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Source: Ventura County Star, Calif.self storageSept. 04--Dr. Jack Padour was burning out.The Ventura internal medicine doctor faced falling reimbursement rates and rising overhead. The only way to maintain his earnings was to see more patients."I knew I was being compromised by seeing patients every eight to 10 minutes just to keep the doors open," he said.Two years ago, Padour changed his practice to a model attracting doctors and debate across the nation.Patients now pay him an $1,800 membership fee that allows him to see fewer people and spend more time with each of them. A roster that once hovered at 2,000 patients is now at 300.The annual fee guarantees an extensive physical, including tests on lung function, vision, heart, anxiety, diet and other aspects of wellness. Patients get Padour's cellphone number. They are guaranteed immediate access and, perhaps most importantly, more time with the doctor.If they end up in the hospital or a nursing home, he follows them there for treatment."If you listen long enough, the patient will tell you what's wrong," Padour said. "The whole diagnosis is in the history, and that's usually what no one has time for."Some doctors call it a concierge practice. Others, frustrated over what they say is a misperception that the service attracts only wealthy patients, prefer "direct primary care" or "personalized care."The forms vary. But in most cases, doctors charge membership fees to provide certain services and specialized care. Many of the doctors, including Padour, continue to accept insurance payment for care not covered by the membership, although some doctors accept only direct payment.Numbers growingA leader of the American Academy of Private Physicians estimates as many as 5,000 doctors nationwide have direct primary care practices, charging fees of $600 to several thousand dollars. A leader of MDVIP, a Florida-based company that runs a national network of membership fee practices, suggested the national number is closer to 2,500 doctors but increasing.A growing number of providers operate membership practices in Ventura County, including seven doctors who have or will start MDVIP practices in the Conejo Valley. Some of the physicians echo Padour, saying they want to spend more time with individual patients because they can provide better care."The status quo just isn't viable," said Dr. Paul Block of Thousand Oaks. "You're forced to see more and people. Overhead keeps going up, and reimbursement keeps going down. Quality of care becomes less of a priority."Block joined MDVIP in 2004. He moved from critical care to treatment focused on wellness and identifying potential problems before they emerge. He said he went from "dealing with the train wrecks to fixing the tracks."Doctor shortageThe model evokes intrigue and concern.Dr. Gary Deutsch is an internist from Santa Paula, not a mathematician. But the numbers draw his attention: Doctors cut their patient loads by far more than half at a time when there's a national shortage of primary care doctors. On top of that, the federal health care overhaul could mean 30 million newly insured people over several years."It's easy to do the math," he said. "There's going to be a lot of patients without doctors."Deutsch sees 20 to 25 patients daily in a practice that encompasses about 2,500 patients. He said he doesn't scrimp on time with patients and can make more time for people who need it.The membership fee concept seems to work for a very small niche of doctors, Deut迷你倉ch said. But it wouldn't pass muster in Santa Paula."There are very few patients who could afford it," he said.No patients are abandoned when doctors join MDVIP, said Dan Hecht, CEO of the 12-year-old company that is a division of Procter & Gamble. Before doctors join, they must find a new home for patients who choose not to pay membership fees.Patient-focusedHecht says MDVIP helps combat the primary care doctor shortage by extending the career of physicians so frustrated with traditional practice that they leave medicine.Block said the membership-fee format allows him to better avoid what he sees as the problems created by the power of insurance companies, pressure to see more patients and federal health care overhaul."I became aware I couldn't change the system but I could dramatically change it for myself and a few people," Block said.Bristling at the notion of upper-crust care for an affluent few, Block said his $1,800 annual fee is less than some people spend on cable and Internet services. He argues the practice provides better care by allowing doctors to focus not on reimbursement or volume but solely on the patient.MDVIP officials say their practices have brought a 79 percent reduction in hospitalizations for Medicare patients.Tony Plaia is a 79-year-old retired insurance agent who had knee replacement surgery. A spine injury means he has 10 screws, two bars and four wires in his neck.He comes to Block because he doesn't have to wait for appointments and the care is focused on keeping him going to the gym, healthy and out of the hospital. He receives a comprehensive physical, a wellness plan and a copy of his health record."It boils down to $5 a day," he said. "I could spend that on a super latte or spend it on MDVIP."If patients need care outside the wellness program covered by the membership fee, Block bills the insurance company or Medicare.Standard insuranceAll but a few of Block's patients carry insurance. Outside observers say people need a high-deductible plan because the membership fees don't cover all health care needs.That means patients pay insurance premiums and membership fees. If they're not insured, they will face fines of at least $95 next year, said Dylan Roby, a UCLA health policy professor. The penalty is part of the federal health care overhaul's mandate that people obtain insurance coverage.The law guarantees that insurance companies provide free coverage of care labeled "preventive." Doctors in concierge practices say many of the wellness tests and treatments covered by membership fees are not covered by the law.The health overhaul stoked speculation that increasing regulation, growing patient loads and changing reimbursement systems would push more solo physicians into membership fee practices. Doctors who have made the switch say the overhaul may deliver them more patients who worry that 30 million more insured people will mean less access.But Joanne Spetz of the Institute for Health Policy Studies at UC San Francisco said growth will be limited by the cost to patients. They don't want to pay more for care, and that reluctance will limit the doctors who make the switch."I think these practices have been growing, but I don't think you see a huge flood of doctors going into concierge medicine," she said. "It's still an absolute minority."Copyright: ___ (c)2013 Ventura County Star (Camarillo, Calif.) Visit Ventura County Star (Camarillo, Calif.) at .vcstar.com Distributed by MCT Information Services文件倉

