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By Sarwat S. Ahmad Correspondent February 25, 2013 1:02PM
Updated: April 13, 2013 6:02AM
For the first time in 12 years, Morris will have a contested mayoral race with three parties vying for the position.
Since unseating Mayor Bob Feeney in 2001, Mayor Richard Kopczick has run unopposed but will now have two opponents on the April 9 election — Morris Alderman Drew Muffler, who is a Republican, and newcomer John Brooks, who is running as an independent.
Brooks, a Kentucky native who has lived in Morris since 1998, said that his more than 20 years of service with the country's armed forces in various capacities has more than prepared him for the challenges of running a city.
"There were military leaders (like Eisenhower) who used to get into politics but now they are gone," Brooks said. "They were good facilitators, they did the right thing for the people."
Military veterans have experience with budgets and civil affairs, having helped to re-establish governments, schools and agriculture in countries around the world, Brooks said.
"Military people know leadership and honor, and are goal-oriented with a focus on 'mission accomplishment.' And they are realistic with their goals," he said.
Brooks feels that a middle voice is missing across the national political scene with the two major parties "being polarized."
Locally, Brooks, who said he is a fiscal conservative, believes that Morris "has lost its priorities. We are overlooking the basics. We are overspending on priorities and on things that don't match the people's needs."
Brooks said he wants to see the city decrease its legal and engineering fees, and that he will focus on bringing manufacturing jobs to Morris.
Muffler, a lifetime Morris resident, has been on the city council as an alderman for the 3rd Ward since 2009. He has been a firefighter with the Morris Fire Department for seven years.
"We need to get back to priorities," Muffler said. "We need to take action that reflects our town. I want Morris to be the community people want it to be and not overreach."
Muffler believes that the city has been spending its funds unnecessarily on things such as the new municipal services building, the swimming pool improvements and the band shell.
The city's efforts should instead have been on using tax increment funding for "core needs" such as job growth and police protection, Muffler said.
"We are down four cops, and have just now hired two," he said. "This should have been done years ago."
If elected Muffler said he also wants to "empower" the city council by making sure that aldermen have a more active part in the process of drafting ordinances, which he feels he has seen less of in his years on the council. "I don't want the aldermen to be just 'yes' or 'no' men."
Another priority for Muffler is to clean up the dilapidated paper mill property in his ward.
Kopczick points to the recent upgrade of the city's $5.4 million general obligation waterworks and sewerage refunding bonds by Moody's — to an Aa2 bond from the A+ rating in 2006 — as an indication that the city has been moving in the right direction. The city reissued the bonds last year because of the lower interest rates and saved $347,000 in loan interest, he said.
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"If our priority was to overreach then we would have had 2100 more roofs in Morris," he says. "But Morris said 'no'."
Bringing in industry and creating manufacturing jobs has been a focus, Kopczick said, but this cannot happen without updating the city's infrastructure to accommodate the growth.
On the issue of empowering the aldermen, Kopczick said that all aldermen sit on three committees and have minutes from all other committees. They also have the opportunity to come in and see him to discussing pending action whenever they have time.


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Members of the Otis school community, including Superintendent Mike Warren, staff members, and a student, nominated Barkey without her knowledge, which led to considerable surprise for Barkey when she was contacted by the Demont Award interview committee for an interview.
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The Truth About Wind
Kudos on your attempt in your March issue at a balanced package of articles about wind energy. One important factor left out on both sides of the discussion is cost. Wind is free, but the power it generates is not (the same can be said of solar). Without heavy government subsidies neither is a viable business, which is the dirty little secret rate payers in Ontario, the UK, and elsewhere are all too rudely discovering about wind. Finding clean and sustainable sources of energy is a lofty and necessary goal, as well as sensible regardless of the debate about CO2. We cannot lose sight, however, that the users who bear the financial burdens must be heavily factored into the equation, or in the end it is all for naught.
—Richard B. Lyman
Pound Ridge, New York
Overall, Joshua F. Moore's "Everything You've Wanted to Know About Wind Power" article did a good job answering many questions. However, I'd like to see him back up his claims with data from unbiased scientists and economists. For example, as he stated, wind turbines' production capacity is much lower than its rated capacity. Thirty percent is a generous number. The state-funded turbine at UMaine-Presque Isle has been in service for almost two years, and its production levels are approximately 12 percent. UMaine-Orono's Jim LaBrecque studied Mount Abram High School's turbine and determined that it would take more than six hundred years for it to pay for itself.
Since wind is intermittent, unreliable, and not able to be stored, it can never supply our base-load power. It is always and only an unnecessary add-on. When the wind blows, its electricity is added to the grid, and so a traditionally fired plant must be ramped back down, producing power at a less efficient level (and polluting more than it would if it ran at peak performance levels) as it waits for the inevitable moment when the wind doesn't blow.
