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If I'd never played the original I may have gotten this, but still it's nice to see Nintendo implementing AR where possible. Come on AR Pokémon!
Combined with Brain Training, nintendogs tumbled onto Nintendo DS to begin Nintendo's push to widen their audience, giving it the springboard it needed to become a best selling console. Eager to replicate this, Nintendo have brought back the series for the launch of Nintendo 3DS, but does sequel nintendogs + cats do enough to let the digital dogs have their day once more?
As with the DS original, nintendogs + cats is sold in three versions: Golden Retriever & New Friends, French Bulldog & New Friends, and Toy Poodle & New Friends. Ultimately all breeds of dog and cat are available in each; your choice should depend only on which dog you want to play with first, each edition holding nine of the 27 breeds unlocked from the beginning. Your first destination is the kennel to pick your perfect pooch. Selecting a breed and a colour - selecting 'Surprise Me!' to the colour question can throw up some unique combinations - will generate three random dogs to choose from, varying in gender and personality, each vying for a place in your heart by bounding up to the screen in as endearing a fashion as a game has ever managed; impressive fur effects and expressive eyes that follow you, thanks to the 3DS' inside camera, ensure your affection. Further breeds, and more items in the shops, are up for purchase as you gain more Trainer Points by caring for and interacting with your dog, or by StreetPassing players that own a breed not selectable in your kennel. Up to six animals can be owned at once, three in your house and three in the hotel.
Once home you must bond with your new dog, petting them until they trust you, then naming them by speaking into the microphone. You are then free to do as you will: in the house you can play with your pup with toys, teach it tricks with touch-screen actions and voice commands, and of course you need to feed, wash and water them. It's also possible to take in-game photos of your creatures with a click of either shoulder button at any time during play, inside or outside, and dogs can be brought into your real home by placing down an AR Card - try using different cards.
You can cash-in on your canine companion by entering competitions, the only substantial way to make money to spend in the shopping district. The Disc competition takes its cue from Wii Sports Resorts' Frisbee, starting off as a simple fetch task before demanding you throw the disc into highlighted areas accurately if you want to score the big points. Lure Coursing is an assault course / race, the lure controlled by a winding motion on the touch-screen, with obstacles such as jumping bars coming in later. Both of these work well, but the same can not be said with such certainty for the Obedience Trials, the stage to demonstrate your dog's tricks. The final competition is only playable with an AR Card, so this can be a trial more for your patience than a test of your dog's abilities to follow your voiced instructions, with failed responses common in poor lighting.
Walks are as big a part of nintendogs + cats as they are in any dog's life. No longer can you plot a route beforehand; every walk is now down a straight road. Signs found on the sides of the street lead to new areas - whole new destinations, shops or training gyms - and numerous distractions litter the path ahead; your dog should be discouraged from rooting in bins and the like. Wearable accessories can be found in presents, but more often they contain materials that can be exchanged for exciting toys, which is less instantly gratifying than finding a gift outright. In-game characters and Miis that you have met via StreetPass turn up, offering advice and giving your respective dogs the chance to make friends - or enemies - of one another. Anybody StreetPassed is logged in a diary and can be 'met' in the park for a play session at any time. A pedometer mode allows players to take their dog for a walk by carrying their 3DS around in sleep mode; a nice compromise if you can't spare the time to do much with your virtual pet on a particular day.
The disappointing thing about nintendogs + cats is that not a whole lot has been done to progress the series - it's refined over the DS version, but if you've played that, you've pretty much experienced this already, albeit with less visual loveliness, sans camera trickery and more awkward connectivity. The cats are an interesting addition, their inclusion sparked by Shigeru Miyamoto's acquisition of a pet feline, though do little other than look adorable. As in real life, they're happy to do their own thing; they occasionally respond to a call of their name, bring you a gift or chase a toy around, but more often they'll be found sitting on window sills, scratching your room up, or hissing at your dog.
Not a huge amount of variety. Each day of play is similar: walk and care for your dog, take part in competitions, of which some work better than others.
Adorable creatures that can be viewed easily from any angle with the Circle Pad; excellent fur effects. 3D adds a pleasing depth, especially when throwing items and on walks, but does not feel particularly essential.
Barking and charming little tunes galore, with a few that you'll end up humming at random.
Designed to be played in half hour or so sessions every day, it'll last ages if you want to unlock everything. StreetPassing, and future SpotPass downloads, keeps things fresh, with extra characters appearing each time you've exchanged data with somebody new.
nintendogs + cats embraces elements of the 3DS such as StreetPass and the cameras, introducing the novelty of kittens as it goes, but otherwise acts as a refinement of the first game more than anything else. However, a virtual pet simulator of this nature in 2011 is not as exciting as it was six years ago when the genre was less common on consoles, and disappointingly it does not do much to push the series forward.
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If I'd never played the original I may have gotten this, but still it's nice to see Nintendo implementing AR where possible. Come on AR Pokémon!
This is my first time getting this game, and on side note i got it to make a basset hound named harley, to represent my current dog that is going to pass away soon... so kinda like a dedication to him. <3 Otherwise it's a fun game and love how the pets have the fr texture to them.
I think people who are playing this as their first nintendogs title will get more out of it than those who played the original, as really it's just an upgrade in visuals, connectivity and some fun uses of the 3DS features rather than anything new. Still a great little game.
(Sorry about your dog, Cinterium.)
I like how you reviewed the Golden Retriever version of the game! One of my favourite breeds, next to Labs. :3
I got this and I'm enjoying it. I played the original, but I think this has improved on everything. I love the new walking system and the pedometer is a great added feature.
I think I liked the random presents feature more in the original as you could get things like RC Helicopters, RC Mario Kart, Peach Kart, etc. it was really awesome when you got something like that, as they were rare.
I haven't had a chance to try out the competitions properly yet, I pretty much suck at the lure one and that's the only one I've tried.
AR is a great addition to this, as well as the ability to take snaps of your pet whenever you want. Really makes your virtual pet more than just virtual.
I think throwing the boomerang in this game is probably the most epic thing I've seen on the 3DS, just seeing it come back at you in 3D is really awesome.
If you haven't played the original and you're the type of guy/gal that likes pet simulators. Go out and buy this now. If you've played the original and you want something similar with a few new things, then I'll also recommend you get this.
Trust me, it's a lot better than the "Petz" series by Ubisoft.
Overall I'd give this a 7/10 for people who have played the original, but a 9/10 for people who have never played it and are interested in pet simulators.
