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Student dies in dorm A student at The College of New Jersey in Ewing Township died inside his campus dormitory, according The Times of Trenton yesterday. A junior identified as Paul Traina wasn't breathing when his roommate found him unconscious, the school said. No cause of death has been identified. METRO

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Epidemic Mayor Michael Nutter appeared and spoke Monday at the ninth annual national Summit on Race, Culture and Human Relations in Tallahassee, Fla. In his speech titled “Cities United: A Conversation about Deaths of AfricanAmerican Males,” he said “violence is at unsustainable levels in our communities and killing our fathers, brothers and sons.

Black men are becoming an endangered species in America, locked up or dead.”

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City efforts to protect victims overhauled PHILADELPHIA. Mayor Michael

Nutter signed an order yesterday to combine the Philadelphia Police Department Special Victims Unit, the Department of Human Services Sexual Abuse Investigations Unit, the Philadelphia Children’s Alliance and staff from the district attorney’s office under one roof in a new facility at 300 E. Hunting Park Ave. “This move is critical ... to improve efficiency ... while reducing the adverse impact of coming forward on victims,” Nutter said in a release. The 40,000-square-foot space is slated to open in late 2012 to early 2013. METRO/AW

Fake utility workers steal from homes SOUTH PHILADELPHIA. The Philadelphia Police Department has neighbors on alert after they received three reports of suspects impersonating utility workers to gain access to victims’ homes.

In one of the incidents, a man and a woman identified themselves as city workers to a homeowner on the 300 block of Ritner Street and said they needed to check for faulty outlets.

Once inside, they stole $1,000 in cash.

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In wake of voter ID suits, how hard is it to get ID? Obtaining a state-issued ID requires documentation, time, money, transportation and knowledge of how, or ability to, navigate several government systems The Pennsylvania chapters of the American Civil Liberties Union and the NAACP posted nearly identical statements on their respective websites announcing that they are looking for plaintiffs in preparation for a legal challenge of the state voter ID law’s constitutionality.

Gov. Tom Corbett signed the law last month, making Pennsylvania the 16th state to require photo identification in order to cast a ballot. Critics say this will disproportionately affect the elderly, disabled, minorities and the poor — many who have traditionally voted Democrat — in a year when a Democratic president is seeking re-election.

Two state representatives from Philadelphia yesterday announced a bill to repeal the law.

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Number of PennDot offices offering the service in Philadelphia. getting a government-issued photo ID, anyway? Well, let's walk through the process.

First, you have to physically show up at a PennDOT office.

Once there, you must present your social security card plus either a birth certificate, certificate of U.S. citizenship or a passport.

You say you don't have any of those documents? That's where it gets hairy.

You'll have to get a birth certificate through the Division of Vital Records, which requires a paystub, tax form or lease.

And if you work under the table or not at all, live in a

boarding house or don't have a home, well, you're kind of screwed. If you were lucky enough to get through step one (yes, step one), now you need a Social Security card.

That requires proof of citizenship and/or age, which you just got in the form of your birth certificate.

It also requires proof of identity. Which brings us back to the government ID issue which, remember, you still don't have. The Social Security Administration may accept military and employee IDs, school IDs and records, health insurance cards and medical records.

Only then can you apply for your government-issued ID and exercise your rights to the fullest extent.

ALEX WIGGLESWORTH awigglesworth@metro.us

You can take a gamble and mail the birth certificate and other original documents to Philadelphia's Social Security Card Center in the hopes that they will eventually be sent back, along with your government identification card.

Or you can go on down to the one office that serves Philadelphia to ensure your documents A) will be accepted and B) won't travel out of your sight.

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croft police noticed a bulge in the crotch of a Philadelphia man, it wasn’t because he was happy to see them.

Ray Woods, 23, taken into custody during a traffic stop Friday, allegedly had a large plastic bag filled with 89 smaller baggies of drugs tied to his private parts and attempted to urinate on an officer who tried to remove the package, the Delaware County Times reported. METRO/AW

Mailing it all in

Firefighters at Engine 7-Ladder 10 saluted family of one of two firefighters killed Monday when those grieving relatives visited a memorial at the Kensington firehouse yesterday.

gine 7-Ladder 10 lined up to salute mourning family members yesterday afternoon at a memorial crowned by two empty helmets as a reminder of the two lives lost during a five-alarm warehouse blaze Monday morning.

Lt. Robert Neary, a 37-year department veteran, leaves behind a wife and three children. Neary's viewing and memorial will be held Friday, April 13 at 4 p.m. and Saturday, April 14 from 5 to 8 p.m. at Givinish Funeral Home, 10975 Academy Road. His interment will be private.

Firefighter Dan Sweeney's viewing will be held Friday, April 13 from 7 to 9 p.m. and Saturday, April 14 from 9 to 11 a.m., followed by an 11 a.m. service, at St. Cecilia's Church, 535 Rhawn St. He will be interred immediately following the service at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, 4001 W. Cheltenham Ave. METRO/AW

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WE’RE PRIMED FOR GROWTH While most of us think of April 15 as Tax Day, it is also a significant day in our nation’s history. On April 15, 1955, Ray Kroc opened his first McDonald’s in Des Plaines, Ill. The McDonald brothers started a restaurant a few years earlier, but it was Ray Kroc who made McDonald’s into what it is today.

avid Halberstam dedicates a good portion of his 800-plus page book, “The Fifties,” to examining the sweeping social, economic and cultural impact that McDonalds had on our nation. While you may bemoan the rise of fast food and mass marketing, there is no denying the genius of Ray Kroc, a truly Americanmade entrepreneur.

Entrepreneurs like Kroc are what made our economy hum in the ‘50s. Today’s entrepreneurs are even more important to the economic vitality of our nation and region. In greater Philadelphia, young, entrepreneurial companies are at the forefront of growth and innovation.

Entrepreneurs such as Joel Glickman, creator and founder of K’Nex are inspiring us right here in our backyard. As anyone at K’Nex will tell you, it all began one evening when Joel was playing with straws at a wedding. He started tinkering and thinking about the possibilities. This tinkering, followed by some innovative product engineering, led to the very popular rod-and-connector building system now available throughout the world.

