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Life with Cancer Director Receives National RecognitionApril 1st, 2013
(April 1, 2013) – Dr. Jim Zabora, Life with Cancer Director, has been selected as the Association of Oncology Social Work's 2013 Quality of Life in Cancer Care Award winner.
The American Cancer Society established this prestigious award to highlight oncology social work's commitment to improving the lives of people with cancer and assisting their caregivers. The award is designed to honor individuals who have innovatively contributed to the quality of life of those living with cancer – through their publications, presentations, and direct service – reflecting a commitment to quality of life for all cancer survivors.
Dr. Zabora was also an invited lecturer at the Annual Conference, where the award will be presented.
Media contact: Allison Kenty, 703-504-3840
About Life with Cancer
Life with Cancer™ is part of Northern Virginia's Inova Health System. The organization's goal is to enhance the quality of life for those affected by cancer by providing education, information, and support completely free of charge, regardless of where treatment is received. Life with Cancer provides a unique approach to cancer education and support with both full-time Oncology Certified Nurses and Licensed Clinical Social Workers on staff. From diagnosis to survivorship, Life with Cancer offers those affected by cancer more than 60 different programs a month, including nutrition, exercise, support, education, and a variety of complimentary therapies, like Yoga, Reiki, meditation, and expressive arts. Learn more or make a donation.
About Inova
Inova is a not-for-profit healthcare system based in Northern Virginia that serves more than 2 million people each year from throughout the Washington, DC, metro area and beyond. Inova is a comprehensive network of hospitals, outpatient services and facilities, primary and specialty care practices, and health and wellness initiatives.
Inova encompasses the full array of health services, including the area's only Level 1 Trauma Center and Level IV neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). We are home to many nationally and internationally recognized programs, including Inova Heart and Vascular Institute (IHVI), Inova Translational Medicine Institute (ITMI), and the Inova Dwight and Martha Schar Cancer Institute.
Inova is a global leader in developing and applying personalized health. Connecting researchers, clinicians and empowered consumers, we integrate genomic research for patient care, prevention and wellness. Our personalized health approach enables individuals to live longer, healthier lives.
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MARQUETTE - Michigan children, low-wage workers, seniors and veterans were to receive fewer dollars in food assistance starting Friday.
This is when cuts totaling $183 million over the next year in Michigan take place as a modest increase in benefits, passed to help the country recover from the Great Recession, expires.
Congress still is considering more cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as food stamps.
The change will amount to a loss of about $36 a month for a family of four, or about a dime per meal.
In Marquette County, 8,052 people are in the food assistance program, with the SNAP dollar loss listed at $840,811.83, according to the Michigan League for Public Policy.
"We know people are hurting," said Melissa K. Smith, MLPP senior policy analyst. "We know there aren't enough jobs. We shouldn't be cutting food."
The U.S. House has passed a Farm Bill that cuts nearly $40 billion in SNAP funding over the next decade, with cuts nine times deeper than the bipartisan version passed by the U.S. Senate.
MLPP President and CEO Gilda Z. Jacobs said of the cuts, "It's bad for individuals. It's bad for the economy."
Michigan, Jacobs pointed out, hasn't turned the corner yet when it comes to economic recovery, with many people having to choose between paying rent and feeding their children.
Don Gilmer, former state budget director under Gov. John Engler and an MLPP board member, said while he understands the difficulty of balancing budgets in Washington, D.C., and cutting spending, he disagreed with children, people of lower income, the elderly, the disabled and veterans being the target of spending cuts.
"This is the wealthiest country in the world," Gilmer said, "and we don't take funding away from those who don't have adequate resources to obtain food."
Smith said the $40 billion in SNAP cuts will affect the people most in need.
"It's just a horrible move to cut these benefits needed in tough economic times," Smith said.
Gilmer said, "Politically it just makes absolutely no sense whatsoever."
U.S. Rep. Dan Benishek, R-Crystal Falls, said of the cuts, "This change in benefit is the result of a temporary provision in President Obama's stimulus bill from 2009 expiring. Having lived in the U.P. all my life, I know how tough it can be for moms and dads up here to make ends meet and put food on the table.
"That's why my top priority continues to be supporting policies that create jobs in northern Michigan and make it easier for families up here to get by."
Jacobs said she hoped the league will impact the discussion on SNAP cuts. Many local communities, she pointed out, don't have the resources through food pantries, churches and similar groups to feed hungry people in their areas.
Smith said abuse isn't rampant in the SNAP program, so the cuts are being used to blame the poor.
"It's bringing discussion to the wrong topic," she said.
Smith said a family of three will lose about 15 meals a month through the cuts, averaging 10 cents a meal.
That might sound trivial, but Smith noted, "For an average person living in poverty, 10 cents a meal is a big deal."
Christie Bleck can be reached at 906-228-2500, ext. 250.

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FENNVILLE, MI -- This year's harvest of sweet cherries in Southwest Michigan is especially sweet following the disaster of 2012, when almost all fruit froze.
"They look fabulous," said Becky Crane, owner of Crane's Pie Pantry Restaurant in Fennville. "I took my grandchildren (out to the orchard last week) and they're hanging like grapes out there," she said.
Her brother Rob Crane runs a U-pick orchard adjacent to the restaurant that plans to open for picking sweet cherries this Saturday, June 29, she said.
'All the farmers are very optimistic," she said. "The biggest problem this year, with tree fruit, is that there is too much fruit -- they have to spend time and money thinning it," so that the fruits reach good size, she said. " It's so ironic."
Last year at this time, Crane and others who rely on Michigan fruit were facing the worst season since the 1940s after a string of unseasonably warm weather, followed by late freezes, then drought, pretty much wiped out all fruits in Southwest Michigan and much of the rest of the state as well.
Crane said because they lacked sufficient supplies of fruits for their restaurant's usual supply of homemade pies, dumplings and other desserts, they kept workers busy over the winter making two new offerings -- chicken pot pies and chocolate pecan pies. Both have proven to be popular additions to the menu, Crane said.
"When you think about the things that happen to people and businesses all around the world, this was just a blip for us," she said. "We still have our land, we have our kids -- we just had no fruit."
That's not likely to be a problem, said Bill Shane, Michigan State University Extension educator, who said most fruit varieties are looking good.
The sweet cherry harvest, which normally lasts about three weeks, may be somewhat compressed with this week's forecast of hot temperatures, but otherwise is just about on schedule.
This year "should be good-flavored crop; rains have not been excessive, so far there has been no cracking."
Apricots also being harvested, Shane said, and are also doing well this year.
"We have a good tart cherry crop coming for harvest July 4 or a little before, in good time for the festivals," Shane said, such as the National Cherry Festival in Traverse City June 29-July 6.
Red Haven peaches will harvest around Aug. 3 this year, Shane said, a little later than in recent years but about average longer term, he said.
Apples will be ready for harvest around Labor Day if conditions remain those of a typical year.
Although the danger of freeze has passed at this time of year, " it's not over until the fat lady sings," Becky Crane said. "There's still hail, and wind."


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Scouting The AT&T Cotton Bowl
The Cotton Bowl features two former Big 12 foes from the days before the most recent conference realignment. Two years ago, Missouri left the Big 12 for the greener pastures of the SEC. The two teams meet again in what should be a high-scoring matchup. Both teams feature a number of pro prospects for 2014, and one potential superstar in 2015.
Justin Gilbert, CB
Gilbert is a big-play corner who has exceled in the pass-happy Big 12. An exceptional athlete with speed and ball skills, he has the size NFL scouts love, measuring out at 6-foot and 200 pounds. His quick feet and agility help him leverage receivers tightly out of breaks. Gilbert is also a dangerous returner, increasing his value for NFL teams. His matchup versus super sophomore Dorian Green-Beckham could be a battle of future first rounders.
Tracy Moore, WR
The NCAA granted Moore a medical redshirt, giving him the opportunity to redo his senior season in 2013. At 6-2, 215, Moore has great size NFL scouts love. Moore doesn't possess blazing speed, but enough to be dangerous. He is a natural hands catcher who uses his agility and power to eluded tacklers. He has shown the ability to adjust to the ball in the air. A mid-round selection is a possibility.
Blake Jackson, WR/TE
Jackson is a 6-4, 235-pound athletic WR/TE hybrid. He would be a weapon for many NFL offensive coordinators hoping to create mismatches in coverage. In 2012, he was second on the Cowboys with 30 receptions and 598 yards. His 2013 season has been marred by injury, but his athletic skills will certainly have many scouts vetting his abilities for the upcoming draft. Jackson will likely be a mid- to late-round pick.
