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The fundamental challenge in this recession is that the growth that preceded it was a mirage. Bubble era borrowing created a network of financial jobs, real estate jobs and construction jobs that collapsed with the end of the bubble. Many of those jobs will never return.
An extremely high proportion (75%) of job losses in this recession are permanent rather than temporary. States will need to nurture completely new industry sectors and the infrastructure to support those jobs, while the jobless will need retraining in new skills to participate in those sectors.
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Cooking with Booze: Grilled Pork Chops with Horsefeather Applesauce
Give your chops some kick with a sauce derived from a bourbon cocktail.
Give your chops some kick with a sauce derived from a bourbon cocktail.
Because homemade dessert is better with bourbon.
This recipe covers all the bases: Steak, bacon, something fried and something cheesy.
This beery twist on a classic French dish is easy, and perfect for summer.
Make the juiciest chicken you've ever cooked.
Seasonal mushrooms and a pancetta/cognac/cream sauce make this a deluxe-yet-easy grilling experience.
Todd Hulse of Jack Stack Barbecue gives you the low down on how different types of wood will affect the flavor of your food.
A snack that's the perfect mix of manly (cooking with organ meat!), fancy and boozy (two kinds!).
Make a boozy shake with an amazing hard root beer.
Butter up some fresh bread, melt an unnecessary amount of cheese, and dive into these dairy- and carb-heavy combos.
Kick off grilling season with these savory chicken drumsticks in buttery beer sauce.
This overstuffed mini-burger pays homage to the surf-and-turf gods and pairs perfectly with beer.
Master the ultimate morning-after breakfast.
Celebrate spring by getting ripped-sh*t on a hearty dish inspired by It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
These amped-up corn dogs are slow-simmered, beer-battered corned beef—and easy to make.
The perfect post-St. Patrick's Day sandwich (but it's just as amazing in August).
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NORMAN — Arson charges were filed at the Cleveland County Court Clerk's office Wednesday after a Norman man allegedly burned a cross in an Oklahoma City man's front yard.
Joshua Scott Brown, 37, was charged with third-degree arson, endangering human life during arson, burning a cross and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
Oklahoma City police responded to the call regarding a burning cross just before midnight Dec. 27 at the 16100 block of Glimmer Circle. The affidavit stated a neighbor saw a man burning the cross in front of the house in Oklahoma City.
At the scene police found the fire had burned part of the wood, or homemade cross, and about three to four feet of grass around the area of the cross. A bottle of tire shine also was found at the base of the cross containing an accelerant, potentially gasoline the affidavit stated.
When Norman and Oklahoma City police officers searched Brown's house they found materials matching those found at the scene including fencing material that was stapled on the cross and a freshly cut piece of wood.
Brown's vehicle also matched the description the vehicle a witness saw at the scene. The witness said they saw a subject get out of the vehicle, place the cross in the yard, light it on fire and leave the scene in the same vehicle.
Police also found a loaded hunting rifle with a scope in the passenger seat of the vehicle at Brown's house. Also in the vehicle were small items of kindling including twigs and straws matching what was found at the scene, the document stated.
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Gov. Corbett has unveiled his plan to privatize the states liquor system. It was an interesting proposal but, as so many previous plans, it is not a good thing for the residents of this commonwealth. This plan would take voodoo economics in Pennsylvania to a new level -- not an easy thing to do with past governors like Shapp and Rendell. Why do I make this statement? Please allow me to expound. First is the plan to take the $1 billion from the auction of licenses. There will be different levels of licenses and different prices depending on the county you live in. He also says this is a one-time infusion and that's where the biggest flaw in this plan occurs. At the end of every fiscal year (key word every) the PLCB writes a check to the General Fund of $500 million which in the old math was $1 billion every two years. That is a sure thing, not based on if the licenses are sold and for the price projected. Secondly, this governor has no plan to cover the expense of paying unemployment benefits or education grants to the 4,000-5,000 jobless residents he will create. Many of us who work in the stores are in our 40s or, like me, mid-50s. Who's going to hire us first? What good is a college course paid for by a state in deep debt already going to be? In addition for the local economy the state stores are all rented buildings and many local business people would take a huge loss with no rents coming in. Lastly, consider the state of Washington. which privatized in June 2012. Their governor, three months afterward, regretted the move. Prices increased 30 percent across the board, selection decreased and border states Idaho and Oregon have had increases of 40 percent. In addition, according to KIRO-TV, a county attorney and detective from King County and a Seattle city attorney and detective have had to do nothing but investigate fraud and basically black market chicanery from bar and restaurant owners trying to save money. Gov. Corbett wants to be the funder of education by taking jobs away and hoping people forget he took money from them, and the Legislature restored it. Take the sure thing and forget privatization, governor. Voodoo economics has never worked before and it won't now either.
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This week's Cobb, Douglas and Paulding Weekend & Community Spotlight features Santa's Arrival in Acworth.
The streets of downtown Acworth are expected to be filled with thousands of people Friday night for Santa's Arrival, a community tradition for more than 10 years.
Santa will arrive in a military vehicle this year, giving the children an opportunity to write letters to soldiers serving our country overseas.
Bring the whole family to kick off the holiday season, and enjoy an evening of music and entertainment with Mr. and Mrs. Claus.
Have a great event coming up in your community? Upload it onto your Patch, then email Editor Angela Chao at firstname.lastname@example.com, and your event could be featured in the next Weekend Spotlight on Patch sites across Cobb, Douglas and Paulding counties.


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I ran across this post on audioasylum re: the value of using monoblocks vs. stereo amps:
1. Ability to physically locate amplifier close to speaker to minimize speaker lead length thereby reducing losses.
2. Less noise interaction between stereo channels yields quieter operation and lower noise floor. Stereo amplifiers utilize shared component and circuit design.
3. Vibrations of the amplifier stages themselves can interfere with other channels. Separating into monoblocks helps to eliminate this common noise source.
4. There is less crosstalk (leakage) and greater stereo separation which yields enhanced stereo and fidelity effect.
5. Monoblock isolated power supplies permit least possible electronic and mechanical interaction between channels and promotes maximum linearity and stability.
6. Seperate power supplies do not rob power from the other channel under heavy loads.
7. Greater heat dissipation of two independent chassis.
Any thoughts, additions or corrections to these?
I'm also interested in hearing comments from folks who have used monoblocks in their 2-channel systems. I realize it's low mid-fi, but I've used Outlaw monos but don't recall any particular differences. Just wondering if there are more distinct differences, in general, between using monoblocks or a stereo amp when moving up the quality chain.


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The Kansas State University Veterinary Health Center offers a three year Agricultural Practices Residency. The Agricultural Practices clinical service is supported by 4 board certified faculty clinicians (2 ACVIM, 1 ABVP, 1 ACVS). Supervised experience with a variety of food animal species will be obtained in the VHC and on-farm.
The Agricultural Practices Section treats approximately 1,500 patients in the VHC and 10,000 on-farm which includes patients treated on a herd basis. Experience is gained in both individual animal medicine and surgery, as well as in reproduction, nutrition and in herd/flock production medicine. This program is designed to prepare the resident for board certification by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine or the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners.