Source: Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn.儲存Sept. 04--You're probably familiar with the concept of "desert island picks."What book, what music, what movie would you choose if you were going to be stuck on a desert island?One Saturday morning in July, I brewed a pot of coffee and started in on 44 remarkable applications from area high school students to be a 2013-14 Post-Bulletin teen columnist.I've never hired a columnist before -- let alone 10 of them. I started reading their cover letters and writing samples, and when I found one I especially liked -- there were so many good ones -- I put it in the "YES" pile. By the time I was through, I had my 10. My desert island columnists.There was Madison Conte, who expressed a love for postmodern literature and literary journalism (I like those, too) and wrote a beautiful narrative from a child's perspective in World War II.Marcus Aarsvold, too, submitted fiction (and an essay and a poem) in which he showed a really nice ear for dialog. I think it's a patient and thoughtful writer who can write good dialog. I can't wait to read his columns.Others, too: Zach Benson wrote about his attempts to grow a beard ("After a few days, the facial hairs across my face resembled a map of Australia, quite populated around the edges, but with sparse settlements in between.") and Grace Glover described herself as a "stress addict" and "experience collector" whose "brain is still squishy and funny."Alex Long wrote about his experience writing a 50,001-word novel. Mishy Wang wrote about volunteering at Quarry Hill summer camp. Lauren Saner wrote what might have been my favorite sentence in all of the ardor-filled applications."Honestly," she wrote, "I'm not quite sure why I believe I'm qualified to write for the Post-Bulletin." (Humility rocks!) She went on: "I have many thoughts and ideas and opinions about things going on in my life and the world around me. ... I tend to just write them down and kind of be done with the thought for a little while."As you'll see, I have all kinds of kids writing for me this year. (Luke Buehler, Virginia Nowakowski and Laurie Rackham round out the 10.) If there's one thing their applications had in common, though, it was this: When I finished reading what they'd written, I was dying to read more.Now I get to, and I hope you'll enjoy them, too. They'll write on a five-week schedule, two per week, every Wednesday. As always, share your reactions to their columns by sending me notes, to life@postbulletin.com. I'll pass your messages along.And if you're a southeastern Minnesota student, you can submit your work to me to consider for publication any time. I won't put you on a regular schedule like I have my "Desert Island 10," but your columns, stories and poems can find a place in our Wednesday youth section.--Zach Benson (starts Sept. 11)School/year: Century, senior.Favorite subject: Social studies.Extracurriculars: Football, track, teen council.Other interests:Person I'd like to meet: Any member of the Special Forces community. I am in awe of them and respect them so much.Last book I read: "John Adams," by David McCullough.On my iPod: "Can't Hold Us," Macklemore.How I get around: CarWhy I wanted to be a P-B columnist: To provide thought-provoking ideas to all age groups, and for the experience.Lauren Saner (starts Sept. 11)School/year: Century, junior.Favorite subject: Band. English is a close second.Extracurriculars: School musical, Key Club, band, Link Crew, piano lessons, part-time job at Renning's Flowers, and Honors Choirs.Other interests: I love to perform, whether it's singing, dancing, playing an instrument acting, or a combination of those. I also love working with kids.Person I'd like to meet: Demi Lovato. I think she has become a good role model by overcoming a difficult experience.Last book I read: "Jane Eyre," by Charlotte Bronte.On my iPod: "Hey, Soul Sister," by Train.How I get around: Car.Why I wanted to be a P-B columnist: I thought it would be a new, fun experience. It was a way to get out of my comfort zone a little and share my thoughts with people. I love to write and to give my ideas and opinions.Mishy Wang (starts Sept. 18)School/year: Century, junior.Favorite subject: History.Extracurriculars: Cross country, track, Century Panther Band, Bella Voce Young Women's Choir, student government.Other interests: Playing violin, knitting, spontaneous singing in public.Person I'd like to meet: A.A. Milne. I adore the simple yet profound messages of Winnie the Pooh and would love to meet the person behind them.Last book I read: "The Hound of the Baskervilles," by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.On my iPod: Alt rock, movie soundtracks and Disney.How I get around: Car or bike, depending on energy level.Why I wanted to be a P-B columnist: I love to write and express my views. If I can impact one person with my words, I would be content.Virginia Nowakowski (starts Sept. 18)School/year: Lourdes, senior.Favorite subject: Changes by the day; today it's literature.Extracurriculars: Soccer, band, liturgical choir, speech, drama, library aide, National Honor Society.Other interests: Baking, reading, Netflix (if I have time!), writing.Person I新蒲崗迷你倉d like to meet: Tina Fey. I'd love to see her thought process as she writes.Last book I read: "Thursday's Child," by Sonya Hartnett.On my iPod: Fitz and the Tantrums.How I get around: Walking as much as possible; car for everything else.Why I wanted to be a P-B columnist: It sounded challenging and enjoyable!Grace Glover (starts Sept. 25)School/year: Mayo, senior.Favorite subject: Social studies.Extracurriculars: Teen Council, art, theater, and a job at People's Food Co-op.Other interests: