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@brent: could you please be a little more clear? You make a statement with no backup to the position. How or what statements do Feminists make for abortion that slave owners made?
Perhaps the irony might be — that the bogus hogus pogus hate-speech with its hateful leviticus 18:22 might bring the bible and torah into a banned status and the churches and synagogues shut down!
I am the son of a catholic father who never went to church and a protestant mother who took us to church and Sunday school. Onward christian soldiers; I think not. Such absolute drivel. To be manipulated by a santa claus; an easter bunny and worst of all a bogus cross?
It is written; so therefore it shall be? We are the chosen people? Such a wicked fantasy.
To see the religious lunatics manipulate government and our lives is shameful.
Besides rumors what evidence is he was gay? I mean what was the writer suppose to do, mention there were rumors he was gay in the film? I mean we know who Rock hudson former lover was. But why put something in the film about him being gay when its only hearsay?
@Curty: There is absolutely no evidence at all that Lincoln was gay. There is some evidence that suggests that he may have been bi.
Interesting article, but I was a bit bemused by the parallel drawn between the "slippery slope" arguments aginst same-sex marrige–next will be polygamy! Bestiality!–and the ones cited against the slavery amendment: "We will be forced to enfranchise the men of the colored race… What shall follow, universal enfranchisement? Votes for women?" Most reasonable people agree that plural and animal marriage are not going to follow the establishment of marriage equality; but in fact voting rights for African-Americans and women DID follow the end of slavery–and a good thing, too, I might add; but comparing the two issues in this context kind of leaves an opposite impression to the one intended.
While Lincoln may never have thought of himself as "gay," which is a modern concept, the evidence is pretty solid that he enjoyed the company of men. An entire, well-documented book has been published about his relationships with other men, including Joshua Speed, with whom he shared a narrow bed for 4 years (long after there was no economic reason for doing so) and with whom he maintained an affectionate correspondence for years afterwards, and with his military aide, David Derickson, when he was President. Lincoln and Derickson shared a bed on numerous occasions when Mary Todd Lincoln was away from Washington, and there certainly wasn't any economic need to do that! Also, a descendant of Lincoln's law partner in Springfield, Illinois has also recently disclosed that her family's oral tradition is that the two were lovers for 20 years!
In the film it went by fleetingly, but anyone who has read the book describing the relationship between Lincoln and his military aide would have seen Kushner's reference to Lincoln's sexuality in the brief scene where he's sitting on Derickson's bed at 3:00 in the morning, signing pardons. He engages in some affectionate physical behavior with Derickson, who asks Lincoln if he "needs company." Lincoln declines (they're apparently in the White House) and the film moves on.
What's wrong with polygamy?
How nice to finally read some intelligently composed and thought out comments!


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Gautam Gambhir's attempt to impress the national selectors with runs scored in county cricket has so far not gone as planned, with scores of 31, 21, 2 and 0 leading up to the first day of Essex's four-day match against Gloucestershire at Bristol. With Gambhir struggling in his first few innings (two first-class, two 40-overs) with Essex, here's a look back at how other Indian contemporary batsman fared in county cricket when they headed to England in efforts to either improve their game or get back into the national team.
Rahul Dravid (2000, 2003)
Dravid, looking to hone his batting skills in bowler-friendly conditions, was signed by Kent for the 2000 season and finished with 1221 first-class runs in 16 matches at 55.50 with two hundreds. He achieved most of his 50-over success in the National League where he scored 437 at 43.70 with two half-centuries and a century. Dravid played two Benson & Hedges matches for 50 runs and two NatWest Trophy appearances produced 76 runs. More than his runs, it was Dravid's attitude, demeanour and professionalism that impressed the people at Kent. As he admitted, those five-odd months spent in England boosted him tremendously. And it was no coincidence that from 2001 Dravid became one of the best batsman in the world.
Dravid returned to the county circuit in 2003 a transformed batsman at the international level, and played 12 50-over matches for Scotland. He made 25 in his first appearance in the National League and followed with a golden duck against Pakistan in a tour match, but proceeded to stun Somerset with 120* and 129 versus Nottinghamshire. His run of form ended with 600 National League runs at 66.66, with a total of three hundreds and two fifties.
Sourav Ganguly (2000, 2005, 2006)
The former India captain endured a disappointing maiden county season for Lancashire in 2000 when it came to the real deal, first-class cricket. Recommended to the club by Bob Simpson who had been a consultant with the Indian team at the 1999 World Cup in England, Ganguly struggled in the four-day matches but did well in the 50-over format.
In 21 County Championship innings, the left-hand batsman scored 671 runs at 31.95 with a best of 99 from his six fifties. He struggled in the Benson & Hedges Cip too, tallying a poor 62 runs in six innings with a best of 22*. But in the National League and NatWest Trophy that Ganguly excelled. In the National League he amassed 569 runs at 51.72 from 13 innings, the highlight of his two centuries being a stylish knock against Gloucestershire. In three Natwest innings he made 200 runs with a best of 135*, giving him an average of 100.
Ganguly's second county stint was in 2005 with Glamorgan. He was more successful in four-day cricket with a century and three fifties in nine innings at an average of 62.57, but could score just 114 runs in five T20 innings.
In 2006, Ganguly joined Northamptonshire on a short-term deal to replace Chris Rogers. In six first-class innings he averaged 4.80 with a highest of 9 and in two 50-over outings Ganguly made 80 runs. He played the most in T20 cricket, scoring 220 runs at 27.50 from nine innings.
Mohammad Kaif (2002, 2003)
Kaif first played county cricket in 2002, for Leicestershire. He played just one County Championship match in which he made 56 runs. In his solitary National. League appearance, Kaif scored 60*.
Kaif played for Derbyshire in the 2003 season, without doing much of note. He scored 332 first-class runs in 15 innings with a best of 87, averaging just 22.13. In eight National League games he made 225 runs with a best of 70. In five Twenty20 Cup innings Kaif averaged 18.53 with one half-century. In the C&G Trophy he averaged 76.50 with two fifties in two innings. He was not recalled to Derbyshire.
Virender Sehwag (2003)
At the age of 24, following a successful World Cup, Sehwag was signed on by Leicestershire for the 2003 season. It was not a very fruitful sting, as after taking his time to adjust to challenging conditions Sehwag's season was cut short by a back injury. He was most comfortable in the first-class matches where he scored 478 runs in ten outings and averaged 47.80, he second best for the club after Brad Hodge's 62.29, with two centuries and a fifty. He was less successful in the National League where he tallied 233 runs in seven games at 33.28 and made three half-centuries. He made 74 runs in three C&G Trophy games and in the Twenty20 matches scored 86 run-in six innings at an average of 14.33. His contract was terminated by mutual consent and Sehwag has not played for any county since.
Yuvraj Singh (2003)
Yorkshire's high-profile import for the 2003 season - and only the second Indian at the club since Sachin Tendulkar in 1992 - came a cropper with only 145 runs in the County Championship. Having hoped the opportunity to play in England would help improve his cricket, Yuvraj entered the county season after a successful run in the World Cup but struggled for form in England.
He started off well in the Twenty Cup but flopped in he one-day and first-class formats. He averaged just 14.55 in 12 County Championship innings and in the National League made 169 runs at 21.12 from eight innings, with one half-century. Yuvraj scored 27 in his only C&G appearance and finished the Twenty20 games with 154 runs at 30.80 with one fifty. Like Sehwag, he has not returned to county cricket since 2003.
Dinesh Mongia (2004, 2005, 2006)
Former India batsman Mongia played one season with Lancashire, in 2004, and produced some sterling performances. He then turned out in consecutive seasons for Leicestershire, in 2005 and 2006, with more success. In 2004, when he was called up from club team Little Stoke by Lancashire as cover for the injured Carl Hooper, Mongia made an immediate impact with 89 in a Championship game against Warwickshire. He returned when Stuart Law was ruled out and enjoyed further success, finishing the season with 470 first-class runs from nine innings at 67.14, with two hundreds and two fifties.