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“Increasingly, the region is recognized as a place to start a business. In fact, the 2010 ‘Inc. 500’ list of fastestgrowing companies named Greater Philadelphia a ‘Top 10 Metro Hotspot,’ with 132 regional firms on the list.”

reater Philadelphia is well primed to support entrepreneurial activity, business startups and growth. A large number of incubators, accelerator and technology WONDERLING transfer programs, and small-business centers throughout the region provide specialized space, access to capital, networking, professional development, entrepreneurial support and other resources aimed at nurturing innovative ideas along to commercial success.

On “ABC World News,” you may have seen stories about individuals and companies who are cre-

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ating American-made products. The stories are inspirational and remind us of what an extraordinary nation we are.

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n Wednesday, May 23, David Muir, “ABC World News” weekend anchor and correspondent for the “Made in America” reports, will discuss the challenges and benefits of creating and purchasing American-made products. The program, hosted by the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, will feature a panel with leading regional manufacturing and industry experts who will explore local manufacturing trends and how companies are helping create jobs throughout the region. Join the conversation. For more information, visit greaterphilachamber.com. It’s a breakfast event, so no Big Macs will be served.

– Rob Wonderling is the president and CEO of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce. His column runs the second Wednesday of every month.

Metro does not endorse the opinions of the author, or any opinions expressed on its pages.

Opposing viewpoints are welcome. Send 100-word submissions to letters@metro.us.

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Nutter and developer Jonathan Rose stood near a rendering of the coming mixed-use complex.

Paseo Verde translates to “green walk,” and developers hope the $48 million mixeduse residential and retail project at Ninth and Berks streets will serve as a connector in more than one way.

There’s the gap between “sustainable” and “affordable” based on an ingrained stereotype that the two concepts are simply at odds. President of the Asociacion Puertorriquenos en Marcha Nilda Ruiz cited Paseo Verde’s green roofs, permeable paving and solar panels alongside its wallet-friendly rent.

“It’s a combination of green architecture and affordable living,” she said.

Perhaps most in need of connecting is the chasm between Temple University and longtime residents of the North Central Philadelphia

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neighborhood. The latter have blamed the school and its students for quality of life violations and displacement due to an ever-expanding campus and raised rents. The former have leveled complaints of hostile behavior from the socalled lifers.

“What I see this doing is helping with the balance of the neighborhood,” said state Sen. Shirley Kitchen. “Nowadays, new or reformed neighborhoods — whatever word you want to use — it’s poor people, affluent people, you even have students on your block,” she said. “It’s one block fits all, not like in the old days when people had the same basic goals in common. I see this as a balance.”

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fices, an on-site primary care center and pharmacy and ground-level retail. “The retail enhances it for both new and existing residents,” City Council President Darrell Clarke said.

In addition to providing services that will cater to a variety of populations, Paseo Verde’s living spaces will help ameliorate concerns of residents who worry the university is pushing them out. “I think, in particular, because it was developed by a local community organization with a long track record of inclusiveness and has funding that ensures families will have affordable housing, it has had a good reception,” Clarke said.

ALEX WIGGLESWORTH awigglesworth@metro.us

Nutter, Clarke also bonding?

The project seemed to signify a period of goodwill in the sometimes fractious relationship between Mayor Michael Nutter and Council President Darrell Clarke.

“I used to sit across from the mayor in City Council and it could get a little competitive. We always wanted to see who could get more shovels,” Clarke said of keepsakes from groundbreakings.

“Councilman Clarke and I may build an Art in City Hall project just with shovels from across the city,” Nutter joked.

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Instead of curbing government spending, President Barack Obama’s health care law could add up to $530 billion to the federal debt over 10 years, a Republican expert on U.S. government benefit programs said yesterday.

A study by Charles Blahous, a George Mason University research fellow and the Republican trustee for the Medicare and Social Security entitlement programs for the elderly, challenged the administration’s contention that the 2010 law would reduce health care costs.

But the Obama administration defended the law as a cost-saver and sharply criticized the report by Blahous, an economic policy adviser under former President George W. Bush.

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$530B President Barack Obama’s health care law could add up to $530 billion to the federal debt over 10 years, a Republican expert on U.S. government benefit programs said yesterday.

Care Act,” or by conservatives as “Obamacare,” the measure to expand health insurance for millions of Americans is considered Obama’s signature domestic policy achievement.

The Supreme Court is weighing whether Congress overstepped its authority to regulate commerce in approving the law.

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President Barack Obama’s campaign team attacked Mitt Romney yesterday for not paying his “fair share” of taxes, escalating rhetoric against the top Republican presidential hopeful to try to paint him as an elitist who is out of touch with ordinary Americans.

Obama, who has made tax fairness a key part of his re-

election message, will pile on the pressure later in the day at a speech in Florida, urging support for the Buffett Rule, named after billionaire investor and Obama supporter Warren Buffett.

It calls for people making more than $1 million a year to be taxed at a higher rate than middle-class families. REUTERS

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News in brief Baseball manager suspended for Castro comments MIAMI. Manager Ozzie Guillen was suspended by the Miami Marlins for five games after making comments in support of former Cuban President Fidel Castro.

Guillen, a Venezuelan who has lived in Miami for a decade, apologized at a news conference in the Marlins’ stadium this morning.

Guillen told Time magazine for an article was released on April 5 that “I

love Fidel Castro,” before clarifying his comments, according to the magazine.

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The new report could give judges grounds to sentence Breivik to prison instead of a psychiatric facility.

Breivik himself has insisted he is mentally stable and demanded that his attacks — the most violent in Norway since World War II — be judged as political militancy and not the work of a deranged mind.

Breivik has admitted detonating a bomb that killed eight people at government headquarters in Oslo on July 22, 2011, then massacring 69 people with gunfire at a Labour Party summer camp.

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W If history is any guide — and it is — we can expect to see more of Rick Santorum in the future.

ell, that’s over.

In the end, Rick Santorum — who ended his long-shot presidential campaign yesterday at a surprise press conference in Gettysburg, Pa. — chose the easy way out.

“We made a decision over the weekend,” Santorum said, “that while this presidential race for us is over, for me, and we will suspend our campaign today, we are not done fighting.” He pointedly failed to mention his nearest rival, the more-inevitable-than-ever Mitt Romney.

