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Dr. Meincke has been serving as an orthopedic surgeon in Berlin for the past few years. He earned his medical degree from the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, and completed his orthopedic residency from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. He is also fellowship trained in conservative and surgical care of spine conditions from the Medical College of Wisconsin Department of Orthopedics. He is board certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery.
"When I am with my patients, I work to do the right thing and do it all the time," says Dr. Meincke. "I am always available for patients to answer questions and help in any way I can."
Dr. Meincke lives in Berlin with his wife, Yolanda, and they have three children – Noah, 18, Matthew, 13 and Maria, 11. He enjoys exercising, sports, hunting, fishing and reading.
Dr. Meincke says of his new position with Agnesian HealthCare. "It is very exciting to be a part of the Agnesian HealthCare family with the building of a new hospital and to be there to meet the Orthopedic needs of the area."
Appointments can be scheduled by calling Ripon Medical Center at (920) 748-0550.
Paragon Partners, a $200 million private equity fund floated by Siddharth Parekh to provide growth capital for mid-market deals in India, has struck two new deals in the consumer and financial services sectors with a total investment of $15 million (Rs 100 crore).
It has invested Rs 75 crore in Cravatex Brands Ltd and Rs 25 crore in InCred Finance, the private equity firm said in a statement. The company had made the first close of its debut fund last year.
Cravatex Brands, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of public listed company Cravatex, has a pan-India retail and distribution platform for lifestyle, sports and wellness products. It has an exclusive long-term licensing agreement with FILA, the Italian sportswear and lifestyle brand, for footwear, apparel and accessories.
“The opportunity to partner with global brands in the fast-growing sportswear and wellness industries driven by the strong Indian consumption story makes for a great investment thesis,” said Sumeet Nindrajog, co-founder and senior partner, Paragon Partners.
Cravatex Brands also has the exclusive distribution rights for global fitness equipment manufacturer Johnson Healthtech of Taiwan through its Proline Fitness brand.
Johnson Healthtech products, which are sold under Matrix, Horizon and Vision, compete with brands such as Cybex, TechnoGym, LifeFitness and Precor.
InCred Finance, which was founded by Bhupinder Singh, the former Asia Pacific head of investment banking, Deutsche Bank, is a technology-driven, new-age, non-banking finance company. It focuses on four lending verticals: affordable housing, small and medium enterprises, education and consumer finance. The company has already raised over Rs 550 crore from a set of marquee investors from India and overseas, including former Deutsche Bank co-CEO Anshu Jain last year.
“We believe that the company (InCred) is ideally positioned to benefit from a significant lending opportunity given the current levels of credit penetration in India,” said Parekh.
With the latest deals, the private equity firm has so far deployed Rs 275 crore.
Paragon had made its debut investment in Mumbai-based privately held property construction firm Capacite Infraprojects Ltd. Its second investment was in engineering components maker Maini Precision.
Subsequently, Infina Finance Pvt. Ltd and private equity firm NewQuest Capital Partners had invested $21 million in the two Paragon-backed companies. Infina Finance, an investment company jointly owned by Kotak Mahindra Bank and the Kotak family, is a limited partner, or investor, in Paragon Partners.
The private equity firm, which was set up in August 2015, marked the first close at $50 million in March 2016.
Paragon focuses on five key sectors, including consumer discretionary, financial services, infrastructure services (capex light), industrials and healthcare services. The firm targets an investment size of $10-15 million as minority growth capital.
Teen Horror Blogger: What Drove Ashlee Martinson to Allegedly Kill Her Parents?
Ashlee Martinson seemed like any other happy-go-lucky teenager when she first moved to the small, rural town of Piehl, Wisconsin, in 2014.
But her seemingly happy demeanor belied something darker. On March 8, two days after Ashlee turned 17, she was arrested in Indiana with her boyfriend, Ryan Sisco, 22 – after a nationwide manhunt – for murdering her mother and stepfather. Sisco has not been implicated in the murders. Ashlee has plead not guilty.