In addition to management of the hospitalized patients, the resident will provide clinical, didactic and laboratory instruction for veterinary students and participate in continuing education programs. Teaching responsibilities will increase with experience. Enrollment in the graduate school and completion of a program leading to the Master of Science degree is desired and requires prior approval. The clinical assignment for persons in the combined residency/Master's program will be 75% clinical and 25% scholarship and research. Emergency duty will be shared equally with other residents and graduate students within the agricultural practices section. Residents are required to complete at least one publishable manuscript within the first two years.
The resident must be physically present for orientation on the first day of the program.
The Veterinary Health Center is a modern, spacious facility on the campus of Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. The University is in the beautiful Flint Hills of Kansas, with numerous recreational opportunities available.
Kansas State University is an equal opportunity employer. A background check will be required of all successful applicants prior to employment at Kansas State University. KSU actively seeks diversity among its employees.


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|Standard Name
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|Feature Type
|ORF, Verified
| Reverse transcriptase subunit of the telomerase holoenzyme; essential for telomerase core catalytic activity, involved in other aspects of telomerase assembly and function; mutations in human homolog are associated with aplastic anemia (2, 3, 4 and see Summary Paragraph)
Also known as: TERT
|Name Description
|Ever Shorter Telomeres 1
|Chromosomal Location
|View Computational GO annotations for EST2
|Molecular Function
|Manually curated
|Biological Process
|Manually curated
|Cellular Component
|Manually curated
|1 genes
|86 total interaction(s) for 39 unique genes/features.
|Physical Interactions
|Genetic Interactions
|Length (a.a.)
|Molecular Weight (Da)
|Isoelectric Point (pI)
|PhosphoGRID | PhosphoPep Database
|Last Update
|Coordinates: 2004-02-05 | Sequence: 2011-02-03
|Subfeature details
|Retrieve sequences
|S288C only
|S288C vs. other species
|S288C vs. other strains
|External Links
|All Associated Seq | E.C. | Entrez Gene | Entrez RefSeq Protein | MIPS | Search all NCBI (Entrez) | UniProtKB
|Primary SGDID
Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein complex that is essential for maintenance of telomeres, special sequences which terminate the ends of linear chromosomes. Telomerase is a reverse transcriptase that elongates the single-stranded G-rich 3' protruding ends of chromosomal DNA using an RNA molecule that is part of the telomerase complex. The extended strand provides a template for synthesis of the lagging strand by DNA polymerase, thus preventing the otherwise inevitable loss of terminal DNA at each round of replication.
In yeast, five gene products are required for telomerase activity in vivo: Est2p (the catalytic reverse transcriptase subunit), TLC1 (the template RNA), Est1p, Est3p and Cdc13p. Mutations in any of these five genes lead to progressive telomere shortening, the so-called ever shorter telomeres (EST) phenotype, followed by cell death. CDC13 is the only essential gene among the EST genes. Est2p and TLC1 form the catalytic core of telomerase, while Est1p, Est3p and Cdc13p which are dispensable for in vitro telomerase catalytic activity, play regulatory roles (5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and references therein). Cdc13p, a single stranded DNA binding protein required for telomere maintenance and elongation, binds to Est1p and this interaction is necessary for recruiting telomerase to the chromosomal ends. Est1p, Est2p and Est3p all bind to the TLC1 RNA template and Est1p also binds to 3' ends of single stranded DNA. Est1p forms a stable complex with TLC1 in the absence of Est2p or Est3p while association of Est3p with the enzyme requires an intact catalytic core. Est1p and Est3p are stable components of the telomerase holoenzyme (8).
Although Est2p is associated with telomeres during late G1 and early S phase and telomerase activity can be detected throughout the cell cycle, telomere elongation is restricted to late S phase (10), suggesting that telomerase activity is regulated by the cell-cycle machinery. It has been proposed that Est1p, whose abundance is cell-cycle regulated, plays a role in activating Est2p during late S phase. In this model, Est1p binds to the TLC1 RNA of the Est2p-TLC1 core complex and then interacts with Cdc13p to convert the inactive telomere-bound Est2p to an active form (11, 12, 10, 11, 8). The telomerase recruitment step is regulated by the yeast ku heterodimer (Yku70p-Yku80p), and Stn1p which impart positive and negative control on the Cdc13p-Est1p interaction (9, 13). The telomere elongation activity is regulated, to avoid unlimited elongation of the telomere ends by a negative feedback mechanism that inhibits telomerase activity when shortened telomeres return to their equilibrium length. This negative feedback is mediated by a protein counting mechanism that can count the precise number of Rap1p molecules bound to a telomere (14, 15).
Est2p is a homolog of p123, a telomerase protein, from the ciliated protozoan Euplotes aediculatus, which contains reverse transcriptase (RT) motifs. EST2 and p123 represent a new class of reverse transcriptase related to group II introns and non Long-terminal-repeat retrotransposons, and not related to RTs from retroviruses. Single amino acid substitutions within the reverse transcriptase motifs of Est2 protein lead to telomere shortening and senescence in yeast, indicating that these motifs are important for catalysis (6, 16, 17). Homologues of Est2p have been identified in human and S. pombe (7).
In humans, telomere length is linked to aging and cancer: in human germline cells telomeres are long, whereas in cells of somatic tissues, telomerase activity is absent and the telomeres are short. Upon sufficient shortening, the somatic cells stop dividing and become senescent. Inappropriate telomerase activity is detected in most malignant tumors, and the genes required for telomerase activity are potential targets for cancer therapy (18, 6).
