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Health care and spending Outgoing Kulongoski can’t help hot topics for new Congress but consider state’s next steps

By Keith Chu The Bulletin

WASHINGTON — Expect federal spending cuts and an attempt to overturn the health care bill soon after the U.S. Congress convenes this week, and maybe a move to fix a 17-year-old Central Oregon problem.

Congressional aides and political analysts agreed last week that finishing work on federal spending bills and increasing the federal debt limit will likely form the first major order of business — and the first major clash — of the 112th

Congress. The government is currently funded by a temporary spending bill that expires in early March, while the limit on federal debt is expected to be reached sometime this spring.

Andrew Whelan, the spokesman for Rep. Greg Walden, RHood River, said repealing the health care bill and addressing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s plans to regulate greenhouse gas emissions will be at the top of the Republican agenda, as laid out in their Pledge to America.

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“I can’t believe how hard it is to get offstage gracefully,” says Gov. Ted Kulongoski. Here, he takes questions after last month’s tornado.

SALEM — On the morning of Dec. 29, outgoing Gov. Ted Kulongoski worked out of a state office in Portland, preparing the announcement of an independent review looking at whether Bend energy consultant Cylvia Hayes was given special treatment in receiving a contract from the state.

“I can’t believe how hard it is to get offstage gracefully,” Kulongoski said, as he set aside the Hayes matter and sat down for a media interview. “I’ve only got what, 13 days? It never ends.”

But it will end, on Jan. 10.

And Kulongoski’s handling of the Hayes matter will hardly be the most remembered of his accomplishments.

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Computers that see you, read you, even tell you to wash up

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Plungers leap into the swimming pool Saturday morning at Sunriver Resort for the Polar Plunge, a regular New Year’s Day event. Many of the plungers make it a tradition, going in year after year. To read what could possibly motivate them, see story, Page B1.

For more veterans, constant In the future, reading anguish from pain syndrome as a social activity?

By Lisa Black Chicago Tribune

CHICAGO — When Kevin Shear falls asleep, the pain barrels into his dreams, sometimes as an animal ravaging his right leg or shattered glass tearing at the limb.

The former Marine from Crystal Lake, Ill., suffers from an unusual condition that attacks the central nervous system and leaves him in constant anguish, much like amputees who feel pain in their “phantom limb.”

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some adults and even children, usually after a mild trauma inflames the nerves, causing pain that never shuts off — even after the original injury heals.

Today, more veterans are complaining about the condition, which they believe derived from injuries suffered in the service — in Shear’s case, an ankle sprain during a training exercise. Because the malady isn’t formally recognized by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Shear and others say they find it difficult to get benefits from the government.

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“It’s hard to do anything.

That’s why they call it the silent suffering,” says Kevin Shear, a former Marine.

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NEW YORK — Back in 1992, virtual eons before the Kindle and the iPad, Bob Stein created software that let a reader flip through an electronic book on a laptop computer.

To demonstrate the program at conferences, Stein would lie down on stage as if reading in bed.

“Publishers would see this and they would think it was cute, but they didn’t think it had anything to do with them,” he recalled.

Now that the revolution is

here, Stein says publishers should embrace what he sees as the inevitable result: the evolution of reading from a solitary pursuit into a communal, electronically networked activity — something he calls social reading and writing.

The advantages of digital technology “are so weighted toward collaboration that people will tear down the existing structures and build something new,” Stein said while sitting among the jammed but now rarely touched bookshelves in his Brooklyn home.

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Hundreds of correctional officers from prisons across America descended last spring on a shuttered penitentiary in West Virginia for annual training exercises.

Some officers played the role of prisoners, acting like gang members and stirring up trouble, including a mock riot. The latest in prison gear got a workout — body armor, shields, riot helmets, smoke bombs, gas masks.

And, at this particular drill, computers that could see the action.

Perched above the prison yard, five cameras tracked the playacting prisoners, and artificialintelligence software analyzed the images to recognize faces, gestures and patterns of group behavior. When two groups of inmates moved toward each other, the experimental computer system sent an alert — a text message — to a corrections officer that warned of a potential incident and gave the location.

The computers cannot do anything more than officers who constantly watch surveillance monitors under ideal conditions.

But in practice, officers are often distracted. When shifts change, an observation that is worth passing along may be forgotten. But machines do not blink or forget. They are tireless assistants.

The enthusiasm for such systems extends well beyond the nation’s prisons. High-resolution, low-cost cameras are proliferating, found in everyday products like smart phones and laptop computers. The cost of storing images is dropping, and new software algorithms for mining, matching and scrutinizing the flood of visual data are progressing swiftly.

A computer-vision system can watch a hospital room and remind doctors and nurses to wash their hands, or warn of restless patients who are in danger of falling out of bed. It can, through a computer-equipped mirror, read a man’s face to detect his heart rate and other vital signs.

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Christians, police clash Obama, GOP offer differing after Egypt church bomb 2011 priorities

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ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — Christians clashed with Egyptian police in the northern city of Alexandria on Saturday, furious over an apparent suicide bombing against worshippers leaving a New Year’s Mass at a church that killed at least 21 people. It was the worst violence against the country’s Christian minority in a decade.