The following season Mongia signed for Leicestershire and made 684 first-class runs at just over 40 but his best performances came in the 50-over National League where he was successful with bat and ball as Leicestershire fell agonisingly short in their bid for promotion from the second division. Mongia scored 481 runs at 37, with five fifties, and took four wickets.
Mongia returned in 2006 after good performances for Leicestershire and accumulated 657 runs in 16 innings, at an average of 46.92, the sixth-best for the county that season, though a little more than a third of what top-scorer HD Ackerman (1804) scored in ten more innings. Mongia hit three centuries - 129* against the touring Pakistanis, 161 against Glamorgan and 165 against Essex. He captained too, when Jeremy Snape was absent.
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Steven Oh, a 31-year-old resident of Sprain Lake and a one handicap, played the Silver Lake golf course like it was his own yesterday in the qualifying round for the NYC Amateur Championship.
He posted a 1-over-par 35 on the first nine holes and then finished up with a sub-par 34 coming home. That 34 featured a hole-in-one on the 135-yard 11th hole when he lofted an 8-iron into the cup for his 11th lifetime ace.
Oh had a fine round, but it was not exactly a runaway since Marc Grinberg of Morganville, N.J. and Curtis Loop of New Cannon, Connecticut, followed with matching rounds of 69 and a share of the top honors in the Men's Open Division.
The entire field of 70 players included all three divisions and the end result was qualifying berths for 20 in the Open and five in the senior and super senior divisions.
Mark Grunlund, just back from a golf vacation in Ireland, took top honors with a solid 76 in the senior class and was joined in the qualifying berths with fellow LaTourette member John Willardsen and Michael Mrugal of Flanders who posted 81 and 82, respectfully.
The race for two spots in the super senior section was a close contest with veteran Al Sala taking the top slot with a 77 and joined by Larry Johnson 78, Cosmo Sancio with 79. Those coming close in the 60- years- and over group included Kevin Shevlin, Ralph Lombardi and Gary Cymrot all scoring in the low 80s.
The Championship will be held at LaTourette on Memorial Day weekend.
LOOKUP Men's Open Division
Oh, Steven 69
Grinberg, Marc 69
Loop,Curtis 69
Gutzeit, John 70
Paseka, Lawton 70
Finger, Matthew 71
Anderson, Robert 72
Campbell, Charles 72
Capra, John 72
Lovett, John 72
Paduano, Michael 72
Pizzuto, Dan 72
Podvey, Harris 72
Szem, Chris 72
Coco, Christopher 73
Kinlock, Jack 73
McSorley, Kevin 74
Barbetta, Gary 75
Buckley, Michael 75
Fioto, Anthony Jr. 75
Wilson, Dwayne 75
Connolly, Gerard 76
Leddy, Brian 76
Lobel, Robert 76
Lurie, Robert 76
Conrad, Andrew 77
Guidera, Kevin 77
Luckner, Steven 77
Odessa, Steve 77
Szem, Nicholas 78
Byrnes, Billy 79
Castelli, Joseph 79
Fallon, Thomas 79
Greco, Will 79
Nelson, Eric 79
Scott, Christopher 79
Wortman, Rick 79
Grunlund, Mark 76
Willadsen, John 81
Mrugal, Michael 82
Selmani, Sokol 84
Truscelli, Artie 84
Gulman, Bob 87
Super Seniors
Sala, Al 77
Johnson, Larry 78
Sancio, Cosmo 78
Shevlin, Kevin 80
Lombardi, Ralph 82
Cymrot, Gary 84


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1 Reply Latest reply: Mar 7, 2010 3:37 PM by Michael Kaplan
Re: M2M global certification companyMichael Kaplan Mar 7, 2010 3:37 PM (in response to sy84)
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In some ways, any golfer who makes it to the top 50 on the PGA's money-winning list is going to have some degree of cockiness to his persona.
Look at everything a pro golfer has to go through to make it to the tour. Rising to the level of legitimate star on the PGA tour can only pump up that player's ego.
While cockiness is not necessarily a good thing to take around with you in day-to-day life, it really comes in handy at certain moments on the golf course.
When you step to the first tee, look around at the other golfers in your foursome and conclude that you are better than your competition, you are usually going to be relaxed and able to play your best.
When you are facing that 15-footer on the 17th or 18th hole and you believe in yourself, your knees are not going to knock as much as your opponent's.
Cockiness, for our purposes, means believing in yourself. It may or may not be accompanied by a visual swagger, but it represents total confidence.
Don't be fooled by those with a false bravado. These players may huff, puff and brag, but their lack of confidence will come to the fore at some point in the round.
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Eating a grapefruit or consuming its juices while taking certain medications could lead to gastrointestinal bleeding, kidney failure, depressed breathing and sudden death.
Doctors and pharmacists in P.E.I. are diligent in advising people on the latest potential harmful mixes, such as grapefruit, with certain medication, say local health field representatives.
Erin MacKenzie, executive director of the P.E.I. Pharmacist Association, says standard procedure calls for pharmacists to detail what a person can and cannot take with any given medication.
She made the comment following a warning in a new paper in the Canadian Medical Association highlighting that eating a grapefruit or consuming its juices while taking certain medications could lead to gastrointestinal bleeding, kidney failure, depressed breathing and sudden death.
"This isn't anything new,'' added MacKenzie.
"This is something that has been made known for at least 10 years.''
However, the study notes that many patients and even doctors and pharmacists aren't aware of the risks associated with consuming grapefruit while taking some medications.
More than 40 drugs, including anti-cancer agents, heart drugs and central-nervous-system drugs used to treat pain, schizophrenia and other conditions, can lead to significant problems if people on them consume grapefruit, cautions the Canadian Medical Association.
A spokeswoman for the Medical Society of Prince Edward Island says systems are in place in P.E.I. to communicate this kind of information to physicians.
"The article, while presented in the CMAJ (a journal received by all Island physicians, as members of the Canadian Medical Association), is certainly an important update for physicians' attention and it is expected that the article coupled with the usual drug interaction communiqués issued to physicians by government and industry will ensure physicians are aware and most importantly, patients are safe,'' she stated in an email to The Guardian.
"Physicians will reference that alert in the context of patients taking certain medications. Pharmacists, of course, play a very significant role in the relatively rare occasion when specific concerns regarding potential drug interactions are missed – or not previously known.''


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FOXHOLM -- Fishermen have been experiencing success fishing in the river below Lake Darling Dam for several weeks running.
Although the catch rate has slowed somewhat in recent days, the fishing has been excellent for both northern pike and walleyes. There were reports of large walleyes being caught, usually considered a bonus in what is known as the "picnic area" below Lake Darling. Pike of 12 pounds or better have been pulled in as well.
This past Thursday, Erik Wheeler of Minot Air Force Base was enjoying a few hours at the water's edge, working crankbaits in the hopes of enticing hungry or curious fish. His best recently was a pike in the 14-pound range. However, that was topped by a 9-1/2-pound walleye pulled in by his wife.
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Kim Fundingsland/MDN - - The fun of fishing is obvious for Erik Wheeler, Minot Air Force Base, who is attempting to remove a crankbait from the mouth of a nice-sized northern pike. Wheeler says he prefers fishing with artificial lures.
Kim Fundingsland/MDN - - Darnell Dobson, Minot Air Force Base, displays a northern pike he caught during a recent fishing trip to what is known as the "picnic area" on the Souris River below Lake Darling Dam.
Kim Fundingsland/MDN - - Shore fishing has been very good at times this year below Lake Darling. Here a fishermen enjoys what might be one of the final days prior to the onset of winter weather. The photo was taken this past Thursday. Note the matted vegetation left over from flooding earlier this year.
"I love eating fish and I can't stand buying it from the store. I'd rather be out here doing this," said Wheeler while preparing for another cast into the Souris.