Santorum wasn’t clear on the reasons for his campaign suspension. He did mention his ill daughter, Bella, who was released from the hospital Monday after a weekend in which the candidate canceled

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campaign events for her sake.

Cynical poll-watchers will point to depressing numbers for the upcoming April 24 primary in Pennsylvania — the state Santorum represented in Congress until 2006 — as a simple reason for his departure. A loss in his “home state” would have dealt the Santorum brand an embarrassing blow, especially after the 18point defeat he suffered just six years ago, the largest losing margin of an incumbent senator for some 30 years. As it stands, the surprisingly successful campaign could give the candidate the chance of another presidential run in 2016.

The Romney campaign had already committed to throwing $2.9 million into the Pennsylvania race and ending Santorum once and for all. Adding insult, the ad assault was going to aim squarely at his Senate loss. “We fired him as senator, why promote him to president?” one ad asked.

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f course, there remain three total candidates in the Republican race: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich has vowed to stay in all the way to the convention, and Rep. Ron Paul has yet to repudiate his mysterious caucus strategy. Then there’s Romney, still as ever the likely nominee.

There are some (see: us) who say the conservative crusader never stood a real chance at the highest office in the nation. But for all of Santorum’s detractors (see again: us) it’s hard to deny the campaign’s accomplishments. What began as a shoestring effort launched out of a borrowed pickup truck emerged as a real candidacy capable of moving issues starkly rightward. And though he’s officially out, his impact persists.

As Romney pivots back toward the center, the specter of Santorum will remain.

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A Sarajevo man peers around the corner at the city’s engulfed National Library.

Healing through photography These days, perhaps Larma is at ease in life as a suburban father and husband and Metro photographer because the Bosnian War that ripped apart his native land still lives on in his head.

Going back for anniversaries like this year’s gathering and reproducing some of his best photos — and that doesn’t mean the most gruesome — is part of the healing process, he said.

“Everyone who exper-

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“This is why I don’t have any idea that my book is going to be a success. No, the book I produced is part of me being rehabilitated because psychologically, it’s good to take out and pretend that you solved the case.” METRO/BXM

Behind the longest siege

Bombings were a daily occurrence for years.

The Siege of Sarajevo — which began April 5, 1992, and ended effectively in February 1996 — turned the Bosnian city into the longest continuous urban battlefield in modern history.

In a city of roughly 500,000 in 1992, more than 12,000 people died, including about 1,500 children, according to the United Nations.

It began when an army of Serbs began attacking the city following the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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A SIEGE REVISITED Metro Philadelphia’s Rikard Larma, Bosnia native turned war photojournalist, returns to Sarajevo 20 years later As he gathers with other Bosnian War correspondents, he brings with him gripping images of war PHOTOS: RIKARD LARMA/METRO

Rikard Larma has a laid-back, affable approach to life, despite working for nearly four decades in the fast-paced world of journalism. That ease is his work’s saving grace, what’s kept him in the business so long — through his early years as a celebrity and sports shooter to his shrapnel-marked years as war photojournalist to his current work in Philadelphia.

Larma, 58, was a successful photographer when war roared into his city. But the Siege of Sarajevo, which began 20 years ago last Thursday, transformed him from a locally respected photographer into an Associated Press photojournalist whose pictures would grace the cover of The New York Times and Newsweek.

He returned last week to reminisce with fellow journalists who lived and worked through the siege that lasted almost four years from April 5, 1992, to early 1996. He shared some of his most poignant photos before departing for his native land. (He proudly became an American citizen last year.)

“The line I’m holding and telling when I did exhibitions of these same pictures in the past, it was that I want to show them and [have those people in them] not be forgotten,” Larma said.

Twenty years later, on the precipice of that return to Sarajevo, he seemed a reluctant historian of the time leading up to the war that he says began over disputes related to the small na-

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tion-state called Kosovo. Once he gets rolling, though, the photographer known locally for his “conspiracy theories” on trendy topics related to Philadelphia culture and politics recounts how a war quickly engulfed the biggest city in Bosnia and ripped it apart.

“Sarajevo was the center of the universe, known like the multi-ethnic city in the most multi-ethnic state of Yugoslavia,” Larma told me two weeks ago, proceeding to name so many small nation-states it’s easy to figure out how conflict is common in eastern Europe.

“The other countries are nation countries, like Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro.”

Aside from the politics, some of his best stories are the

tragic and sad ones surrounding his best photographs and how he got them. He still knows the subject of his favorite photo — a naked, young boy in a window — who is now a young man.

Other stories are of life as a young photojournalist.

“There is no such thing as being in a hospital. I went for a Band-Aid and they checked things. I was on crutches for a month and a half,” he said of one of two near-death experiences, when shrapnel ripped through a shin. “It was a safe time because no one wants to [hurt] you on crutches. You have sympathy.”

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Today, Bette Midler wants better technology manners, Ralph Macchio is getting some culture, Michael McKean has some awards show improvement ideas and Sarah Silverman wants you to relax and get back to work. @BetteMidler: Jeez! I just bumped into a crowd a people all looking down at their devices!! Look up, people!! @ralphmacchio: Taking in some broadway today. Vintage musical theatre on the menu. @MJMcKean: Emmy show producers: please please PLEASE let J Lo announce the Downton Abbey nominations. @SarahKSilverman: Worrying u don’t get the respect u deserve is a great way to ensure you’ll never get the respect u deserve

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Maybe you’ve seen Lisa Rinna star in a new Depend adult diapers commercial. But in case you haven’t, here’s the recap: The 48-year-old is filmed wearing a skintight black dress on the red carpet — but, surprise!

She’s also wearing Depend’s new Silhouette for Women line underneath that dress.

“I am wearing an evening gown, for God’s sake!” she says in the commercial. “And you can’t tell I have it on. Check out the boo-tay!” She then commands her poor husband Harry Hamlin to touch her tush to check it out for himself.

Surprising? Yes. Commercials for adult diapers are not the most, say, sexy of things to star in. But Rinna swears she’s

not talking about incontinence in order to keep herself in lip injections — she did it for charity and women’s rights.

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Rinna continues: “I don’t endorse many products.” (Ed note: True! The last time she was a “celebrity spokeswoman” was for The Flex Belt Abdominal Toning Belt; do with that information what you will.) “When I was first asked, I was surprised,” she explains. “I’m not the first person

Bynes: Back to the bar!

