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The University of Texas System Board of Re-gents will honor eight UTEP faculty members for their extraordinary classroom performance andinnovation in undergraduate instruction during aspecial presentation this week in Austin.

The eight are among the 63 faculty from the sys-tem’s nine academic institutions who will receivethe Board’s Outstanding Teaching Awards at 6:30

p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 21, in UT Austin’s Etter-Harbin Alumni Center. The 39 winners from thesystem’s six health institutions were honored in

July. These awards are the highest honor theBoard can bestow.

“We happily celebrate the selection of these eightUTEP faculty members who join the proud ranksof previous Outstanding Teaching Award winnerson our campus,” said UTEP President Diana Na-talicio. “This recognition by the UT SystemBoard of Regents is a testament to the remark-able work that is being done by our dedicatedfaculty members, who so positively impact thelives of our students and the surrounding region.We thank the Regents for creating this presti-

gious award that honors teaching excellence, andwe congratulate this year’s winners on this well-deserved recognition of their success.”

The 2013 recipients from The University of Texas at El Paso are Charles R. Boehmer, Ph.D.,associate professor of political science; Ann Gab-

bert, Ph.D., associate director for student supportand lecturer; Gaspare M. Genna, Ph.D., associate

professor of political science; John Hadjimarcou,Ph.D., professor and chair of marketing and man-agement; Dave McIntyre, senior lecturer of art;James M. Salvador, Ph.D., associate professor of

chemistry; Cigdem V. Sirin, Ph.D., assistant pro-fessor of political science; and Ron Wagler,Ph.D., assistant professor of teacher education.

Each honoree will receive a medallion, com-memorative certificate and an unrestricted$25,000 check. The awards are among the mostcompetitive nationwide and one of the nation’slargest monetary teaching recognition programsin higher education. The Regents will awardnearly $1.6 million to honor teachers this week.They have given $12 million since the program

started in 2008. Separate awards for health insti-tutions started four years later.

“Our faculty members are the heart and soul of our institutions, and they are the most criticalfactor in student success,” said UT System Boardof Regents Chairman Gene Powell. “The Boardcreated the ROTA program because of our re-spect and appreciation for these outstandingteachers, and because we want to make sure our institutions continue to be places of educationalexcellence.”

Peers, students, and external reviewers rigorouslyevaluated the faculty nominees on an assortmentof classroom criteria such as curricula quality,student performance, subject expertise and inno-vative course development.

The recipients were grateful for the professionalrecognition. Many said they were humbled bythe honor and shared the credit with their Univer-sity colleagues and talented graduate and under-graduate students who have helped them throughtheir years of service.

UT Regents Bestow PrestigiousHonor on 8 UTEP Faculty

Statement by Gov. Perry onObamacare Video Contest

AUSTIN(August 19, 2013) - Gov. Rick Perry today issued the following statement on Health andHuman Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius' visit to Houston to promote Obamacare:

“If Obamacare were sound health care policy, Secretary Sebelius

wouldn't have to resort to video contests and prizes to tempt people to sign up. Texans are already subject to too much costly and burdensome federal regulation, and Obamacare only makes

the problem worse.”

DRIVE CLEAN ACROSS TEXAS AIMS TOKEEP THE AIR CLEAN, SAVE GAS WHILEOFFERING CHANCE TO WIN HYBRID CAR

Statewide campaign offers helpful tips for keeping air clean, saving moneyAUSTIN — Summer in Texasnot only means road trips andvacations, but also soaringtemperatures and an increase inozone pollution levels. To helpmotorists save money and keepthe air clean, the Texas Depart-ment of Transportation andTexas Commission on Envi-ronmental Quality are launch-ing this year’s Drive Clean

Across Texas campaign. Thecampaign offers gas-savingtips for motorists and a chanceto win a 2013 Ford Fusion Hy-

brid.

“Harmful, ground-level ozoneis formed when chemicalsfound in vehicle exhaust andother sources combine with

sunlight and heat,” said MargoRichards, TxDOT Travel Infor-mation Division director. “Thegood news is that all driverscan make a difference in our air quality. Simple steps suchas checking your tire pressureand getting your car tuned upon schedule can reduce tailpipeemissions, improve fuel econ-omy and save drivers money at

the pump.”

If you keep the correct pressurein your tires, you can help keepthe air clean and save about$85 a year in gas. Drive CleanAcross Texas also warns thatdriving a car in need of mainte-nance can add $120 to annualgas spending.

For more tips on keeping theair clean and saving money ongas, visit the Drive CleanAcross Texas website at drive-cleanacrosstexas.org. Visitorsalso can register online for achance to win a low-emission,gas-saving Ford Fusion Hybridcar sponsored by the DallasCowboys. The deadline for en-

tering is Sept. 15, 2013. Thewinner will be announced atCowboys Stadium on Sunday,Oct. 6.

For more information, contactTxDOT Media Relations [email protected] or (512) 463-8700.




Don’t Be in the Dark aboutChild CareState agency gears up to go after illegal day careAt this time of the year, a lot of par-ents are searching for day care for their preschoolers as their older kidsget ready to go back to school. Unfor-tunately, some parents pick unregu-lated day care because it might becheaper, and because they just maynot know it's illegal.

The fact is that illegal day care opera-tions are more likely to be unsafe.There are no background checks onworkers, no inspections, and no stan-

dards to protect children in illegal daycare. They operate in the dark.

This year the Legislature gave theTexas Department of Family and Pro-tective Service's Child Care Licensing

program new staff to go after illegalday care.

"We are hiring 40 new staff whoseonly job is to track down illegal daycare operators and either bring theminto the light of state regulation or shut them down," says Paul Morris,acting assistant commissioner for Child Care Licensing.

Morris urges all parents to do their homework and always choose regu-lated day care.

You can find a state-regulated day carein your area and review its record byusing the TxChildCareSearch.orgdatabase on the DFPS website. You

can also learn more about choosingchild care at www.Dont-BeInTheDark.org, where you will finda downloadable tip card and brochure.

If you're looking for daycare, remember to look,learn, visit , and meet :

• Look for features that will help

your child thrive. Consider the care-

giver’s education, experience, andtraining, as well as the size of thegroup and setting.

• Learn about licensed and regis-

tered child care at Dont-BeInTheDark.org and TxChildCare-Search.org. Explore day care options -searching by ZIP code, city, or county- and read the daycare's inspection record.

• Visit the day care you are consid-

ering, while children are there, so thatyou can see activities, how caregiversact with children, and how the chil-dren like it there.

• Meet the caregiver or director.

Discuss any concerns and make sureyou are satisfied with their answers.Make a surprise visit later for a secondlook.

All regulated day care staff must un-dergo background checks but regula-tion and state oversight increase withthe size of the day care.

1. Listed homes (1-3 unrelatedchildren) must apply and pass back-ground checks but are not inspectedregularly.

2.Registered homes (maximumof 12 children at any time) must meettraining requirements and pass back-ground checks, and are inspectedevery 2 years.

3. Larger licensed homes andday care centers must meet health andsafety requirements, get regular train-ing, and are inspected every 5-12months.

FY 2012 Texas ChildCare Facts

•Regulated daycare centers and homes – 23,991 (866 in El Paso County)

•Capacity of regulated day care – 1,078,044 children (27,997 in El PasoCounty)•Number of state inspections – 35,755

•Number of investigations of day carecenters and homes – 14,114

•Permits revoked, denied or suspended – 175•Number or DFPS background checksconducted – 214,313

•Number of FBI checked requested – 156,997

SS Maikol Gonzalez Named

Hitter of the Week EL PASO - The official statistician of theAmerican Association, Pointstreak, has an-nounced that El Paso Diablos SS Maikol

Gonzalez, 27, has been named this week’sPointstreak Hitter of the Week.

The Maracaibo, Venezuela native is in histhird year as a Diablo. Five consecutivemulti-hit games meant Gonzalez essentiallyran away with this week’s top hitting honors.The shortstop and leadoff hitter was a spec-tacular 17-for-24 (.708) at the plate, battingfrom the leadoff position. Gonzalez doubledfive times, tripled once and drove home four runs.

Easily the most impressive game for Gonzalez was on Wednesday againstLaredo. In the highlight of the week, Gonzalez went 5-for-5 with a pair of doubles, a pair of RBI and a walk. The Diablos lost the ballgame, but wonfour of their six games this week, largely thanks to the shortstop’s bat.

The last homestand of the 2013 season is here. The Diablos will be playingconsecutive home games at Cohen Stadium, Tuesday, August 20th throughSunday, August 25th. For promotions, live updates, contests and more “Like”our Facebook Page (facebook.com/elpasodiablos), or follow us on Twitter (twitter.com/epdiablos).

For more information, please visit diablos.com or call (915)755-2000.

P I C T U R E F O R I L L U S T R A T I O N P U R P O S E S O N L Y




UTEP Provost Namedto Federal National Advisory CouncilThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Serv-

ices Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has named UTEPProvost Junius Gonzales, M.D., to the National Ad-visory Council for The Substance Abuse and Men-tal Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Histerm begins Dec. 1 and runs through Nov. 30, 2017.

“I am truly honored to have been selected for thisimportant national council and will work hard toapply my expertise to its mission, near and dear tomy heart, of improving treatment of substanceabuse and mental illness and increasing preventionservices throughout the country,” Gonzales said.

SAMHSA’s annual budget is nearly $3.5 billion andthe agency provides critical leadership for improv-ing care for substance abuse and mental illness – which are public health priorities – especiallythrough its work with all 50 states and territoriesand support of evidence based practices through its

National Registry. The SAMHSA National Advi-sory Council provides advice to the Secretary of theDepartment of Health and Human Services andSAMHSA is charged with improving the qualityand availability of prevention, treatment and reha-

bilitative services in order to reduce illness, death,

disability and cost to society resulting from sub-stance abuse and mental illnesses. SAMHSA wasthe lead agency in launching a landmark WhiteHouse Conference on Mental Health held June 3.

This is the second time Gonzales has been ap- pointed to a National Advisory Council for a federalagency. He served on the Agency for Health CareResearch and Quality’s council from 2009-11.Other significant recent appointments include theExecutive Committee of the Counc il on AcademicAffairs for the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) and appointment to the

National Institute of Drug Abuse Advisory CouncilWork Group on Adoption of Evidence Based Prac-tices. He is serving a second three-year term on theeditorial board of the prestigious journal HealthServices Research, and regularly serves on NIH Re-search Center review panels (CTSA, RCMI,COBRE).

Gonzales has had significant research funding total-ing more than $12 million in lead roles such as PIor co-PI from federal agencies such as NIH, CDC,SAMHSA, AHRQ, STPI and private funders such

as the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. He de-signed and conducted evaluation studies of federal programs such as the NIH Director Pioneer’s Awardand the NIH Fogarty Center’s AITRP program.Continues on next page




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Gonzales is completing scholarly work on his $1.24 million CDCresearch grant to adapt an evidence-based intervention for Latinoswith chronic medical diseases. He also currently chairs the Na-tional Advisory Board for a large National Institute of DrugAbuse grant to provide research education and training for com-munity partnered organizations and The University of SouthFlorida to improve services for children and adolescents with sub-stance abuse problems.

Immediately prior to joining The University of Texas at El Paso(UTEP) as Provo st and Vice President of Academic Affairs inFebruary 2011, Gonzales was the founding Dean of the College of Behavioral & Community Sciences and Executive Director of theLouis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute at the Universityof South Florida (USF). Gonzales brought more than 20 years of expertise in the strategy, execution and program/policy develop-ment of academic and research endeavors, collaborations withuniversities, industry, nonprofits and government entities, and aleadership record in scientific portfolio management and higher education fulfilled by prioritizing cross-sector partnerships. Hisdeep and broad experiences were cultivated in different settings – academia (Georgetown, USF), the federal government (NationalInstitutes of Health), and the private for-profit sector (Abt Associ-ates).

Gonzales received his B.A. from Brown University, his M.D. withhonors from the University of Pennsylvania, and his M.B.A. withhonors from the University of Maryland. He completed his resi-dency at the Massachusetts General Hospital and postdoctoral fel-lowship at the National Institute of Mental Health.

GENETICS & VisualImpairments

Presentation By

Juan Angel Jasso, MD Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Medical GeneticsOn

Wednesday August 28, 201310:00 am- 12:00 pm

at Paso del Norte Children’s Development Center 1101 E. Schuster Ave.

Please call 915-544-8484 or email [email protected] confirm your participation.This presentation is FREE!

El Paso, Texas – The City of El Paso Parksand Recreation Department will maintainthe current summer swim schedule for out-door pools through Sunday, August 25,2013.

All outdoor pools will be closed fromAugust 26th – August 30th and will re-open one final time on Labor Day Weekend(August 31st - September 2nd ), before of-ficially closing until Memorial Day week-end in 2014.

All indoor pools will remain opennext week (August 26-30, 2013) andthroughout the year.

School starts Monday and Outdoor Pools will then close until Labor Day Weekend

Information (915) 544-3556

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STARS SCHOLARSHIP FUNDEXPANDS TO EL PASO AND WILL WELCOME GENERAL

COLIN POWELL IN OCTOBER

Stars Scholarship Fund is proud to announce that thefirst annual El Paso Extravaganza will feature 65th Sec-retary of State, General Colin L. Powell, USA (Ret.) onWednesday, October 16, 2013. General Powell is amember of the board of directors of the Council on For-eign Relations. He is on the Executive Leadership Cabi-net of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial and is theHonorary Chairman of the education center for the Viet-nam Veterans Memorial. He also serves on the board of the Smithsonian Institute’s African American Museumof History and Culture.

His autobiography, My American Journey, was a bestseller and has been published in more than a dozen dif-ferent languages. His second book, It Worked For Me,reveals the lessons that shaped his life and career andwas an instant best-seller when it was published in May2012.

The 2013 Stars Extravaganza is a private event. We in-vite local businesses to support our initiatives by be-coming sponsors of the 2013 El Paso Extravaganza. Our sponsors will enjoy the benefits of attending the Extrav-aganza, which includes a private event prior to the pres-entation by General Powell on “Diplomacy: Persuasion,Trust & Values” and year round media exposure. Starsexpenses are underwritten by L&F Distributors and An-heuser-Busch, enabling Stars Scholarship Fund to direct100 percent of every dollar contributed by sponsors to-

wards student scholarships.

This year’s event will be the 1st Extravaganza held in ElPaso. The Stars Extravaganzas have historically beenheld in Laredo, the Rio Grande Valley and in CorpusChristi. Previous presenters for our events have in-cluded Seth Meyers, Karl Rove and Steve Forbes.Stars Scholarship Fund is proud of the partnerships thathave been formed with hundreds of businesses, organi-zations, colleges and universities since inception in2002. Together our joint efforts have helped raise nearly$19 million and assisted 9,199 students from our com-munity receive a higher education through scholarships.Stars Scholarship Fund is proud to expand in to El Pasothis year and to serve the students of west Texas.The 2012 Stars Extravaganzas held in the three markets

proved to be extremely successfu l. The funds that wereraised will translate to $2.3 million in scholarships toassist 1,100 students for the 2013/2014 academic year.The number of scholarships Stars Scholarship Fund canaward is directly related to the success of our Extrava-ganzas, therefore we strive to ensure each Extravaganzais better than the last. With the addition of the El PasoExtravaganza, Stars Scholarship Fund will be able to as-sist more students for the 2014/2015 academic year

from both south and west Texas.To become a sponsor of the 2013 Stars Extravaganza inEl Paso or for more information on the Stars Scholar-ship Fund, please visit our website atwww.StarsScholarship.org.




Business BriefAttorney Eric B. Darnell was recently honored by the TexasBar Foundation. Darnell was elected as a Fellow of the TexasBar Foundation. Fellows of the Foundation are selected for their outstanding professional achievements and their demon-strated commitment to the improvement of the justice systemthroughout Texas. One-third of one percent of Texas State Bar members are invited to become Fellows every year. Oncenominees are selected, they must be elected by the Texas Bar Foundation Board of Trustees. Membership has increasedfrom 254 Charter Fellows in 1965 to more than 7,500 Fellowsthroughout Texas. Darnell is a licensed attorney in all stateand federal courts in Texas and New Mexico. Darnell main-tains an active litigation docket in both states as well as beinglicensed and maintaining an active docket in additional, spe-cialized Federal Courts.

Amber and Steve Mostyn Give Record $2 Million Donation toSpecial Olympics Texas AUSTIN -- Special OlympicsTexas has received a $2 milliondonation—its largest individualgift ever—from Houston attor-neys Amber and Steve Mostyn.

The donation, which was madeto the SOTX Capital Cam-

paign, will go toward buildinga new SOTX headquarters innortheast Austin. The contribu-

tion joins a $2 million lead giftfrom the GEO Group, whichsponsors a yearly golf tourna-ment benefiting SpecialOlympics Texas.

The Mostyns' gift honorsAmber's mother, Christi Stan-ley, who passed away recently.

Amber Mostyn said, “Mymother had a special place inher heart for those with specialneeds. One of her first jobs wasat the Fort Worth State School.I grew up hearing her talk about what a privilege it had

been to work there. I cannotthink of a better way to honor my mother than to contribute toSpecial Olympics Texas. I am

blessed to be able to do so and

to have a husband who sharesmy mother's passion for givingto others."

The new 20,000-square-footstatewide headquarters willcontain offices, meeting spaceand teleconferencing facilities,as well as a Family ResourceCenter and high-tech trainingrooms for coaches, volunteers,

athletes and medical profes-sionals.“We are beyond thrilled bySteve and Amber's generousgift. Their dedication to indi-

viduals with intellectual dis-abilities is obvious, and we are

proud that the Mostyns havechosen to honor Amber's latemother with this donation,”said Billy Glass, chairman of the SOTX Capital Campaignand father of a SpecialOlympics Texas athlete. “Thisgift is phenomenal.”SOTX has now raised more

than $4 million of the $6 mil-lion of the expected cost of thenew facility.“We are excited to be so closeto our fundraising goal. This

new building will help us tomake even more dreams cometrue for Texans with intellectualdisabilities,” said Rudy Lopez,chair of the Special OlympicsTexas board and Fort Worthresident.SOTX will host a ceremonialgroundbreaking at the site onFriday, Sept. 6. Construction onthe new facility is expected to

begin later this year, with theorganization moving into the

building in early 2015.For more information about theCapital Campaign and the new

facility, see www.sotx.org/capi-talcampaign.