Music, comedy and social justice.Person I'd like to meet: Tina Fey. She just gets me -- humor, food and feminism.Last book I read: "Turn Around Bright Eyes," by Rob Sheffield.On my iPod: "Coming Up Easy," by Paolo Nutini.How I get around: By foot -- keeping it green! Plus it's a great way to be present in the moment and interact with your environment.Why I wanted to be a P-B columnist: Writing is my favorite way to channel the contents of my overactive mind into something more manageable. Being able to share my words with others is something I've always been nervous to do, but I'm excited and honored at the opportunity to try!Alex Long (starts Sept. 25)School/year: Byron, seniorFavorite subject: Literature. My favorite class, however, is concert choir.Extracurriculars: Student government, two choir groups, National Honor Society, theater. I'm also on the speech and robotics teams.Other interests: Bike, lift, play guitar, make electronic music, and read as much as I can.Person I'd like to meet: Jad Abumrad of the NPR program "Radiolab." I've been a public radio junkie for years, but "Radiolab" was the first show that made me seriously consider journalism as both a career and an art form.Last book I read: "Cannery Row," by John Steinbeck. I'm currently working on "Musicophilia," by Oliver Sacks.On my iPod: "Small Memory," by Jon Hopkins.How I get around: When I don't care about how I'll look when I get there, I will bike. In the recent heat, I mostly used my car.Why I wanted to be a P-B columnist: The opportunity to improve my skills as a writer appeals to me, as does the chance to speak to a large audience through a publication I've read and admired for years.Laurie Rackham (starts Oct. 2)School/year: John Marshall, seniorFavorite subject: Band (symphonic winds)Extracurriculars: Cross country, pit orchestra, marching band.Other interests: Creative writing, playing games and learning how to make things. Also learning and playing all of my lovely instruments.Person I'd like to meet: Jonathan Stroud author of the "Bartimaeus" trilogy. He's one of my favorite authors and I love his writing style!Last book I read: "The Hobbit," by J.R.R. Tolkien.On my iPod: Lindsey Stirling and the Piano Guys.How I get around: My lovely little car, "The Tumbler."Why I wanted to be a P-B columnist: To strengthen and test my writing ability, as well as to gain experience in the field.Marcus Aarsvold (starts Oct. 2)School/year: Pine Island, senior.Favorite subject: English, lunch.Extracurriculars: Student council, cross country, track and field.Other interests: Movies and books. I love my friends and meeting new people.Person I'd like to meet: Emma Watson, so we can start planning our wedding.Last book I read: "The Spectacular Now," by Tim Tharp.On my iPod: Skillet, Fall Out Boy, and all the songs from "Pitch Perfect" (except for "Cups")How I get around: 2006 Ford EscapeWhy I wanted to be a P-B columnist: I am thinking about going into journalism as a career, so I thought doing this would be a cool way to learn about the writing field.Luke Buehler (starts Oct. 9)School/year: Kasson-Mantorville, junior.Favorite subject: History.Extracurriculars: Speech, baseball, geocaching club.Other interests: Geocaching, cooking, movies.Person I'd like to meet: My other sibling, because I want to know who they are.Last book I read: "To Kill a Mockingbird," by Harper Lee.On my iPod: My country playlist.How I get around: Car, foot, bike -- depends on the weather.Why I wanted to be a P-B columnist: I've wanted to write for the Post-Bulletin for some time. I know someone who used to write for it, and I just thought it looked like fun!Madison Conte (starts Oct. 9)School/year: Mayo, junior.Favorite subject: English.Extracurriculars: Golf, climbing club, Student Leaders Creating Change, Spartan 300 Leadership Group.Other interests: Reading, hiking, traveling, and watching '80s movies.Person I'd like to meet: Taylor Swift! I have a lot of respect for her. Despite being famous at such a young age, she has continued to send positive messages to the young girls that look up to her. Her talent is so multifaceted; I would love to have a conversation with her.Last book I read: "The Fault in Our Stars," by John Green.On my iPod: "Miss You," by Ed Sheeran.How I get around: My mom's 13-year-old van, which my brother and I affectionately call Marge.Why I wanted to be a P-B columnist: Writing is my passion. Putting words on paper is a very fulfilling way for me to communicate my thoughts, feelings and discoveries with others.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Post-Bulletin Visit the Post-Bulletin at .postbulletin.com Distributed by MCT Information Servicesmini storage

Source: The Charleston Gazette, W.迷你倉出租Va.Sept. 05--CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- I'll be honest. I didn't really have much of a column for this week. I was going to write about how it's almost time for the fall season to start and cover the few big network happenings this week.Then, while I was compiling the weekly listings, I watched last week's episode of "The Glades."It was the season finale, and it was a HUGE cliffhanger (which I won't spoil for even bigger slowpokes than me). It involved the fate of a major character in the time leading up to Jim and Callie's wedding.The episode originally aired Monday, Aug. 26. Six days later, on Sept. 1, A&E canceled the show.I howled with rage when, after seeing the episode, I read the news. It's not that I'm devastated the show is over; I am just furious that it ended -- or rather, didn't -- like it did.The action was leading up to a wedding; is there a more perfect ending than that? Had it ended that way, I would have shrugged and thought, "Well, it had a good run," but since it didn't, I'm left thinking, "Really?! Four seasons of loyal viewing, and this is how you repay the fans, A&E?"I understand TV is a business and it's all about the money, so if something's not making enough of it, it's got to go. However, when a show's been on for several seasons, it would be nice for the network to have even the teensiest bit of respect for the viewers.Sure, the writers are partially to blame since they chose to go the cliffhanger route. But clearly, they must have felt at least fairly secure in their renewal odds, or I doubt they'd have chosen the path they did, especially in this case, where there was