Human orthologs for four of the telomerase subunits are known. Est2p, the telomerase reverse transcriptase catalytic enzyme, is similar to TERT (OMIM), TLC1, the template RNA is similar to TERC/hTR (OMIM), while Cdc13p shares sequence similarity with human POT1 (OMIM) (4, 7). There are three Est1p like proteins in humans, although only hEST1A and hEST1B have been shown to be associated with the telomerase (19). A human ortholog for EST3 hasn't been identified. Mutations in TERT (OMIM) and TERC/hTR (OMIM) cause short telomeres and congenital
|Lendvay TS, et al. (1996) Senescence mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with a defect in telomere replication identify three additional EST genes. Genetics 144(4):1399-412
|Lingner J, et al. (1997) Three Ever Shorter Telomere (EST) genes are dispensable for in vitro yeast telomerase activity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 94(21):11190-5
|Livengood AJ, et al. (2002) Essential regions of Saccharomyces cerevisiae telomerase RNA: separate elements for Est1p and Est2p interaction. Mol Cell Biol 22(7):2366-74
|Yamaguchi H, et al. (2005) Mutations in TERT, the gene for telomerase reverse transcriptase, in aplastic anemia. N Engl J Med 352(14):1413-24
|Zakian VA (1996) Structure, function, and replication of Saccharomyces cerevisiae telomeres. Annu Rev Genet 30:141-72
|Lowell JE and Pillus L (1998) Telomere tales: chromatin, telomerase and telomere function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Cell Mol Life Sci 54(1):32-49
|Smogorzewska A and de Lange T (2004) Regulation of telomerase by telomeric proteins. Annu Rev Biochem 73:177-208
|Taggart AK and Zakian VA (2003) Telomerase: what are the Est proteins doing? Curr Opin Cell Biol 15(3):275-80
|Dubrana K, et al. (2001) Turning telomeres off and on. Curr Opin Cell Biol 13(3):281-9
|Marcand S, et al. (2000) Cell cycle restriction of telomere elongation. Curr Biol 10(8):487-90
|Taggart AK, et al. (2002) Est1p as a cell cycle-regulated activator of telomere-bound telomerase. Science 297(5583):1023-6
|Diede SJ and Gottschling DE (1999) Telomerase-mediated telomere addition in vivo requires DNA primase and DNA polymerases alpha and delta. Cell 99(7):723-33
|Grandin N, et al. (2000) Cdc13 cooperates with the yeast Ku proteins and Stn1 to regulate telomerase recruitment. Mol Cell Biol 20(22):8397-408
|Ray A and Runge KW (1999) The yeast telomere length counting machinery is sensitive to sequences at the telomere-nontelomere junction. Mol Cell Biol 19(1):31-45
|Marcand S, et al. (1999) Progressive cis-inhibition of telomerase upon telomere elongation. EMBO J 18(12):3509-19
|Counter CM, et al. (1997) The catalytic subunit of yeast telomerase. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 94(17):9202-7
|Lingner J, et al. (1997) Reverse transcriptase motifs in the catalytic subunit of telomerase. Science 276(5312):561-7
|Barinaga M (1997) The telomerase picture fills in. Science 276(5312):528-9
|Lundblad V (2003) Telomere replication: an Est fest. Curr Biol 13(11):R439-41


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Scania Value - magazine
Scania Value, a magazine in which we provide you with a closer look at Scania's operations.
Scania Value is published about two weeks after the interim reports and will be issued four times a year.
Scania Value Quarter 1 2014
The latest edition of Scania Value focuses on services ‒ an area where Scania believes there will be growth and where the company is now taking a broader approach with new packages of services. The magazine also contains an interview with Scania's Bengt Thorsson, Executive Regional Director, European Region, who believes that the European market will rebound during 2014. One of the drivers of this trend is that the average age of Europe's truck population has increased – which means that there is a replacement need.
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Welcome to our home page ! I've put this together mostly for our own enjoyment and use, but anybody is welcome to browse (although I doubt anyone who doesn't know us would be interested).
Céline and myself are French citizens, on a volontary exile (and a enjoyable one) in the Big Island of Hawaii. We like it here, with all the nature activities, the greenery, the multi-ethnicity and tolerance of its inhabitants and the generally cool way of living. Although it can get pretty tiring at some time, our work is very exciting too; we got to do top notch science and travel to remote and fascinating places. We both work in the Adaptive Optics (AO) group at Gemini, a multi-disciplinary and advanced technique, if any. Céline deals with lasers and assist in the management of the group, I deal with the general program, application to astronomy, help with the instrument design and, in my spare time, do some research in the theory of AO.
My main occupation outside of work is to care for my beloved (she thinks I could do better) and make sure she is happy (she says she's allright). Other common activities include scuba diving or hiking. We try to do it as much as we can, but although we are next to the ocean and the jungle, we are always strugling to find free time. We read some, books and news, fustigate the government and the rise of facism in the US, or just enjoy our friends, our house and its paradise-looking surroundings. I also have two wonderful daughters, Natacha & Camille.
On top of that, my personal hobbies include computers and motorcycling. I have to admit I spend quite a bit of time off-work on my computer -a powerbook G4 (soon to be a MacBook Pro). Not for games, but simply to browse the web, learn stuff like new programming languages (php, python, C, Yorick, Ruby) or put together web sites like this one. Needless to say that Céline doesn't care for that too much. On the roaring side, I am the happy owner of a nice yellow VTR1000F, a big and powerful Honda V twin motorcycle. It's not always easy to find the perfect weather in Hilo, the wettest city in the US -it rains over 4m each year here- so I end up riding quite a bit in the rain.
Some of you, if you know us, may ask yourself: "Why did they called the site maumae.net?". Maumae is the beach where we got married in July 2002. That's a cute little beach on the grounds of the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, west coast of the Big Island of Hawaii. There is hardly nobody there, because it is not know and quite secluded, and because the hotel only delivers a handful of beach access permits at a given time.


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Even if it's only on paper, in the NCAA tournament bracket, North Carolina, Duke and N.C. State are finally together.
The Triangle's three ACC teams occupy different rungs in different quadrants of the bracket, but they are symbolically together at the same point in the road.
Two wins from the Sweet 16, four wins from the Final Four, six for the national title. It won't be easy. If the brackets hold, the Tar Heels and Wolfpack, both No. 8 seeds, must shock No. 1 seeds Kansas and Indiana next Sunday to extend their season. Duke, seeded No. 2 in the Midwest, could have to get past No. 1 Louisville to reach the Final Four in Atlanta.
Which way they go will define their seasons, which, heretofore, have been unpredictable.
The Tar Heels, Blue Devils and Wolfpack took different routes to get here, passing each other in the process. They were different paths than expected in preseason and different paths from each other.
So how did we get here?
First, let's look at where we started. In October, the media, and for the first time the league's coaches, predicted a 1-2-3 Triangle sweep – N.C. State-Duke-North Carolina, in that order.
The preseason vote was based as much on what the Wolfpack had back, from a Sweet 16 team in 2012, and what North Carolina and Duke lost. N.C. State returned four veterans and added three McDonald's All-Americans. North Carolina lost four first-round picks to the NBA, Duke lost two.
Neither Duke nor North Carolina was expected to fall off the map, but the Wolfpack was expected to be better than both. For the first time, all three entered a season ranked in the top 15
This was supposed to be a vintage ACC season, one last hurrah for the Big Three (sorry, Wake Forest), before the refugees from the Big East outnumber the original ACC members, which will happen when Louisville replaces Maryland in 2014.
As it so often does, reality interrupted a good narrative. Miami, the football power that was, swept the regular-season and tournament titles, while Tobacco Road was paved with injuries and inconsistencies.
Tar Heels' switch saves season
Not even coach Roy Williams could have predicted North Carolina would be in its third consecutive ACC title game after a 24-point loss at Indiana in November, or an 18-point loss at Texas in December, or a 26-point loss at Miami in February.
The Tar Heels have a talented roster, especially in the trio of P.J. Hairston, Reggie Bullock and James Michael McAdoo, but they also lost a lot of talent in Harrison Barnes, John Henson, Kendall Marshall and Tyler Zeller.
The Tar Heels didn't just win 28 ACC games with that group, and the regular-season title in 2011 and '12, they rolled teams with machine-like offense.