Co-Sponsors: Coca-Cola Refresh-ments, Food Town, H-E-B Tourna-ment of Champions CharitableTrust and the Law EnforcementTorch Run

To learn more, visit www.spe-cialolympicstexas.org or call

800.876.5646. Engage with uson: Twitter @SOTexas;fb.com/SpecialOlympicsTX;youtube.com/specialolympics-texas.

Cornyn Op-Ed: Fort Hood Shooting Victims,

Families Deserve Full Compensation, Benefits‘We have a sacred obligation to take care of those among us who are willing to put themselves in harm’s way so that the rest of us can live free and peaceful lives’

DALLAS – U.S. Senator JohnCornyn (R-TX) authored thefollowing op-ed in The KilleenDaily Herald:

Fort Hood Shooting Victims,Families Deserve Full Com-pensation, Benefits U.S. Sen.John Cornyn The Killeen DailyHerald August 18, 2013http://kdhnews.com/opinion/letters/fort-hood-shooting-victims-families-deserve-full-compen-sation-benefits/article_73ffd0ec-07b5-11e3-861c-0019bb30f31a.html

As the trial of Maj. NidalHasan draws the eyes of the na-tion, let us direct that attention

to those who deserve it: the vic-tims and their families.

The strength and resilience of the Fort Hood community islegendary. No U.S. military in-stallation has deployed moretroops into overseas theaters of

combat since Sept. 11, 2001,than Fort Hood, and none haveendured more combat casual-ties in both Operation EnduringFreedom and Operation IraqiFreedom.

Twelve soldiers and one civil-ian were killed at Fort Hood onthat November day in 2009.Over 30 were injured.Among the dead were MichaelCahill, a 62-year-old civilian

physician assistant, and Capt.John Gaffaney, 56, who wereshot down as they charged theshooter. Their bravery and their heroism saved lives.

Also among the dead was

Francheska Velez, a 21-year-old private first class whoserved honorably in Iraq. Shewas six weeks pregnant.

These men and women camefrom all walks of life and everycorner of the nation, but they

were bound together by a loveof country and a desire to serve.As a country, we must ensurethat the dead, the wounded, andthe families of the victims re-ceive the full honors and bene-fits bestowed upon soldierswho are wounded or killed inoverseas combat zones andtheir families.

Unfortunately, we have not yetlived up to that commitment.To date, no Purple Hearts or thecivilian counterpart, the Medalfor the Defense of Freedom,have been awarded to the vic-tims. Many of the benefits asso-ciated with serving in overseascombat zones have been simi-

larly withheld. Benefits likehostile fire pay and specialcompensation for combat-re-lated disabilities. And familiesof victims are being denied theadditional life insurance bene-fits and associated tax relief that they are due.

This is wrong, and it requiresour immediate attention. To thatend, I am currently drafting leg-islation that would make theFort Hood victims and their families eligible for all the hon-ors and benefits available totheir comrades serving in over-seas combat zones.

This is not completely without precedent. After the Sept. 11terrorist attacks, the Depart-ment of Defense awarded thePurple Heart to victims in uni-form and the Medal for the De-fense of Freedom to their civilian colleagues. The FortHood victims deserve equaltreatment.

Looking forward, I am opti-mistic that my legislation willgarner broad, bipartisan supportand be adopted in the upcomingdefense authorization bill.

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By: “Doppler” Dave Speelman

A n s w e r : A – I s a a c N e w t o n

What scientist explained how rainbowsare formed?

Our Spectacular Rainbows

A. Isaac NewtonB. Albert EinsteinC. Louis PasteurD. Edwin Hubble

Weather Trivia:

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Weather 101

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Spotlight E.P.Weather

“ Doppler" Dave Speelman is the chief meteorologist at KVIA-TV in El Paso. You can watch his forecasts at 4,5, 6 and 10 pm on ABC-7 (channel 6 cable). If you would like Doppler Dave to address (explain) any weather issues you can email him at [email protected] .

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This is a great t ime of year to rainbow watch in El Paso. It’s fairly easy to do when you havethe two necessary ingredients: moisture and sunshine. The thundershowers we had last Sundayallowed me to take a picture of a rainbow right over the Franklin Mountains on the Westside.

Rainbows form when sunlight hits the individual raindrops. Sunlight is white light. But, whenthe sunlight hits the drop, the light is refracted and bounced around in different directions sup-

plying all kinds of colors. There are seven main colors that we see. They are red, orange, yel-low, green, blue, indigo and violet. There are also other colors that fall under ultraviolet andinfrared but we cannot see them. A simple way of remembering the main colors were taught tome when I was taking my meteorology courses. Just remember the first letter of each word – R ichard of York G ave Battle in Vain.

Another thing to remember while looking at a rainbow is that the sun will always be in back of you while the rain is in front. It’s also interesting to note that we all don’t see the same rain-

bow. The person standing right next to you will see light bouncing off different drops from adifferent angle.

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Fort Hood Shooting Victims...Continued from page 8

There is nothing remotely politicalabout this issue. It’s about honoringthe victims and providing assistanceto them and their loved ones.

We are a nation at war, and the loca-tion in which our men and women inuniform come under hostile fire

should not unduly prejudice themand their families from receiving thefull honors, recognition and benefitsassociated with their courageousservice.As a country, we have a sacred obli-

gation to take care of those among uswho are willing to put themselves inharm’s way so that the rest of us can

live free and peaceful lives. We mustnot let them down.

Senator Cornyn serves on the Finance and Ju-diciary Committees. He serves as the top Re-

publican on the Judiciary Committee’s Immigration, Refugees and Border Security

subcommittee. He served previously as Texas Attorney General, Texas Supreme Court Justice,and Bexar County District Judge.

SUN METRO INVITESUTEP FOOTBALL FANSTO PARK AND RIDE***Take the bus directly to home games from any of our 6 parkand ride locations***

El Paso, Texas – Parking at and near UTEP will be at a premium this year, butfootball fans have an alternative! SunMetro is offering SIX Park and Ridelocations and direct bus service to ALL2013 UTEP HOME GAMES.

The season opener between the Minersand the UNM Lobos will kick off at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. Pick-uptimes will vary depending on location(see page 2); however, most trips willtake place at 4:30 p.m.

The public is reminded that the outsidelanes along Oregon Street are bus-onlylanes — parking is NOT allowed. Don’trisk being towed!

Bus trips are $3 roundtrip—reducedfares and bus passes will NOT be ac-cepted on the special routes. Children 5and under ride free and must be accom-

panied by an adult.

Parking at most Sun Metro facilities isfree, except at the Union Plaza TransitTerminal ($5 flat fee before 9 p.m.) andthe Glory Road Transfer Center ($10 flatfee). Parking is on a first-come, first-served basis.

This year Sun Metro is introducing aNEW Park and Ride location at Edge-mere near R.C. Poe. The new Park and Ride location is ideal for El Pa-soans who live near or east of Joe Bat-tle Boulevard/Loop 375.

SEE COMPLETE LOCATIONS, ON-LINE ATWWW.SUNMETRO.NET/FOOTBALL.

PASSENGERS ARE REMINDED TOHAVE EXACT CHANGE FOR THE

FARE BOX . Drivers can providechange cards for bus-use only, but DO

NOT have access to currency.

The drop-off sites will be around Memo-

rial Gym, located on the north end of theSun Bowl Stadium.

Return trips will begin at the end of the3rd quarter. Fans will be picked up at theSAME location as the drop-off site for each of the routes.

IMPORTANT TIPS TOREMEMBER:■ Bus service may be delayed beforeAND after the game due to traffic con-gestion■ NO FOOD or DRINKS allowed on the

buses■ NO COOLERS or UMBRELLAS al-lowed in the Sun Bowl (see full list of

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parking garages

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UNION PLAZA TRANSIT TERMINAL400 W. San AntonioParking: $5 per vehicle before 9 p.m.($10 per vehicle after 9 p.m.)Cost: $3 round-trip fareRoute: 204 SpecialPick-up times: 4:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.

MISSION VALLEY TRANSFER CENTER9065 Alameda Ave.Parking: FreeCost: $3 round-trip fareRoute: 3 Special (Bay B)Pick-up time: 4:30 p.m.

WESTSIDE TRANSFER CENTER7535 Remcon Cir.

Parking: FreeCost: $3 round-trip fareRoute: 18 Special (Bay D)Pick-up times: 4:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.Continues on next page

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How Business Can Help Us Avoid theLooming Retirement Crisis

By Denise Bowyer

I am a business leader, a baby boomer,

and a consumer. In each of these roles, Iam concerned about retirement security – or should I say, the lack of it? But it is inmy role as a business leader that I havethe most concern. In business when vi-sion and business plans collide, disaster normally follows.

Like me, many hard-working Americanshold a vision of retirement based in finan-cial security. I imagined a comfortableseat in a comfortable home on a sturdythree-legged financial stool. For most

Americans today however, that sturdythree-legged stool, made up of social se-curity, employer pensions and privatesavings, is broken, wobbly and missing aleg or two.Business leaders, working Americans andthe policy makers who represent us arefaced with a choice. We can either changeour vision, or fix the problem.Business is driven by confidence that aconsumer will want to – and be able to – to purchase a good or service. A surveyof small business owners recently re-leased by the American Sustainable Busi-ness Council (ASBC) showed that 70%

believe that the lack of retirement secu-rity is a threat to business and the overalleconomy. They understand that businesscannot be sustained unless it has a sus-tainable customer base, including older Americans.

The solution should be a combination of public policies that strengthen social se-curity, ease the path for employers to

offer and administer transparent defined benefits or defined contribution plans, promotes personal responsibility and fi-

nancial literacy. Here’s how to do it oneleg a time.The first leg is Social security. It touchesthe lives of most Americans, and todayfor many working families it is the onlyleg of their retirement stool. At its found-ing it was not meant to be the only sourceof income, but to replace only about 40%of a workers income for retirement.That’s a little more than half of the 70%of pre-retirement income that researchsuggests for a decent sustainable retire-ment. The mechanism of social security,

equal employer and employee contribu-tions coupled with payroll deduction,have proven to be a winning combinationfor 57 million Americans currently re-ceiving benefits to the tune of $1,200 per month. Strengthening social securityshould be the single issue that all busi-ness people agree on.

There is no longer a universal second legon the retirement stool. Employer-spon-sored defined and contributed benefit

plans are weak and/or broken . It is busi-ness’ interest to protect the last bastion of defined benefits still in existence.It is also in business interest to find costeffective solutions in implementing andexecuting employer sponsored plans. Inthe ASBC survey of small business own-ers, cost not values was cited as the single

biggest obstacle to offering a retirement plan. There needs to be a way for pu blic policy to reward small business whowould offer a portable, universal, trans-

parent, retirement supplement to their

workers. America’s future retirees andolder business customers are the 50% of workers without an employer sponsored

retirement plan. The average balance in a401K today, hovers around $80,000.Half of Americans don’t even have thatoption. A sound second leg option wouldgo a long way towards helping the 67%of small business owners who do not cur-rently offer a retirement plan.

The third leg of the retirement stool issupposed to be personal savings. Unfortu-nately, for most workers, savingsamounts to three percent of their retire-ment needs at best. Today, most workers

use savings for emergencies not retire-ment. In a time of flat and decliningwages, saving for retirement is not realis-tic.

The solution to the lack of financial re-sources for retirement chosen by manywho can is simply to work longer. For some of course, that is not an option. Andeven those who do often wind up beinglaid off from career jobs and forced totake low-wage jobs.Business leaders are some of the bestvoices offering solutions to real life is-sues that affect our communities and im-

pact our bottom line. We should listen tothem. A wobbly, one-legged stool simplycannot support business or our customersfor the long haul.

---------------- Bowyer is Vice President of American In-

come Life Insurance Company, based inWaco, TX, and serving two million policy

holders.

Continued from page 11NORTHEAST TRANSIT TERMINAL9348 Dyer Dr.Parking: FreeCost: $3 round-trip fareRoute: 42 Special (north side of terminal)Pick-up time: 4:30 p.m.

EASTSIDE TRANSIT TERMINAL1165 Sunmount Dr.Parking: Free

Cost: $3 round-trip fareRoute: 59 Special (boarding along Sunmount)Pick-up times: 4:30 p.m. and 5 p.m.

EDGEMERE @ R.C. POE PARK AND RIDEEdgemere near R.C. Poe (one block west of Rich Beem Blvd.)Parking: FreeCost: $3 round-trip fareRoute: 75 SpecialPick-up time: 4:30 p.m.

REMEMBER:

HAVE EXACT CHANGE FOR THE FARE BOX($3 per person/round trip; ages 5 and under are free)Return trips will begin at the end of the 3rd quarter Fans will be picked up at the SAME location as the drop-

off site for each of the routes

BUS ROUTES...



An elegantly tailored suit a

la BananaRepublic's

"Mad Men"collection is a

greatinvestment

for work wearthis fall.

Photo courtesy of Banana

Republic.

Sharon Mosley

Back to school, back to work. As we celebrate Labor Day and the end of summer, it's time to get down to businessagain and rethink those professional wardrobes.

"What to wear to work is an issue that's more complicatedthan merely adhering to a dress code," says Lisa Arm-strong, author of "Harper Bazaar Fashion: Your Guide to

Personal Style." The good news according to Armstrong isthat what we do choose to wear professionally is "an op-portunity to express your individual style."

Here are some guidelines from "Harper Bazaar" for workinggirls everywhere that are ready to leave the flip flops be-hind and put some power into their office attire:

—As a rule of thumb, the best cues come from your boss. If she's immaculate, then make time for groom-ing. If she has a slightly haphazard attitude about her ap-pearance, then a low-key approach, withoutcompromising your own standards, is wise. Don't subli-mate your personality, but develop a complementary style. It is basic modern-business etiquette.

—Identifying a uniform, however loosely you endup interpreting it, is a useful exercise because it helps youto concentrate on investment pieces. Do your colleague'sflannel pants and fine-gauge crewnecks ooze relaxed au-thority? Then think about how you could mirror that in yourown way. Maybe it's with a straight, dark skirt, a pretty blouse and a pair of wedge shoes. Perhaps, the office

vibe is more iconoclastic. In that case, you'd be amazedhow useful a well-cut leather jacket can be.

—One fabulously timeless jacket is where thebulk of your investment should go. Find something in amedium or lightweight wool, since you don't want a jacketthat spends most of its office life draped over the back of

your chair. A little bit of stretch means the jacket will retainits shape on business trips, and luxe materials will elevateeven jeans.

—Save the throwaway fashion statements for weekends. Three pairs of pants or three skirts should be

enough for starters. Five tops to every skirt or pair ofpants you own is plenty. Consider medium-to-heavy-weight silk blouses that will look good

with or without a jacket. The bow blouse isa big hit this fall.

—While the dress can bea one-stop piece, smart sepa-rates that can be mixed andmatched will provide work-ing girls with many moreoptions. One good tip:Don't worry aboutexact matches,

work tonally. Steeraway from any-thing overly eye-popping.Instead ofbrights, think

intense, richshades. And yes, you can wear white afterLabor Day!

—Once you've got the piecesin place , mixing textures is an effective

way to achieve a balance of formal and mod-ern. Try, for instance, a tweed jacket with velvetpants or a leather bomber jacket with gabardinepants. They can look exceedingly smart withoutfalling into the deathly trap of boring corporation.

—Finish off your tailored work wear with interesting accessories that express your ownstyle personality. Try a neutral strappy sandal in-stead of classic pumps or a sleek and brightly col-ored handbag. Lighten up power suits with a boldnecklace or big cuff bracelet. After all, even workinggirls want to have some fun!

Sharon Mosley is a former fashion editor of the Arkansas Gazette in Little Rock and executive director of the Fashion Editors and

Reporters Association .COPYRIGHT 2013 CREATORS.COM




sustainaBle liVinG By shawn dell Joyce


Sustainable PopulationOur population is hovering at 7 bil-lion, leading some to wonder if wehave already passed our planet's carry-ing capacity. It took thousands of

years for humans to first establish afirm presence on this earth. Then, our

population began doubling veryquickly. If you are a baby boomer, andwere born in 1945, you have seen the

population double with your birth to2.3 billion. And then double againaround 2003. You even have seen the

population more than triple in the spanof one single lifetime to 7 billion in2012.

Looking at Earth as a whole, we haveabout 22 billion acres of usable land.

This is contains about 3.3 billion acresof farmland, 8.4 billion acres of pas-tureland and 10.1 billion acres of forestland. Not all of the land is fertile,

which will affect its ability to producefood. We also must share this landwith other species already dependentupon that land for survival.

According to Dr. Sidney Liebes' book "A Walk Through Time, "if the earthwere the scale of a ball that you couldhold in your hand, the amount of us-able farmland would look like a tinyspeck of dust by comparison. Addi-tionally, all the drinkable water wouldlook like a tiny water droplet, whilethe breathable atmosphere would be a

thin coating of shellac.

Our current ecological footprint,which measures how much land it

takes to feed, clothe and shelter a typi-cal American, is about 9.6 globalhectares, compared to the available 1.8global hectares of usable land (accord-ing to Wikipedia). If everyone used re-sources and land the way weAmericans do, we would need threemore planet earths to sustain our popu-lation.

Estimates of the Earth's carrying capacity vary according to which popu-lation you are measuring, since some

populations live more sustainably thanothers. Some scientists say that notonly are we living beyond earth's car-rying capacity, but we are also eatingup future generation's ability to livewithin earth's means. We are literallyemptying the earth's bank accountrather than living off the interest as our ancestors have done, and leaving a"balance due" for future generations.

British geographer, Ernst George

Ravenstein is credited with first esti-mating the carrying capacity of theearth to around 6 billion. Presently, at7.1 billion, more than a billion of our

population does not receive enoughfood energy to carry out a day's work.Even through Ravenstein was operat-ing on statistics from last century, hehit fairly close to home.