Less than 24 hours after being arrested for driving under the influence after colliding with a cop car, Amanda Bynes and pals reportedly went back to the same bar she’d been drinking at before the incident — but this time she was denied entry, according to TMZ. Sources say the bar’s staff was aware of her arrest — and her presence there the night before — and decided against her returning. Bynes and her friends reportedly left without incident.

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“I believe women should feel good about themselves — and if that means they need to talk about their problems, then absolutely. We need to help each other.” RINNA

you think of when you think of Depend. … I believe women should feel good about themselves — and if that means they need to talk about their problems, then absolutely. We need to help each other. I was not afraid to do this.”

I believe that too, as should most women. And it’s not wearing an adult diaper that makes me roll my eyes — it’s the fact that she used the word “bootay” to describe her butt.

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she’s not feeling any rush because she’s getting older: “I’m a person who gets better with practice,” she says. “Getting older is awesome — because you get more practice.”

Talking points You have a chance with Zooey Deschanel With a hit sitcom and a split from ex-husband Ben Gibbard keeping her busy, it should come as no surprise that Zooey Deschanel isn’t spending much time dating. “Honestly, I’m just going through a divorce, so I don’t really think that’s something I want to get into now. I don’t have time to date,” she tells Marie Clare. At least

Cyrus explains away weight loss

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Miley Cyrus is striking back against critics who speculate she has an eating disorder. “For everyone calling me anorexic, I have a gluten and lactose allergy.

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Health is happiness!” In fact, Cyrus thinks her food allergy has been a great thing — and is encouraging her fans to dump gluten. “Everyone should try no gluten for a week! The change in your skin, physical and mental health is amazing! You won’t go back,” she posted.

Lohan has a good alibi (for once) A woman is accusing Lindsay Lohan of attacking her at a party in the Standard Hotel in West Hollywood recently — but Lohan’s rep insists the troubled actress didn’t

even leave her home the night in question, according to TMZ. The website seems to be on Lohan’s side: “We have spoken with six people at the hotel — some of whom were working on the night in question — and none of them saw Lindsay that evening,” the site reports. The woman in question claims she was assaulted by Lohan after chatting up a guy the actress had her eye on.

“Lindsay was absolutely not involved in any sort of altercation whatsoever. This is clearly another case of someone looking for money,” Lohan’s rep, Steve Honig, says. “You have to wonder about someone who calls the media before the police.”

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3. Tina Fey was spotted with some Muppet knock-offs while filming on location for “30 Rock” on Monday in New York City.

4. Musician Ronnie Wood opened his art show, titled “Faces, Time and Places,” at 498 Broome Street on Monday in New York City.

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2 Kevin Kline posed for a photo with a puppy from The North Shore Animal League at the after-party for a screening of his new film, “Darling Companion,” on Monday in New York City.

6. Kanye West and 2 Chainz, who has worked with West this past year, stopped by the 106 & Park Studio on Monday in New York City.

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t may seem harsh to refer to your main character as a b—. But there’s really no other way to describe opportunist Chloe (Krysten Ritter) in the new ABC sitcom “Don’t Trust the B— in Apartment 23.” With the self-professed “morals of a pirate,” Chloe is an unaffected schemer whose only loyalties lie with her close friends.

“If Holly Golightly and Satan had a child, it would be my character,” admits Ritter.

James Van Der Beek, who plays Chloe’s best friend James Van Der Beek in a gleeful sendup of the “Dawson’s Creek” star, has a slightly different view: “[She’s] the love child of Lucille Ball and Sid Vicious,” he says.

No matter her mythical parentage, Chloe tiptoes the line between bad and just plain awful — in the pilot, she robs her sweet, new-to-New-York roommate, June (Dreama Walker) — which means the balance between audiences loving or loathing Ms. B is even more precarious.

But Ritter rationalizes that Chloe’s actions, despite how outlandish they seem, aren’t always selfish. (Wait till you see how Chloe suggests June dump her boyfriend in tonight’s pre-

“As long as I approach my character in making positive choices, that the end result seems to be somewhat heartfelt, you can get away with it.”

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miere.) “As long as I approach my character in making positive choices, that the end result seems to be somewhat heartfelt, you can get away with it,” she says.

After all, even seemingly naive June is able to crack Chloe’s tough-girl persona and ultimately become a member of her oddball entourage.

“June definitely … outsmarts Chloe a little bit,” Walker says. “That’s part of our dynamic and part of what makes her respect me and like me in the end.”

So is “B” a severe moniker after all? Ritter doesn’t think so.

“I’m an evil bitch,” she says.

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Brendan Cooney is settling old scores Not-So-Silent Cinema combines live music, old films and new audiences Next up: ‘Zorro’

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But there has also been an increasing number of young composers who are creating new live scores for classic silent movies in order to revive them for contemporary audiences.

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Boston last year — the ensemble’s rotating lineup of musicians has so far performed Cooney’s original scores for the films “Battleship Potemkin” and “Nosferatu,” as well as a few Buster Keaton movies.

“Seeing a movie with live music allows audiences to both enjoy early film and relate to live music in a new way,” says Cooney. “It becomes much more of a social experience.”

On Friday, Not-So-SilentCinema performs Cooney’s new score for 1920’s “The Mark Of Zorro” at The Rotunda in West Philly. With leader Cooney playing piano, the ensemble consists of local musicians who also play in the West Philadelphia Orchestra, TJ Kong and the Atomic Bomb, and the Oscuro Quintet.

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ers from different corners of the music scene who don’t usually play together to create unique musical collaborations,” says Cooney, who calls this project a “faux Latin-flamencotango-mariachi ensemble.”

“The film’s full of adventure, bravura and romance, so I wanted the music to capture that, but also be a little over the top.”

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I haven’t gotten any details. I spoke with the people of that institution. They gave me a call and told me to mark it on the calendar, to be there. As far as the details of what’s going to happen, I haven’t received any sort of itinerary or schedule. It’s something I’m just trying not to think about until it gets closer. It’s not that I don’t appreciate it. It’s a great thing, and it’s great for all the people who supported the band over the years.

Weren’t you and Izzy kind of like ships passing in the night?

I understand that you’re still friends with everybody who has been in the band through the years, is that right?

Oh yeah. That was on my jacket.