such a perfect option for an ending readily available.Maybe before filming concluded, the network suits could have said to the show, "Hey, your ratings aren't so hot this season. Maybe you shouldn't plan too far ahead." Or, even better, just come right out with it and make a decision with enough time for the show to craft a proper ending -- or at least re-tool what it's already got to make it as satisfying as possible.I've been extremely lucky in recent years that two of my favorite shows -- "Chuck" and "Breaking Bad" -- have ended knowing that they were done and thus able to go out on their terms. As sad as I am at their end, I am extremely grateful that they weren't just abruptly cut off.It seems like within the past two years, more and more long-running shows have headed into their last seasons with the knowledge that it is the final season, and I think that's how it should be. Even if it ends up only being a half season, give them a chance to plot a proper exit.That way, when the final credits roll, fans still may not like the ending, but at least they can hate it knowing it was the one chosen for them by the show and not foisted on them by the network.-- -- --Scripted series premiere: "Last Tango in Halifax," 8 p.m. Sunday, PBS (BBC dram迷你倉 about former sweethearts reunited after 60 years).Other series premieres: "The Customer is Always Right?" 10 p.m. Thursday, OWN (customers get a week to try revamping struggling national brands); "Hello Ross," 10 p.m. Friday, E! (pop culture talk show with Leno's former "Ross the Intern"); "Miami Monkey," 10 p.m. Sunday, VH1 ("Mob Wives" spin-off); "The Million Second Quiz," 8 p.m. Monday, NBC (trivia game show taking place inside around the clock for 11.57 days); "The Arsenio Hall Show," 11:30 p.m. Monday, Fox (late-night talk show); "Snake Salvation," 9 p.m. Tuesday, National Geographic (non-W.Va. snake-handling preachers); "Too Young To Marry?" 10 p.m. Wednesday, Oxygen (four-part series on teens planning to wed).Season premieres: "Tamar & Vince," 9 p.m. Thursday, WE; "Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team," 9 p.m. Friday, CMT; "David Tutera: Unveiled," 9 p.m. Saturday, WE (preceded by "My Fair Wedding" special at 8 p.m.); "Sons of Anarchy," 10 p.m. Tuesday, FX (90 minutes); "The X Factor," 8 p.m. Wednesday, Fox (new judges Kelly Rowland and Paulina Rubio join Simon Cowell and Demi Lovato).Returning: "Six Little McGhees," 10 p.m. Saturday, OWN.Series finale: "Do No Harm," 10 p.m. Saturday, NBC (turns out there was one more episode after last week's original billed finale).Season finales: "Wilfred," 10 p.m. Thursday, FX; "Mistresses," 9 p.m. Monday, ABC; "Breaking Pointe," 9 p.m. Monday, CW; "So You Think You Can Dance?" 8 p.m. Tuesday, Fox; "Rizzoli & Isles," 9 p.m. Tuesday, TNT (midseason finale); "Dance Moms," 8 p.m. Tuesday, Lifetime; "Who Do You Think You Are?" 9 p.m. Tuesday, TLC ("Big Bang Theory's" Jim Parsons); "Master Chef," 9 p.m. Wednesday, Fox; "Royal Pains," 9 p.m. Wednesday, USA; "Camp," 10 p.m. Wednesday, NBC (likely series finale).Specials: "Teach," 8 p.m. Friday, CBS (year-in-the-life documentary and star-studded teacher celebration); "American Masters: Billie Jean King," 8 p.m. Tuesday, PBS; "Hero Dogs of 9 /11," 8 p.m. Tuesday, Animal Planet; "9 /11 Firehouse," 8 p.m. Wednesday, Discovery (NYC firefighters recall the attacks); "Nova: Ground Zero Supertower," 9 p.m. Wednesday, PBS (building One World Trade Center and the National September 11 Memorial Museum); "The President's Gatekeepers," 9 p.m. Wednesday, Discovery (two-night, four-hour documentary with all 20 living chiefs of staff).Film of note: "Metropolis," 8 p.m. Friday, TCM.Of note: "Parks and Recreation" starts in syndication at 8 p.m. Monday on WGN. It will air in primetime 8-11 p.m. Monday, 9-11 p.m. Tuesday and 9:30-11 p.m. Wednesday before settling into its regular 9-10 p.m. Monday slot. It also airs 12:30-1:30 a.m. every Monday through Saturday.Reach Amy Robinson at flipside@wvgazette.com.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Charleston Gazette (Charleston, W.Va.) Visit The Charleston Gazette (Charleston, W.Va.) at .wvgazette.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存倉

NEWBURYPORT, Mass.迷你倉, Sept. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Map publisher SpatialTEQ, the leader in affordable and easy-to-use business mapping software, today announced the release of Map Business Online 4.0, an expansive list of enhancements to the award winning, web-based mapping software used by thousands of North American sales, marketing, finance, and health care professionals. Map Business Online (MBO) users import business data for easy map display, color coding, sales territory mapping, demographic analysis, and web map sharing.(Photo: photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130905/PH74308-a ) (Photo: photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130905/PH74308-b )These extensive updates to SpatialTEQ's cloud-based mapping software are the result of ongoing efforts to improve MBO by adding features requested by users who apply MBO's powerful visualization tools to their business and resource planning activities.Expanded Territory Management Tools for Advanced Sales Planning-- Territory managers may now highlight territory assignment intersections to identify overlapping sales responsibilities or coverage area holes. -- Territory Count feature reveals overlapping and unassigned zip codes, counties, or states for easy and fast territory maintenance. -- Territory managers can now draw and label user defined territory regions with the enhanced Draw Tool.New Base Map Layer Options Offer a Variety of Compelling Map Views-- Map Business Online 4.0 now offers National Geographic World Map and World Topographic Map views. -- Satellite imagery views are now provided as an alternative map background option to the Streets map template. -- Zip code layer data options - users may now choose between Census ZCTA and USPS zip codes styles.Enhanced Draw Tool Added to MBOA popular request from the growing Map Business Online user-base is a draw tool that enables user defined map shapes and lines. This new tool allows users to create their own graphic objects on the map.