"You got to think of it, we don't have Harrison, we don't have Tyler Zeller, John Henson," senior guard Dexter Strickland said after the loss at Miami on Feb. 9. "We can't just rely on somebody just to – we can't just outrun teams, play OK defense but outscore them. We can't do that. We have to bring the whole package, and we're not doing that."
North Carolina's season changed when Williams put the high-scoring Hairston into the starting lineup before a 73-68 loss at Duke on Feb. 13.
The Tar Heels got smaller but quicker. Their floor spacing got better and so did their defense, switching more and making up for whatever they lacked in height with aggressiveness.
It was an idea Williams had tinkered with earlier in the season but resisted, much to the chagrin of the fan base with which he has a strange love-hate relationship.
"I started to do it four or five games ago but everybody was saying, 'Well, you're going to put P.J. in for somebody else,' " Williams said after the loss at Duke. "But nobody knows my team. It's popular to say who the (heck) is supposed to be in the lineup when you don't know what in the dickens you're talking about."
Turns out, Williams knew what he was doing. After the encouragingly close loss at Duke, North Carolina reeled off six straight wins. The Tar Heels shot poorly at home against Duke on March 9 and were humbled in a 69-53 loss.
They went to Greensboro and took care of Florida State, the 2012 ACC champion, before dispatching Maryland, a surprise winner against Duke in the quarterfinals.
Finally, the Tar Heels got a third shot at Miami, in a makeshift home game in Greensboro, and all of their strengths, especially from beyond the 3-point line, were on display. Miami just had a little bit more.
Blue Devils enter with a 'cause'
No one, and not just in the ACC, did more in the regular season than Duke. The Blue Devils will enter the NCAA tournament with wins against the ACC champion (Miami), Big East champion (Louisville) and Big Ten champion (Ohio State).
The Blue Devils did all that despite the 13-game absence of senior forward Ryan Kelly, who was out from mid-January to early March, with a chronic foot injury (it also cost him the postseason in 2012).
Duke started 15-0 and rose to No. 1 with Kelly, whose shot stretches defenses and whose smarts make Duke's defense go. Duke lost its first game without Kelly, 84-76 at N.C. State on Jan. 12, and went 9-4 without him.
The Blue Devils bottomed out with a 27-point loss at Miami on Jan. 23, complete with Miami mocking them with their signature "slap-the-floor" move, but regrouped to win eight of 10 before Kelly returned.
Kelly's first game back was a 36-point virtuoso performance in a payback win against the Hurricanes in Durham on March 2. His third game back was a dominating 69-53 win at North Carolina a week later.
As former Virginia coach Pete Gillen used to love to say, "Duke is Duke," and the Blue Devils looked ready to roll through Greensboro.
Then Maryland happened and brought back some familiar uncomfortable feelings. The Terps got 30 points from wing Dez Wells and ended Duke's tournament. It looked a lot like Lehigh's C.J. McCollum doing the same thing to Duke in the round of 64 on the same floor last March.
The loss could be a harbinger for Duke this week, or it could be more fuel for coach Mike Krzyzewski's 12th Final Four run.
"Mike's best teams have a cause," said Seth Greenberg, ESPN analyst and former Virginia Tech coach. "And that's what this team has."
Wolfpack: Last opportunity
Coach Mark Gottfried got to the end of his postgame remarks Saturday in the auditorium tucked behind the Greensboro Coliseum. He summed his team's 81-71 loss to Miami in the semifinals as "one of those days."
With a disappointed Scott Wood at the table seated next to him and a despondent C.J. Leslie two chairs down, Gottfried didn't dwell on that loss, or the issues of the regular season; rather, he offered optimism about the NCAA tournament.
"I think we're an awfully good basketball team," Gottfried said. "We have a lot of basketball left and we have great basketball in front of us."
That was Gottfried, who has posted back-to-back 24-win seasons, defending his team. The Wolfpack fell short of the ACC regular-season title, going 11-7 and finishing fifth, and in Greensboro, but there were moments when it was, as Gottfried said, "awfully good."
Most of those came at home with emotional wins against Duke and North Carolina, both in front ot big ESPN audiences and both the kind of "make room for us in the neighborhood" statements that recent N.C. State teams were unable to make.
Friday's 75-56 win against Virginia in the ACC tournament was probably the team's most complete effort of the season. Defensive intensity was a season-long challenge for Gottfried's talented team, one of the best by any metric on offense.
"There's no denying their talent or potential," Greenberg said. "Quite honestly, they haven't been as focused as you'd like them to be. They have one opportunity to bring it all together."
After five months, it's the same opportunity for all three teams.
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Community outreach activities grow from Holland Hospital's mission to "continually improve the health of the communities we serve" by offering a variety of programs that promote a healthy lifestyle. The focus of many Outreach activities is on enhancing childhood well-being and cardiovascular health through programs at work sites, schools, churches and in the community. We are fortunate to live in a region where good health is a high priority. We
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A comprehensive program of classes, seminars, support groups and wellness programs to help community members take control of their health. All activities are open to the public. For more information on programs or call (616) 394-3344.
Faith Community Nurse
The Faith Community Nurse can be the only access to health care for one of our most vulnerable populations: homeless women and children living at The Mission. Last year she recorded nearly 1,400 visits.
She provides health services (illness, injury assessments and interventions), health education, health counseling with appropriate referrals, and promotes a healthy environment through healthy lifestyles and wellness education. Using the hospital's physician network, she also makes referrals to doctors, assists in obtaining free medications and screens for TB.
In addition, the Faith Community Nurse is trained in spiritual counseling. This added aspect of her work enables her to work effectively with people who are not only suffering physically, but are also living under great stress and trauma, often as a result of abuse.
The CHEER program is a free education and support program led by nurses who are dedicated to helping you successfully live with and manage your heart failure. These nurses are specially trained in heart failure and will support and encourage you in making lifestyle adjustments that can improve your health and wellness. They are also available to answer any questions that you might have regarding your diagnosis and treatment. They work closely with you and your doctors to monitor your symptoms, helping you feel better and stay out of the hospital. Services include: free educational materials, follow up phone visits, one on one education as needed and a monthly Heart 2 Heart support group meeting. For more information call (616) 494-4031.
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Registered nurses and health aides take day-to-day health care services to area schools to promote health and wellness, prevent diseases and injury, assist children who are in need or at risk, and provide in-school case management for those who have health care needs such as diabetes and asthma. The goal of the program is to give children the tools they need to develop healthy lifestyle habits and enhance their learning.
Holland Hospital currently funds this program in schools in the Holland West Ottawa public school districts. School nurses are invaluable in the school setting to monitor children with chronic conditions, assess a child's acute condition and advocate for the safety of all students. They make physician referrals and partner with school staff to provide education on nutrition and healthy lifestyle choices. For more information on School Nursing, call (616) 394-3486.
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Demand for services is rising dramatically. With over 12,000 visits each year, The Community Health Center serves more than 4900 patients providing health care services to those in need. The center treats anyone regardless of language, cultural barriers or ability to pay.the .The Center serves a diverse population: 42% are children, 40% are White, 40% are Latino, about 49% of the patients have Medicaid or Medicare, 23% have insurance and 28% pay for services, full or in part, themselves. The services most frequently provided are immunizations for children, well-child, preventative check-ups and diabetes care.