The fisherman explained he had some unexpected time to go fishing, although that was not what he had intended.
"I had a day off. It was a nice day and I was going bowhunting but people were in my area," said Wheeler. "Instead of bowhunting, I just decided to go fishing."
It paid off too. Wheeler had one walleye and one northern pike after about an hour's work.
"Actually, I can't wait for the ice to get out here so I can do some ice fishing," laughed Wheeler. "It's another type of fishing that I love to do. It's been a while because I've been overseas in places where they don't have ice. I can't wait to do it."
Enjoying open water
Others are more than happy to wait for frozen water, knowing it will come soon enough.
Getting in some final casts in open water is a prescription for shortening the winter months. That was on the mind of Darnell Dobson, Minot AFB, who was fishing below Lake Darling Dam this past week.
"I've been here four years and I know the cold is about to hit us," said Dobson while showing off a northern pike he caught using a live minnow as bait.
Dobson said he was scheduled to go to Florida for training in January prior to being shipped out for duty in Korea.
"I'm trying to get out here and fish all I can," he said.


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West Coast's injury crisis is over, allowing them to prepare for the business end of the season with a list healthier than it has been all year.
The Eagles have battled injury problems throughout 2012. Mark Nicoski (hamstring) and Mark LeCras (knee) haven't played a game, while Josh Kennedy (ankle) and Andrew Embley (shoulder) have been sidelined for most of the year.
Nicoski and LeCras won't return this season, but Embley has played two WAFL games and one AFL match since recovering from shoulder surgery.
Kennedy only has to get through the week unscathed to play his first match since late April.
Matt Rosa (jaw), Sam Butler (calf) and Brad Sheppard (ankle) will be available for Sunday's game against Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium or next week's home match against Collingwood.
Young forwards Murray Newman (knee) and Ryan Neates (foot) will also be fit before the finals, leaving only defender Blayne Wilson, (ankle), who is yet to make his debut, alongside Nicoski and LeCras on the injury list.
"This week, providing those guys get through, we will have more players available than we have since early in the season," coach John Worsfold said.
"That's going to improve again over the next week or two."
Worsfold admitted he was toying with the idea of picking Kennedy to play against Port Adelaide.
Kennedy has trained strongly in recent weeks and has proved he doesn't need match practice to have an impact.
The key forward kicked seven goals in round one despite not playing during the pre-season.
But Worsfold said it was more likely that Kennedy would play for East Fremantle against West Perth on Sunday.
"No one's wanted to do any of the running with him because he's going too hard. It's enticing to bring him in and play him, use him as a sub or play him and sub him out of the game," Worsfold said.
"I've got no doubt he could do that and contribute to the team.
"But it's not necessarily the best preparation for him to get him through the rest of the season."
Worsfold also backed the AFL match review panel's decision to hand Geelong skipper Joel Selwood a reprimand for shoving a dazed Adam Selwood last Friday night.
Worsfold said the AFL had every right to protect an injured player, especially if that player had suffered a potential concussion.
"When a player's potentially injured, there's a rule that says you can't do anything to them," he said.
Worsfold said while "we can all see the fun" in the incident, rules were rules.
"We will have more players available than we have since early in the season. That's going to improve again over the next week or two." "West Coast coach *John Worsfold *


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Watch The Carrie Diaries
Carrie Bradshaw is a beloved character from Sex in the City, however where did she get her start as a trendy fashionista of New York City? Find out all about Carrie and her life when she moved to New York City in 1984 in the new hit series The Carrie Diaries from the CW.
Featuring Anna Sophia Robb from Soul Surfer as Carrie, Stefania Owe from The Lovely Bones as Dorrit; the two young actresses portray their characters as if the roles were written for them individually.
The story is about young 16 year old Carrie Bradshaw and her family following her mother's passing. Not only will viewers be able to get an inside look as to what made Carrie the woman she becomes in her future, but see her young friends Maggie, Mouse and Walt who help her through a lot.
Though she is dealing with the passing from her Mother she receives an internship offer at a law firm in Manhattan which she accepts and moves on towards a better happier and new found life. Carrie meets new friends in the New York City scene and learns more about the world of glamor, club life and high fashion. Carrie makes a variety of new acquaintances, enemies, friends, and she finally meets the first love of her life, Manhattan.
With its debut on January 14 2013, The Carrie Diaries proves to be a great show for previous fans of Sex in the City and provides a look in to Carrie Bradshaw from a new prospective that will be more relevant to teenagers and young adults of today and open them up to the fabulous and fantastic story of Carrie Bradshaw and her rise to success as a fashionista and brave woman with a bright future.
The series is based on the novels by Candace Bushnell and is created with producers who worked on other CW hit shows such as Hart of Dixie and Gossip Girl.
Watch Full Episodes of The Carrie Diaries
The Carrie Diaries Full Episode Guide
- Episode 13 - Run to You
The situation becomes tense between Carrie and Tom. Meanwhile, Larissa and Sebastian decide they both need to come clean to Carrie. Maggie seeks comfort from Walt when she becomes suspicious of Pete's fidelity.
- Episode 12 - This Is the Time
Carrie, Mouse, Maggie, and Walt decide to go to their senior prom - at The Waldorf Astoria. Larissa offers Carrie an opportunity that forces her to reconsider her future. Mouse learns a secret about Donna LaDonna that could threaten her reign as queen bee. Meanwhile, Sebastian keeps a secret from Carrie.
- Episode 11 - Hungry Like the Wolf
Larissa discovers Carrie has been covering up for Bennet's laziness at work. Sebastian's dad needs him to do a favor that could potentially change Sebastian's future.
- Episode 10 - Date Expectations
Walt and Bennet receive devastating life-changing news. Sebastian gets an exciting work opportunity, and misses his date with Carrie on Valentine's Day. When Maggie accidentally enlists in the army, she is rescued by an unlikely pair.
- Episode 9 - Under Pressure
- Episode 8 - The Second Time Around
- Episode 7 - I Heard a Rumor
- Episode 6 - The Safety Dance
- Episode 5 - Too Close for Comfort
- Episode 4 - Borderline
- Episode 3 - Strings Attached
- Episode 2 - Express Yourself
- Episode 1 - Win Some, Lose Some
- Episode 13 - Kiss Yesterday Goodbye
- Episode 12 - A First Time for Everything
- Episode 11 - Identity Crisis
- Episode 10 - The Long and Winding Road Not Taken
- Episode 9 - The Great Unknown
- Episode 8 - Hush, Hush
- Episode 7 - Caught
- Episode 6 - Endgame
- Episode 5 - Dangerous Territory
- Episode 4 - Fright Night
- Episode 3 - Read Before Use
- Episode 2 - Lie with Me
- Episode 1 - Pilot


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Visual storytelling is my passion and nearly everything I create becomes an illustrated memoir, graphic novel, or a webcomic. I even co-founded an independent, veteran-centric publishing company (Makoto Press) to share my stories. I've published two books to-date: a graphic novel horror anthology titled Gruesome Tales to Tickle Your Terror Bone and an illustrated memoir about my 6-month hike on the Appalachian Trail titled MEGA '99: Adventures of an Appalachian Trail Thru-Hiker.
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The Treasurer of the British Veterans' Group* (BVG), Amanda Molloy, has published the group's accounts for 2012.
Mrs Molloy said "The BVG is a self-funding group with not just our members contributing financially, but also individuals not associated with our group by way of donations, raffles etc.
So, it is important that everyone can see that the BVG is totally transparent."
Speaking after auditing the BVG's 2012 accounts, Regional Treasurer James Mole said "The BVG accounts for 2012 were presented to me for inspection.
The items provided were all original bank statements, invoices, petty cash book and receipts.
All invoices explain clearly which item was purchased and match the relevant deduction on the bank statement exactly. The petty cash book is neatly filled out and easy to read.