-- Draw circles, polygons and choose from a selection of line sizes and colors -- Select from a文件倉variety of colors for fill shading. -- Identify created objects with text labels.Distance MeasurementsMap Business Online 4.0 includes a basic measuring tool for quick point-to-point distance measurements. Examples of how users would apply the Measure Tool include determining territory widths, measuring the minimum distance between two retail locations, or estimating how far a new home is located from work.Map Printing and Map Display EnhancementsProfessional business users often use Map Business Online to create presentation graphics or wall maps that inform constituents about business objectives or results.-- Large format printing through PDF file format now provides rectangle and circle print previews, defining the area of interest for printing. -- In addition to Map Legend control, MBO now provide s a flexible Map Title Bar that can be conveniently placed anywhere on the map to further define business maps.New Map Data & Filtering OptionsWith MBO 4.0 users may now include web and email links with their imported business data and customer mapping software. Embedded links will display and open from the map. MBO 4.0 offers a wide array of data filters within the Data Window. With this release users may assign unique symbolization to filtered datasets and marketing lists for easy map identification. Users now have the ability to filter imported datasets, displaying just those results on the map.About Map Business OnlineBrought to you by the creators of BusinessMAP, .MapBusinessOnline.com has been providing sales & marketing professionals with affordable and intuitive solutions to geographic challenges since 2010. Create, edit, and share maps that reflect your business. Create optimized multi-stop routes to drive down travel costs. No other map software solves so much for so little.Contact: Geoffrey Ives Email (800) 425-9035, (207) 939-6866Read more news from SpatialTEQ.Photo: photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130905/PH74308-aphotos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130905/PH74308-bPRN Photo Desk, photodesk@prnewswire.comSpatialTEQWeb site: .mapbusinessonline.com/存倉

Source: Portland Press Herald, MaineSept.儲存倉 04--OLD ORCHARD BEACH -- The picture is a little grainy, the audio a little scratchy. Then again, it should be. This particular VHS tape is 27 years old.Jack Trull is mesmerized by it."I could watch this all day," he said, sitting in his Saco home.No doubt. The tape is the second half of the 1986 Class D state championship football game between Old Orchard Beach High -- coached at the time by Trull, now the school's athletic director -- and Madison. Old Orchard won 33-20, scoring 27 unanswered points in the second half.At the time no one knew it would be the last Class D state title game sanctioned by the Maine Principals' Association. The following fall, football was restructured into three classes. But after years of debate, the MPA re-established Class D beginning this fall, again putting the state's smallest schools into their own division.Old Orchard Beach, with 268 students, is the fourth-smallest school in the state playing football. And the Seagulls hope to provide a bookend to the Class D Gold Ball that sits in the school's trophy case."That," said the current coach, Dean Plante, a junior reserve on that 1986 team, "would be cool."THE LOSS THAT SET UP A TITLEThis isn't the first time the MPA has reinstituted Class D. The MPA crowned champions in the division from 1951 to 1975 (except for 1971 and 1972, when no champion was designated according to MPA records). Then they stopped for three years.In 1979, Class D resumed with a state championship game. At the time, Old Orchard was playing in the Southern York League, which featured larger schools such as Marshwood, York, Kennebunk, Wells, Noble and Massabesic.Curt Chretien, an Old Orchard assistant coach who was also a junior on that 1986 team, insists that the Gulls "could have won close to 10 Gold Balls if we hadn't been playing those schools."But after the 1984 season, Trull's first (a 2-6 record), the Seagulls considered a move to Class D."Joe Regina (the athletic director at the time) wasn't in favor of it," said Trull. "He was old-school. He wanted to play the schools in our backyard."And after the decision was made to move down, Regina reminded Trull, "You can't go any lower than Class D. We were more than a little intimidated."Moving down was just what the school needed.The Gulls went 10-1, losing only in the Class D state championship game, 7-0 to a powerful Dexter team headed by the fabulous Haines twins, Michael and Mark. They combined for more than 8,000 rushing yards in their high school career.Old Orchard held them to about 100 in the game, but Mark Haines scored the game's only touchdown on a 43-yard interception return.That loss, said Trull, "was a huge motivation for our guys. By 1986 our weight program was on track. The kids had a purpose."The Gulls repeated their undefeated regular season, getting tested only twice: 18-14 over Mexico and 20-14 over Messalonskee.Then they beat Messalonskee 33-13 in the semifinals, setting up the showdown with Madison.THAT NOT-TO-BE-FORGOTTEN GAMENov. 8, 1986 dawned gray, chilly and drizzly. By the time the game started a fog hung around the Winslow High field. The field was wet and muddy.Madison, coached by Art Rudman, converted an Old Orchard fumble and interception into a 20-6 lead at the half."I think the thing that stands out most for me about that game," said Plante, "was the halftime speeches by Jack and Marc (Gagne, his top assistant). It was almost like the game was playing out perfectly."Trull said he had a simple message for his players: "We wanted them to come out and play like we had all season and show them what Old Orchard Beach football was about. We weren't going to quit and we were going to find a way to win."Josh Barstow, the senior quarterback/kicker/punter, started it.On their second possession of the second half, the Seagulls faced a fourth-and-long at their 16. As Barstow took the long snap, he hesitated and looked up -- "See him look," said Trull, watching the tape -- and noticed the Madison linemen had peeled back to set up a blocking wall for the punt returner.Barstow then took off, running up the right sideline to the Old Orchard 45. "People were yelling at me that it was a great call," said Trull. "I didn't call it. That was all 迷你倉價錢osh."And