Before Ravenstein, the English clergy-man Thomas Robert Malthus arguedthat human population always in-creases more rapidly than food sup-

plies and that humans are condemnedto breed to the point of misery andstarvation. The two hundred yearssince Malthus' essay was first pub-lished have proven him wrong. We canartificially increase food productionabove birth rates and decline in num-

bers in the presence of plenty.

The World Hunger Program at BrownUniversity estimated, based on 1992

levels of food production and an equaldistribution of food, that "the worldcould sustain either 5.5 billion vege-tarians, 3.7 billion people who get 15

percent of their calories from animal

products (as in much of South Amer-ica) or 2.8 billion people who derive25 percent of their calories from ani-mal products (as in the wealthiest

countries)."

Clearly we have passed all sustainableestimates and are now entering the"borrowed time" area of the popula-tion chart. In order to provide the pro-

jected 9 billion people in 2050 with2100 calories per day (what food aidagencies declare as the minimumcaloric intake) we would have to dou-

ble our global agricultural production.Humans have already plowed over most of the usable farmland on the

planet, and there is a limit to anyfield's fertility. Could Malthus be rightafter all?

This is not a new chapter in humanhistory. We have faced starvation be-fore, and triumphed. According toLester Brown, "In the 15th century,Icelanders realized that overgrazing of their grasslands was leading to soilerosion. Farmers then calculated howmany sheep the land could sustain and

allocated quotas among themselves,thus preserving their grasslands and awool industry that thrives today."

Here are some steps youcan take to reduce yourecological footprint.

—Measure your ecolog-ical footprint atwww.myfootprint.org

—Walk, bike or share a

ride instead of driving or flying

—Have a home energyaudit and increase your home's efficiency

—Adopt energy-savinghabits and use "low-tech" clotheslines andcurtains

—Eat local, in seasonand organic, and eat lessmeat

—Invest in a greener home instead of a bigger home

—Buy less, reuse more

—Have smaller familiesand support zero popula-tion growth

Shawn Dell Joyce is an award-win-ning columnist and founder of theWallkill River School in Orange

County, N.Y. You can contact her at [email protected].

COPYRIGHT 2013 CREATORS.COM

Is It too Late to Try Again?Dear John, I met a man on the In-ternet. I loved his answers to my"top 10 questions" on life and love,

but I didn't tell him this. Instead, Ishot off a sarcastic email to him.

Later I sent an apology, and we metfor a date. Unfortunately, the datewent badly because I kept puttingmy foot in my mouth. Needless tosay, I haven't heard from him since.I would like very much to see himagain or even write to him again.What would be my next step?Should I call, or is it too late? — Blew It in Hamilton, Ohio

Dear Blew It , It's never too late tocall back after you've made a mis-take. However, it could be a disaster if you focus too much on your per-ceived mistakes. Instead, act as if itdidn't happen. Be friendly, and don'texpect too much to happen duringthis first call. Just update him onyour recent activities, and act as if everything is fine. A first date is themost important time to put our bestself forward. Remind yourself tothink out the consequences of whatyou say before you say it.

Dear John, After two months of counseling, I'm afraid that our mar-riage is on the rocks. My wife and Ihave two girls, ages 10 and 12. I

love my girls dearly, but the com-munication problems between mywife and me seem to be gettingworse, not better. Do you believe instaying together for the sake of the

children? —Splitting My Heart inBrisbane, Calif.

Dear Splitting, While it's not goodto stay in a dysfunctional marriage"for the sake of the children," it ishealthy to want to create a stable,loving environment for them. Sinceyou're currently in counseling, youand your wife are hopefully moti-vated to work through the blocksthat might be inhibiting the love youonce felt for each other. There isstill a chance that it can be rekin-dled, but it takes time and effort. If,after two months, you aren't feelingany sense of hope, consider chang-ing therapists. Your relationship andyour children deserve the two of you pursuing every avenue open toyou.

John Gray is the author of "Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus." If you have a question, write to John

in care of this newspaper or byemail by going to

www.marsvenus.com. All questions are kept anonymous

and will be paraphrased.COPYRIGHT 2013 JOHN GRAY'S MARS VENUS ADVICE

Mars and Venus By John Gray




wellnews By scott laFee

enerGy express By Marilynn preston'tween 12 and 20 By dr. roBert wallace

He Told My Best Friend ThatHe Likes MeDR. WALLACE: Zachary wasmy date for the Junior-Senior Prom. He is very nice, very cuteand very shy, so I was surprised

when he asked me to the most important school activity of the year.I had a wonderful time, but it waslike pulling teeth to get him tohold a conversation. Most of theevening I asked him questions andhe would give me one-word an-swers like "yes," "no" or "some-times."

This summer, we didn't see eachother much because I was visitingmy grandmother in Cleveland for amonth. But my sister is gettingmarried in three weeks, and I'mgoing to invite him to the wedding.I'm positive he will say yes be-cause he has told my best friend hereally likes me and is working upthe courage to ask me out again.

What can I do to get him to hold aconversation? He is a big sportsfan. —P.J., Orlando, Fla.

P.J.: Asking shy people ques-tions is a good way to get them toopen up, but don't ask questionsthat can be answered with a singleword. Instead of asking, "Do youlike pizza?" say, "Pizza and Frenchfries are two of my favorite foods.What are your favorite foods?" Or instead of saying, "Do you like

sports?" say, "Who is your favorite baseball team?" and then "Howdid they do this summer?" His an-swers might be short and to the

point, but they won't be just "yes"or "no."

The idea is to get him to relax andstart trusting you and feeling com-fortable telling you what's on hismind. When the conversation door has opened a little bit, follow upwith questions that require moredetailed answers. Be sure to listento him and respond to what he sayswith questions and commentsdemonstrating that you've heardhim.

Uncommunicative people oftensimply do not believe anyone elsewill care what they hav e to say.Your job is to show him how inter-ested you are in his ideas, opinionsand feelings. Once he gets com-fortable with the idea of sharinghis thoughts, he'll probably have agreat deal to say. Then you willcontact me again asking what you

can do to keep him quiet!

Dr. Robert Wallace welcomesquestions from readers. Althoughhe is unable to reply to all of them

individually, he will answer asmany as possible in this column.

Email him at [email protected].


Is Confusion Ensured?Over the next few months, much of the publicdiscussion about Obamacare will concern how toadequately explain it to consumers, especiallythose getting health insurance for the first time.

But maybe there's a bigger problem: A new setof multi-university surveys reports that manyAmericans who already have health insurancedon't understand how their plans work — even

when they think they do. The findings are pub-lished in the Journal of Health Economics.

Participants were assessed on their knowledge of four basic traditional insurance concepts: de-

ductible, copay, co-insurance and out-of-pocketmaximum. While the majority expressed confi-dence in their insurance knowledge, researchersfound that only 14 percent accurately understoodall four concepts.

The researchers said the findings are worrisome,in no small part because the changing face of health care will increasingly depend upon con-

sumers making well-informed comparisons andchoices between differing healthcare plans.

"It is strange, in my opinion, that the insurancemarket has evolved so, that so few individuals

understand the fundamentals of the medical in-surance plans they are insured under," saidGeorge Loewenstein, a professor of economicsand psychology at Carnegie Mellon and one of the study authors.

"Insurance plans incorporate all sorts of incen-tives designed to encourage customers to makespecific types of decisions. What is the likeli-

hood that they are going to respond to these in-centives if they can't understand the most basicelements of plan design?"


Google Burger Alert!Where’s the Beef?

The world's first test tube burger made

its debut in London's West End on Aug.5, 2013. It was pan fried in butter — alot of butter — and eaten in front of TVcameras that recorded every bite. The 5-ounce patty of synthesized cow musclestrands cost about $330,000 to developand didn't even include fries. I don'tknow about you, but this historic andhighly publicized news event left mefeeling a little sick to my stomach.

And I wasn't the one who tasted it.

"I would say it's close to meat," said oneof two official taste testers, Austrian nu-tritionist Hanni Ruetzler, adding a verysubdued, "It's not that juicy."

"It was very, very neutral," reportedfood writer Josh Schonwald, author of "Taste of Tomorrow." He said it had theconsistency of "an animal protein cake."Yum-yum. Both foodies agreed the faux

burger lacked fat and flavor.

But not for long. Modern day food tech-nology can make anything taste likesomething. My favorite example is thedill-pickle-flavored potato chip, andthere are countless others. In fact, up-ward of 85 percent of all foods in super-markets have been toyed with by foodtechnologists. So I have no doubt thatvery soon this cultured beef product

will lick the flavor-free problem and

present itself as a tasty and reasonablealternative to meat.

But is it? Isn't there something just a lit-tle creepy about eating a burger con-cocted from 20,000 strands of bovinemuscle, each strand grown in a labora-tory from stem cells taken from two liv-ing cows?

“We are producing meat,”says the lead researcher, professor Mark

Post of Maastricht University. "It's justnot in a cow."

And that's only part of the good news,says Post. He's a mad scientist all right,

but not in the ways you'd suspect. Post

is upset by the damage being done to

our environment by industrialized meat production. He and his team and back-ers believe in the power of lab-made

burgers to save the planet and protectinnocent animals that otherwise might

be killed in cruel ways. And this iswhere the Franken-burger story gets re-ally interesting and deliciously compli-cated.

The worldwide demand for meat is onthe rise. Not in my neighborhood,where people care deeply about their colons, but certainly in the world atlarge, especially in China and India,where eating meat is a sign of status.

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Your Money TemperamentTo loosely assess your money temperament, con-sider the following premise, then choose the re-sponse closest to what you would do:

Your rich uncle gets wind of your desperate need for transportation. In a surprise move, he sendsyou $15,000 with instructions to buy a car. Whatdo you do?

a. Make a $15,000 down payment onyour dream car.

b. Pay cash for a $15,000 car.

c. Exercise extreme patience , flexibility, con-sumer savvy and negotiating skills to find adandy used, late-model, low-mileage, well-main-tained car for $7,500, then stash $7,500 into a

savings account.

Putting aside your humble author's obvious bias,let's analyze the options.

TWICE THE PRICEIf you responded A, you are prone to live your life for twice the price. You don't mind paying in-terest and monthly payments because that's the

way to get what you want. You're just d oing the best you can to maximize your income so youcan drive a reliable car.

You depend on consumer credit to bridge the gap between your income and your expenses. It's easy

and convenient. Becauseyou pay double-

digit interestrates on your re-volving debt,you end up paying twice,or more, for the

goods and services youcharge. You don't think about pay-

ing double. You live for today, assumingthat tomorrow will take care of itself.

FULL PRICE

If your response was B, you are OK with the full price. When you have money, you don't hesitateto spend it. You're a cash buyer, not a wheeler-dealer, and you prefer to just pay the asking

price. No hassles, no problems. You have a cashmentality. You pay as you go. If you like it, you

buy it. If you don't, you wait.

You don't pay attention to prices that much. As a

result, your income matches your lifestyle. Youdon't live beyond your means and never carrycredit card debt. Still, it takes every penny to paythe bills. You live from one paycheck to the next.It seems like you can never get ahead.

HALF PRICE

If your choice was C, your temperament isgeared to live your life for half the price. Youenjoy the challenge of living below your means;you try to never pay the fu ll price. You get a thrill

whenever you beat the system. You earn morethan you spend and save the difference.

You know your pr ices; you're patientand know how to pay less than thegoing price for just about every-thing. In fact, you pride yourself onliving your life for half the price. Youlive an understated lifestyle and find greatsatisfaction in being prepared for the unex-

pected. You live below your means, and that

means contentment, joy and a fi-nancially stress-free life.

Back to reality. Of course noone pays twice the price for everything, nor can anyone be as-sured of never paying more than half. My point isthat with every spending opportunity comes achoice. You can choose to go into debt, you candetermine tonot spend more thanyouhaveor youcan

work hard to

pay half the price.

eVeryday cheapskate By Mary hunt

KEEP YOUR COKEINTAKE LIMITEDDR. WALLACE: I'm a Coke addict (the soda

pop kind). I drink up to a six-pack of Cokesdaily. Lately I have been starting to have com-

plexion problems.

My grandfather thinks the soda is causing the problem. Is this possible? If it is, I'll quit drink-ing soda because I'm scared to death of having

a face full of pimples. I'm 16 years old. — Nameless, Goshen, Ind.

NAMELESS: Soft drinks provide empty calo-ries and little else, so you should keep your in-take limited. Fruit juices, low-fat or non-fatmilk, and plain old reliable water would be bet-ter sources of liquids.

But to answer your question, it is extremelydoubtful (almost nil) that your complexion

problem was started or encouraged by softdrinks.

Make an appointment to see a dermatologist.Recent medical research has worked miraclesin curbing teen acne.


'tween 12 and 20 By dr. roBert wallace

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Venus, Jupiter, Pluto and Uranus,all in cardinal signs, line up t o sug-gest that this is the time to make amove toward the future you want.Cardinal signs are indicators of initia-tive. Take it or miss out. Don't stand atthe subway platform of life watchingdoors open and close. This is a timewhen the difference between one re-ality and another is one step. Step in-side and let the train speed you into anew reality.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). You'll beopen to an idea that you wouldn'teven have considered until this week.Strange environments will be a part ofyour experience. On Friday, you'll windup in a place you couldn't have pre-dicted you would be — but you can besure your actions are what led youthere. Whether you stay or go is alsoup to you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20). There arethose who'd like to help you but arenot in a position to do so. Then thereare those who, as well intentioned asthey may be, will give precisely thekind of "help" you don't need. Thisweek will show you someone who cando precisely what you most need. Sodon't miss the oppor tunity. Ask out-right for help.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Thinkabout the best things people have toldyou in your life. Chances are, when

you first heard the wisdom, you didn'tthink much of it. That's the way wis-dom is: It sticks around and waits foryou to be mature enough to under-stand its meaning. You'll give and re-ceive such wisdom this week.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). To oth-ers, it may seem like you are doingseveral things at once. But whatyou're really doing is only one thing ata time. Like a juggler, you catch oneball and release it, catch another and

release it. Your attention to each stepadds up to an optical illusion in whichyou are handling everything at once.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Sometimesyou could open your arms and lovethe whole entire world. But r ight now,what you need most is to pull yourarms tightly around yourself in a kindof soul-hug. Getting the properamount of time alone this week will becrucial to offering yourself some self-appreciation and protection.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). There aremany moving pieces that propel yourlife forward this week, and you r ealizethat in the future you will need otherpieces to move instead of or in addi-tion to the current set. You'll objec-tively understand what has to cometogether in order to set your life inorder. By Wednesday, you'll be readyto make a bold decision.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Most peo-ple will retreat from unfamiliar circum-stances and react with varyingdegrees of trepidation to people, ob- jects and situations they do not under-stand. You'll react differently, lettingcuriosity and spontaneity lead the wayas you happily head right for the verythings others run away from.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Be pa-tient as you get to know people thisweek. They will show themselves to

you slowly instead of letting you knowright away what they are all about.This reserved style will give you botha chance to ease into a course of ac-tion you'll both be comfortable with.There's no reason to rush.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).Some people need to be No. 1 be-cause they are so confident that theythink it's their given spot. Others needto be No. 1 because they are inse-cure. This week you'll need to be No. 1because you have the best idea, andmany will be helped if people do ityour way. So stay on task.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). If youtry to tr eat everyone identically, therewill be problems. Trying to meet eachperson's individual needs won't work,either. You'll only wind up runningaround, doing too much and havinglittle impact. Instead, do what youmost like to do and give your best —

then you'll attract a good fit.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Youwant freedom and security at thesame time — opposites that are diffi-cult to balance. You're bold enough topush the boundaries, but your wisdomand maturity may win out. Just be-cause you can do something doesn'tmean it's a good idea. Winning in theshort term could mean losing in thelong term.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Some-times you feel like a fish out of waterwho's forgotten all about the otherworld that lies beneath the surface ofthe lake. You like to hear stories aboutwhat exists in that world, becausethose tales resonate with somethingdeep inside you. The only way to getback from whence you came is to divein.

THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS: You'll belike the master sculptor, expertlyshaping your personal life into a mar-velous work of art. September bringsnew reasons for and ways of chang-ing your lifestyle to reflect your values.A partner helps you with numerouskinds of support in October, and you'llgladly return the favor in November byusing your talent to promote your part-ner's interests. Romance isn't easy,but it's thrilling through October andNovember. A new income sourceopens up after February's training.

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22 CM + DCI23 Earth: prefix24 Swerve25 Nisi, to lawyers27 Columbus was born a ___30 OK city32 ___ Orange33 Convy or Lahr34 Dull brown38 Ipenema person?39 Richmond's river

40 Once around Sol41 Largest of the seven42 Catch sight of43 Blazing44 Singer in no. 5046 Piano47 Grand or Bryce50 Author Wister51 ___ was saying52 Meadow54 Philanthropy58 Pygmalion, with songs61 He goes out: L.62 Type of jury63 Folk singer Joan64 Tear down65 Fashion66 Certain67 Merganser

DOWN1 Aqua ___2 School on the Thames3 Praise4 Who rang the Bard's bell?5 Once ___, twice shy6 The Heavens7 Pinky or Bruce8 Radio dial letters9 Companion of silks10 Aviv leader11 Stage: Fr.12 Cuzco site13 Clinic brothers19 Grownups21 Undiluted26 Godiva's digits?

27 Silly28 Sponsorship29 St. Philip ___30 Pace31 1934 Nobelist33 Lively party35 Harness part36 Swiss river37 Harte or Maverick39 Decathlon champ Bruce43 Mimic45 Limestone type46 Radio's John Cameron47 Etapes48 Up until now49 Stylish50 Wiser's companion53 Priestly garments55 Campus event56 Extent57 Ragout59 Be under the weather60 Athletes' grp.

By Holiday Mathis

Cardinal Grand Cross week 8/22 - 8/28

DEAR ABBY: I'm writingabout the letter you printedfrom "Somewhere in theSouth" (May 26) who heardsomeone confess to a crime hehad committed at age 12 duringone of his Narcotics Anony-mous (NA) meetings. The per-son asked if he should go to the

police. You advised him to talk about it to the "group leader."