Police who responded to 911 calls from Ashlee’s modest, two-story home in Wisconsin’s North Woods found a grisly scene: three terrified children, 9, 8 and 2, in the house alone, with their slain parents.
On March 7, Ashlee allegedly shot her stepfather, Thomas Ayers, 37, in the head before allegedly fatally stabbing her mother, Jennifer Ayers, 40, multiple times and locking her younger sisters in a room with snacks and juice before fleeing, say court records.
Residents of the usually quiet town were stunned, with many asking: How could this have happened? “The whole situation is a shocker,” says neighbor Roy Rasmussen.
Even more shocking is what authorities learned about her soon after her arrest. Calling herself “Vampchick,” the self-described “horror fanatic” penned a blog she called “Nightmare,” writing graphic stories and poems about blood, mutilation, death and dying posted macabre pictures on her Pinterest page, where she says she hails from “the dark, haunted woods of Wisconsin.” Among drawings of hers that she pinned: a faceless, naked girl with black wings sitting beside a gravesite under a full moon and a skull with a rose coming out of the eyesocket.
While no one yet knows if her obsession with death played a part in the murders, police say that on March 7, she fought with her parents over Sisco, because they said he was too old for her.
Sisco told investigators that he believes he had been messaging with Ashlee’s mother and stepfather on Facebook the day authorities believe they were killed, according to court records obtained by PEOPLE. He had received a message warning him to stay away from Ashlee because she was a minor, writing, “As her parents we can press charges,” according to court records.
On June 29, Martinson pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect to charges of two counts of first-degree intentional homicide and three counts of false imprisonment.
As she awaits a hearing in September and her younger sisters remain in foster care, her family and friends are trying to pick up the pieces and figure out what went so very wrong. “Sadly, this has changed everybody’s lives,” says Thomas’s brother, Don Ayers.
For more on Ashlee Martinson’s case, pick up this week’s issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.
Bakersville Volunteer Fire Department will have a dinner from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. The menu includes hot roast beef sandwiches, mashed potatoes, vegetables, applesauce, salad, dessert and beverages. There is a cost.
The fourth annual Arctic Circle Assembly, held from Oct. 7 to 9 in Reykjavik, Iceland, was a striking display of Arctic networks. The comingling of social networks representing a wide range of interests—from the commercial sector, academia, NGOs, and indigenous peoples to federal and subnational governments—later prompted discussion of commercial networks. From the outset, it was apparent that the Arctic is increasingly seen as rising star on the international stage. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, Arctic Circle Chairman and former president of Iceland, warmly welcomed the more than 2,000 participants from 45 nations, an appreciable increase from the attendance of 1,200 at the first Assembly in 2013. Collectively, the rapid growth of the Assembly and speakers who followed Grímsson during the opening plenary session instilled a sense of Arcticness—a metaphorical mapping that tightly envisions the Arctic as an integral aspect of a global future.
Take, for example, expressions of self-identified Arcticness by some non-Arctic nations. China’s Gao Feng from the foreign ministry was first to announce his nation’s status as a “near Arctic state.” This statement was to be expected. China claimed this status during the application stage for Observer status at the Arctic Council. Laurent Mayet, France’s Deputy Ambassador to the Polar Regions, then rose to the podium and claimed that “France, like China, is a near Arctic state.” France gained Observer status at the Arctic Council in 2000, China in 2013. Swiss Secretary of State Yves Rossier declared that Switzerland is a “vertical Arctic country.” But keynote speaker Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, took the top prize when she assured the now-amused audience that Scotland is the “closest Arctic neighbor.” These demonstrations of Arcticness, in many respects, represent the future of an Arctic superimposed with metaphorical highways and byways crisscrossing the region from north to south and east to west.