Calvin Barnett, DT
Barnett is wide-bodied, 6-2, 300-pound plugger who has good quickness off the snap. He has the ability to penetrate and make plays in the backfield. He is a 1 technique in a 4-man front but could serve as a nose in a 3-man front. He is a mid- to late-round selection.
Shaun Lewis, LB
Lewis is a speedy, ultra-quick and instinctive linebacker. He plays with great effort on the field. His biggest red-flag is his lack of size (5-11, 225). He would be best-suited as a weak side or protected linebacker in a 4-3 scheme who can flow and play in space. Lewis is a late round selection at best.
Daytawion Lowe, FS
Lowe is a physical player and a sound tackler. He lacks the ideal speed and agility to match up with receivers in the NFL. His physical play and tackling ability should garner him consideration in the late rounds and he could make a roster as a special teamer.
Michael Sam, DE
Sam is an explosive player at the snap with tremendous speed, making him a highly coveted prospect. Sam plays with great leverage and power, showing a knack to plays with bend off the edge. His size will be questioned as a run defender in the NFL, but his value will be in rushing the passer. He could be a 4-3 End in the Dwight Freeney mold, but teams may consider using him as a rush backer in a 3-4 scheme. Sam could be a Day 2 selection.
Kony Ealy, DE
Ealy has the length, strength and speed that make scouts salivate. His combination of size and athletic ability make Ealy versatile enough to move inside as a 3-technique in pass rushing situations as well as an edge rusher, versatily which NFL teams like in defensive lineman. He has a great first step off the line and shows he can power rush. His aggressive play and penetrating style regardless of gap responsibility in the run game will need to be harnessed, but shows good effort on every play. Ealy has obvious first-round ability and if he declares, he could be a late first or second round pick.
E.J. Gaines, CB
Gaines is an aggressive corner who displays good instincts in coverage and plays the ball well in the air. Gaines' physicality, speed and athleticism make him attractive as a nickel corner, where he can also stay on the field in run situations. Gaines could be a Day 2 pick with a strong final game and Pro Day/Combine.
L'Damian Washington, WR
Washington has the prototypical combination of size and speed NFL scouts covet. Washington has remarkable body control and has good enough ball skills to win one-on-one battles in the red zone, but he has yet to develop consistency in that regard. He needs work on running crisper routes and catching the ball with his arms extended rather than the body. His measurables will get him looks in the middle to late rounds.
Henry Josey, RB
Josey has returned to form after tearing his ACL and MCL in 2011. He has the elusiveness and speed to break off huge runs. Josey will have to decide if leaving for the NFL is his best option, considering he has come back from one horrific injury to be a game-breaking back. He will likely be a mid-round selection should he declare, though he may elevate his status if he returns and remains healthy as a senior.
Marcus Lucas, WR
Lucas has been a stalwart receiver for the Tigers the past three seasons. Lucas had been an X or outside WR to start the year, but his speed is not elite and the development of Green-Beckham prompted a change. His size (6-5, 220) could merit consideration as an H back or tight end. He most likely will be a late-round selection.
James Franklin, QB
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Review of Topaz Clarity
Boost colour and contrast without artefacts
Keith Cooper has been looking at Clarity, the latest of the image processing plugins from Topaz Labs.
Whilst we use Photoshop for image editing at Northlight, the Topaz plugins work with a wide variety of image editing packages, including Paintshop pro and iPhoto.
The range of functionality offered is so broad that the reviews are split up over several articles (we hope to cover all of them before long).
What do you get with Topaz Clarity?
Clarity is the latest editing plugin from Topaz Labs, that works with a wide range of editing programs (details)
Enhancing image contrast is often needed when it comes to printing, where you need to allow for the reduced contrast range of the print.
It's also useful for web images where you want to create greater 'pop', or just liven up the image from a dull day.
Clarity makes for a smarter way to bump up both colour and luminance contrast.
It can do this at a whole image level, and selectively at different levels of detail.
There are lots of ways of performing some of these adjustments in a program like Photoshop, but unless you use them a lot, it's easy to forget the precise steps needed. In other programs, it may not be possible to do these sorts of adjustments at all.
There is a problem with many adjustments of local contrast that I've seen elsewhere - halos.
It's one of the reasons I dislike so much of the currently fashionable 'HDR' style of imagery - I regard much of it as quite ghastly. Tawdry doesn't even begin to cover it... However tastes differ, so now I've got that out of the way, I'll look at how Clarity can help in the sorts of images I prefer.
One problem with halos is that once you start noticing them in processed images, they pop up everywhere. I've covered their reduction in several other articles, but just in case you were not sure what irks me so much, I've applied a typical contrast enhancing technique to a graphic I've created.
Move your mouse over the image to see the edge effects I'm talking about.
I've deliberately turned up the amount of processing quite high, but it shows the problem (OK, not a problem to some ;-)
It's not possible to completely remove such effects but Clarity shows much less of them than many other tools, particularly when you use its masking capabilities (i.e. only apply the effects to part of the image).
The church picture at the top of the article is shown as a before and after version below (mouse over the image to see the processed version).
Note particularly around the tower - I'd expect some haloing to appear, but the amount is massively lower than if I'd processed the image by other means.
I'm using a wide gamut monitor, and the image colour looks just a bit too intense.
However this is for a print, using the Canon iPF6450 printer I'm currently testing, which has red and blue inks in its ink set.
Here are prints of two images I've processed with Clarity (the printer is under the pile of prints).
Using the plugin
After installation of the plugin, it's opened via the filters menu in Photoshop (the process is different for other host programs, but the results are the same).
With this image of a bee feeding in a brightly coloured flower you can see the adjustment controls at the right and the collection (over 100) of preset adjustments to the left, along with a small preview window showing a particular preset.
I've covered general plugin operation in more detail in the Topaz Adjust V5 review.
An image histogram with basic image information.
A loupe (magnified) view - showing some of the hairs on the bee.
Adjustments start with tone and contrast, and then move to hue/saturation/luminance (HSL)
The two sets of adjustments can be masked as needed.
The HSL controls may look complex, but allow very fine levels of control.
Move your mouse over the image below to see a specific hue adjustment.
The ability to mask adjustments is something I've taken for granted in Photoshop for many years, and is a vital part of my workflow when making big prints. Clarity not only brings this powerful tool to many other image editing programs, but edge detection and feathering allows very specific selection of where you want adjustments applied.
In this example I've simply painted in an area of the mask, to turn down the level of adjustment. Move your mouse over the image to see the effect.
This capability vastly increases the usefulness of the plugin.
If you care about editing your images, take time to experiment with this and learn what it does - the effort will be well worth it.
There are lots of tutorials and articles on the Topaz web site, make use of them.
Here's a before/after view of the bee picture (mouse over image to see).
Adjustments can be quite subtle if need be.
The waves below are just showing a small increase in dynamic contrast.
Move your mouse over the image to see, and notice the small shift of the sliders that has produced this.
With so many adjustments, it's easy to get lost.
Fortunately there are lots of preset adjustments available
The grid view of adjustments, is useful for quickly testing out different ideas about how you want an image to look, such as this beach scene.
... or these geese flying past a sunset
Use the presets to get a rough idea of what you want and then tweak settings, to see how they change things.
The geese photo also shows up the lack of unwanted sharpening artefacts around strong edges.
Given the nature of sharpening and local contrast enhancement processes, it's never going to be possible to remove all sharpening artefacts in images, but my reason for being generally impressed with Clarity is that it could bump up contrast (local and global) in a very clean and non intrusive way.
I'd like the option for the plugin to return its results on a new layer, and for a bit more functionality in the histogram (per channel displays and clipping indicators), but these are minor quibbles for what is a very useful bit of software. The plugin also won't open images wider than 30,000 pixels, which is an issue for some of my work, given the huge prints I make every so often. 30k pixels is 100" (2.5 metres) at 300ppi.
During testing, the image that impressed me most was the church (a 24" square print) - getting the right colour balance and tonality for a large print often takes a fair bit of work.
In this instance, I was after more of a 'poster style' look, so it's pushing the limits of what I'd normally do. That said, I do produce a range of large prints for architects and a variety of styles are needed.
At the moment, Clarity is not included in the bundle version of the Topaz plugins. There is a fully functional 30 day demo version of the software that is available.
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2 GB RAM minimum - preferably more
Adobe Photoshop CS4-CS6 (32-bit and 64-bit), Adobe Photoshop Elements 6-11***.
Apple Aperture 2 and 3, Lightroom 2-5, and iPhoto via Topaz Fusion Express
photoFXlab ONLY - Video Card should support OpenGL 2.1 technology and later (A better video card will increase performance even more so than a faster computer processor.)
