Podcasts about Skaneateles

Jodi Marie Brewer was a 19-year-old woman from Las Vegas who disappeared on August 14, 2003. Her torso was discovered two weeks later, wrapped in plastic and cloth, near Interstate 15 in San Bernardino County, California. Brewer had been involved in sex work, a factor that has drawn parallels between her case and other unsolved murders of sex workers in the early 2000s. In 2023, following the arrest of suspected serial killer Rex Heuermann, who owned timeshare properties in Las Vegas, authorities began reevaluating Brewer's case for potential connections to Heuermann, offering renewed hope for answers in her unsolved murder.​Lindsay Marie Harris was a 21-year-old woman from Skaneateles, New York, who moved to Las Vegas in 2003 with her boyfriend. On May 4, 2005, she disappeared from her home in Henderson, Nevada, after being last seen making a bank deposit. Her rental car was later found abandoned in the desert, and her credit cards remained unused. Weeks later, on May 23, 2005, children discovered severed legs near Interstate 55 in Divernon, Illinois; these remains were identified as Harris's in 2008 through DNA testing.Harris had been arrested multiple times for prostitution in Las Vegas, leading investigators to suspect a connection between her murder and other unsolved cases involving sex workers. Initially, authorities considered Neal Falls, a suspected serial killer, as a potential suspect. More recently, following the 2023 arrest of Rex Heuermann, the alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer with ties to Las Vegas, investigators have revisited Harris's case to explore any possible connections.to contact me:  bobbycapucci@protonmail.com

In this inaugural episode of the second season of Good News, hosts Deacons Jon Shematek and Lauren Welch sit down with the Right Reverend Carrie Schofield-Broadbent, the fifteenth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland and the first woman to hold that role. Bishop Carrie shares highlights of her first year as bishop, including the privilege of ordaining others, and the joy of hearing transformative stories from congregants across the diocese. She discusses the importance of inclusion, intentionality in leadership, and how the Episcopal Church nurtures real conversations across differences. The episode concludes with reflections on her recent pilgrimage to the Holy Land and her hopes for the church's future, emphasizing the mission to follow Jesus and embody values that welcome and respect all individuals.00:00 Introduction to Bishop Carrie Schofield-Broadbent00:51 Bishop Carrie's Journey and Election01:28 High Points and Joys of Ministry04:32 Challenges and Surprises in the Role05:28 Future of the Episcopal Church08:32 Inclusivity and Welcoming in the Church11:47 Impact of Women in Ministry15:02 Pilgrimage to the Holy Land19:04 Final Thoughts and FarewellThe Episcopal Diocese of Maryland: https://episcopalmaryland.org/Bishop Carrie's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/carrie.schofieldbroadbentListeningforClues website: https://listeningforclues.com/About Bishop Carrie: The Rt. Rev. Carrie K. Schofield-Broadbent was elected on March 25, 2023, as bishop coadjutor of the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland. She was ordained and consecrated on September 16, 2023, at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, with Bishop Mary Gray-Reeves as the Chief Consecrator.Bishop Carrie came from the Diocese of Central New York. She worked as the youth minister at St James', Skaneateles, as a conflict resolution trainer and consultant in educational settings until she entered Virginia Theological Seminary. After graduating in 2003, Bishop Carrie served in three small parishes, St. Paul's, Syracuse, and then as the rector of St. Matthew's, Liverpool for ten years. In 2017 she became a canon on diocesan staff serving in transition ministry and congregational development. She has served as a as a conflict resolution consultant for churches and a trainer in the College for Congregational Development.Deeply committed to honoring the dignity of every human being, Bishop Carrie consistently attends to her own work around race, climate change, economic justice, and full inclusion of LGBTQAI+ persons and is committed to helping the Church grow in these areas. She identifies her own core values of ministry as: trust and relationships, truth and transparency, and compassion and faithfulness. Bishop Carrie and her husband, Keith have two young adult children, Will and Kate. They have two dogs and enjoy traveling, camping, kayaking, and hiking together. Her hobbies include making pottery in a community studio, reading, growing houseplants, antique/thrifting and practicing yoga.© 2025 Listening for Clues

This week I preview the March Village elections in Skaneateles and Manlius that the Onondaga County Board of Elections runs as well as the Jordan and Fabius elections run by their village clerks. I go over why some villages have their elections in March, some in June, and now most in Onondaga County have them in November. Enjoy.

​Jodi Marie Brewer was a 19-year-old woman from Las Vegas who disappeared on August 14, 2003. Her torso was discovered two weeks later, wrapped in plastic and cloth, near Interstate 15 in San Bernardino County, California. Brewer had been involved in sex work, a factor that has drawn parallels between her case and other unsolved murders of sex workers in the early 2000s. In 2023, following the arrest of suspected serial killer Rex Heuermann, who owned timeshare properties in Las Vegas, authorities began reevaluating Brewer's case for potential connections to Heuermann, offering renewed hope for answers in her unsolved murder.​Lindsay Marie Harris was a 21-year-old woman from Skaneateles, New York, who moved to Las Vegas in 2003 with her boyfriend. On May 4, 2005, she disappeared from her home in Henderson, Nevada, after being last seen making a bank deposit. Her rental car was later found abandoned in the desert, and her credit cards remained unused. Weeks later, on May 23, 2005, children discovered severed legs near Interstate 55 in Divernon, Illinois; these remains were identified as Harris's in 2008 through DNA testing.Harris had been arrested multiple times for prostitution in Las Vegas, leading investigators to suspect a connection between her murder and other unsolved cases involving sex workers. Initially, authorities considered Neal Falls, a suspected serial killer, as a potential suspect. More recently, following the 2023 arrest of Rex Heuermann, the alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer with ties to Las Vegas, investigators have revisited Harris's case to explore any possible connections.to contact me:  bobbycapucci@protonmail.com

​Jodi Marie Brewer was a 19-year-old woman from Las Vegas who disappeared on August 14, 2003. Her torso was discovered two weeks later, wrapped in plastic and cloth, near Interstate 15 in San Bernardino County, California. Brewer had been involved in sex work, a factor that has drawn parallels between her case and other unsolved murders of sex workers in the early 2000s. In 2023, following the arrest of suspected serial killer Rex Heuermann, who owned timeshare properties in Las Vegas, authorities began reevaluating Brewer's case for potential connections to Heuermann, offering renewed hope for answers in her unsolved murder.​Lindsay Marie Harris was a 21-year-old woman from Skaneateles, New York, who moved to Las Vegas in 2003 with her boyfriend. On May 4, 2005, she disappeared from her home in Henderson, Nevada, after being last seen making a bank deposit. Her rental car was later found abandoned in the desert, and her credit cards remained unused. Weeks later, on May 23, 2005, children discovered severed legs near Interstate 55 in Divernon, Illinois; these remains were identified as Harris's in 2008 through DNA testing.Harris had been arrested multiple times for prostitution in Las Vegas, leading investigators to suspect a connection between her murder and other unsolved cases involving sex workers. Initially, authorities considered Neal Falls, a suspected serial killer, as a potential suspect. More recently, following the 2023 arrest of Rex Heuermann, the alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer with ties to Las Vegas, investigators have revisited Harris's case to explore any possible connections.to contact me:  bobbycapucci@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-epstein-chronicles--5003294/support.

March Village elections are coming soon. February 4-11, 2025 is the independent nominating petition period for those villages. This year Fabius and Jordan are having elections run by their clerk and Skaneateles & Manlius run by the Onondaga County Board of Elections. Check it out.

00:00-20:00: St. Bonaventure Athletics Digital Media Director Frank Schmeling chats about the great vibes around campus with Woj and the 10-1 Bona hoops team, his day to day, growing up in Skaneateles, when he wanted to go to Syracuse but chose SBU, his recent work, what the field looks like in the future and more.

00:00-15:00: St. Bonaventure Athletics Digital Media Director Frank Schmeling chats about the great vibes around campus with Woj and the 10-1 Bona hoops team, his day to day, growing up in Skaneateles, when he wanted to go to Syracuse but chose SBU, his recent work, what the field looks like in the future and more.