Mush123 said:
Overall I'd give this a 7/10 for people who have played the original, but a 9/10 for people who have never played it and are interested in pet simulators.
jesusraz said:Mush123 said:
Overall I'd give this a 7/10 for people who have played the original, but a 9/10 for people who have never played it and are interested in pet simulators.
That's a very fair assessment, and exactly how I feel. I got bored too quickly, purely because I played the original SO much and this seemed too similar. However, because of the upgrades and extras included, for a first-timer it's superb.
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If I'd never played the original I may have gotten this, but still it's nice to see Nintendo implementing AR where possible. Come on AR Pokémon!
You think Ar pokemon on the 3DS will be cool, imagine when we finnaly get decent AR enabled glasses!
I loved the first one, but I did grow bored of it. It was nice while I played through it, just to unlock all the toys.
I'm sure many people would love this one, the fur looks quite nice on the puppies and since it's more of the same I'm sure loads of people, especially young girls, would go for this instead of PetZ games (or atleast I hope so).
Stulaw said:The Petz games are absolutely atrocious. Well, imo anyways. At least Nintendo doesn't bring out a bunch of crappy pet simulators and they bring out one, solid one. (Albeit the different versions) That's a lot more than I can say for Ubisoft.
I loved the first one, but I did grow bored of it. It was nice while I played through it, just to unlock all the toys.
I'm sure many people would love this one, the fur looks quite nice on the puppies and since it's more of the same I'm sure loads of people, especially young girls, would go for this instead of PetZ games (or atleast I hope so).
I have a question regarding toys, items and such: Are there any version-specific items like the originals? I really liked trading with other people just so I could get the other Mario Kart toys and whatever else was version-specific.
I don't think Nintendo included that in this one, but if they did, it would make me very happy. Can anyone answer this question for me?


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No trailer yet, just a clip from a TV show. That said, these zombies look a bit more intense than those on the walking dead. These guys "swarm".
No trailer yet, just a clip from a TV show. That said, these zombies look a bit more intense than those on the walking dead. These guys "swarm".
****ing awesome book. The zombies in the book were slow moving, though. I hope the delay for the movie means they are making it better.
Rooting for The Tank is not rooting against the team; It's rooting for the franchise
I hate horror and gore movies but for some reason I love zombie movies.
I hate that they're calling this movie "World War Z" because it does not resemble the book that I read. Not even close.
There are two trailers now. Man so many movie comign up that I want to go see.
Man of Steel
Iron Man 3
Avengers 2
Thor 2
Transformers 4
World War Z
Fast & Furious 6
Spider Man 2
After Earth
Olympus Has Fallen
White House Down
Jurrasic Park 4
G I Joe Retaliation
Star Trek Into Darkness
Hangover 3
Pacific Rim
Despiciable Me 2
Red 2
2 Guns
They're making another Fast and Furious. The demise of that franchise has been quite the opposite of its title.
Note: I've only seen the first two Fast and Furious movies. I just like to piss and moan about some movie franchises that just keep going on and on.
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Tank Watch Bottom (or is it Top?) 5:
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2. Philadelphia 76ers 18-63 W1
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Mort Weiss wrote on July 20, 2012 report
I Knew and played with Teddy in the early 60s-- Sessions & some local #47 union gigs--- the union gigs were very unique! i'll be writing about them and my playing with and around pianist Joe Albany among some other (now that I look at it ) historical HAPS -BACK IN THE DAY. Mort
Chuck Koton wrote on July 20, 2012 report
Had the pleasure of meeting Teddy Edwards a few times...a real beautiful cat...is said to have played the first recorded be bop tenor sax solo..."Up In Dodo's Room." surely wouldve been more successful, however one defines success, had he moved to NY like Dexter, Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy...tough time getting a gig in his last years...he could blow!


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Garner >Food & Dining > Tripps Restaurant
1428 Garner Station Blvd, Raleigh, NC | Directions 2760335.725482 -78.652135
Bland Pasta – I ordered the Grilled Shrimp Pasta. The menu said it was Pasta with a cream sauce and jumbo shrimp. The Sauce was bland, the 6 shrmp were small boiled cocktail shrimp with tails, not grilled shrimp. Do not order this dish.
good food good service – great food, excelent service. manager introduced himself, seems like a top quality restaurant.
Best Brunch in Town – We ate at Tripps in Garner this weekend while on a college visit with my son. The eggs benedict and poppy seed muffins were unbelievably delicious. A great bargain !! Service was excellent-Our server was a student at NC State and she was very attentive, knowledgeable and friendly. Will absolutely come back!
Great Service – I love the service and the friendly staff here. They always have plenty of people working so you wont be ignored or feel uncomfortable. I recommend the Crab Cake Caesar salad.
Awesome All Around – We have dined at Tripp's several times. Each time was a delight. Excellent food and service. The staff is friendly and at your beck and call. It's like being at a fine restaurant, but without the high prices. We take all of our out of town guests here and they say the same thing.
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Carter's corporation sales are expected to increase from 5 million in 05 to 6 million in 06 or by 20%. Its assets totaled 3 million at the end of 05. Carter is at full capacity so its assets must grow in proportion to projected sales. At the end of 05, current liabilities are 1 million, consisting of 250,000 of accounts payable, 500,000 of notes payable, and 250,000 of accrued liabilities.
The after tax profit margin is forecasted to be 5% and the forecasted retention ratio is 30%. Use the AFN equation to forecast Carter's additional funds needed for the coming year.
On the other hand assuming the company paid no dividends, what would the new afn for the coming year. Why would this be different? from the first AFN?
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Thanks to Sarah Thompson of southeastern Indiana for the comments in the boxes, adapted from her messages to other mothers.
1. The fallacy of the vivid instance
A single vivid instance, like an urban legend, gets told and retold. Meanwhile thousands of inconspicuous contrary instances go unreported.
Everyone has heard of someone who lived to a ripe old age while smoking like a chimney. Some foolish people think that proves smoking is harmless. The many who smoked and died young are "lost from study" and do not generate any anecdotes.
In the same way, problems with an intact penis, followed by painful surgery, make a story; quietly enjoying an intact penis doesn't. The vast majority of intact men, a good majority of the men in the world, never have any problems with their foreskins. None of them would thank you to have had them circumcised in infancy.