Community Health Needs Assessment
The federal government now requires that non-profit hospitals conduct a community health assessment. These census-like studies help health care providers build stronger relationships with their communities, identify needs and dedicate funding and other resources toward programs that clearly benefit local residents. The outcome of this multi-organizational study is available for reading in the download links.


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Scholarships for Volunteers Reward Students Who Give Back
There are local and national funds available to students volunteering in their communities.
We all know that colleges look at more than just your GPA and SAT score when deciding whether or not to admit you. Being a volunteer is a huge asset when applying to college. It sets you apart from other students and displays dedication to and involvement in your community.
[Read more about the importance of community service on college applications.]
Plus, there are personal benefits to volunteering. Not only does it make you feel good to have an impact on your community, but you may also be rewarded with one of the many scholarships available to volunteers.
Whether you're just starting your college search or are already in college, there are tons of scholarships for volunteers like you. And after you've read through the scholarships featured below, be sure to check out our previous post about scholarships for volunteers.
The first place you should start is with your local Scholarship America Dollars for Scholars chapter. Many of the 1,000 nationwide chapters offer scholarships based on a combination of academics and volunteerism.
Plus, you can also apply for Scholarship America's national Volunteer of the Year Award through your local chapter. Local winners receive a $500 scholarship, and the top 10 applicants are automatically entered to win the national Volunteer of the Year Award from Scholarship America, worth $2,000.
These two scholarships result in a total of $2,500, which can make a dent in your college expenses. The program opens in early 2013; contact your local Dollars for Scholars chapter for more information.
[Explore other scholarships for public service.]
After starting local, widen your search to national scholarships, such as the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes, which recognizes outstanding community service efforts and youth leadership. Twenty-five leaders, ages 8 to 18, will be recognized; 10 winners will receive $2,500 each, which can either go to their service project or the winner's education.
Students must be nominated by a non-relative familiar with their volunteer work. The application deadline is April 30, 2013, but you'll want to get started with your community service project now.
The AXA Achievement Community Scholarship Program is also currently accepting applicants. This program awards up to twelve $2,000 scholarships per AXA adviser branch, meaning there are more than 300 scholarships available to students involved in their communities.
To be eligible, you must show ambition and motivation through community involvement and leadership. The application deadline is February 1, or whenever the program receives 10,000 applications—so the earlier you apply the better.
AXA Equitable also sponsors the AXA Achievement Scholarship, in partnership with Scholarship America and in association with U.S. News, awarding a renewable $10,000 scholarship to each state winner with the potential of winning an additional $15,000 in the national competition. The application period is currently closed, but check back next year for more details about this opportunity.
[Stay on top of scholarship deadlines.]
Plenty of other volunteer-oriented scholarships are also opening soon. The Lowe's Scholarship is open for applications December 15, and awards 140 scholarships worth $2,500 each to high school seniors who display community involvement and leadership.
Other scholarships to look for later in the year include the Target All-Around Scholarship (to request an application, call 1-800-316-6142), the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards (September 2013), and the Heart of America Christopher Reeve Award (September 2013).
Finally, check the websites of the specific colleges to which you're applying, as many of them offer scholarships for volunteerism. We also recommend checking if your college participates in the Bonner Scholars Program, which allows students with demonstrated financial need to participate in community service as their work-study opportunity.
[Explore other ways to pay for college.]
Whether you've started your own volunteer organization or you only volunteer once a week, there are scholarships out there to reward you for all your hard work. Start your search now and keep giving back to the world!
Rebecca McCrory interned at Scholarship America in 2012. She attends Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minn., and is majoring in sociology and minoring in statistics.


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5 Steps to Finding a New Bank
You can make the process of finding a new bank and moving your money a lot smoother.
Finding a new bank is often a dreaded task for many consumers simply because the amount of change this switch can bring into one's financial life. With banking being automatically connected to many things consumers use frequently, it can get pretty complicated to integrate a new bank account into your existing financial arena. Because of these complications, many consumers choose to stay with their current bank despite high costs and hassles so they won't have to face the challenge of changing banks.
There is a lot of competition in the banking industry. Coupled with the many changes in banking regulations in the last year, banks are doing a lot to hang on to their customers while still working to connect with new clientele. The result is a lot of confusion among consumers about where best to do their banking.
If you are not paying attention, you may be paying too much for the banking services you currently use. The laws have changed the way banks can do business, and in order to keep profits growing, banks are now charging more for services. If you are not keeping up with the changes in your bank, your finances can suffer.
Consider how often you read your monthly bank statements and match it up with your checkbook. Many people bank online and often bypass the reconciliation aspects of financial management, meaning charges for services may be increased without the customer being aware. The same is true with the notices banks send out about service charge increases. Customers often will not even open the mail containing these notices, let alone read them. In order to maintain a bank account you can actually afford, you should be reading all disclosures and asking questions about fees you don't understand.
There are some things you can do to make the process of finding a new bank and moving your money a lot smoother. Here are five steps to help you sort through the issues:
1. Know What You Have. As mentioned, avoiding the account statements and bank disclosures you receive will not be to your advantage. You need to know what services you have available to you from your current bank, as well as how much you are paying for these services, before you can make any financially-wise decisions. Sit down with statements and your other account information to see where you stand. If you are confused about any recent changes the bank has instituted, you should speak with the manager of your bank if possible so you are clear about the services you use and their expense to you.
2. Start Your Research. You should already be keeping an eye on the competition to know where to find better rates and the most cost-effective services. If you do not know what else is out there, it is important to start doing some research about interest rates, available services, and costs for other brick-and-mortar banks, online banks, and credit unions in your area or on a national level. Compare the services and costs of services you already use and discover what other banking options are out there that would be beneficial to you financially. Keep notes and use online comparison tools to find a bank that may be more suitable for your specific needs.
3. Schedule a Negotiation. Banks are vying to keep their current customers in light of the many changes and regulations affecting the banking industry. In many cases, you can successfully negotiate a better deal with your current bank so you can avoid the task of changing accounts altogether. Schedule an in-person meeting with the manager of your local branch or contact a representative by phone that has the power to negotiate with you. Go to the meeting prepared with what you are getting versus what else is out there in order to make your case to the manager. Many times the negotiation will be successful if the manager feels you are willing to leave the bank for good. They may or may not offer to give you what you ask for, but you'll never know until you try.
4. Interview Other Institutions. Before signing up at the next bank or credit union that appears to offer a better deal, make sure to get a feel for the overall company before committing. You want to ensure that customer service is helpful, available, and easy to reach. Speak with their phone representatives about any questions you have and see how they handle the answers. If your gut feeling is the company will be hard to work with, keep looking. Despite all the technology, there still needs to be some personal connection in banking, especially if problems arise.
