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Rock vocalist Mom (Julianne Moore) remarries a kindly but clueless bartender (Alexander Skarsgard) but spends most of her time on tour, while Dad (Steve Coogan) is even more absent, leaving Maisie in the care of her former nanny and brand-new stepmother (Joanna Vanderham). The stark contrast between Maisie's pathologically self-absorbed birth parents and her younger, blonder, kinder stepparents makes it clear where we're headed, but getting there requires absorbing scene after scene of painfully dysfunctional child-rearing by folks who don't even seem to have a serious drug problem to use as an excuse.
Directors David Seigel and Scott McGehee ("Suture," "The Deep End") have transported Henry James' 1897 novel from Victorian London to modern-day New York City, but his scathing indictment of the self-absorbed rich still dominates. Despite a sensitive, mature performance from Onata Aprile as Maisie, the girl remains withdrawn and opaque throughout. In telling this sad story from her perspective, it never quite plugs in to what Maisie felt.
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The good news? Thanksgiving will not be interrupted by eleventh-hour negotiations by the "super committee" to strike a deal to cut the burgeoning deficit. After months of work, the 11 men and one woman called it quits today. Their statement said "it will not be possible to make any bipartisan agreement." No mention of the word on everyone's tongues: failure.
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Happy Wednesday, North Portland. I'm finishing up a few stories today. While I type type type, check out the news from your neighborhood.
A joint committee voted Monday night in favor of the Columbia River Crossing, sending the controversial $3.4 billion bridge proposal to the Legislature, reports Richard Read.
The Eliot Neighborhood Association will consider following the Humboldt Neighborhood Association in passing a resolution to oppose retaining school names that honor former slave owners.
Author Brian Doyle and Rev. Charles Gordon, C.S.C., tonight will explore the braided spiritual journeys of defiant hope and faith in Doyle's novel Mink River and in the works of other spiritual writers including Annie Dillard, David James Duncan, Marilynne Robinson and Ron Hansen. The free, open-to-the-public talk is at 7 p.m., in the Pilot House bookstore.
The St. Johns Review reports that longtime business owner Don Lee passed way over the weekend. A sign on Don Lee Motors reports he was born in 1924.
Today is the last day to see the "Freedom Fighters" exhibit at the University of Portland. A group of freshman students from Roosevelt High School have created a museum-quality traveling exhibit and publication featuring the stories of 16 locals who have taken part in historic social justice movements. The free exhibit will be on display in the foyer of Franz Hall. Fourteen University of Portland students in Rich Christen's social studies methods course assisted 90 Roosevelt students in a freshman humanities course as they interviewed local community leaders who have taken a stand for social justice, working to advance the civil rights of various races, cultures, and religions. The resulting exhibit has been traveling alongside a national Frederick Douglass exhibit throughout Portland and Multnomah County during the month of February 2013.
Cathedral Park Preschool has an open house Thursday, 6 p.m. at 7119 N Portsmouth.
Thursday night, Radar Restaurant on North Mississippi Avenue will celebrate the release of the "Mississippi Ave. In a Box" illustrated playing cards set. Artist Aaron Voronoff Trotter designed the deck. The party runs 6 - 8 p.m.
Ailison Furlotti, benefactor to North Portland's Falcon Arts Community, made Portland Monthly's "Perfect Party" list this month.


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It was announced last month that the Giants would be doing a reality series for Showtime along the lines of "Hard Knocks" that follows them through out the season. There is just one problem the players have not given their blessing to the show which could muck things up.
Real GM is reporting that there will be a vote by the players at a team meeting today.
Giants general manager Brian Sabean said that players will review plans for a potential television series about the team during a meeting Friday, since their approval is necessary.I have expressed my worry about this a few times so this makes me wonder if the players share that same concern. I guess we will see how this all plays out.
"They have to reframe or reiterate the plan and see if it's accepted by the group," Sabean said on Thursday.
Sabean acknowledged that "consternation" about the program arose when the venture was publicly announced last month by Showtime and MLB Productions.
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A year ago, the Minot High School football team - like most schools in the state - had no trouble handling the Dickinson High Midgets.
The Magicians defeated Dickinson 50-7, the third of five consecutive losses that ended a 2-7 campaign.
Dickinson is competitive again. The Midgets (3-3 overall, 2-2 West Region) enter tonight's game against Minot (5-1, 2-1) in the thick of the playoff race. Dickinson currently holds a half-game lead over Mandan for the fourth and final postseason spot in the region. DHS lost to Bismarck Century by just seven points earlier this season after dropping a 34-0 decision last season.
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Tim Chapman/MDN • Minot High School sophomore linebacker Alex Mack and junior defensive back Josh Pizzo corner a Mandan ballcarrier during the Magicians' win on Sept. 14.
Minot enters the game fresh off its first loss of the season, a 24-21 defeat at Century on Saturday.
"They are a much better team than what we saw last year," MHS coach Barry Holmen said. "Watching film, they took Century and Bismarck (a 49-6 loss) in terms of physical play up front for much of those two contests. They lost by a touchdown to Century, so this is a quality opponent that we're seeing this week. I wish we had that extra day to prepare for them because we have some real concerns."
Each team struggled offensively for long stretches in its last game. Against Williston, the Midgets scored 16 points in the second quarter but didn't score the rest of the game and escaped with a 16-6 win.