Friendly, I’d say. I haven’t talked to a couple of the guys at all since they left. But Duff [McKagan, original bassist] got up and jammed with us in Seattle and Vancouver last year. His band, Loaded, opened up for us, which was fantastic. Izzy [Stradlin, an original guitarist] came and did a few shows with us and sat in, in 2010, which was cool.

Yes I did. I’m on the pinball machine, and I can’t remember what it was that triggers it, but you can get the “Dizzy ball,� and it starts going crazy and you can score a whole bunch of points. I think it was patterned after me after too many vodkas or something.

No, we played together. When I actually joined the band, it was still the original five guys. With Steven [Adler, original drummer], we recorded “Civil War,� and then I didn’t see him again, and then we had a new drummer. But Izzy toured with us right up to when the “Use Your Illusion� albums came out.

I just remember the video that featured a sign that said, “Where’s Izzy?�

And you’ve been immortalized, by making it onto the Guns N’ Roses pinball machine as well ...

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‘Baggage Battles’ JC Chasez, left, and Randy Jackson return as judges on Season 7 of “America’s Best Dance Crew.”

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risis management pro Olivia Pope is the textbook Shonda Rhimes heroine: smart, driven and a complete mess in her personal life. Exchange the power suit for scrubs, and Olivia would fit in perfectly in either of Rhimes’ other shows, “Grey’s Anatomy” or “Private Practice.” Strong but flawed is what the writer does best, though she had a little help conceptualizing her protagonist for the new ABC drama “Scandal” — Olivia is based on real-life crisis manager Judy Smith, the founder of a highpowered strategic and crisis communications firm who also served as an assistant U.S. attorney and president George H.W. Bush’s deputy press secretary.

“The world that I live in is very high-stakes. It’s very fastpaced,” Smith says matter-offactly. “And what [Shonda and her team has] done is a terrific job at dramatizing that in a very unique setting.”

The setting is Washington, D.C., “the nexus of power for so many different industries and so many different fields,” says actress Kerry Washington, who plays Olivia with equal fierceness and vulnerability. The locale allows the show to delve into behind-the-scenes political machinations, but not necessarily linger there.

“From show to show, who walks in our office is completely unpredictable — whether it’s somebody in the military, whether it’s a politician, whether it’s somebody in the corporate world, whether it’s somebody in the labor movement, whether it’s a celebrity, whether it’s a sports figure,” says Washington. “So [D.C.] is an exciting context for the show, but it’s not a political show because we deal with crisis in all areas, as does Judy.”

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It’s very fast-paced.

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I still haven’t decided if I’m happy that Facebook bought the digital photography app and social network. I am an Instagram user. I think I first noticed it when I saw some shared images on Twitter that reminded me of old Instamatic photos.

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Unholy union or perfect match? Facebook and Instagram are now as one.

Instagram: the ability to take everyday digital images from your iPhone (now Android, too!) or photo library and apply a filter that made the picture look like it was taken by a camera that Kodak made more than 50 years ago.

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gram without Eastman and Kodak. Even the Instagram logo is similar to a classic Kodak Instamatic camera — though I don’t know that Instagram has ever paid a dime to Kodak.

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Today in medicine Your taste in men might change if you’re on the pill Study subjects: 2,500 women worldwide on oral contraceptives Location of study: U.K. Results: In a new study from the

University of Stirling in Scotland, women with lower testosterone levels were found to be more attracted to “less masculine” men with lower testosterone levels. A low testosterone level in women can be caused by the use of birth control pills. However, once these women stopped taking the pill, they had less interest in these “less masculine” men.

Significance: Studies have found that men with lower

testosterone are less likely to stray, more supportive and better at caring for their family.

Geography and heart disease Are you into him or his low testosterone level?

Study subjects: Nationwide survey of women’s health Location of study: U.S. Results: New research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital states that a woman’s risk for car-

Health in brief Free cooking classes L.A.-based chef Julie Morris, the author of the new book “Superfood Cuisine,” is leading free organic superfoods cooking classes throughout the city today, tomorrow and Friday. Stop by to learn about the benefits of cacao, acai, goji berries and other superfoods, plus how to incorporate them into your daily life. You can also enter to win a giveaway from Navitas Naturals, which is sponsoring the classes.

diovascular inflammation — which can lead to heart disease — is higher if she lives in a state with a high rate of poverty.

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children, aged 2 to 5 Location of study: U.S. Results: A study in Pediatrics found that mothers who were 35 pounds or more overweight during pregnancy were more likely to deliver babies with autism or other like disorders.

Significance: About 60 percent of childbearing-age women in the U.S. are overweight, according to the study’s researchers. LINDA CLARKE

Concern over ‘pink slime’ 88 percent of U.S. adults are aware of the “pink slime” issue.

76 percent are “at least somewhat concerned” about it.

30 percent are “extremely concerned.”

53 percent have taken action, including researching the ground beef they purchase.

22 percent have either decreased and/or stopped their consumption of foods using ground beef in restaurants.

25 percent have stopped purchasing ground beef from grocery stores.

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War plus tax cuts equals recession RE: “MEDIA ECHO CHAMBER OBSCURES THE TRUTH”: Maybe

if Mr. Sargent read more than one media source, he would know that the reason for the big deficit is a big tax cut followed by the cost of two wars that weren’t made part of the budget until Obama was in office. And he would also know that most Americans are very afraid of what might happen to Social Security and Medicare.

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Actually, voter fraud alive and well RE: “BE VERY SCARED OF THE FRAUD MONSTER!”: There is no

voter fraud? Are you serious?

Have you ever heard of ACORN? You know, the organization caught register-

ing dead people, Mickey Mouse, the Dallas Cowboys and thousands of other nonexistent people all for the 2008 Obama election. Have you heard of the ACORN court cases and their records being seized? Or what about the voter fraud case in Troy, N.Y., in which absentee ballots were submitted and those individuals declared that they never voted? A quick Internet search for voter fraud will unveil that voter fraud is a problem. To say otherwise is delusional. And this claim about disenfranchising the poor is nonsense. We all have to have ID to work etc.

Requiring a person to show ID to prove they are alive, registered to vote and physically living in the district is not disenfranchisement and to say otherwise is delusional.