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Tasting Notes
This fresh white shows melon, white peach, pear and notes of honey with slight hints of spice on the finish.
Technical Notes
(80% Viognier/20% White Grenache). This Cotes du Rhone blend was sourced from vines planted in Laudun and Saint Gervais on sandy clay. The fruit is macerated before fermentation and aged in stainless steel to preserve freshness and acidity.


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Cortland coach Mick Lowie acknowledges his team had a great season and is happy to be the No. 1 seed in Class A for the upcoming Section III boys basketball tournament.
But lurking is second-seeded Jamesville-DeWitt, the three time defending sectional Class A and the three-time defending state Class A champions.
Cortland (17-1) surprised J-D in a regular season this season. The Red Rams (15-3) also lost a couple of games to out-of-state powers.
"I don't think it matters where J-D is seeded," said Lowie, who considers the Red Rams the favorite. "We all kind of got a feeling where they're going to end up.
Part of what makes J-D such an enticing pick — besides 6-foot-10 junior center Dajuan Coleman — is the return of guard/forward Demetrius Mitchell, who broke is foot in the second game of season but returned earlier this month.
"He's such an athletic player," Lowie said of Mitchell. "He gives them back some shooting, some defense, some quickness that they were lacking without him. He just brings another dimension that most of us didn't see during the year."
Other top seeds include Utica Proctor (16-2) in Class AA, Skaneateles (17-1) in Class B, Cooperstown (15-2) in Class C-1, the Syracuse Academy of Science (16-2) in Class C-2 and New York Mills — the only undefeated team in the section at 18-0 — in Class D.
Proctor edged out second-seeded Cicero-North Syracuse (16-2) for the top seed in Class AA despite having lost twice to the Northstars. Class AA seedings are based on a team's record against AA and A opponents, so C-NS's win over Class B Bishop Grimes, didn't count.
"We wanted to go play Grimes because they're a good team," Northstars coach John Haas said. "That made us better is the way we look at it."
Opening-round games for most teams are Tuesday with some on Wednesday. Quarterfinals are Friday. Championship games are scheduled for March 5 at the Utica Auditorium.
Defending champs are C-NS in Class AA, Jamesville-DeWitt in Class A, Westhill in Class B, Tully in Class C and New York Mills in Class D.
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An Omaha developer is looking to give an old building new life by providing more ice for hockey, skating and curling this fall.Video Transcript
WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT A NEW PLAN TO REPURPOSE AN OLD OMAHA BUILDING A DEVELOPER WANTS TO PROVIDE MORE ICE FOR HOCKEY, SKATING..EVEN CURLING THIS FALL. KETV NEWSWATCH 7'S TONY CORNETT JOINS US LIVE WITH THIS DEVELOPING STORY.... áááTONY/FS-1áááÑ THE PLAN HERE AT 61ST AND GROVER --SKATED-- THROUGH THE OMAHA PLANNING BOARD'S AGENDA THIS AFTERNOON ... THIS INDUSTRIAL'... AND THE DEVELOPERS NEED A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO MAKE THE NEW RINK POSSIBLE... WHEN THE NUTS MOVED FROM HERE TO BELLEVUE ... THE NUTS BEING LONG-TIME TENANT HERMAN'S NUT HOUSE...IT LEFT AN ARENA-SIZED SPACE IN THIS BUILDING ... AND A BIG OPPORTUNITY...AND THE OMAHA PLANNING BOARD GOT BEHIND IT WEDNESDAY...(NATS!!! "C-14-123...Grover Street Ice Arena... Approval of a special use permit.")GROVER ICE IS JOHN SKRADSKI'S COOL BUSINESS IDEA... HIS ANSWER TO A PERCEIVED DEMAND FOR MORE ICE TIME DURING PRIME DEMAND HOURS...IN THE AIR CONDITIONING BUSINESS AND KNOWING HOW TO KEEP THINGS SCHOOL, JOHN HAS A MORE THAN PASSING INTEREST IN SPORTS ON ICE...(John Skradski, Grover Ice, "I play in an adult hockey league along with my son, and some of my kids also skate.")HE AND PARTNERS ALREADY OWN THE BUILDING, AND NEEDED TO CLEAR THAT SPECIAL PERMIT HURDLE BECAUSE ITS ZONED FOR áGENERAL INDUSTRIAL...(John Skradski, Grover Ice, "It feels pretty good.")THE VISION FOR GROVER ICE INCLUDES LOCKER ROOMS, SHOWERS, OFFICES, A KITCHEN AND MEETING ROOMS.... AND THERE SHOULD BE PLENTY OF PARKING...IT'S NOT QUITE A FULL-SIZED HOCKEY RINK, BUT CERTAINLY BIG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT A LOT OF ICE ACTIVITY. (John Skradski, Grover Ice, "For anybody who likes to ice skate, there'll be available curling, to anybody who wants to use the ice.")IN FACT, IT IS ALREADY BOOKED UP.BUT IT'S NOT HOLIDAY ON ICE YET...JOHN SAYS HE'S RESPECTFUL OF THE ENTREPRENEURIAL RISK, EXPENSE AND HARD WORK BETWEEN NOW AND AN OCTOBER GOAL FOR OPENING... (John Skradski, Grover Ice, "It takes a lot of equipment and electricity to put up a sheet of ice.") áááTONYáááÑ CITY COUNCIL STILL NEEDS TO SIGN OFF ON LIKELY THAT THIS FALL IT'S GOING TO BE SLAP SHOTS AND DOUBLE AXELS HERE..
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Picking the head coach for our all-time Detroit Pistons team seems like a no-brainer.
But is it really?
Sure, Chuck Daly won two championships during his time in Detroit and was on the bench during the greatest era in club history, but is that really the measure of a great coach?
Remember, Daly coached teams loaded with talent.
Guys like Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars, Dennis Rodman, Bill Laimbeer, Mark Aguirre, Vinnie Johnson and James Edwards are among the players who delivered back-to-back NBA titles in 1989 and 1990.
But what about a coach who might not have as much talent yet gets the most out of his team and leads it to the postseason? How much does that count for?
Think about former Major League Baseball manager Billy Martin.
Sure, Martin won a World Series with a loaded Yankees team in 1976. But Martin also took over struggling teams in Detroit, Texas and Oakland before leading them to first-place finishes. And he almost did it in Minnesota as well, winning 95 games with a Twins group that won 79 the previous year.
So that's something to consider before picking the best coach in Pistons' history.
You've already voted for the best center, the top two forwards and the two greatest guards in Pistons history. Once you've had a few days to vote for a coach, we'll tabulate the results and unveil our all-time Pistons team next week.
Now, the coaching candidates:
• Larry Brown only spent two seasons in Detroit but he took the Pistons to the NBA Finals both years. He led the Pistons to the 2004 NBA title before they lost in seven games to the San Antonio Spurs the following year.
With a 108-56 regular-season record, Brown owns the second-highest winning percentage among Pistons coaches. His .646 winning percentage in the playoffs – Brown had a 31-17 postseason record in Detroit – is the best in team history.
• Rick Carlisle also spent two seasons in Detroit, winning 50 games both years for a .610 winning percentage.
Carlisle led the Pistons to a pair of division championships and took them to the first of six Eastern Conference Finals before being fired in 2003.
Carlisle had a 12-15 playoff record with the Pistons.
• Daly is the winningest coach in Pistons history with a 467-271 (.633) record during the regular-season and a 71-42 (.628) mark during the playoffs.
In addition to the two championships, he also guided the Pistons to the 1988 NBA Finals as well as two other Eastern Conference Finals appearances.
Daly never won fewer than 46 games during nine seasons in Detroit, won at least 50 games five times and topped 60 once.
He's in the Hall of Fame and the Pistons retired No. 2 in his honor for the 1989 and 1990 championships.
• Flip Saunders owns the highest regular-season winning percentage in Pistons history at .715. In three seasons, he had a 176-79 record.
The Pistons never won fewer than 53 games under Saunders, posted a franchise-best 64-18 record in 2005-06 and were 30-21 (.588) in the playoffs.
He led Detroit to the Eastern Conference Finals three straight years.
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ALLENDALE -- Wide receiver Mike Koster never had sat out a year of football, and safety Zach Breen never had played defense.
Koster (Lowell) and Breen (Rockford) have put last season behind them and plan to make a significant contribution to the Grand Valley State football team.
As probable starters, they dressed and watched the annual spring game Saturday, in which the offense beat the defense 54-41 via a modified scoring system at Lubbers Stadium.
"This game is really a chance to let the young guys go out there and hit each other," coach Chuck Martin said. "The older guys in our 14 spring practices, they go pretty hard. We had a good spring. We're very pleased."