5. Plan Out the Switch. If your current bank is unwilling to accommodate your negotiations and you'll be transferring your accounts elsewhere, don't do it until you are prepared. Make a list of all the activity on your current accounts that will need to be changed such as automatic deposits and withdrawals such as bill pay services. You never want to close an account until you have established the new accounts and are assured everything has cleared. In fact, many banks already have protocol about closing out old accounts to ensure everything is in order. Know the rules so your transferring of accounts will not become a nightmare. Contact anyone that uses your current bank account and advise them of the changes including your employer, your creditors, and any other entity that requires your bank account information.
The more prepared you are for a change in banks, the better the process will go for you. If you do not plan out the process ahead of time, you will likely get to a point where you can't even access your own money and wil find yourself in trouble with creditors, late bill payments, or missed payroll deposits.
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- The LEFT BRAIN relates to logical thinking. To complete this challenege, send us a book, movie, or music review. You can post it on one of our social media sites or email it to firstname.lastname@example.com. Reviewing not your thing? Participate in the Teen Book Club - join the discussion to complete a LEFT BRAIN challenge.
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The last piece of the Mississippi River Trail in the city of Clinton will be completed with a $400,000 grant from the Iowa DOT, allowing residents to travel from Eagle Point Park to Camanche without a car.
The grant will be used to construct the last piece of the Clinton portion of the MRT from the intersection of South Fourth Street and 11th Avenue South to the Riverview recreational trail that begins at Riverview Drive and Sixth Avenue South. The piece is approximately 4,100 feet long.
According to Yvonne Diller, federal and state recreational trails program manager for the Iowa DOT, the grant program is very competitive.
Last year, the organization received 29 applications and more than $12 million in requests, of which they were only able to fund 12.
"This year, we had 40 applications and requests for over $15.5 million," Diller said.
Of those, nine were funded with slighty more than $3 million being awarded.
The grant program was approved by the Iowa State Legislature and Gov. Terry Branstad to provide $3 million for recreational trail projects that the public can use. The grant stipulates that 25-percent of funding must come from the local agency requesting the grant. Clinton would be responsible for $150,000 of the $550,000 total cost. These funds would likely be secured through general bonding.
"We in the city should be excited. We're going to get a $550,000 trail for $150,000," Craft said. "One will literally be able to bike from Eagle Point Park to Camanche."
The Clinton portion of the trail is a part of the larger MRT, an ongoing effort to construct a walking and biking path for the entire length of the Mississippi River from the headwaters in Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico.
"I think one facet that was favorable for this project was this project is the final connection of the MRT in Clinton," Diller said.
The new portion of the trail would begin at the intersection of South Fourth Street and 11th Avenue South, head north on Third Street, turn east onto Eighth Avenue South under the U.S. 30 bridge, turn North on Second Street, turn east onto the south side of Seventh Avenue South, turn north along First Street and finally turn east along Sixth Avenue South where it will connect with the Riverview Drive portion of the trail.


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Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Wiedwilt celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on Saturday, June 29th, 2013 at the Senior Citizens Center in St. Libory, Illinois. The party was given by their children.
They were married on June 26th, 1948 at the Holy Angels Catholic Church, in East St. Louis, by Monsignor William E. Trombley.
They have five children: Scott (Judy) Wiedwilt, Mark (Debra) Wiedwilt, Marcia (Jim) Reynolds, Gary (Lisa) Wiedwilt, and Linda (Mike) Riess.
They have ten grandchildren: Ryan (Deneane) Wiedwilt, Kristen (Matt) Turner, Daniel (Kendra) Wiedwilt, Nichole (Nick) Grant, West (Kaley) Bergkoetter, Luke (Joanna) Bergkoetter, Jonathan and Erin Wiedwilt, Grant and Grace Riess.
They also have ten great grandchildren: Cole, Camryn, and Cadee Wiedwilt, Braylen and Brendal Turner, Tyler and Wyatt Wiedwilt, Gage and Hunter Grant, and Olivia Bergkoetter.
Bob and Beverly Wiedwilt both retired from and officially closed their business: Wiedwilt Tile Company, Inc. in 2005.


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The dedupe stage is getting crowded and confusing. Avoid trouble by knowing where to look for it.
Deduplication promises to reduce the transfer and storage of redundant data, which optimizes network bandwidth and storage capacity. Storing data more efficiently on disk lets you retain data for longer periods or "recapture" data to protect more apps with disk-based backup, increasing the likelihood that data can be recovered rapidly. Transferring less data over the network also improves performance. Reducing the data transferred over a WAN connection may allow organizations to consolidate backup from remote locations or extend disaster recovery to data that wasn't previously protected. The bottom line is that data dedupe can save organizations time and money by enabling more data recovery from disk and reducing the footprint and power and cooling requirements of secondary storage. It can also enhance data protection.
Sounds great, doesn't it? But the devil is in the details. For starters, vendors offering data dedupe technology are often polarized when it comes to their approaches. There are debates over deduplication in backup software
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In data protection processes, dedupe is a feature available in backup apps and disk storage systems to reduce disk and bandwidth requirements. Data dedupe technology examines data to identify and eliminate redundancy. For example, data dedupe may create a unique data object with a hash algorithm and check that fingerprint against a master index. Unique data is written to storage and only a pointer to the previously written data is stored.
File-level dedupe (or single-instance storage) removes duplicated data at the file level by checking file attributes and eliminating redundant copies of files stored on backup media. This method delivers less capacity reduction than other methods, but it's simple and fast.
Deduplicating at the sub-file level (block level) carves the data into chunks. In general, the block or chunk is "fingerprinted" and its unique identifier is then compared to the index. With smaller block sizes, there are more chunks and, therefore, more index comparisons and a higher potential to locate and eliminate redundancy (and produce higher reduction ratios). One tradeoff is I/O stress, which can be greater with more comparisons; in addition, the size of the index will be larger with smaller chunks, which could result in decreased backup performance. Performance can also be impacted because the chunks have to be reassembled to recover the data.
Byte-level reduction is a byte-by-byte comparison of new files and previously stored files. While this method is the only one that guarantees full redundancy elimination, the performance penalty could be high. Some vendors have taken other approaches. A few concentrate on understanding the format of the backup stream and evaluating duplication with this "content-awareness."
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---- — TRAVERSE CITY — Micah Thoreson is already settled with his schoolwork on his favorite living room chair when other students are riding the morning bus to school.
He's done with his school day before most students start lunch.
Micah, 12, of Maple City, is one of hundreds of area students studying in virtual schools this year, either partially or fully. Online learning gives them the flexibility to work or compete around their schoolwork, to accelerate their learning or take courses their schools don't offer, or to travel with their families while still being counted as local students.
Peak hours for online learning are 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., said Suttons Bay Public School District superintendent Mike Murray.
"Education is a different landscape these days," said Todd Neibauer, director of technology for Traverse City Area Public Schools. "The nature of what people want is changing, and we're just responding to what they want."
State law allows public school students in grades five-12 to enroll in up to two online courses in an academic term. But school districts and intermediate school districts can apply for a "seat time waiver" from the state, which gives a certain percentage of their students the opportunity to take more than two online courses at a time.
