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Manion to serve as principal By APRIL HELMS Reporter Published: August 6, 2017 12:00 AM

When students at Tallmadge Middle School begin their new school year Aug. 16, they will have a new principal as well as new bell and bus schedules -- although the new school leader is someone they probably already know.

On July 19, the Tallmadge School Board approved a two-year contract with former assistant principal Jeff Manion, who became principal effective Aug. 1. His salary is $93,326 per year.

Board President Rick Kellar said that the board "unanimously supported" hiring Manion as the new middle school principal.

"We have great confidence he will do a great job as the new leader at the middle school," Kellar said.

The former principal, Rob Kearns, left to take a position with the Youngstown schools, Manion said.

Superintendent Jeff Ferguson said he was happy that Kearns was about to take advantage of an opportunity "closer to home."

"We would like to thank Rob for his service," Ferguson said.

Manion said that he and his wife, who teaches at North Canton schools, moved to Brimfield two years ago from Uniontown and have three school-aged children, two sons and a daughter. They attend the Tallmadge schools, he said.

All of his 15-year teaching career has been with Tallmadge Schools, Manion said, starting out as a substitute teacher. The door opened up for him when he was called to teach French and Spanish for two weeks after the regular teacher contracted mononucleosis.

"By the way, I have no idea how to teach either one," Manion said, and he laughed. "But someone must have been impressed because when a position became available, they asked me."

Manion said that he taught at all of the buildings at one point or another as a physical education teacher. Five years ago, he was moved to the middle school, 4 1/2 of those years as the assistant principal. Previously, he spent 10 years at Munroe Elementary, "teaching a variety of grades."

Manion said he looked forward to working with the staff and students in his new position in the upcoming year.

"I think my staff would tell you that here at the middle school, you have to be flexible," Manion said. "You are dealing with middle school students and you have to be flexible with this age group."

However, Manion said the school has "a fantastic staff," which takes a student-centered approach.

"They make my job a lot easier," Manion said.

Ferguson said he was pleased to see Manion take the principal's seat.

"He started as a teacher and has worked in many positions," Ferguson said. "I think it will be a smooth transition."

New schedules for buses and bells

The daily bell and bus schedule for Tallmadge Middle School has changed with the 2017-18 school year. The schedule will begin 10 minutes earlier than last year's schedule. Additionally, the high school and middle school bus routes will be separated so that each building will have its own route.

With the new schedule, buses will drop off middle school students starting at 7:05 a.m. All students must be on campus by 7:25 a.m. to avoid being tardy. At the end of the school day, buses will leave by 2:30 p.m. and all students must be off campus by 2:35 p.m., unless they are involved in an after-school activity.

"The decision to adjust the schedule and separate the bus routes was made to alleviate traffic, increase student safety and save time across the district," Ferguson said. "We are happy to report that the new schedule does not require any additional buses and will even save time on some bus routes."

Historically, the district ran high school and middle school bus routes together. In the morning, buses would drop students off at the high school, then drop the remaining students off at the middle school. After school, buses would pick up high school students first, then travel to the middle school. Some high school students would then transfer to a different bus to get home. The middle school also experienced increased congestion due to buses, parents picking up students and high school athletes gathering for practices during the after-school timeframe.

"We are confident that separating the bus routes will help reduce congestion before and after school, as well as improve safety for our students, their families and our staff members," Ferguson said. "Additionally, we will be breaking ground for new building construction this fall, reducing the amount of space at the middle school. This new schedule will be beneficial during this process as well."

The middle school bell schedule will coincide with the high school schedule. To view the full middle school bell schedule, visit: http://www.tallmadgeschools.org/TMSBellSchedule.aspx.

Aug. 10, there will be an ice cream social for sixth-graders from 6-7:30 p.m. Open House for seventh and eighth grades will be Aug. 24 from 6 to 8 p.m.

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Edap Tms (NASDAQ: EDAP) and PhotoMedex (NASDAQ:PHMD) are both small-cap medical companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations, profitabiliy, earnings and valuation.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

8.0% of Edap Tms shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 5.2% of PhotoMedex shares are held by institutional investors. 22.4% of PhotoMedex shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

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Edap Tms has higher revenue and earnings than PhotoMedex.

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Edap Tms presently has a consensus price target of $7.00, suggesting a potential upside of 137.29%. Given Edap Tms higher possible upside, equities analysts plainly believe Edap Tms is more favorable than PhotoMedex.