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US pendulum tilts toward socialism RE: “POLITICS: POINT ... AND COUNTERPOINT”: That wasn’t a

counterpoint. It was more of a rant from a person on the edge. RFID implants, concentration camps sound more like a person who is “losing it”! Mr. Blong’s remarks were points of truth. Can’t you tell the difference between “point — counterpoint”? Not “point — insane rant!”

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Aries March 21-April 19. Success shouldn’t be denied you unless you get impatient and start to judge events before you have all the facts at your disposal. Hold your horses.

Taurus April 20-May 20. Just because you don’t get everything you want is no reason to feel sorry for yourself. Concentrate on what you did get — and count your blessings, not the ones that got away.

Gemini May 21-June 20. Instead of feeling obligated to do business with the same firm you’ve always gone to, try another company that is offering you a deal. Sentiment won’t save you dollars.

Cancer June 21-July 22. If you fail to stick to an earlier agreement and instead decide to break the pact you made, you’ll cause complications for yourself and tarnish your image.

Don’t do it.

Leo July 23-Aug. 22. It’s fun to get together with friends and let it all hang out, but be careful to follow sensible health habits or you’ll pay a price. Remember, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Virgo Aug. 23-Sept. 22. If you’re anticipating getting something for nothing, it’ll make you quite vulnerable to a canny manipulator. Don’t be anyone’s puppet.

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Amanda Bynes is just another Lohan RE: “AMANDA BYNES ARRESTED FOR DUI”: So what else is

new? Actress Amanda Bynes arrested for DUI. The young lady has that blank look on her face in that mug shot.

Sadly, it’s the same blank face she has in all the movies I’ve seen her in. Even sadder, it’s the blank-face look of today’s entertainment industry, be it movies, TV or music. HERB STARK, VIA E-MAIL

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Conspiracy theories aside, the overreach of the federal government is all too apparent.

Whether a government goes the Marxist route and nationalizes the bank, or goes the U.S. route and declares a right to take their income through the tax system and offer tham tax payer capital as special

Depression wasn’t an easy fix either Everyone conveniently forgets that all the “experts” in the world couldn’t make a dent in the Great Depression for over a decade, just like they can’t do anything to fix the Great Recession.

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DON’T EXPECT HOLLYWOOD ENDING HERE

No Tuna

Cole Hamels is the closest thing to a movie star on the Phillies, with his matinee-idol looks, gorgeous TV wife and hero status as MVP of the 2008 Series. So why is it becoming more and more obvious that his career may not have a Hollywood ending here?

Report: Parcells to stay retired

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Future Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells will not come out of retirement to coach the Saints, per ESPN. According to the report, Parcells told suspended head coach Sean Payton that he did not want the interim gig.

Payton was ousted for the year for his participation in the Bountygate scandal.

Assistant Joe Vitt is also suspended for the first six games.

New Orleans will most likely go with an in-house candidate for interim coach, either Vitt or former Eagles assistant Steve Spagnuolo.

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he 28-year-old was out there for the home opener Monday at Citizens Bank Park, a place he professes to love like no other ballpark, performing in front of fans unrivaled in his eyes, or so he says.

Still, it was impossible to watch him without wondering if this was the beginning of his final season as a Phillie.

So far, everybody has been saying the right things, while actually doing nothing. By all accounts, there have Quoted been no significant contract talks in over a There’s a month, even as significant Hamels insists Philadelphia is his first chance that choice and team officials keep saying they Cole Hamels is have the money to pay leaving after him. Meanwhile, most this season. of the experts are predicting that the two sides will reach an agreement before Hamels is free to sign anywhere after the current season.

But as mega-deal after mega-deal has been completed recently, the prospect of Hamels signing here is dwindling. When Matt Cain signed a six-year, $127-million deal last week with the Giants, alarms should have been ringing throughout Philadelphia. The 10-year, $225million Joey Votto extension in Cincinnati was even more stunning.

No one wants to say it, so I will. There’s a significant chance that Hamels is leaving after this season. Despite what all the voices are saying,

the logic just seems to be making a stronger case for his departure.

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ole Hamels is a West Coast kid if ever there was one. He grew up in San Diego, his parents still live there, his wife was a star on “Survivor,” his first two public appearances after the 2008 World Series were on “The David Letterman Show” and “Dancing With the Stars,” and, well, look at him. Does he look like one of us?

The Padres could never raise enough money to lure Hamels back, but the Dodgers are another story. Magic Johnson and his partners just paid $2.15 billion for the Los Angeles franchise.

Is anyone dumb enough to think they would balk at $175 million, or even $200 million, to bring Hamels home?

The Phillies have already cost themselves a fortune by waiting this long to lock up their most valuable commodity. They low-balled him last winter with a five-year, $85-million offer that matched Jered Weaver’s hometowndiscount deal with the Angels. Now it’s going to cost them double that, at least, to keep him.

With every day that passes, the price goes up for Cole Hamels. Whatever it takes, the Phillies have to pay it. Failure is not an option now — unless they want to witness the end of the best era of Phillies baseball ever.

– Angelo Cataldi is the host of 94 WIP’s Morning Show, which airs weekdays 5:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.

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Bring on punks, whiners Mike Milbury, an outspoken former hockey player and coach, came on my WIP radio show and did something extraordinary. He expressed his honest opinion on the feud between the Flyers and Penguins in a colorful and entertaining way.

Within hours after advising Pens coach Dan Bylsma to “take the skirt off” and suggesting Sidney Crosby “has a little punk in him,” Milbury was told to either apologize or be fired by NBC. After a generic and insincere statement, Milbury resumed his duties, while an army of soulless suits monitored his every word.

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Crosby Hey, I’m the last one to complain about a corporate world of broadcasting that has made me financially comfortable after a quartercentury of public babble, but the sublime really is be-

coming the ridiculous these days, isn’t it? Was NBC upset about the sexist “skirt” line or the “punk” reference, or maybe the suggestion that Crosby had suffered “35 or 36 concussions.” What was the problem, exactly?

The problem was that Milbury made someone in power angry. My best guess is that it was the Penguins, as sanctimonious a collection of sports bureaucrats as exists in sports.

When the Penguins screamed at one of the upwardly mobile office politicians at NBC, it was time to flex some corporate muscle.