Abby, in a 12-step program, there is no formalleader who has a responsibilityto report anything to the au-thorities. There are usually dis-cussion groups led by someonechosen for the night.

I am not condoningwhat the person did at thatyoung age. It was a horrible

act. But 12-step programs are based on ANONYMITY. Re- porting what is heard at meet-ings is completely against what12-step meetings are all about.It was unfair of you to place re-sponsibility on someone who isthere for his OWN addiction totell on another group member. -- ANONYMOUS IN THE USA

DEAR ANONYMOUS: Ireceived a ton of criticism for my response to tha t letter.Readers like you wrote to pointout that I was misinformedabout how these programswork; others berated me for notinsisting the writer notify the

police immediately.I was -- and still am -

- of two minds on the question.While it would be satisfying tosee "justice done," I could not

bring myself to recommendgoing against the principleupon which these 12-step pro-grams that have helped thou-sands of people is based.Another principle of these pro-grams is that people who havehurt others must make amendsfor what they have done. How-ever, this is the responsibilityof the person who committedthe crime -- NOT someonewho overheard mention of it ata meeting. Read on:

DEAR ABBY: I have been amember of NA for 26-plus

years (drug- and alcohol-freefor that entire time). I alsowork in the field of mentalhealth, where I have certain re-

porting duties as part of my professional code of ethics. I

learned long ago how to sepa-rate my professional responsi-

bilities from my membership in NA. If I obtain informationabout abuse or neglect in theconduct of my profession,THEN I have a duty to act.Should I overhear something ata meeting, in the mall or someother social setting, I have nospecific duty to report. --CLEAN, FREE AND LIVINGLIFE

DEAR ABBY: As a 30-year member, I can say with cer-tainty that some meeting atten-dees are grandiose and othersare mentally ill. I have not in-frequently heard disclosuresthat I later determined to be not

true. The advice for membersoffered by our NA traditions is,"Take what you can use (inone's own recovery) and leavethe rest of what one hears at ameeting." -- CHARLES INILLINOIS

DEAR ABBY: I disagreewith your answer to that letter!Yes, this needs to be reported.If the victim died in that inci-dent, it is a cold case and the

boy's parents -- if they a re stillalive -- would have never hadclosure. There may be siblingswho would want to know whathappened to their brother.

I am not a believer that if you confess to murder in

NA, AA or with a priest in aconfessional that they are

bound not to tell. That is HOG-WASH! For some c rimes Iwould say OK, but not some-thing this serious. -- JIM R.,LANCASTER, CALIF.

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Late Summer ShowsMontreal at Its Best

By Robert Selwitz

Right now is a great time tovisit historical and entertain-ment-rich Montreal. Occupyingmost of the 154-square-mile Is-land of Montreal at the meeting

point of the St. Lawrence andOttawa rivers, this is a fascinat-ing city where weather directlyimpacts the visitor's experience.

In late summer the parks are in bloom, the intriguing and ex-tensive Old Town is at its mostappealing, and the vibrantnightlife and dining scene isoperating at full steam. Indeed,it seems that almost all of Mon-treal's 1.65 million residents aremaximizing their time outdoors.This contrastsgreatly with win-

tertime, whentemperatures plummet andtourism officialscautionwalkersto dress

protec-tively toavoid

po-ten-tialfrost-

bite.

Now all visitors need is a good pair of walking shoes and asun-infused sense of adventure.

Canada's second-largest city,Montreal is a thousand milesfrom the mouth of the St.Lawrence River and 330 milesdue north of New York City.

Seventeenth-century Euro- peans' lust for fur — particu-larly beaver — is what initially

put Montreal on the commer-cial map. Starting in 1642, fol-lowing major efforts on the partof monks to convert native Iro-quois to Christianity, merchantssoon came to trade goods — such as those made from glassor steel — for furs trapped by

Native Americans.

Fur had already spurred the de-

velopment of Quebec City,which was founded in 1609.But according to a local guide,in 1535 Jacques Cartier pre-ceded all Europeans into whattoday is Montreal, mistakenlyassuming he had found great

wealth of an-other kind. His

hopes, andthose of his backers,

were dashed when the "gold"he brought home turned out to

be pyrite — better known as"fool's gold." And the "dia-monds" he uncovered werecommercially undesirableHerkimer quartz.

More than a century later, withQuebec already prospering inthe fur trade, Montreal wasdeemed most worthy of another commercial look. Since thattime, trade has spurred growththat has expanded far beyond

beaver pelts.

One reason for this is that untilthe later building of canals andthe 1959 opening of the St.Lawrence Seaway, ships com-ing down the river could notsail west due to formidablerapids just outside present-day

Montreal. Those rapids haltedCartier's fleet, forcing him tofound his 1535 settlementwhere he did.

Not surprisingly, Old Montrealhugs the St. Lawrence. Here areseveral fascinating museums,cobblestoned streets, and the

Notre-Dame Basilica, where aclever sound-and-light showdepicts Montreal's early history.Erected between 1824 and1829, Notre-Dame's blue-and-gold Gothic Revival interior isreminiscent of Paris' La Sainte-Chapelle. The sound-and-lightshow dramatizes more than 350years of Montreal history via

projections on sheets that act as projection screens then descen dto reveal the beauty of the

basilica.

Smaller and older is the 18th-

century Chateau Ramezay, anelegant residence that is now afine example of upscale lifeduring Montreal's early years.On display are portraits, furni-

ture and household devices.One of the most intriguing is acaged treadmill where a run-ning dog powered the rotis-serie-like spit that otherwiserequired constant turning byhumans.

Then there's Pointe-a-Calliere,Montreal's Museum of Archae-ology and History, located atone of the city's earliest landingsites. A marked tour throughancient foundations takes visi-tors to the location of Mon-treal's first Catholic cemetery,dating to 1643; a re-creation of a 1750 marketplace with virtualcharacters recalling daily life atthat time; and an interactive

fresco detailing the growth of Montreal's harbor in the 1840s.

Also an experience not to bemissed is the narrated presenta-tion that pinpoints key Mon-treal historic points by focusinglight beams on portions of cen-turies-old foundations. All of this is beneath the 19th-centuryRoyal Insurance Building,which, Montreal officialsclaim, is the oldest man-made

structure directly associatedwith the city's founding.

Place Jacques-Cartier, whichfaces City Hall, was long a

public market but is now a cen-ter for entertainment. Other OldTown places to see should in-clude Rue St. Paul, Rue de

Notre Dame, Place d'Armesand St. Jacques Street, which inthe 1920s was called Canada's"Wall Street."

Unlike so many world's fairs or expositions that burden hostcities with "white elephant"

projects, Montreal's Expo '67spurred some extraordinary

pluses. Most prominent are the20 miles of underground pedes-trian walkways — some linedwith shops — that first opened

in 1962, along with Montreal's70-station subway system thatdebuted in 1965.

Warm-weather visitors may notappreciate the benefits of link-ing some 22 miles of malls,shops, restaurants and enter-tainment sites via walkwaysthat parallel 10 downtown sub-way stations, plus additionalareas where the subway doesn'trun. But visitors who come inthe winter, when the legendaryMontreal Canadiens skate atfull force and the excellentMontreal Symphony performs...Continues on next page

Chateau Ramezay is an elegant and historic Old Town residence in Mon-treal. Photo courtesy of Barbara Selwitz.

Pointe-a-Calliere, Montreal's Museum of Archaeology and History

Crowds pack Montreal's Old Town on sunnydays. Photo courtesy of Barbara Selwitz




Continued from page 15

To keep up with the rising demand , the meat industry,aka "industrialized agriculture," has been doing nastythings to our environment. About 70 percent of allagricultural land goes to raising animals for our dinner table. What if it were freed up to feed the planet? Fur-thermore, raising cows uses a lot of energy, degradesthe land and decreases biodiversity, and, I'm not mak-ing this up, cow farts are a leading cause of climatechange.

To help reverse all of this, Sergey Brin — co-founder of Google — decided to pony up about $330,000 tosupport Post and his colleagues. They spent five yearsdeveloping the world's first lab burger. I'm shocked it's

not being called the Google burger. Yet.

"We are all for this," said Ingrid Newkirk, PETA's president and co-founder. "Instead of the millions and billions of animals being slaughtered now, we could just clone a few cells to make burgers or cho ps."

Post even envisions a label on his synthesized, sustain-able burgers-of-the future: "No animals were harmedin The making of this meat."

A much tougher question is: Will humans be harmed inthe eating of this meat? The answer is: We don't know.Of course, the supporters of in vitro technology say it'ssafe. Manufacturers of GMOs — genetically modifiedfoods —say the same thing, and yet there is disturbingevidence to the contrary.

And that's where that queasy feeling in my stomachcomes from. Is it really safe to ingest cow stem cells

bathed in fetal bovine serum? Will cultured beef reallysave the planet? Or is that all clever marketing de-signed to sell mystery meat to an unsuspecting public?Who can you believe?

For now, I still side with Michael "Eat Real Food" Pol-lan: "If it came from a plant, eat it: if it was made in a plant, don't."

ENERGY EXPRESS-O! CHIA PETS GONE WILD

"Potentially, you can do this in your kitchen. You cangrow your own meat. But you have to know what youwant to eat eight weeks in advance." — Mark Post

Marilynn Preston — fitness expert, well being coachand speaker on healthy lifestyle issues — is the creator of Energy Express, the longest-running syndicated fit-

ness column in the country. She has a website,http://marilynnpreston.com and welcomes reader

questions, which can be sent to [email protected].

COPYRIGHT 2013 ENERGY EXPRESS, LTD.

Continued from page 18..in its stunning newhall, will understand why these heated,weather-protected links are so important. In-teresting "UPN" entry points include PlaceVille Marie, Central Station and Square Victo-ria with its iconic art-nouveau style metro sub-way entrance.

Another mid-city must is the multi-structureMontreal Museum of Fine Arts. It occupiesfour sites on both sides of 1379-1390 Sher-

brooke Street West, as well as an undergroundtunnel that links museum components. Un-questionably the province of Quebec's leadingarts museum, its collections include old mas-ters such as El Greco, Tiepolo and Rembrandt,

plus 19th- and 20th-century works by such lu-minaries as Cezanne, Matisse and Picasso.

Also here are wonderful ceramics, fine exam- ples of Asian and Islamic art, an extensive as-semblage of decorative design, and a new areafocusing on the history of Quebec and Cana-dian art. It is easy to spend hours strollingthrough this decidedly user-friendly, well-laid-out museum.

Back outside, Montreal is a fine city for strolling amid its cornucopia of neighborhoods

and ethnicities. Encountering overcoat-cladChassidim and tattooed hipsters on the same

walk would not be surprising. The route mywife and I followed started by taking themetro to the Mount Royal stop then saunteringdown St. Denis Street , which is filled withrestaurants and boutiques. Moving through thetrendy Plateau District, we found intriguingDuluth Street, then turned onto St. Laurent,one of the city's main thoroughfares. After

passing uncountable small shops we arrived atSchwartz's, a genuine Montreal institution thatis best known for its savory smoked meats.

Continuing down St. Laurent towards St.Louis Square, we passed many homes featur-ing one of the city's signature sites, staircasesthat rise directly from street level to secondfloors. The design's goal is to avoid interior stairs that take away living space.

Anyone wanting to explore Montreal's greener

areas should head for Mount Royal Park, de-signed by Frederick Law Olmsted, creator of New York City's Central Park, and St. Joseph 'sOratory of Mount Royal, a favorite pilgrimagesite that honors its founder, Brother Andre,who was canonized in 2010.

Other Canadian must-sees are easily reachedfrom Montreal. These include Quebec City, athree-hour-and-20-minute VIA Rail ride, andOttawa, Canada's federal capital, a slightlymore than two-hour rail ride away.

Robert Selwitz is a freelance writer.COPYRIGHT 2013 CREATORS.COM

The interior of Montreal's Notre-Dame Basilica is reminiscent of Paris' La Sainte-Chapelle. Photo courtesy of Barbara Selwitz.

Montreal...

WHENYOU GOFor more information aboutMontreal: www.quebecoriginal.comor 877-266-5687

Hotel St. Martin is comfortable and

well-located: www.lestmartinmon-treal.com or 514-843-3000.

Montreal Symphony Orchestra:www.osm.ca

Schwartz's: www.schwartzsdeli.comor 514-842-4813

For fine Italian dining on Montreal'sVictoria Square, try Otto Ristorante:

www.ristoranteotto.com.

For rail schedules, tickets anddestinations throughout Canada:www.viarail.ca.


a Greener View By JeFF ruGG



a Greener View By JeFF ruGG

Weeds in Ornamental Grass PlantsQ : You have been talking about weed

control in recent articles, but you have notaddressed my prob-lem. I have severalkinds of large orna-mental grass plants.They have manystems that form largeclumps several feetacross. Some of theornamental grasseshave sharp sandpa-

pery edges to theleaves that make itdifficult to reach into the clump.

There are weeds growing inside and aroundthe clumps. There are lawn grasses, dande-lions, thistles and others that I can't identify.How do I get the weeds when I can't pullthem and can't spray them?

A : Ah, but you can pull and spray them.

There are several steps to take and some of them are even backwards. To hand pullweeds in tall clumps like this, you walk upto the clump backwards and use your legs to

spread the grass out of the way to each side,so that you can bend over and pull theweeds. Then slowly rotate around theclump, pushing the grass out of the waywith your legs. You will need long pants,long sleeves and gloves for some of thesharp leaved grasses. I have pulled a lot of weeds using this method.

In cold climates, ornamental grasses go dor-mant for the winter. In the early spring, usea powered hedge clipper, chainsaw or hand

pruner to cut the clump down to the crown.Give it a good crew cut, but don't scalp thecrown of the plant. Cutting into the crowntissue will cause a bald spot where fewgrass stems will grow. Many times the cen-ter of the grass clump dies out creating aring of grass instead of a clump. You candig up some or the entire clump and recre-ate a clump.

While the clump has a crew cut, you caneasily pull more weeds. At the same time,you can apply pre-emergent weed preventer.You can also spray broad-leaved weed killer to get rid of non-grass weeds. Lawn grassesare harder to pull, but this is the best time tofind all of the runners and to pull them out.

In warm climates, ornamental grasses alsogo dormant, but not always at the sametime. Figure out when each one is dormantand cut it down as described above and thendo the appropriate weed control.

Ornamental grass clumps often flop over and shade the areas around the base of the

plant, shading out most weeds. Since this isnot happening around your plants, you canadd several inches of mulch and pre-emer-gent weed control products such as Preenaround the plants on a regular basis. Preven-tion is much better than trying to pull andspray these weeds.

Q : Help! My vegetable garden is being

taken over by weeds. I have been using ahoe, but I recently cut down one of mytomatoes. I am about to give up on the gar-den for this year. Is there anything I can do?

A : Being taken over by weeds is proba-

bly the reason for most vegetable gard enfailures. The process to fix it starts in thespring, when the garden is planted. The useof lots of mulch, newspapers, weed barrier

cloth and pre-emergent weed controls usingcorn gluten meal will stop or slow weedgrowth to a controllable level. Leaving baresoil exposed to the sun, water and nutrientswill grow weeds for sure.

When weeds are small, hand pulling, spotspraying and hoeing all work, but when theweeds get out of control it is easy to give in.First, let me encourage you to keep at it, be-cause fresh tomatoes and other vegetablesare good for you physically, but also goodfor you mentally once you know that you'vewon and the weeds have lost.

Start small and rescue one tomato, bean, pepper and zucchini at a time. You can hoethe middle of an aisle between rows. Then,hand pull the weeds growing near the baseof a plant. It is often useful to water the gar-den the day before you are going to hand

pull the weeds, so the roots pull out easier.Pulling weeds the day after a rain is also agood time. Every time you go out to weed

just think about the BLT, the stuffed green pepper or the fresh zuc chini bread you aregoing to enjoy by rescuing your garden.

Email questions to Jeff Rugg at [email protected].


liFelonG health By dr. daVid lipschitz


the saVaGe truth on Money By terry saVaGe



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Dr. David Lipschitz

Linus Pauling was a scientific ge-nius but not in the health field. Hedeveloped a theory that if a smalldose of a nutrient was good for you,massive doses must be better. He

postulated that large doses of vita-min C had antiviral properties, pre-vented colds, bolstered the immunesystem and prolonged life. Thanksto him, many Americans are pickledwith vitamin C. And of course, thesame thought has extended to other vitamins and natural products, par-

ticularly those said to contain an-tioxidants.

Cells produce highly toxic oxidantscalled free radicals. If not immedi-ately neutralized, free radicals candamage cells to the point they un-dergo irreversible transformationthat sets them on a path toward be-coming malignant. With aging, acell's ability to neutralize free radi-cals becomes impaired, leading to areduced ability to fight infection anda higher prevalence of heart diseaseand cancer. The belief is that takingantioxidants protects cells, keepingthem healthy, disease-free and slowto age.

The most recent buzz in this area isthe belief that resveratrol, an antiox-idant in red wine, prolongs life, re-duces risk of heart disease andstroke and even delays the onset of Alzheimer's. The resveratrol revolu-tion started some years ago, whenmany research reports documentedthe health benefits of red wine thatincluded a lower risk of heart at-tacks and strokes. Research in smallanimals showed that resveratrol pro-

longed life.

Two glasses of red wine containvery small amounts of resveratrol.Because of the principle that moremust be better, tablets containingmassive amounts of resveratrol soonappeared on the market. At last, alongevity pill! Take this natural,side-effect-free supplement and liveforever.

A little may be good. More is notnecessarily better.

A study published in the prestigiousJournal of Physiology examined thecombined effects of exercise andresveratrol on health. Twenty-sevenmen, all 65, who were healthy butinactive, were all put on a vigorousexercise program that includedstrength training and aerobics. Half received 250 mg of resveratrol dailyand the remainder a sugar pill(placebo). After eight weeks, thosetaking the sugar pill had a lower

LDL (bad) cholesterol level andlower blood pressure. Resveratrol,on the other hand, eliminated the

positive effect of exercise on choles-terol and blood pressure, along withthe amount of oxygen delivered tomuscles during exercise. This in turnimpaired maximum exercise toler-ance.