The Magicians didn't find the end zone until the second half at Century and never found much offensive success until the final two drives.
"We kinda seemed to turn it on in the last couple minutes there when we needed to," senior wide receiver Brandon Van Dusen said. "We just need to make sure we come out with that intensity instead of waiting 'til the fourth quarter when we need to score points. We need to come out right away and score points."
When Dennis Morris became Dickinson's coach in 2010, he scrapped the offensive scheme and brought in a run-heavy hybrid wing-T.
The Midgets expect to rely on junior running back Michael Cherwinski for much of their offense. For Cherwinski to have success against Minot's linebackers and all-senior defensive line, Morris said the offensive line must stay focused.
"It doesn't matter who the kids are or if they know what we're running," Morris said. "We've got to get the job done either way. Minot's d-line and linebackers are a great crew. It's a really great test for us. We've got to be alignment and assignment-sharp."
Defensively, Dickinson will put eight men in the box as part of its 4-4 defensive scheme. Morris said the key to getting a victory may come with stopping MHS junior quarterback Alex Yanosko both on the ground and through the air.
A Dickinson win likely guarantees the Midgets a berth in the state playoffs. Mandan has three games left, two of them coming against undefeated Bismarck High and the current No. 2 seeded Century. Even if Dickinson loses, they'll at least have a winner-gets-in regular season finale against Mandan on Oct. 17.
"Playoffs are a prize for people that don't have playoff experience," Morris said. "That's why we work as hard as we do."
Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. Mountain time.


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(WBNG Binghamton) The winter storm had local cities and towns putting all their equipment on the roads.
Plows in both the Town and City of Binghamton had been on the roads non-stop for more than 12 hours.
Binghamton Mayor Rich David said his public works department had been waiting for the snow all night.
"We have all 20 of our public works vehicles, have been deployed, which is the entire fleet for snow removal," David said.
The first job is to clear the main thruways and then target the smaller back roads.
Town of Binghamton supervisor Tim Whitesell said it helps them clear the roads more quickly if people obey alternate side parking rules and be smart when shoveling.
"We actually request our residents when they're cleaning out their driveways, put the snow to the right of their driveway," Whitesell said. "Putting it to the left and the snow plows come through, it's just going to end up back in their driveway."
The plows will stay on the roads until the snow has stopped, and the roads are clear.


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Marijuana dispensaries stay on hold
Port Orchard's city council on Tuesday adopted an emergency moratorium on applications for building and land-use permits for marijuana businesses and dispensaries in the city.
"This is to maintain the status quo while we look at alternatives," said Greg Jacoby, the city's attorney. "This gives you options as we see what develops in Olympia and elsewhere."
While use of marijuana for medical purposes is legal in Washington, state laws about the legality of facilities from which it would be distributed have been interpreted differently by different cities.
"It says that, if you are going to have a dispensary, you can provide marijuana to one person at a time," said Jacoby at a work-study session on Feb. 15.
Different municipalities have interpreted the phrase "one person at a time" to mean different things.
But state lawmakers are considering a law to legalize the dispensaries under certain conditions.
"The Senate bill would create a licensing system for people that produce process and dispense marijuana," said Jacoby. "It would allow dispensaries, but they would have to be nonprofit, and there would be a whole registration process with the Department of Health.
"It seems to have support from officials in both Seattle and Tacoma," he said. "I have no idea if it's likely to pass."
The moratorium would buy a little extra time for Port Orchard's city council to decide how to handle the issue, assuming the bill passes in Olympia.
"If Olympia passes a bill to legalize medical marijuana dispensaries," Jacoby said, "we would like to have addressed some zoning issues."
That way, the council can ensure dispensaries are "not next door to a school or city hall, but in an area that's appropriate," Jacoby said.
"Other cities are definitely watching how we will handle this," said Port Orchard Police Chief Alan Townsend.
Mari Meds, a marijuana dispensary in Belfair, has been operating for about three months.
Robert Wood and Lori Kent, who have worked together to run the dispensary, spoke to the city council at the Feb. 15 work-study session, and said they're providing a community service.
"I believe something like this would be good in Port Orchard," Wood said. "We can prove that it's not the stigma, it's the alternative.
"We're compassionate," he said. "We don't want people to hurt."
Kent, a former substance abuse counselor, agreed.
"It's not just a smoking party with a big fat joint and a bong anymore," she said.
John Clauson, on Feb. 22, urged the City of Port Orchard's staff to research the issue during the moratorium.
"I don't want to be six months down the road and then say, 'Oh gee, we need to do something with this zoning ordinance,'" he said.
But the city's staff has already started looking at how other cities have handled the issue, said James Weaver, Port Orchard's development director.
"Staff's already researching what's happening in other communities throughout Washington state," he said. "We're looking for examples to use as a basis."
"If we have a proposal," he said, "we'll discuss it in work-study and bring it before the council as with all of our zoning changes."
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Lemoyne Borough raised sewer rates in July, which went into effect this year with the January meter reading. The bills now are coming due, and some customers' bills have skyrocketed.
"We have a leak somewhere," said Shayne Edmunds, co-owner and founder of Neato Burrito, referring to his thoughts after seeing the first bill with the new rates for his Lemoyne restaurant.