that's when everything started going right for the Seagulls -- and wrong for Madison."That really turned the game around," said Carl Rudman, a Madison assistant at the time.Aided by a later 15-yard penalty against Madison, OOB scored to pull within 20-12. On the second play after the kickoff, Tommy Mullen intercepted a pass, returning it to the 25. A Madison player was called for a late hit, moving the ball to the 12. A couple plays later, Barstow threw a touchdown pass to Tom LaChance and it was 20-18.Madison lost a fumble on the ensuing kickoff. At this point, said Trull, the OOB sideline was delirious. "We were still losing at the time," he said, "but we knew we were going to win."On the other sideline, said Carl Rudman, the Bulldogs had a sinking feeling. "Any time you're in a game like that, when you have the upper hand and lose it, it's really hard," he said.Facing a fourth-and-2 on the first play of the fourth quarter, Barstow drew Madison offside with a hard count. LaChance then scored on a 19-yard run and the Seagulls led 24-20. OOB had missed its previous two 2-point conversions so the Seagulls lined up as if to kick the PAT.But Trull had a message for his seventh-grade manager, Billy Blanchette, to deliver to Barstow. "I didn't want to use a timeout," said Trull, "so when Billy ran out to give Josh the kicking tee, I told him to tell Josh to (fake it)."The snap came directly to Barstow, who threw a pass to David Snow and it was 26-20.When the game finally ended, said Trull, "there was this big pig pile. Kids were crying with joy."After watching the VHS tape of the comeback again, Trull shook his head. "Special kids on a special team," he said.A BIG WELCOME HOMEWhen the team turned off the Maine Turnpike to return to the high school, they were greeted by every police car, fire truck and ambulance in Old Orchard Beach."Yeah, we had a parade," said Plante. "My dad (Jerry) was the town manager. We had no problem getting the fire trucks."What Trull remembers is the length of the parade."We didn't get to the high school for another hour," he said. "They took us all through town. I think we went on every road in Old Orchard. And what was great is that people were coming out, flicking their lights on for us. Somehow everyone knew."The celebration continued for a while. "We ate for free for weeks," said Plante. "I think there were team dinners for the next three weeks."Plante said the victory, "established football as the sport in town." Chretien said it "brought back the football tradition."OOB went on to win two more state championships, both in Class C, in 1990 and 1993."I think that win in 1986 meant more than we realized at the time," said Trull. "For all the teams that played prior to it, it verified something for them."THE TROPHY TELLS THE TALENeither Plante nor Chretien have mentioned the 1986 Class D title to their players this preseason. They don't need to."We all know about it," said Joey Gildard, a senior running back. "The trophy's in the case."Plante thinks about winning the championship, of course. It's every team's goal at the start of the season. But playing in Class D, against schools of similar size, gives the Seagulls a better chance."It gives us a chance to compete against every team we play," said Chretien.More than that, said Plante, it gives the smaller schools a chance to compete every year. They will no longer be going up against schools with enrollments double their size. Their rosters will be relatively the same size."To be honest, in the short term (playing in Class D) will have little impact because we are playing a lot of the same schools we played last year," he said. "But in the long term it allows the small schools to be protected."Trull looks at the new class designations differently than others."I don't really think we added a D," he said. "We added something in the middle; all we did was push the letters down."But these small schools have to play each other. It's a survival thing for them."Mike Lowe can be contacted at 791-6422 or at:mlowe@pressherald.comTwitter: MikeLowePPHCopyright: ___ (c)2013 the Portland Press Herald (Portland, Maine) Visit the Portland Press Herald (Portland, Maine) at .pressherald.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉

DENVER, Sept.迷你倉 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- HOSTING, a leading provider of enterprise-class managed cloud services, will host a free, live seminar on Three Cloud Trends with the Greatest Impact on the Software Industry. The educational, interactive session is designed to help top software and SaaS company executives understand the rapid evolution of software delivery in the cloud, and its profound impact on operations.Join HOSTING on September 12, from 8:00am to 11:00am at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco on Union Square, 345 Stockton Street, San Francisco, CA. A complimentary breakfast is included. Register at: hosting.com/sfcloudGuest speaker David Linthicum is an internationally recognized industry expert and author/co-author of 13 books on computing. Mr. Linthicum is also the host of Cloud Computing Podcast and a cloud computing blogger for InfoWorld and GigaOm Pro. Leading technology publications frequently name him among the top 10 enterprise technologists in the world.Mr. Linthicum and HOSTING's CTO Matt Ferrari will cover topics such as:-- How to leverage auto-provisioning and auto-scaling for better service and ROI -- How to improve security and compliance when migrating applications to the cloud -- How to get increase visibility and insight with use-based accounting, governance and resource monitoringConnect with othe儲存 like-minded software company pioneers and learn how to lead - rather than follow - the migration to the cloud. Early registration is advised as seating is limited. For more information, call 816-918-4678.About GigaOm ResearchGigaOm Research provides timely, in-depth analysis of emerging technologies for individual and corporate subscribers. Its network of 200+ independent analysts provides new content daily that bridges the gap between breaking news and longtail research. pro.gigaom.comAbout HOSTINGHOSTING builds and operates high performance clouds for business-critical applications. With a unique lifecycle approach and the industry's best team, HOSTING helps organizations design, build, migrate, manage, and protect their Cloud-based environments. Using enterprise-class networking and connectivity technologies, HOSTING provides the highest levels of availability, recovery, security, and performance. HOSTING owns and operates six geographically dispersed data centers under an ITIL-based control environment independently validated for compliance against the PCI DSS and SOC frameworks. The company's 4,000 clients around the world represent a variety of industries including software, healthcare, retail, media-entertainment, financial services, technology and government.HOSTINGCONTACT: Molly Antos, mantos@sspr.com, 847-415-9327Web site: .hosting.com/新蒲崗迷你倉