About 500 TCAPS students studied partially online last year, Neibauer said. Another 20 were fully online. But that number is expected to rise this year with the launch of TCAPS Online Academy, a new full-time online school option this fall for students in grades six through 12. The district's seat time waiver allows up to 25 percent of its students to study full-time online.
Micah, a homeschooled seventh-grader, began studying online last fall through the Suttons Bay Virtual School. His math, language arts and social studies classes are taught online by Suttons Bay teachers; his science class by one of the district's online providers.
"We chose online because he can pretty much do it at his own pace, which is a huge plus for him," said mom Amy Thoreson, who works from home. "He's really intelligent. He loves to learn but he didn't like all the interactions that go on in a regular school program: the other kids, the breaks. And he's actually doing it at a faster pace than with a regular school program."
Being enrolled in the district allowed Micah to represent Suttons Bay last year in the region's spelling bee. It also lets him come to school for classes he can't get online, like the French culture class he's taking now. Band, choir, gym and sports are other face-to-face options.
Micah's experience prompted his sister, Jenaya Thoreson, 9, to start virtual school this fall. Only instead of enrolling in Suttons Bay Virtual School, the fourth-grader chose Great Lakes K12 Virtual School, a new public school consortium of the Crawford-AuSable, Manistee and Suttons Bay Public Schools.
The consortium or "super virtual district" will allow the schools to compete with larger cyber schools run by universities contracting with corporations, said Murray, who estimates Great Lakes will draw 200 to 300 students its first year.
"Before the consortium, we had online learning that was available to our students in our ISD and the ISDs in surrounding counties through Suttons Bay Virtual School," Murray said. "We realized very quickly that small schools aren't going to be able to compete on their own. So we formed an inter-local agreement that allows us to work together and share our resources and powers. Draw a line across the state to Clare and north to the bridge, and that's where we can take students from."
While many once looked askance at online learning, considering it a "fad" or the next "correspondence school," most now recognize it as a legitimate and important component of education. Still, virtual schools aren't without their detractors.
"Certainly we see a certain number of students come into it with unrealistic expectations," Murray said. "They think it's going to be fun and games, and it's not. There's a lot of self-discipline and organization involved.
"We also realized that students need mentors to help keep them organized, stay on track, to troubleshoot and advocate for students. When we put that kind of mentorship in, we triple our success rate."
Katie Belanger, a mentor and director of online learning at Suttons Bay, said a mentor is required by the state to have contact with virtual students at least once weekly and often has more than that. She also encourages online students and teachers to reach out to each other whenever either has questions — something Murray said is easier for some students outside the traditional classroom setting.
Additionally, most online courses are set up so that students have to achieve a certain score on an assignment before they can open another.
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Murray said another common fear is that online learning will "ruin" public schools as we know them.
"We heard those same criticisms when the U.S. moved from an agricultural to an industrial society. And now, going from an industrial to an information society, we're going through a shift," he said. "If everything that's being done is changing, then education needs to change as well.
As for the criticism that online learning will downgrade the role of the teacher, "What we found is that the teacher is the key role in online learning," he said. "They know online students better than they know their face-to-face students."
Micah Thoreson hopes to complete the eighth grade in May so that he can have an extended summer.
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Iaccomplished what I set out to accomplish," says George Lucas. After thirty years of immersion in a world of Wookies, droids, Jar Jars – and one of the greatest movie villains of all time, Darth Vader – he's finally completed the six-part Star Wars saga with Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. "I'm very happy that I reached the finish line," he says. Content with his movie and refreshed from a Hawaiian vacation, Lucas sits on a couch in his office at the main building of the Skywalker Ranch complex in Marin Country, California, a room large and plush enough for Jabba the Hutt. Lucas turns sixty-one the week of his movie's release but still sports his low-key geek uniform: jeans, a plaid shirt and sneakers. He's suffering from a bad cough, but it seems like a badge of honor after the marathon rush to complete Sith. (Lucas' own cough was used as the sound effect for Sith's evil wheezing droid, General Grievous.) Between bronchial hacking and sips of Diet Coke, he reflects on the creation of Darth Vader.
Has Vader ever appeared in your dreams?
No, I don't dream about Star Wars, to be honest. I've had a lot of waking nightmares on the set, though, imagining the mask won't fit on, or the guy inside can't breathe and faints, or he can't sit down in the suit.
What was the greatest challenge with him?
I had to make Darth Vader scary without the audience ever seeing his face. Basically, it's just a black mask. I said, "How do I make that evil and scary?" I mean, he's big and black and he's got a cape and a samurai helmet, but that doesn't necessarily make people afraid of him. His character's got to go beyond that – that's how we get his impersonal way of dealing with things. He's done a lot of horrible things in his life that he isn't particularly proud of. Ultimately, he's just a pathetic guy who's had a very sad life.
The first film, people didn't even know whether there was a person there. They though he was a person there. They thought he was a monster or some kind of a robot. In the second film, it's revealed that he's a human being, and in the third film you find out that, yes, he's a father and a regular person like the rest of us – he's just got a bit of a complexion problem.
Even as you were building up this iconic villain, you knew the tragedy behind it.
He's so overwhelming in that first film, but you get to the point where you say, "Wait a minute, if he's so powerful, why doesn't he run the universe?" He even gets pushed around by the governors! They know the Emperor is the final word, so what happens is the same thing that happens in any corporation: Everybody worries about the top man, they don't worry about his goon. And by the time the Death Star is finished, it gives them the sense that they have a bigger, better suit than Darth Vader. In a standoff between the Death Star and Darth Vader, they have no question about who would win, and it's not this mumbo-jumbo Sith guy. So it's even more tragic, because he's not even an all-powerful bad guy, he's kind of a flunky.
He's not Satan, he just goes down to the corner and gets Satan's cigarettes.
You got it. And when he finds out Luke is his son, his first impulse is to figure out a way of getting him to join him to kill the Emperor. That's what Siths do! He tries it with anybody he thinks might be more powerful, which is what the Emperor was looking for in the first place: somebody who would be more powerful than he was and could help him rule the universe. But Obi-Wan screwed that up by cutting off his arms and legs and burning him up. From then on, he wasn't as strong as the Emperor – he was like Darth Maul or Count Dooku. He wasn't what he was supposed to become. But the son could become that.
When you were growing up, what villains made an impression on you?
I was more impressed by the good guys. But I remember the bad guy in Ben-Hur who got dragged behind the chariot. John Wayne films had a lot of bad guys, but I can't remember any of them. Most of the movies I liked didn't really have strong bad guys. In films like Bridge on the River Kwai and Citizen Kane, the bad guy's the good guy.
How did you get the name Darth Vader?
"Darth" is a variation of dark. And "Vader" is a variation of father. So it's basically Dark Father. All the names have history, but sometimes I make mistakes – Luke was originally going to be called Luke Starkiller, but then I realized that wan't appropriate for the character. It was appropriate for Anakin, but not his son. I said, "Wait, we can't weigh this down too much – he's the one that redeems him."