This podcast hit paid subscribers' inboxes on Nov. 10. It dropped for free subscribers on Nov. 17. To receive future episodes as soon as they're live, and to support independent ski journalism, please consider an upgrade to a paid subscription. You can also subscribe to the free tier below:WhoJohn Melcher, CEO of Crystal Mountain, MichiganRecorded onOctober 14, 2024About Crystal Mountain, MichiganClick here for a mountain stats overviewOwned by: The Petritz FamilyLocated in: Thompsonville, MichiganYear founded: 1956Pass affiliations: Indy Pass & Indy+ Pass: 2 days, no blackoutsReciprocal partners: 1 day each at Caberfae and Mount Bohemia, with blackoutsClosest neighboring ski areas: Caberfae (:37), Hickory Hills (:45), Mt. Holiday (:50), Missaukee Mountain (:52), Homestead (:51)Base elevation: 757 feetSummit elevation: 1,132 feetVertical drop: 375 feetSkiable Acres: 103Average annual snowfall: 132 inchesTrail count: 59 (30% black diamond, 48% blue square, 22% green circle) + 7 glades + 3 terrain parksLift count: 8 (1 high-speed quad, 3 fixed-grip quads, 2 triples, 2 carpets – view Lift Blog's inventory of Crystal Mountain's lift fleet)Why I interviewed himThe biggest knock on Midwest skiing is that the top of the hill is not far enough away from the bottom of the hill, and this is generally true. Two or three or four hundred vertical feet is not a lot of vertical feet. It is enough to hold little pockets of trees or jumps or a racer's pitch that begs for a speed check. But no matter how fun the terrain, too soon the lift maze materializes and it's another slow roll up to more skiing.A little imagination helps here. Six turns in a snowy Michigan glade feel the same as six turns in Blue Sky Basin trees (minus the physiological altitude strain). And the skillset transfers well. I learned to ski bumps on a 200-vertical-foot section of Boyne Mountain and now I can ski bumps anywhere. But losing yourself in a 3,000-vertical-foot Rocky Mountain descent is not the same thing as saying “Man I can almost see it” as you try to will a 300-footer into something grander. We all know this.Not everything about the lift-served skiing experience shrinks down with the same effect, is my point here. With the skiing itself, scale matters. But the descent is only part of the whole thing. The lift maze matters, and the uphill matters, and the parking matters, and the location of the lift ticket pick-up matters, and the availability of 4 p.m. beers matters, and the arrangement base lodge seating matters. And when all of these things are knotted together into a ski day that is more fun than stressful, it is because you are in the presence of one thing that scales down in any context: excellence.The National Ski Areas Association splits ski areas into four size categories, calculated by “vertical transportation feet per hour.” In other words: how many skiers your lifts can push uphill in an ideal hour. This is a useful metric for many reasons, but I'd like to see a more qualitative measurement, one based not just on size, but on consistent quality of experience.I spend most of my winter bouncing across America, swinging into ski areas of all sizes and varieties. Excellence lives in unexpected places. One-hundred-and-sixty-vertical-foot Boyce Park, Pennsylvania blows thick slabs of snow with modern snowguns, grooms it well, and seems to double-staff every post with local teenagers. Elk Mountain, on the other side of Pennsylvania, generally stitches together a better experience than its better-known neighbors just south, in the Poconos. Royal Mountain, a 550-vertical-foot, weekends-only locals' bump in New York's southern Adirondacks, alternates statuesque grooming with zippy glades across its skis-bigger-than-it-is face.These ski areas, by combining great order and reliable conditions with few people, are delightful. But perhaps more impressive are ski areas that deliver consistent excellence while processing enormous numbers of visitors. Here you have places like Pats Peak, New Hampshire; Wachusett, Massachusetts; Holiday Valley, New York; and Mt. Rose, Nevada. These are not major tourist destinations, but they run with the welcoming efficiency of an Aspen or a Deer Valley. A good and ordered ski day, almost no matter what.Crystal Mountain, Michigan is one of these ski areas. Everything about the ski experience is well-considered. Expansion, upgrades, and refinement of existing facilities have been constant for decades. The village blends with the hill. The lifts are where the lifts should be. The trail network is interesting and thoughtfully designed. The parks are great. The grooming is great. The glades are plentiful. The prices are reasonable. And, most important of all, despite being busy at all times, Crystal Mountain is tamed by order. This is excellence, that thing that all ski areas should aspire to, whatever else they lack.What we talked aboutWhat's new for Crystal skiers in 2024; snowmaking; where Crystal draws its snowmaking water; Peek'n Peak, New York; why Crystal is a good business in addition to being a good ski area; four-seasons business; skiing as Mother; what makes a great team (and why Crystal has one); switching into skiing mid-career; making trails versus clearcutting the ski slope; ownership decided via coinflip; Midwest destination skiing's biggest obstacle; will Crystal remain independent?; room to expand; additional glading opportunities; why many of Crystal's trails are named after people; considering the future of Crystal's lift fleet; why Crystal built a high-speed lift that rises just 314 vertical feet; why the ghost of the Cheers lift lives on as part of Crystal's trailmap; where Crystal has considered adding a lift to the existing terrain; that confusing trailmap; a walkable village; changes inbound at the base of Loki; pushing back parking; more carpets for beginners; Crystal's myriad bargain lift ticket options; the Indy Pass; why Crystal dropped Indy Pass blackouts; the Mt. Bohemia-Crystal relationship; Caberfae; Indy's ultimatum to drop Ski Cooper reciprocals or leave the pass; and why Crystal joined Freedom Pass last year and left for this coming winter.  Why I thought that now was a good time for this interviewThe Storm's mission is to serve all of American lift-served skiing. That means telling the stories of ski areas in every part of the country. I do this not because I have to, but because I want to. This newsletter would probably work just fine if it focused always and only on the great ski centers of the American West. That is, after all, the only part of U.S. ski country that outsiders travel to and that locals never leave. The biggest and best skiing is out there, at the top of our country, high and snowy and with a low chance of rain.But I live in the East and I grew up in the Midwest. Both regions are cluttered with ski areas. Hundreds of them, each distinct, each its own little frozen kingdom, each singular in atmosphere and arrangement and orientation toward the world. Most remain family-owned, and retain the improvisational quirk synonymous with such a designation. But more interesting is that these ski areas remain tethered to their past in a way that many of the larger western destination resorts, run by executives cycled in via corporate development programs, never will be again.I want to tell these stories. I'm aware that my national audience has a limited tolerance for profiles of Midwest ski centers they will never ski. But they seem to be okay with about a half-dozen per year, which is about enough to remind the wider ski community that this relatively flat but cold and hardy region is home to one of the world's great ski cultures. The Midwest is where night-skiing rules, where blue-collar families still ski, where hunting clothes double as ski clothes, where everything is a little less serious and a little more fun.There's no particular big development or project that threw the spotlight on Crystal here. I've been trying to arrange this interview for years. Because this is a very good ski area and a very well-run ski area, even if it is not a very large ski area in the grand landscape of American ski areas. It is one of the finest ski areas in the Midwest, and one worthy of our attention.What I got wrong* I said that “I forget if it's seven or nine different tree areas” at Crystal. The number of glades labeled on the trailmap is seven.* I said Crystal had been part of Indy Pass “since the beginning or near the beginning.” The mountain joined the pass in May, 2020, ahead of the 2020-21 ski season, Indy's second.Why you should ski Crystal Mountain, MichiganCrystal's Loki pod rises above the parking lots, 255 vertical feet, eight trails down, steep on the front, gentler toward the back. These days I would ski each of the eight in turn and proceed next door to the Clipper lift. But I was 17 and just learning to ski and to me at the time that meant bombing as fast as possible without falling. For this, Wipeout was the perfect trail, a sweeping crescent through the trees, empty even on that busy day, steep but only for a bit, just enough to ignite a long sweeping tuck back to the chairs. We lapped this run for hours. Speed and adrenaline through the falling snow. The cold didn't bother us and the dozens of alternate runs striped over successive hills didn't tempt us. We'd found what we'd wanted and what we'd wanted is this.I packed that day in the mental suitcase that holds my ski memories and I've carried it around for decades. Skiing bigger mountains hasn't tarnished it. Becoming a better skier hasn't diminished it. Tuck and bomb, all day long. Something so pure and simple in it, a thing that bundles those Loki laps together with Cottonwoods pow days and Colorado bump towers and California trees. Indelible. Part of what I think of when I think about skiing and part of who I am when I consider myself as a skier.I don't know for sure what Crystal Mountain, Michigan can give you. I can't promise transformation of the impressionable teenage sort. I can't promise big terrain or long runs because those don't have them. I'm not going to pitch Crystal as a singular pilgrimage of the sort that draws western Brobots to Bohemia. This is a regional ski area that is most attractive to skiers who live in Michigan or the northern portions of the states to its immediate south. Read: it is a ski area that the vast majority of you will never experience. And the best endorsement I can make of Crystal is that I think that's too bad, because I think you would really like it, even if I can't exactly explain why.Podcast NotesOn Peek'n PeakThe most difficult American ski area name to spell is not “Summit at Snoqualmie” or “Granlibakken” or “Pomerelle” or “Sipapu” or “Skaneateles” or “Bottineau Winter Park” or “Trollhaugen,” all of which I memorized during the early days of The Storm. The most counterintuitive, frustrating, and frankly stupid ski area name in all the land is “Peek'n Peak,” New York, which repeats the same word spelled two different ways for no goddamn reason. And then there's the apostrophe-“n,” lodged in there like a bar of soap crammed between the tomato and lettuce in your hamburger, a thing that cannot possibly justify or explain its existence. Five years into this project, I can't get the ski area's name correct without looking it up.Anyway, it is a nice little ski area, broad and varied and well-lifted, lodged in a consistent little Lake Erie snowbelt. They don't show glades on the trailmap, but most of the trees are skiable when filled in. The bump claims 400 vertical feet; my Slopes app says 347. Either way, this little Indy Pass hill, where Melcher learned to ski, is a nice little stopover:On Crystal's masterplanCrystal's masterplan leaves room for potential future ski development – we discuss where, specifically, in the podcast. The ski area is kind of lost in the sprawl of Crystal's masterplan, so I've added the lift names for context:On Sugar Loaf, MichiganMichigan, like most ski states, has lost more ski areas than it's kept. The most frustrating of these loses was Sugar Loaf, a 500-footer parked in the northwest corner of the Lower Peninsula, outside of Traverse City. Sunday afternoon lift tickets were like $12 and my high school buddies and I would drive up through snowstorms and ski until the lifts closed and drive home. The place went bust around 2000, but the lifts were still standing until some moron ripped them out five years ago with fantasies of rebuilding the place as some sort of boutique “experience.” Then he ran away and now it's just a lonely, empty hill.On Michigan being “littered with lost ski areas”Michigan is home to the second-most active or semi-active ski areas of any state in the country, with 44 (New York checks in around 50). Still, the Midwest Lost Ski Areas project counts more than 200 lost ski areas in the state.On Crystal's backside evolution and confusing trailmapBy building pod after pod off the backside of the mountain, Crystal has nearly doubled in size since I first skied there in the mid-90s. The Ridge appeared around 2000; North Face came online in 2003; and Backyard materialized in 2015. These additions give Crystal a sprawling, adventurous feel on par with The Highlands or Nub's Nob. But the trailmap, while aesthetically pleasant, is one of the worst I've seen, as it's very unclear how the three pods link to one another, and in turn to the front of the mountain:This is a fixable problem, as I outlined in my last podcast, with Vista Map founder Gary Milliken, who untangled similarly confusing trailmaps for Mt. Spokane, Washington and Lookout Pass, Idaho over the past couple of years. Here's Lookout Pass' old and new maps side-by-side:And here's Mt. Spokane:Crystal – if you'd like an introduction to Gary, I'm happy to make that happen.On resort consolidation in the MidwestThe Midwest has not been sheltered from the consolidation wave that's rolled over much of the West and New England over the past few decades. Of the region's 123 active ski areas, 25 are owned by entities that operate two or more ski areas: Vail Resorts owns 10; Wisconsin Resorts, five; Midwest Family Ski Resorts, four; the Schmitz Brothers, three; Boyne, two; and the Perfect Family, which also owns Timberline in West Virginia, one. But 98 of the region's ski areas remain independently owned and operated. While a couple dozen of those are tiny municipal ropetow bumps with inconsistent operations and little or no snowmaking, most of those that run at least one chairlift are family-owned ski areas that, last winter notwithstanding, are doing very well on a formula of reasonable prices + a focus on kids and night-skiing. Here's the present landscape of Midwest skiing:On the consolidation of Crystal's lift fleetCrystal once ran five frontside chairlifts:Today, the mountain has consolidated that to just five, despite a substantively unchanged trail footprint. While Crystal stopped running the Cheers lift around 2016, its shadowy outline still appears along the Cheers To Lou run.Crystal is way out ahead of the rest of the Midwest, which built most of its ski areas in the age of cheap fixed-grip lifts and never bothered to replace them. The king of these dinosaurs may be Afton Alps, Minnesota, with 15 Hall chairlifts (it was, until recently, 17) lined up along the ridge, the newest of them dating to 1979:It's kind of funny that Vail owns this anachronism, which, despite its comic-book layout, is actually a really fun little ski area.On Crystal's many discounted lift ticket optionsWhile Crystal is as high-end as any resort you'll find in Michigan, the ski area still offers numerous loveably kitschy discounts of the sort that every ski area in the country once sold:Browse these and more on their website.On Indy Pass' dispute with Ski CooperLast year, Indy Pass accused Ski Cooper of building a reciprocal resort network that turned the ski area's discount season pass into a de facto national ski pass that competed directly with Indy. Indy then told its partners to ditch Cooper or leave Indy. Crystal was one of those resorts, and found a workaround by joining the Freedom Pass, which maintained the three Cooper days for their passholders without technically violating Indy Pass' mandate. You can read the full story here:On Bohemia and CaberfaeCrystal left Freedom Pass for this winter, but has retained reciprocal deals with Mount Bohemia and Caberfae. I've hosted leaders of both ski areas on the podcast, and they are two of my favorite episodes:The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us.The Storm publishes year-round, and guarantees 100 articles per year. This is article 73/100 in 2024, and number 573 since launching on Oct. 13, 2019. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

How Passion fuels Massive Success with Jeff Knauss Did you know that the digital marketing industry is expected to reach a whopping $640 billion by 2027? That's a massive playground for visionaries like Jeff Knauss! Jeff Knauss is a serial entrepreneur & angel investor. In 2021, he received an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from SUNY Oswego after graduating in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in public relations with a concentration in marketing. His entrepreneurial journey started as the CEO & Co-founder (alongside his business partner Jake Tanner) of Digital Hyve, a full-service digital marketing agency with offices in Syracuse and Rochester, NY.  Digital Hyve was named the 52nd fastest private growing company in the United States by Inc. Magazine in their annual Inc. 5,000 edition and was also named the 5th fastest growing Marketing & Advertising Company in the nation. They were listed on the Inc. 5,000 list 5 years in a row. After scaling Digital Hyve to an 8-figure revenue company, Jeff sold Digital Hyve to an independently owned ad agency, which resulted in DH's 56 employees becoming employee-owners of the business through an ESOP. This has been Jeff's proudest professional moment as it honored the employees that helped build Digital Hyve. Jeff has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, Adweek, Inc. Magazine, Fortune Magazine, Facebook.com Success Stories, and multiple television news networks. He is currently a partner and investor in 13 businesses ranging from various startups focused on medical research, professional networking, mobile payment apps, commercial real estate, 3 restaurants (Hidden Fish, Clover's, and XO Taco), diversity recruitment, and e-commerce.  Prior to starting Digital Hyve, Jeff spent 8 years in broadcast television. Jeff serves on the Board of Directors of Community Financial System, Inc., a diversified financial services company focused on four main business lines – banking, benefits administration, insurance services and wealth management with total assets over $15 billion. Community Financial System, Inc. is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CBU. He also currently serves on the Board of Directors of the SUNY Oswego Foundation. In the past, Jeff has served on the Board of Directors of Byrne Dairy, Food Bank of CNY, United Way of CNY, OCC Foundation, Loretto Foundation, CenterState CEO, and CNYSME. In 2021, Jeff and his wife started the Knauss Family Foundation which focuses on helping break generational poverty cycles through children's health and well-being, education, and career pathing. Jeff lives in Skaneateles, NY with his wife, Heta and 2 children, Max and Lila. Body Transformation System! https://modere.io/NbOyU2 Mindset Manifestation Mastermind in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico https://wellnessmarketingltd.com/mindset-manifestation-mastermind/ To learn more about Rebecca… https://www.rebeccaelizabethwhitman.com/#home #DigitalMarketing #SocialMediaMarketing #PublicRelations #SUNYOswego #Marketing #DigitalHyve #MarketingAgency #AngelInvestor #BusinessPartner #OnlineMarketing #JeffKnauss #Startup #SerialEntrepreneur #BusinessGrowth #NewYork #Entrepreneurship #HonoraryDoctorate #RochesterNY #SyracuseNY #SmallBusinessTips   digital marketing, social media marketing, public relations, SUNY Oswego, marketing, Digital Hyve, marketing agency, angel investor, business partner, online marketing, Jeff Knauss, startup, serial entrepreneur, business growth, New York, entrepreneurship, honorary doctorate, Rochester, Syracuse, small business tips