Two days after that controversy, Rangers coach John Tortorella called the Penguins “one of the most arrogant organizations in the league” and portrayed Crosby and star teammate Evgeni Malkin as “whiners.”

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Final act. Take a good look at Doug Collins the next time he speaks after a Sixers loss. Coated in sweat, flustered by his slumping young players, the coach is an emotional wreck right now.

He is Dick Vermeil, circa 1982.

Would it surprise anyone if Collins bid a tearful goodbye after the season?

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Orange dreams crushed.

If you’re bold enough to pick the Flyers over the Penguins in the playoffs, you are counting on Ilya Bryzgalov to perform well in goal, the defense to hold up despite a rash of injuries and the refs to call it fairly against Sidney Crosby and his team of whiners.

Good luck.

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First things first. Roy Halladay is the best artist on the pitching mound since Greg Maddux, but this first-inning issue is getting ridiculous, isn’t it?

I know I’m nitpicking here, but how can a perfectionist like him continue to struggle with this one tiny aspect of the game.

Come on, Roy. Fix it.

The Birds made the right move with Bell, for once.

The Bell curve It took only one week for the Eagles to replace irreplaceable Jason Peters with Demetress Bell, a young offensive tackle with a fascinating past and a promising future. For once, the Birds made a move that the city can embrace. Bravo.

Usually, it takes months (or years) for the Eagles to acknowledge a major void.

Heck, it took a decade for Andy Reid to address his vacuum at linebacker. But this time the Birds swooped in and plucked Bell from a bevy of suitors. He is not Peters, but he’s not bad.

Keep in mind that Bell

played no high-school football at all and then missed the entire 2008 season serving as an apprentice to Peters in Buffalo. He is a perfect young student for legendary line coach Howard Mudd. What Bell lacks most is experience.

When I talked to him last week on WIP, Bell said he chose the Eagles because of the opportunity to work with Mudd and confide in Peters, and because Philadelphia is a long, long way from Buffalo in intensity. He wants to be challenged.

Philly should help there.

So what has he already learned about being an Eagle? “Everybody tells me the same thing: Win. You’ve got to win.” Sounds like he’s a fast learner.

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There were no promises, no guarantees.

That hope is still there for Juan Pierre. A 1-3 start isn’t going to diminish any of that.

“I came to the Phillies on a minor-league deal because of the chance to win,” Pierre said. “I wasn’t going to be given anything. I worked like crazy to earn my way on the roster. One thing about being around as long as I have — you’re going to go through ups and downs. It’s how you come through it. I know we will come through it.”

Pierre largely made the roster for his ability to bat in the leadoff spot, something that he has done in the past two games. He is 2-for-9 (.222), including a pinch-hit appearance this season “If Charlie [Manuel] puts me in the lineup, I’m going to do what I do best, get on base, use my legs and try to manufacture some runs for us,” Pierre said. “You know, this club has a ton of talent and pop, too. We can score playing small ball, but we also have

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some pop with Hunter Pence, Jimmy Rollins, [John] Mayberry [Jr.]. Hopefully, we’ll get the big guys back soon.”

Without Chase Utley and

Ryan Howard, the Phillies understand they’ll have to score runs in a different way. Even at 34, Pierre can provide a spark at the top of the lineup.

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Boos rained down from a sold-out crowd at the Wells Fargo Center. Max Talbot, then a Penguin, put his right index finger to his lips on his way to the penalty box as if to quiet the Flyers fans that seconds before were cheering the beating that Dan Carcillo had just served up.

In Pittsburgh, it’s known as “The Shhhhh.” The Flyers were up 3-0 in Game 6 and down 3-2 in the quarterfinals to Pittsburgh. At 4:21 of the second period, Talbot singlehandedly turned the series around. The very next shift, the Penguins started a brigade of five unanswered goals — one on an empty net — and ended the Flyers’ season.

“We came back,” Talbot recalled. “We were lucky enough to come back. We scored big goals and we won the series. It became a special moment. It’s gonna stick with me and it’s great because we were able to win the Cup after this.”

That signature gesture is just one of the reasons the Flyers-Penguins rivalry has been so heated recently. The Penguins have taken the last two of the five playoff series these teams have played, and the Flyers want revenge.

“You always hate teams that are good, that play you

Come cheer on Orange and Black

Grudge match Here is the complete playoff slate for Penguins-Flyers: Game 1: today, at Pittsburgh, 7:30 (CSN) Game 2: tomorrow, at Pittsburgh, 7:30 (CSN) Game 3: April 15, at FLYERS, 3 (NBC) Game 4: April 18, at FLYERS, 7:30 (CSN) Games 5, 6, 7 are if necessary.

Series is best-of-seven.

tough and play you hard,” Scott Hartnell said.

“I wouldn’t say I hate them.

Hate’s a strong word. Definitely there’s guys in there that play hard and finish every check. Those guys are hard to play against. I don’t like them.”

It’s a quick turnaround, though. Flyers fans have already embraced Talbot, who went on to score the only two Penguins goals in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals on the road against heavily-favored Detroit in 2009.

Maybe he’s got more playoff magic that can quiet the Penguins.

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Wayne Simmonds and the Flyers really hate the Penguins and their dirty brand of hockey.

The “Fight for the Cup” Caravan and Pep Rally will begin today at 11 a.m. at the Wells Fargo Center.

The parade will head north on Broad Street, wrap around City Hall and conclude with a pep rally at the Comcast Center from noon-1 p.m. Free gear will be available.

Flyers fans are also being encouraged to watch Game 1 at XFINITY Live!

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The scoop » Although Kris Letang may be the best blue-liner on either team, the Flyers have more depth. If Nicklas Grossman can return and block shots, the difference between the two back lines should be clear.

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STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS, FIRST ROUND: Flyers vs. Penguins

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The NHL broke new ground by doubling the size of the league and adding six new franchises for the 1967-68 season. Two of those teams — the Flyers and Penguins — are still around.

While the cross-state rivals didn’t cross paths in the postseason until 1989, the Flyers and Penguins have been frequent combatants since.

“The fans always remind us how they hate the Penguins, and I’m not a big fan of them, either,” said Claude Giroux.

First, let’s take a quick trip down memory lane:

Changing of the Guard, 1997 The first round featured emerging Flyers star Eric Lindros vs. Mario Lemieux, the Penguins’ legend who had announced that he would retire after the playoffs.