All incoming money is broken down to provide exact details of where if came from e.g. Group membership dues, donations, sales of merchandise etc.
All balances add up correctly.
Money deducted from the petty cash book for banking matches exactly all banked money listed on the bank statements.
All receipts in the petty cash book explain which item was purchased and the total matches the figure deducted in all cases.
In my opinion the BVG finances are extremely well managed."
More information about the BVG and how to join can be found by logging onto http://britishveteransgroup.org.uk/
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-- Food Network's Ted Allen to visit: On Friday, Oregonian reporter Grant Butler interviewed Food Network star and James Beard Award winner Ted Allen ahead of his visit to Northwest Portland's Williams-Sonoma location.
Allen will be on a nationwide book tour when he stops at the store on May 23 for a cooking demonstration and book signing. To read Butler's interview with Allen, visit the Oregonian's Foodday blog.
-- KGW anchor debuts acting chops on "Grimm": If you noticed a familiar face on the latest episode of "Grimm," it was probably KGW anchor Brenda Braxton.
According to a May 11 story by the Portland Business Journal, Braxton played Reporter Number 5 in the Bigfoot-themed episode of the Portland-based NBC drama. While the episode was shot in April, follow-up production took place recently in Northwest Portland.
For the full story, visit the Portland Business Journal website.
-- Designer relaunches grandmother's clothing line: Mother's Day 2012 is now past, but here's one mother-daughter-grandmother story that will keep the spirit of the holiday going.
On Saturday, Oregonian business reporter Laura Gunderson wrote and published a story about Georgia Kirkpatrick, a 26-year-old designer, who recently relaunched the clothing line her grandmother started more than 60 years ago in Peru.
Kirkpatrick used inspiration from her mother and grandmother to relaunch the line, called Silvania. It debuted Mother's Day weekend at Mabel & Zora, 748 N.W. 11th Ave., in the Pearl District.
For the full story about Kirkpatrick, her grandmother and Silvania, visit The Oregonian's Business blog.
-- Molly Hottle; Twitter: @nwpdxreporter


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GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- It is not too late to save this country. That was the message Ann Romney shared when she spoke at the Kent Victory Center in Grand Rapids on Monday, Oct. 29.
A crowd of more than 500 Mitt Romney supporters packed the Kent County GOP site late in the afternoon, spilling outside where more throngs of people stood with signs.
Prior to the GOP candidate's wife taking stage, U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga told supporters that "momentum is on our side."
One question Ann Romney recently asked her husband was, if he is elected as president on Nov. 6: "Is it too late to save the country."
The candidate and Michigan native replied: "It's growing late, but it's not too late yet."
When Ann Romney shared that story with the crowd, they roared with applause.
"He is ready to take over and do the right thing in January. He will not fail," she said, as applause followed.
See other stories you might have missed Monday night:
• Grand Rapids superintendent unveils pitch to close Creston, other schools as part of consolidation, reinvention plan
• Q and A with Gov. Rick Snyder: 5 of 6 ballot proposals would be 'economically devastating' to Michigan
• Grand Rapids school board questions superintendent about Creston closing, K-8 expansions, budget
• Byron Township pregnant woman beaten with hangers, cell charger cord, belt in torture case
• Maple City man dies in apparent hunting accident
• Lights back on for some Kent County residents; wind advisory until 8 p.m. Tuesday
• Davenport University partners with Grand Rapids-based EMS academy
• 3rd generation Polish cook to open authentic Polka Pops Café on Grand Rapids West Side


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GRAND RAPIDS -- Home sale prices dipped in August but inventory was down, according to figures released Wednesday by the Grand Rapids Association of Realtors.
The average price of a single-family home in August was $114,858, down 2.2 percent from July and 7.4 percent from August of 2009.
The good news was that there are fewer homes on the market. The inventory dropped slightly to 8,108 -- a 10.5 month supply.
Sales were up from July but down 26 percent from a year ago. In August, 774 homes were sold, up from 681 in July. A year ago, 1,052 homes sold.
Association CEO Julie Reitberg said the numbers are not bad, nor were they a surprise given the expiration of federal home-buyer tax credits in April.
"Anybody who owns a home today should look at today as the new normal," Reitberg said. "If your price goes up after today, great."
August home sales in the Grand Rapids area:
2006: 1,122
2007: 1,082
2008: 860
2009: 1,052
2010: 774
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2006: $162,623
2007: $149,052
2008: $123,917
2009: $124,006
2010: $114,858
Reitberg said about half of all sales during the month were foreclosed or distressed properties.
The year was front-loaded with sales thanks to the tax credits, but Reitberg said she expects the market to begin to return to a more normal pace in the months ahead as buyers entering the market find record-low mortgage rates and low prices.
"I really believe that January through April pulled sales from May to probably September or October," she said. "Anybody who was thinking about buying pulled up their time table to take advantage of the incentives."
Reitberg's advice for those thinking about selling?
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"Buyers are not having to make split-second decisions on whether or not to buy because its a buyer's market. They know the inventory and they're watching the inventory."


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Tom's modesty, humility and compassion for his fellow man have helped him produce images that speak for those with little voice. The campaigning nature of his long-term projects, books and exhibitions – like Edge of Madness (photography from Sarajevo, 1991-95), iWITNESS (worldwide observations, 1980-2004) and "AIDS in Africa" (1995 to today) – confirm his status as one of the most respected international photojournalists working today.
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An Ice Storm Warning is now in effect for Warren and neighboring counties. The National Weather Service issued it shortly before 3 p.m., replacing the Winter Storm Warning which had been issued.
All of west central New Jersey and much of southeast Pennsylvania, just west and north of Philadelphia, is in the warning area.
Hackettstown, Washington and Lopatcong township are among the places in Warren that twill experience deteriorating conditions tonight.
According to the NWS, glaze accumulations of four to seven tenths of an inch are expected over most of this area by 10 a.m. Wednesday. By 2 p.m. today, there were reports of one tenth inch of glaze from this morning's freezing rain and drizzle.
The Weather Service said freezing drizzle will become a steady freezing rain late this evening and then occasionally heavy freezing rain Wednesday between 3 and 9 a.m. before it ends as rain or drizzle during the midday.
There's a chance that the freezing rain will briefly mix with sleet for a time overnight tonight.
"Travel will become treacherous later tonight through mid-morning Wednesday on all untreated surfaces," NWS said. "Power outages are expected from breaking tree limbs and wires Wednesday morning." If the glaze exceeds three quarters of an inch, "this would raise the potential for destructive widespread power outages. The Wednesday commute will be extremely difficult," NWS said.
Area residents should stay off the roads if they can today, says a trooper at the State Police Perryville station in Union Township.
"They probably should not head out," said Sgt. Paul Sofhauser.
Route 78 has been icy in both directions, he said, although the state Department of Transportation salted roads from Exit 14 over Jugtown Mountain and all the way to Exit 3 in Warren County around 11 a.m., he said. While the DOT salt trucks were out, troopers from Perryville escorted motorists, making sure traffic stayed behind the salters.
So far, about a dozen minor accidents have occurred on Route 78, including one in the left lane of Route 78 east near Exit 16, which caused the left lane to be closed temporarily earlier today.
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The world's largest retailer is planning to build the area's first Walmart Neighborhood Market on 3.59 acres at the corner of Jordan Lane and Oakwood Avenue. But it won't be the last.
Shane Davis, the city's director of urban development, said Walmart is committed to building "multiple" Neighborhood Market stores in Huntsville.
"They've not selected (the other sites), but we're happy that they're committed to our city," Davis said Friday. "They want quality locations, and they're going to be diligent about where they place them."
Walmart launched its Neighborhood Market concept in 1998 as a smaller alternative to its massive Supercenters. The stores average about 38,000 square feet - about a third the size of a Supercenter - and carry a full line of groceries, produce, meat, dairy, pharmacy and general merchandise items.