How Passion fuels Massive Success with Jeff Knauss Did you know that the digital marketing industry is expected to reach a whopping $640 billion by 2027? That's a massive playground for visionaries like Jeff Knauss! Jeff Knauss is a serial entrepreneur & angel investor. In 2021, he received an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from SUNY Oswego after graduating in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in public relations with a concentration in marketing. His entrepreneurial journey started as the CEO & Co-founder (alongside his business partner Jake Tanner) of Digital Hyve, a full-service digital marketing agency with offices in Syracuse and Rochester, NY.  Digital Hyve was named the 52nd fastest private growing company in the United States by Inc. Magazine in their annual Inc. 5,000 edition and was also named the 5th fastest growing Marketing & Advertising Company in the nation. They were listed on the Inc. 5,000 list 5 years in a row. After scaling Digital Hyve to an 8-figure revenue company, Jeff sold Digital Hyve to an independently owned ad agency, which resulted in DH's 56 employees becoming employee-owners of the business through an ESOP. This has been Jeff's proudest professional moment as it honored the employees that helped build Digital Hyve. Jeff has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, Adweek, Inc. Magazine, Fortune Magazine, Facebook.com Success Stories, and multiple television news networks. He is currently a partner and investor in 13 businesses ranging from various startups focused on medical research, professional networking, mobile payment apps, commercial real estate, 3 restaurants (Hidden Fish, Clover's, and XO Taco), diversity recruitment, and e-commerce.  Prior to starting Digital Hyve, Jeff spent 8 years in broadcast television. Jeff serves on the Board of Directors of Community Financial System, Inc., a diversified financial services company focused on four main business lines – banking, benefits administration, insurance services and wealth management with total assets over $15 billion. Community Financial System, Inc. is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CBU. He also currently serves on the Board of Directors of the SUNY Oswego Foundation. In the past, Jeff has served on the Board of Directors of Byrne Dairy, Food Bank of CNY, United Way of CNY, OCC Foundation, Loretto Foundation, CenterState CEO, and CNYSME. In 2021, Jeff and his wife started the Knauss Family Foundation which focuses on helping break generational poverty cycles through children's health and well-being, education, and career pathing. Jeff lives in Skaneateles, NY with his wife, Heta and 2 children, Max and Lila. Body Transformation System! https://modere.io/NbOyU2 Mindset Manifestation Mastermind in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico https://wellnessmarketingltd.com/mindset-manifestation-mastermind/ To learn more about Rebecca… https://www.rebeccaelizabethwhitman.com/#home #DigitalMarketing #SocialMediaMarketing #PublicRelations #SUNYOswego #Marketing #DigitalHyve #MarketingAgency #AngelInvestor #BusinessPartner #OnlineMarketing #JeffKnauss #Startup #SerialEntrepreneur #BusinessGrowth #NewYork #Entrepreneurship #HonoraryDoctorate #RochesterNY #SyracuseNY #SmallBusinessTips   digital marketing, social media marketing, public relations, SUNY Oswego, marketing, Digital Hyve, marketing agency, angel investor, business partner, online marketing, Jeff Knauss, startup, serial entrepreneur, business growth, New York, entrepreneurship, honorary doctorate, Rochester, Syracuse, small business tips

Jeff Knauss is a serial entrepreneur & angel investor. In 2021, he received an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters from SUNY Oswego after graduating in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in public relations with a concentration in marketing.His entrepreneurial journey started as the CEO & Co-founder (alongside his business partner Jake Tanner) of Digital Hyve, a full-service digital marketing agency with offices in Syracuse and Rochester, NY. Digital Hyve was named the 52nd fastest private growing company in the United States by Inc. Magazine in their annual Inc. 5,000 edition and was also named the 5th fastest growing Marketing & Advertising Company in the nation. They were listed on the Inc. 5,000 list 5 years in a row.After scaling Digital Hyve to an 8-figure revenue company, Jeff sold Digital Hyve to an independently owned ad agency, which resulted in DH's 56 employees becoming employee-owners of the business through an ESOP. This has been Jeff's proudest professional moment as it honored the employees that helped build Digital Hyve.Jeff has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, Adweek, Inc. Magazine, Fortune Magazine, Facebook.com Success Stories, and multiple television news networks.He is currently a partner and investor in 13 businesses ranging from various startups focused on medical research, professional networking, mobile payment apps, commercial real estate, 3 restaurants (Hidden Fish, Clover's, and XO Taco), diversity recruitment, and e-commerce. Prior to starting Digital Hyve, Jeff spent 8 years in broadcast television.Jeff serves on the Board of Directors of Community Financial System, Inc., a diversified financial services company focused on four main business lines – banking, benefits administration, insurance services and wealth management with total assets over $15 billion. Community Financial System, Inc. is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CBU. He also currently serves on the Board of Directors of the SUNY Oswego Foundation.In the past, Jeff has served on the Board of Directors of Byrne Dairy, Food Bank of CNY, United Way of CNY, OCC Foundation, Loretto Foundation, CenterState CEO, and CNYSME.In 2021, Jeff and his wife started the Knauss Family Foundation which focuses on helping break generational poverty cycles through children's health and well-being, education, and career pathing.Jeff lives in Skaneateles, NY with his wife, Heta and 2 children, Max and Lila.Body Transformation System!https://modere.io/NbOyU2Mindset Manifestation Mastermind in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico https://wellnessmarketingltd.com/mindset-manifestation-mastermind/To learn more about Rebecca…https://www.rebeccaelizabethwhitman.com/#home

Station Manager Bec Legato had the opportunity to talk to Somak Chattopadhyay, managing partner of Armory Square Venture,  Skaneateles-based venture capital firm focused on fueling innovation in upstate New York and across the Rust Belt. 

Legal practitioner and long-known associate of Hunter Biden, Kevin Morris, made known to congress members his retained interest in a certain Chinese private equity firm previously belonging to the president's son. Recognized as a dependable ally to Hunter for settling his outstanding tax dues and further obligations with substantial financial assistance, Morris disclosed, in front of the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees, his ongoing 10% possession in Bohai Harvest RST LLC (BHR). The ownership is traced back to his acquisition of Skaneateles LLC during autumn 2021—a firm once under Hunter's name—as the latter faced burgeoning demands to offload his stake. In accordance to a transcript analyzed by Fox News Digital, Morris alluded to attorney-client discretion when queried about the motivations leading him to procure Skaneateles. However, he did disclose an insightful perception of potential prosperity in backing BHR. Amidst the session, he admitted vague recollection of the exact nature of these investments, but named 'infrastructure' as the common denominator. Speaking of the deal, Morris highlighted his business acumen in evaluating it. 'I carried out the deal since, as an entrepreneur, I found the prospects promising and successful,' he remarked. 'Doing due diligence was crucial, and being aware of how much Hunter paid initially offered perspective. The potential for profits remains evident to me.”  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today I come to you a little earlier in the day to talk about the Skaneateles special election to eliminate the Receiver of Taxes from 12-8pm today. I also talk about the certification of the 2023 election which you can find at onvote.net. Enjoy.

This week I sit down with Skaneateles Democratic Committee candidates for the fall election: Chris Legg Skaneateles for Town Supervisor and Ralph Demasi for Skaneateles Town Justice. Skaneateles is my alma matter and I am proud to bring you this conversation. Enjoy. Learn more https://www.skaneatelesdemocrats.com/take-action

Let's Talk About Meth Baby!   Today Karl & Vinnie make their nominations for creepiest football coach : This week we watched some code blue cam where we met a guy named Kevin we actually like : This week's Scum Parade we learn about a college weekend gone way wrong, meet a handsy wedding guest and a children's pastor who should have known better.  The score is currently Vinnie 4- Karl 3, visit thecreepoff.com to vote and decide this week's winnerCheck out the Scum Parade stories: Skaneateles wedding guests tackle drunk groper who threatened people with assault rifle, troopers say - syracuse.comHollywood man accused of torching car of then-girlfriend, who's also his cousin (local10.com)Minnesota man accused of using college dorm as torture den menaced ex with online messages: authorities (yahoo.com)Youth pastor allegedly tried to kill wife, 5 children before setting home on fire: police | Fox News Want to support the show? Find us on Patreon, Supercast & Backed.by to get exclusive merch an extra bonus episode every week! 

Along the highways and byways, there are quagmires wherever you look. The filthy bathroom in Hampton, New Hampshire. The police speed trap in Chicopee, Mass. And heck, there's an entire stretch of over 130 miles that couldn't be less friendly to our Tess.Our journey to upstate New York begins. Rest stops between Portland, ME and Skaneateles, NYOn this road trip, I'll definitely be playing Eagle Eye in the car. It's a highway travel game I invented. The cost: $0.00. Put down your phone and play too: https://www.portlandrootsmedia.com/eagleeyeNew to the show and not sure where to begin? I gotcha. Check out the Top 5 Most Downloaded Episodes Ever. My blog about our life with TessMore information about Hao-Fountain Syndrome or USP7

In this week's Zoom with Czarny, I sit down with Blake Carter. Blake is a CNY native and is running for the Onondaga County Legislature District 6, which includes Skaneateles, Spafford, Marcellus and parts of Camillus. He is a long-time political activist and first-time candidate. Enjoy. Learn more here: https://www.voteforblakecarter.com/

Commissioner in a car: Village Election Day Today is village election day in 6 villages across Onondaga County: Manlius, Fayetteville, Jordan, Skaneateles, Baldwinsville and Fabius. Polls are open until 9pm got here for more informationL http://www.ongov.net/elections/Village-Elections.html

We know how much you love hearing from fellow pet professionals about how they got started, what helped them grow their businesses, and what's working for them right now…  It's inspiring to hear about the journey of others, and it can help you dream up new ideas for your own business when you see what's possible!  That's why you're definitely not going to want to miss this THREE-PART podcast series coming your way.  We'll introduce the members of our newest program– the Pet Boss All Stars.