Source: The Buffalo News, N.迷你倉新蒲崗Y.Sept. 04--A tearful kindergarten pupil from a Buffalo charter school was found Tuesday afternoon wandering the streets of a Cheektowaga housing development, miles from his home in Blasdell, after a school bus driver dropped him off at the wrong location.An investigation later determined that the bus driver diverted from his assigned route and that two young passengers with the same first name led to the 5-year-old boy being dropped off far from home on his first ride from school."At the end of the day, a terrible mistake has been made. It's a dreadful mistake," said Mark Crawford, superintendent of the West Seneca School District, where the driver is employed. "But I am not trying to defend this or explain it away. We just feel terrible about it."The West Seneca School District is responsible for transporting students who attend private, religious and charter schools outside the district. Its territory includes the section of Blasdell where the boy lives.The kindergartner, who attends Community Charter School in Buffalo, was found in the area of the Garden Village Apartments in South Cheektowaga.The boy was supposed to be dropped off at Cambridge Square apartments, near the McKinley Mall, before a first-grader with the same first name was dropped off at Garden Village.But the other boy, who attends a different charter school, wasn't on the bus Tuesday."The driver chose to take a route that had not been laid out," Crawford said. Instead of heading to Cambridge Square first, the driver went to Garden Village.A good Samaritan who found the boy called Cheektowaga police."He was so upset; we didn't 迷你倉出租now who he was," Capt. James Speyer, a department spokesman, said of the boy.When the boy was unable to communicate, police looked in his backpack and found paperwork that led them to the charter school near the Buffalo-Cheektowaga border. When police called the school, there was no answer, Speyer said, so they contacted someone in the Buffalo Public Schools' Transportation Department.The boy spent about two hours with police before they eventually heard from his mother, who reportedly is a school bus driver herself."Somebody got through to the mom -- we never did," Speyer said."We put the child on the bus he was supposed to get on," said Denise Luka, head of school at Community Charter School.Though the boy started kindergarten Aug. 19, Tuesday was the first day he rode the bus, she said.The fact that a young student was dropped off without an adult to meet him -- in violation of West Seneca's policy -- troubled Crawford and Luka, both of whom have spoken with the boy's mother."This is such a regrettable thing. We are all sick about it," Crawford said. "When you think about what could have happened, we are grateful that (the boy) was found soon after."Luka had been thinking the same thing."There was a happy ending. It could've have ended very differently," she said."I'm thankful that the little fella is safe."As for the driver's status, Crawford said Wednesday: "We have an internal matter going on. I'm not at liberty to talk about it."email: jhabuda@buffnews.comCopyright: ___ (c)2013 The Buffalo News (Buffalo, N.Y.) Visit The Buffalo News (Buffalo, N.Y.) at .buffalonews.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉

AIR traffic controllers in Shanghai and north China gave priority to a Shanghai Airlines flight with a seriously ill baby on board, airlines officials revealed yesterday.儲存The air traffic regulators allowed the Shanghai Airlines’ flight FM9132 from Tianjin to Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to take off before  schedule and also cleared the flight path on the way, an official with national air traffic management said yesterday.It was all because the condition of a 15-month-old baby boy deteriorated after all the passengers had got onboard and the cabin crew shut the door at around 11am on August 26.After the crew announced that the flight would be delayed by at least one hour, the boy’s mother panicked and started crying loudly, said Lu Yuan, the chief flight attendant.The boy was being taken to the Shanghai Children’s Medical Center for advanced treatment, but developed complications after boarding the flight. The mother said the boy suddenly developed rashes on the face, and 新蒲崗迷你倉ad also been running fever for 10 days, Lu said.The captain put in a request to the air controllers, who allowed the flight to jump the queue and take off at around 11:30am.Other air traffic controllers between Tianjin and Shanghai cleared the route, asking other aircraft to give way after being informed by their counterparts in Tianjin, the air traffic management official said.The aircraft landed at the Shanghai Hongqiao airport five minutes earlier than scheduled.An ambulance was waiting at the airport apron and rushed the sick baby to the hospital in Shanghai.A doctor with the Shanghai Children’s Medical Center said the baby underwent urgent surgery and was responding well to the treatment.The boy’s life would have been in danger if the flight was delayed for more than an hour, the doctor said. The boy suffered from hemophagocytic syndrome that causes bleeding under the skin. The continuous fever had also damaged the liver and kidney. He should be able to leave the hospital in 10 days. mini storage