Martin has backed off playing starters in the spring game since 2004 because of the threat of injuries. He was happy with the team's efforts Saturday, but could not figure out how the offense won after six turnovers and just one touchdown.
"To be honest, I don't even know how that scoring system works," he said. "It's a holdover from coach (Brian) Kelly, which he apparently designed so the offense could always win the spring game."
Breen, who played running back in high school, played in last year's spring game on defense for the first time. The redshirt freshman watched this time, but said he feels much better going into the fall.
"I got better last fall, felt like I got better this spring and if I can get better this summer I'll come out firing in the fall," Breen said. "Personally, this spring I wanted to get better at looking at the ball, working off the ball. The coaches helped me work on that, and I feel like I accomplished that."
Koster, a junior last fall, was a starting wideout in 2007. He said his goal was to get back in the swing of things after missing the '08 season because of academic issues.
"I don't feel like I have something to prove, it's more I made a mistake," Koster said. "I fought through that, and I want to get back to the game I love playing."
Martin hopes Koster's academic problems are behind him.
"He's a dream on the field," Martin said. "Nobody practices harder, and nobody knows our offense better except for (starting quarterback) Brad Iciek. If he does the job this semester, he will make a major impact on our team."
As for Breen, Martin said last fall was a learning experience under fire.
"This spring, he is making play after play after play," he said. "He gives us a lot of flexibility. He can play both safety spots and nickel. He loves football and wants to get better."
Only one player, redshirt freshman offensive lineman Tim Lelito, was seriously injured. He will have knee surgery, but might be back in the fall.
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Geneva, WI (NNCNOW.com) --- A highway worker was cutting grass when he stumbled upon two suitcases in the ditch. Police later discovered there were two bodies in separate suitcases.
The worker was cutting grass Thursday afternoon along N. Como Rd. in Geneva, WI. Police say the highway worker/s moved the suitcases to the side of the road to allow the grass to be cut.
Then around 3 p.m. a concerned citizen called the Geneva Police Department complaining about the two suitcases sitting alongside the road, and that's when they discovered the bodies.
Police assure residents of Geneva that this is an isolated incident and the crime did not occur where the bodies were located.
Friday the Waukesha Medical Examiner's Office will conduct autopsies on the bodies; police hope this will help to identify who these people were.
The Geneva Police Department is going through missing person's reports. The investigation continues.
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County closes Flood Warning Center as river drops | Photos
The King County Flood Warning Center closed on Tuesday morning, March 11, after more than two days of around-the-clock operation to monitor flood flows on several rivers.
Flows on the Snoqualmie had risen to low-level flooding in the Lower Valley,
The flood crested Sunday at about 29,000 cubic feet per second at Snoqualmie Falls, three feet above flood stage, according to Floodzilla. In Carnation, the flood reached 29,390 feet at midnight on Monday, with several low-lying roads flooding over and closing. Flood levels were dropping today.
The Flood Warning Center opened at 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 9, in response to minor flooding on the Snoqualmie and Tolt rivers. Fueled by a powerful late-winter storm, the Snoqualmie, Tolt and Green rivers all reached Phase III flood alert levels.
Looking ahead, Flood Warning Center staff will continue to monitor stream gages and weather reports, and will provide updated information on river conditions as necessary. Real-time river level information is available online at kingcounty.gov/flood.
Traffic flowed as normal along S.R. 203 Monday afternoon, but flood-related road closures on Friday caused big traffic backups for some commuters.
Fields north of Fall City hold standing water and a large flock of geese Monday afternoon, just off S.R. 202, where someone discarded an umbrella.
Standing water on Northeast 124th Street in the Lower Valley could easily be seen from S.R. 203 Monday afternoon.
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Movie Review: 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'
Michael Cera aside, Edgar Wright captures the spirit of Bryan Lee O'Malley's graphic novel series
Contrary to what you may have heard from my podcasting partner, I don't actually hate Michael Cera.
Quite the opposite. In the balance, between "Arrested Development," "Superbad" and "Juno" (and even "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" and "Paper Heart"), I'd say that I like him quite a bit.
He just didn't fit my image of Scott Pilgrim when he was cast as the lead in "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" and even after watching Edgar Wright's adaptation of Bryan Lee O'Malley's beloved series of graphic novels, my opinion remained unchanged. Did I go in with a negative predisposition? Well of course I did. It's the same way any of us goes into a filmed version of a familiar book or TV show unconvinced by a piece of casting (or so excessively convinced at a piece of casting perfection that we're blind to unrealized potential). You do it. I do it.
Guess what? I'm not changin' my mind. Cera gives a decent performance in "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World," but what he gives is a Michael Cera performance, augmented slightly by decently performed stunt work and simulated musicianship. He doesn't really embody the Scott Pilgrim of the books and, somewhat more damning, he also doesn't deliver the arc that's specified in Wright and Michael Bacall's script. In a movie that very much intends to be nothing less than transformative for the medium-at-large, Cera's failure to transform himself is less-than-ideal.
But guess what? Like the line from "Meatballs" says, it just doesn't matter. It just doesn't matter because even if Cera never becomes convincing, Wright has orchestrated a film with so much energy, so much style and populated by so many terrific supporting performances, that its central deficiency is masked. Yes, Scott Pilgrim becomes an afterthought in a film that has his name in the title, but it ends up being Wright's whiz-bang pop culture joy that's the real star of this sweet, funny, exciting film.
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I'm not gonna get all indie rock on you and say that I was a fan of O'Malley's "Scott Pilgrim" books from the very beginning. A friend introduced me to Scott, an unemployed 20-something Torontonian facing a very peculiar romantic dilemma, shortly before the third book was published.
Still barely a 20-something myself at that point and still somewhat possessing dual citizenship and a working knowledge of Toronto, the books struck an immediate chord, though that level of specificity was never required. An uber-slacker with limited potential for upward mobility, clinging to the questionable aspirations of his so-so band, Scott faces maturity with a sense of heightened drama fueled by a childhood of comic books, video games, TV and movies. While some of the people around him are growing up, Scott is going backwards, launching into an entirely chaste relationship with 17-year-old Knives Chau (Ellen Wong in the film). He puts himself in a position where he can be sexless and effectively commitment free, at least until he meets Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead), a Mysterious American.
When Scott falls instantly in love with Ramona, he also has recognize that adult love means recognizing that everybody comes with a past, that everybody comes with baggage. In this case, that baggage comes in the form of Ramona's seven evil exes. That Scott needs to engage in amplified combat with these exes makes for a funny conceit, but it's just a visualization of that moment in any relationship where you have to sit down and take stock of the people who came before you.
In O'Malley's books, the fights are just the scaffolding for a greater journey that Scott Pilgrim has to go through. Ramona is a fantasy woman, but as Scott attempts to prove himself worthy of her, they both end up discovering and tackling their imperfections and becoming more real. By the final book, released earlier this summer, the series had become a fascinating portrait of idealized memories and self-delusion, about the lies we tell ourselves to move on and the truths we have to understand to actually move forward and progress beyond an perpetual youth. If that weren't already pretentious enough, I'd call the series nearly Fellini-esque, an "I vitelloni" for our times.
[Ugh. I'm now faced with the desire to write an entirely new review that tries arguing "Scott Pilgrim" as the "I vitelloni" for the Sega generation, which may or may not beat my "It's Degrassi Meets Atari!" tag line. Neither quote is going to make its way onto the poster, I fear. Either way, the thesis comes down to discussing whether a whole generation of men have actually been emasculated by years of playing video games that make them hyper-masculine, but only in a fictional context. Or maybe that's just one possible thesis.]
In a perfect world, "Scott Pilgrim" would have been adapted as a trilogy at the very least. As a single film, and not even a particularly long single film, Edgar Wright's "Scott Pilgrim" can't help but be only one layer of Bryan Lee O'Malley's "Scott Pilgrim." It's "Nick and Norah's Mortal Kombat," which simultaneously sells Wright's execution short, but also indicates where Cera pushes the film. There's alternate version of the movie starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Scott Pilgrim that translates as "(500) Days of Street Fighter." Either way, the fights become the focus of the movie, rather than just the climax at the end of each chapter in Scott Pilgrim's personal evolution. Romance gets a strong second billing and Scott Pilgrim's growth as a adult is given only lip service, which might not be a disaster since regardless of what the script says, Cera has displayed only minimal growth by the film's end. In the process, a whole slew of characters who are fully developed in the book are left as one-note creations.