Profitability

This table compares Edap Tms and PhotoMedexs net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

Summary

Edap Tms beats PhotoMedex on 10 of the 11 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Edap Tms

EDAP TMS S.A. (EDAP) is a holding company engaged in developing and marketing the Ablatherm and Focal One devices. The Company operates two divisions: High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) and Urology Devices and Services (UDS) (including lithotripsy activities). The Company is developing HIFU technology for the treatment of certain other types of tumors. The Company also produces and commercializes medical equipment for treatment of urinary tract stones using extra-corporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) and distributes other types of urology devices in certain countries. The HIFU division is engaged in the development, manufacturing and marketing of medical devices based on HIFU technology for the invasive treatment of urological and other clinical indications. The UDS division is engaged in the development, marketing, manufacturing and servicing of medical devices for the invasive diagnosis or treatment of urological disorders, urinary stones, and other clinical indications.

About PhotoMedex

PhotoMedex, Inc. is a global health products and services company providing integrated disease management and solutions to dermatologists, professional aestheticians and consumers. The Company provides products and services that address skin diseases and conditions, including acne and photo damage. The Company operates through three business segments: Consumer segment, Physician Recurring segment and Professional segment. The Company provides skin health solutions to spa markets, as well as traditional retail, online and infomercial outlets for home-use products. The Companys Consumer segment is engaged in the designing, development, manufacturing and selling of long-term hair reduction and acne consumer products. Its Physician Recurring segment is engaged in the sales of skincare products. Its Professional segment is engaged in the sale of equipment, such as medical and esthetic light and heat based products. Its LHE brands includes Mistral, Kona, FSD, SpaTouch Elite and accessories.

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Shares ofEdap Tms SA (EDAP) recently touched 3.03, which places the stock belowthe Ichimoku cloud, indicating bearishmomentum and a potential sellsignal for the equity. Shares of Edap Tms SA opened the last session at 2.91, touching a high of 3.03 and a low of 2.90 , yielding a change of0.01.

Ichimoku Kinko Hyo is a technical trend trading charting system that has been used by Japanese commodity and stock market traders for decades and is gaining increasing popularity amongst western stock market traders, being commonly referred to as Ichimoku Cloud charts. Ichimoku Kinko Hyo, which translates to equilibrium at a glance chart, was developed to allow a trader to quickly and easily appraise the trend, momentum, and support and resistance levels of an asset, from a single chart.

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Anotherpopular indicator among technical analysts that can help to measure the strength of market momentum is the Average Directional Index or ADX. The ADX was created by J. Welles Wilder to help determine how strong a trend is. In general, a rising ADX line means that an existing trend is gaining strength. The opposite would be the case for a falling ADX line. At the time of writing, the 14-day ADX for Edap Tms SA (EDAP) is standing at 18.94. Many chart analysts believe that an ADX reading over 25 would suggest a strong trend. A reading under 20 would suggest no trend, and a reading from 20-25 would suggest that there is no clear trend signal.

Edap Tms SA (EDAP)s Williams Percent Range or 14 day Williams %R is sitting at -83.33. Typically, if the value heads above -20, the stock may be considered to be overbought. On the flip side, if the indicator goes under -80, this may signal that the stock is oversold. The RSI, or Relative Strength Index, is a commonly used technical momentum indicator that compares price movement over time. The RSI was created by J. Welles Wilder who was striving to measure whether or not a stock was overbought or oversold. The RSI may be useful for spotting abnormal price activity and volatility. The RSI oscillates on a scale from 0 to 100. The normal reading of a stock will fall in the range of 30 to 70. A reading over 70 would indicate that the stock is overbought, and possibly overvalued. A reading under 30 may indicate that the stock is oversold, and possibly undervalued. After a recent check, the 14-day RSI is currently at 39.66, the 7-day stands at 31.67, and the 3-day is sitting at 21.85.

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Taking a look at another technical level, Edap Tms SA (EDAP) presently has a 14-day Commodity Channel Index (CCI) of -134.89. Typically, the CCI oscillates above and below a zero line. Normal oscillations tend to stay in the range of -100 to +100. A CCI reading of +100 may represent overbought conditions, while readings near -100 may indicate oversold territory. Although the CCI indicator was developed for commodities, it has become a popular tool for equity evaluation as well. Moving average indicators are used widely for stock analysis. Many traders will use a combination of moving averages with different time frames to help review stock trend direction. One of the more popular combinations is to use the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. Investors may use the 200-day MA to help smooth out the data a get a clearer long-term picture. They may look to the 50-day or 20-day to get a better grasp of what is going on with the stock in the near-term. Presently, the 200-day moving average is at 2.98 and the 50-day is 3.19.

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