Source: The Philadelphia InquirerSept.self storage 04--Shortly after beginning his eulogy for Joan Krajewski Wednesday morning, the Rev. Joseph Campellone asked how many people in the congregation had been called "an idiot" by the former councilwoman.Dozens of hands shot up, including a good portion belonging to her former Council colleagues, who filled the two front rows of Christ the King Parish."Even the mayor," Campellone laughed, pointing to Mayor Nutter, who had his hand in the air.Krajewski, who died last week of chronic lung disease at age 79, served in City Council for 32 years, representing a proudly blue collar swath of Northeast Philadelphia.Known for her immovable will and blunt assessments, delivered in a husky smoker's voice, Krajewski was immensely popular in her Sixth District, where she was most at home holding court in one of the neighborhood diners. She retired in 2011, after winning reelection seven times."I'm glad she was old school," said Campellone, the president of Father Judge High School and a longtime friend of Krajewski's. "We need people who are going to say, 'I don't need an office. My office is going to be a diner. My office is going to be K-Mart. My office is going to be Frankford Avenue.'"Above all, he said, Krajewski was ruled by her belief that "integrity makes you who you are."He recalled the time she shut down a racially-charged housing meeting in her district when someone in the audience referred to "those people."Campellone remembered her thundering back at 迷你倉he hostile crowd, "What do you mean 'those people.' This is over. We're all God's people."Krajewski may have been tough, "but when it came to her grandchildren, she was a real softy," said her daughter-in-law, Michele Krajewski.When the first of her five grandchildren was born, Krajewski wasn't sure she could stand being called a grandmother. Luckily, her granddaughter took to calling her "Memom.""That was a name Joan could live with and love," Michele Krajewski said.After the service, Mayor Nutter laughed, recalling his battles with Krajewski -- no matter how they ended, she always sent him away with a joke and wished him well, he said.Nutter especially remembered his six-year effort as a councilman to ban indoor smoking in Philadelphia."She would just say, 'You must be crazy. I can't vote for that,'" the mayor said.He also recalled the time he spoke to Dennis Farina, the recently-deceased actor who was one of Krajewski's favorites. Nutter convinced Farina to call the councilwoman -- but she didn't believe it was him and hung up. Farina called back and eventually convinced her the call was not a prank."She called me and she was ecstatic. 'I can't believe you did that,'" Nutter said. "There wasn't anybody like her and there won't be anytime soon."Contact Troy Graham at 215-854-2730 or tgraham@phillynews.com, or follow on Twitter @troyjgraham.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Philadelphia Inquirer Visit The Philadelphia Inquirer at .philly.com Distributed by MCT Information Services文件倉

Source: The Frederick News-Post, Md.文件倉Sept. 05--What is three times five squared?Perhaps that is up for interpretation.75.Who ARE you?75.Yeah, I just got a flier on my car ...30.75.The answer is 75.Noah McWilliams took a math problem and turned it into a social experiment. For the past six years, and more fervently in the past two, he created fliers with 3X52=? and a phone number on them, and put them on car windshields in downtown Frederick during the night.The Google Voice phone number then took callers to a simple message -- "Please leave your answer" -- and allowed McWilliams to collect the messages as mp3 files, which he used to create his show "3X52=?" at the Griffin Art Center this month, an audio installation that is extremely minimal in its visual presentation -- bare, white walls, aside from an enlarged version of his flier on one of them.Speakers throughout the room play one message after the next, overlapping and echoeing in a bizarre, dreamlike conversation, with the occasional "75" grounding it. For the show, he's collected some 500 voicemail recordings of about 20,000 total.He got hostile messages -- usually a reaction to an invasion of space, he said. He got sweet messages from old ladies. He got late-night, drunken messages. He got people's life stories that culminated in how they don't do algebra. He got people who thought he was trying to steal their identity, people who thought there was a religious connotation to the math equation, people who thought they were going to win a prize."Some people would answer it directly, or hipsters would call up and be dismissive or try to be funny, but they still didn't know what it was about," McWilliams said Sunday at the Griffin Center. "I mean, it was just a math problem with a phone number."Something as objective as a math problem, though, became completely subjective thr存倉ugh his process.Backtrack six years and McWilliams was delivering pizzas and sharing a parking lot with the Board of Education building. A different teacher seemed to come by every day and accuse the delivery workers of parking in their spaces, "which was totally ridiculous," McWilliams said. "We were paying for the spaces. ... So eventually I started putting napkins with math problems on their cars. ... I did it out of half boredom, half being obnoxious, but what was really funny is they would answer them and put them back on our cars."From there, he started flyering cars in a more organized fashion, leaving identical paper fliers of a math problem on random cars throughout downtown Frederick.During the past two years, he picked up the pace, flyering about 400 cars in downtown Frederick every weekend.It's been compared to Magnet Man, he said, the street artist who has posted hundreds of magnets around downtown Frederick with cryptic, philosophical messages on them -- "except Magnet Man wasn't taking a voyeuristic approach to people's reactions."During the past week, he started putting fliers for his exhibit on downtown cars, so there's a high likelihood that people who left voicemails will be at the opening reception on Saturday."These are gonna be the people," he said. "They're gonna hear their voices ... shouting at this inflammatory statement which is just a math problem."--What: "3X52=?" audio installation by Noah McWilliamsWhen: Opening receptions from 5 to 9 p.m. Sept 7 and 14, and by appointment through Sept. 28.Where: Griffin Art Center, 437 N. Market St., FrederickInfo: 888-666-0804; gallery@griffinartcenter.com; .griffinartcenter.com.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Frederick News-Post (Frederick, Md.) Visit The Frederick News-Post (Frederick, Md.) at .fredericknewspost.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