signal, he says. They interfere with television too.
And they transform the night. As dusk falls, red strobe lights appear on every third windmill, glowing eerily atop the blades spinning ghostlike in the moonlight.
Like most of their neighbors, the Yanceys and Byers had a hard time believing the wind salesman when he first rolled into town in 1999. Years earlier there had been talk of natural gas on Tug Hill, but nothing ever came of it. People assumed the wind project would go the same way.
"No one thought it would happen," John Yancey says.
But Bill Moore, a Maryland-based energy consultant and investor who worked on Wall Street before going out on his own, was persistent. And persuasive. For several years he drove all over Tug Hill in his Land Rover, knocking on doors, talking to farmers in fields, hosting meetings at the Elks Lodge, preaching the gospel of wind.
At first local officials were skeptical, too. But they listened, and learned, and they started hammering out agreements with Moore's company, Atlantic Renewable Corp., and its partner company, Zilka Renewable Engergy. (The companies have changed names and ownership several times and the Maple Ridge Wind project is now jointly owned by PPM Energy of Portland, Ore., which is part of the Spanish company Iberdrola SA, and Houston-based Horizon Wind Energy LLC, which is owned by the Portuguese conglomerate Energias de Portugal.)
Eventually officials from Lowville, Martinsburg and Harrisburg, along with Lewis County legislators, negotiated a 15-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement that gave the three jurisdictions $8.1 million in the first year.
"We knew we were going to change the landscape, maybe forever," says Martinsburg supervisor Terry Thiesse. "We knew some people would be unhappy. But the benefits far outweighed the objections of a few."
Martinsburg, with a population of 1,249, got the biggest municipal cut because it hosts the largest number of windmills � a total of 102. Thiesse, who receives payments for a windmill on his own land, says Martinsburg's budget went from just under $400,000 to more than $1.2 million with the first wind payment in 2006. The municipality is currently negotiating a deal with another wind company for an additional 39 turbines.
In Lowville, school Superintendent Ken McAuliffe is thrilled to be buying new computers, expanding school buildings and planning new athletic fields. The school district, which serves all jurisdictions, received $2.8 million in 2006 and $3.5 million in 2007.
Still, McAuliffe said, negotiating the deal was the most demanding experience of his professional life.
"I'm an educator, not a wind expert or an investor," McAuliffe said. The hardest part, he said, was understanding the amounts of money involved, trusting that the community would get it, and "the great unknown, which is how much the wind company is making."
Wind finances are a source of great confusion for many locals, who assumed they would get free electricity once the turbines were installed. In fact, the energy is sold to utility companies and then piped into the grid.
Though the wind itself is free, companies have enormous startup costs: a single industrial wind turbine costs about $3 million. In New York, companies benefit from the fact that the state requires 25 percent of all electricity to be supplied from renewable sources by 2013. They also get federal production tax credits in addition to "green" renewable energy credits, which can be sold in the energy market.
In this context, the annual payments of about $6,600 per turbine are relatively small. But for some cash-strapped farmers, they amount to a retirement supplement.
"It's the best cash cow we ever had," booms retired dairy farmer Bill Burke, who has six turbines on his land. "This cow doesn't need to be fed, doesn't need a vet, doesn't need a place to lie down."
Burke, a blustery 60-year-old, is proud of his credentials as the wind company's biggest local cheerleader. A school board member and county legislator, he also works part-time for the company, giving lectures and tours. His son, Bobby, works for it full-time.
Burke sold the last of his herd in 2004. Without the income from the turbines, he says, he might have had to sell his 100-year-old farm too. He has no regrets about grabbing his "once in a lifetime chance at prosperity."
"This project was happening, like it or not, and you would have to be a fool not to participate, to be excited and take advantage of it," Burke says.
Not everyone agrees.
For many, the realities of living with windmills are more complicated than clean energy and easy money. People have mixed feelings about the enormous scale of the project and the speed at which it went up. They question what will happen when the 15-year agreements expire. There are concerns about the impact of turbines on bird and bat populations. Some accuse lawmakers of getting too cozy with wind developers in order to profit from turbines on their land � allegations that prompted New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to launch an investigation into two wind companies and their dealings with upstate municipalities. (The investigation does not involve Maple Ridge.)
Such concerns have ignited furious debates in upstate towns where more than a dozen wind power projects are being considered � in Cape Vincent, Clayton, Prattsburgh. Some towns passed moratoria on industrial turbines in order to learn more. Malone and Brandon recently banned them completely.
"It seemed like the cost, in terms of how it changed the community, was too high," Malone supervisor Howard Maneely, said after visiting Lowville.
Pat Leviker, 60, who grew up on Tug Hill, thinks so too. Leviker cried the day the first turbine went up, "like a giant praying mantis peering at my home." Now she and her husband Richard, who both work for the state Department of Environmental Conservation, plan to sell their home and move off the plateau when they retire.
"We want clean energy as much as anyone," says Leviker, who rejected a $1,500 payment from the wind company for the disruption of her view. "But we also want quality of life."
Over on Nefsey Road, which runs parallel to Yancey Road, Dawn Sweredoski, a sixth-grade teacher, finds a certain beauty in the windmills.
But she is sympathetic to her neighbors' concerns. The Amish farmer across the road, who bought her husband's farm seven years ago, rejected the wind company's offer of two turbines. He hates how the towers have changed the scenery and disrupted the sense of tradition and tranquility that lured his family from Maryland in the first place.
Sweredoski, whose house has magnificent views of the valley, sees the windmills only in the distance. She understands John Yancey's annoyance at living with them up close.
"It's hard when change is for the common good but some people suffer more than others," she says.
No one understands that better than the Yanceys, struggling to patch fractured family relationships, even as they struggle to come to terms with the turbines.
High on Tug Hill sits the Flat Rock Inn, a popular gathering point for snowmobilers and all-terrain vehicle riders. Twenty years ago, Gordon Yancey carved out this chunk of land with the help of his father, creating miles of forest trails and camping areas, set around a six-acre, man-made pond.
"People come for the scenery, the serenity," says Yancey, 49, proudly driving through his property, describing the "jungle" that he and his father cleared. He rolls to a halt in front of the inn, a rustic wooden structure with a bar, restaurant, a few rooms and a large wraparound porch.
All around stretch windmills, miles and miles of them. Yancey chokes up just looking at them. They have hurt his business, he says. And, like his brother, he hates the view and the noise.
"Dad taught us such respect for the land. For my father to be part of this..." His voice trails off and he shakes his head and walks away, too angry to continue.
This particular weekend is a busy one for Yancey's inn, which is hosting a huge watercross event � in which snowmobiles roar across the pond, their speed keeping them from sinking. Campers roll in to watch. There are campfires and barbecues and squealing children darting about. The atmosphere is festive and carefree and very noisy as racers' engines scream and a helicopter whirs overhead giving 10-minute joyrides for $25.
In the distance, Rick Byer's glider floats above the turbines. On the ground John Yancey works an enormous homemade gas grill turning 50 sizzling chickens on spits. Gordon Yancey is down by the pond, bellowing race results through a loudspeaker. Another brother, Tim Yancey, wanders by with his girlfriend, anti-wind activist Anne Britton. Patriarch Ed Yancey is there too, cooling off in a storage shed near the grill, talking about the old days � before snowmobiles and turbines.
All around the windmills spin. John Yancey looks up from the grill occasionally and grimaces at them. Right now, no one else seems to care.
Last updated: 9:59 pm Thursday, December 13, 2012