Rewatching the Star Wars films recently, I found it interesting how the new films reframed the old ones: They now seem primarily concerned with the tragedy of Darth Vader, rather than the triumph of the Rebels.
Yeah, I made a series of movies that was about one thing: Darth Vader. Originally, people thought it was all about Luke. The early films are about Luke redeeming his father, so Luke's the focus. But it's also about Princess Leia and her struggle to reestablish the Republic, which is what her mother was doing. So it's really about mothers and daughters and fathers and sons.
So now, instead of all these surprises that aren't actually surprises, when you get back to Episode IV, as soon as Darth Vader walks through that door, and you see Princess Leia with R2, you're going to say, "Oh, my God, that's his daughter. Are they gonna find out?" And you get through the whole first movie and nobody figures anything out. The figuring-out part is mostly done off-screen. The first three episodes are a tragedy, and the second three go slightly goofy, but they're inspirational: Even the worst, most evil people find compassion. Darth Vader has compassion for his children, and that's ultimately what children are for.
Often, in classical tragedies, there's a final moment when the scales fall from the hero's eyes.
Well, in real Greek tragedies, the kids are usually the problem. They're the ones that are killing the parents, but this is more uplifting: It's up to one generation to fix the sins of the last generation.
What was the visual evolution of Vader? Originally there was a Bedouin concept—
No, that was more the Tusken Raiders. Darth Vader has pretty much always been Darth Vader. When he's first mentioned in the script, he's a guy in a helmet with a breathing mask who can't breathe because of this fight with Obi-Wan. And I took that description to [designer] Ralph McQuarrie. He did different drawings, but they're almost all the same: a guy with a cape, a portable iron lung, a mask, a samurai helmet and a chest piece that had electronics on it.
Where did the samurai helmet come from?
I was introduced to samurai movies in film school. And I became infatuated with Japanese culture; I was going to do my first film, THX 1138, in Japan. Then reality set in.
Just how restrictive was that costume?
He couldn't move at all, really. We had to keep modifying the suit so people could move in it. By the time we got to the first light-saber battle, we realized we weren't going to be able to do much. And so I accepted it was an old man vs. a half-man, half-machine. But Jedi were supposed to be quite active. So for the next one, we got a really good stunt guy in, one of the best sword fighters in England. And Mark Hamill is a good sword fighter. For the final film, Hayden [Christensen] and Obi-Wan – I mean Ewan – took it very seriously; they trained for months. Those swords are carbon fiber: We went through lots of them, because they were hitting so hard, they would get bent. It's like learning to dance, only if you make a mistake, you really get hurt.
Did you ever know anybody who was in an iron lung? Vader's breathing sound is so scary.
No. Soundwise, the idea was that he had been almost killed, so his breath was much louder than anybody else's, like a monster breathing. I hired Ben Burtt to do the sound effects before I even finished writing the screenplay. I had given him a huge list of tasks before I went off and shot the movie: "R2 needs a voice, and we need lasers that are different from what anybody else has ever done, and I don't want the engines for the spaceships to sound like rockets or jets. And this guy is in an iron lung, so figure that one out." When I came back, he had this whole library of sounds. And he came up with this iron lung that was a combination of other sounds, and it was eerie and deeply disturbing, and I said, "That's it."
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Fire marshals and investigators from the city's Department of Investigation arrested Michael Izzo, 30, and Richard Capece, 31, and charged them with Arson in the Second Degree, Reckless Endangerment in the First Degree and Criminal Mischief in the Second Degree - all felonies.
The two men are accused of using a flammable liquid to ignite the firehouse apparatus door at Engine 34/Ladder 21 at 440 West 38th Street. The incident occurred at about 2:15 a.m. Saturday, October 27.
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Commissioner Scoppetta called the incident "an outrageous, depraved act that should be prosecuted to the full extent under the law."
If convicted of the charges, both men face termination from the FDNY.
Izzo, of Staten Island, a six-year veteran, is assigned to Engine 242 in Brooklyn. Capece, a Brooklyn resident, has been with the Department for five years and works at Engine 1 in Manhattan.
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Mayor Jill Guernsey estimated that 27 people addressed the Gig Harbor City Council on Monday night during a hearing on the six-month moratorium on retail marijuana sales.
"I have never seen such a passionate and yet respectful crowd," Guernsey said.
At the end of more than an hour of testimony, the Council decided to not act on the moratorium, leaving it in place. It is due to expire in October, but drafts of city code could come to the Council as early as July.
At the meeting, some that testified said that legal marijuana was voted in by the will of the people; others claimed that retail stores would proliferate the use of marijuana in the city.
The six-month moratorium on retail marijuana was passed by the Council on April 14 without public hearing. As an "emergency moratorium" it was able to pass so long as a hearing was held within 60 days.
Monday, that hearing became a standing room only meeting that fostered discussion on issues larger than just stores. It brought discussion about usage, the black market, elections and more.
Many came to voice support to a school board resolution that voiced opposition to marijuana in the city limits. The resolution is not included in the city's moratorium.
School board president Harlan Gallinger and board member Rand Wilhelmsen presented the resolution to the Council. Gallinger said he was representing 9,000 district students who could not vote, claiming that marijuana would be a "barrier to (their) success."
Tedd Wetherbee, owner of The Gallery, holds a license in the city has been working with the Council to resolve the issue so he can open his outlet.
Wetherbee's testimony thanked the council for patience and involvement over the last few weeks.
"Spending time with most of you has allowed us to open up dialog that has brought education to both sides," he said.
Archelle Reynolds, a former school board member, said that a ban on regulated marijuana won't change the issues being cited.
"I wish, I really wish, that just saying no to retail sales in Gig Harbor would just fix the problem, but I don't think it will," she said.
Many that spoke do feel that stores will increase the access of marijuana to students. However, the law states that only those over the age of 21 can buy retail marijuana.
Carol Focht, who works at Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church, didn't plan on speaking.
"I just came because I was encouraged to come, but this is a subject I feel very passionate about," she said. "Pot is a gateway drug."
Focht said that in her work at Chapel Hill she knows of high school students in Gig Harbor — including members football teams, baseball teams and 4.0 GPA students — who use marijuana. In her estimation, allowing another point of access will stoke the fire.
Chapel Hill presented a resolution. The church advocates keeping the moratorium and even expanding to an outright ban. Other churches submitted official statements to the Council, but a majority of those that testified identified as members of Chapel Hill.
In the end, the council decided to continue with the moratorium weigh the impact of retail marijuana. Council member Michael Perrow defined the moratorium as a "time out" while the state gets "its act together."
Wetherbee, in a follow-up interview, said he was both pleased and troubled by the testimony. He said that one side included both young and old; left-leaning and right-leaning. The other side was largely made up of members of similar churches and interest groups.
"The voices that spoke in favor of lifting the moratorium represented a cross section of Gig Harbor," he said. "The opposition was long on opinion and short on fact."
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The Council and the school district had further business together on Monday, as the Council passed two resolutions voicing support for the district's upcoming bond and levy proposition.
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