There are about 200 Neighborhood Market locations nationwide, including Birmingham, Vestavia Hills, Center Point, Mobile and Orange Beach. But Walmart told Wall Street analysts in November that it wants to accelerate the current roll-out rate of 100 new stores a year.Walmart Real Estate Business Trust purchased the Oakwood Avenue site for $1.78 million in early December. Located across from Royal Funeral Home, the property includes a TitleMax office and a building that last housed Wholesale Jewelry and Pawn.
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The Housing Authority of New Orleans and plaintiffs who filed a lawsuit to block demolition of the aging C.J. Peete, Lafitte and St. Bernard public housing complexes agreed in court Friday that it won't happen unless the City Council grants permits for the work.
The council is expected to consider the demolition issue at its regular meeting Thursday.
Emerging from a 45-minute meeting with Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Herbert Cade, attorneys for HANO and the suit's three plaintiffs told a crowd of demolition opponents gathered in Cade's courtroom that they had reached consensus on a "consent decree," which Cade would convert into a court order.
Tracie Washington, one of the plaintiffs' attorneys, said HANO's willingness to halt demolition pending council review is a first: "We have never (before) been able to get a court to order a stop to demolition." Besides hinging demolition work at Peete, Lafitte and St. Bernard on the council's approval, the agreement announced Friday also:
Allows HANO to proceed with demolition work, approved by the council in November 2003, at the B.W. Cooper development.
Gives a deadline of 5 p.m. Monday for HANO to give the plaintiffs' legal team proof that the agency has complied with Louisiana law in hiring companies for demolition work. The lawsuit charges HANO has ignored that statute, which requires public bidding to select contractors.
Reports that a date will be set by Civil District Judge Yada Magee for trial of the lawsuit's demand for a permanent ban on demolitions in Peete, Lafitte and St. Bernard.
Reached Friday for comment, three of the council's seven members appeared ready to approve the permits to level the housing developments.
Councilwoman Stacy Head offered clear support for HANO's plans.
"I am fully in favor of immediate redevelopment," she said. "Redevelopment requires demolition. My position has not changed. It is unlikely to change."
Councilwomen Shelley Midura and Jackie Clarkson said they would support the demolitions with one requirement: that HANO sticks to a plan outlined by the developer chosen for the Lafitte redevelopment, Providence/Enterprise.
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That proposal calls for phased demolition, a one-for-one replacement of every subsidized housing unit, the right of return for all former Lafitte residents and phased redevelopment so that residents can begin returning even before construction of individual units is completed.
Midura said the Lafitte plan ''promises a higher quality of life than what has ever occurred there. It is a model that guarantees affordable housing to the working poor, as well as architectural and financial integrity to the surrounding area.''
''Some will still continue to disagree and oppose the redevelopment plan,'' said Midura, whose district includes the Lafitte development. ''I respect difference of opinion. Honorable people will have honorable differences of opinion. I will seek to continue to work and negotiate with those honorable citizens who may think differently, but still seek the shared goal of fair and just housing policy for New Orleans.''
Clarkson said she believes the Lafitte plan will ''save Treme and rebuild the neighborhood better than before'' by retaining some of the existing structures and phasing in the new construction.
Councilwoman Cynthia Willard-Lewis declined to commit to across-the-board demolition, saying she could be persuaded to support a phased-in approach.
''We must approach all of our housing issues from the perspective of a better New Orleans,'' Willard-Lewis said, ''but we must respect the voices of displaced citizens as well as new citizens desiring to make this their home.''
Before making a decision, she said she will continue discussions with HANO, the resident leadership, community activists and her colleagues on the council.
Council members Arnie Fielkow, James Carter and Cynthia Hedge-Morrell could not be reached for comment.
St. Bernard work halted
While the lawsuit aims to forestall demolition at Peete, HANO spokesman David Jackson said the city has had a permit since 2005 to tear down 200 of 700 vacant units at the site, where only 144 families lived at the time. The 200 units have not been torn down, Jackson said.
According to Jackson, HANO has been demolishing units since 2002 at several developments, including Desire, Florida, Fischer and the former St. Thomas. All the work had city approval, he said.
New Orleans wasn't the only place where HANO residents succeeded Friday in getting the agency's demolition plans temporarily shelved.
In federal district court in Washington, D.C., a judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday afternoon barring HANO and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from beginning demolition of the St. Bernard development. The order remains in effect through Wednesday, a day before the public housing demolition issue will likely be up for discussion by the City Council.
The judge's order came in response to a lawsuit filed in his court Tuesday by St. Bernard complex residents who are part of a nonprofit company that has worked with three labor union trusts on a plan to rehabilitate the complex. It includes using existing buildings to make room for former residents who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina and who want to return.
The lawsuit charges that HUD and HANO have violated federal laws by ignoring the residents' proposal and instead concentrating on a private developer's plan to drastically downsize the St. Bernard development, now with more than 1,400 apartments, to a mixed income residence with 436 units, only 153 of which would be reserved for low-income renters.
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MEXICO, N.Y. - Sheriff's investigators are ending their search for 1994 kidnapping victim Heidi Allen at a collapsed cabin today, but authorities would not say if human remains were found at the site where they've been looking since Sunday.
Lt. Rob Moskal would not comment on what authorities found or why the search was wrapping up as investigators left the woods off Rice Road.
District Attorney Greg Oakes could not be immediately reached. Moskal said Oakes would address the media later.
Although a state police cadaver dog alerted twice Monday at the cabin, indicating it smelled human remains, it's unknown if forensic investigators with the Onondaga County Medical Examiner's Office located any traces.
If the sheriff's office finds Allen's remains at the cabin, it will be strong evidence that the wrong man, Gary Thibodeau, has been imprisoned for 20 years for her kidnapping, according to Federal Public Defender Lisa Peebles.
The failure to find Allen's remains in the cabin would mean Thibodeau's lawyers will have a tougher time winning his freedom.
A witness, Tonya Priest, told sheriff's investigators 17 months ago that a friend, James Steen, confessed to her that he helped two other men kill Allen and dispose of Allen's body in the floorboards of a cabin in woods near Rice Road. Sheriff Reuel Todd said his investigators searched the woods by air and ground but were unable to locate a cabin. The sheriff's office concluded last year that Priest's allegation was unfounded and she was not reliable.
Todd said he remained convinced that Gary Thibodeau, who was convicted in 1995 of kidnapping Allen, was guilty of that crime.
"There's no cabin," Todd said in a June 25 interview with Syracuse.com. "Never has been a cabin."
However, an investigator with the Federal Public Defenders Office and Syracuse.com reporter John O'Brien found two cabins in those woods where Priest said Steen told her he had hidden Allen's body.
When the investigator and O'Brien located the second cabin on Sunday, it appeared as if someone else had recently been there and ripped up all of the floorboards.
On Wednesday, the Federal Public Defenders Office filed a suit to overturn Thibodeau's conviction, citing Steen's alleged confession to Priest and other evidence.
Steen was convicted in 2010 of two unrelated murders, the slaying of his estranged wife and her boyfriend.
According to Priest, Steen told her that he and two other men, Roger Breckenridge and Michael Bohrer, kidnapped Allen, beat her to death in a garage on Rice Road and hid her body in the cabin across the street.
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TV host-actress Ruffa Gutierrez revealed in an exclusive interview with The Buzz on February 26 that her marriage to Turkish businessman Yilmaz Bektas was annulled on Friday, February 24, ABS-CBNNews.com reports. "Officially, I am single, and it's a long overdue process," she is quoted as saying. "Kumbaga four years na ako nag-file, ngayon lang natapos. (I filed for annulment four years ago, and it only ended now.) Talagang my reaction is I'm very relieved. "
Their marriage was declared "null and void" because of Yilmaz's "psychological incapacity." Ruffa experienced domestic abuse at the hands of ex-husband Yilmaz; she is now Avon's ambassador for their Speak Out Against Domestic Violence campaign. "The real reason I left him [is] because all the time, he hits me, he abuses me, he tortures me," she said in a 2007 interview on Startalk.