Why should a large dose of an an-tioxidant have these negative ef-fects? The research suggests that

production of oxidants during exer-cise has health benefits and that neu-tralizing them with antioxidants canimpair the appropriate response toexercise.

Resveratrol is not the only antioxi-dant known to do the opposite of what is hoped. There is evidencethat excessive doses of vitamins A,C and E, as well as beta-carotene,either have no effect or can increaserisk of cancer, heart disease andAlzheimer's. Moreover, they alsoimpair exercise benefits.

In America, over-nutrition and obe-sity are far more common than mal-nutrition and starvation.

Nutritionists have developed a rec-

ommended daily allowance (RDA)of every nutrient. This is calculated by determining twice the amount inthe diet required to assure the ab-sence of deficiency in 95 percent of individuals, based on age and sex. Itis not surprising, therefore, that evenhealthy individuals who consumeless than the recommended RDAwill rarely have evidence of nutri-tional deficits.

Based upon these facts, there is es-sentially no concrete evidence thattaking a large dose of a nutritionalsupplement will improve health,longevity or risk of disease. This in-cludes resveratrol or other vitaminsthat almost always have no benefitand may in fact harm.

The bottom line — as long as we areillness-free and eating well, weshould presume that our diets ade-quately nourish us. A healthy dietcontaining the best possible pro-teins, fats, carbohydrates and abun-dant vitamins and minerals

promotes health and prevents dis-ease. A glass or two of red winedoes reduce heart attack risk and can

prevent other diseases. If it is theresveratrol in the wine that is benefi-cial — it may not be — then wine isa far better choice than varyingamounts of a chemically preparedsupplement in pill form.

Dr. David Lipschitz is the author of the book "Breaking the Rules of

Aging." More information is avail-able at: DrDavidHealth.com


Student Loan DealDoesn’t Help Much

Dr. David Lipschitz

One's Vitality, LongevityAren't Kept in Pill Bottles

When the president signed the student

loan deal restoring lower rates for stu-dent loans, there was bipartisan agree-ment and applause. The politiciansshould stop patting themselves on the

back. While lower rates are important,the overwhelming problem looms large:more than $1 trillion in outstanding stu-dent loans, while a generation graduatesinto a slow job market that makes repay-ment not only difficult, but impossiblefor many.

The ultimate impact on the economywill rival the mortgage crisis. And it hasits roots in the same soil: governmentsubsidies that made people think theycould spend more than they could afford.

Now, they're finding out that like mort-gages, student loans are no free lunch.And unlike credit card debt and mort-gage debt, which can be erased through

bankruptcy and foreclosure , there is al-most no way out of your student loans if you can't repay.

The interest rate deal is good news. The bill that was just signed will keep rateson subsidized Stafford loans from dou-

bling to 6.8 percent — something thathappened automatically on July 1. Nowretroactively to July 1, that rate will dropto 3.86 percent — a rate that will applythrough 2015 for all Stafford loans, bothsubsidized and unsubsidized.

Rates for graduate students will drop to

5.41 percent for graduate Stafford loans,and parental PLUS loan rates will dropto 6.41 percent from the current 7.9 per-cent. Those rates will be in effect for thelife of the loan — though future loanscould carry higher rates.

But that isn't the end of the story. Stu-dent loan rates are still very high — andcould go even higher as a result of thisdeal, since future rates will "float" ac-cording to Treasury note rates.

As part of the deal to adjust the Staffordloan rate, the 2015 rates will be based onan adjustable rate formula, one that wasdiscarded in 2008. For 2015 and subse-quent years, the rates will be based onthe 10-year Treasury note rate (currentlyabout 2.5 percent) plus 2.05 percent.That's pretty close to the newly agreedrate for all Stafford loans.

But, if the economy picks up and the Fedstops supporting lower rates, it's likely

that Treasury note rates could risesharply. That will impact all borrowing — from mortgages to car loans. And itwould also translate directly into higher student loan rates under the new for-mula.

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Continued from page 21... 9.5 per-cent for graduate Staffords and10.5 percent for parents' PLUSloans.

What a shame that formula wasn'tin place for the past three years.During that period, rates on 10-year Treasuries were as low asabout 1 percent. When you con-sider that the government itself

borrows for 10 years at a rate justslightly over 2 percent, you realizewhat a bad deal student loans have

been over the past few years !

And that bad deal was made worseas the Congress has funnelled

more money into the direct studentloan program. As a result, untillately our colleges and universitieshave felt no competitive pressureto hold prices steady, or lower them, in order to attract applicants.Since so many students could getseemingly "free" money to pay for college, the market incentives tocompete on price were removed.

Now, that's beginning to change.Universities are recognizing theneed to hold the line on tuition — and even making deals to offer steep tuition discounts for quali-fied early applicants. The changecomes as parents and students fi-nally realize the total cost of their education, including interest, over the years ... and as they begin toquestion the benefit of a higher ed-ucation amidst a tough job market.

Universities know they can't sup-

port their huge fixed overhead if they don't fill their classes. So inaddition to tuition deals, they'recutting back on marginal courseofferings and starting to applytechnology to compete with thegrowing trend of online educationand community college atten-dance. Finally, the marketplace is

beginning to work.

But it's too late for those who have been snookered into graduatingwith a huge burden of debt — a

burden for which there is little re-lief. Those who don't have income,or have low-paying jobs, can go

for the Income Based RepaymentPlan (IBRInfo.org), which reducesthe immediate payment, but letsthe interest burden grow.

And for those who pay on timeand work in selected public serv-ice jobs for 10 years can have their loan balances forgiven at the endof that period. Still, the burden is aheavy one.

And in signing the bill, there is athreat that the problem could goworse. The president said the gov-ernment hasn't "done enough" tocurb the rising costs of a collegeeducation and will have some

plans when the Higher EducationAct is due to be rewritten this fall.But as we learned with mortgagesubsidies, and will soon learn withhealth insurance subsidies, moregovernment "help" just creates ex-

pensive distortions.

Without the support of these stu-dent loan subsidies, collegeswould face pricing pressure from

parents who rebel against payingexorbitant fees to have their kidssit in huge lecture halls takingnotes. All that can be done on line

— where students can have acce ssto the best professors at very lowcost. Or at a community college,where room and board costs arelimited to the spare bedroom.

That kind of education revolutionwon't pay for ivy-covered build-ings — but it will put students in afar better financial situation when

they get their degrees. They canthen go out and work toward thefuture, instead of paying off the

past. And that's The Savage Truth.

Terry Savage is a registered in-vestment adviser and is on the

board of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. She appears weekly on

WMAQ-Channel 5's 4:30 p.m.newscast, and can be reached at www.terrysavage.com. She is the

author of the new book, "The NewSavage Number: How Much

Money Do You Really Need to Re-tire?"

COPYRIGHT 2013 TERRY SAVAGE PRODUCTIONS

Student Loan... When Less Is a Bore, Add Art

Q : How to handle the little wall be-

tween two windows in our dining room.A small table will fit, but what about allthat bare space above? We have l1-footceilings!

A : A bare wall is one of two things: a

calm respite from over-decorating or anopportunity to make an interesting deco-rative statement.

As I often agree that "less is a bore,"let's go with making that decorativestatement. That's how Rick Ingenthron

of Woodson Antiques and Interiors(www.woodsonantiques.com) decided tohandle the tall wall space between thetwo ceiling-high windows in the librarywe show here.

Rick was among the designers whodecked out rooms in the Kansas City44th-annual Symphony Showhouse lastspring. Tall windows were the main ar-chitectural feature in his room, and Rick took full advantage, dressing them informal silk draperies under which he in-stalled unusual "shadings" that look like

plantation shutters but are, Rick says,"much more elegant and sophisticated."

As he points out, "Silhouette" shadings(made by Hunter Douglas, hunterdou-glas.com) "filter the harsh light and pro-vide great diffused light for reading."Both are nice thoughts for a library.

Framed by the window treatments, thatsmall, tall wall space becomes a verticalart gallery. Rick framed and matted aquartet of engravings and stacked themtoward the ceiling in the mode of l9th-century art collectors. The table lamp isthe finishing touch to the arrangement,which is a good idea for a dining room,too. Although a center-ceiling light fix-ture is almost standard issue in a diningroom, I love the intimacy low lamplight

can add to the dinner table.

Q : My 3-year-old son has been diag-

nosed with asthma. The doctor has givenme a list of things to avoid, such as car-

peting and curtains in his room that cancatch dust.

I'm wondering if I should put down a re-silient floor that can be damp-mopped.That seems so cold for a little guy. Anyother suggestions?

A : I'm a room doctor, not a medical

doctor, so my best advice is to followyour allergist's recommendations.

That said, however, I can tell you that ahardwood floor is warmer, "softer" andmore welcoming than other hard sur-faces; plus, hardwood can also bemopped dust-free.

The operative word here is "damp-mopped." Water and wood are mortalenemies, but a quick swish is admissi-

ble.

Here's another Rx idea that just came tomy inbox, a new anti-microbial doormatinvented by a mother who was also wor-ried about her child's environment. Deb-

bie Glassman's Dr. Doormat promises tostop germs, toxins, odor-causing bacte-ria, pesticides and heavy metals cold atyour front door.

Made in the U.S., Dr. Doormat is alsoeco-friendly, according to the manufac-turer. It's made of recycled polypropy-lene yarns, backed by natural rubber andcarries a five-year guarantee. Worth in-vestigating at drdoormat.com.

Rose Bennett Gilbert is the co-author of "Manhattan Style," and six other books

on interior design.COPYRIGHT 2013 CREATORS.COM

Who says books are anendangered species?Certainly not the de-

signer of this quiet, ele-gant home library.

Photo: Hunter Douglas.




Video GaMe reViews By JeB hauGht

'Tales of Xillia' is Charming

DEVELOPER: Namco Bandai

PUBLISHER:

Namco BandaiSYSTEM: Sony PlayStation 3PRICE: $59.99ESRB RATING: TeenREVIEW RATING: 4.0 stars(out of 5)

It's not surprising that tradi-tional Japanese role-playinggames gave way to actionRPGs when the majority of video game developmentmoved from Japan to the U.S.,

but I didn't expect JRPGs to al-most die out. Fortunately,there's been a resurgence in thelast year, and "Tales of Xillia"

stands out as one of the best of the bunch!

Right from the start, players aregiven the choice to play as a

mys-terious and powerful girlnamed Milla or amedical student

named Jude. Both charactersfollow the same storyline, sothe point of view is the maindifference. Basically, they meetduring a crisis and together theymust destroy a secret weapon

before the Kingdom of Rash-agul starts an all-out war.

Aside from the main storyquests, players are free to ac-cept a wide variety of optionalquests in each town they en-counter. Some may require the

player to fetch food or other items while others task playerswith defeating certain enemies.

They don't stray much fromstandard RPG quests, but theydo offer nice rewards and helpcharacters gain new levels.

One cool idea is how donatingextra items acquired throughoutthe adventure to the same shopwill upgrade it to offer newitems. I also like how I get tochoose which stats, as well aswhich skills, are upgradedwhen I gain a new level.

Combat works like most JRPGsin that players control one char-acter while the A.I. controls theother three allies as they fightenemies. Each character getsone attack, or they can belinked together for powerfulcombo attacks that differ withthe characters being used. As a

result, it's fun to explore whichcharacters combo attacks are

best suited against certain ene-mies.

Both newcomers and fans of traditional RPGs will enjoy

playing "Tales of Xillia"

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ESRB RATING: EveryoneREVIEW RATING: 4.0 stars (o ut of 5)

Modern consoles let players customizethe background music of most games,

but what about actually changing itduring game play? Well, "Beatbuddy:Tale of the Guardians" is an unusualadventure game that requires playersto interact with original songs whilesolving puzzles in order to progress.

Players assume the role of Beat, whoalong with his sisters Melody and Har-mony, are the guardians of a surrealis-tic undersea world called Symphonia.When a self-absorbed prince wakens

Beat from his slumber, only he can tra-verse the aquatic labyrinth to restore peace and ... err ... harmony.

I really enjoy how the undersea envi-ronment revolves around the music for each level. For starters, creatures moveand attack to the beat, which creates a

soothing rhythmic vibration that flowsover each level. This makes the chang-ing music integral to the game instead

of just a repetitive looping song.

Players can interact with the music in

several ways, such as bouncing off asea anemone bass drum to not onlycreate a drum sound, but also fly

through obstacles. It's also fun to punch the clam conductor so you c an pass through his retracted ban d of spiky hooligans before their spikes re-turn. Another cool feature is how someenemies only take damage when

punched in time with the beat.

Some areas let players hop into adurable undersea vehicle equippedwith a powerful machine gun that addsvariety to game play. The machine guncomes in handy for destroying bothobstacles and enemies. In addition, thevehicle moves along in pulse witheach level's beat and also has a short

but useful boost if players push the button on the right beat.

Addictive and unusual game playcombined with great music and a cutemain character makes "Beatbuddy:Tale of the Guardians" deserve astanding ovation.

COPYRIGHT 2013 CREATORS.COM.

"Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians"


Free Public Museum Tour • Saturday August 31 2013 • 2:00 to 3:00 pm • FreeAdmission



Free Public Museum Tour Saturday, August 31, 2013 2:00 to 3:00 pm Free Admission

On this Labor Day weekend we invite everyone to getto know their community better by exploring the pre-history of our region. Small groups and individuals areinvited to tour the El Paso Museum of Archaeologygalleries with our Curator of Education, Marilyn Guida.Large groups can schedule their own free tour on an-

other day by calling 915-755-4332.

Visitors learn about the prehistoric people of El Paso,Mexico, New Mexico and Arizona. They’ll take a jour-ney through 14,000 years of Indian heritage includingthe Paleoindians, Archaic hunter-gatherers, PitDweller-Horticulturalists, Pueblo, Manso, Piro, Suma,Tigua and Mescalero Apache. The museum’s gal-leries also include Mimbres and Casas Grandes cul-

tures, the ancient city of Paquime in Chihuahua, andthe major regions of ancient Mexico – West, Central,North and Maya.Reservations are not necessary but contact the mu-seum with the number of people in your group if youplan to attend at 915-755-4332 or guidamr@elpaso-

texas.gov.

Museum Location: El Paso Museum of Archaeology,4301 Transmountain Road, El Paso, Texas 79924 inNortheast El Paso

Information: 915-755-4332; [email protected]/arch_museum/

Group viewing rock art mural in Diorama Gallery




Q&A Owners need to watchtheir dogs at the park Q : There’s a new dog park in our area, and the rules are gener-

ally pretty good, as long as people follow them. We have a couple of people who bring in multiple dogs at once, including one person who is being paid to exercise do gs. We don’t have a limiton the number of dogs a single person can bring in, but after acouple of incidents, we’re thinking about it. What do you think?

— via email

A : People with multiple dogs, no matter how well-mannered

their pets are, simply cannot stay on top of what all their dogsare doing once the animals fan out. That’s why many parks haveguidelines that address professional dog walkers or people withmany dogs of their own.

Everyone who takes a pet into an off-leash dog park needs to be responsible for the behavior of that animal, watch-ing to be sure the dog is neither bully nor victim and that no onegets hurt. The dog park is not for catching up on one’s reading

or visiting with other people. It is for safely exercising and so-cializing a dog. One dog is hard enough to monitor properly;more than two would be nearly impossible.

Further, dogs who live together or see each other reg-ularly are more likely to gang up on those animals who aren’t intheir “pack.” Dog packs have a different dynamic than individ-ual dogs, and having a regular pack frequent the park could be adangerous situation indeed.

To operate safely, dog parks need good basic rules, anactive community to police through peer pressure and plenty of common sense. Work to put common-sense rules in place at theoff-leash park not to limit the number of dogs, but rather to baninattentive behavior on the part of the owners.

If that fails, it may be necessary to set an arbitrarylimit as to how many dogs a single person could have in an off-leash area at one time. — Gina Spadafori

Do you have a pet question? Send it to [email protected] or visit Facebook.com/DrMarty-Becker.

Dog Day Swimming Eventat Nations Tobin Aquatic Center, 8831 Railroad Drive September7th and 8th (10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.)

Who: City of El Paso Parks and RecreationDepartment, Animal Rescue League, El PasoHumane Society, and other Dog AdoptionAgenciesWhat: Dog Day Swimming EventWhen: September 7th and 8th(Saturday and Sunday)Where: Nations Tobin Aquatic Center,8831 Railroad Drive, El Paso, TexasThe Animal Rescue League will have dogsavailable for adoption along with other adoption agencies. The Drowning Preven-tion Coalition of El Paso will be on hand togive tips on water safety.The Humane Society will also be offeringmicro-chipping for dogs at $15 per dogwhile supplies last and dogs will be avail-able for adoption.Information Stacy Wright – (915) 544-3556


Powerful beaks give parrots big leverage • The beaks of most parrotsare remarkably well-de-signed for one of their mostimportant tasks: cracking,crushing, prying or other-wise destroying the protec-tive coatings around manyof the foods they like to eat.Beaks should not be givenroutine trims: Overgrowth ofthe beak is frequently a signof illness, such as liver dis-

ease or malnutrition. Anybird whose beak seems tobe too long needs to see aveterinarian expert in avianmedicine to determine thecause of the problem andtreat it accordingly.• Viagra (sildenafil) is usedfor more than what it’s mostfamous for. In veterinarymedicine, the drug may beprescribed for severe pul-

monary hypertension —high blood pressure in thelungs.• Dealing with hairballs —fur ingested as a catgrooms himself, then vom-ited back up in clumps — isa normal part of living with acat. Canned or fresh pureedpumpkin — not pumpkin piefilling — is a good way to in-crease the fiber in yourcat’s diet to help thehair work its waythrough yourcat’s di-ges-

tive system. Many catsenjoy a teaspoon of pump-kin daily if it’s mixed withsomething yummy, such ascanned food or the waterfrom a can of tuna or clams.Daily brushing can help pre-vent hairballs as well, by re-ducing the amount of hair acat swallows.— Dr. Marty Becker and

Gina Spadafori

Healthy parrots don’t need beak trims, but when the beak doesn’t look right, a bird needs to see an avian veterinarian.