In regards to setbacks, newer studies are showing that homes within two miles of a turbine development suffer losses in value of 25 percent to 40 percent, with some homes being deemed a complete loss.
Thank you, Down East, for giving this important topic so much space in your magazine. Industrial wind will be, I believe, one of the top stories of 2011.
— Karen Pease
Lexington Township, Maine
Thank you for addressing the important topic of wind power in your March issue. In reference to your "Editor's Note," Camden and Rockport have separately begun the drafting process for wind ordinances to protect the health, safety, and welfare of their citizens. Ordinances are written to spell out legally the details for consideration by all parties, and they do not promote, nor prohibit, wind development. Fifteen Maine towns have already enacted, or are in the process of enacting, protective wind ordinances.
The respective planning board and ordinance-writing committees are working with their code enforcement officers to educate themselves on important issues including noise, property values, setback limits, flicker, and impacts on nature. Interested citizens are also encouraged to participate by attending their town's meetings.
Separate provisions may be included to address small backyard or farm turbines (up to a hundred kilowatts), medium turbines (hundred kilowatts – 1.5 megawatts), and the large turbines (1.5 megawatts and larger). The dates for public hearings will be announced later in local newspapers.
The Camden and Rockport select boards must also review and cast their vote to, or not to, support their town's planning board wind ordinance draft/changes or additions. Only then will the ordinance appear on each town's ballot for voter approval. If accepted by the majority of voters, that wind ordinance will represent each town.
—Dorie Klein
Friends of Ragged Mountain
Camden, Maine
Thanks for printing both sides of the wind-power issue. Maine is the Alaska of the East Coast with the same issues: one side surrounded by the ocean and two sides by Canada, leaving only the south as an entrance to the U.S. Because of that, the tourism industry is the largest in Maine, with ten billion dollars income and 179,000 jobs reported in 2009. We will lose many of the jobs and much of the income with the destruction of the mountaintops to accommodate 350 miles of wind towers across the state. But why, when we can buy power from Canada when we need it without the loss of our most profitable industry, or else use offshore, out of sight power generation when it is ready?
—Nancy D. Gray
Freeport, Maine
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I got my March issue of Down East and was taken in by the picture of franks and beans on the cover. I am an alum of the University of Maine and remember Saturday night supper in the dining hall being franks and beans! As I looked through the issue, the pictures and descriptions of the comfort food were more and more enticing.
—Ruth Major
Pocono Pines, Pennsylvania
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I enjoyed reading your March story "An Education in Green Living," which highlighted sustainability practices at many Maine colleges and universities. Let me add to that story on behalf of Bates College.
For a commitment to sustainability to have arguably its greatest result, it should become part of an institution's long-term facilities planning and everyday operations. In addition to its newly built, environmentally friendly building, the dining program at Bates has made many strides toward not only reducing its environmental impact, but also supporting the larger community. One action taken to promote environmentally responsible food service is purchasing 28 percent of its food from locally grown and organic sources, with a goal to increase that percentage to 35. The dining program also recycles or composts 82 percent of its solid waste, keeping it out of the local landfill. The process is so effective that there is no dumpster needed at our Dining Commons.
—Julie Rosenbach
Bates College Environmental Coordinator
Lewiston, Maine
Where in Maine?
The mystery picture in your March issue was a comforting one for me: it is my hometown of Patten. In the photo I can see two of my relatives' homes as well as the Methodist church, where my own parents were married. When I went to school in Patten in the eighties, there were twenty-eight kids in my class; now Patten kids are bused to nearby Stacyville because there would only be approximately five in each grade. Like so many other towns in Northern Maine, Patten's population continues to dwindle, and pictures like this one, with a full downtown scene, are history.
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It only took 141 years, but researchers report they have finally pinpointed one of the genes that Austrian monk Gregor Mendel manipulated in his pioneering experiments that established the basic laws of genetics--specifically, the gene that controlled the color of his peas' seeds. A team identified the sequence of a gene common to several plant species, which use it to break down a green pigment molecule, and found that it matches Mendel's gene.
This marks the third of the monk's seven genes that researchers have precisely identified, and the first since the late 1990s, before the genome sequencing boom.
"It's extremely gratifying," says plant geneticist Ian Armstead of the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research in Aberystwyth, Wales, lead author of a report on the findings in this week's Science. "Many of the loci that Mendel looked at haven't been characterized biochemically before, and it's just interesting to have discovered one of them."
If you've ever taken a biology class, you may recall seeing a portrait of Mendel next to a picture of pea plants that vary in traits such as their height and the color and shape of their seeds (round or wrinkled; green or yellow). By counting the proportions of these traits in several generations of pea plants, the inquisitive monk concluded that these features must derive from pairs of what we now call genes, which he discovered were randomly divided between offspring.