For the first time in three years, the U.S. Navy Blue Angels have a new flight leader. Cmdr. Alexander Armatas officially took command of the Naval Flight Exhibition Team on November 13, 2022, at a ceremony at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida. He replaced Captain Brian Kesselring, who led the Team during its 75th anniversary and the transition to the F/A-18 Super Hornet. In this interview, Boss Armatas discusses his priorities and focus as the new commanding officer and flight leader for the Blue Angels, including getting to know each member of the Team, mastering the 45 minute air show demonstration, and ensuring his fitness and nutrition are optimized for high intensity flying and a rigorous schedule. With winter training in El Centro, California just weeks away, Boss Armatas also provides insight into the current flying syllabus and milestones the Team are focused on achieving, including flying the first Delta Formation for the 2023 Blue Angels. A native of Skaneateles, New York, Boss Armatas cites flyovers by a formation of F-16 Falcons from the New York National Guard and exposure to cargo operations at the Syracuse International Airport as early influences that sparked his passion for aviation. He also attended a number of airshows in London, Ontario, Canada during his informative years where he witnessed the Blue Angels perform for the first time. Graduating from the United States Naval Academy in 2002 with a degree in aerospace engineering, Boss Armatas earned his Wings of Gold in June of 2005 at Naval Air Station (NAS) Meridian, Mississippi. Initially assigned to NAS Lemoore, California, he served in a variety of different roles as part of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 115, the “Eagles” and deployed three times on board the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. In 2009, Boss Armatas graduated from the world famous TOPGUN course at NAS Fallon, Nevada before joining VFA-122 the “Flying Eagles” where he was named the 2010 VFA-122  Instructor Pilot of the Year. Transferring to VFA-14 the “Tophatters”, Boss Armatas supported Operation Enduring Freedom in 2013 aboard the USS John C Stennis (CVN-74). Following this tour, he reported to NAS Oceana in Virginia Beach, Virginia to serve as the Department Head for FVA-143 the “Pukin' Dogs” and deployed aboard the USS Harry S Truman (CVN-75) in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. After  serving as a Strike Fighter Placement Officer for the Navy Personnel Command (NPC) in Millington, Tennessee in 2017, Boss Armatas reported to VFA-105 the “Gunslingers” where he served as both Executive Officer and Commanding Officer during his tenure and deployed twice aboard the USS Dwight D Eisenhower (CVN-69) in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel. With the encouragement of former Blue Angels pilot, John Hiltz, Boss Armatas submitted his application for the Blue Angels after accumulating more that 4,100 flight hours and 911 carrier-arrested landing. He was announced as the Commanding Officer of the Blue Angels in April of 2022 and officially joined the team in August. 2023 Blue Angels Team1. CDR Alexander Armatas2. LCDR Chris Kapuschansky3. LT Amanda Lee4. LT Scott Goossens5. LCDR Julius Bratton6. LCDR Griffin Stangel7. LCDR Thomas Zimmerman8. LCDR Brian VaughtXO CRD Jon FayM1 CAPT Jackson Streiff, USMCM2 MAJ Joshua Soltan, USMCM3 CAPT Samuel Petko, USMCMO LT Henry CedenoAssistant MO LCDR Gregory JonesFlight Surgeon LT Philippe WarrenSO LT Paul KrugerSupport the show

Ryan Storie is joined by Jordan Capozzi from CuseSportsTalk.com to break down an exciting race to the end of the high school soccer and football seasons. Guests include Players Only host Matt Slocum and Skaneateles boys soccer's Heschel Eidel, who scored the game-winning goal against Owego to advance to the state semifinals.

Welcome to the Eat Local New York Podcast, episode #146. My guest is Mari, co-owner of Good Eats & Sips in Skaneateles. Make sure to stay connected to Eat Local New York by visiting us online at EatLocalNewYork.com where you can find our blogs, videos, and get your Eat Local New York card and merch.

Kyla Sears played lacrosse at Princeton University from 2018-2022 and became the program's all-time leading scorer. She talks about growing up in Skaneateles, New York, getting into lacrosse through her father, and her great career at Skaneateles High School where she won 2 State Championships, played in the Under Armor All-American Game, and came back from 2 knee injuries to win the 2017 National Player of the Year award. Kyla discusses her recruiting process and choosing Princeton because of the high academics, athletics, and the connection to her grandfather who was an alum. She details what it was like playing for Head Coach Chris Sailer, singing the National Anthem before every home game, Princeton's dominance in the Ivy League, and playing in the NCAA Tournament. Kyla then talks about the pandemic ending her junior season early in 2020, the tough decision she and her teammates made to defer a year in 2021 to maintain Ivy League eligibility, what she did during her off year, and coming back after a 2 year layoff, the pressure the team felt to send Coach Sailer off on a high note, and the phenomenal senior season that it was. She closes the episode off by talking about her decision to not take a 5th year of eligibility, getting a job she's excited about, and moving to New York City.

Skaneateles Recap We talk about: Our trip to Skaneateles We forget to talk about: Caleb's fanny pack Leave us a message! https://anchor.fm/thatvacationco/message Visit us on the web www.thatvacationco.com Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. If you need help booking contact us for a free no obligation quote. We are That Vacation Co., serving you the most delightful destinations. Hosted by Caleb and Chanel Berg. Produced by Caleb Berg

Caleb Got a Fanny-Pack and We're Back… (and Skaneateles too) We talk about: Berg Family Updates Fanny Packs Upcoming Trip to Skaneateles Leave us a message! https://anchor.fm/thatvacationco/message Visit us on the web www.thatvacationco.com Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. If you need help booking contact us for a free no obligation quote. We are That Vacation Co., serving you the most delightful destinations. Hosted by Caleb and Chanel Berg. Produced by Caleb Berg

In today's episode we're joined by two teachers from Skaneateles, NY - Seth and Kelly. Seth is a sixth grade ELA teacher and Kelly is a middle school librarian. They work together to ensure that all students have access to complex texts. With the right support, they believe that all students can engage in grade level tasks. Seth and Kelly share how their collaboration around the knowledge and tasks in Wit & Wisdom ELA enriches students' learning and teachers' teaching. Together, they make an incredible, knowledge-rich team!Resources (bulleted list of resources mentioned in the podcast) VOR with David Liben Part 1 (Volume of Reading)VOR with David Liben Part 2 (Volume of Reading)WeVideo.com Related EpisodesEp. 76: Knowledge Building for Reading Success in Skaneateles School District Ep. 79: What Does Equitable ELA Instruction Require? Ep. 69: Wondering about Wit & Wisdom ELA? Follow us!Facebook and join our Facebook Group Twitter Instagram Visit our website and subscribe to our newsletter. Helping educators learn about science of reading, knowledge building, and high quality curriculum. 

Cody had a real hot date in Skaneateles yesterday. Josh has some weird, lingering sunburn. What would you tell you 13-year-old sef? Katie from Aqua Spa & Jake from 420CNY.com stop by!

Screenwriter and producer Zack Ford is one cool dude. Not only has he written a zillion scripts (if you want to know how many, you have to listen), but he also ran for mayor of Skaneateles, NY. But what's better than that, you ask? It's the unbelievably ballsy thing he did when his back was against the wall and quitting was not an option. All OG Pipeline Artists podcasts can be found on pipelineartists.com/listen.Watch full episodes on YouTube.Resources from this episode:How I Hijacked Hollywood or: How To Sell A Screenplay by Zack FordHow I Hijacked Hollywood: Part Two by Zack FordWatcher at SXSW Follow us on Twitter:@recklesscr8tive@SadieKDean@jeannevb@pipelineartists@scriptmag

In This week's Commissioner in a Car I talk about the March 8th absentee deadline for the 7 villages having elections in March: Fayetteville & Manlius run by the Board of Elections and Baldwinsville, Fabius, Marcellus, Minoa, & Skaneateles. I also talk about the release of registration data by the State Board of Elections today and how it effected Congress, State Senate, and Assembly.

Marketing Through Education   Welcome to episode 112 of the Grow Your Law Firm podcast, hosted by Ken Hardison. In this episode Ken sits down with Joe Stanley and they talk about marketing by means of education.   A native of Syracuse New York, Joe holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the college of Environmental Sciences and Forestry and graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Syracuse University's law school in 1981. He's licensed to practice in all New York State and Federal Trial Courts. He's a member of the New York State Bar Association, Onondaga County Bar Association, and the American Association for Justice, NYSLTA Academy of Trial Lawyers. He's Board Certified in Civil Trial Practice by the American Board of Trial Advocacy.   Joe is an advocate for the injured who has litigated cases involving car accidents, medical malpractice, product failure, construction site injuries, and premises liability, nursing home abuse and neglect, construction accidents, and all personal injury areas. He has orchestrated a top-notch workers compensation / social security disability focused team. So, the personal injury and we can work hand-in-hand.   His reputation as a meticulous litigator with a history of success is matched by his ability to connect with his clients personally while fighting for their compensation. He started his charity Music for the Mission nearly a decade ago in a sincere effort to give back to the community. The non-profit 501c3 is all Volunteer and has worked diligently to feed/shelter over 30,000 families across Northern, Central, and southern NY. He focuses on advocacy and imparting knowledge to consumers and individuals to help them better understand their rights.   Joe is father to two sons and a daughter, and he and his wife live in Skaneateles, New York.   What you'll learn about in this episode: The early days of marketing your firm with radio Establishing a virtual case management system The difficulties of managing employees across several locations Growing your firm through acquisition Competing with the 800-pound gorillas in your market Marketing yourself in a true authentic way Marketing through education and providing helpful information The benefits of working in person with on-air radio personalities Giving back to your community and creating social impact   Resources:  Website: https://stanleylawoffices.com/ Website: https://www.musicforthemission.org/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stanley-law-offices/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CuzJoeKnows Twitter: https://twitter.com/joestanleylaw?lang=en   Contact Info: Company: Stanley Law Email: Joe Stanley Joe@StanleyLawOffices.com Assistant Info: Bloom@AngelaMoonan.com   Additional Resources: PILMMA's Super Summit https://learn.pilmma.org/pilmma-super-summit-2021 The Mastermind Effect: https://www.pilmma.org/the-mastermind-effect/ PILMMA's Free Resources: https://www.pilmma.org/free-resources/ PILMMA Join Page: https://learn.pilmma.org/join-pilmma  

On the first episode of the new year, Matt Slocum talks with Ryan Storie about boys basketball, then Matt dives into girls basketball and boys ice hockey along with an interview with Skaneateles senior Luke Renaud.

Photo:  Loveless House, 77 Jordan Street, Skaneateles, Onondaga County, NY, on Route 20. @Batchelorshow 2/2: #ClassicSalenaZito: Riding Route 20 with SalenaZito.com. @DCExaminer (Originally aired  July 14, 2201) https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/seeing-america-from-the-ground

thanks for checking out the Eat Local New York podcast! This week my guest is Chef Don Agate of Good Eats and Sips in Skaneateles. Make sure to follow us online at EatLocalNewYork.com

Matt Slocum and Ryan Story are talking high school sports on Halloween! They're joined by Phoenix girls basketball head coach Troy Washington and Skaneateles girls soccer star Kathryn Morrissey before they preview the upcoming Section III football playoff matchups.

Today's Zoom with Czarny I sit down with Diane Dwire for County Legislature running in OCL 6, representing the South western portions of Onondaga County in Camillus, Marcellus, Skaneateles, Spafford, and Otisco. This former nurse and village councilor has a wealth of experience she would like to bring to county government. I hope you enjoy.

Francine Grannell and John Lawrence, leaders from Skaneateles School District, share how they narrowed their focus to strategically support teachers and students with year one Wit & Wisdom ELA implementation. Educators used NY State Briefs (like this one on Complex Texts) to understand and thoughtfully engage in research-based practices within the curricula. District and school leaders provided wraparound strategic support for teachers: professional learning communities, horizontal and vertical planning time, and collaboration and resources. In turn, teachers felt more empowered to discuss deeper questions than ever before. They held strong with a “trust the process” mantra, modeled a learner-mindset, and reflected on their successes and challenges to grow stronger heading into year two. Visit OUR WEBSITE to subscribe to our newsletter and podcast! https://www.literacypodcast.com/Connect with Melissa & Lori:TwitterInstagramFacebook

We're pivoting back to telling the great stories of orthopedic surgeons for this episode. Marc Pietropaoli, MD is a brother from another orthopedic laser mother, as the one who turned Dr. Sigman onto utilizing laser as an alternative treatment modality for acute and chronic orthopedic conditions. We discuss how laser has changed their practice and impacting patients in a positive way. Dr. Pietropaoli is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon, fellowship trained in sports medicine. He is recognized as one of the leading sports medicine and orthopedic surgeons in Upstate New York. As the founder of Victory Sports Medicine & Orthopedics in Skaneateles, NY, Dr. Pietropaoli has built an innovative clinical practice that is driven by outstanding customer service.   Topics include: -Dr. Pietropaoli's fellowship at The Andrews Institute and learning about the teamwork needed to optimize patient and athlete outcomes. -Dr. Pietropaoli influenced Dr. Sigman in utilizing laser in clinical practice. We discuss how lasers work on acute and chronic orthopedic conditions by decreasing inflammation, increasing blood flow to the area, inhibiting nerve fibers and stimulating the powerhouse cells of mitochondria. There are more and more studies coming out on lasers, along with a recommendation for laser therapy in the AAOS Guidelines for Osteoarthritis of the Knee released earlier this month. Lasers are listed in the AAOS guidelines as FDA-approved laser treatment may be used to improve pain and function in patients with knee osteoarthritis. The full AAOS Guidelines for Osteoarthritis of the Knee can be found here. Find out more about Dr. Marc Pietropaoli here. For MD's, click on the EARN CME link below to capture quick reflections on each learning & how it applies to your day-to-day to unlock a total of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CMEs.