But they're glorious one-note creations and I could run through almost every supporting performance and rave. Wong is a spectacular Knives Chau, delivering the wide-eyed hyper-emotionalism of what is basically an anime fantasy brought to life. Kieran Culkin brings the perfect amount of resigned wisdom and louche amorality to Scott's gay roommate Wallace. Anna Kendrick and Aubrey Plaza make the most of limited snarking opportunities as Scott's sister and his random adversary, respective. Alison Pill is so good with the world-weary frustration of this version of Kim Pine that I wished she could have played the richer character from the books. Brie Larson, in contrast, probably makes a more believable Envy Adams than the book was able to create.
And as for the exes, they're played by an assortment of scene-stealers who reveled at the chance to drop in for a week or two, chew on the scenery, upstage Cera and leave. Chris Evans gives the funniest performance, Mae Whitman the most emotional, Jason Schwartzman the most nuanced and Brandon Routh the most enjoyably douchy.
If Michael Cera wasn't the Scott Pilgrim in my mind as I was reading the book, Mary Elizabeth Winstead most certainly *is* the Ramona Flowers in my mind. Or at least she's the Ramona Flowers who took over for Shannyn Sossamon in my mind once it became clear that Shannyn Sossamon would be too old by the time the movie was made. I've already seen one or two critics complain that Ramona is needlessly enigmatic and a projection of male desire, as if there were an accident and not the entire construction of the character. Scott's difficulties understanding Ramona and coming to terms with her past stem from his own projected issues. It would make more sense if Cera didn't play the character with such passivity, but as in the book, Winstead's Ramona is protean fantasy creation who eventually gets to tackle her own issues.
[Side note: I think that the self-conscious acknowledgement of Ramona's near-mythic status in Scott's mind prevents her from being just another Manic Pixie Dream Girl. That she isn't all that manic also helps. She's just a dream girl, though Wright can't quite figure out what her being American has to do with anything.]
And yes, in the book it makes a lot more sense why she might be attracted to Scott. O'Malley's character is a good deal more mercurial, prone to great excitement and great depression. With that character, it's almost ironic that for all of his enthusiasms and wide-eyed passions, he can't be bothered to get a job or an apartment of his own, much less to commit to a relationship. With Cera, Pilgrim is just a child and you feel less urgency for him to mature at the same rate as his friends, because he seems to be younger than all of them.
But enough of that.
Beating the "'Scott Pilgrim' is better as a book than as a movie" dead horse doesn't accomplish anything and it probably needlessly overshadows just how much I enjoyed "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World."
At some point, Edgar Wright will make a movie or TV show that isn't a pastiche of his various entertainment influences, but I wouldn't encourage him to move in that direction with any urgency. When it comes to features, he's 3-for-3 on projects that shouldn't necessarily work, but function as both parodies and exemplars of the things being parodied. "Shaun of the Dead" is a hilarious zombie parody, but also a sufficiently scary and gory zombie movie. "Hot Fuzz" is a parody of over-blown action movies, but it's also stuffed with set pieces that exceed nearly anything in the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced oeuvre. And "Scott Pilgrim" functions as a video game-flavored action movie, a slacker comedy and an ultra-earnest young adult romance, while winking at possible viewer fatigue for those genres.
Breaking into video game vernacular is no more or less an extreme embodiment of the sensation of falling in love than breaking into song, though some critics might have you believing that one is a reaction limited to nerds and adolescent boys, while the other is worthy of artistic exploration. And there's little doubt that Wright sees the film's fights as no different from Gene Kelly swinging around a lamppost or the Jets and Sharks snapping their way into a bloody confrontation. What's interesting is how Wright, cinematographer Bill Pope, editors Jonathan Amos and Paul Machliss, plus composer Nigel Godrich blend the semiotics of comics, video games and music videos into something fresh yet derivative.
For a certain demographic, the language spoken in "Scott Pilgrim" will serve as almost an entertainment Esperanto. For other viewers, a great majority of viewers, "Scott Pilgrim" may suffer from literal and thematic cacophony. It probably won't take viewers long to know which camp they fit into. If you cheer at the Atari-inspired Universal logo, if you groove on the jarring panel-to-panel editing, if you're ready to rock out to the Beck-penned Sex Bob-omb songs, if you accept the whimsical notion that the girl you love could literally rollerblade through your brain, "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" will probably resonate on more than one level.
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My wife and I share my hard-covered Bible at church. Recently, I wanted to sit a little closer, but one side of the Bible had fallen down between us, chocking my movement. So I lifted it up, scooted over and rested the side that had fallen on her knee.
Believe it or not, the Bible often drives a wedge between people. Sometimes that's appropriate, but most times, it's not and it's not the Bible's fault.
God's word will accomplish his purpose (Isaiah 55: 10, 11). Jesus, the incarnate word, came to Earth to bring God's message of grace and truth to remove the dividing wall so a fallen humankind could be lifted back up into a right relationship with our Father and other family members (John 1: 1-5, 17; 2 Corinthians 5: 18-21; Ephesians 2: 11-22). But Jesus said he brought a sword that would also cause estrangement (Matthew 10: 34-38). The Bible calls itself that sword (Ephesians 6: 17; Hebrews 4: 12).
God's word divides when individuals realize they're under judgment of that word and don't like it (John 12: 47-50). They separate themselves from God's love, grace, and truth as those in the darkness who refuse to come into the light and take up their cross following Christ (John 3: 16-21; Romans 6: 3-7; Galatians 2: 20, 21; 5; 24, 25; 3: 26-4: 7). That's not God's preferred outcome, but because he's given us free choice, he recognizes it as the most likely outcome (2 Peter 3: 9; Matthew 7: 13, 14; Romans 1: 18-32, notice verse 28, which states that they chose to not retain knowledge of God; see also 2 Thessalonians 2: 9-11).
God's preferred outcome is that the Bible would bring people together as they're reconciled to him, which is what you previously read in Ephesians 2: 11-22 (1 Corinthians 1: 10-13; 12: 12, 13). There is actually only one body (church, family), one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God (Ephesians 4: 3-6). Thus, there should be no denominational separations and those who don't agree with scripture (the word, Jesus) on how the Lord adds to his body are a cause of stumbling around in darkness (Ephesians 1: 22, 23; Matthew 16: 13-19; 28: 18-20; Acts 2: 36-47; Galatians 1: 6-9).
Jesus prayed against denominational confusion so that those struggling to come out of darkness might recognize the truth that unites (John 17: 20-23). Consequently, the inspired New Testament writers also wrote against incorrect teaching that causes people to not gain or retain a true knowledge of God that leads to reconciliation (1 Timothy 4: 1; Titus 1; 10, 11; 3: 9-11; 2 Peter 2: 1, 2; 1 John 4: 1; Jude 3, 4).
Are you working toward Christian unity based on truth? As Jesus mentioned in his prayer, Christian unity is only achieved through our reconciliation to him, which only happens as we are sanctified by the truth (John 17: 17).
Let's agree with the truth and be united in Christ.


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DeWitt plans to demolish an vacant gas station that neighbors say has been a longtime eyesore. In its place, the town plans green space and possibly a traffic roundabout.
Town officials are working with the state Department of Environmental Conservation on the project, which involves removing the gas tanks and tearing down the building.
The site is the old Citgo gas station at 2301 E. Colvin St. on the DeWitt and Syracuse line, near the Tops grocery store. The parcel is right near Julian Place and Nottingham Road.
The gas station closed in 2002, and neighbors have complained about the dilapidated building for years. After a lengthy process, the town was able to purchase the property for about $37,000 in back taxes.
There are five gas pumps that must be removed and the soil has to be tested after that to be sure it hasn't been contaminated, said Supervisor Ed Michalenko. Because the tanks are relatively new, officials don't suspect there will be any environmental issues, he said.
The first step will be to test for asbestos in the building, and then the pumps and building can be removed, Michalenko told the town board Monday night.
"We may even be able to put the old tanks up for auction and sell them," he said.
The asbestos testing and tank removal may cost up to $10,000, but the property values in that area will benefit, Michalenko said. The plan is to have the building torn down and tanks removed by the end of October.
The town is working with the city of Syracuse on a plan to possibly turn that triangle into a roundabout and eliminate the traffic light at Colvin Street and Nottingham Road. The city has hired C&S Engineers to conduct a traffic study in the area and possibly design a roundabout.
There would be green space within the roundabout, and the town is considering an electronic "welcome" sign, Michalenko said.
The town plans to sponsor a neighborhood meeting for neighbors to inform them of what's happening and to get their ideas.
In 2008, a Syracuse University graduate student blanketed the station with 3,400 colorful fabric panels as part of the World Reclamation Art Project, but that came down three months later when its creator left Syracuse.
After that, a Tecumseh Elementary student drew a picture of the station being torn down and replaced with a lush lawn and flowers. The child, Eva Fernandez, wrote to DeWitt officials asking that they beautify the space.