Not a leak. The sewer bill for one month of usage at the Lemoyne restaurant was $655. That's up from roughly $120 to $250 a month before the new rates went into effect. The monthly sewer rates at Edmunds' Neato Burrito restaurants in other municipalities are around $100 or less, he said.
Edmunds said there's not much the company can do to reduce the size of the Lemoyne bill.
"Our water demand is our water demand," he said.
Edmunds isn't the only one in Lemoyne with sewer rate sticker shock. Residential and commercial customers saw their rates increase with January's usage, but the increases on the commercial side, in some cases, can be staggering.
The sewer bill for Quality Cleaners in Lemoyne went up from about $600 per month to around $1,800. The increase will be felt by the family-run dry cleaner, which has been in business for more than 50 years, co-owner Ed Sternberg said.
Lemoyne's rate increase will fund sewer plant operating costs and the loan costs associated with sewer system upgrades at the Lemoyne Sewer Authority that are required by the Chesapeake Bay initiative. The borough needs about $3 million a year to cover the debt service and the day-to-day operation of the plant, which will be funded by sewer customers.
Lemoyne's new sewer rate structure includes a monthly minimum plus a possible consumption charge, depending upon water usage:
- Residential customers now pay a $65 monthly minimum plus $0.008 per gallon for water consumption over 2,100 gallons.
- Commercial customers pay an $80 monthly minimum plus $0.025 per gallon for water consumption over 2,100 gallons.
The monthly minimum covers fixed costs at the plant, such as salaries, most utilities and loan costs; the variable usage rate funds variable costs such as chemicals, some electricity costs and sludge removal, according to Lemoyne Borough Manager Robert Ihlein.
It's a rate structure with which some business owners in Lemoyne take issue. Bob Kessler Jr., president of Kessler's Foods in Lemoyne, is one of those people.
Water is used in the manufacturing of the company's products. Water that goes into the building does not necessarily go out in sewer flow, but Lemoyne sewer customers pay a variable rate based on water consumption, not on sewer use.
"Why should I pay for something I'm not using?" Kessler said.
Sternberg, who sees some of the water coming into his shop going up in steam from his equipment, has the same question. Sternberg and Kessler suggested metering sewer usage, instead of basing rates on water consumption.
Kessler said that he preferred not to share his sewer costs, but he said the rate increase is being passed on to customers in the form of higher prices for his company's products.
But, not all Lemoyne business owners were affected by January's rate increase. Some business owners' utility costs are included in their lease rates, according to Rebecca Yearick, who is with the Cumberland County Housing and Redevelopment Authorities and Lemoyne's downtown services coordinator.
But for tenants of the West Shore Farmers Market, an inclusive lease might just delay possible increases in operating costs, resulting from Lemoyne's rate increase.
Greg Katshir, owner of the West Shore Farmers Market, said for the time being the market will have to cover the higher sewer costs, which caused the market's sewer bill to go up "double and a half."
But, as leases of the market's tenants expire, the sewer increase will be passed on to them in higher leasing costs, Katshir said.
Rick Jordan, CEO of Smith Land & Improvement Corporation, the parent company of L B Smith Ford Lincoln and the West Shore Plaza in Lemoyne, said his firm anticipated rising sewer costs and plan to do a "better job on our utilization of water."
None of the business owners interviewed said their companies were in danger of closing as a result of higher sewer bills; even with the increased costs of doing business in the borough, Jordan and Edmunds said they are happy with their Lemoyne locations.
But, as Katshir said, "It hurts our bottom line."


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PATERSON — A Passaic County street gang member whose murder conviction was overturned last year has been resentenced after agreeing to a plea deal with Passaic County prosecutors.
Jashawn Snowden of Paterson was serving a 45-year state prison term when an appellate court tossed the conviction last May. The panel found the trial judge erred in allowing a prosecution witness to testify after the witness refused to be sworn in.
The case was remanded for retrial, but the 26-year-old Snowden accepted a plea bargain last month. He pleaded guilty to aggravated manslaughter in return for the 18-year sentence imposed on Monday.
Prosecutors say Snowden shot a man who he felt had disrespected him. The victim was shot in the chest at point-blank range at his own birthday party.


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So...I have been thinking as we are fighting nursing again...Haylee gets crabby when she is hungry. The only times she gets crabby are when she is hungry or tired (most of the time...on a few occasions now she wakeds up cranky and has a bad day, but in general...). So, some days she will get fussy, and acts hungry. I know that we are supposed to offer to nurse before offerring solids, but sometimes it is extremely difficult to get her to nurse...she acts like she doesn't even want to nurse. But, I put her down and then try again in a few minutes. Sometimes its just a battle to get to the point of a letdown and then once the milk comes she will eat, verociously until full, and then go off to play again. I know if I gave her solids to eat, she would eat those, because she could continue to interact/play/look around.
My question is...should I still be "forcing" her to eat bm? What about in a few months, when she is closer to age 1? Is she going to nurse much past that during the day? I really want to nurse until 2 but I wonder if that is my goal and if I really let her wean at this point, she might just end up weaning on her own sometime in the near future. I have been thinking about this a lot lately! What does everyone think?