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The Backup Plan, 1989 Trailing Mario Lemieux and a young Jaromir Jagr, the Flyers forced the heavily-favored Penguins to a Game 7 at the Igloo, only to discover starting goalie Ron Hextall was hurt and couldn’t go. In stepped backup Ken Wregget. He stopped 39 shots against the team he’d later play for in the 4-1 series’ finale. Then, the Flyers fell to Montreal (in six) in the conference finals.

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than us,” recalled Jagr. “It was kind of emotional.”

The Flyers made sure Mario wouldn’t leave with a Prince of Wales Trophy and won in five. As he and Lindros embraced in the post-series handshake line, it seemed apparent the balance of power in the East had shifted. Or so we thought. That proved to be the height of the Lindros era.

Count ’em: Five overtimes, 2000 Jagr will never forget this series where the Penguins won twice here, then dropped the next four games. The epic

Game 4 went until nearly 2:30 a.m. and lasted five OTs. “We almost had the series.

We would’ve been up 3-1 — and all the sudden it put them back in the series,’’ said Jagr.

“Those wins and losses in overtime are mentally exhausting and we couldn’t recover after that.”

Changing of the Guard II, 2008 The Flyers had no answers for Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and the Penguins, who outscored them 20-7 and easily advanced to the Cup finals in five. But the series laid the

foundation for the recent hatred.

“It’s definitely amped up, with a lot of emotion,” said Scott Hartnell, one of just four Flyers still around from that series. “There’s a lot of body checking. A lot of everything.”

Talbot silences Philly, 2009 Having battled back from a 3-0 hole to win the next two games, then surge to a 3-0 lead in Game 6, the Flyers had all the momentum. That’s when Pittsburgh’s Max Talbot — after losing a fight to Dan Carcillo — held his finger to his mouth to quiet the Philly fans.

More than that, it inspired his teammates as they went on to score five unanswered goals and clinch the series.

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Young, restless Flyers ready for Cup close-up Wayne Simmonds is a veteran of all of a dozen playoff games. He’s a confident player and thought he was ready for postseason play — but once you step on the ice in the playoffs, things change.

“My first year, I didn’t really realize what was going on,” Simmonds said. “It takes you a couple minutes. You get hit, or you hit somebody, and it gets you into the game.

They’ll figure it out really quick.”

The 28-goal scorer is referring to the 12 rookies that have suited up for the Flyers this season. The Flyers had

Time to shine The Flyers have six rookies making their playoff debuts.

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Defenseman Marc-Andre Bourdon played 45 games.

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the most rookie games played (445) and points from rookies (129). After Mike Richards and Jeff Carter left, the Flyers became a team powered by youth and spent all season proving why that isn’t a bad thing.

“I’ve said this before — they are rookies, but that’s not how they’re viewed,” said coach Peter Laviolette. “These are guys that we’re counting on. This whole year has been in preparation to get them ready for the playoffs. They’ve done a terrific job all season in helping us make the playoffs and be a successful team

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Sean Couturier spent the last quarter of the season being groomed as the shutdown center, in charge of the opponent’s top line. Matt Read had the most goals (24) of any rookie in the NHL, plays in all situations and may just win the Calder Trophy.

“I think people didn’t really know what to expect from us this year and I think we’ve shown that we have some character and a good team here,” Couturier said. “In the playoffs, we’ve just gotta keep playing the same way and be prepared and hopefully things keep going well.”

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“The first thing you need to do is get yourself a partner, someone you trust, to help you edit,� says Fascitelli. “This person is someone who is going to tell you the truth, whose style you admire and who has a good eye for your own personal style.

Editing or culling your wardrobe is not only about finding things that you haven’t worn in one or two years but also asking, ‘Would I buy this today?’�

Color code Sort your clothes by color and type. Keep pants with pants and skirts with skirts, and then organize each category from light to dark, says Fascitelli. “This is a visual merchandising trick that makes your eye follow the color. It’s easier to get

Reuse and recycle Once you figure out what you’re keeping and what’s going, find a consignment store. “It’s green — you’re recycling your clothing,� says Fascitelli, who likes I-Ella or Linda’s Stuff on eBay. She also suggests giving directly to a charity such as Dress for Success.

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The general rule is “hang everything you can,� says Fascitelli. If you don’t have too much space on your closet rod, the items she specifically feels should be hung are coats, pants, dresses, suits, tailored shirts, silk blouses and gowns. The best items to fold and store on a shelf or in a drawer are T-shirts, sweaters, gym clothes, jeans and delicates — such as beaded and cashmere pieces. www.archipelago-usa.com

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OFFER VALID 4/11-4/15/2012. EXCLUSIONS APPLY; SEE MACYS.COM FOR DETAILS. Free item(s) is at time of purchase & must be of equal or lesser value than purchased item; returns must include the purchased & free item(s). ³REG. PRICES ARE OFFERING PRICES & SAVINGS MAY NOT BE BASED ON ACTUAL SALES. SAVE ON FAVES SALE PRICES IN EFFECT 4/11-4/15/2012, EXCEPT AS NOTED. ‡Savings off reg prices. Does not include watches, designer collections, Donatella™, fashion jewelry or diamond engagement rings. Extra savings taken off sale price; “final cost” shows price after extra savings; does not include Everyday Values, super buys, specials or trunk shows. Jewelry photo may be enlarged or enhanced to show detail. Fine jewelry at select stores, log on to macys.com for locations. Almost all gemstones have been treated to enhance their beauty & require special care, log on to macys.com/gemstones or ask your sales professional. *Savings off regular, sale & clearance prices; excludes Everyday Values & designer shoes. Advertised merchandise may not be carried at your local Macy’s and selection may vary by store. Prices and merchandise may differ at macys.com. N2030024. + Enter the WebID in the search box at macys.com to order.

OPEN A MACY’S ACCOUNT FOR EXTRA 20% SAVINGS THE FIRST 2 DAYS, UP TO $100, WITH MORE REWARDS TO COME. Macy’s credit card is available subject to credit approval; new account savings valid the day your account is opened and the next day; excludes services, selected licensed departments, gift cards, restaurants, gourmet food & wine. The new account savings are limited to a total of $100; application must qualify for immediate approval to receive extra savings; employees not eligible.