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Q : I know we're having a heat

wave, but I have to think aboutfireplaces now! We are remod-eling, adding a Great Roomdownstairs and a new master

bedroom up. The Great Roomwill have a real wood-burningfireplace, but I don't want todeal with ashes and soot in our

bedroom.

A : Easy answer: Think gas.

Point-and-shoot technologymakes a gas-fueled fireplace adream, pun intended, in a bed-

room. And some of the newversions are so real-lookingthat you can almost hear themcrackle.

There's even newer technologythat includes the crackle: vent-less fireplaces that burn an al-cohol gel fuel cartridge. No

smoke, no odor, no soot, andthe fire crackles and dances for about two hours per cartridge,

promises one manufacturer (Hearth Cabinet, HearthCabi-net.com, which claims to makethe only vent-less fireplaces ap-

proved for use in code-c razy New York City).

Rose Bennett Gilbert is the co-au-thor of "Manhattan Style"

and six other books on interior design. COPYRIGHT 2013 CREATORS.COM

Vent-less Fireplaces






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CHENNAI EXPRESS (UTV)Runtime 130 minMPAA Rating NR Indian film in Hindiwith English subtitles.Starring Shahrukh Khan and DeepikaPadukoneGenre Action, ComedySynopsis Chennai Express is a story of Rahul (Shahrukh Khan) who embarks ona journey to a small town in Tamil Nadu,only to fulfill the last wish of his grand-father to have his ashes immersed in theHoly water of Rameshwaram. En route,he meets a South Indian girl (Deepika

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2200 N. Yarbrough

AFTER EARTH (PG-13) 11:50a | 2:10p | 5:10p |7:30p | 9:55p2D EPIC

(PG) 11:05a | 4:00p | 8:55p3D EPIC (PG) 1:30p | 6:30pFAST AND FURIOUS 6 (PG-13)| 12:30p | 3:20p | 6:45p | 9:35p2D IRON MAN 3 (PG-13) 12:20p | 3:55p | 7:00p |9:50p3D IRON MAN 3 (PG-13) 11:55a | 2:45p | 6:10p |9:10pKEVIN HART LET ME EXPLAIN (R)| 11:30a | 1:25p | 7:20p2D MAN OF STEEL (PG-13)| 12:05p | 3:10p | 6:35p | 9:40p3D MAN OF STEEL (PG-13)| 11:20a | 3:00p | 6:00pNOW YOU SEE ME (PG-13) 11:15a | 1:50p |4:35p | 7:15p | 10:00pPAIN AND GAIN (R) 3:30p | 9:25p2D STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (PG-13)| 4:10p3D STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS (PG-13)| 9:00p2D THE CROODS (PG) 11:00a | 3:40p | 8:45p3D THE CROODS (PG) 1:20p | 6:15pTHE PURGE (R) 11:10a | 1:40p | 7:10p | 9:20pWHITE HOUSE DOWN (PG-13) 12:15p | 3:50p |6:55p | 9:50p

Schedule good for 8/23 - 8/29

CINEMARK 14 - EL PASOWest side of El Paso at Mesa & I-10

Las Palmas i-10 @ Zaragosa

The Mortal Instru-ments: City of BonesPG-13130 Mins DigitalCinema12:10pm | 1:30pm |3:15pm | 5:05pm |6:40pm | 8:20pm |9:50pmWe're the MillersR110 MinsDigital Cin-

ema 11:25am |2:05pm | 5:00pm |7:50p 10:40p 11:40pKick-Ass 2 R107 MinsDigital Cinema11:20am | 12:40pm |2:00pm | 3:20pm |4:40pm | 6:00pm |7:20pm | 8:40pm |10:00pmElysium R109 MinsDigital Cinema11:35am | 2:10pm |4:50p 7:35p 10:25pmThe World's EndR109 Mins Digital Cin-ema 11:10am |1:45pm | 4:45pm |7:40pm | 10:30pm

You're Next R94 Mins11:45am | 2:20pm |

4:50pm | 7:30pm |10:10pmDigital Cin-ema 1:00pm |3:35pm | 6:10pm |8:50pm | 11:30pmJobs PG-13125 MinsDigital Cinema12:05pm | 3:30pm |7:25pm | 10:35pmLee Daniels' The But-

ler PG-13132 Mins-Digital Cinema12:30pm | 4:00pm |7:10pm | 10:20pmParanoia PG-13 106MinsDigital Cinema12:50pm | 3:40pmPlanes PG92 Mins5:40pm | 10:30pmDigital Cinema 12:00pm| 2:50pm | 8:10pmPercy Jackson: Seaof Monsters PG106Mins 2:30p 10:40pmDigital Cinema11:50am | 5:10pm |7:55pm2 Guns R109 MinsDigital Cinema11:55am | 2:35pm |5:20pm | 8:05pm |

10:50pmThe Smurfs 2 PG102Mins5:15pm |10:45pmDigital Cin-ema 11:40am |2:15pm | 8:00pmBlue Jasmine PG-1398 Mins Digital Cin-ema 11:30am |2:05pm | 4:35pm |

7:05pm | 9:35pmThe WolverinePG-13126 Mins11:00am | 1:55pm |7:45pmDigital Cinema4:55pm | 10:35pmThe ConjuringR111 MinsDigital Cin-ema 6:20pm |9:05pm | 11:45pmTurbo PG96 MinsDigital Cinema 11:15a1:50pm | 4:30pmGrown Ups 2 PG-13100 MinsDigitalC.6:55pm | 9:30pmDespicable Me 2PG98 Mins4:20pm |9:40pmDigital Cinema11:05am 1:40p7:00pm

TINSELTOWN

The Mortal Instruments:City of Bones PG-13130Mins12:00pm | 3:30pm |7:00pm | 10:20pmDigital Cinema 9:25am |7:55pm | 11:10pmWe're the Millers R110MinsDigital Cinema10:25am | 1:30pm |4:35p 7:40pm | 10:35pmKick-Ass 2 R107 MinsDigital Cinema 9:10am |11:45am | 12:40p m |2:40pm | 3:35pm |5:10p 8:00pm | 10:45pmElysium R109 MinsDigital Cinema 9:15am |12:20pm | 3:20pm |6:30pm | 9:35pm

The World's End R109MinsDigital Cinema10:15am | 1:20pm |4:25p 7:30pm | 10:25pm

You're Next R94 MinsDigital Cinema 11:30am |2:25pm | 5:20pm |8:15pm | 10:55pmJobs PG-13125 MinsDigital Cinema 11:55am |3:15p 6:45pm | 10:00pmLee Daniels' The Butler PG-13132 MinsDigital Cin-ema 11:50am | 3:25pm |6:55pm | 10:10pmParanoia PG-13106 MinsDigital Cinema 9:55am |1:00pm | 4:05pm |7:10pm | 10:05pm

Planes PG92 Mins12:05pm | 6:00pmDigital Cinema 9:50am |3:45pm | 9:25pmPercy Jackson: Sea of Monsters PG106 Mins9:00am | 2:55pm |9:05pmDigital Cinema12:35pm | 6:35pm2 Guns R109 MinsDigital Cinema 10:30am |1:40pm | 4:45pm |7:50pm | 10:40pmThe Smurfs 2 PG102 MinsDigital Cinema 9:00amThe Wolverine PG-13 126Mins 3:00pm | 9:40pmDigital Cinema 11:40am |6:15pm

Schedule good for Friday Aug 23rd

We're the MillersR110 MinsDigital Cin-ema 10:30am | 1:30pm| 4:30pm | 7:30pm |8:30pm | 10:30pmElysium R109 MinsDigital Cinema 10:20a1:20pm | 4:20pm |7:20pm | 10:20pmThe World's End R109Mins Digital Cinema10:45am | 1:45pm |4:45p 7:45p 10:45pmPlanes PG92 Mins11:00am | 5:00pmDigital Cinema10:00am| 1:00pm | 4:00pm |7:00pm | 10:00pmChennai Express(UTV)NR130 MinsDigital Cinema10:05pmPercy Jackson: Sea of

Monsters PG106 Mins2:00pm | 9:00pmDigital Cinema10:15am| 1:15pm | 4:15pm |7:15pm | 10:15pm2 Guns R109 MinsDigital Cinema10:25am| 1:25pm | 4:25pm |7:25pm | 10:25pmThe Spectacular NowR95 MinsDigital Cin-ema 10:40am |1:40pm | 4:40pm |7:40pm | 10:40pmTurbo PG96 Mins11:10am | 5:10pm

Digital Cinema1:10pm | 7:10pmGrown Ups 2PG-13100 MinsDigital Cinema

10:35am | 1:35pm |4:35pm | 7:35pmPacific RimPG-13131 Mins2:15pm | 9:15pmThe Way, Way BackPG-13103 MinsDigital Cinema1:05pm | 7:05pmDespicable Me 2PG98 Mins2:10pm |8:10pmDigital Cinema10:10a 4:10p 10:10pmThe Heat R116 MinsDigital Cinema10:05am| 4:05pm | 10:05pmMonsters UniversityG102 MinsDigital Cin-ema 11:30am |2:30pm | 5:30pmWorld War Z PG-13115Mins11:15a 5:15pm

Schedule good for Friday Aug 23rd

Schedule good for 8/232 GUNS (R)11:00 | 1:35 | 4:10 |7:15 | 9:50BLUE JASMINE (PG13)12:00 | 2:30 | 5:00 | 7:30 | 10:00CONJURING, THE (R)7:00 | 9:45 | 12:20amDESPICABLE ME 2 , 2D (PG)11:00 | 1:30 | 4:00ELYSIUM (R)12:30 | 4:00 | 7:00 |9:30GROWN UPS 2 (PG13)2:05 | 7:10 | 9:40JOBS (PG13) 7:00 | 10:00KICK-ASS 2 (R) 11:15 | 2:05 | 4:45| 7:25 | 10:05 | 12:20amLEE DANIELS THE BUTLER(PG13)11:00 | 1:50 | 4:40 | 7:30 |10:20MORTAL INSTRUMENTS (PG13)12:30 | 4:00 | 7:05 | 10:10 | 12:10amPARANOIA (PG13)11:05 | 1:45 |4:25 | 7:05 | 9:45PERCY JACKSON:SEA O/MON-STERS2D (PG)11:30 | 4:50 | 10:10PERCY JACKSON:SEA O/MON-

STERS 3D(PG)2:10 | 7:30PLANES 2 D (PG)11:00 | 12:25 |1:25|2:50|4:00| 5:15 | 7:40 | 10:05SMURFS 2, 2D (PG)11:30 | 4:35WERE THE MILLERS (R)11:15 |1:55 | 4:35 | 7:15 | 9:55 |12:15amWOLVERINE 2D, THE (PG13)11:00 | 2:15 | 5:15 | 8:15 | 11:15WORLDS END, THE (R)11:30 | 2:10 | 4:50 | 7:40 | 10:20 |12:20amYOURE NEXT (R)11:00 | 1:25 |4:20 | 7:00 | 9:30 | 12:00am

ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US (PG) Thu. 7:00 9:15ONEDIRECTION:THIS IS US IN 3D (PG) Thu. 7:009:15THE WORLD’S END (R) Fri.-Sun. 11:40 2:15 4:45 7:25 10:00;Mon.-Thu. 2:15 4:45 7:25 10:00

YOU’RE NEXT (R) Fri.-Sun.12:0012:352:252:554:505:207:157:459:4010:10; Mon.-Wed.12:35 2:25 2:55 4:50 5:20 7:15 7:45 9:4010:10;Thu.12:352:252:55 4:50 5:20 7:45 10:10THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES (PG13)Fri.-Thu. 12:30 3:30 6:30 9:30JOBS (PG13) Fri.-Thu. 7:50 PMKICK-ASS 2 (R) Fri.-Sun. 11:35 2:05 4:55 7:35 10:15; Mon.-Thu.2:05 4:55 7:35 10:15

LEE DANIELS’ THE BUTLER (PG13) Fri.-Sun. 11:00 1:554:50 7:45 10:25; Mon.-Thu. 1:55 4:50 7:45 10:25PARANOIA (PG13) Fri.-Thu. 10:30 PMELYSIUM (R) Fri.-Tue. 2:10 4:45 7:20 9:55; Wed. 2:10 4:30 9:55;Thu. 2:10 4:45 7:20 9:55PLANES (PG) Fri.-Sun. 12:15 2:30 4:40 7:10 9:25; Mon.-Wed.12:20 2:30 4:40 7:10 9:25; Thu. 12:20 2:30 4:40PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS (PG) Fri.-Sun.11:45 2:20 5:00; Mon.-Thu. 2:20 5:00

WE’RE THE MILLERS (R) Fri.-Sun. 11:50 2:35 5:05 7:40 10:20;Mon.-Thu. 2:35 5:05 7:40 10:20THE SMURFS 2 (PG) Fri.-Sun. 11:30 AMTOP GUN (PG) Wed. 7:00 PM

TIMES FOR AUGUST 23 - AUGUST 29

Runtime 98 minMPAA Rating PG-13 fo r Sexual Content, MatureThematic Material, Lan-guage.Starring Alec Baldwin,Cate Blanchett, LouisC.K., Bobby Cannavale,Andrew Dice Clay, SallyHawkins, Peter Sars-gaard, MichaelStuhlbarg, Tammy Blan-chard, Max Casella,Alden EhrenreichGenre Comedy dramaSynopsis After her mar-riage to a wealthy busi-nessman (Alec Baldwin)collapses, New York so-cialite Jasmine (CateBlanchett) flees to SanFrancisco and the modest apartment of her sister, Ginger (SallyHawkins). Although she's in a fragile emotional state and lacks

job skills, Jasmine still manages to voice her disapproval of Gin-ger's boyfriend, Chili (Bobby Cannavale). Jasmine begrudginglytakes a job in a dentist's office, while Ginger begins dating a man(Louis C.K.) who's a step up from Chili.


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P H O T O S F O R I L L U S T R A T I O N P U R P O S E S O N L Y

NORTHEAST/

CENTRAL

Heroes for Kids

Canyon Challenge — Child Crisis Center of El Paso’scompetitive 8K and 5K runsand family fun run/walk are7:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 24 ,in McKelligon Canyon. Child Crisis Center’s. Trophies tooverall male and female and thelargest team, and medals to topthree in each age group. Regis-tration (by Aug 1) is $30; lateregistration Aug. 2-23 is $35.

Discount of $5 per runner for teams or $5 or more. T-shirtsguaranteed for all runners reg-istered by Aug. 19.Online regis-tration atraceadventuresunlimited.com.

Packet pick up is Aug. 22-23;location to be announced.

El Paso Diablos Base-ball - The American Associa-tion minor league team

concludes its 2013 season thisweek at Cohen Stadium in Northeast El Paso. Tickets: $8 box seats; $7 general admis-sion; free for ages 4 and younger. Information: 755-2000 or diablos.com.• Aug. 23-25: Sioux City Ex-plorers. Fan AppreciationNight Aug. 25.

Mercado Mayapan

Farmers’ Market — LaMujer Obrera and CentroMayapan host the market 8 a.m.to 3 p.m. Saturdays at CaféMayapán, 2000 Texas. Localand naturally grown produce,and Mexican fair-trade arti-sanry for sale. Breakfast and lunch available. Information:217-1126 or mujerobrera.org.

‘The Odd Couple’ — El

Paso Playhouse, 2501 Montana, presents the female version of Neil Simon’s comedy classicAug. 16-Sept. 7 . Directed byDarci Georges. Showtimes are

8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sun day. Tickets: $10 ($8seniors, $7 military/students

with ID; $5 students under 18).Information: 532-1317, elpaso-

playhouse.com.

Movies in the Canyon — The 5th annual free movieseason at the McKelligonCanyon Amphitheater is Fridayand Sa turday, Aug. 16-Oct.19. Showtimes are at dusk (about 7:30 p.m.). Concessionsavailable (no food or beverages

may be brought in). Informa-tion: 534-0665 or moviesinthecanyon.com.• Friday, Aug. 23: TheLorax• Saturday, Aug. 24: TheDark Knight Rises

St. Nicholas GreekFestival — The 26th annualfestival of vibrant Greek culture

is Aug. 23-25 at the Greek Or-thodox Church of St. Nicholas,124 S. Festival. Hours are 5 to10 p.m. Friday, noon to 10 p.m.Saturday and noon to 9 p.m.Sunday. Admission: $1. Infor-mation: 833-0882.

Food is always the star of theshow at the Gre ek Festival.Lamb will be roasted Greek style on a spit. Combinationdinner plates offer souvlakia(beef shish kebab) or chickenoreganato with rice pilaf, tyro-

pita (cheese-f illed phyllo),spanakopita (spinach-filled

phyllo), keftedes (spicy meat-

balls), dolmathes (stuffed grapeleaves), Greek salad and pita

bread. Other food items includegyros sandwiches and loukanika (Greek sausage on

pita bread), kalamari, moussaka(baked eggplant) and pistichio(Greek pasta dish). Pastries in-clude baklava, sweet breads and loukamathes (honey puffs).Greek and American coffeealso are sold with other bever-ages. Wine, beer and sodas will

be available.

MISSION

VALLEY

Stephanie Olivo Me-morial 5K — The 4th an-nual 5K run and 1-mile funwalk benefiting El Paso Red Cross is 8 a.m. Saturday, Aug.24, at Ascarate Park, 5900Delta. Cost: $20. Information:867-4861, 867.4893 or racead-venturesunlimited.com.

Packet pick up is 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, at Up and Running, 1475 and 7 to 7:45a.m. on race day at the startline.T-shirt for all registered by

Aug. 16; medals to top threemale and female runners over all and in each age group.