But researchers had never managed to sequence Mendel's gene for seed color, and the pea genome is too huge to go fishing for it, says co-author Norman Weeden, a pea researcher at Montana State University. Luckily, along came Armstead and his colleagues, who were working to precisely locate the sequence of a gene called staygreen (sgr) in the meadow grass Festuca pratensis, some variants of which remain green in drought and other unfavorable conditions because they are unable to break down a green pigment.
The key forward was the genetic similarity between Festuca and rice, which has had its genome sequenced. The group compared genetic markers specific to the sgr region of the grass's chromosome with the markers on the corresponding portion of the rice genome.
The rice chromosome contained 30 potential genes in that area, including one similar to other pigment-metabolizing proteins. To confirm the gene's function, the researchers turned to another lab plant, the thale cress Arabidopsis thaliana, in which they could deactivate the corresponding gene; they found that the resulting plants stayed green longer.
To find out if the equivalent pea sgr was Mendel's gene, they picked out the location of its sequence from pea plants that varied in their seed color. Sure enough, the pea version of sgr was always found in the same tiny part of the chromosome as the old monk's seed color gene.
"We still don't know exactly how it does what it does," Armstead says, "but now we have the gene and we can begin to study it."
As for the identities of Mendel's other four genes, Weeden says he expects them to be revealed in the next few years as more plant genomes give up their sequences. "I was hoping they'd go a little faster," he says.


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Best media on the market!Pros: Been being Verbatim for over a decade. Barely any clusters, great longevity, strong surface, good burns. Cons: none Other Thoughts: Newegg customer service has been horrible for the past 2 years. It took me 4 months of constantly calling back supervisors who never return calls or take care of issues to get my problems resolved, and they still aren't after all this time and a settlement. I have not received what was promised, and my issue was resolved after almost a half a year. It has become a hassle getting through, every call takes a half hour to get through, then no ONE WANTS TO HELP OUT, IT'S RIDICULOUS. (4 supervisors and not one returned my call as promised, I had to constantly call back). 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? |
Always worked greatPros: Always worked for me. No issues with any DVD players. Cons: Slightly higher cost than El Cheapo brands Other Thoughts: I have had soem issues with other disks, but Verbatim disks seem to be readable by more players and have never had any quality issues. Did you find this review helpful? |
Paper top surfacePros: If you have the correct printer it has a paper top surface (iDon't..lol) Cons: The paper surface possibly. Other Thoughts: I didn't pay attention when ordering that the discs have the printable paper surface, but I have been able to write on it easily, so it's ok. I can use a pen, does'nt have to be a marker. 0 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? |
Weird batchPros: I've had years and years of pure bliss with these discs. Gone through about 5 years without making one coaster. Now? Not so much. Cons: In the last two years, I'm getting coasters with the same burners. Wasn't enough to switch quite yet, but the last cakebox is really disappointing as I'm getting coasters 1:4. Other Thoughts: I'm not sure what's going on. I may have bad luck, but I'm still at a conservative 1:4 after 3 cake boxes of this product and other Verbatim work perfectly as these use to be acting. I use to trust these for years and would print them out before the burn, now I burn and test before printing (cost of ink). Did you find this review helpful? |
Good Discs, Slow ShippingPros: Good price for a 50 pck of the best DVD-Rs around. Cons: I don't have any use for the injet printable feature as I have no printer. So I am left with a ugly plain white disc. Minor complaint though and no fault of the product. 0 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? |
DissapointedPros: Burning is solid. No errors Cons: The printable surface is too soft. When you print on this surface, the ink always feels wet. the image soaks up the oils from your hands and discolors. I've been printing on Verbatim media for years with the same printer and never had this problem before. Either they changed their production methods or this is a bad batch. 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? |
great mediaPros: I have been using this media now for several years in production of my dvd's I do for pageants, weddings, and special events. I have never had a bad burn once and I have used Samsung drives as well as lite-on and sony. Every dvd player that I have used recognizes the media and plays it well. I love the printable surface and so does my epson printers that print directly to the disk. Cons: have not found one yet. Other Thoughts: I hate the stick on labels because the disk hops due to the unbalncing of the disk. Also you could loose a stick on label in your player if the glue is not good and gets hot. I have seen where stick on labels start coming up after usage. Did you find this review helpful? |
Verbatim 4.7GB 16X DVD-RPros: Excellent Verbatim quallity. $.38 a disc and I can print right to the inside of the hub. Cons: None Did you find this review helpful? |


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In this beloved classic, Paul and Judy play peekaboo, smell flowers, look in the mirror, feel Daddy's scratchy face, and, of course, pat the bunny! All eight activities in this timeless favorite will fascinate your little one. First published in 1940, Dorothy Kunhardt's Pat the Bunny has sold over six million copies and is one of the bestselling children's books of all time. Publisher: Golden Books, an imprint of Random House. Genre: children's fiction. Spread count: 9. Published date: 1940. Dimensions: 5.5"H x 4.75"W.