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– Afro Blue – Robert Glasper, Erykah Badu
– Slowly Surely – Jill Scott
– Keep Tryin' – Groove Theory
– Temptation – Destiny's Child
– Diary – Alicia Keys, Tony! Toni! Toné, Jermaine Paul
– Say Yes – Floetry
– With You – Marsha Amrbosius
– I n I – Amel Larrieux
– Ascension (Don't Ever Wonder) – Maxwell
– Halfcrazy – Musiq
– Makeda – Les Nubians
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Grooves With Feeling
if you had to listen to one song forever what would it be?:
It'd probably be For Real by Amel Larrieux.
ideal setting to hear your show?:
Late night/musing/alone or with one or two other people
what are some other theories you like?:
Not sure if I'm misinterpreting this question but I've been really into early 1970s house music (Warehouse Club in Chicago, Frankie Knuckles-era, etc) and how it made house into its own form of dance
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"The idea of the Internet in the car has evolved," he says. "The Internet is just the transfer layer for the next generation of applications."
Those applications include fleet operations and involve accessing the GPS system and the powertrain data and learning the whereabouts of a vehicle or the speed at which it is traveling. Business owners who want to know employee driving habits -- hard braking or sudden acceleration, for example -- can track them. Or if parents want to know whether young family members are doing 75mph on the local expressway, they can find out through their desktop computer applications.
Recently, Autonet announced that it is teaming with Option Wireless Technology to build a mobile IP-based telematics control unit for cars. The two companies hope to leverage the need for such CAN-based applications and are "aiming to become the app store for the car industry."
"People are accustomed to using their phones and going to the app store to download software that they can add to their phones," Pratz says. "Ultimately, we see the automobile evolving in the same way."
In September, Nokia announced Nokia Car Mode, a standalone application with a user interface that simplifies access to voice-guided car navigation, traffic updates, music, and voice calls through the MirrorLink standard. Similarly, Alpine Electronics has rolled out an aftermarket in-car infotainment system, called Alpine ICS-X8 App Link Station, also based on MirrorLink.
Clearly, the evolution is understood by automakers. In October, Cadillac unveiled an in-vehicle infotainment hub called CUE that allows users to operate entertainment and information controls with the taps, flicks, swipes, pinches, and other movements that have become familiar to users of smartphones and tablet computers. The bottom line, say Cadillac engineers, is that CUE lets drivers connect to their smartphones in ways they couldn't previously. "What the smartphone did for the cellphone, CUE is going to do for the infotainment space," says Micky Bly, engineering executive director for General Motors.
"We feel like the best applications and the best engineers are developing for IP," says Pratz. "So why not harness that power and let those people build their applications? That's where the future is."
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A new "Jane Eyre," the drama "The Grace Card" and the romantic comedy "Something Borrowed" are all among new movies landing today (Aug. 16) on DVD. Here's a quick rundown of each, along with a listing of other new releases:
Jane Eyre
3 stars, out of 4
Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender star in this latest, faithful adaptation of the classic Charlotte Bronte novel.
It's a story that's been translated for the big screen and the small screen multiple times. But with arresting and well-conceived visuals, director Cary Joji Fukunaga sets a moody and eerie stage for Wasikowska, and she delivers with a fantastic performance that sets this retelling apart.
(Read my full "Jane Eyre" review.)
DVD extras: Making-of featurettes, deleted scenes, director's commentary. Feature running time: 1 hour 55 minutes.
The Grace Card
1.5 stars, out of 4
David G. Evans directs a ministry movie that gets points for its big heart and its good intentions. But this is a story -- about a police officer who loses his faith when his toddler son is killed in a traffic accident -- that is dragged down by amateurish performances and a general "Afterschool Special" vibe.
(Read my full "Grace Card" review.)
DVD extras: Making-of featurette, deleted scenes, outtakes, music video. Feature running time: 1 hour 41 minutes.
Something Borrowed
1.5 stars, out of 4
Kate Hudson and Ginnifer Goodwin star in a fluffy romantic comedy -- based on the book by Emily Giffen -- about a woman who falls in love with her lifelong best friend's fiancé. There are snatches of charm to be found (mostly compliments of John Kraskinski), but nearly every other character comes off as insufferable.
(Read my full "Something Borrowed" review. Or you can watch the "Something Borrowed" trailer here.)
DVD extras: Featurettes, gag reel, additional scenes. Feature running time: 1 hour 53 minutes.
Star ratings are taken from staff and wire reviews that appeared in The Times-Picayune, and are on a four-star scale. They do not apply to bonus DVD content. (NR = not reviewed). For full reviews of rated movies, see The Times-Picayune's A-to-Z movie review archive.
Today (Aug. 16)
- The Bang Bang Club (NR)
- The Best and the Brightest (NR)
- Breath (NR)
- The Conspirator (2.5 stars)
- Cul-de-sac -- The Criterion Collection (NR)
- Dexter: Season 5 (NR)
- Gone (NR)
- The Gruffalo (2.5 stars)
- Hannah's Gold (NR)
- Hoodwinked Too: Hood vs. Evil (¨)
- Horatio Hornblower: The Further Adventures (NR)
- The Killing -- The Criterion Collection (NR)
- Lavell Crawford: Can a Brother Get Some Love? (NR)
- Priest (NR)
- Marley & Me: The Puppy Years (NR)
- MST3K: Red Zone Cuba (NR)
- MST3K: The Unearthly (NR)
- Outcasts: Season 1 (NR)
- Spin City: Season 5 (NR)
- That's What I Am (NR)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 9 (NR)
- Voltron: The Legend Begins (NR)
- The Ward (1.5 stars)
Aug. 23
- The Beaver (3 stars)
- The Bleeding House (NR)
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Just like the Eisenhower's boys team, Commodore Perry stands in the way of Eisenhower's girls team moving on to the District 10 Class A semifinals.