Today I preview the June 2021 primary election for Onondaga County voters. If you are a Democrat in Syracuse or the OCL 15 portion of Geddes, Republican in Syracuse, Skaneateles, Lysander, or Pompey, Working Families member in Salina or Syracuse, Cicero and Dewitt portions of OCL 5, and Conservative in Manlius you have primaries tomorrow. Go to onvote.net to get information on how to participate.

The Storm Skiing Podcast is sponsored in part by:Mountain Gazette - Listen to the podcast for discount codes on subscriptions and merch.Helly Hansen - Listen to the podcast to learn how to get an 18.77 percent discount at the Boston and Burlington, Vermont stores.WhoScott Brandi, President of Ski Areas of New YorkRecorded onMay 17, 2021Why I interviewed him Because I spent this winter wandering the snowy New York backroads, rootless and curious, my compass aimed toward snow. I was determined to drive out my prejudices against the small and the homey, to overrule an ingrained Vermont-centrism whose calculus commanded that no roadtrip over four hours could land anywhere else. Covid required this reconsidering. But I had a pass to Hunter and could have simply lapped Catskills steeps all winter. Instead I explored. I visited, for the first time, Maple Ski Ridge, Snow Ridge, Oak Mountain, Dynamite Hill, Labrador, Song, Mount Peter, Victor Constant, Toggenburg, Four Seasons, Titus, Holiday Mountain, Willard, Royal, Hunt Hollow, Swain, and West. I poached runs on the closed slopes of Indian Lake, Newcomb, and Schroon Ski Center. And of course I hit the old familiars: Hunter and Plattekill and Belleayre and Windham and Gore. And what I found is that New York skiing is a rich world, varied and surprising, understated and retro in a way that’s neither ironic nor deliberate. Don’t tell the hipsters – they’ll sew a “locally made” patch onto the wicket tickets and drive prices up 300 percent. But talk to Scott Brandi all you want about it. As the leader of Ski Areas of New York for the past 14 years, there was no one better positioned to fill out my understanding of this sprawling lift-served world.The Plattekill double is one of the great lifts in New York skiing. Photo courtesy of NYSkiblog.com, from Plattekill Powder Daize 2021, documenting a rare midweek opening following a monster storm.What we talked aboutSki NY’s mission and business model; how many of New York’s 50-plus ski areas the association represents; assisting the town tows who can’t afford membership but do so much to grow the sport; whether Vail will yank Hunter from Ski NY like they pulled their mountains out of Ski Colorado; transforming Ski NY from an indebted organization into a profitable one; lawmaking and lobbying; why the industry prioritizes self-regulation; pending bills in the New York State legislature and how they might affect ski areas; ­how the ski industry has changed since Brandi took over Ski NY in 2007; the origins of New York State’s lift maintenance program; how New York State handed out $5 million for energy-efficient snowguns; why the exact number of ski areas in the state is so confoundingly elusive; the newly lost New York ski area in need of an operator; the chances of a comeback for Hickory, Big Tupper, or Shu-Maker; lessons we can learn from Cockaigne’s resurrection; New York’s 2020-21 skier visit estimate; the Covid outdoor recreation boom; the surprise ski area sellouts and how that may translate into the future; New York’s Olympic facilities and whether the state could ever host the Winter Games again; the upcoming World University Games in Lake Placid; ORDA’s non-ski-area investments; why New York’s culture of family-owned ski areas continues to thrive; New York’s lack of ski-in, ski-out lodging and whether that could ever change; why we’re unlikely to ever see another new ski area in New York State; how Big Tupper’s comeback was strangled by litigation; thoughts on the arrival of the Epic, Ikon, and Indy passes in New York; whether the New York Gold Pass will make a comeback; teaming up with the State of New York and the NSAA to prepare for the 2020-21 Covid ski season; getting through the ski season without a single ski-area shutdown; the New York State license plate program; the state’s knockout Kids Passport program, how the state kept it going during Covid, and whether it will once again include weekends next season; why more people don’t use the programs; and New York Ski Day and whether it will come back in 2022. A pow day at Catamount. Photo courtesy of Indy Pass.Questions I wish I’d askedI wanted to talk a bit about New York’s private ski club culture, as it probably has more substantial members-only ski areas – Buffalo Ski Center, Holimont, Hunt Hollow, Skaneateles, Cazenovia – than any other state (most are open to the public on weekdays). Ski NY also partners extensively on adaptive ski programs, and I wanted to chat about those a bit. But we already ran long and I wanted to give Scott his day back.What I got wrongI forgot the name of the global winter sporting event that New York is hosting in 2023 and that it’s been preparing for for years, calling it “the World something games” as though I was conducting a man-on-the-street interview for a third-tier late-night talk show. Brandi smoothly pointed out that this event will be called the World University Games. Not exactly forgetting your wife’s name at the altar but damn man I gotta do better next time.Why you should ski New YorkNew York skiing can be a tough sell. Yes, it has more ski areas than any other state, but all of them combined could probably fit comfortably into the boundaries of Park City. Whiteface has the tallest vertical drop in the East and the 11th biggest in the country, but its “Iceface” nickname is well-earned, and it doesn’t get the snowfall of the Tug Hill bumps – McCauley, Snow Ridge, Dry Hill – to its west. And the state is right next to snowy and built-up Vermont, the mountains of its powder-smashed Green Mountain spine laced with high-speed lifts and towering over ample on-site lodging. Snow, modern lifts, ski-in-ski-out – all of these are rare in New York. In fact, it’s one of the most curious ski states in the nation, as I’ve written before:Someone built New York skiing backwards. It’s biggest and best ski areas – Whiteface, Gore, the four Catskills mountains – receive substantially less snow on average than the far smaller ski areas ringing the state’s Great Lakes borderlands. Twin lake effect snow bands blast off the eastern ends of Lakes Erie and Ontario, clobbering Midwest-sized ski hills with monstrous snow dunes. 500-vertical-foot Snow Ridge, tucked into the Ontario snow pocket along with 300-foot Dry Hill, 633-foot McCauley, and 500-foot Woods Valley, gets buried in 230 inches of annual snowfall. By comparison, Whiteface, towering three-ish hours to the east, makes due with 185 inches on average.Or this:New York skiing is hard to understand. It has more ski areas than any other state, but they don’t really make sense. They’re scattered all over the place. Most are at least somewhat challenging to access. A couple are enormous but most are not. But, as Brandi notes on the podcast, that geographic dispersal means that no matter where you live in New York State (outside of Long Island), you’re no more than two hours from skiing. And since most of the mountains don’t have 32-passenger catapult lifts or farm-to-table juice bars or hell even RFID gates, their passes tend to be affordable. I’ve been tracking season pass prices for New York and every other Northeast state here, but here are a few examples:A joint pass for Song and Labrador is $499. Song is a bit smaller but is a better pure skier’s mountain.Royal Mountain, with its small footprint but wide-open woods and steady pitch, offers a $390 pass (it’s a weekends-only operation).New York has five Indy Pass mountains, meaning passholders can add the multipass for $189 ($89 for kids). They are: West ($599 adult), Swain ($499), Snow Ridge ($410), Catamount ($499), and Greek Peak ($595). The Catamount pass is also good for unlimited access to Berkshire East (Massachusetts’ best ski area), and Bousquet. Add unlimited Toggenburg access to a Greek Peak pass for $50. West, Snow Ridge, and Greek Peak have already passed their early-bird deadline, which drove prices up substantially.Most of these are affordable enough to be a fair complement to an Epic or Ikon pass, so you can get some regular turns in between runs out West or to New England. There’s no reason to ski every once in a while when you can ski all the time.With a 3,430-foot vertical drop (3,166 of which is lift-served), Whiteface has the tallest vertical drop in the Northeast.Additional resourcesThe definitive source for New York ski stoke is the excellent New York Ski Blog, where I am a semi-regular contributor. Run by stokemaster and all-around good dude Harvey Road, the site’s email newsletter is a must-add to your inbox. My favorite post of this past winter was Harvey’s recap of his four-day tour of Plattekill, Snow Ridge, Gore, and McCauley – probably my top four ski areas in the state. My New York contributions were write-ups of visits to Maple Ski Ridge and Willard.Support Ski NY by purchasing a poster, license plate, or merch.New York’s Ski & Ride Passport program is incredible. If you have a 3rd- or 4th-grader, they get up to three lift tickets at each participating ski area (that’s most of them), with the purchase of an adult lift ticket. The program was modified to weekdays-only this past season, but Ski NY anticipates once again including weekends for 2021-22.If you liked what Brandi has to say, you’d probably also like the Storm Skiing Podcast interviews with National Ski Areas Association CEO Kelly Pawlak and Ski Vermont President Molly Mahar.Past New York-focused podcasts include West Mountain owners Spencer and Sara Montgomery, Windham President Chip Seamans, Berkshire East and Catamount owner Jon Schaefer, and Plattekill owners Danielle and Laszlo Vajtay. If you run a mountain in New York (or, frankly, anywhere else), I want to talk to you on the podcast. Get on the email list at www.stormskiing.com

In this Episode: We have a particularly important and timely discussion on anxiety, avoidance, and relationships. We go through specific tips and techniques to recharge your battery how to start your day with yourself. Physiology Behaviors Thoughts About Dr. Melissa Carman: Dr. Melissa Carman is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT) specializing in individual, couples and family therapy. Originally from Ithaca, NY, Melissa has deep roots in Central New York.  She earned her B.S. in Human Development from Cornell University (2002), followed by her M.S. in Community Counseling from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (2004). She earned her Ph.D. in Counselor Education and Supervision from Syracuse University in 2008, where she specialized in working with emerging adults, identity transitions, and individuals with anxiety disorders.   She completed a dual clinical internship at the SU Counseling Center and in private practice at Finger Lakes Psychological Services in Skaneateles, NY.   Upon completion of her doctoral degree, Melissa continued working at the SU Counseling Center as a staff therapist, where she coordinated the family and parent program.  She was also an adjunct professor in the SU Counseling Department and taught multiple classes, including master's level research methods and statistics, clinical practicum, and internship.   Melissa opened the doors of Supportive Solutions in January 2011, with a goal of providing counseling services to a broad spectrum of clients in the greater Syracuse community.  Her areas of expertise include anxiety and trauma recovery, relationship issues, identity and life transitions, academic stress, and eating disorders.  She is welcoming to individuals of all ethnic and religious backgrounds, relationship configurations, and individuals who identify as LGBT, transgender, and gender nonconforming.   While Melissa has always incorporated holistic wellness principles in her own life and in her interventions with clients, she has deepened her passion for mindfulness and yoga interventions.  She has attended multiple conferences and workshops on incorporating yoga into mental health clinical practices, and she became a Registered Yoga Teacher through Yoga Alliance in June of 2018.  She keeps a regular yoga and meditation practice, and teaches yoga at Breathe in Fayetteville, NY.  Melissa is an interactive, solution-focused therapist who values the connection and depth of the therapeutic relationship. It is her belief that it is through the strength of the therapeutic relationship that clients are able to find strength in vulnerability, heal, and better connect with themselves and others.  Her therapeutic approach is to provide support and practical feedback to help clients effectively address personal life challenges. She integrates complementary methodologies and techniques to offer a highly personalized approach tailored to each client. With compassion and understanding, she works with each individual to help them build on their strengths and attain the personal growth they are committed to accomplishing.  “You can’t fill someone up with an empty cup.” -Dr. Melissa Carman To contact Dr. Melissa: Website: http://www.cnymhc.com/index.html Email: drmelissa@cnymhc.com   Questions: Do you have a question you want answered in a future podcast? Go to AchieveResultsNow.com to submit.       Podcast Referenced: ARN Podcast Ep. 215: The Kate Houck Interview https://www.achieveresultsnow.com/single-post/the-kate-houck-interview ARN Suggested Reading: https://www.achieveresultsnow.com/readers-are-leaders Connect with Us: Get access to some of the great resources that we use at: www.AchieveResultsNow.com/success-store www.AchieveResultsNow.com www.facebook.com/achieveresultsnow www.twitter.com/nowachieve Thank you for listening to the Achieve Results NOW! Podcast.  The podcast that gives you immediate actions you can take to start seeing life shifting results NOW!