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I bought this book before my daughter was born. It has been the best purchase we have made! My daughter became interested in the book at about 6 months old and ever since then ...Read complete review
I bought this book before my daughter was born. It has been the best purchase we have made! My daughter became interested in the book at about 6 months old and ever since then it has been a must read every night before bed. At 13 months she is a pro now at every task- patting bunny, smelling the flowers, waving bye bye, and all the other great features. I will buy this for every pregnant friend and relative. After 6 months she is still in love with this book.
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Cute but poor quality
Would be perfect as a board book. Binding is cheesy and cheap. Save your money. There are better ones out there.
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By A Kings Mommy
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I remember this book from my childhood. It's a great book. My son is 2 months old & I will be buying this book asap
love it
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Love this book. My kids wore it out from reading it so often. Thick pages that a toddler can easily page through. Very cute story. I have given this book to many new moms.
Love it!
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This was my favorite when I was younger and I'm more than happy to pass the memories of this book to my little girl!
2nd generation favorite
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My daughter went through 3 Pat the Bunny books when she was a child, she loved the book so much. She is now awaiting the birth of her first child..due at Christmas. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to start a 2nd generation on the favorite book in the family.
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Nice book, but I don't understand what's up with the one page where its "Judy's book" and its a little book on the page you open up and read... I didn't think it made alot of sense to put it in there and I thought this part of the book was a bit odd.
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The best baby book!
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Pat The Bunny is a very interactive baby book. It is easy to understand with only a simple sentence on each page. My daughter learned to wave bye-bye from this book at seven months after reading it to her for a couple weeks. She also learned how to sniff the flowers and she would look in the mirror and coo at herself. :) She was in love with Pat the Bunny and we read it over and over to her until about 1 year old. Now she is 15 months and I also read her other books and she still loves Pat The Bunny.
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I had this book growing up and still do, but it's torn from all the years of using it! Now that I'm pregnant with twins, I purchased this book for my little ones! It uses so many senses which are important for development and only hope they love it as much as I did and DO!
Fun little book
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This book is perfect for infants and beyond. This classic is captured in such a sweet little spiral bound book, perfect for little hands.
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This is a great book for babies and toddlers because of the interaction with the textures and shapes that it fosters and the familiar things in the book. My two children loved it and learned so much from it. It is not a book for children to play with, however. It is a book for parents and others to read to the child. I buy it now for baby gifts for everyone I know.
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Joe stopped by at 10 a.m. Thursday to answer your Michigan State football or basketball questions. Check out the replay!
'I have been on two visits to Michigan State,' Perry told SpartanMag.com. 'I was there for the football game against Minnesota and I also was there for the basketball game against North Carolina. I had a good time there.'
With the Jan. 1 game being Michigan State University's first trip to the bowl since 1988, the demand for seats is red-hot and the prices sky-high. The MSU ticket office reported Wednesday evening it had received more than 31,000 requests for tickets from Spartan Fund members, university donors, students and season ticket holders. The university's allotment is 24,000 tickets. Some successful purchasers had the number of the tickets they requested reduced.
If you think getting to California for a reasonable price is hard, wait till you try to find a game ticket.
Michigan State defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi has turned down Connecticut's offer to take over as its head coach, footballscoop.com reported today, citing anonymous sources.
Michigan State senior cornerback Darqueze Dennard will find out Thursday at the College Football Awards in Orlando, Fla. (7 p.m., ESPN) if he wins the Thorpe Award for the nation's best defensive back.
With the regular season in the books, USA TODAY Sports combed through the Football Bowl Subdivision to selection the nation's first-team and second-team All-Americans. The group includes four Heisman Trophy finalists, including Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston.
Muskegon power forward Deyonta Davis verbally committed to Michigan State this afternoon, becoming the first member of the Spartans' 2015 class.
Michigan State announced tonight that it will not have any sale of Rose Bowl tickets from its allotment of 24,000 -- donors and season-ticket holders requested 31,000 tickets, so many of them also will have to look elsewhere.
Kirk Cousins will start for the Washington Redskins on Sunday and Robert Griffin III will be the No. 3 quarterback behind Rex Grossman.
The real long-term concern here is Gary Harris, who was Big Ten Freshman of the Year despite constant shoulder issues last season. He said he wants to play Saturday but also that he won't play until he's confident the ankle won't be a lingering issue. He has a hard cast on his right foot
Yep, it was fun watching the Michigan State Spartans upset the Ohio State Buckeyes and earn a trip to the Rose Bowl.
Despite all the doom and gloom after the Snow Bowl and falling into sort of a tie with the Chicago Bears Danny Tuccitto of ESPN.com puts the Lions' odds of making the playoffs at 67%.
Brandon Ashley scored 15 points, Kaleb Tarczewski added 14, and No. 1 Arizona shook off a slow start to dominate New Mexico State, 74-48, Wednesday night.