Where the public imagination is yet to fully grasp the impacts of Arctic warming in day-to-day life, a broad range of actors have a firm idea as to what this new reality will likely mean for our increasingly networked world. If plans come to fruition, communication networks, renewable energy networks, and the movement of goods and people throughout the Northern Hemisphere will reshape our current image of the Arctic. Granted, it would be next to impossible to know how many of these proposed networks and associations will develop beyond the planning stage, but as evidenced by the many discussions of networks at the Assembly, a fundamental reshaping of the Arctic relative to global processes is well underway.
Beyond metaphorical routes, many Arctic networks, both current and future, can be richly depicted through mapping. The clarity provided by maps communicates information that the written word does not. A rotational shift of a map, however, shapes how information is received.
First, consider the IcelandAir route map depicting the flight path of aircraft flying over the Arctic, carrying passengers between North America and Europe. In contrast to the typical map, this one prominently situates Iceland in the Arctic. Through this depiction, travelers are able to effectively locate themselves in the Arctic, as opposed to a traditional map that emphasizes the east-west perspective, effectively diminishing the significance of the far north. This illustration of flight paths now reads as a network of transits where the Arctic is the central point of reference.
From an economic perspective, IcelandAir understood the significance of Iceland’s strategic position as an Arctic gateway, enticing travelers to “explore Iceland on an IcelandAir stopover” with a free multi-day stopover option. Guided excursions to Iceland’s “Arctic North” offer the potential sighting of the northern lights. IcelandAir’s revenues have increased 70 percent between 2009 and 2014, and the route network increased by 81 percent from 21 routes to 38 over the same period. According to the Icelandic Tourist Board, foreign visitors to Iceland grew from 489,000 in 2010 to approximately 1 million in 2014. In stark contrast, as of January 2016 the population of Iceland is 332,500.
Now imagine the potential for shipping networks involving the United States, not from Alaska, as one would expect, but rather the state of Maine. Strategically located on the northeast corner of the continental U.S , the Port of Portland serves as a gateway to trans-Atlantic northern shipping routes from the U.S. to Iceland, Greenland, and other Nordic countries. Some have even suggested that Maine is the next near Arctic state. In 2013, Iceland-based shipping firm Eimskip relocated its U.S. headquarters to Portland, Maine. Eimskip’s presence in Portland is seen as having a “a transformative effect on Maine’s economy,” a point made clear at the 2016 Arctic Circle Assembly by John Henshaw, CEO of Maine Port Authority. Container shipments have increased dramatically since 2011, up by more than 1,300 percent, largely attributed to Eimskip’s relocation to Portland. Investment of $30 million into container yard rehabilitation helped Portland win the business of Eimskip. Eimskip ports-of-call are extensive, including Greenland, Faroe Islands, Iceland, and northern Norway, among others.
Maine’s relevance to the Arctic is further established by U.S. Senator Angus King’s position as a founding co-chair of the Senate Arctic Caucus. As host to this October’s Arctic Council Senior Arctic Officials meeting, Maine was one of two exceptions to such formal gatherings during the U.S. Chairmanship, which have otherwise taken place in Alaska. “Maine will now play a central role in the important Arctic Council conversations about how a changing environment in the High North can foster cooperation, increase commerce, and help cultivate greater economic opportunity,” said King.
Now imagine a slice of map that depicts submarine cable networks linking renewable energy sources to centers of demand throughout the North Atlantic. As Nicola Sturgeon emphasized during her keynote address, meeting COP21 emission reduction goals is both a moral imperative and a business opportunity. “Paris marks a milestone” she noted, not a conclusion. To limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius or less, fossil fuels will need to remain in the ground and be replaced with renewable energy sources such as sun, wind, and tidal power to fuel global existence and economic growth.
Yet shifting to renewable energy raises numerous challenges, not the least of which is reimagining energy delivery from the source to the consumer. This was the subject of the North Atlantic Energy Network panel, with discussion on issues of technical and economic feasibility as well as political will and NIMBY (not in my backyard).