She was granted sole custody of their two daughters, Lorin and Venice. She shared that she had already divulged the news of the annulment to both of them. "We had a heart-to-heart talk," she told The Buzz. I just said, 'Lorin, Venice, the government said Mommy and Baba's marriage is over.' In-explain ko na lang sa kanila in a way that a seven- and an eight-year-old can understand."
She added that she was glad the case was finally over. "For me, I'm closing a chapter in my life. I'm putting that in the past. Now I have a chance to be happy again."
Despite being officially single, though, Ruffa stood by her previous statement that she was not ready to enter into another relationship. "Please stay away from me. Ayaw ko muna. (I don't want to [get into a relationship] yet.)"
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Saturday: Great Lakes Loons (Brandon Martinez, 1-7, 4.58) at South Bend Silver Hawks (Blake Perry, 6-4, 4.54), 7:05 p.m.
Sunday: Great Lakes Loons (Scott Barlow, 5-5, 4.50) at South Bend Silver Hawks (Markus Solboch, 2-2, 3.73), 2:05 p.m.
Rare win: The Loons knocked off the South Bend Silver Hawks for only the third time in 14 meetings, scoring five runs in the final two innings Friday to earn a 5-2 win at South Bend. The win ends a two-game losing streak and improves the Loons' record to 23-24 in the second half.
Rally: Down 2-0 in the eighth inning, the Loons scored two runs to tie the game thanks to two South Bend errors. Brandon Trinkwon reached base on an error, with Malcolm Holland following with a single. Paul Hoenecke was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Joey Curletta grounded into a force out at home for the second out. But another South Bend error on Josmar Cordero's hit to third base scored Holland and Hoenecke with the tying runs.
Winning runs: With the game tied at 2-2 in the top of the ninth, Delvis Morales singled and moved to second on a ground out by Trinkwon. Holland doubled to drive in Morales with the winning run. Jesmuel Valentin followed with a two-run homer, his sixth of the season, to add two insurance runs.
Hitters: Holland had four hits, scored two runs and stole his team-leading 40th base of the season. Valentin had two hits and two RBIs.
Starter: Greg Harris started, giving up four hits, one earned run and one walk in five innings. He struck out three.
Relief: The Loons' relievers continued to dominate teams, with Matt Campbell throwing two shutout innings, striking out three. Victor Araujo improved to 5-1 with two shutout innings. Araujo also struck out three.
Road trip: The Loons are 3-2 on their seven-game road trip with two games remaining at South Bend. After an off day Monday, the Loons return to Dow Diamond for a six-game homestand against Bowling Green and West Michigan.
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The City of Corner Brook will get $12.6 million in provincial funding under the Multi Year Capital Works Program.
Mayor Charles Pender announced the amount during Monday night's public council meeting.
The money is part of the $200 million provincial investment in municipal infrastructure for the next three years — 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 — allocated in the recent 2014 provincial budget.
Projects covered under the program are funded on a cost sharing ratio of 70/30 provincial/municipal. With the city's contribution the total amount available comes to $18 million.
Following the meeting Pender said he was pleased with the amount allotted to the city.
"Obviously, we have a staggering amount of infrastructure that needs work and the federal government has announced the Building Canada fund as well, so we'll certainly be applying for some funding under that."
He said the city's intention is to look at the projects that qualify and get them in for whatever funding is available with roads being number one. But the mayor said the problem with roads is there are two issues.
"There's the paving of the roads which is easier done than the other part which is the infrastructure underneath the roads," Pender said.
He noted the city has a "fairly significant" amount of money put aside for paving and along with it has extra money it intends to put there as well.
"But our fear is that we put all that money into paving and it doesn't last," he said.
Pender said a water break on a road that's just been paved means you have to dig it all up again.
"It's a never-ending story, but I guess it's maintenance and it's work that's got to get done," the mayor said.
Pender said there are some roads that were capped two or three years ago that have deteriorated and others that have not had work done in years. He said the city will try to balance it all out as it makes decisions on what work will be carried out.
The city now has to confirm which projects it would like to have funded with the province, and has until March 31, 2018 to complete the work.


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Architects offer vision for 20,000-square-foot Fairwood Library
King County Library System staff and Schacht Aslani Architects introduced community members to their vision for the expansion of Fairwood Library, at a forum Thursday night.
Attendees got to view the architectural team's concepts for what it hopes will be a more functional space that is adaptable over the long term. The plan is to expand the 15,000-square-foot library, built in the 1980s, to 20,000 square feet. Construction is anticipated to begin in early spring 2013.
Schacht Aslani Architects is in the schematic design phase of the process, putting the ideas they have collected and researched to actual renderings and plans.
A key aspect of their design features include an automated book drop operation in the space of the current large meeting room at the entrance of the library.
That meeting room would be incorporated elsewhere in the library and used as a multi-functional space.
The design also features sustainable aspects, additional windows, new landscaping, new roofing, a new entry plaza, expanded children's area, dedicated study rooms, increased window areas and an improved teen area. A good-sized crowd filled half the meeting room for the presentation Thursday night. Reactions from those in attendance to the concepts presented were mostly positive, with some mixed reviews on the areas designated for certain functions like the teen area versus the computer area. A point raised by an audience member noted the noise level generated from the teen area would disrupt the computer area in one of the designs.Another person pointed out that locating the children's section to a far corner would create noise as children passed through the rest of the library to get there. Some joked repeatedly that the architects should locate the kids' sections outside and across the street, which drew laughs from the adult crowd.
Angelina Benedetti, KCLS staff, thought these comments were humorous but reflective of Fairwood Library's unique situation.
She used the library as a teenager and currently experiences it as the library cluster manager.
"It's true then and it's true now that one of the biggest uses of this library is by students," Benedetti said.
She described the weeknights in Fairwood Library as "a mob scene of kids."Fairwood is one of the busiest tutoring libraries for KCLS' Study Zone Program. The library is also one of the busiest in the system. "We need the space," said Benedetti. "You know it was funny when they were talking about, you know, put the kids outside. Well, they need a place to come and this is where they come."
Library user Kelly Luebstorf took issue with the amount of space dedicated to programming areas in the presented designs. He thought the architects did a "fairly decent" study of the current library, but there is room for changes.
He directed questions at Bill Ptacek, KCLS director, and later said, "I feel that we might be losing sight of what a library is for is to have circulation available to the public here."
Luebstorf was somewhat satisfied but put off by Ptacek's explanation that a lot of books are no longer in print and not as much space is needed for actual books.
Ptacek explained the growing trend of e-Books and the effects they have on the library's physical book collection.
"We're pretty confident that the array of space allocation that we have should work pretty well," Ptacek said.
Luebstorf was still uncomfortable with the explanation after the meeting.
"But, there are also people like me who - I use technology, but I like to sit down with a book every now and then," he said. "And just open up a book and explore reading. I think that's what libraries are for is to explore reading."
J.C. Letourneau, architectural team member, thought the forum definitely produced some good suggestions. He said he heard "things that we've thought about and somethings that KCLS has also thought about, but when you hear it spoken as a priority, then it gains traction. We incorporate those into our design."
Letourneau felt the current building's distinct design made it particularly challenging to approach with an expansion.
"So, trying to open that up and make it really an open space that's adaptable and flexible over time for the programming of the library, I think is probably the biggest challenge," he said.
The feedback that was given was exactly what Benedetti expected from the community.
"So as staff we knew that there were going to be representatives from the community because everybody is so connected to this library," she said. "They really care passionately about it. It's a fixture of this community and has been for the last 25 years. It's so busy because of that."
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Greg Oden was with the Trail Blazers nearly five years, though knee injuries kept him off the court for all but 82 NBA games from the time the Blazers drafted him No. 1 overall in June 2007 until they waived him in March 2012.