1a. The FOAF
The "someone who knew someone" is known in urban legend studies as a "Friend Of A Friend" or FOAF. While you may trust your friend, and they may trust their friend, the trail of FOAFs usually proves to be endless and never lead back to an actual event. (Some AIDS stories can be traced back to the Black Death!) Even if true, one incident can generate retellings far in excess of its actual importance.
2. The fallacy of the Eternal Child
i.e. Considering the effect of circumcision only on the baby, not on the man he will become.
The implication of this statement is that not only can the child not decide for himself whether he wants part of his penis cut off, but that he never will be able to. Rearing a baby is very much a matter of the present. The baby is hungry now and has to be fed now. While parents imagine him growing up to manhood - one of parenthood's commonest daydreams - circumcision is one of the few decisions parents make at birth that irrevocably restricts the man's options. Circumcisionists compare it with teaching him one language rather than another, but the parents must teach him one, and he can always decide to learn another later. He can not decide to grow a foreskin.
I find myself passing out this web address (the Gallery of Intact Men) all the time, and in my opinion, simply seeing these pictures should make any mother rethink whether it is within her right to choose to circumcise.
As you look at any of these beefy hunks, I would like you to imagine an old lady, (about 60 or so - his mom). Imagine her in an ugly housedress with a big pair of scissors, and she shuffles in from one side of the frame and says, "Oh my goodness Paul, I don't like your dick that way at all! I didn't want you to have that" - SNICK!
The idea of his mom taking a piece of his penis is very crazy when you are looking at a ripping adult man with a manly-sized penis... but is it any less crazy that [parents] inflict that same crime against his anatomy when he is a little baby?
3. The fallacy of assuming circumcision is (and will always be) the norm
Here is what I think is going on... you think that a penis is a circumcised penis. If I said "penis" to you, the picture in your mind is circumcised. The pictures in your health books are circumcised and your sexuality is also circumcised. So a circumcised penis is what you measure normal from. If I say foreskin, you don't think penis, you think "extra", because foreskin and all the related anatomy, are not included on *your* mental penis (or, for that matter, the mental penis of most American men and women).
OK, now If I showed you a picture of a guy whose glans was cut off in an
accident, you would feel a gut wrenching type of "Ouch!" to your mental
Now if there was a group of, I don't know, old rodeo coyboys, who were missing parts of their crotch because of accidents, and they were to tell you that they have very satisfying sex lives and they are very comfortable with their penises. Now, what if you were lucky enough to take one of these old buckaroos home and found that you also had a good time despite the injury he had suffered. OK, good for you, silver spur award!
But - is the logical conclusion to this to cut or mangle a baby's penis? If you like your buckaroo, OK, fine. But where do people think that they can start picking and choosing which parts of their child's sex organ the child will be allowed to keep?
The human penis anatomy has a foreskin. Your mental idea of a human penis should have one too. Pick up an art history book, pick up a National Geographic. Pick up a European fashion magazine... all the male models are intact. Rent a French movie, rent an Italian movie. Work on it. Realize that this practice is very isolated in only our country. In the rest of the world, no one cuts their baby unless [they think] they are driven by G-D. When your baby is born, accept him for beautiful, just the way he is. Abandon a compulsion to cut him. It is a lot easier for you to restore your mental picture than it is for a mutilated man to try to restore what was take from him against his will.
4. The fallacy of antiquity
Many social evils, such as slavery and footbinding, lasted a long time before they were abolished. Great age does not prove benefit or harmlessness. Many social goods, such as equality of the sexes and humane treatment of animals, are relatively recent.
4a. The fallacy of novelty
Circumcision is constantly being reinvented as "modern", "up-to-date" and "fashionable". (If people remember that it has been "modern" before, it can be rebranded as "retro".) Somehow people are able to overlook the fallacy of coupling this with Fallacy 4.
5. The fallacy of the parent's big decision
The whole presentation of "Circumcision - YOUR decision" is fundamentally biassed towards cutting.
There is NO NEED to make a Decision about Male or Female Circumcision
Expectant parents often feel compelled - or coerced by spouses, family members, doctors, and nurses - that they NEED to make a decision about circumcision, genital cutting, or genital norming surgery. That is not true. There is no imperative or overriding need to decide. There is no need to rush into cutting a child's genitals.
Seven out of eight men and women alive in the world had parents who never gave genital cutting a thought, and they are happy and healthy with their intact bodies. Only if you are already considering circumcision, or if your child has been diagnosed with a genital problem, should you learn more about genital cutting, its risks, harms, and disadvantages, before making an irreversible decision that you - or they - may later regret.
In 99 out of 100 cases, no decision is the best decision. Not only does not making a decision reduce the his or her risks, but it allows the child to decide, later in life, how their body will appear and function.
- Dan Bollinger, Director, www.ICGI.org
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the notion that parents should carefully research the issue, find the best
answer and act on it. I have a HUGE problem with the notion that cutting
a child's genitals or not is a sane or rational decision that is within
the jurisdiction of a parent in their care of the child. Although
presenting the pros and cons or researching the options may be the first
step needed to turn the tide of culturally brainwashed and conditioned
people who think that this is their decision, I think acknowledging the
decision, titles like "The Circumcision Decision" "What parents need to
know" etc... is a very giant step backwards as far as promoting the
concept of a person's human rights to an intact body.
Why? Because it reinforces a parent's right to choose the form of their child's genitals! Parents do not have a right to choose the shape or function of a child's genitals, any more than they have a right to change any other part of someone else's body, or choose the color of their neighbor's house, or the spouse for their grandchild, or the food to be served to the people at table 10. There are certain boundaries people understand are beyond their grasp. Another person's genitals are clearly outside those boundaries, yet every day people assume that they must make a case for or against the wholeness of their infant son.
EVEN IF there were a medical reason - which there is not
Presenting the arguments to promote good decisions is a backwards way to do it because in doing that, we reinforce the power of another person to decide the fate of someone's else's genitals.
Obviously, you have taken this decision with great seriousness and are greatly burdened by the honor you have been bestowed of deciding the fate of this man's sexual anatomy... why don't you do the honorable thing and reject this option? There is honor in compassion and respect. You need to respect his whole body and respect his right to own it. If you need to learn anything, research the function and purpose of the human prepuce. Run a search for "foreskin anatomy", "foreskin function" or "glide effect" If you understood how dramatically taking this from a man will affect his sexual experience for his whole life, and what an integral part of his body it is, you will suddenly be unburdened from this decision, because what is right will be glaringly obvious.