The idea of linking Iceland’s electricity grid with Scotland was first proposed over 60 years ago. In 2009, Iceland’s national power company Landsvirkjun reintroduced the idea as the IceLink Connector. In 2012, Iceland and the U.K. signed a memorandum of understanding solidifying intent to connect the U.K. with cost-effective hydro and geothermal energy resources in Iceland. If implemented fully, surplus renewable energy resources would be connected to various markets throughout Europe, with the option of additional interconnectors to Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
The possibilities are tremendous, yet concerns remain. Meinhard Eliasen, energy adviser to the Faroese Energy Authority, said that while the idea of replacing the islands’ energy source, now supplied by oil fulfilling 90 percent of need, the proposed idea of replacing oil with renewable energy supplied by a single cable is concerning. What if the cable fails? The Faroe Islands are left in the dark. In Greenland, is it feasible to link the country’s hydro and solar energy potential with markets to the west in Canada or to European markets via Iceland? Linking isolated renewable energy sources in the Arctic to markets in Canada, the U.K., and the rest of Europe is the subject of an extensive investigative report published by the North Atlantic Energy Network in 2016. Despite numerous challenges, however, the future of renewable energy would appear to be embedded in North Atlantic networks.
Networks abounded at the Arctic Circle Assembly 2016. Embodied in both the verbal and visual discourse, the future Arctic unfolds as an integral part of global flows.
The art of balance has been instrumental in Marcio Silveira’s success as an adviser and an entrepreneur.
The founder of Pavlov Financial Planning works about 60 hours a week, fielding growing interest from new clients.
It all came down to reaching an understanding with his wife, who stood by him while he obtained his chartered financial analyst and certified financial planner designations. She found herself a “CFA widow” while Mr. Silveira dedicated countless hours to studying.
A cornerstone of his practice today is working with young professional immigrants, a group Mr. Silveira identifies with, as he was born in Rio de Janeiro and his mother is from Russia. Mr. Silveira speaks Portuguese and Russian.
Mr. Silveira is a founding member of XY Planning Network, a group of fee-only financial advisers serving younger generations, and he bucks the trend of charging clients based on assets, instead billing a monthly retainer.
He also finds time to give back. Mr. Silveira has been an exam item writer and reviewer with the CFP Board, and provides probono planning at the monthly financial counseling clinic at Our Daily Bread of Fairfax County, Va.
Jersey Shore stirred up controversy before the first episode hit the airwaves. Starring eight self-professed “guidos” and “guidettes” living in a house in Seaside Heights, N.J., the characters led Italian-American activist groups to complain the show portrayed negative stereotypes.
But the series really took off when promotions showed castmate Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi getting punched in the face by a guy at a bar during the show’s fourth episode. The clip instantly went viral, and Snooki was suddenly a star. Under pressure from domestic-violence groups, MTV decided to cut the punch from its Dec. 17, 2009, broadcast, but the show had taken hold. Ratings skyrocketed, and the program became a must-watch train wreck.
Since then, the show has broadcast three seasons, and it’s about to shoot a fourth in Italy. Snooki has recovered quite nicely after the punch heard around the world she’s published a novel, has graced the cover of Rolling Stone and has a potential spin-off show in the works. The guy who hit her didn’t fare so well. Unable to find a job after all the publicity, he recently joined the Army.
The Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Gargrave.
IF you want a change of pace, the picturesque canalside walk from Skipton to Gargrave takes some beating on a sedate sunny day with its breathtaking views of the Yorkshire Dales.
It is escapism at its best – with a leisurely lunch followed by a gentle walk back to Skipton, one of the more accessible market towns, or a train ride if Northern is operating any of its services.
Yet, if you are hoping to avoid the dreaded B-word, you might have think again. For, while families, hikers, cyclists and canal users will welcome plans to improve the towpath along this stunning stretch of the historic Leeds & Liverpool Canal, the irony is that this £2m project is being largely financed by the Rural Development Programme for England which distributes EU funding.