East Lansing police posted the photo and a request for information about the man attending the Big Ten Title game, a day after 15 people were arrested and 57 fires were set following MSU's win. The Facebook posting was taken down later Monday. Exactly why is unclear. MLive.com reported late Tuesday that police had identified the man.
Narduzzi was named winner of the Frank Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top assistant, today in Little Rock, Ark. He beat out Auburn offensive coordinator Rhett Lashlee, Florida State defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt, Baylor offensive coordinator Philip Montgomery and Duke offensive coordinator Kurt Roper for the award.
Four Michigan State University students Jacob Robert Gulick, 22, Stephen Joseph Sudek, 22, Izak Edward Gracy, 19, and Maura Jeanne McGlynn, 21 face disorderly conduct charges for remaining within 300 feet of an open fire, according to information released today by the city of East Lansing. Gulick and Sudek were arraigned Monday, Gracy and McGlynn today.
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It turned out perfectly for Percy Snow that Orlando Pace is joining him in the College Football Hall of Fame's 2013 class.
New rules emphasizing calls for hand checking have prompted Izzo to back his team off at times from physical defense, but he said Monday he's done worrying about officiating and won't be 'paranoid' in his approach anymore.
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Michigan State's last Rose Bowl middle linebacker and newest Rose Bowl middle linebacker are together in New York today to be celebrated in different ways.
Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio was named one of eight finalists Monday for the Eddie Robinson Award for national coach of the year, and MSU defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi will find out today whether he wins the Broyles Award as the nation's top assistant.
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It's never too soon to make predictions. Just hours after all college football bowl games were announced, two of three Free Press staff writers like Michigan State and Michigan to win the Rose Bowl and the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, respectively. But who? Check it out.
Police made 15 arrests as a crowd of more than 2,000 took to the streets in East Lansing on Saturday, setting at least 57 fires to celebrate the victory that sends the Spartans to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. on New Year's Day. The crowd at the largest bonfire on River Street near the Cedar Village apartment complex burned couches, mattresses, dumpster fencing and at least one basketball hoop. They tore up bushes and trees to feed the flames.
Michigan State and Stanford players will earn the gift suite, plus a Fossil watch, New Era 59Fifty cap and Ogio backpack from the Rose Bowl, The SportsBusiness Daily revealed today. Michigan and Kansas State players get a gift suite, Fossil watch and Ogio Cube backpack from the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl.
Michigan State sophomore center Matt Costello is out two to three weeks with apparent mononucleosis, and starters Gary Harris (ankle) and Adreian Payne (foot) also could be out when the Spartans play Oakland on Saturday at the Palace of Auburn Hills (4 p.m., ESPN2).
The Spartans are No. 5 in the USA Today Coaches' Poll this week, with the Associated Press Top 25 yet to be released. Meanwhile, Michigan, after losing its third game of the season to Duke, dropped to No. 25.
It's Michigan State vs. Stanford in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1, and it should be a good one as both squads feature solid pro-style offensive attacks and shutdown defenses. Free Press sports writer Joe Rexrode breaks down the bowl matchup.
Behind them, the red was gone, replaced by empty seats. In front of them, a green throng roared in approval as the Michigan State football team bathed in confetti, chomped rose stems and hoisted the Big Ten championship trophy on an elevated stage at Lucas Oil Stadium.
Dantonio and Stanford's David Shaw were among the eight announced today for the national coaching award. The winner will be announced in one week.
The moment that was initially a dream for Mark Dantonio and then a painstaking seven-year process became a reality Sunday night.
Take a look back at the sports figures we lost this year.
A new standard has been set. For years, Mark Dantonio and the Spartans talked about the Rose Bowl. What it meant and what it would take to accomplish the goal. They'd been inches away, but falling just short was the norm.
The 100th edition of the Rose Bowl will feature a fittingly old-school matchup. No. 4 Michigan State (12-1, 9-0 Big Ten) and No. 5 Stanford (11-2, 8-2 Pac-12) enjoy blocking, tackling and the use of fullbacks. It'll be a physical Spartans offense against a physical Cardinal defense, and vice versa.
I only bumped the Big Ten champs up to No. 9 on my recent Associated Press ballot because the Big Ten title game confirmed the season-long doubts I had about both the Spartans and Ohio State. Both are good, solid teams. But their respective strengths only looked dominant relative to the overall weakness of their conference mates.
Michigan State's Rose Bowl-clinching, Big Ten title game victory over Ohio State has propelled the Spartans into the top 5 of both major college football rankings.
Graham Couch and Joe Rexrode discuss MSU's 34-24 win over Ohio State in the Big Ten title game.
Hey, sports fans! Jeff was here at 11 a.m. to answer any questions you have about Detroit sports. Read the chat replay here.
She called upon the state attorney general to conduct an independent investigation.
Behind Ollie, the 12th-ranked Huskies are 9-0, and four of those were nail-biters.