With only two teams from the D-10 Class A girls field advancing to the PIAA playoffs, the Lady Knights must win their first two playoff games to secure a spot in the PIAA playoffs for the first time since the 2008-09 season.
The Knights, once a fixture in the District 10 and PIAA playoffs, are making their first playoff appearance under head coach Mike Logue and first after a two-year absence.
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Eisenhower has shown marked improvement this season as a roster with plenty of sophomores and juniors have began to grow up. In 2011-12, the Lady Knights finished with an underwhelming record of 5-16. This season, they doubled their win total and finished the regular season with 10 wins.
"I think there was more of a willingness among all the girls to get involved in the offense this season," said Logue. "Last year, some of the players were afraid to shoot the ball at time. Over the past two years we've tried to push the ball and play at a faster tempo that we had in years past and I think that having another year under their belts really added to the girls' confidence."
Eisenhower is led in scoring by sophomore point guard Kristen Williams. Despite missing several games with injury and illness, Williams - and her dangerous three-point ability - led the Knights with 163 points (9.6 ppg).
Sophomore Holly Chapman and senior Alyssa Peterson give the Knights a nice one-two punch under the basket, controlling the boards and entering the playoffs as the Knights second and third scoring options. Chapman finished the year with 149 points (6.8 ppg) and Peterson added 142 points (6.5 ppg). A fourth Eisenhower scoring option with over 100 points is junior Brooke Stanton.
Opposing the Knights will be a team coming off a similar regular season in the Commodore Perry Panthers. In fact, the Panthers enter Saturday's game with the exact same record of 10-12.
Commodore Perry and Eisenhower didn't meet this season, but the Panthers did play the Knights' biggest rival in Youngsville. Commodore Perry knocked off Youngsville, 38-29, January 30 in Hadley.
"I was able to watch Commodore Perry play AC Valley (for which his daughter plays) during a Christmas tournament this year," said Logue. "They play a 2-3 zone and press from time to time, but they don't run a whole lot. They are capable of scoring and have a couple of girls who can put the ball in the hoop. They finished in a four-way tie for second-place in Region 1 with Farrell, Reynolds and Rocky Grove so we know they competed well in a very balanced region."
Leading the Panthers in scoring this season is 5'5 senior guard Kate Powell. Powell played in 20 of the team's 22 games and compiled 214 points during her time on the court - an average of 10.7 ppg. Other scoring options for the Panthers are 5'4 senior guard Alexis Grinnell and 5'7 junior forward Emily Kitchen. Grinnell enters the game with 210 points and a 9.5 ppg scoring average while Kitchen scored 154 points - an average of seven points a game.
The winner of Saturday's quarterfinal will play D-10 favorite and top seed Kennedy Catholic in the D-10 semifinals next week. Cochranton and Reynolds and Farrell and Rocky Grove play in the other two quarterfinals on Saturday with the winners facing off in the second semifinal next week. The top three finishers in the tournament qualify for the PIAA Tournament.
Class A
February 23, 2013
At Oil City High School
Cochranton (14-8) vs. Reynolds (7-15), 1 p.m.
Commodore Perry (10-12) vs. Eisenhower (10-12), 4 p.m.
At Kennedy Catholic High School
Farrell (11-11) vs. Rocky Grove (10-12), noon
Date TBA
Kennedy Catholic vs. Commodore Perry-Eisenhower winner
Cochranton-Reynolds winner vs. Farrell-Rocky Grove winner
Date TBA
Semifinal winner vs. Semifinal winner
Date TBA
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Dordt College has broken into the top ten, according to U.S. News and World Report�s 2005 ranking of �America�s Best Colleges.�
Dordt College officials have been notified the college is ranked number eight this year in a listing of 108 Midwest Comprehensive Colleges. That�s another move up the list, up ten from a ranking of number eighteen in 2003, and from thirteen on last year�s listing.
�We�re extremely excited about this recognition,� said Dr. Carl Zylstra in response to the report. �The rankings validate what we have been doing here as a Christian college and prove to prospective students and their parents that this college is worth their attention and consideration.� Zylstra added that the U.S. News rankings are important because they are based on careful analysis of up to fifteen indicators of academic excellence, including academic reputation, retention of students, faculty resources, student selectivity and financial resources.
Dordt College has consistently ranked high in the U.S. News listings, being noted in one or more categories for twelve years running. The upward movement toward the top of the list indicates continued progress on the part of Dordt College in enhancing the academic experience of students by lowering average class sizes, ensuring that first year students acclimate well to a college environment, and maintaining a student/faculty ratio of fifteen to one. Other factors that can be attributed to Dordt College�s high ranking include the fact that the college continues to be viewed favorably by its peer institutions and has an alumni giving rate that is at least eight percent higher than any other Midwest comprehensive college.
The ranking places Dordt College in the top tier among four tiers listed in the report. The Comprehensive Colleges category, of which Dordt College is a part, includes institutions that focus on undergraduate education and offer a range of degree programs in both the liberal arts and in professional fields such as business, nursing and education.