If only the Government, and the EU, had put their best feet forward before the Brexit referendum – and ensured more money was spent on such beneficial schemes.
If you're into healthy home cooking, onions — including red onion — should have a permanent place in your pantry. Like most vegetables, onions are ultra-low in calories and contain antioxidants that promote good health. Red onions aren't a super source of many vitamins and minerals, but they do contain some, and they're loaded with organosulfur that may offer some serious health benefits.
Onions aren't the nutritional powerhouse of some other vegetables, but they are a great way of packing tons of flavor into your meals without adding salt, sugar, fat or calories. A one-third cup serving of diced red onions, for example, has just 35 calories, which come from a small amount of carbohydrates — including starch and natural sugar — and a gram of protein. Those onions contain 0 milligrams of sodium, but add plenty of savory flavor to your food, so including them in your diet may help you cut down your salt intake. Likewise, onions bulk up your food for virtually no calories, making a low-cal meal more filling.
The biggest potential health benefit of red onion comes from its organosulfur compounds — a family of nutrients that are also present in garlic, leeks and other onions. Organosulfur compounds are powerful antioxidants, which means they help scrub your cells clean of cancer-causing free radicals. Some modest research has shown that organosulfur compounds might also have anti-cancer properties, reports the Linus Pauling Institute, though these promising early findings need more trials to back them up. There's also some evidence that organosulfur compounds benefit heart health by helping to control cholesterol levels — but, again, more research is needed to know for sure.
Include red onions in your diet, and you'll get a smattering of other nutrients, too. Red onions supply a modest amount of vitamin C, an antioxidant that also strengthens your skin, bones, cartilage and hair. You'll also get a little bit of potassium, a mineral linked to cardiovascular health, as well as a small amount of iron, a mineral that promotes good oxygen circulation. While the amounts of these nutrients aren't all that significant, they still contribute to your overall intake — and every little bit counts when it comes to meeting your daily recommended intake.
Onions form the flavor base of so many cuisines that it's easy to include red onion in a wide range of meals. Because red onions are mild and sweet compared to other varieties of onion, you're more likely to serve'em raw — like in a salad, wrap or sandwich, or as a garnish for spreads or dips. However, you can use them in cooking. Add diced red onions to your scrambled eggs or omelets for lots of flavor, or add roughly chopped red onions to stir fries. If you want a healthy treat, make your own onion rings by coating red onion rings with whole-wheat breading and baking until golden brown.
Tremblay,, Sylvie. "Is Red Onion Good for You?" Healthy Eating \| SF Gate, http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/red-onion-good-you-2763.html. 21 November 2018.
Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes is looking for an improved display.
Aberdeen manager Derek McInnes believes the Reds have hit form at the right time as they brace themselves for a crucial top-of-the-table tussle with Celtic.
The Scottish Premiership champions restored their six-point lead in the Premiership with a 3-1 victory against St Johnstone on Saturday but the Dons can halve the deficit if they beat the Hoops at Pittodrie a week tomorrow.
Celtic are focusing on their League Cup semi-final against Ross County at Hampden on Sunday but, for the Dons, all thoughts are now on the Hoops and confidence is high following a run of seven wins and three draws in the last 10 league matches for Aberdeen.
McInnes, whose side beat Dundee 1-0 at Pittodrie on Friday, said: “We could have made it easier on ourselves if we had taken more of our opportunities against Dundee but it was a strong performance from us.
“I’m enjoying watching the team and there is a real determination about us.
“The last couple of games at home before Friday were draws despite us putting in decent performances in both but a 10-game unbeaten run is a strong showing from us, although we want it to go as long as possible.
Defender Mark Reynolds will return from suspension for the visit of Ronny Deila’s Hoops but McInnes has been impressed by the manner in which his side has coped without key players in their winning run.