6. The Argument from Ignorance
If he was circumcised in infancy, how can he possibly know? A first approximation has to be that removing part of the genitals makes sex worse, not better.
If a circumcised man says he likes his penis, you have to logically ask- "And do you think that a foreskin would DIMINISH that?" How in this case can LESS be MORE? If you leave your baby intact, he will have all the same sexual anatomy as your husband PLUS MORE. But remember, this is not bestowing EXTRA on him; it is the amount of anatomy he was supposed to have. Circumcised men have LESS THAN that. It is his penis, his anatomy and his birthright. You don't have to do anything but to allow him to keep it.
7. Appeal to Authority
Doctors are human. In the US, many are themselves circumcised and have no first-hand experience of a foreskin. Medical schools teach virtually nothing about the foreskin except how to cut it off. Male cadavers are, of course, usually circumcised and medical students report being told to circumcise, not dissect, those that are not. Some anatomy textbooks portray the typical penis as circumcised.
Medical associations may be hijacked by people with a scalpel to grind, such as Edgar Schoen and Thomas Wiswell. The risk of lawsuits colours their policies: to admit that the foreskin has value or that circumcision is harmful would expose them to legal action from angry men.
|A mom was told by her pediatrician that a part of her infant son's foreskin was adhered to his penis and it would need to be removed or it could cause problems with erections.
This "diagnosis" is not untypical but very common and woefully ignorant. (The foreskin normally adheres to the glans for the first several years of life. See Care of the Intact Penis.)
8. The fallacy of the decisive ailment
This one is currently being mobilised using HIV/AIDS, but it's previously been used with penile cancer, and doubtless others. It's seldom put as crudely as that. The second part is usually left unspoken. The implication is that circumcision is risk-free and loss-free, and that the prevention is 100%. If those were all true, and bodily integrity was of no value in and of itself, there might be a case. But none of those is ever true, and risks and losses always need to be balanced against (potenial, future) benefits.
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Can anything stop yogurt?
In three of the past four years—including this one—a yogurt concept has topped our annual ranking of the fastest growing small chains in America. In a way it's not surprising. This new generation of yogurt shops touches many of-the-moment trends: healthy, snackable, customizable, open and colorful designs. On the other hand, it is amazing we haven't reached peak yogurt yet.
But as always, The Future 50 captures a large swath of concepts on the rise. Compiled by our partners at Technomic, the list identifies the fastest growing concepts between $25 million and $50 million in annual sales, a point at which a concept has proven itself and is poised to enter a new level of national awareness. In our very first Future 50, the number one spot was held by a little hamburger concept called Five Guys Burgers and Fries.
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Theresa attended a press conference of her latest drama "7 Friends (七个朋友)", starring Andy Chen, Kris Chen and Kirsten Jen (younger sister of Selina from Taiwanese pop group, S.H.E) few days ago. When Theresa was asked about Him Law, she said she had "learnt a lesson" from her previous love relationship.
"I'm very happy with my life and I'm always in a learning journey. He (referring to Him Law) made me feel like I had learnt a lesson", she said.
What will happen if she meets Him Law on the street? She replied that this is a situation that she had never imagined before, but she feels it's not a big deal.
She is now single and still waiting for a new relationship. She told reporters that she hopes to get married before the age of 35.
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Dinnertime Conversation Starters
"What did you do today?" It's a common dinnertime question that's often met with responses like "I dunno" or "Nothing," if not light grumbling or silence -- sometimes, even from your spouse. Keep the conversation going at mealtime with these quick tips and tricks.
Simple conversation starters
Often, kids don't answer questions at dinner because we're not being specific enough. Instead of asking broad or yes-or-no questions, ask each person at the table about a particular event or emotion:
Parents should participate, too. The best way to show them what you want them to do is to do it yourself first. Even if your occupation is too complicated for them to understand at their ages, surely you did something today that they can understand.
Dinnertime games
You don't want them playing with their food, but that doesn't mean you can't play at the table. Write simple tasks on index cards (one per card). The tasks should only take a few seconds, and the kids should be able to do them without getting up. One person starts by drawing a card from the center of the table and completes the task; play then moves to the next person. Sample tasks include:
Keep the fun rolling
Remember: It's all about the communication. It's OK to get off-topic sometimes. The most important part is that you're learning about your kids.
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Staff Writer
Verso Paper Corp. will acquire its rival NewPage Holdings Inc. in a $1.4 billion deal revealed Monday, creating a company that will employ nearly a third of all paper industry workers in Maine.
A proposed Verso-NewPage merger would include 11 mills in six states, including Verso Paper's Bucksport Mill, shown here.
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Under the terms of the deal, NewPage Holdings will receive $250 million in cash and Verso Paper will borrow $650 million at closing to help cover the cost of the acquisition. NewPage also will receive as much as 25 percent of Verso's stock under certain circumstances. The agreement also includes the refinancing of $500 million of NewPage's debt.
Verso Paper, which has mills in Jay and Bucksport, and NewPage Holdings, which owns Rumford Paper and emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection last year, held merger discussions previously, but never reached an agreement. Combined, Memphis-based Verso and NewPage, based in Miamisburg, Ohio, will have 11 manufacturing facilities and annual sales of about $4.5 billion.
The two companies have a total of 2,250 workers in Maine, and operations in five other states. The acquisition, which has been approved by the boards of both companies, is expected to close in the second half of 2014.
Verso Paper produces 930,000 tons of pulp annually and 1.5 million tons of paper used in magazines, catalogs and commercial printing such as advertising brochures and annual reports. It has 2,200 employees nationally, including 1,400 in Maine.
NewPage Holdings' mills produce about 3.5 million tons of paper a year, including coated and specialty papers for magazines, catalogs, books, coupons, inserts and direct mail, and the specialty paper used in beverage bottle labels and food packaging. NewPage Holdings now has about 850 employees in Maine, but it previously announced that it would idle one paper machine in Rumford and reduce its workforce to about 700.
No other immediate cuts have been announced, but in a joint statement, the companies said they expect $175 million in pre-tax cost savings in the 18 months after the deal closes. They said they expect to save some administrative costs, and will consolidate headquarters offices.
"What this deal means for the mills and the workers is unclear," said John Williams, president of the Maine Pulp & Paper Association, an industry lobbying group. "I'm sure, once the deal is closed, Verso will be looking for ways to combine service. I'm not sure if there will be cuts, but they may look for ways to save money companywide."