EASTSIDE

Children’s GriefCenter Run — The 5K run and 1 mile fun run/walk is

8 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 25 , atAlbum (Eastwood) Park, 2001Parkwood. Zumba warm up be-gins at 7:30 a.m. Cost: $20 byAug. 24; $25 on race day ($10

age 10 and younger ). Teams of 10 or more (by Aug. 17) are$15 per person. Online registra-tion at raceadventuresunlim-ited.com.

Packet pick up is noon to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, at Upand Running 1475 George Di-eter at 7 to 7:45 a.m. on raceday.Trophies for overall male and

female runner and for largestteam, medals to top three maleand female runners in each agecategory. Refreshments offered at finish line.

DOWNTOWN/

WESTSIDE

UTEP Women’s Soc-cer — Home games are atUTEP’s University Field. Infor-mation: 747-6150 or utepathlet-ics.com.• Utah Valley, 7 p.m.Friday, Aug. 23

• Univ. of Nebraska,Omaha, Sunday, Aug. 25

The Music of LedZeppelin — Classic rock meets classic orchestra with ElPaso Symphony Orchestra’stribute to the rock legends at 8

p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24 , at thePlaza Theatre. The orchestrawill perform classic Zeppelinsongs such as “Kashmir,”“Black Dog,” “Good Times,Bad Times,” “All of My Love”and “Stairway to Heaven.”Tickets: $30, $45, $60 and $75(Ticketmaster). Information:532-2776 or epso.org.Amplified by a full rock band

and accompanied by singer Randy Jackson’s screaming vo-cals, creator Brent Havensguest conducts the ensemble asthey capture Led Zeppelin’s“sheer blast and power,” riff for riff while churning out new mu-

sical colors.

Melodies at the Park — El Paso Parks and Recre-

ation’s free outdoor music con-certs are 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. se-lected Sundaysat various city

parks. Information: 544-075 3or elpasotexas.gov/parks. Aug.

25: Sobredosis delSabor at Salvador Rivas Park,12515 Tierra Norte.

Tricky Falls — 209 S. El Paso.All shows are all-ages (16 and older), unless listed otherwise.Information: 351-9909 or trick-yfalls.com. • Rockin’Lloyd Tripp FamilyBand — The rockabilly band

performs at 9 p.m. Friday,Aug. 23 , with Darrin Stout and the Rockabilly Strangers. Tick-ets; $6.• Acacia Strain — Themetal band presents its “NoWay Out” Tour at 6:30 p.m.Saturday, Aug. 24 , with guestsWithin the Ruins, Xibalba, Fitfor An Autopsy an AmericanMe. Tickets: $16.

Alfresco! Fridays —

The 11th season of free outdoor concerts are 6 p.m. Fridays atArts Festival Plaza (between ElPaso Museum of Art and PlazaTheatre). Presented by the ElPaso Convention and Perform-ing Arts Centers and the ElPaso Convention and VisitorsBureau. No outside food or

beverages, or pets allowed. In-formation: 534-0665 or alfres-cofridays.com. Aug. 23:Team

Havana (tropical, salsa).

Farmer’s Market atArdovino’s Desert

Crossing — The 12th an-nual market runs 7:30 a.m. tonoon Saturdays. This “produc-ers only” market runs throughmid-October and features qual-

ity farmers, backyard gardenersand artisans. Information: (575)589-0653, ext. 3. From El Paso,take Race Track Drive acrossthe Rio Grande and across Mc-

Nutt Road (NM 273), continue past the post office and turn lefton Ardovino.

Downtown Artist andFarmers Market — TheCity of El Paso Museums and

Cultural Affairs Department’smarket for area artists are Sat-urdays in the Union Plaza Dis-trict along Anthony Street.Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.Space for about 53 artists avail-able each month. Information:541-4942.The market now includes a

Farmers’ Market with region-ally grown agricultural prod-ucts.

SOUTHERN

NEW MExICO

Larry Gatlin and theGatlin Brothers Band

— The country music starswith more than four decades of hits perform 8 p.m. Thursday,Aug. 22 , at Inn of the Moun-tain Gods Resort and Casino,Mescalero, N.M. Tickets: $20-$60. Information: 1-877-277-5677 or innofthemountaingods.com.CONT/P/45


KCRW PRESENTS

B A J O F O N D OHOUSE OF BLUES SUNSET STRIP



HOUSE OF BLUES SUNSET STRIPAUGUST 29TH WITH SHUGGIE OTIS &BEN SOLLEE

LOS ANGELES, CA (August 20, 2013) - Bajo-fondo, the Argentine/Uruguayan alt-electrorock-tango band that includes multi-Oscar & Grammywinner, Gustavo Santaolalla returns to Los Ange-les, CA on August 29th. The band will perform at

the House of Blues Sunset Strip along with multi-instrumentalist, Shuggie Otis and composer andcellist, Ben Sollee, the concert is presented byKCRW.

Bajofondo released their latest album, Presenteearlier this year under Sony Masterworks world-wide. Presente includes a stirring mix of tango, mi-longa, folklore, rock, hip-hop, electronica, jazz,classical, and a world of sounds from the Río de laPlata, the river that separates and unites Argentina

and Uruguay.The band has been on tour in the U.S. and Lati-namerica since the release of their new album andare actually in Argentina where they will be pe-forming on August 23 & 24th. Tickets are nowavailable for the concert in Los Angeles at Houseof Blues Sunset Strip, August 29th via www.ticket-master.com

Sony Masterworks comprises Masterworks Broad-way, Masterworks, Okeh, Portrait, RCA Red Sealand Sony Classical imprints. For email updatesand information please visitwww.SonyMasterworks.com





Neal McCoy — 8 p.m.Thursday and Friday, Aug. 22-

mation: (888) 345-1125, (575)544-0469 or demingduckrace.com.The Tournament of Ducks Pa-d i t 10 S t d i

Bayard, N.M. (6 miles east of Silver City off Highway 180).Tours planned at 9:30 a.m. fol-lowed by birthday cake and re-f h t I f ti (575)

“Movie under the Stars” withEl Paso Parks and Recreation



F O R I L L U S T R A T I O N P U R P O S E S O N L Y

23, at Spencer Theater for Per-forming Art, Airport Hwy 220in Alto, N.M. (about 12 milesnorth of downtown Ruidoso).McCoy’s brand of pop countryand honky tonk has brought

him a string of hits since themid-1990’s such as “Wink,”“No Doubt About It,” “They’rePlaying Our Song,” “You GottaLove That,” “Then You Can TellMe Goodbye,” “If I Was ADrinkin’ Man,” “Billy’s GotHis Beer Goggles On” and “The Shake.” Tickets: $66 and $69. Information: (575) 336-4800, (888) 818-7872 or spencertheater.com.

Lynn Anderson — Thecounty star performs at 7 p.m.Friday, Aug. 23 at theFlickinger Center for Perform-ing Arts, 1110 New York Ave.Alamogordo. Anderson isranked among the Top 10 mostsuccessful female countryartists for all-time record saleswith 11 No. 1 hits, 1 8 Top 10,and 50 Top 40 singles. Her sig-nature tune ”(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden,” remained the biggest selling recording by

female country artist for over 27 years. Tickets: $22 and $27.Information: (575) 437-2202 or flickingercenter.com.

Great American DuckRace — The annual runningof the ducks is Thursdaythrough Sunday, Aug. 22-25 ,in Deming, N.M. This year’stheme is “Racing through theYears.” Admission is fr ee for

spectators, and anyone can be aduck racer for just $5. Theducks are provided; don’t bringone. Call for entry forms. Infor-

rade is at 10 a.m. Saturday indowntown Deming.

Live Duck Races and Water Races are noon to 4 p.m. and 5:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday and noon Sunday at McKinley

Duck Downs. Duck Race elimi-nations and finals are 3 p.m.Sunday.

Other events:• Duck Royalty Pageants are at6:30 p.m. Thursday at the DPSAuditorium.• Duck Mart vendor booths areopen all day Friday throughSunday at the Courthouse Park.Carnival events begin at 4 p.m.Friday and continue all day Sat-urday and Sunday. Live enter-tainment from noon to 8 p.m.Saturday and noon to 6 p.m.Sunday.• The Kick-off Break-fasthosted

by ElksLodge2750is

7 to10 a.m.Saturday at Courthouse Park.$6 per plate.• Hot Air Balloon Mass Ascen-sion is 7 a.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Deming Soccer Field.• Slow Pitch Tournament runsall day Saturday and Sunday at

the Hooten Complex.• The Great American TortillaToss is 2 p.m. Sa turday, theGreat American Outhouse Raceis 5:30 p.m. on Silver Street.• The Great American Horse-shoe Tournament is 10 a.m.Saturday and the Washers Tour-nament is 10 a.m. Sunday inCourthouse Park.

Fort Bayard Birthday

— Fort Bayard Historic Preser-vation Society celebrates thefort’s 147th birthday is Satur-day, Aug. 24 in historic in Fort

freshments. Information: (575)956-3294, (307) 640-3012 or fortbayard.org.

WWE Live — The profes-sional wrestling event returns at

7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24 ,at NMSU’s Pan American Cen-ter in Las Cruces. Tickets: $15,$25, $35, $50 and $95; VIP

packages available with meet-and-greets and exclusive WWEmerchandise viaTickemaster.com. Information:(575) 646-1420.

WWE Superstars scheduled toappear include Alberto Del Rioand Dolph Ziggler; others to beannounced in coming weeks atPanAm.NMSU.edu.

Music in the Park — The Las Cruces summer con-cert series is 6 p.m. Sundays inAugust at Young Park, 1905 E. Nevada. No pets allowed. Ad-

mission is free. Informa-tion: (575) 541-22550or las-cruces.org. Aug.25 — Flow Tribe

(zydeco/jazz) and NMSU Jazz Quar-tet.

El Paso Parks and Recreation

Who: City of El Paso Parks and Recreation DepartmentWhat: Movie “Here Comes the Boom”When: September 7, 2013Preview activities begin at 5:30 p.m. (Movie at dusk)Where: Eastwood Park, 3001 Parkwood St.

El Paso, Texas – The City of El Paso Parks and Recreation Department will hosta free showing of the movie “Here Comes the Boom” at dusk on Saturday, Sep-tember 7, 2013 at Eastwood Park, 3001 Parkwood St.

The free event is being sponsored by the Navy Federal Credit Union withthe movie comedy starring Kevin James and Salma Hayek being shown on a 45ft. screen. Bring your own chairs and enjoy the nighttime skies and a great familatmosphere. Information – Julian Tarango –(915) 544-0753.


DJ Spotlight | Flosstradamus



Flosstradamus spent the

last 8 years breaking new sounds around the globeand becoming club kingsin the process. But how dothey keep doing it? J2K and Autobot’s knack forflipping your favoritetracks in unexpected new

ways (from their ear liest DJblends to high-energy hy-brids like the duo’s hitremix of Major Lazer’s“Original Don”) certainly helps. So does having acatalog of originalbangers on Fool’s Gold,Green Label Sound andMad Decent/Jeffree’s. Yetthe real reason Floss hasbeen able to reinventparty rocking for close to

a decade is becausethese Chicago boys bringan irresistible sense of fun

to every single set, whether i t’s a sweat-soaked nightclub or infront of thousands at Lol-lapalooza.

Armed with a gang ofnew tunes straight fromthe studio and a brandnew, extra-hype stageshow, Flosstradamus iscoming back to a townnear you… get ready to

juke!

Flosstradamus will bemaking an apperence atthis year’s SCMF going onin El Paso, TX Aug 31stand Sept 1st. For moreinfo visit:suncitymusicfestival.com


Nightlife calendarMusic Releases

August 27thAroarA - In the Pines

H il T Th Ki

August 22ndSimian Mobile Disco@LowbrowP l

LUCIANO LUNA IS THE MOSTPROMINENT LATIN COMPOSER



Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The KingBig Sean - Hall Of Fame

Black Joe Lewis - Electric SlaveColette - When the Music’s Loud

Dent May - Warm BlanketDisappears - Era

Drumgasm - DrumgasmFranz Ferdinand - Right Thoughts, Right

Words, Right ActionGoodie Mobb - Age Against The Machine

Juicy J - Stay TrippyLumerians - The High Frontier

Mandisa - OvercomeThe Dodos - CarrierThe Rides - Can't Get Enough

Palace

September 1stSun City Music Festival@AscaratePark

September 8thMobb Deep@ Lowbrow Palace

Oct 4thJimmy Edgar@ Lowbrow Palace

Nov 9thMorgan Page@ Buchanans eventscenter

Nov 11thBaauer @ Tricky Falls

Billboard's Creative Top 10 ranking also in-cludes Alma Rosario and Ricky Muñoz

Leading the ranking of songwriters acrossall Latin music genres, the SESAC Latina-

affiliated artist Luciano Luna Díaz is #1 onBillboard's 'Midyear Recap of Top LatinSongwriters and Publishers' for the first halfof 2013.

This chart, which ranks the Top 10 Latinmusic composers in the United States forthe first half of 2013, also features SESACLatina affiliates Alma Rosario and RickyMuñoz. SESAC Latina is the most innova-tive performing-rights society in the world.

Making it clear that the Regional Mexicangenre in its "multiple forms" continues dom-inating Latin music in the United States,Billboard notes that in June, Luciano Lunawon a SESAC Latina Music Award.

Drilling down on Luciano Luna's chart-top-ping achievement, Billboard notes that dur-ing the first half of 2013, four of hiscompositions dominated the airplay charts,including one recorded by Banda El Re-codo. They've been working together since2007, and have teamed up to create such

decisive hits as the #1 smash "Dime QueMe Quieres" (2011), co-written by MiguelÁngel Romero, who is also a SESACLatina affiliate.

The article points out that Luciano Luna's

songs have been recorded by such well-known talents as Julión Álvarez.

This chart also includes Alma Rosario, theonly woman in the Top 10, whose "Y AhoraResulta" (And Now It Turns Out), recordedby Voz de Mando, spent seven big weeksat#1 on the Regional Mexican Airplaychart.

In addition, SESAC Latina affiliate RickyMuñoz, the leader, founder, vocalist andaccordionist of Intocable, made this presti-gious chart thanks to his song "Te Amo(Para Siempre)" (I Love You Forever),which also hit #1 on Regional Mexican Air-play and has now spent five months on theairplay Top 10.

Billboard went on to note that this song was"equally successful in Mexico and beganMuñoz's association with SESAC Latina asa songwriter."

About SESAC:With a selective policy of affiliation that'sunique in the industry, SESAC representsthe best composers and publishers. In sodoing, SESAC has built a repertoire ofquality that covers all genres and the mostpopular music of today. Artists affiliatedwith SESAC include such icons as BobDylan, Neil Diamond, Mumford & Sons,Lady Antebellum, Bryan Michael Cox,Swizz Beatz, Rico Love, RUSH, CassandraWilson, MGMT, Alice In Chains and manymore. SESAC Latina represents such pres-

tigious artists as Draco Rosa, CarlosBaute, Enrique Bunbury, Rayito, Samo,Reik, Jencarlos Canela, Luz Casal, Intoca-ble, Joey Montana, Luciano Luna, Calibre50, Aleks Syntek, Fonseca, América Sierra,among many others. www.sesaclatina.com

As the first Latin music-focused division tobe created by a performance-rights societyoriginally founded in 1930, SESAC Latinais also recognized as a leader in technol-ogy, which allows it to process royalty pay-ments more quickly and accurately.

For more information about SESAC Latinavisitwww.sesaclatina.com

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IT’S GOOD FOR YOUR GAME

By T.J. TOMASIGOLFINSIDER

THE GOLF DOCTOR BIRDIES AND BOGEYS



IT’S GOOD FOR YOUR GAME

GOLF SPOKEN HERE

THE GOLF DOCTOR

Iron Play: Hit forward andlet the down happen

Why do tour players hit the ballso far? Well, one reason is thatthey compress the golf ballmore than the average golfer. Inthe hands of a tour player, a 6-iron with a 30-degree loft at ad-dress turns into a 5-iron atimpact (26 degrees) because the

pro has learned to tilt the shaft

toward the target. But if you trythis by simply “hitting down,”as most mistakenly do, youwon’t increase how much youcompress the ball. Why? Be-cause, all things being equal,compression is dependent uponthe size of the angle betweenyour clubface’s downwardmovement at impact and theloft of the club — and the lessthis angle, the more compres-sion.So let’s say you’re the pro andyou hit down on the ball 3 de-grees with a standard 6-iron(30-degree loft), but because

you lean the shaft forward atimpact you deloft the clubfaceto 26 degrees, while your ama-teur buddy using the same clubhits down 5 degrees but arrivesat impact with 34 degrees loft.Since your angle of compres-sion is 29 (26+3) and his is 39(34+5), you hit it farther, even

though you both swung at 90mph.You did this by using the cor-rect concept, which is: “Keep

your hands ahead of the club-head and hit forward toward the target” — a different con-cept than hitting down into theground.

Here is where proper ball placement comes in. If your hands are quiet through impact(no flip) and the ball is cor-rectly placed, you will hit downon it automatically — exactlyhow much depends on how far

back in your stance you posi-tion the ball. Thus, angle of at-tack affects trajectory, whileclubface loft determines spin(the more loft, the more spinand the less distance). So don’tsimply beat down on the ball tocompress it — if you do, you’llget less of what you want, not

more.

The other way to shrink theangle of compression is to bendyour irons 2 or 3 degrees strongso at impact you’ll have lessloft, more compression andmore distance.Please Note: I am not talkingabout the ball’s compression — i.e., how it’s made at the fac-tory (e.g. 80, 90, 100 compres-sion), rather how much the ballis compressed at impact due tothe quality of strike. The firstyou buy, the second you learn.

Lee Westwood is a master of the low, driving wedge. Here he hits down on the ball to keep it low and uses the clubface loft to spin it.

Vijay Singh takes much less divot with the clubface moving more forward than down. Thus, the compression angle is lower and the spin is less with more distance.

What your divots can

and can’t tell youBased on the type of divot they take, you can dividegolfers into two categories: diggers and pickers. Bothtypes hit the ball before the ground, but the digger’s angleof attack is steeper than the picker.One is not better than the other, just different, and great

players are found in both catego ries. Phil Mickelson takessome major-league pelts, while Tom Watson nips the balloff the turf as if it were an altar cloth. Tiger has done both

— Tiger-2000 was a picker who could practice for twohours yet leave almost no trace, but he was a digger under Hank Haney. He is now back to picking.