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Deon Drake, LB, ****, 6-1, 215 pounds, Detroit
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Chris Durkin, QB, ***, 6-4, 216 pounds, Youngstown, Ohio
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The reviled Jar Jar Binks is MIA from the new artwork for Episode 1
I wish I could articulate why I think Star Wars' "Episode 1: The Phantom Menace" was a maligned classic that deserves to have another chance, but frankly, I can't. Having grown up with the Luke Skywalker trilogy, I was so looking forward to George Lucas's prequels that I was among the first in line back on May 19, 1999. Alas, I was also first among the bitterly disappointed who thought Lucas had gone round the bend with his storytelling abilities. Like so many other Star Wars fans, I found the film convoluted and sorely missing the heart and humor that made the three previous films such a phenomenon. Also like most, I reserved special disdain for the loathsome Jar Jar Binks, a spectacularly unfunny character who seemed more of a merchandising gimmick than an integral part of the events in this galaxy far, far away.
Of course, despite worldwide disappointment in George Lucas's misstep, "The Phantom Menace" raked it in at the box office, earning $28 million on its opening day. It was the most successful film of 1999 and its eventual global take of $924 million made "Episode 1" the seventh highest-grossing film of all time.
As we've discussed here several times, George Lucas announced in September 2010 that he was converting all six of the Star Wars films to 3D and will be releasing them in theatres one by one, in chronological order according to the story. "Epsidoe 1: The Phantom Menace" will open on February 10, 2012.
Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox have just released the poster for the new version, shown below after the break:
My foolhardy stab at guessing who will make the Academy's short lists this year
The Oscar nominations won't be announced until January 24, 2012, but people in this town are already buzzing about who will make the cut. Of course many of the films that will vie for the prize have not yet been released so trying to figure out which films and performances will be recognized by the Academy at this point is probably the height of lunacy.
Still, I can't resist speculating on the acting nominees and which 10 films will be up for Best Picture. Check out my predictions below and let me know if you think I'm completely nuts. With 11 weeks left in the year, there are more than a few game changers still to come. These include "Anonymous," "The Rum Diary," "J. Edgar," "Melancholia," "The Descendants," "Hugo," "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy," "Carnage," "The Iron Lady," "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo," "We Bought a Zoo," and "War Horse." I've included only the most obvious choices from that list in my predictions. I mean, does anyone on the planet think that Meryl Streep ("The Iron Lady") and Leonardo DiCaprio ("J. Edgar") won't get nominated?
There are some long shots below that may seem especially crazy. But you know how the Oscars work—I'm hoping that Academy voters surprise us, as they often do, by singling out actors from some of the smaller indie films. The only sure bet on my list besides Streep and DiCaprio? I'd stake my life on the fact that Jessica Chastain will get nominated for one of the three films she excelled in this year.
Gulp. Here goes:
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Jessica Chastain, "The Tree of Life," "The Help," or "The Debt"
Bryce Dallas Howard, "The Help"
Melissa McCarthy, "Bridesmaids"
Octavia Spencer, "The Help"
Marisa Tomei, "The Ides of March"
The unlikely birds of a feather on competition, birding and more ...
Sitting down opposite Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson, it's hard to not feel a moment of awe -- after all, each of the three is renowned for comedy timing, quick-wittedness and a remarkable willingness to go all the way for a joke. Talking about their birdwatching comedy "The Big Year," Martin, Black and Wilson talked about the nature of competition, the allure of birding and of the elastic way time stretches or shrinks depending on your interest level.
At one point, Jo Beth Williams' character says, 'They're men, dear: If they're not competing, they die.' Do you find that to be the case? Are you competitive gentlemen?
Wilson: I'm definitely competitive. I don't think insanely competitive, but there are people that are so competitive they keep playing because it hurts too much to lose. I'm the type of competitive where I'd actually like to play somebody who's a little better, because it's more fun, it's more challenging.
Martin: Who would want to play a game against someone who's not competitive?
Wilson: They play a game against somebody who they can beat. My friend Don Nelson would rather play somebody in shuffleboard that he can beat 20 times in a row, whereas I'd rather play somebody who's a little bit better.
Black: I want to win so badly that, like your friend, if I sense that I'm not going to win, I'll pretend like I'm not interested in that game, like, 'Eh, what a boring game.'
Wilson: That would drive me crazy. That would infuriate me.
Filmmaker will be only second woman to helm a Marvel property
Jenkins will be only the second female director to helm a Marvel property (the only other is Lexi Alexander, who directed "Punisher: War Zone" in 2008, a film that is comparably much smaller than "Thor 2"). It's obviously yet to be seen what Jenkins will do with her new hot property, but her attachment to the film is an incredibly interesting choice by the studio and guarantees that a fresh talent will be behind the camera.
What do you want to see in "Thor 2"? Are you excited about "The Avengers," which will open in May of next year and tie into the end of the first "Thor"?