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Kicking 3,660 Gay Troops Out Of The Military Cost America $193.3 Million
Though the military has virtually always had a blanket ban on gays serving, it was in 1993 that they were "allowed" to join the armed forces, so long as they kept quiet about it. Now, an idea of how much that cost, in dollars and cents: $193.3 million in the six years between 2003 and 2009, according to the Government Accountability Office, tasked with creating expense models for Congress. That's how much taxpayers put forth to replace some 3,660 troops, at an average cost of $52,800. Of course the actual dollar amount is much higher when you consider the many more thousands of discharged gays from before 2003. So when you next see any of the Republican lawmakers who are trying to keep DADT alive a little bit longer by requiring all four military branch chiefs to certify its repeal, call them the ultimate of conservative slurs: overspenders.
This is not the first GAO report on the costs of DADT, but it's bound to be just as wrong. After the GAO's 2005 report on such costs, a "blue ribbon panel" including former Secretary of Defense William Perry, former Assistant Secretary of Defense Law…rence Korb, and Palm Center Director Aaron Belkin, did a study of the study and found that the GAO had underestimated the costs between 1994 and 2003 by AT LEAST NINETY-ONE PERCENT.
Based on the panel's estimates at the time of, again, AT LEAST $40 million a year, over 17 years it would come to at least $688 million. And, of course, that doesn't take into account the cost of discharging over 100,000 gays over the 50+ years BEFORE DADT.
I hope we'll see another "reality check" on this newest report. Until then, no one should read the current GAO report without comparing it to the methodology of the panel's 2006 report available online at:
Thus far, I've identified at least one major flaw—that 3664 does not include discharges from the Coast Guard, and only some discharges from some years from the Reserves and National Guard. Servicemembers United discovered last year that the numbers typically released by the Pentagon each year didn't include Coast Guard and Reserve/National Guard discharges. While they weren't able to uncover total Reserve/NG numbers, they found 21 more discharges in 2008 JUST from the Coast Guard. Were such indefensible undercounting applied to last year, Dan Choi would "statistically" still be IN the Army National Guard.


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12/16 Cubs announce coaching staff
Bench coach Jamie Quirk, pitching coach Chris Bosio and former Cardinals first base coach Dave McKay will join Cubs manager Dale Sveum's coaching staff, the team announced Friday. Quirk, Bosio and McKay will join hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo, third base coach Pat Listach and bullpen coach Lester Strode, who are holdovers from Mike Quade's staff. Quade was dismissed after a 71-91 season, and Sveum was named the Cubs' 52nd manager on Nov. 18.
Mike Borzello and Franklin Font also will serve as Major League staff assistants. Borzello will work with the catchers and be involved in advanced scouting while Font, who was the Cubs' Minor League infield coordinator, will assist Jaramillo.
Bosio, 48, begins his third stint as a big league pitching coach, previously coaching in the Majors for the Rays in 2003 and the Brewers in 2009. He became the Brewers advance scout following the 2009 season and remained in that role until being named pitching coach for Triple-A Nashville in 201.
Quirk, 57, joins the Cubs with 18 years of Major League coaching experience with three organizations, including 12 seasons as a big league bench coach with the Royals (1996-2001) and Rockies (2003-08). The former big league catcher played for eight teams during his 18-year Major League career (1975-92) and was a member of the 1985 World Champion Royals. Overall, Quirk batted .240 with 43 home runs and 247 RBI in 984 big league games.
McKay, 61, joins the Cubs after spending the last 16 seasons as the Cardinals' first base coach. The 2012 season will be McKay's 27th season as a big league coach. He has been a member of three World Champion staffs: 1989 in Oakland as well as 2006 and 2011 in St. Louis.
Jaramillo, 61, enters his third season with the Cubs, and 18th straight at the Major League level as a hitting coach. Listach, 44, was Quade's bench coach last season, while Strode, 53, enters his 24th season in the Cubs organization and sixth at the Major League level on the coaching staff.
Borzello, 41, joins the Cubs with 16 years of experience with Major League clubs. He spent the last four seasons with the Dodgers as their bullpen catcher, a stint that followed 12 years in the Yankees organization starting in 1996.
Font, 34, returns for his 18th season in the Cubs organization, his first at the Major League level. He spent the last three years as the Cubs Minor League infield coordinator.
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12/3 Cubs coaching staff
The Cubs will formally announce manager Dale Sveum's coaching staff next week. So far, Chris Bosio and Jamie Quirk have gotten a head start on the announcements. Quirk will be Sveum's bench coach while Bosio told his hometown newspaper in Appleton, Wis., on Friday that he will take over as the Cubs pitching coach, replacing Mark Riggins. Hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo will return and bullpen coach Lester Strode also was expected back. Pat Listach, who was the Cubs bench coach, was expected back but in a different role. Sveum is reportedly waiting for Craig Counsell to decide if he is retiring as a player. If so, Counsell could join the Cubs staff, and would be the fifth former Brewer on staff. Jaramillo and Strode are the only ones to not play for Milwaukee.
— Carrie Muskat
11/23 Sveum talks to Bosio re: joining Cubs
The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports the Cubs asked permission last week to talk to Chris Bosio about joining the team as the pitching coach. New Cubs manager Dale Sveum and Bosio were teammates on the Brewers from 1986-91, and both coaches on the 2009 staff. Bosio was an advance scout for the Brewers last year and named the Triple-A pitching coach in September. Sveum is interviewing people for his staff, and has told hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo he'd return. The 2012 season will be the last of Jaramillo's three-year deal.