He said: “We were delighted we managed to get a result against Dundee despite being without Mark Reynolds, Willo Flood and Ryan Jack.
Celtic will have a new face in their line-up in the shape of new signing Erik Sviatchenko but McInnes is hopeful he will also be able to add to his squad.
Paul Quinn is expected to leave Pittodrie this week to complete his return to Ross County and the search for reinforcements is well under way at the Dons.
McInnes said: “We’re spinning a lot of plates at the moment and we would like to do something but that could mean moving one or two on to other clubs or out on loan to free up wages.
Since then, the Stockton store has moved twice, both times to larger spots in the same shopping center.
The city has been without a dedicated running store since On the Run, in McHenry Village, closed last year.
The new Fleet Feet store is set to open in the former home of a convenience store at 1427 Standiford Avenue. That’s in the Frontier Town shopping center, not far from Mr. T’s Delicate Donut.
That’s no coincidence. Vice said the location works well for several reasons. For one thing, the local ShadowChase running club regularly meets at Mr. T’s for morning runs.
“And it’s a half-mile from the Virginia Corridor and less than a half-mile away from canals,” Vice said. Both are popular trails for local runners.
Though he is happy to serve experienced and speedy racers, Vice said his main target is the rest of us.
He and his staff are planning group runs, product testing and fun.
Located near the Highway 120 entrance to the park, Rush Creek Lodge is a “sister property” to the nearby Evergreen Lodge. It will have 143 rooms that will feature balconies overlooking the area’s hills. Also planned are a restaurant and tavern, a general store, wellness and yoga programs, a solar-heated saltwater pool and hot tub, and play areas that include a gold-panning stream and fly-fishing casting pond.
Look for the lodge to open next spring, with reservations being taken starting this summer. For more information, go to www.rushcreeklodge.com.
Somehow, Blue Springs High School’s Camryn Habben finds enough time in a 24-hour day to serve as president of Scholar Bowl and vice president of SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions), travel the country with the highly acclaimed Blue Springs High School Golden Regiment – where she serves as a student leader in the wind symphony – and change the world, one piece of paper at a time.
The junior recently won first place in the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America’s recycling-redesign STAR (Students Taking Action with Recognition) competitive event. STAR offers high school students a series of events in which members are recognized for proficiency and achievement in chapter and individual projects, leadership skills and career preparation.
She collected used faxes, old music notes from the band room and any other paper that was heading to a trash container to make a wedding dress – wowing the judges and members of the Blue Springs administration.
Habben did not take part in the competition for personal recognition.
In the past, she has used a mannequin she borrowed from the high school for her STAR creations, but her parents recently purchased a mannequin so Habben could come up with a new design at the drop of a hat.
The creation took a few weeks to complete and she won the Jan. 22 competition that took place at Woods Chapel United Methodist Church in Lee’s Summit.
Air pollution is stopping women from getting pregnant through IVF, new research has found.
A link has been found between air pollutants, particularly nitrogen dioxide, and an increased chance of IVF failure.
A team of fertility experts tested more than 7,000 women undergoing IVF in various American hospitals and analysed the results over seven years – from 2000 to 2007.
Dr Duanping Liao, a professor of epidemiology at Penn State College of Medicine, Pennsylvania, and who worked on the study, said: "Numerous studies have consistently shown a relationship between air pollution and human health, ranging from mortality, cardiovascular disease and other chronic conditions.
"In the process of searching for the mechanisms responsible for the above associations, we, and others, have reported significant links between air pollution and inflammation and increased blood clotting.
"These intermediate factors are also associated with reproductive health."
Experts say that burning of fossil fuels and diesel are the main causes of nitrogen dioxide production and that the findings may be useful in studying the adverse effects of air pollution on human reproduction in general.
Air pollutant concentration data for the study period came from the US Environmental Protection Agency.
The researchers worked out daily pollution concentrations for each patient during the entire IVF process and pregnancy.

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