As Oden, now the starting center for the Miami Heat, prepares to face his former team for the first time on Monday, here's a look back at his years in Portland:
Blazers pick Greg Oden
Jason Quick, June 28, 2007
Oden is not only the Blazers' choice, he also is the choice of the fans. In a poll on the team's Web site, fans picked Oden over Durant by about a 2-to-1 ratio. A statewide survey conducted by Davis, Hibbitts & Midghall Inc. also found fans preferred Oden.
He will join Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge, two of the NBA's top rookies last season, as the new faces of the franchise.
A new life ... few changes
Joe Freeman, Aug. 5, 2007
The 19-year-old is the newest face of the NBA, a No. 1 draft pick and can't-miss talent who is supposed to lift the once-proud Blazers franchise back among the NBA's elite. But for Oden, this summer is as much about learning to live with those expectations as it is about honing his game.
Oden has signed a multimillion-dollar contract with the Trail Blazers and endorsement deals with Nike, Topps trading card company and a video game manufacturer. He suddenly lives in a tax bracket most — including himself — cannot fathom.
But, despite the newfound fortune and a Hollywood-like lifestyle that has whisked him from awards shows to photo shoots to autograph-signing sessions, Oden seems to be the humble and down-to-earth teenager he was before the Blazers made him their franchise centerpiece.
He still lives with his mother in the Indianapolis apartment he grew up in and he still works out at his high school gymnasium. Until last week, his primary transportation was his mother's Ford Taurus. And, yes, he even dines at places such as Cheeseburger in Paradise.
"He hasn't changed at all," said Josh McRoberts, a high school friend and new Blazers teammate. "He's a guy who doesn't fake it. He's the same guy to everyone. Sometimes I have to look out for him because he truly doesn't understand that everyone knows who he is and that he's a big deal. He's an honest guy and he's one of the best people I know. He hasn't let all the attention and money get to his head."
From shock to sorrow
Jason Quick, Sept. 14, 2007
On Thursday morning, the Trail Blazers assembled for an emergency meeting at the team's practice facility. With his voice cracking, coach Nate McMillan delivered the news that would eventually send shock waves throughout Portland and the professional basketball world:
Greg Oden will not play this season after team doctor Don Roberts performed microfracture surgery Thursday morning on the highly touted center's right knee. Microfracture surgery, which consists of making tiny fractures in the bone around the knee to stimulate cartilage growth, is the most serious and risky of knee surgeries, and typically takes six months to one year from which to recover.
It was a stunning and deflating development for a team that had been riding a swell of positive momentum that crested in May when the Blazers defied huge odds to win the NBA's draft lottery. Oden, who is considered the type of franchise-changing center that comes along once every decade, was widely viewed as the right pick at No. 1, a player who would change the Blazers from a developing team into a contender.
Now, considering the mixed results of players who have had microfracture surgery, the Blazers are left wondering if Oden will ever return to his promising form, while also struggling to wonder if this franchise is snakebit.
Blazers overcome 'weird' injuries for thrilling win
Jason Quick, Dec. 5, 2009
It was hard for anyone to muster much intensity after Oden crumpled to the floor after defending a Brooks layup with 7:45 remaining in the first quarter.
Replays showed Oden never touched Brooks; it appeared he suffered the injury while leaping. He immediately clutched the knee and yelled, sending veteran Houston trainer Keith Jones scrambling to his aid.
"I heard him yell," Jones said. "When I got there, his knee looked irregular."
Oden remained on the court for more than seven minutes before he was wheeled off in a stretcher. The injury is to his left knee, which was chipped in February when he collided with Golden State's Corey Maggette. Before his rookie season, Oden had microfracture on his right knee.
Oden had been the Blazers' best and most consistent player in the early season. He prepares for surgery next week with averages of 11.1 points and 8.5 rebounds in 24 minutes a game. He entered Saturday ranked second in the NBA in blocks (2.3) and fourth in field goal percentage (.605).
Greg Oden's mind appears to be mending quicker than his knee
Jason Quick, Sept. 27, 2010
If you were looking to hear some encouraging news on Greg Oden's health Monday, you were out of luck.
Oden's left knee, which snapped during a Dec. 5 game last season, still hasn't healed enough for him to start practice today. Oden said he would not be ready to play in the Oct. 26 season opener.
And since nobody wearing a Blazers logo will say it, let's call it what it is: Oden is behind schedule and his situation is a disappointment.
But when the television cameras and notepads had swooshed off to the other Blazers soap opera – disgruntled Rudy Fernandez – Oden made an important revelation:
He no longer drinks alcohol. No longer goes to clubs. No longer partakes in late-night fast food.
And those three facts might be the biggest news that came out of Monday's media day.
"It's not a big deal," Oden said. "It's just something I wanted to do. It just kept going through my head that I have to change something."
Now, let's be clear. Nobody on the Blazers was willing to say that Oden's affection for the night life had become a concern. Nobody.
And Oden insists, neither his partying nor drinking were ever out of control.
"My first year (2007) was probably my worst," Oden said of his drinking. "But after that, I definitely cut back. I never thought that I had a problem or anything. I actually stopped last season."
But also understand that there were enough late-night escapades that they turned up in the "intel" reports gathered by new general manager Rich Cho. And there were enough rumors of partying floating around that team leader Brandon Roy admitted some fans would ask him what was up with Oden being out on the town all the time.
Greg Oden's third season-ending injury leaves the player 'devastated' and Blazers franchise numb
Jason Quick, Nov. 17, 2010
Since that June day when fans danced and chanted Oden's name after the pick, there have been only sprinkles of dominant play amid downpours of discouraging health issues.
Friday's microfracture procedure in Colorado will be the third season-ending surgery Oden has experienced in his four years in Portland. In September of 2007, before he had even played an NBA game, Oden had microfracture on his right knee.
"It's just really sad," coach Nate McMillan said Wednesday night at a hastily called press conference at the Rose Garden. "Shocking news to hear."
Oden, 22, was trying to come back from a broken left patella suffered in a game last December. Jensen said this injury is not related to the broken left patella.
Trail Blazers injury woes: How the Jail Blazers became the Frail Blazers
Jason Quick, Jan. 1, 2011
Brandon Roy and Greg Oden, the two players who were supposed to play the biggest roles in helping the Blazers win another NBA championship, have broken down to injury so dramatically that the team and its fan base appear stunned and listing.
But the team's fall should not come as a total surprise to the Blazers' top decision-makers. With Roy, and to a degree with Oden, owner Paul Allen and his front office executives had information and medical advice suggesting the pillars of the foundation could crumble, as has happened this season.
Oden, the No. 1 pick in the 2007 NBA Draft, has had three season-ending knee surgeries in four years. He will have played in 82 of a possible 328 games after this season.
Roy, who in the summer of 2009 signed a five-year, $82 million contract, has missed 10 games this season and is sidelined "indefinitely" because of soreness in both of his knees.
"We took some risks, but we also just had some bad luck," said Larry Miller, the team's president since June of 2007. "That happens in sports."
Drafting and acquiring players in professional sports carry inherent risks. Teams often gamble on a player's talent, character or health. The Blazers in the last decade have taken significant risks in all three categories.
Trail Blazers' Greg Oden suffers another setback, less likely to play this season
Jason Quick, Dec. 9, 2011
It was determined that Oden has an issue with a non-weight bearing ligament. Oden has no symptoms and doesn't feel restricted, but the doctors are concerned with the fragility of the ligament.
"Following Greg's most recent physical examination and evaluation, we've determined that he has suffered a setback," team president Larry Miller said in a statement. "We're hopeful, but less confident that he will return to the court this season. We've stood by Greg from the day he was drafted and we continue to do so now with this agreement."