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By russ on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 10:31 am: Edit Post
ok i love to sled as much as the next guy but i also enjoy my boat , any word of when spring will be here and the the cold goes away.
By admin on Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 10:46 am: Edit Post
MOTS(more of the same) for the next 10 days at least. Sorry, looks like the boat will have to wait a bit longer.
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thanks for the update. and as always i watch your weather more then are guys.. your forcasts are on the hook compared to the guys on t.v. here.


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ORANGE BEACH, Alabama -- Mike Foster first saw Alabama's beaches when he was hired to promote the white-sand shoreline 12 years ago.
Fast forward to Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and last year's BP oil spill and the North Dakota native is an expert on bringing visitors to the Gulf. He will retire Jan. 3 as vice president of marketing for Gulf Shores & Orange Beach Tourism.
An executive search firm is reviewing experienced destination marketing candidates to fill the job, according to Herb Malone, the tourism group's president and chief executive officer. He said the salary will be based on the person's experience.
"I've got five grandbabies and I want to play grandpa," Foster said. All the children are under 2 years old and include a set of triplets, he said.
Besides babysitting triplets, what was more challenging -- bringing visitors back to the Gulf after Ivan's wrath or when the oil spill hit the beaches?
"We don't know what the environmental effects will be from the oil spill, but I would say Ivan took us longer to recover," Foster said. "We had one-third of the town operating and selling rooms after Ivan, while two-thirds of the town was down and rooms were not available.
"We could not stop marketing," he said. "Luckily, the people who had been coming here before came back. They have been our friends through thick and thin."
The issue with the oil spill was that the beach could be clean one day and have tarballs the next day, he said.
The tourism staff started hosting a daily broadcast from the beach, and did 260 of them, he said.
"Every day we went to beaches, some had tar and oil, and we talked to people on the beach and at the restaurants," he said. "The whole idea was that through our Facebook page we could tell the truth. And our numbers for our website and YouTube channel went screaming through the roof."
Again, it was the frequent visitors who helped boost the bookings, according to Foster. "We're 70 percent a repeat business. If you come here and love us, we know we will get you back."
Foster and his wife live in Daphne, and plan to travel to visit friends and relatives, but they plan to keep coming back to the Gulf Coast. "Absolutely," he said. "I love this place."


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Federal Way mayor names finance director finalist
The Federal Way City Council will undertake their first confirmation of a department director under the elected mayor system voters established in 2010 on March 4.
Mayor Jim Ferrell has selected Adé Ariwoola as his choice to be the city's new finance director.
"I am delighted to be able to recommend to the City Council for confirmation a candidate with such outstanding qualities as Adé Ariwoola," Ferrell said. "Adé is a person of character, integrity and ethics who brings an impressive background in finance and accounting in municipal and county government settings."
Ariwoola is currently finance director for the city of Ellensburg, a full-service city with a $115 million budget. There, he managed the city's Finance Department, developed and administered the budget, while earning a valuable "AA" rating for city bonds and overseeing the customer service division for the city's five utilities.
During his tenure at Ellensburg, the city received the prestigious Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting award and the GFOA's Distinguished Budget Presentation award four years running.
Ariwoola is a leader in government finance organizations, serving on the board of directors for the GFOA of USA and Canada, and the executive board for the Washington Finance Officers Association.
Under the structure of the elected mayor/council system in Federal Way, appointments to key department directorships are made by the mayor, but must be confirmed by the City Council. The Council will consider Ariwoola's qualifications March 4 and will hold an informal "meet and greet" with the candidate at 6:30 p.m. in Council Chambers. The confirmation decision is scheduled for the regular Council meeting, which begins at 7 p.m. that evening. If Ariwoola is confirmed, his start date will be April 1.
The city began its search for a finance director position after long-time director Tho Kraus left in October 2013 to become assistant city manager in Lakewood. There were 29 applicants for the position and five finalists were interviewed.
Prior to employment with Ellensburg, Ariwoola served as the financial services manager for Kitsap County for eight years, and has also worked as the Chelan County chief accountant and as a financial officer for EPIC, a Yakima nonprofit organization.
Ariwoola has a Master of Business Administration from Gonzaga University and is a certified government financial manager.
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The excessive heat warning will continue until Friday at 7 p.m., and central Iowa is seeing another day of early school dismissals.
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Game of the week
Green Bay at San Francisco, Saturday, 8 p.m. ET | Preview
The line: 49ers by 3½
The story: So Aaron Rodgers plays in the Bay Area for the first time since the 49ers snubbed him in the 2005 NFL Draft, and what are we talking about? Uh-huh, San Francisco's Colin Kaepernick. He's the quarterback making his first playoff start, and the heat is on. Because if he doesn't win here ... if he doesn't at least push the 49ers to the NFC Championship Game ... there's one head coach under fire.
And that's Jim Harbaugh.
He's the guy who changed from Alex Smith to Kaepernick in midseason because ... well, because Smith suffered a concussion. He was 20-6-1 under Harbaugh. He was the league's most accurate passer. He was third in passer rating. Yet Harbaugh was eager to play his draft pick and make him the starter, mostly because he believes he can do more with Kaepernick than he can with Smith.
Kaepernick is 5-2 as a starter and 3-0 at home. He can run. He can throw. And he can make plays Smith cannot. But he can make mistakes, too, and beware, San Francisco. It was mistakes that cost the 49ers a chance to go to last year's Super Bowl. Kaepernick commits them (see St. Louis), and Smith does not.
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Granted, Kaepernick makes big plays, too, but the 49ers' identity seems to have changed since he took over. Where once they were about defense and Frank Gore, now they're about defense and Kaepernick -- and that's a risk when the guy has no playoff experience.
Rodgers does, of course, and has won a Super Bowl. If there's a key to this game it's not Kaepernick but the 49ers' pass rush. If it can get to Rodgers -- and a lot of people have -- it can fluster and frazzle him and force him into the mistakes and mediocre play that sabotaged him and the Packers in last year's playoff loss to New York. If it cannot, it's over. Rodgers will shred San Francisco.
I saw it happen with Tom Brady in the second half of the 49ers' defeat of New England last month, and I saw it happen the following week when Russell Wilson and the Seahawks torched these guys. The common thread: In both games, Justin Smith was missing. He was out the second half of the New England game, and he sat out the loss to Seattle. Smith is back, but the question is: How effective can he be?
San Francisco is hoping he can do something, anything, to spring loose Aldon Smith. After 19½ sacks with Justin at his side, he had none without him. Rodgers has no rushing attack and his pass protection isn't all that great. But if he has the time he has receivers galore -- and, sorry, but if this comes down to a game of tennis, give me Rodgers over Kaepernick -- in straight sets.
The back story: Since the start of the 2010 season the Packers are 14-5 on the road. Their winning percentage during that time is second only to New England (12-4).
Three games we will all see
Baltimore at Denver, Saturday, 4:30 p.m. ET (CBS) | Preview
The line: Broncos by 9½
The story: This is the second time in a month these two have met, with Denver dropping the hammer 34-17 in Baltimore on Dec. 16. That's not exactly encouraging, and neither is this: It was Peyton Manning's ninth straight defeat of the Ravens, a streak that extends all the way back to 2002.
So Manning has Baltimore's number, he's home and his team is on an 11-game winning binge -- including a lopsided defeat of the Ravens. Question: Is there any reason to play this game?
Well, yeah. First, Baltimore has a more complete defense this time around. Safety Bernard Pollard and linebacker Dannell Ellerbee -- two of the team's leading tacklers -- are back. So is linebacker Ray Lewis, and, OK, so he's not the same. He gives the Ravens something in the huddle and on the field it could have used last month -- and that's leadership. Marshal Yanda is back on a revamped offensive line, too, and just in time: Denver's pass rush is relentless and frazzled Joe Flacco last month.
Then there's this: It will be cold, with temperatures expected to be no higher than 20. I don't know how that affects either side, but I know it has Manning wearing a glove. Manning is 9-10 in the playoffs and seven times has bowed out after only one postseason game, so that should give Baltimore hope. So should Flacco's play last weekend, when he set a franchise record for playoff passer rating.
But let's be honest, people. The oddsmakers made this line high for a reason: Denver is a more complete team. In fact, the Broncos are the most complete team out there. Their defense is sound. Their offense is sound. They have a kicker with a strong and accurate leg. And they have Manning. Still, the Ravens kept them close last month until a Flacco interception at the end of the first half clinched the victory, and if you're Baltimore you convince yourself that won't happen again.
And maybe it won't. Flacco hasn't had a turnover his past three games and has gone 92 straight passes without an interception. He must play an error-free game for Baltimore to have a chance. Otherwise we're looking at deja vu all over again.