Today I talk about OCBOE employees returning to the office full time, one year anniversary of the COVID shutdown beginning in Onondaga County (and me doing my videos again), as will as village elections in Manlius as well as Fabius Jordan and Skaneateles.

SKANEATELES, NY – On this episode, Moira talks to actor/musician Rachel Mulcahy (Geva Theatre, Northern Stage, Florida Studio Theatre, National Tour of “A Charlie Brown Christmas”). They delve into competitive Irish step dancing, how playing an instrument can change your career, and what makes Wegmans the best grocery store, in the Syracuse area and beyond.   Check out Rachel on Instagram (@raymulcay) and www.rachelmulcahy.com   Follow the show!   Instagram: @backintownpodcast Twitter: @backintownpod   Moira O’Sullivan is an actor and director based in NYC. Follow her on Instagram (@itsmissmoira) and check out her work on www.moiraosullivan.com   This podcast was produced by Moira O’Sullivan and engineered by Patrick O’Sullivan (@klokwize), with cover art by Charlotte T. Martin (@charlottethewriter)     Liked what you heard? Rate! Review! Subscribe!  

Zack Ford is running for mayor of Skaneateles! He is an activist turned politician and aims to make a major impact in his community by being transparent and open with the community. If you want to help Zack and his campaign make sure you visit his website below! Website: fordformayor.us Instagram: @ZackFord Facebook: Zack.ford.393 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/corycast/message

From Lisa Deitz's perspective, this is a conversation about opening up a fashion boutique in Skaneateles. We talk about the challenges of entrepreneurship and the steps Lisa made to make her business dream a reality!This episode of Voices for Impact is sponsored by EmPowered Nutrition. EmPowered Nutrition is a nutrition coaching business that empowers young women to simplify life by moving away from the all-consuming diet mentality. Through individual and group nutrition coaching, clients find their inner confidence, so they can define their own path of health and happiness. Contact registered dietitian and owner, Emily Holdorf at emily@empowerednutrition.co, online at www.empowerednutrition.co, or on social media @emily_the_rd.   Our mission is to help you THRIVE by creating content that encourages a growth mindset and reimagines how YOU can find your purpose.⁣  #voicesforimpact #thoughtleaders #madeincuseIf you would like to advertise on an episode of voices for impact contact us through facebook, instagram or linkedin. Now back to the episode!

Sakran & Shaw officially launched in 2015 when Maria Sakran and Elizabeth Shaw met designing private label clothing for major retailers within the fashion industry. Combining Elizabeth's apparel and technical design knowledge with Maria's unique print making background and professional retail experience, the pair realized it was only a matter of time before they started their own line - which has developed into a thriving and exciting lifestyle brand.Eager to get their products out to the world, Sakran and Shaw have turned passion and respect for handmade design, animals, art, individualism, and style into one of the fastest growing brands upstate New York. Sakran and Shaw lovingly make their products for clients while being animal friendly and eco-conscious; working closely with their production partners to ensure the highest quality products.Sakran & Shaw opened a brick & mortar location in Skaneateles, NY in 2019, where all products (designed in the Hudson Valley) are sold. We also have an online shop, and provide great  boutiques throughout the Northeast with our various products.*********************************This episode of Voices for Impact is sponsored by EmPowered Nutrition. EmPowered Nutrition is a nutrition coaching business that empowers young women to simplify life by moving away from the all-consuming diet mentality. Through individual and group nutrition coaching, clients find their inner confidence, so they can define their own path of health and happiness. Contact registered dietitian and owner, Emily Holdorf at emily@empowerednutrition.co, online at www.empowerednutrition.co, or on social media @emily_the_rd.   Our mission is to help you THRIVE by creating content that encourages a growth mindset and reimagines how YOU can find your purpose.⁣  #voicesforimpact #thoughtleaders #madeincuseIf you would like to advertise on an episode of voices for impact contact us through facebook, instagram or linkedin.

Twin Birch Dairy in Skaneateles, New York, in the Owasco watershed did a study that found the water exiting the farm was actually cleaner than the water entering the farm. Dairy Stream host Mike Austin talks with Dirk Young, owner of Twin Birch Dairy, and Peter Rogers, board member of the Owasco Watershed Lake Association, about the study, sustainability practices used on the farm and more. Thank you to the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy for sponsoring this podcast. This podcast is co-produced by the Dairy Business Association and Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, sister organizations that fight for effective dairy policy in Wisconsin and Washington, D.C.

Dan Fetes, an Upstate New York Sports Broadcaster, joins the Bozos as they embark on a conversation about the Buffalo Bills, Covid and the Future of Professional Athletes.

Welcome to THE BARBELL STRIKES BACK! James is on the road in Skaneateles, NY! On this episode he discusses some thoughts on programming and the next Albany CrossFit Barbell Club training cycle which includes 3-position snatches and cleans, paused back squats, rack jerks, and heavy snatch and clean grip deadlifts! Thank you for listening. Enjoy! ------------- If you enjoyed the show please consider leaving a review and 5-star rating. @thebarbellstrikesback | @jamesamcdermott | @albanycrossfit | @albanycrossfitbarbellclub

In this episode, Tyler Austin and Dan Flanick discuss the benefits of Strength Training for teenagers. Live in the Skaneateles, NY area, and are interested in being coached by Dan? Visit his website HERE! Have a teenager that is interested in strength training? Visit the Youth Barbell Club HERE! Email Dan directly at Dflanick@barbell-logic.comFollow Dan on Instagram @CoachDanFlanickInterested in learning more about Midgard Strength and Conditioning, would like to contact Tyler Austin, or are interested in coaching, visit www.midgardstrength.comOnline Coaching From Tyler Here!In-Person Coaching From Tyler Here! Email Tyler at tyler@midgardstrength.comFollow Tyler Austin on Instagram @Tyler_midgardstrengthFollow Midgard Strength & Conditioning on Instagram @Midgard_StrengthFollow the Podcast on Instagram @Classical_Strength_Podcast

A conversation with Lauren Mays, Designer/Illustrator at Chase Design in Skaneateles, NY. Lauren, a self-proclaimed shy person, shares how she overcame challenges like networking, reaching out with cover letters and interviewing during her job search. Lauren has a wonderful range of skills as a designer/illustrator and you can see them on display at: lauren-mays.com

Homer Men and Boys Store in Homer along with Rolands in Skaneateles is remaining open during this pandemic shut down, because they provide clothing and footwear to essential workers.  We had an opportunity to talk with Leslee Garrison, the sole female owner of both stores recently as part of our Women Entrepreuner Series sponsored by OneGroup.  She fills us in on the 70 year old family business along with Meghan Florkowski , the Executive Director of the WISE Women’s Business Center in downtown Syracuse. WISE continues this month to provide online services to women who are starting their own business or expanding their current one. Pictured:  Meghan and Leslee

I'm so excited to introduce my next guest, Tom Seeley, on episode 5 (Day 5) of my new podcast "GOING VIRAL: Staying Sane, Healthy & Connected during the Coronavirus Outbreak of 2020." **Please Note: The opinions expressed in this podcast are my own and my guest's own. If you are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, please call 911 or consult your doctor. Also, pardon me in advance for the low audio quality of this episode, we had some Skype difficulties...but it’s well-worth the listen! ** -->Tom Seeley is an Attorney, Divorce Mediator, Certified Life Coach and Consultant at Arbonne living in Skaneateles, NY in the Finger Lakes region. Tom and I met 30 years ago at boarding school at Phillips Academy at Andover (Class of ‘90) while both hosting radio shows on WPAA. Tom is an incredibly smart, passionate and talented man who recently changed the course of his life and career when he took his first Fire Walk, became a holistic divorce mediator, and certified life coach. He is a truly inspirational person. -->Tom shares with us how to maintain healthy relationships (it takes a lot of hard work), focus on our emotional well-being (so important), living a healthy lifestyle (he’s vegan), and as a divorced single parent, tips on how to do “parallel parenting.” -->Especially during this uncertain and difficult time, Tom states beautifully that, “We live with the illusion that we have time...but the reality is, we never know when we will take our last breath,” so the time is now to live our lives to the fullest in the most positive way. -->You can find Tom at: https://flholisticdivorce.com/about/ -->LinkedIn: tom-seeley-7204899/ Thank you very much! -->Find us at: www.techsavvycoach.com/hustleandheartpodcast -->Facebook.com/hustleandheartpodcast -->Follow, Connect and DM us on Instagram: @hustleandheartpodcast if you would like to be our guest and Skype in! ............................ #coronavirus #covid19 #newnormal #seizetheday #keepsane #apocalypticsex #quarantine #socialdistancing #podcast #podcastlife #andover #outbreak #wandermore #pandemic #divorcemediation #marriage #hustleandheart #hustleandheartpodcast #goingviral #Firewalk #hotcoals #barefoot #tonyrobbins #oprah #lifecoach #arbonne #lifechanging #vegan #empowerment #mindset #emotionalintelligence #parallelparenting #familysecretspodcast