Canzano: Face it, Greg Oden is done as a Trail Blazer
John Canzano, Feb. 3, 2012
Oden's legacy in Portland ends up a pair of crutches. His most memorable moment was a naked photograph. As a figure, he amounted to a "faux-hawk" haircut wrapped in bandages, sandwiched around 82 hopeful games and lots of frustration. And for that, I'm with the Blazers fans who want nothing more than to wish Oden well, and then, forget him.
There's nothing left to see here. No trade to be made. No chance to re-sign Oden. No hope. No potential. No shot.
Greg Oden's fifth knee surgery may be final scene in Blazers nightmare
Jason Quick, Feb. 20, 2012
Summer was turning into fall in 2007 when Greg Oden did what he had done a million other times in his life.
He got up out of a chair.
Only this time, his life would never be the same.
It was a wonderful time back then. Three months earlier, he was the No. 1 overall pick by the Trail Blazers in the NBA draft, a 7-foot, 270-pound giant who would team with two other young hotshots named Brandon Roy and LaMarcus Aldridge to resurrect the state's only professional sports franchise.
Fans stormed the Rose Garden court in celebration of his selection. Days later, Pioneer Courthouse Square was overflowing with fans, who chanted the 19-year-old's name.
Portland dreamed.
But when Oden got out of that chair, he felt a sharp pain in his right knee. That's when the dream stopped, and a nightmare began.
The final scene of that nightmare might have played out Monday when Oden underwent his fifth knee surgery, ending his season before it started for the third time in his five seasons in Portland.
Oden by the numbers: From $20.8 million to 3 micro fracture surgeries
Feb. 20, 2012
20,800,000: Dollars paid by the Blazers
26,908: Dollars per point
82: NBA games played in since being selected with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2007 draft
61: Games played in the 2008-09 season
21: Games played in the 2009-10 season
9.4: Career scoring average (773 career)
7.3: Career rebounding average (602 career)
3: Microfracture surgeries (2 on left knee, 1 on right)
0: Games played in the 2007-08, 2010-11 and 2011-12 seasons
The Greg Oden era ends; Trail Blazers will waive oft-injured center
Joe Freeman, March 15, 2012
The manner in which Oden will leave the Blazers — being waived in March as the organization blows everything up — is hardly the vision Blazers fans imagined when they stormed the Rose Garden arena floor after the team drafted Oden No. 1 overall in 2007.
But five knee surgeries and just 82 games later, fans also might consider it a fitting exit.
Oden was supposed to be a once-in-a-generation center who could lead a team to multiple NBA championships.
Instead, he averaged 9.4 points and 7.3 rebounds in 82 career games with the Blazers, who paid him more than $20 million over five seasons. He last saw the team on Tuesday, when the Blazers played at the Indiana Pacers.
Oden is recuperating from his fifth knee surgery in Indiana, his home state.
Nate McMillan offers thoughts on decision to draft Greg Oden
Joe Freeman, Dec. 2, 2013
So, McMillan. In hindsight, you'd pick Durant, right?
"Well, people say that," McMillan said. "And (Durant) is a great player. But do Durant and Brandon Roy get you (to an NBA championship)? Greg was what we needed. And Greg, LaMarcus (Aldridge) and Brandon, you kind of feel like that should get you there. So I just think we were in position to do something special. And the plan was working. We were lucky to make it happen and we were winning games. Things were working and then … you can't … an organization is not going to be able to overcome two key guys getting hurt.
"You take Kobe (Bryant) and (Pau) Gasol off the Lakers, you take Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook off the Thunder, they're not going to be able to survive those losses."


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Red light cameras do the job
No one has the right to endanger the physical and emotional well being of our families, friends and the children of Auburn families.
No one has the right to run a red light and cause a neck, back or other seriously lifelong injuries.
Talk about expensive. How about co-pays for chiropractic/physical therapies, pain medications for years, car insurance co-pays and heights after the accident, time lost from work and school, getting a new car and legal fees, plus the longterm toll of post-traumatic stress?
"It's working," Assistant Police Chief Bob Karnofski affirms after reviewing the data from third quarters of 2008-2011 for red light camera enforcement.
Mayor Pete Lewis agrees. The percentage of red-light violations dropped as follows:
• Auburn Way South and 4th, southbound, down 24.9 percent; northbound, down 40.2 percent
• M Street and Auburn Way South, westbound, down 40.5 percent; northbound, down 56.5 percent
• 8th and Harvey: down 71.9 percent
• Dick Scobee, down 64.6 percent
• Chinook, down 63.9 percent
• Mt. Baker, down 72.3 percent
Cameras are fair. They don't care if you are 17 years old, brown-skinned male in a red sports car, or a 40-year-old white female in a "mom's van." Notice how many cars speed up after passing a car pulled over by a motorcycle traffic cop? Officers catch very few violators, compared to the near 100 percent the camera's computers catch 24/7.
Education is expensive. For those who need to be retaught about high speed in school zones and the golden rule in busy intercessions, it can pay for that education with a small fine. Consider it tuition. Research shows that Auburn puts the money right back into our roads. I would rather see those acting dangerously pay for our streets more than higher taxes for the rest of us.
Which school would you like to have the camera's taken down at? It is a stupid question because it is proven that photosafe cameras are making the streets to our homes, places of business and schools safer. No one has the right to endanger the well being of our families and children.
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DETROIT – The Detroit Red Wings have two more days to make a trade before Monday's deadline.
They already made one move this week, acquiring defenseman Kyle Quincey in a three-team deal with the Colorado Avalanche and Tampa Bay Lightning.
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In a recent poll, 1,363 readers voted and the majority said the Red Wings' biggest need before the trading deadline is a scorer.
There were 572 who thought the Red Wings should trade for a scorer, 359 said a defenseman was the No. 1 need, 307 believed a grinding forward should be the target, and 106 felt the Red Wings don't need to make any moves.
Less than 20 thought Detroit should go after another goalie to backup Jimmy Howard.
Here's what some readers were saying:
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Syracuse, NY - A Manlius teenager accused of sexually assaulting two younger girls was sentenced today to two years in state prison.
Anthony J. Mussi, 17, of 4621 Brookhill Drive South, had been facing charges of first-degree rape in two incidents. But he was allowed to plead guilty in December to a lesser charge of first-degree sexual abuse in one case to satisfy all the charges.
In pleading guilty, he admitted subjecting a 14-year-old girl to sexual contact by force on May 28, 2008.
After Mussi was arrested in that incident, a 15-year-old girl came forward to accuse him of raping her on April 12, 2008.
Assistant District Attorney Cindi Newtown said the plea deal allowed the prosecution to avoid having the victims be forced to testify at trial. It also allowed the prosecution to block Mussi from getting youthful offender treatment which would have removed the felony conviction from his permanent record and sealed the case file.
Without youthful offender treatment, Mussi will be required to register as a convicted sexual offender for the rest of his life, Newtown said.
According to Newtown, both victims knew Mussi and both incidents had begun with some consentual activity between Mussi and the girl. But in each incident, the girl said no to continuing and Mussi forced sexual contact to continue, the prosecutor said.
Defense lawyer James McGraw said Mussi was a "brilliant student" and a "very good athlete" who should be able to put his life together after serving his prison term.
County Judge Josesph Fahey told Mussi he faces a very long life if he doesn't learn what is appropriate and inappropiate in terms of his interaction with woman.
Mussi's sentencing had been postponed to today to allow him to complete school at a private boarding school in Massachusetts.


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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- An off-duty New York City firefighter was arrested for allegedly selling and possessing oxycodone behind a New Springville bookstore early Saturday evening, according to police.
Christopher Lynaugh, 40, was arrested in the rear of 2245 Richmond Ave., the address of Barnes & Noble in New Springville, and charged with criminal sale of a controlled substance, a felony, and criminal possession of a controlled substance, felony and misdemeanor charges, according to police.
The Fire Department press office has yet to respond to questions about Lynaugh's work history and current employment status. But according to city records and Advance archives, a Christopher Lynaugh works at Engine 157 in Port Richmond.