The back story: Baltimore set a franchise record with 72 plays of 20 or more yards, third best in the NFL. Denver was second (74).
Seattle at Atlanta, Sunday, 1 p.m. ET | Preview
The line: Falcons by 2½
The story: Nobody is under more pressure this weekend than Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons. Granted, they're the NFC's No. 1 seed and are home, where Ryan seldom loses, but tell me where we've heard this before. Oh, yeah, two years ago when they had the exact same record (13-3), clinched home-field advantage and took on a wild-card entrant in the divisional round.
It was Green Bay, and it was a disaster. Ryan stunk, and so did his teammates. But they were worse a year later when they failed to produce one point of offense against the Giants.
Now they're home again, only this time against the team nobody wants to face -- the white-hot Seattle Seahawks, winners of six straight and eight of their past nine -- and tell me people in Atlanta aren't waiting to exhale. It's not just that the Seahawks are winning; it's that they're burying opponents, winning their past six by a combined score of 217-74.
Seattle's hope on defense is to reduce this to a one-dimensional game, forcing Ryan to win through the air. He has decorated receivers like Julio Jones and Roddy White and Tony Gonzalez, but Seattle has a big, physical and fast secondary that will be difficult to solve. These aren't the Green Bay Packers of 2010; they're better, with Richard Sherman regarded as the next best cornerback to Darrelle Revis.
On offense, the Seahawks operate everything off running back Marshawn Lynch -- having him hammer the middle of the defense while working an effective passing attack off play-action fakes. Lynch has missed two days of practice this week, but should play. Seattle is turning more and more of its offense over to quarterback Russell Wilson, and the results speak for themselves: The guy has become a giant killer, with 16 touchdowns and two interceptions his past eight starts.
Oh, yeah, and four rushing TDs.
The feeling is that Ryan and the Falcons are about to disappoint again, but I would be careful. First, the Seahawks were down 14-0 a week ago and might've lost had they faced a quarterback on two legs. Second, this is their second cross-country trip in a week, and we all know about their troubles on the road. They broke through last week for their first road playoff win since 1983, and that's terrific. Only we're asking them to do it twice in eight days? On the East Coast, no less? And where Ryan and the Falcons are comfortable?
Stay tuned.
The back story: Ryan has 33 games with a passer rating of 100 or better. The Falcons are 32-1 in those contests.
Houston at New England, Sunday 4:30 p.m. ET (CBS) | Preview
The line: Patriots by 9½The story: If there's anything close to a dead-bolt cinch this weekend, you're looking at it. The Texans were here last month and were destroyed. Tom Brady is home where, since moving into Gillette Stadium, the Patriots are 9-2 in the playoffs and 4-1 in the divisional round. Houston's offense can't find the end zone. New England's offense can't stay out of it. Houston is 1-3 against the Patriots and hasn't won in Foxborough.
I think you get the idea. There's no reason to believe Houston pulls the upset, except ...
Except that the New York Jets went through the same thing two years ago. They were blown out at Gillette Stadium, then returned as a 9½-point underdog for the playoffs. They had a solid rushing attack. Their defense was aggressive and could get to the quarterback. And their quarterback was someone nobody trusted.
Sound familiar?
It should. That's the Houston Texans, and I suggest Kubiak and defensive coordinator Wade Phillips study those 2011 videotapes because the Jets attacked New England the way Houston must -- with defense. They mixed coverages. They disguised blitzes. They did what they could to frazzle Brady, and it worked. He was outplayed by Mark Sanchez.
Houston will have linebacker Brooks Reed and a healthy Johnathan Joseph for this game, but the Texans need more. They need a new plan, and I suggest Phillips shake up his defense now. Otherwise, Houston gets torched.
The back story: In two starts at home vs. Houston, Brady has six touchdowns, zero interceptions and a 118.8 passer rating
Five guys I'd like to be
1. Denver QB Peyton Manning: He's 9-2 in his career vs. Baltimore, with nine straight victories -- including one last month.
2. New England TE Aaron Hernandez: In Week 14 vs. Houston he had eight catches and two TDs.
3. Green Bay LB Clay Matthews: In seven career playoff games, he has 6½ sacks, three forced fumbles and three fumble recoveries.
4. San Francisco QB Colin Kaepernick: He's 3-0 at home, with a passer rating of 100 or better in each of his three starts.
5. Seattle QB Russell Wilson: In his past four games, including the playoffs, he has seven TD passes, one interception and a passer rating of 116.9. He also has four touchdowns rushing.
Five best matchups
1. Green Bay PK Mason Crosby vs. San Francisco PK David Akers: These two teams better hope their game doesn't come down to a last-second field goal because neither has a reliable kicker. Crosby is 11 of 21 on field goals of 40 or more yards, and Akers is 9 for 19. At least Akers has an excuse. He's hurt.
2. New England's offensive line vs. Houston DE J.J. Watt and LB Brooks Reed: Watt and Reed have combined for nine sacks in three playoff games -- 4½ each -- and Watt was this close to getting Tom Brady the last time these two met, with Watt hitting him five times.
3. Atlanta's secondary vs. Seattle QB Russell Wilson in the red zone: Wilson was the league's third-rated quarterback in this department, with 18 touchdowns and no interceptions inside the 20. Only Drew Brees and Aaron Rodgers were better.
4. San Francisco QB Colin Kaepernick vs. Green Bay DB Sam Shields: Kaepernick should be wary of all of the Packers' defensive backs -- Shields, Casey Hayward, Charles Woodson, Tramon Williams, you name it -- but Shields has four interceptions in six playoff games, which means I would start by looking for him.
5. Atlanta vs. pressure: We all know the Falcons are desperate to win a playoff game, but if it's close you have to like their chances. Since 2008 Atlanta is 12-6 in games decided by a field goal or less.
Five things that may only interest me
1. Since the NFL moved to the 12-team format in 1990, No. 1 seeds in the NFC are 18-4 in the divisional round of the playoffs, with all four losses coming in the past five years. No. 1 seeds in the AFC are 13-9.
2. Denver and New England each have 13-3 home records in the playoffs, which ties for best in the NFL.
3. Baltimore's 7-5 road record in the playoffs is the best winning percentage in the NFL, while Green Bay's 10-12 postseason record makes the Packers second.
4. With 100 yards, Houston's Arian Foster would join Terrell Davis (7), John Riggins (6) and Thurman Thomas (4) as the only players in league history to rush for 100 yards in four straight playoff games.
5. With a defeat of Houston, New England's Brady becomes the winningest quarterback in NFL playoff history. He is tied with Joe Montana with 16 wins.
Numbers to remember
0: Tony Gonzalez playoff victories
3: Straight playoff games where Houston has held opponents to 300 or fewer yards in offense
8: Number of first-round byes for San Francisco and New England since 1990, tying them with Pittsburgh for most in the NFL
15: Tramon Williams interceptions since 2010
16: Baltimore turnovers this season, a franchise low
17: Playoff wins for Bill Belichick, tying him with Joe Gibbs for third most in league history. Only Tom Landry (20) and Don Shula (19) have more
29: Career playoff touchdown passes by Peyton Manning
29-2: Green Bay's record when Aaron Rodgers starts and produces a passer rating of 115 or better
30-17: Green Bay's playoff record, best in the NFL
38: Career touchdown passes in the playoffs by Tom Brady
55: Atlanta penalties, a single-season NFL low
82-17: New England's record at Gillette Stadium, including the playoffs
110.8: Knowshon Moreno's average yards from scrimmage in past six starts
Weekend weather
• Denver: Partly cloudy, high of 20
• San Francisco: Partly cloudy, high of 52
• Atlanta: Dome
• Foxborough, Mass.: Mostly cloudy, high of 54
Where we will be
• I'll be in Denver to shop my Tim Tebow jersey.
• Gregg Doyel will be in San Francisco to shop his Alex Smith jersey.
• Pete Prisco will be in Atlanta to convince Matt Ryan he can win a playoff game.
• Mike Freeman will be in Foxborough to convince the Houston Texans to go home.


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Zdenek Kopal's Binary Star Legacy
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|Zdenek Kopal's Binary Star Legacy
|Horst Drechsel, Miloslav Zejda (Eds.)