— Carrie Muskat


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In exceptionally important Twitter news, this came in yesterday via press release: "In case you missed it, Lupe Fiasco quit Twitter today, handing over his account to rising singer Nikki Jean."
Does this mean Twitter is full? It's a one in, one out policy now? Stupid Internet fire marshal.
Musicfest NW has released its schedule.
Pickathon has released its schedule.
Prepare to fight yourself over the choices. Keep it clean. No biting.
Rachel Taylor Brown's new record, "World So Sweet," is an impressive work. And it'd be hard to find a funnier song than "How to Make a World Class Gymnast." Her release show is July 29 at Mississippi Studios. She's streaming the record now, and you can even buy, too. (Hint, hint.)
The website for "Wildwood," the debut album from Decemberist Colin Meloy and his wife, illustrator Carson Ellis is live.
Don't be that guy.
Nice new feature from Casey Jarman over at Willamette Week. He goes in-depth on a single song -- with the help of the writer. Up first: David Bazan and "Strange Negotiations."
While we're heaping praise on colleagues at other publications, it was from the Mercury that we learned Typhoon is going to be playing David Letterman. Also, Portland Music vs. Seattle Music? Allow Ezra Ace Caraeff to retort.
Shabazz Palaces will be at Musicfest NW. They've already visited Daytrotter.
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GRAND RAPIDS – A pair of young men suspected in three armed robberies of burger joints via drive-thru windows were arraigned today.
Keith Jamar Payton, 20, and Roman Terrance Barajas-Brazil, 21, are charged with the 3:30 a.m. Friday armed robbery of the McDonald's at 417 Michigan Street NE and the similar incident July 28 at the Burger King, 750 S. Division Ave.
Police allege the robbers, armed with handguns, climbed through the window on Michigan Street to gain access and then took cash. They used the doors on South Division.
The same method was used in a similar robbery of the Wyoming Burger King at 600 28th Street SW.
Police said doors to the McDonald's were locked for the overnight hours when the two men climbed through the open-all-night, drive-through window.
Once inside, they obtained cash. No employees were hurt but a woman was threatened with a fire arm, police say.
At the same time, a patron was trying to order food and noticed suspicious activity. The person saw two people fleeing the store and gave police a description of their vehicle.
About 10 minutes later, police stopped the vehicle at Burton Street SW and Towner Avenue and arrested the men without incident. Police say they found two handguns in the vehicle.
In the Wyoming Burger King robbery, two men allegedly climbed through the window shortly after the store closed. Witnesses said one suspect was wearing a skeleton mask.
The two have not been charged in the Wyoming case yet.
The pair are held on $1 million bond in the Kent County jail pending an Aug. 26 probable cause hearing in Grand Rapids.
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That's the only way to describe the testimony before the Jurupa Unified School District board last week about special-education students digging through trash for recyclables as part of so-called "functional skills" training.
Parents and students choked back tears as they described the humiliation and embarrassment the children felt sorting trash in view of their schoolmates.
District officials have suspended the program and hired a consultant to sort through what went wrong.
But the damage is done.
The school district continues to feel the sting of TV news coverage of the blunder.
When I spoke to Superintendent Elliott Duchon on Tuesday, he continued to defend the program.
Special education students aren't singled out to sort recyclables on campus, he told me. Football players, student service clubs and others also collect recyclables to raise funds for equipment, field trips and the like, he said.
Other districts use the same approach to functional-skills training, he said.
And the students are given protective gear such as gloves, aprons and grabbers to lift bottles and cans.
That's not the point.
Having special-ed students sort trash has a different implication than allowing athletes and high-achieving students to do it.
That message came through loud and clear in the comments from a student, a former student and several parents at the Aug. 18 meeting.
As one parent scolded, "The message you're sending is, you're training them to be homeless."
School board President Sheryl Schmidt gets that.
Although other districts also use recycling to teach special-ed students how to handle money, she told me Wednesday, collecting recyclables today is looked on less as an environmental good than as something homeless people do, as "dirty and dishonorable."
Patriot High School graduate Arianna Lizarraga sobbed as she told the school board how she felt when a teacher made her pick up trash in front of other students, as she described it.
"I have been humiliated enough by everybody at that school," she said, weeping.
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by Jeff Miller of Artisan Family of Wines (Seven Artisans, Sly Dog Cellars, Red Côte)
One of the posts that I routinely read for authoring my Good Reads Wednesday blog is the Two Dogs, A Flamingo And A Bottle Of Wine blog. I don't often include it because it's mostly wine reviews of wines that I'm not familiar with. But one of this week's posts on that blog, even though it's a wine I've never tried, struck me as raising a number of issues that highlight why reviewing wines is so difficult and arbitrary. The wine was Sempre Vive 1998 Cabernet Sauvignon.
The first comment that struck me was this one: "Despite being described as having "dark flavors" the first day the wine was harsh and sharp, even with an hour in a decanter."
It is unfortunate that this comment reflects so much of wine marketing and more specifically how a marketer chooses to describe a wine. Sometimes I think that the description of the wine was made by somebody who had never tasted. Or, maybe more realistically, someone who had tasted it but really didn't care what it tasted like. So what we get are descriptions of the wine that are most likely to drive sales, damn whether they are remotely close to describing the wine.