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There is no denying the ambition of "The Tree of Life" (Fox), Terrence Malick's portrait of one boy's education growing up in Texas set against nothing less than the origins of life in the universe. It has amazed, confounded and frustrated audiences, but the experience is like no other American film I've seen in recent history. Videodrone's review is here and interview with star Jessica Chastain here.
"Green Lantern" (Warner), the big screen debut of the DC Comics superhero starring Ryan Reynolds as the mere human given the power of an alien ring, underwhelmed its fan base. Warner, however, is pulling out all stops for the Blu-ray release, offering an extended cut of the film, an interactive viewing mode and, of course, all sorts of featurettes and supplements. And there is a Blu-ray 3D version as well. All editions come out on Friday, October 14. More from Videodrone here.
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon are traveling companions on "The Trip" (IFC) to the finest restaurants in Britain, where they spend time in comic one-upmanship (their dueling Michael Caine impressions is worth the price of a rental).
Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis plot revenge against their "Horrible Bosses" (Warner) Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell and Kevin Spacey in the black comedy. John C. Reilly is an eccentric high school vice-principal in "Terri" (Fox), an indie comedy with Sundance credentials, Rhys Ifans plays "Mr. Nice" (MPI), based on the crazed true story of a wildly successful British marijuana smuggler, and "Beautiful Boy" (Anchor Bay) stars Maria Bello and Michael Sheen as separated parents who turn to each other in shared grief.
And for the more juvenile crowd, there is "Zookeeper" (Sony) with Kevin James and talking animals, and "Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer" (Fox) from the children's book by Megan McDonald.
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As the tongue-in-cheek spy show embarks on its fifth and final season, "Chuck: The Complete Fourth Season" (Warner) catches you up with the adventures of amiable nerd turned super-spy Chuck Bartowski (Zachary Levi), who spends the season looking for his mother (guest star Linda Hamilton), who also happens to be a spy and may be working for the other side. Oh, and there's a birth and a wedding. Mission debriefing from Videodrone here.
And while "Bones" has no end in sight, the upcoming season will be truncated due to pregnancy, so the full-sized "Bones: The Complete Sixth Season" (Fox) will have to fill the void for those of us who love the show, bones and all. Videodrone examines the remains here.
'It's very entertaining, very twisted, and it's a beautiful story about revenge ...'
In Pedro Almódovar's new "The Skin I Live In," Elena Anaya plays Vera, the experimental subject for the mad scientist Robert Ledgard (Antonio Banderas), a genius driven by grief to not only invent a new type of skin -- flameproof, more durable, quicker-healing -- but also to use that 'improvement' as just one of the steps in his re-shaping and re-making of the strange and beautiful young woman seemingly trapped in his home ...
After roles in "Sex and Lucia" and other films -- like this year's excellent thriller "Point Blank" -- Anaya pulls off the role of Vera masterfully, in a performance that grows deeper and richer as the film's unseen depths open up under you like a rotting floor giving way under the weight of your understanding. no surprises are given away in this interview -- for that, you'll have to see the film yourself -- as we spoke with Anaya by phone.
Obviously this is a tough film to talk about before people see it, but did Mr. Almódovar tell you the plot of the film, or did he just hand you off the script and go, 'Here you go?' Were you as surprised by the story's turns as the audience is going to be?
Anaya: He was kind -- when he offered me the role, he explained it to me very carefully, tender and sweetly. It's a tough story. He talked to me about the film he wanted to, why he was doing this, and why he wanted me playing that role. Then he gave me the script. It took him a few hours to explain this film and talk to me about the tales, when I read the script, which is excellently written. I just loved him. It was impossible to read that script in that moment. Of course, I was very touched by emotions of all the feelings the script presented to me. Also, it was a thing of happiness, because I got offered the this beautiful and complex role. Those things happen few times in life. It happened.


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Konami producer David Cox has said that delayed Castlevania: Lords of Shadow DLC, titled Reverie, has been submitted to Microsoft, and may soon see the light of day.
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The Daily Beast - AKC Top Dogs - January 31, 2013
American Kennel Club released it's annual list of the most popular dog breeds in the U.S. The club says that for the 22nd straight year the Labrador Retriever is the nation's most popular dog followed by the the German Shepherd. The top five are Labrador Retriever, German Shepherd, Golden Retriever, Beagle and Bulldog according to AKC registration statistics.
Here's a look at the most popular dog breeds. What's your top dog?
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Munch, a Bulldog.
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A German Shepard named Commander.
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Shayna Maydela, a Labrador Retriever.
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Bulldogs, Munch (L) and puppy Dominique.
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A golden retriever puppy named Gibbs.
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Max, a Beagle.
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German Shepherds, Commander (R) and puppy Tsunami (L).
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Major, a Golden Retriever.
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Micki Berman (L) holds Ace, a Labrador Retriever puppy, with Shayna Maydela, a grown Labrador Retriever.