The United Steelworkers, which represents workers in both companies, has an agreement with the companies that should protect workers in the sale, said Jon Geenen, international vice president with the union, who oversees the pulp and paper sector. Greenen would not disclose details of the agreement or speculate about long-term job security.
"We've been expecting the coated paper market to consolidate. It's been under incredible pressure due to the electronic substitution for that paper and international competition," Geenen said. "Our concern is not to over-leverage the new entity so it can compete."
New Page Holdings did not return calls seeking comment, and Verso Paper declined to comment on the prospects for layoffs.
The merger comes at a difficult time for paper mills across the country and particularly in Maine, the nation's second-largest producer of paper. New technologies have cut into the market for printed magazines, international competition has escalated, and the economy has remained lackluster.
"There are multiple issues conspiring against an industry that didn't have great margins to begin with," said Robert Rice, professor of wood science and technology at the University of Maine. "We have, since 2008 and 2009, had a very strained economy and there has been substantial impacts in the paper market across the board."
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How to explain this paradox?
Robert Reich
Washington turns its back on recession victims
November 5
By ROBERT REICH
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Starting Nov. 1, more than 47 million Americans lost some or all of their food stamp benefits. House Republicans are pushing for further cuts. If the sequester isnt stopped, everything else poor and working-class Americans depend on will be further squeezed.
Were not talking about a small sliver of America here. Half of all children get food stamps at some point during their childhood. Half of all adults get them sometime between ages 18 and 65. Many employers including the nations largest, Walmart now pay so little that food stamps are necessary in order to keep food on the family table.
The larger reality is that most Americans are still living in the Great Recession. Median household income continues to drop. In the most recent Washington Post-ABC News poll, 75 percent rated the state of the economy as negative or poor.
Its easy to blame Republicans and the right-wing billionaires who bankroll them, and their unceasing demonization of big government as well as deficits. But Democrats in Washington bear some of the responsibility. In last years fiscal cliff debate, neither party pushed to extend the payroll tax holiday or find other ways to help the working middle class and poor.
A recent survey of families in the top 10 percent of net worth shows theyre feeling better than theyve felt since 2007, before the Great Recession. Its not just that the top 10 percent have jobs and their wages are rising. The top 10 percent also own more than 80 percent of the stock market. And the stock market was recently up 24 percent for the year. The stock market is up even though most Americans are down, for two big reasons.
First, businesses are busily handing their cash back to their shareholders buying back their stock and thereby boosting share prices rather than using the cash to expand and hire. It makes no sense to expand and hire when most Americans dont have the money to buy.
IBM has just approved another $15 billion for share buybacks on top of about $5.6 billion it set aside previously, thereby boosting its share prices even though business is sluggish. In April, Apple announced a $50 billion increase in buybacks plus a 15 percent rise in dividends, but even this wasnt enough for multibillionaire Carl Icahn, whos now demanding that Apple use more of its $170 billion cash stash to buy back its stock and make Icahn even richer.
Big corporations can also borrow at rock-bottom rates these days in order to buy back even more of their stock courtesy of the Feds $85-billion-a-month bond-buying program.
The second big reason shares are up while most Americans are down is that corporations continue to find new ways to boost profits and share prices by cutting their labor costs substituting software for people, cutting wages and benefits, and piling more responsibilities on each of the employees who remain.
Neither of these two strategies can be sustained over the long run. They dont improve a companys products or customer service.
But in an era of sluggish sales these two strategies at least keep shareholders happy. And that means they keep the top 10 percent happy.
Congress, meanwhile, doesnt know much about the bottom 90 percent. The top 10 percent provide almost all campaign contributions and funding of independent ads. Moreover, just about all members of Congress are drawn from the same top 10 percent as are almost all their friends and associates.
Get it? The bottom 90 percent of Americans most of whom are still suffering from the Great Recession, most of whom have been on a downward escalator for decades have disappeared from official Washington. The only people Congress regularly encounters are in the happy top 10.
Robert Reich, a former U.S. labor secretary, is a professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley.


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The Albany Society is an honorary organization of Lewis & Clark College alumni from classes that have been graduated 50 or more years. The Society encourages senior alumni to enrich their lives by re-connecting with classmates and with the College through participation in a variety of Alumni Association and Albany Society-sponsored activities. The Society, founded in 1999, works to enhance alumni renaissance by encouraging members to strengthen their bonds between themselves and the College and to extend those strengthened bonds to all senior alumni.
The Gatehouse
A publication exclusively for alumni who have graduated 50 or more years ago. Click on an issue to download a PDF version.
2013 Albany Society Board of Directors
Chuck Charnquist '58 - Beaverton, OR
Delores Chenoweth '62, Vice Chair - Portland, OR
Jim Cole '54 - Beaverton, OR
Curt Copenhagen '55 - Longview, WA
Rod Downey '50 - Lake Oswego, OR
John Fergison '51 - Portland, OR
Don Floren '53, Chair - Portland, OR
Barbara Pfau Getty '56 MAT '78 - Portland, OR
Marlene Haldors '58, Treasurer - Portland, OR
Donna Macklin Lawrence '52 - Lake Oswego, OR
Frank Lawrence '52 - Lake Oswego, OR
Bill Mangels '55 - Portland, OR
John Marandas '62 - Portland, OR
Bob McEnany '50 - Vancouver, WA
Diana Fields Nelson '60, Secretary - Milwaukie, OR
Ken Servas '54 - Vancouver, WA
Jim Stell '60 - West Linn, OR
Jack Venables '56 - Portland, OR
Past Chairs
Pat Hibbard '52 - 2005
Don Floren '53 - 2006
Ray Hoen '54 - 2007
Bob Godel '51 - 2008
Jim Cole '54 - 2009
Frank Lawrence - 2010
Chuck Charnquist - 2011
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On a rainy day in April 2011 Don Hoyt '50, Bill Mangels '55, Jim Stell '60, Curt Copenhagen '55, and Jim Cole '54 volunteered their gardening expertise for a grounds improvement project at the Morgan S. Odell Alumni Gatehouse. The result of their pruning, shearing, and digging can be seen and appreciated at the Gatehouse patio.


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The Clay Rural Water System was named the 2011 SD Rural Water System of the Year at the recent South Dakota Association of Rural Water Systems Annual Technical Conference held in Pierre.
Clay RWS was singled out from 30 Class A rural water systems from across the state. The System was recognized for planning and carrying out its 2010 Capital Improvements Project. The project, valued at just over $3 million dollars, made numerous improvements to the water systems treatment and distribution system. Clay RW received $1.25 million in grants for the project. The project was completed in 2010 and 2011.