I'm really honored to have violinist Violaine Melançon on the show this week to discuss her views on the skills young musicians need to develop to become well-rounded artists. As you'll get to hear, Violaine is an artist of great depth and a dedicated pedagogue with wonderful wisdom and empathy.  I'm certain that you will resonate with her message and walk away inspired and motivated In our conversation, Violaine expands on: The importance of choosing a teacher that will be a good fit The wonderful teaching philosophies of Isadore Tinkleman, which created “searching musicians” and fostered thinking and creativity in his students The importance of learning to listen and trust your ear Becoming a “Searching Musician” The importance of being versatile How and how long we should practice What summer festivals can bring to a young musician's development How much we learn when we teach The importance of having a good balance between routine, consistency, and variety Listening to yourself as if you were your own best student (which will help you listen better and assess what is objectively) Her main “engines:” curiosity, creativity in problem-solving, and yoga Her wise advice to students Her beautiful actionable tip: find a way to be inspired every day     Don't forget to visit the Mind Over Finger Resources' page to check out amazing books recommended by my podcast guests, as well as my favorite websites, cds, the podcasts I like to listen to, and the practice and podcasting tools I use every day!  Find it here: www.mindoverfinger.com/resources!   And join the Mind Over Finger Book Club in the Tribe!  We meet HERE, and we'll begin 2020 with The Inner Game of Golf by Tim Gallwey!   Don't forget to sign up for my newsletter to get your free guide to a super productive practice using the metronome!  This guide is the perfect entry point to help you bring more mindfulness and efficiency into your practice and it's filled with tips and tricks on how to use that wonderful tool to take your practicing and your playing to new heights! TURN THE METRONOME ON AND START PRACTICING BETTER AND LEARNING FASTER RIGHT NOW!  GET YOUR FREE METRONOME GUIDE TODAY AT www.mindoverfinger.com!!!!     MORE ABOUT VIOLAINE MELANÇON: Website: https://www.violaineMelançon.com/     An artist deeply dedicated to the range of violin and chamber music repertoire, violinist Violaine Melançon is Associate Professor of Violin at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University, and serves on the violin and chamber music faculties of the Peabody Conservatory. She was for thirty years the founding violinist of the Peabody Trio which was ensemble-in-residence at the Peabody Conservatory from 1987 to 2016. After winning the prestigious Naumburg Chamber Music Award in 1989, the Peabody Trio established itself as an important presence in the chamber music world as vivid interpreters of the classics of the repertoire, advocates for new music, and dedicated teachers and mentors to a generation of young musicians. As a member of the Peabody Trio, Ms. Melançon gave a New York debut in 1990 at Alice Tully Hall and has performed in the most important chamber music series in North America, including New York, Washington, DC, Chicago, Denver, Vancouver, Montreal, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Indianapolis, Dallas, Honolulu, Memphis, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Portland, St. Louis, Boston and Philadelphia. With them, Ms. Melançon toured internationally, frequently performing in England, making repeat appearances at London's Wigmore Hall, and in Japan and Israel.   She has a special affection for the music of today and is a serious interpreter of works of Gyorgy Kurtag, Mauricio Kagel and Zhou Long. The Israeli composer Shulamit Ran wrote a violin concerto for her and she has premiered several works by other leading composers. Among the artists with whom she enjoys collaborating are pianists Leon Fleisher, Gilbert Kalish and Peter Frankl, soprano Phyllis Bryn-Julson, and violist Roger Tapping.   During the spring of 2012, she presented the complete works for solo violin by J.S. Bach. She performs recitals annually, exploring unusual gems of the solo and violin-piano duo repertoire. Ms. Melançon is from Québec, Canada. After receiving First Prize in violin at the Conservatoire de Musique, she continued her studies with Ivan Galamian at the Curtis Institute of Music, with Isadore Tinkleman at the San Francisco Conservatory and with Arthur Grumiaux in Belgium. While at Curtis, she was a member of the Nisaika Quartet, prize winner of the 8th International String Quartet competition in Evian, France. Ms. Melançon is also the recipient of many awards for solo performance including the 1984 Prix d'Europe. In 1983, she formed the Knopp-Melançon Duo, an artistic collaboration which would eventually expand to become the Peabody Trio. In 1987, as a result of having been appointed USIA Artistic Ambassadors, the duo toured abroad extensively and made their Washington, DC debut at the Kennedy Center. Since then, her activities as a chamber musician, soloist with orchestras, and teacher have taken her to major music centers in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and Japan.   She has participated in many summer festivals as violinist, teacher and guest artists, including those of Tanglewood, Ravinia, Skaneateles, Rockport, Orford, and Domaine Forget. She gives yearly masterclasses at the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, and teaches regularly at NOI, the National Orchestral Institute and Festival. For many years, she has served on the faculty of Yellow Barn   If you enjoyed the show, please leave a review on iTunes!  I truly appreciate your support! Visit www.mindoverfinger.com for information about past and future podcasts, and for more resources on mindful practice. Join the Mind Over Finger Tribe here!  https://www.facebook.com/groups/mindoverfingertribe/     THANK YOU: Most sincere thank you to composer Jim Stephenson who graciously provided the show's musical theme!  Concerto #1 for Trumpet and Chamber Orchestra – Movement 2: Allegro con Brio, performed by Jeffrey Work, trumpet, and the Lake Forest Symphony, conducted by Jim Stephenson. Also a HUGE thank you to my fantastic producer, Bella Kelly!   MIND OVER FINGER: www.mindoverfinger.com https://www.facebook.com/mindoverfinger/ https://www.instagram.com/mindoverfinger/    

Skaneateles school superintendent to resign. Young Central NY entrepreneur to appear on ‘Little Big Shots’ with Melissa McCarthy.Man in his 30s becomes New York’s second vaping death. This is your syracuse.com news flash for Friday, Nov 22, 2019. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On Monday, September 30 2019, James Miller spoke with TALIM Director John Davison about the joint Moroccan-American archaeological project at the site of ancient Sijilmasa and the publication of book, “The Last Civilized Place: Sijilmasa and Its Saharan Destiny” (University of Texas Press, 2015). “The Last Civilized Place,” written by Miller and Project Director Ronald Messier, recounts the story of the Project, its archaeological findings, and places Sijilmasa in the context of Moroccan and Islamic history, revealing the 1000-year history of the caravan center as a focus of trans-Saharan trade and focal point of dynastic change. The conversation led to a wide variety of topics associated with Sijilmasa: its origins in the second century A.H. and the establishment of the Midrarid dynasty and their Sufri religious background, the significance of the surrounding irrigated oasis landscape of the Tafilalt, the unprotected nature of the site of Sijilmasa today and the threats to it posed by the growth of the adjacent modern town of Rissani. The relations Sijilmasa long held with ancient Ghana and successor states south of the Sahara were rooted in the element of trade for which Sijilmasa was known far and wide from its earliest days, namely gold. Gold, African gold, was Sijilmasa’s fame, and the city and its caravans and commercial reach were the result of its long-held monopoly on the trans-Saharan gold trade. James Miller received his PhD in cultural geography from the University of Texas and taught in the Department of History and Geography at Clemson University (South Carolina, USA) for 28 years. Upon retiring from Clemson, Miller became the Executive Director of the Moroccan-American Commission for Educational & Cultural Exchange (MACECE – Fulbright Morocco) in 2009 and retired from that position in 2018. Miller was, 2007-2010, President of AIMS and since 2018 has been Vice President of the organization. He serves on the boards of TALIM and CorpsAfrica. Miller is the co-author of the geography textbook, A Question of Place (Wiley) and the monography The Last Civilized Place: Sijilmasa and Its Saharan Destiny (University of Texas Press), and the author of Imlil: A Modern Moroccan Geography (Westview). Miller was a political officer in the U.S. Foreign Service and, retired, lives in Skaneateles, New York.

On Episode 23 of 'Stick to Syracuse,' Brent Axe chats with Sean Kirst about life as a columnist in both Syracuse and Buffalo, his writing process and what makes Syracuse the unique town it is. Bob Searing of the Onondaga Historical Association discusses the time Teddy Roosevelt went on trial in Syracuse and the 125th anniversary of how Syracuse got its drinking water from Skaneateles. On the 'Sound Scene,' Kathleen Mason chats with and we hear the music of Harmonic Dirt. NOTE: This is the final episode of 'Stick to Syracuse.' This podcast will return to all-sports format titled 'Syracuse Sports Podcast' in Mid-August. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lauren Kingsbury is a current senior at Hampton University.She will be graduating in December 2019; She attained her real estate license at 18 years old and affiliated with Keller Williams Preferred Properties in 2017. Currently, Lauren is a full-time student and a part-time real estate agent; she currently is working full-time real estate for the summer to acquire her first investment property in August of this year. She works on a team with her mentor/mom Tracy Goins and assists with the day to day residential real estate activities. She hosts "Millennials Moving Out: Your Guide to More Money and More Freedom" at various colleges to spark the real estate conversation with young adults and recently released a rap video about real estate to keep young adults interested in learning about the real estate market/industry. FAR 263 Lauren Kingsbury, Real Estate Baddie Link: https://realestatebaddie.com/ https://www.instagram.com/realestatebaddie/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=behHBIkImmo&feature=youtu.be   How to contact us www.RogerBlankenship.com Facebook.com/flippingamericamedia Twitter and Instagram @FlippingAmerica Call our National Comment Line: 404-369-1018, ext 1. Leave your message or your question.  Email your questions to questions@rogerblankenship.com. Please always tell us where you are from. We like to know where the show is being heard. And let us know how you found out about us if you don’t mind.  Announcements: Lunch with me every Wednesday. Baraonda My latest article in Forbes is out. bit.ly/findredeals. The FAN is here! Would you like to invest in the Flipping America projects across the country? Coming soon you will be able to for as little as $100. That’s right, Flipping America is partnering with Ground Floor Funding to create a crowd-funded platform where you can invest in the deals we are doing here. The fund will pay out a 8% preferred rate of return and can go as high as 16%. You can make money with me, the Flipping America Guy.  Flipping America App is in the app store. You can listen to the show, read the show notes, and the entire catalog of shows is now available to you. It’s a free download and there are no upsells or in-app purchases. Free to download, free to listen. Go ahead and give it a try and drop me a line and let me know what you think. Want a quick analytical tool to tell you how strong a potential fix and flip deal is? 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Surely that had something to do with it? New home sales sank 7.8% in May, despite a big drop in mortgage rates Are investors pricing out first-time home buyers? Doug Duncan, Fannie Mae Chief Economist, points out the wide open opportunity for builders for first-time home buyers. Most new construction is for move-up buyers. https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/06/27/heres-what-fannie-mae-is-forecasting-for-the-housing-market.html Your Questions: Send emails to questions@rogerblankenship.com Don’t send your sales pitches to this email. Especially the really terrible “you can buy my product at a discount” with a link and NO explanation. No sales letter. If you think my team is just going to click a link in an email come on. 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Police say a Syracuse man bit and choked a police dog in an altercation with an officer. Calls pour in to possibly save the old Skaneateles house on Adam Weitsman’s property. And are we done with snow in Upstate NY? You wish. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I'm really happy to continue this series on the pedagogues that shaped me as a violinist with a discussion about another giant in musical journey, Zvi Zeitlin. Unfortunately, Professor Zeitlin passed away in 2012, but I had a wonderful time talking about him with Michael Klotz, violist with the Amernet Quartet and Senior Instructor at Florida International University in Miami. Michael and I were colleagues in the Zeitlin studio at both Eastman and at the Music Academy of the West and, in this episode. we discuss our experience studying with Mr. Zeitlin and his lasting influence on our lives. It was a true pleasure for me to talk with Michael and I think you'll enjoy our chat!   More about Michael Klotz   Website: http://michaelklotzmusic.com/ Amernet String Quartet: http://amernetquartet.com/ Florida International University: http://carta.fiu.edu/music/ Heifetz International Music Institute: https://www.heifetzinstitute.org/   Biography Born in 1978 in Rochester, NY, Michael Klotz made his solo debut with the Rochester Philharmonic at the age of 17 and has since then appeared as soloist with orchestra, recitalist, and chamber musician, and orchestra principal worldwide. After a performance of the Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 with violist Roberto Diaz, the Portland Press-Herald proclaimed, “this concert squelched all viola jokes, now and forever, due to the talents of Diaz and Klotz”. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram recently proclaimed Michael Klotz to be “a superb violist, impressive, with an exceptionally attractive sound,” and the Miami Herald has consistently lauded his “burnished, glowing tone and nuanced presence.”   Michael Klotz joined the Amernet String Quartet in 2002 and has toured and recorded commercially with the ensemble throughout the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Romania, Colombia, Belgium, and Spain. Klotz has performed at some of New York's most important venues, such as Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Weill Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, MoMA, Bargemusic, and the Kosciuzsko Foundation. His festival appearances have included Seattle, Newport, Caramoor, ChamberFest Cleveland, Festival Mozaic, Great Lakes, Cervantino, Festival Baltimore, Piccolo Spoleto, Sunflower, Martha's Vineyard, Skaneateles, Virginia Tech Vocal Arts and Music Festival, San Miguel de Allende, Beverly Hills, Music Mountain, Bowdoin, Madeline Island, Sarasota, Music Academy of the West, and Miami Mainly Mozart. Passionately dedicated to chamber music, Klotz regularly performs with many of today's most esteemed artists, having appeared as guest violist with the Shanghai, Ying, and Borromeo String Quartets, the Manhattan Piano Trio, and collaborated with artists such as Shmuel Ashkenasi, Arnold Steinhardt, James Ehnes, Augustin Hadelich, Vadim Gluzman, Gary Hoffman, Carter Brey, Michael Tree, Robert DeMaine, Andres Diaz, Roberto Diaz, Joseph Kalichstein, Franklin Cohen, and Alexander Fiterstein, as well as with many principal players from major U.S. and European orchestras. In 2015 he was named a Charter Member of the Ensemble with the Chamber Music Society of Fort Worth and regularly appears on this series. In 2002 and 2009, he was was invited by Maestro Jaime Laredo to perform with distinguished alumni at anniversary concerts of the New York String Orchestra Seminar in Carnegie Hall. Michael Klotz is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music, where he was awarded the Performer's Certificate. In 2002 he became one of the few individuals to be awarded a double Master's Degree in violin and viola from the Juilliard School. At Juilliard, he was the recipient of the Tokyo Foundation and Gluck Fellowships. His principle teachers and influences include Zvi Zeitlin, Lynn Blakeslee, Lewis Kaplan, Toby Appel, Peter Kamnitzer, and Shmuel Ashkenasi. Michael Klotz is a dedicated teacher and serves as Senior Instructor and Artist-in-Residence at Florida International University in Miami, where he teaches viola and chamber music. Klotz has recently presented highly acclaimed master classes at the New World Symphony, Cincinnati Conservatory, Cleveland Institute of Music, University of Michigan, Penn State University, University of Nevada – Las Vegas, Ithaca College, Texas Christian University, and West Virginia University. He is currently a member of the faculty of The Heifetz Institute and a viola coach at the New World Symphony. His former students currently attend and are graduates of prestigious conservatories, including the Curtis Institute of Music, the Juilliard School, Indiana University, and the Cleveland Institute of Music and are already achieving leading roles in the music world. Michael was featured in the November 2013 issue of the “Alumni Spotlight” in the Juilliard Journal and as the subject of Strad Magazine's “Ask the Teacher” column in the November 2013 issue. Michael Klotz resides in Hallandale Beach, FL with his wife Kelly and sons Jacob and Natan, as well as two dogs and a cat.     ZVI ZEITLIN (1922-2012) A faculty member at Eastman from 1967 to 2012, Zvi Zeitlin (1922-2012) was revered for decades as a violinist, pedagogue, chamber musician, and champion of contemporary music. Born in Dubrovna, Belarus, Zvi Zeitlin was raised and educated in Israel. At age 11, he became the youngest scholarship student in the history of the Juilliard School, studying with Sascha Jacobsen, Louis Persinger, and Ivan Galamian. He served in the RAF (1943-46) and concertized for troops throughout the Middle East and Greece. He made concerto appearances with such great conductors as Leonard Bernstein, Pierre Boulez, Zubin Mehta, Antal Dorati, Jascha Horenstein, and Christoph von Dohnanyi, and gave frequent tours of Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Central and South America. One of Zeitlin's signature pieces was Arnold Schoenberg's fiendishly difficult, seldom performed Violin Concerto; his 1971 Deutsche Grammophon recording of this work with conductor Rafael Kubelik set the standard, and is still available. Zeitlin also premiered concertos by Gunther Schuller, Carlos Surinach, and Paul Ben-Haim, besides performing and recording a wealth of other repertoire in his long career; the Toronto Star called him “one of the violin world's grand old men, a true musical Methuselah.” Along with his solo appearances, he was a founding member of the Eastman Trio (1976-1982). Zeitlin taught annual master classes at the Royal Academy of Music, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and Yehudi Menuhin School. He was a faculty member at the Music Academy of the West since 1973, and a visiting professor at Chetham's School of Music and the Royal Northern College of Music (Manchester, England) since 1992. Zeitlin was named Eastman's first Kilbourn Professor in 1976 and Distinguished Professor in 1998. In 2004, he received the University of Rochester's Edward Curtis Peck Award for Excellence in Teaching Undergraduates. Zeitlin's students occupy leading positions in major orchestras in the United States and throughout the world; hold important positions in universities and music schools worldwide; and are major prizewinners in international and regional competitions. Zvi Zeitlin died on May 2, 2012 in Rochester, at the age of 90.   THANK YOU: Most sincere thank you to composer Jim Stephenson who graciously provided the show's musical theme! Concerto #1 for Trumpet and Chamber Orchestra – Movement 2: Allegro con Brio, performed by Jeffrey Work, trumpet, and the Lake Forest Symphony, conducted by Jim Stephenson. Also a HUGE thank you to my fantastic producer, Bella Kelly!   MIND OVER FINGER: www.mindoverfinger.com https://www.facebook.com/mindoverfinger/ https://www.instagram.com/mindoverfinger/   If you enjoyed the show, please leave a review on iTunes! I truly appreciate your support! Visit www.mindoverfinger.com for information about past and future podcasts, and for more resources on mindful practice. Join the Mind Over Finger Tribe here! https://www.facebook.com/groups/mindoverfingertribe/