It used to be thought that you could divine the ball flightfrom the divot, but that’s deceptive. For example, a divotthat is pointing to the left could be from a ball that startedleft because the face is looking left at impact, or the ballcould start to the right — or fly straight. The reason is thatthe path of the clubhead determines the direction of thedivot, while the clubface determines where the ball starts,so a face pointing right with a path moving left causes adivot pointing left and a ball flying right. (For a more de-tailed explanation, see “Why You Need Two Swings” atwww.tomasigolf.com.)But divot diagnosis can be helpful when it comes to shape.When the right side of your divot is deeper than the left,

something is causing the toe of your club to dig into theground. If you’re taking a lot of toe-deep divots, check your lie angle be-fore you make anyswing changes — itmay be your clubs.And when the front

part of your divot iswide but the targetside is narrow, mak-ing your divot pie-shaped, the toe of your clubface is ro-tating over the heelmuch too quicklythrough the hittingzone.Divots can give yousome info on your swing, but it’s agood idea not tomake any changes inyour swing unlessyou’re sure that a pattern of bad divots has been estab-lished. In general, a tour divot is square from back to front,

some with a slight curve as the club swings left. Lengthdepends on swing variations and turf conditions, but usu-ally is about four to five inches long. It points slightly leftand begins just past the front of the ball.

Most golfers hit the ball slightly fat [left tee], better players begin their divot mid-ball, while pros begin post-ball.

Sit ’em bothHal Sutton, the American captain,was trying to figure out who to sit,Tiger or Phil, during the 2004 Ryder Cup at Oakland Hills. Jackie Burke,his curmudgeon assistant, barked,“Well, hell, Hal, sit ’em both, becauseit ain’t gonna make a bit of difference. … Every American’s gottheir shaft leaning back, every Euro-

pean’s got their shaft leaning forward,and we ain’t got enough time to teach’em the difference.” Why? Accordingto Burke, “Because every American istaught, by virtue of his environment,to hit the ball straight up in the air

like that, and every European istaught to hit (it lower) and maneuver the ground. Oakland Hills requiresyou to play the ground game, and notone single American could get that figured out.”

Now that Phil has learned to playBritish Open-type courses and Tiger has changed his swing, you can’t siteither one of them.Read more athttp://blogs.golf.com/presstent/page/2/

Bettinghandicap & bragginghandicap

A golfer’s handicap thatchanges depending on the

context. When they want toimpress, the bragging

handicap lowers; whenthey want to make a bet onthe first tee, the handicap

rises.


DON’T MISS ITGOLF BY THE NUMBERSASK THE PRO

You can’t hide your lackof preparation

Dry GripApply Dry Grip an an-

PGA Championship visitsOak Hill



of preparationQ : Who, in your opinion, is the

least prepared of the golf announc-ers? The best prepared? — CharlesP., from email

A : The best is Johnny Miller,

followed close behind by BrandelChamblee. The least prepared, in myopinion, is Nick Faldo, who makes alot of stuff up.

A perfect example occurred on the16th at the Bridgestone duringTiger’s 61. Tiger had a 90-yard shotwith the pin in front. He landed 40feet long and spun it back a bit, leav-ing him about 30 feet. Faldo de-scribed how Tiger hit a bad shot withthe tension getting to him; he moved

his arms too quickly, unable to con-trol his arm pace.

After the round, Tiger explained that

his ball was sitting against a ridgeand he decided to go long on purposeto guard against the water — Tiger was playing for the win, not trying toshoot 59, as Faldo wrongly assumed.But the next day, with Tiger warmingup on the monitor, Faldo repeated hiserroneous re-enactment of the shot,oblivious to Tiger’s post-round state-ments — just the kind of mistakesthat unprepared announcers make.

(To Ask the Pro a question about

golf, email him at: [email protected].)

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Oak Hill, the venue for this year’s PGA Championship, is the onlycountry club to have hosted the PGA Championship, the Ryder Cup, the U.S. Open, the U.S. Amateur, the U.S. Senior Open andthe Senior PGA Championship! Wow. It’s in upstate New York near Rochester, only a few miles from where I did my doctoral

work. Tiger Woods said it was the hardest, faire st golf course he ’s played, and Ernie Els said the same thing.

How hard is Oak Hill? In the major stroke play championshipscontested at Oak Hill, only 10 players have been under par, so it’sset up for a ball-striker. There have been two other PGAs there — in 1980, Jack Nicklaus won one of his 18 majors with a six-under

total, and Shaun Micheelwon a very unexpected vic-tory in 2003 at four-under

par.Prediction: It’s a major for Matt Kuchar, who will kill

the field with par after par on this Donald Ross beauty.My sleeper pick: Jason Day.

ABOUT THE WRITER

Dr. T.J. Tomasi isa teaching pro-fessional in PortSt. Lucie, Fla.Visit hiswebsiteattomasigolf.com.


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SPRINT CUP CAMPING WORLD TRUCKSNATIONWIDE SERIES

Race: IRWIN Tools Night RaceWhere: Bristol Motor SpeedwayWhen: Saturday, 7:30 p.m. (ET)TV: ABC2012 Winner: Denny Hamlin (right)

Race: Food City 250Where: Bristol Motor SpeedwayWhen: Friday, 7:30 p.m. (ET)TV: ESPN2012 Winner: Joey Logano

Race: UNOH 200Where: Bristol Motor SpeedwayWhen: Wednesday, 8 p.m. (ET)TV: Fox Sports 12012 Winner: Timothy Peters



2012 Winner: Denny Hamlin (right) 2012 Winner: Joey Logano 2012 Winner: Timothy Peters

NOTEBOOK Joey Logano Wins Pure Michigan 400;Drivers Make Mad Dash for the Chase

Joey Logano scored

big on a couple of fronts atMichigan International Speed-way on Sunday. His win in thePure Michigan 400, his first of 2013 and his first in SprintCup since going to work for Roger Penske, propelled himinto a position to make a seri-ous bid for a berth in the Chasefor the Sprint Cup, which be-gins after three more regular season races. He’s now 13th inthe standings, 17 points out-side the top 10, but also eligi-

ble for a wild-card berthshould he not finish the regular season among the top 10.

And his victory gaveFord Motor Co. braggingrights as the winner of the in-augural Michigan Heritage tro-

phy that goes to the winningmanufacturer of Cup races atMichigan.

The trophy, inspired

by professional hockey’s Stan-ley Cup, celebrates the spirit of the automobile and its impor-tance to the Michigan track,which is the home turf of theU.S. automobile industry.

But a bigger rewardfor Logano and his Penske-owned No. 22 would be a spotin the Chase. And with racesleft to run at Bristol, Atlantaand Richmond, the battle for the final Chase berths is aclose one.

The top 10 in pointsafter Richmond are in the

Chase, along with two wild-card entries, which will go todrivers in the top 20 with racewins.

Dale Earnhardt Jr., in

seventh place and winless sofar this season, is in jeopardyof missing the Chase as he’s

just 20 points ahead of 11th- place Kasey Kahne. Logano’s

teammate Brad Keselowski iseighth in the standings butonly eight points ahead of Kahne — and without a winthat would make him eligiblefor a wild-card berth. KurtBusch, also winless for theseason, is ninth, six points

ahead of Kahne, who likelywill make the Chase as a wild-card entry even if he’s outsidethe top 10 because he has tworace victories.

The other wild-cardcontenders at this point areMartin Truex Jr., in 12th,Logano and Ryan Newman,who is 15th in points, 27 mark-ers out of the top 10. Each hasone win so far this season.

For the 23-year-oldLogano, and for those close tohim in the standings, there’slittle room for mistakes or

stumbles the next three weeks.“I think we’ve got to

be consistent,” said Logano,who outdueled eventual run-ner-up Kevin Harvick on alate-race restart, then took thelead for good when Mark Mar-tin ran out of fuel. “This is

something Todd (Gordon, crewchief) and I talk about beforewe come to the race track every weekend — how aggres-sive we need to be to try to getinto this Chase.

“We kind of decidedwe needed a win a coupleweeks ago. So we did one, wegot one. ... We need to try tofigure out how aggressive weneed to be.”

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Stewart-Haas Racing an-nounced on Monday thatTony Stewart will miss theremainder of the Sprint Cupseason due to the brokenright tibia and fibula in asprint car crash Aug. 5 atSouthern Iowa Speedway inOskaloosa, Iowa.

Veteran Mark Mar-tin has been hired to drive

Stewart’s No. 14 Chevroletfor 12 of the remaining 13races, with Austin Dillon,who drove for Stewart onSunday at Michigan, takingthe wheel for the Oct. 12race at Talladega Super-speedway.

With Martin movingfrom his part-time ride inMichael Waltrip Racing’s No.55 Toyota to Stewart’s car,the No. 55 will be driven byBrian Vickers, who has beensharing the ride with Martin,and team owner MichaelWaltrip. Waltrip will drive theNo. 55 at Talladega Super-speedway as scheduled ear-lier in the year. Vickersalready has been namedfull-time driver of theAaron’s-sponsored No. 55for 2014 and 2015.

Stewart is expectedto return to the No. 14 intime for preseason testing inJanuary 2014.Continues on next page

Tony Stewart won’t be behindthe wheel againthis season


By Christopher A. Randazzo

NOTEBOOK A Family Hauler with Zoom –the Mazda CX-9There comes a time when a caution in tight parking lots).


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sports car owner has to do theunthinkable: get rid of his/her treasured vehicle for something‘more practical’. Nightmares of minivans could easily wake oneup in the middle of the night incold sweats. Well if you are oneof those that are attempting todelay the inevitable, maybethere is hope: the Mazda CX-9- a family hauler that has an at-titude of a sports car.

The CX-9 is a large, seven pas-senger crossover sport-utility-vehicle with most of itsemphasis on sport and less onutility. Designed with sports-car like cues, the CX-9 features ag-gressive front styling, taperednose and 18” wheels (huge 20”wheels come on the GrandTouring model). The styling re-ally works for the CX-9 in anumber of ways. First, it is

very unique and it stands out inthe vast world of SUVs. Andsecond, the styling screams‘sporty’ and the CX-9 deliversvery well in that department.

For 2013, the CX-9 gets someexterior styling updates that in-clude the use of LED daytimerunning lights and bixenonheadlights.

While the exterior is nice tolook at, the interior is even bet-ter. The red and blue instrumentlighting along with the metallooking accents give the CX-9a sporty theme to match itsouter clothes. And surprisingly,the third row seat in the CX-9is one of the roomiest I have at-tempted to sit in. Access to it iseasy, thanks to the large rear doors (which requires extra

g p g )And when you don’t need thethird row, it folds flat into thefloor, as does the second row.When both rows are flatlystored, there is an impressive101 cubic feet of cargo room.

The Mazda CX-9 is powered by a 3.7 liter V6 engine that isgood for 273 horsepower. Thisengine, along with a six-speedautomatic transmission is theonly drivetrain available in theCX-9, although buyers canchoose from front-wheel driveor all-wheel drive. A tow pack-age is also available, giving theCX-9 the ability to tow up to3,500 pounds.

The CX-9 is available in threetrim levels – Sport, Touring,and Grand Touring.

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“After consultingwith Tony’s doctors andspeaking with Tony, weagreed it was best for him tofocus on his recovery,” Greg

Zipadelli, competition direc-tor at Stewart-Haas, said ina team release. “For the No.14 team, our focus is on po-sitioning them for a run atthe owner championship.Mark Martin and Austin Dil-lon give us the best oppor-tunity to do that, and wecertainly appreciate MichaelWaltrip Racing and RichardChildress Racing for makingMark and Austin available tous.”

Waltrip said in hisown team’s release that theagreement between theteams involved is mutuallybeneficial.

“This opportunity

to help two (future) Hall ofFamers in Mark (Martin)and Tony Stewart at thesame time, while getting theopportunity to run the rest ofthe year with Brian makessense for MWR,” Waltripsaid. “But nothing could

happen without the supportof Aaron’s, Toyota and theother MWR sponsors. Eachof them saw the same ben-efits in such a move andhelped make it happen. Thisis a truly win, win, win situa-tion.”





Juan Pablo Montoya’s future uncertain asChip Ganassi Racing makes a change



For Juan Pablo Montoya, the news last week that he was being dropped from the driver lineup at Chip Ganassi’s Sprint Cup teamwasn’t as much of a surprise as it was to therest of the racing world.

“To be honest with you, I think Iknew from quite a while ago,” Montoya toldreporters at Michigan International Speedwaylast week. “(Ganassi officials) had an optionearlier in the year, and they didn’t take it, so Ikind of knew it was going to be somethingdifferent next year. ...

“They confirmed it this week andthat was it.”

Montoya, a 37-year-old native of Bogota, Colombia, said he’s unsure what thefuture might bring for him, but he’s looking to

be in a situation where he can resume his win-ning ways.

“Whatever else I do, don’t knowwhat I’m going to do, but I want to make sureI’m in a winning car,” he said. “It was a funseven years with the Target car and Chip(Ganassi) and everything. We worked reallyhard and we had our ups our downs, but at theend of the day I want to win races.”

Historically, it’s been extremely dif-ficult for drivers like Montoya to make thetransition from high-downforce, rear-engine,open-wheel cars to NASCAR, with its low-downforce, fendered, front-engine cars. Theopen-wheel vets generally excel on road

courses in NASCAR but struggle on the ovaltracks that dominate the schedule.

But Montoya did better than most.He won two road course races, but overall hehas 23 top-five and 56 top-10 finishes alongwith nine poles in 240 career Cup starts. Hemade the Chase in 2008, but has struggled the

past three seasons, as has his teammate JamieMcMurray, who won three races in 2010 buthas since been winless with only three top-five finishes since 2010.

Montoya, who won seven times onthe elite Formula One series and has an Indi-anapolis 500 victory, said he believes he did agood job of making the transition to Cup cars,and attributed his lack of success at Ganassi’steam to inconsistency within the team.

“I thought I picked it up prettywell,” he said. “I run really well. I made theChase in my third year.

“One of the hardest things ... is theamount of changes. There was never any con-sistency. …

“It wasn’t because they were doingit on purpose, they were just trying newthings and trying to make things better. The

problem is every time you make changes itmakes it harder.”

Jimmie Johnson said he agrees thatconsistency within a race team is a key to suc-cess once a driver gets accustomed to

NASCAR’s cars and tracks.

“I feel like you need five years toreally know the tracks and thecars,” Johnson said. “So,Juan is at that seven-or eight-year mark.

“Youkind of get to aspot whereyou’ve gotthe expe-rience,andthere aremanyreasonswhy thingsmight notwork, and Ifirmly believe in therelationship between thedriver and the crew chief iswhere the magic lies — espe-cially once you’re past thatfive-year mark.”

Johnson has beenwith his crew chief ChadKnaus for his entire Cup ca-reer.

Whatever the prob-lems were for Montoya andGanassi, NASCAR stands tolose one of the drivers who

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NASCAR? “I don’tknow,” he said. “As Isaid, the number-one

priority for me is try-ing to be in a winningcar.”


NOTEBOOK

Most of the time, when KyleBusch races in the Nationwide or

enced drivers, Busch in the lead andsecond-place Brendan Gaughan. But

right on by.”Buescher’s victory moved

James Buescher makes the most of his opportunity



Busch races in the Nationwide or Camping World Truck Series, he canhandle most any challenge from theseries regulars, which is why he has118 major NASCAR victories — 27 in

Cup, 59 in Nationwide and 32 in theTruck Series.But on Saturday in the truck

race at Michigan International Speed-way, it was young James Buescher taking Busch to school in the closinglaps.

With a little over four lapsleft to run, the 23-year-old Buescher was third behind two far-more-experi-

second place Brendan Gaughan. Butin the span of two corners, Buescher

passed them both and held on for thewin, his first of the season and fifthoverall in the truck series.

“How the 31 (Buescher) canget a run on the 62 (Gaughan), who’sgot a run on me is beyond me,” Buschsaid. “It blows my mind. He got a runon all of us, and I got down in turnthree way too low on my entry to tryto block, and I got loose.

“I don’t know if he was thatclose to me or not, but I had to savemy truck and in doing so he just drove

Buescher s victory movedhim within one point of Jeb Burton,who is second in the standings, butthey’re both a ways out of first place.Matt Crafton is on top with a 51-point

lead over Burton.“It’s a good way to start thatturnaround,” said Buescher, the de-fending series champion. “It’s no se-cret that it’s not the season we’ve beenexpecting.”

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the pressure is on for the next three weeks.He insists his team is worthy of contend-

ing for the championship in the season-ending, 10-race Chase.

“There are guys in worse positions thanus,” Earnhardt said. “We ain’t got to outrun justone guy; there’s a lot of guys. And all of them havegot to have clean races, just like we do.

“I think we’ll be all right. We’re not an11th-place team. We’re a top-five team. We’re con-sistent. We’re more consistent than most. We’ve

just got to shake this luck, whatever is going on;it’s something different every time.”

Points leader Jimmie Johnson had mis-fortune once again at Michigan, one of the fewCup tracks where he’s never won. He wrecked his

primary car in practice, drove his b ackup all the

way to the lead in the race only to blow his engineand finish 40th. He’s still atop the points standingsand locked into the Chase, but he regrets not beingable to score a strong finish as he heads into therun for the championship.

“I hate having momentum not work inour favor late in the regular season,” Johnson said.“I think we would have had a very strong racetoday if not a win. That momentum is key rollinginto the Chase. That is the biggest downfall to me.”

For Johnson’s and Earnhardt’s teammateJeff Gordon, a mediocre run at Michigan put histitle hopes in jeopardy.

Gordon’s 17th-place finish leaves him14th in the standings, 26 points out of the top 10and without a win, but he overcame the odds lastyear to secure a Chase berth in the regular-seasonfinale at Richmond. Joey Logano (left) battles Kurt Busch (middle) and Jeff Burton (right) for the lead in Sunday’s Pure Michigan 400.

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