Clay RWS also received third place in the "Best Drinking Water in South Dakota" taste test.
In addition Clay RWS Director Rick Peterson was honored with the Carroll Anderson award. The award is presented each year in recognition of outstanding voluntary contributions to the advancement of rural community water systems. The award represents the greatest tribute the association can bestow on an individual to recognize contributions to both the member system and to SDARWS. Carroll Anderson was a long-time member of the Kingbrook Rural Water System board and also served on the SDARWS board.
Peterson has been a member of the Clay RWS board for ten years. He has served in numerous capacities as an officer. He also represents Clay RWS on the SDARWS board, where he serves at Treasurer.


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By KEVIN McCALLUM
The Santa Rosa City Council spent most of its energy Tuesday sparring over whether a pension deal with firefighters expected to save the city $59,000 next year went far enough.
But less noticed that same evening was that virtually the entire non-public safety city workforce agreed to concessions that dwarfed the savings served up by the firefighters or their police brethren two weeks earlier.
A coalition of about 850 non-public safety city workers — from maintenance workers to lawyers to sewer plant operators — agreed to another year of unpaid furloughs equal to 3.1 percent of their salaries.
It was the third year that non-public safety employees have accepted furloughs to help the city through its financial challenges.
The continued furloughs are expected to save the city $2.2 million next year, about $1.1 million of which will relieve pressure on the city's general fund.
City Council members uniformly praised the eight labor groups not only for their continued willingness to take unpaid time off, but for the streamlined way in which they negotiated the concessions.
Mayor Ernesto Olivares said it was "refreshing" to see the groups working together. "We're in this together and together we're going to climb our way out of this thing, so thanks," Olivares said.
Councilman Scott Bartley said it was "stunning" how different the negotiation process was this year compared to last year, when each of the individual labor groups in the coalition negotiated with the city separately and reached deals separately over several months that stretched beyond the budget cycle.
Councilwoman Susan Gorin said the approach the groups took this year "saved the city money, time and angst. You stepped up to the plate. We really appreciate that."
The labor groups decided it would be better to coordinate their negotiations to show the public that city workers are doing their part to help the city through trying economic times.
Mike Reynolds, president of the Santa Rosa City Employees Association, said after years of news stories about bleak city finances, city workers hoped that their concessions could project a "positive message" that "the City of Santa Rosa is in good shape and well on the road to recovery from the extended downturn in the economy."
In particular, Reynolds said the discussion about the city's unfunded pension liability was being "blown way out of proportion."
"The fact of the matter is the City of Santa Rosa is not in that bad of shape," Reynolds said.
The city's unfunded pension liability has soared in recent years to $112 million, but the notion that this puts the city in dire financial straits is a "misconception," he said.
Reynolds said he is optimistic that an improved economy and continued belt tightening by the city should reduce that future burden.
Forty-one city employees who are not represented by labor groups also offered similar concessions. The executive management team, middle managers and so-called "confidential" employees who are not unionized because they are privy to city labor negotiations all agreed to either furloughs or a combination of furloughs and pension contributions equal to 3.1 percent of salary.
Those changes are expected to save the city $161,000 next year.
The total of expected savings from non-public safety concessions to date is $2.36 million, of which $1.19 million represents city general fund spending.
Getting all those concession nailed down before the budget hearings start is a big deal, said City Manager Kathy Millison.
"I can't tell you how extremely valuable this is to our budget planning effort," she said.
You can reach Staff Writer Kevin McCallum at 521-5207 or email@example.com.
@ John:
"Firefighters received a deferred 3.5 percent raise in July 2011. This July, they are to receive another 2.5 percent cost-of-living increase, deferred from last year. That means after paying into their retirement, they will be getting a 1 percent raise."
You stated "I think all groups in the city have given back an equal share." In other words you would be perfectly fine if your boss asked you to hand over some money out of you wallet so they can turn around & hand that money to your coworker?
Just for the fun of it lets do some quick calculations to see just how equally everyone has been asked to give back. The lowest pay rate I could find in the salary plan was $19.11 / hour for a transit service rep at the highest step. They get furloughed for 64 hours, 64 x -$19.11= -$1223.04 In this example they stand to lose $1223.04 for the year.
Then you have the standard firefighter whose pay range is $72,893-$87.511 per year. They will see an overall pay increase of 1% in July, dollar wise that would be $728.93-$875.11 MORE in their pocket than they are currently being paid.
Hmmm….would I rather give someone $1223.04 out of my pocket or would I rather be given almost an extra thousand dollars to spend above what I already have in the bank? If that represents equality to you then I sure would suggest you go back to elementary school for a little brush up in mathematics!
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Look, the ship may be listing, but it is entirely the fault of REPUBLICAN deregulatory and tax cutting policies.
12 years ago, we didn't have these problems.
Republicans want to create an economic crisis and then blame the "socialists" who rely on Social Security and Medicare.
Oh, and eliminate birth control.
Who is insane here?
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John, in another story you responded to my question about how you felt about Brown's proposal to have public employees pay half the cost of defined benefit pensions, and you replied something about only if I thought CalPERS was imploding. This is not to save CalPERS, but to save the City and Taxpayers money. It would effectively split the investment risk between the City/Taxpayers and employees. This seems reasonable to me, but I gather that the public safety unions are opposing it in Sacramento.
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Well public safety employees got a raise to pay for the additional % they had to contribute into their retirement funds and city workers got less and had to agree to additional "furloughs."
First of all, when did anyone in the private sector get a pay raise last and secondly, and most blatantly, it sure shows which union contributed more for the supervisor's re-election doesn't it?
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Ignorance abounds. you should check their WHOLE budget and see how much smaller the percentage is. They throw up a percentage of unallocated money and everyone is in an uproar. They created the CRISIS by changing their reporting and leaving out standing budget items so the percentage of wages and benefits more than quadruples. It may not be smoke and mirrors, but they will never let a crisis go to waste, even if they created it with their accountants. State pensions are still about 5% of the state budget, when properly reported. About 7% of county and the increases are mostly cuased by a different accounting method. But don't let a crisis go to waste, screw as many people as you can while you can and late you just say, "oops, sorry". But crushing public employees comes before the truth right? Grab your torches and pitchforks, they have you right where they want you.
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"Between 1995 and 2008, police and fire department spending, as a share of Santa Rosa's general fund, grew from 43.9 percent to 55.1 percent, a 25 percent increase.