In this episode of "#HVpucks," I chat with Neal Purcell, Head Coach of the 2019 NYS D1 Champion Syracuse Cougars and Mitch Major; Head Coach of the 2019 NYS D2 Champion Skaneateles Lakers! Enjoy!

Jim Greene's Scarlett Rat Entertainment produces Dickens Christmas in Skaneateles, outside Syracuse NY, between Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve each year. Interactive character extraordinaire John Michael Decker plays Scrooge and is this episode's guest on IT'S [Talk] TUESDAY; The Improviser's Guide Podcast. We discuss the very, many, un-merry Scrooges, comic book storytelling, and the art of being approachable. Theme composed by Matt Harvey. Intro performed by Lindsay Zaroogian. LIKE The Improviser's Guide on Facebook! FOLLOW @FrankMCardillo on Twitter. TheImprovisersGuide.com for more!

On today's show Daniel talks about his weekend and also Justin Bieber coming to Skaneateles yesterday. Daniel and the guys also talk about Stephen A. Smith speaking to the Syracuse football team. Also, Josh makes an incredible return with 'So What' and much more!

Welcome to Episode 3 of We Eat CNY: The Podcast! After quite the busy week, we had the privilege of being invited to attend the Fork and Cork Wine Pairing Dinner at The Sherwood Inn by Executive Chef Dan Hudson. We had a fantastic time at The Sherwood and are grateful for the opportunity to go out to Skaneateles, NY and see how their dedicated team puts on a great food event. During the event, Kate and I sat with Jen Hudson, Dan’s wife who was also on last week’s episode with Mark Pawliw talking about her involvement with Farm to Fork 101. We thought it would be great to have both Dan and Jen on the podcast to talk more about how these West Coasters found their way to Syracuse, had their lives come together at Pheobe’s, the trip to Australia that focused Dan’s vision of what he wanted to be, how the Sherwood Inn has taken him to the next level, and close with where he pulls his inspiration from, his dedication to excellence at The Sherwood Inn, and what the future holds for the Hudsons --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/weeatcny/support

Listen and learn from yoga instructor and personal trainer, Courtney Chase, owner of Sky Yoga and Wellness in Skaneateles, NY. Courtney discusses the importance of being present, mindful, and choosing your thoughts carefully as these thoughts will lead to the building of your character. She share compelling information on her approach to taking these disciplines off the yoga mat and into your daily life. Enjoy!

"Dead by Dawn II." Listen to Maxwell in the throes of suicide. In the afternoon on ten Tuesdays, we perform and review unproduced pilots for television shows. Submit your pilot at southernstatecalifornia@gmail.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_X-Files_Game https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Burton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saratoga,_California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skaneateles_(village),_New_York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Scorsese https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Weinstein https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Evil_Dead https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Payne

Today on the Jane Wilkens Michael Show…Better Than Before, Jane will be having a “Spa Talk” with renowned beauty, health and fitness experts from the world-class Mirbeau Inn & Spa in both New York and Massachusetts. Jane will be joined by Catherine Sinclair, Spa Director and Resort Manager at Mirbeau Inn & Spa in Skaneateles, New York, as well as their Health & Wellness Coordinator, Debbie Bobbett. Natalie Ward, General Manager at their sister Inn and Spa in Plymouth, Massachusetts will also be a guest. The ladies will discuss recent health, wellness and beauty trends, their most popular treatments, what impact workouts have on our overall wellbeing and lifestyle, and what’s new in natural/organic products. They will also share tips for living a healthy life between work and leisure, the best ways to unplug and relax, and how to take the spa experience home with you.

Today on the Jane Wilkens Michael Show…Better Than Before, Jane will be having a “Spa Talk” with renowned beauty, health and fitness experts from the world-class Mirbeau Inn & Spa in both New York and Massachusetts. Jane will be joined by Catherine Sinclair, Spa Director and Resort Manager at Mirbeau Inn & Spa in Skaneateles, New York, as well as their Health & Wellness Coordinator, Debbie Bobbett. Natalie Ward, General Manager at their sister Inn and Spa in Plymouth, Massachusetts will also be a guest. The ladies will discuss recent health, wellness and beauty trends, their most popular treatments, what impact workouts have on our overall wellbeing and lifestyle, and what’s new in natural/organic products. They will also share tips for living a healthy life between work and leisure, the best ways to unplug and relax, and how to take the spa experience home with you.

Today on the Jane Wilkens Michael Show…Better Than Before, Jane will be having a “Spa Talk” with renowned beauty, health and fitness experts from the world-class Mirbeau Inn & Spa in both New York and Massachusetts. Jane will be joined by Catherine Sinclair, Spa Director and Resort Manager at Mirbeau Inn & Spa in Skaneateles, New York, as well as their Health & Wellness Coordinator, Debbie Bobbett. Natalie Ward, General Manager at their sister Inn and Spa in Plymouth, Massachusetts will also be a guest. The ladies will discuss recent health, wellness and beauty trends, their most popular treatments, what impact workouts have on our overall wellbeing and lifestyle, and what’s new in natural/organic products. They will also share tips for living a healthy life between work and leisure, the best ways to unplug and relax, and how to take the spa experience home with you.

"A firestorm of chatter in the political class was set off this weekend by a New York Times article revealing that Vice President Joe Biden is revisiting running for president. With that has come questions as to whether it’s too late, could he win the primary and is he a viable general election candidate? The simple answer: Yes. Why? All thanks to the opening created by fellow Democrat and apparent leader Secretary Hillary Clinton. Right now, Biden appears to be everything that Clinton is not.  Looking back on the 2012 election, the exit polling made it clear that character, not issues, were a top deciding factor when going to the polls. Though sometimes by just a hair, Romney almost always came out on top when issues-related polling questions such as, “Which candidate do you trust to do a better job of handling the economy?” were asked. However, when the question, “Who do you think better understands the economic problems of people in this country?” were asked, Obama handily dominated. Voters related to Obama, felt they could trust him, and believed he shared their values. This is the exact dichotomy that Biden could bring to the Democratic primary if he were to enter the race. It is the void created by Clinton and her campaign that Biden could fill. With Biden, what you see is what you get. He is approachable, warm, and he embraces people. He doesn’t stand in a Chipotle line in a key swing state and not say a word while hiding behind his aviators. He does the opposite and mixes and mingles as he did at a Jamaican restaurant in Miami last year. In a possibly foreshadowing sign, he autographed the restaurant wall right above Hillary Clinton at Rosalie’s Cucina in Skaneateles, NY. There have been some questionable moments of embrace, like the time he rubbed the incoming Defense Secretary’s wife’s shoulders while whispering into her ear at a press announcement. But those are the moments the public love too and help make him real, like the crazy funny uncle we all have." Gretchen Hamel, is the Founder and President of Highline Strategies and a contributor to Townhall.com.  

The Press & Letterfoundry of Michael & Winifred Bixler is "devoted to the craft of fine letterpress printing and traditional book typography. Our extensive collection of English Monotype matrices allows us to cast from 8- to 72-point, classic book typefaces including Bembo, Dante, Walbaum, Van Dijck, Joanna, Perpetua, Garamond, Centaur & Arrighi, Ehrhardt, Fournier, Bell, Baskerville, Poliphilus, Plantin, Gill Sans, & Univers. Work is designed, set, printed, & bound in our shop. We use Vandercook & Heidelberg cylinder presses. Fonts are cast on commission & sold by the pound." I met with Michael and Winifred at their shop in Skaneateles, NY to discuss letterpress printing, and all things Monotype. 

David Bennett is a public speaker, an author, and a teacher. His website, www.dharmatalks.com is a respected resource for those looking for information on near-death experiences (NDE). He has appeared on and consulted for numerous radio and television programs, including Oprah and Dr. Oz, as an NDE resource. Cindy Griffith-Bennett has a diverse background in metaphysics and energetic healing. She teaches Meditation and Psychic Development with clients throughout the United States. They live in Skaneateles, New York.