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|DRECHSEL, Horst a Miloslav ZEJDA. Zdenek Kopal's Binary Star
Legacy. In Zdenek Kopal's Binary Star Legacy. : Springer
Science+Business Media B.V., 2005. 488 s. ISBN
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author = {Drechsel, Horst and Zejda, Miloslav},
booktitle = {Zdenek Kopal's Binary Star Legacy},
keywords = {eclipsing binary},
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isbn = {978-1-4020-3131-1},
publisher = {Springer Science+Business Media B.V.},
title = {Zdenek Kopal's Binary Star Legacy},
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An international conference entitled "Zdenek Kopal's Binary Star Legacy" was held on the occasion of the late Professor Kopal's 90th birthday in his home town of Litomyšl/Czech Republic and dedicated to the memory of one of the leading astronomers of the 20th century. Professor Kopal, who devoted 60 years of his scientific life to the exploration of close binary systems, initiated a breakthrough in this field with his description of binary components as non-spherical stars deformed by gravity, with surfaces following Roche equipotentials. Such knowledge triggered the development of new branches of astrophysics dealing with the structure and evolution of close binaries and the interaction effects displayed by exciting objects such as cataclysmic variables, symbiotic stars or X-ray binaries. Contributions to this conference included praise of the achievements of a great astronomer and personal reminiscences brought forward by Kopal's former students and colleagues, and reflected the state of the art of the dynamically evolving field of binary research, which owes so much to the pioneering work of Zdenek Kopal.


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General Carlos Harris III, a St. Rose native, is on a mission to help youth stay on the right path in life. As founder of Vision Builders International and The General Speaks, Harris soon will begin a 30-city tour to motivate young people to make good decisions.
Growing up in St. Rose, Harris, who now lives in Metairie, said he made bad decisions and ended up in jail. He served his time, and now he operates a construction and concrete business while working with Vision Builders and The General Speaks.
To learn more about his program visit his Facebook page, G. Carlos Harris.
Berger gets internship
Jeffery Berger of St. Rose recently received an internship to work with the New Orleans Saints. Berger will work as a physical trainer. He attended Nicholls State University and Louisiana College. He has a 3.8 grade point average in sports medicine. He's the son of Jeff and Carolyn Berger.
Fabacher joins Tulane
Kenny Fabacher of St. Rose is among local residents doing their part to support sports in the Greater New Orleans area. Fabacher has been hired as the equipment manager for the Tulane football team.
All through middle school at Albert Cammon and high school at Destrehan High, Fabacher took care of the football equipment for his schools' teams. After high school, he worked in his family business, then he operated his own business, but the desire to work around football lingered, he said.
Fabacher said he is delighted to work under hometown hero, Tulane Head Coach Curtis Johnson Jr., who was raised in St. Rose.
Megas honored
Anthony Megas of St. Rose, an operations leader of Gulf South Medical Supply in St. Rose, was recently presented the company's Blue Ribbon Standards award. He has received this award for the past two years for earning an overall performance score of 100 percent.
Green attends symposium
St. Rose author Ingrid Green Adams was chosen to read a poem at the New Orleans Chapter of the National Conference of Artists' Margaret Taylor Burroughs Symposium held recently at the Hyatt Regency in New Orleans.
Adams read "What Will Your Legacy Be?"
Burroughs was born in St. Rose. Around 1922 her family moved to Chicago. Burroughs became a writer, an artist, teacher, college professor, and co-founder of a The Dusable Museum, to name a few of her accomplishments. She passed away Nov. 21, 2010. She was 93.
Library news
The St. Rose Library will host a visit from the Audubon Institute's Wetland Express on July 24 at 10:30 a.m. Game Day for children ages 4-8 will be July 25 at 10:30 a.m. Game Daze for teens and tweens will be held July 26 at 3 p.m.
Family Movie Night will be held July 29 at 5 p.m.
Raymond Bynum is a lifelong resident of St. Rose who write about events and the people of St. Rose. He can be reached at 504.305.5765 or firstname.lastname@example.com


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It was an alarming loss when announced last March. But in the wake of production changes at the Michelin plant in Pictou County, that will ultimately see 500 positions eliminated, comes an opportunity with potential benefit for northern Nova Scotia.
In an effort to bolster job numbers, Michelin Development, in partnership with business development organization NOBL and Bergengren Credit Union, is launching a program that offers low-interest loans and free business expertise.
The partnership will be inviting applications in July for small businesses starting, or up and running, in Pictou, Colchester, Antigonish and Guysborough counties. They determined that area based on where employees at the tire plant in Granton reside.
But the offer is open to any business with potential, not just ex-employees. With loans of up to $300,000, the hope is to see at least 250 jobs created through the efforts of small business.
A similar undertaking in an area in Ontario that experienced Michelin job losses saw the target of 550 new jobs nearly met.
We often hear about the potential for small business in Nova Scotia to provide substantial employment. That's an encouraging message that should be repeated often, if only because smaller operations aren't as visible as the large-scale employers. But there are plenty of success stories, some that start small and grow into sizable players.
We're also used to anticipating what government plans to do to foster job creation. Government can indeed play a role to improve conditions faced by businesses, but as the recent Ivany Report stressed, far too much expectation is placed on government when the going gets tough. It's initiatives within the private sector that power the economy.
This program offers a wealth of possibilities to the region's entrepreneurs. Consider the level of expertise that an international giant like Michelin can provide. For anyone out there with a plan in mind, now's the time to get at it.


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Governor Chris Christie commuted the sentence for a man arrested while moving his guns to Hoboken, according to today's Jersey Journal. Brian Aitken, who legally bought his guns in Colorado, was arrested while in transit to Hoboken which should exempt him from weapon-registration laws, reports said. Aitken was still convicted and sentenced to 7 years in prison. Christie, however, commuted his sentence after he served nearly 4 months, reports said. Aitken said he is glad he'll be home for Christmas.
The Hoboken Chamber of Commerce had its largest-ever holiday toy drive, thanks in part to a generous anonymous donation of $5,000.
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In this April 30, 1992 file photo, a Los Angeles police officer takes aim at a looter in a market at Alvarado and Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles during the second night of rioting in the city. Rodney King, the black motorist whose 1991 videotaped beating by Los Angeles police officers was the touchstone for one of the most destructive race riots in the nation's history, has died, his publicist said Sunday, June 17, 2012. He was 47.(AP Photo/John Gaps III, File)
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City looks to expand Green Kent Partnership program
More than 700 volunteers have participated in the Green Kent Partnership restoration events at city parks and open spaces since the project started a year ago.
Volunteer hours totaled 1,820 for 2011 and city crews documented 4,901 hours, according to a city of Kent media release. The 2011 goal was to begin working in 7 acres, and the city ended the year with 47.5 active acres throughout the city.
Park officials now want to maintain what has begun while adding new acres and volunteer stewards every year.
The city received a $95,000 grant from the King Conservation District for initial funding of the partnership to assess the ecological health of publicly owned natural spaces and develop a 20-year plan to restore and actively manage the areas.
The restoration and management plan includes more than 1,300 acres of forested parks, wetlands and other natural areas within Kent's boundaries. A total of 7,037 trees, shrubs and ground-cover plants have been planted.
Fourteen volunteers have become community leaders through the Green Kent Steward program. Free training is available to stewards, who adopt a park or natural area and host their work parties to help other volunteers get involved. Current stewards range in age from students to retirees and include corporate executives, young mothers and neighborhood advocates.
To volunteer or for more information, go to www.GreenKent.org or call the city at 253-856-5110.
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TRURO - There's not a lot of change at the gas pumps in Colchester County on Friday.
Gasoline same price, diesel increases
The price of gasoline remains unchanged from last week at $1.327 cents a litre in Truro.
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To the editor:
The recent trial of presidential-hopeful John Edwards brings up a now familiar list of sordid details going all the way back to Thomas Jefferson.
Why don't we just destigmatize these activities by legalizing polygamy? Surely it isn't anything less unnatural than gay marriage.
Future male politicians, I predict, will have a No. 1 frumpy wife with a law degree. She will tool around the country making speeches on his behalf, serving on corporate boards, returning home periodically with policy suggestions and campaign contributions, all the while plotting her own career moves.
The No. 2 wife will be a stay-at-home glamour-puss, who will greet him passionately when he comes home from work, listen sympathetically to problems at his office, have a hot meal waiting on the table, probably prepared by the cook under her supervision, and tell the chauffer where to drop off and pick up the kids.
Of course, women of power should have multiple husbands, but it doesn't seem to work that way. Madeleine Albright, Sonia Sotomayor and Mrs. Goldie Meyerson (AKA Golda Meir) all had husbands who ran away. Denis Thatcher, one of a kind, was a national joke in England. Sarah Palin is a different matter, but I suspect two husbands would start fighting.
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If a politician of the future picks up a new wife or two while on the campaign trail, no one will bat an eyelash. They might be strategically selected in swing states, I suppose. Proponents of polygamy can solicit help from gay-rights activists, the latter getting even with their religious opponents by pointing to numerous Biblical examples.
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