It surpassed 60 percent last year (2010) and threatens to grow closer to fully two-thirds of the city's general fund with recent decisions by the City Council majority to give more to public safety while taking from other areas."
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Big John. The only lemmings in sight are those that cheerfully refuse to acknowledge that our current system of public safety pensions is unsustainable. I fear that it's going to take us running out of money for everyone to pull their collective heads out of the sand. Meanwhile, you and your ilk will continue to bleed us all dry.
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It would be interesting to know how pay and bennies have grown for all categories since before the benefit "giveaway" of the early 2000′s.
I did find this:
"Sonoma County's pension contributions, payments on pension obligation bonds and payments toward retiree health coverage rose from $21,404,307 in fiscal year 1999-2000 to an estimated $92,010,270 in fiscal year 2010-2011. That's an increase of 330 percent in 11 years. Are there more county employees now? No, that number has declined by about 5 percent in the same period of time. Are there 330 percent more retirees? No, the number of retirees increased by about 66 percent.
The average annual pension paid to recently retired Santa Rosa police officers, just based on their service with Santa Rosa, was almost $56,000 in 2009. For recently retired firefighters, it's more than $67,000.
What have Sonoma County supervisors done to control runaway pay and benefits in the last 10 years? They've raised their own pay-and-benefits package from about $95,000 apiece 10 years ago to about $250,000 apiece now. Ouch."
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Public Safety employees agree to stop future employees from spiking and other corrupt pension practices. Current Non-Public Safety employees are pressured to take additional non-paid furloughs. Gee, I wonder if the current so-called "Pro-Business" (At least if you're Simons Properties a Big Box store) majority is influenced by the Public Safety employees labor associations. Any politicians who question these public safety bullies get a smear campaign against them during campaign season.
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Why are public safety people holier than thou?
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@ Joe and Bill Me:
Really? Do you think "furloughs" are an option for PS? A week without the fire or police department? Sure, shall we name it "Free Crime and Fire Week". Have you lost your minds? Have they not given that same percent back? The press has made it simply a "furlough" article. I think all groups in the city have given back an equal share. For god sake you lemmings who buy into this press…By the way, I have a bridge to sell. Interested?
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Great…now lets get the welfare cases and politicians to take a furlough.
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Perhaps some of you have seen the recent news that the City government of Los Angeles is facing almost certain bankruptcy unless they continue to lay off public employees?
Its those public pensions that the bureaucrats deny are a problem.
I might add, its not just Los Angeles, people. That city is simply the biggest fish in the pond of fiscal chaos brought upon us all by greedy local and state government.
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Let's not forget the police did voluntarily cut their budget. Remember they eliminated funding for school crossing guards. True, those positions where not filled by police but it was part of their budget.
Do you think the safety of our children going to and from school is properly a part of public safety. I do.
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Again the workers on the low end of the pay scale step up again, for the THIRD YEAR! When will P.S. match this or do better????? They do get paid much more and have better benefits then the misc. workers, so who can afford this more?
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We hire people to do a job and we assume that the 40 hours a week are what is required to do the job properly. If not ,why not just cut the jobs to 32 hours week and cut the pay for the job by 20%. That way we could cut the cost of labor and still get the job done that is need to be done.
When you put them on furlough you are not saving any money, you are just using the money not spent on the other programs the CC wants to spend money on!
When you limit expenses by furloughs ,you still have to pay the pension benefits as you have not cut the base salary.
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Someday, public safety unions will be seen for what they are: self serving, shrewd, greedy, deceptive. Kudos to the City employees, but no thanks to police and fire who actually got raises.
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Thursday Apr 17 | Daily Globe
Consolidation informational meetings planned for April 29, May 8
The Gogebic Ontonagon Intermediate School District is hosting two informational meetings dealing with possible consolidation of the Bessemer and Wakefield- Marenisco School districts.
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Winter weather still in forecast for most of UP
ANN GARSKE, of Ironwood, cleans off her car on Aurora Street in downtown Ironwood during a blizzard Wednesday.
Jackson College moving ahead with plans to open third dorm in fall 2015
Jackson College will add a third dorm to its central campus through an agreement with Student Suites of Independence, Mo.
MDOT plans meeting to discuss US-2 Ironwood project
Fast Facts: - Public meeting scheduled for 5 p.m., Wednesday, May 7, at the Ironwood Memorial Building.
Wright wrong about Bessemer schools, students
The Bessemer Education Association took great offense to Kim Wright's swipe at the reputation of Bessemer Area Schools and the community of Bessemer as a whole.
Ironwood Memorial Building's spruced up for Tuesday birthday celebration
City officials said areas of the building used by the public are being painted, the first new coats since the building was renovated 20 years ago.
Water main break prompts US-2 closure
According to the Michigan Department of Transportation, all lanes of US-2 in Ironwood will be closed beginning at 4 p.m. CT Thursday.
Dianda tours arts locations, offers praise
State Rep. Scott Dianda, D-Calumet, toured three downtown arts locations Monday, including the Historic Ironwood Theatre, Downtown Art Place and the Art Studios on Aurora Street.
Ironwood students create Civil War themed projects
Teachers and students are finding creative ways to discuss different subjects, including the uses of PowerPoint, iPads and other software or devices.
On March 30, 1986, the high temperature at Ironwood reached a balmy 72 degrees. This was not a stand-alone record; it was just as warm 76 years earlier in 1910.
Weekend looks good here, but watch out for Monday
THE MONTREAL River is mostly ice- and slush-covered at the Hurley-Ironwood border bridge on Silver Street on a sunny Friday.
KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS in Michelle Trier's class eat breakfast in the classroom with mentors from the Ironwood High School High Five Program through Big Brothers Big Sisters Wednesday at Sleight Elementary in Ironwood.
DNR Fisheries "Conversations & Coffee" forums come to Houghton, Ironwood and Ishpeming this April
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources' Western Lake Superior Management Unit in Fisheries Division has announced public forums in Houghton, Ironwood and Ishpeming to discuss local and statewide fisheries management activities and concerns.
CAST MEMBERS of the next Theatre North production, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," strike a pose recently in Ironwood.
THE SLEIGHT Elementary School citizens of the month for February, recognized for courage, display their certificates recently at the school in Ironwood.
Dogs get a break from prison training program
Kratos and Oceta took a furlough from their prison training program Saturday to attend the Spring Home, Yard and Sport Show at the Patrick O'Donnell Civic Center.