"Dark flavors" is a descriptor that will go along way towards selling a bottle of wine. The fact that the wine really lacks those flavors, well, who cares? Well, the consumer cares. But from the marketers point of view, better to sell the wine and have the consumer disappointed than not sell the wine at all.
The second comment that caught my attention was this one: "That said the wine improved greatly by the time a small steak came off the grill." What this really points out is that wine is a moving target. Suppose you have a wine that improves with half an hour of the aeration? That's not an uncommon or bizarre thing to happen by any means. So if the wine taster tastes it shortly after opening the bottle, the review is negative.
But if that wine is a little bit further down in the flight, and has been exposed to air longer, the review is positive. Same wine, different review.
Of course, I think many reviewers routinely allow their wines to air a bit before evaluating them. But what does this do for the wine that starts out great, and rapidly declines? That in fact is common with many older wines that lose their perfumed fragrances quickly with exposure to air.
Be that as it may, I don't think many wine reviewers give their wines 24 hours exposure to air. But that, at least as far as this particular wine was concerned, made all the difference: "The next evening the remains of the steak were sliced and served at room temperature with some mustard and a flavored mayonnaise, sliced fresh tomatoes with olive oil and salt and toasted, rustic bread. I poured the second half of the wine into the decanter and then into the glass. The color was still light but the twenty four hours with some air exposure really helped this wine. The cherry flavors seemed to marry better with the reduced sense of tannin and acid. There was more depth to the wine and the finish was smoother and longer. In short - it took that long for this wine to come together."
One final thing I took away from this review: this wine was a 1998. So it was 15 years old. It is quite possible that this wine, tasted maybe eight years ago, would have been much closer to the "dark flavors" that the winery used to describe this one. I have my doubts that this is really the case, but it's hard to know with any certainty.
So you have a descriptor which is clearly inaccurate. Does this mean that it was always inaccurate? Or does it mean that it was accurate at one point in time but no longer?
Putting aside the issue of the "dark flavors" descriptor, was this a good wine or not? Shortly after being opened, it was not. An hour later, it was better. A day later it was much better still. So was this a good wine or not? I guess there is simply no clear, easy, answer to that question.


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Rihanna is reportedly dating NBA bad boy J.R. Smith, the New York Daily News reports. The singer and the New York Knicks guard have been quietly seeing each other for several weeks, the tabloid reports.
They reportedly partied together in South Beach on Sunday, three days after Smith was arrested in Miami Beach on an outstanding bench warrant for driving a motor scooter without a valid license. (The same officer who arrested him last year spotted him in South Beach last week and apparently knew of the bench warrant.) According to the New York Times, his license was still suspended as a result of the 2007 crash in Millstone Township that killed his passenger. Smith, a Freehold native, also served 24 days in a jail for the crash.
Rihanna has previously dated another professional athlete, Matt Kemp of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and another notorious bad boy, Chris Brown, from whom she split (eventually) after he beat her up in 2009.


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We are just a few days away from the opening of the 2010 Syracuse University Football Season at Akron on Saturday. Kickoff is 6 p.m.
Doug Marrone is set to enter his 2nd season as the head coach of Syracuse.
Doug joined me "On the Block" on The Score 1260 to preview the upcoming season.
Marrone updates where his biggest goal of training camp is with his team right now, his confidence level in Ryan Nassib, details an interesting assignment he gave to the team over the weekend, and much more.
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KossakOrganic (F1) Kohlrabi Seed
Product ID: 237G
Giant kohlrabi for storage.
Kossack will reach a diameter of up to 8", and the interior will still be sweet, delicious, and tender. Will keep in cold storage for several months. For best quality and storage, harvest when round and about 8" diameter, before it begins to elongate. Kossack can be stored for up to 4 months. Organically grown. Avg. 6,000 seeds/oz. Packet: 100 seeds.
Quick Facts
Latin Name: Brassica oleracea (gongylodes group)
Days to Maturity or Bloom: 80
Plant Cycle: (A)
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Growing Information
CULTURE: Kohlrabi prefers mild or cool weather. It is grown throughout the season in the North, and during fall and winter in the South. Sow 15 seeds/ft., 1/4- 1/2" deep, in rows 12-18" apart. Thin fresh market varieties to 4" between plants. Thin storage varieties such as 'Kossak' to 10" between plants. For earliest crops start in flats or plug trays and transplant. Fertile, well-irrigated soil promotes rapid growth which makes for a sweeter flavored crop. Harvest when roots are about 2-3" diameter; 8" diameter for storage varieties.
DAYS TO MATURITY: From direct seeding; subtract about 14 days if transplanting.
DISEASE: We only stock seed lots that have been tested free of black rot in a sample of 30,000 seeds. For seed lots received after August 2015, individual seed lots have been tested free of black leg in a sample of 1,000 seeds.
AVG. DIRECT SEEDING RATE: 250 seeds/16', 1,000 seeds/66', 436M/acre at 15 seeds/ft with rows 18" apart.
TRANSPLANTS: Avg. 4,500 plants/oz., 800 plants/1,000 seeds.
SIZED SEEDS: Standard except where noted.
SEED SPECS: SEEDS/OZ.: Avg. 6,200.
PACKET: 100 seeds, sows 8'.