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Next, decide to have a much-needed "difficult conversation" with the person. Realize that if you don't talk to the person, nothing will change. People are complex and we never know what they're thinking unless we ask them. Sure, we often think we know what's going on in someone else's head, but in reality, we don't. That's why having this conversation is so important.
Taking this step requires courage, but it's always step in the right direction. There are many resources and books available that detail how to approach and have these difficult conversations. Research it and then do it.
Option 3: Leave
Of course, if you can't ignore the person and if you don't want to fix the relationship, then you always have the option to leave. If you choose this option, be smart about it. Don't stomp out one day out of frustration. Rather, explore other options within the company. If the organization is large, confide in HR and see if you can be moved to another office location or another department. If the company is small, perhaps you can transfer to a desk or office space on a different floor or away from the person you're having challenges with. Sometimes physical distance is all the problem needs.
Realize that deciding to leave is a huge step in any job market. Therefore, stay at your current job while you look for another one. Taking action on your own behalf and knowing that another opportunity is on the horizon could give you the motivation you need to push through the challenges you're currently facing.
Put an End to the Hate
No one likes being hated, especially at work where we spend the majority of the day. But once you know and understand your options for dealing with the situation, you can take positive steps to ensure it doesn't affect your career or your health. No matter which option you choose, honest communication—with yourself and others—is the key to creating a work-life that is both prosperous and pleasurable.
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I thank Mark Walter and Frances Spickerman for their comments, and I appreciate that this is a
very contentious issue. The Walter-Spickerman exchange brings with it a strong sense of déjà vu,
as I have seen similar arguments on both sides of the question, having done several blogs for THCB
[thehealthcareblog; see
www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/ronald-pies and

 My sympathies lie entirely with Frances Spickerman's position. I have no interest in rehashing my arguments against the Libertarian Party position, which I criticize in both my THCB blogs. I also
want to clarify that I am not an apologist for so-called "Obamacare", though I think it contains
some small, positive elements that represent a tiny step forward. Rather, I have advocated a
publicly-funded, single-payer plan, as described by on the PHNP website [http://www.pnhp.org/].
I believe that if Mark Walter reads the FAQ section of this website in detail, he will see that the PNHP plan is quite different than the health care law recently enacted, whatever its constitutional merits or demerits (which ultimately will be decided by the US Supreme Court).

I approach the issue of health care from the framework of bioethics and "natural rights", which
converge on the question, "Is the provision of basic health care a fundamental responsibility of
government?"My answer is an unequivocal yes-the general libertarian position is equally forceful
in its opposition to this claim. Let's be clear: there is no "experiment", study, investigation, or scientific discovery that can answer the question as I have phrased it-the same goes for the broader question, "Is a basic level of health care a human right?" Ultimately, the answer we give to this question depends on the kind of world and nation we want to live in, and on what powers and responsibilities we impute to government (federal, state, or local) as distinct from those of
the individual.

We are all entitled to our own opinions on these matters, but we are not entitled to our own facts.
And on the medical facts of the matter, there is simply no question: the American "system" of health
care is failing its most vulnerable and needful citizens. I could cite a dozen or more studies supporting
this claim, but I would suggest beginning with the recent Commonwealth Fund Study [G. F. Anderson and
D. A. Squires, Measuring the U.S. Health Care System: A Cross-National Comparison, The Commonwealth
Fund, June 2010]. Another study of our poor showing with regard to "amenable mortality" is found at:
And, notwithstanding Mark Walters' disdain for the U.N., I do think readers should look at the recent
report from UNICEF on the comparative health of children in various wealthy nations. Once again, we in
the US are not doing a very good job. www.unicef-irc.org/publications/pdf/rc7_eng.pdf

On the matter of "human rights", "natural rights", etc., I will simply make one comment. It is extraordinary to me that most Americans are more than willing to endorse the ringing statement in the Declaration of Independence-that all persons "…are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"-but that some strongly deny that basic health care is also a fundamental right.
As a physician, I do not understand how one can maintain "life"-much less pursue happiness!-if one is afflicted with lung cancer and can't afford surgery; or if one has chronic schizophrenia and can't affordmedication. Saying that we are entitled to life and the pursuit of happiness but not basic health care is like telling a drowning man he is entitled to be on
dry land, but refusing to throw him a life preserver! It is like granting individuals the right to live in a house
but denying that they have any right to the land it is built on. In short, a decent level of health care, available
to rich and poor alike, is a foundational right, upon which most other subsidiary rights rest. In my view, health care is not a matter to be left for "charity" or the kindness of strangers-much less to the whims of the market place.

As physician and anthropologist Dr. Paul Farmer has put it:
"…I can't show you how, exactly, health care is a basic human right. But what I can argue is that no one should
have to die of a disease that is treatable. .. The human rights community has focused very narrowly on political
and civil rights for many decades, and with reason, but now we have to ask how can we broaden the view."
I say, "Amen!" to that. Let's begin by providing affordable single-payer, health care insurance to all Americans.
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