Historian helps preserve Ironwood park, heritage
About 10 years ago, I was searching for people interested in putting up informational signs at historic mine shafts and headframes in Ironwood .
SAVANNAH RABOLD, a first grade student in Stephanie Justinak's class, dines on Frosted Flakes at Sleight Elementary School in Ironwood Thursday.
BOB SORENSEN, of Ironwood, landed this 41.5-inch, 20-pound northern pike out of Lake Gogebic on the last day of the gamefish season on March 15. The pike hit a 3-inch sucker minnow on a tip-up in 7 feet of water.


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Posted by Pete Bouchard
What a winner!!
Sun went to work early this morning thanks to a steady westerly breeze. That gave us a jump on the day and resulted in a fine summer redux:
I won't say this is the last time we'll see the 80s for the season (year), but they'll certainly be exceptional from here on out. 70s are another matter. If we stay on the warm side of things, we could even see them in December - as we have in years past.
Fear not, they're back tomorrow with a good supply of sun. Clouds will approach though as a front remains stalled overhead.
Typically, this front would mean a good chance of rain and some gloomy times ahead. However, this time around, the atmosphere is a little short on moisture. The end result? Just a few spotty, passing showers or sprinkles. Oh, and a whole lotta clouds.
Temperatures continue their slide into the weekend. Highs will struggle to meet 70 both Friday and Saturday thanks to the clouds and onshore wind.
All in all, a whole lot of indecision: no soaking rain, and not a lot of sun.
It's never too early to get it going, so.....
Posted by Chris Lambert
We're off to an iffy start to the weekend as nuisance rain and wet snow moves across the area. While it's not a well organized area of low pressure, it develops right near us midday, and that'll be enough for a tricky forecast. Light to moderate rain/snow is on and off early this morning with a heavier burst of precipitation possible late morning, through mid afternoon in eastern MA (11:00AM-3:00PM).
Posted by Pete Bouchard
That's the way to get it done! Fine finish to the workweek as sun dominated and winds behaved.
I submit that is the one - and perhaps only - reason these days have felt springlike in this extended thaw. If the winds were gusty on a day like today, the sun (albeit a little stronger these days) is really no help.
Posted by Jeremy Reiner
Nice mid-winter weather? Here's how I envision it:
*Mild temps (40 or higher)
*Little to no wind
That last bullet point (IMO) is probably the biggest when outside this time of year. After our morning fog lifts out of here all three of those criteria will be met this afternoon AND.....it's Friday. #Winning.
Posted by Pete Bouchard
As far as blah days go, this was the blahest.
Fog blanketed the area as winds remained light and variable. We're still looking at some fog, but the thickest part of it should only be during the first half of the night. After that, gentle winds should "mix out" some of the heavily fogged in areas.


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Staff Writer
OLD ORCHARD BEACH - The picture is a little grainy, the audio a little scratchy. Then again, it should be. This particular VHS tape is 27 years old.
Now he's the athletic director, but in 1986 Jack Trull was the football coach who directed Old Orchard Beach High to the Class D state title in the division's final season before this year.
John Patriquin/Staff Photographer
The 1986 program shows it was an Old Orchard-Madison state final.
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Jack Trull is mesmerized by it.
"I could watch this all day," he said, sitting in his Saco home.
No doubt. The tape is the second half of the 1986 Class D state championship football game between Old Orchard Beach High -- coached at the time by Trull, now the school's athletic director -- and Madison. Old Orchard won 33-20, scoring 27 unanswered points in the second half.
At the time no one knew it would be the last Class D state title game sanctioned by the Maine Principals' Association. The following fall, football was restructured into three classes. But after years of debate, the MPA re-established Class D beginning this fall, again putting the state's smallest schools into their own division.
Old Orchard Beach, with 268 students, is the fourth-smallest school in the state playing football. And the Seagulls hope to provide a bookend to the Class D Gold Ball that sits in the school's trophy case.
"That," said the current coach, Dean Plante, a junior reserve on that 1986 team, "would be cool."
This isn't the first time the MPA has reinstituted Class D. The MPA crowned champions in the division from 1951 to 1975 (except for 1971 and 1972, when no champion was designated according to MPA records). Then they stopped for three years.
In 1979, Class D resumed with a state championship game. At the time, Old Orchard was playing in the Southern York League, which featured larger schools such as Marshwood, York, Kennebunk, Wells, Noble and Massabesic.
Curt Chretien, an Old Orchard assistant coach who was also a junior on that 1986 team, insists that the Gulls "could have won close to 10 Gold Balls if we hadn't been playing those schools."
But after the 1984 season, Trull's first (a 2-6 record), the Seagulls considered a move to Class D.
"Joe Regina (the athletic director at the time) wasn't in favor of it," said Trull. "He was old-school. He wanted to play the schools in our backyard."
And after the decision was made to move down, Regina reminded Trull, "You can't go any lower than Class D. We were more than a little intimidated."
Moving down was just what the school needed.
The Gulls went 10-1, losing only in the Class D state championship game, 7-0 to a powerful Dexter team headed by the fabulous Haines twins, Michael and Mark. They combined for more than 8,000 rushing yards in their high school career.
Old Orchard held them to about 100 in the game, but Mark Haines scored the game's only touchdown on a 43-yard interception return.
That loss, said Trull, "was a huge motivation for our guys. By 1986 our weight program was on track. The kids had a purpose."
The Gulls repeated their undefeated regular season, getting tested only twice: 18-14 over Mexico and 20-14 over Messalonskee.
Then they beat Messalonskee 33-13 in the semifinals, setting up the showdown with Madison.
Nov. 8, 1986 dawned gray, chilly and drizzly. By the time the game started a fog hung around the Winslow High field. The field was wet and muddy.
Madison, coached by Art Rudman, converted an Old Orchard fumble and interception into a 20-6 lead at the half.
"I think the thing that stands out most for me about that game," said Plante, "was the halftime speeches by Jack and Marc (Gagne, his top assistant). It was almost like the game was playing out perfectly."
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Dean Plante, who was a member of that 1986 championship team, now directs the football program at Old Orchard Beach, and hopes his players can produce the same kind of memories in the state's return to a Class D division.
John Patriquin/Staff Photographer
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Jack Trull was coming off a loss in the 1985 state final with Old Orchard Beach, and in 1986 had the Seagulls primed to go all the way.
1986 Press Herald file