The Interior Ministry blamed “foreign elements,” and the Alexandria governor accused al-Qaida, pointing to the terror network’s branch in Iraq, which has carried out a string of attacks on Christians there and has threatened Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Christian community as well.

Egypt’s government has long insisted that the terror network does not have a significant presence in the country, and it has never been conclusively linked to any attacks here. If al-Qaida was involved, it raises the prospect of a serious new security threat within Egypt.

President Barack Obama condemned “this barbaric and heinous act” and said those behind it must be brought to justice.

The bombing, about a half hour after the stroke of the New Year, stoked tensions that have grown in recent years between Egypt’s Christians and the Muslim majority.

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A Coptic Christian woman gestures and shouts while waiting outside a hospital Saturday near the Saints Church in Alexandria, Egypt. A powerful bomb exploded earlier Saturday in front of the church, killing at least 21 people.

Prosecutor targets Iranian opposition

By William Yong New York Times News Service

TEHRAN — A top Iranian judicial official has vowed to prosecute top opposition figures, in what could signal a decisive move against the leaders of Iran’s opposition movement more than a year after the last major antigovernment protests over the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

“Leaders of the sedition will definitely be prosecuted,” Tehran Prosecutor Abbas JafariDolatabadi said in reference to the defeated presidential candidates of Mir Hussein Moussavi and Mehdi Karroubi, who have long been accused by pro-government hard-liners of trying to undermine Iran’s leaders and of maintaining links with Iran’s foreign enemies.

“The accusations against the sedition leaders are more than they think, and they will understand when we issue our list of charges,” Dolatabadi told a progovernment crowd in a speech before Friday Prayer at Tehran University.

The statements came just a day after a pro-government rally, essentially commemorating the leaders’ quashing of the protest movement in December 2009, and two days after Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appeared to try to reinvigorate anger against the movement’s leaders.

Although he did not refer specifically to the opposition leaders, Khamenei said in a fiery speech to thousands of supporters in Gilan Province that “seditionists” had “hurt the Islamic Revolution and the people” by “conspiring and giving hope to the enemies.”

It is unclear why the government appears to be renewing its campaign against the opposition leaders, or if it will move ahead with prosecutions.

During the height of the mass protests against the June 2009 elections — which Moussavi said were stolen from him — members of Parliament and the powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps called for the men to be arrested, but they never were.

The government did, however, brutally suppress the movement, killing scores of protesters and jailing hundreds of others.

Eventually opposition leaders declined to call further demonstrations and have limited themselves in recent months to statements on their websites denouncing the government.

Iran revamps schools to stamp out West TEHRAN — Iran is overhauling its education system to rid it of Western influence, the latest attempt by the government to fortify Islamic values and counter the clout of the country’s increasingly secularized middle class.

Starting in September, all Iranian high school students will be introduced to new courses such as “political training” and “living skills” that will warn against “perverted political movements” and encourage girls to marry at an early age, Education Ministry officials say.

In universities, the curricula of law, psychology, sociology and other courses will be drastically altered, with officials from the Science Ministry, which has responsibility for higher education, working to strip out what they describe as Western theories and replace them with Islamic ones. Dozens of professors have already retired or been fired on the grounds that they did not sufficiently support the new policy.

The changes are aimed at offsetting the growing influence of a middle class that increasingly embraces individualism and shares modern aspirations.

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and Republicans laid out their parties’ resolutions for the New Year, pledging in weekly addresses to tackle the economy and cut spending in the new Congress, which convenes Wednesday.

Obama, who during the lame-duck session of Congress touted the passage of major bills along bipartisan lines as a road map for further compromise, said Saturday that his main goal is to “do everything I can to make sure our economy is growing, creating jobs and strengthening our middle class. That’s my resolution for the coming year.”

He also said he would need help making good on that resolution.

“In a few days, a new Congress will form, with one house controlled by Democrats, and one house controlled by Republicans — who now have a shared responsibility to move this country forward,” he said.

“And here’s what I want you to know: I’m willing to work with anyone of either party who’s got a good idea and the commitment to see it through. And we should all expect you to hold us accountable for our progress or our failure to deliver.”

For their part, Republicans tapped Sen.-elect Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire to deliver their first weekly address of the year, signaling the new and emboldened ranks of the GOP headed

to Washington this week.

Ayotte outlined the priorities of her party, saying that voters are relying on Republicans “to change business as usual in Washington — and we’re wellpositioned to do just that.”

Stopping wasteful spending is the GOP’s No. 1 priority, Ayotte said.

“The American people sent us to Congress with clear instructions: Make government smaller, not bigger. And stop spending money we don’t have on programs that aren’t working,” she said. “It’s now our responsibility to carry out the will of the people.

Obama returns to Washington from Hawaii on Tuesday, the day before Congress reconvenes.

Also Saturday, the president issued a statement condemning New Year’s Eve terrorist bombing attacks on a church in Egypt and near army barracks in Nigeria.

The Egypt attackers “were clearly targeting Christian worshippers and have no respect for human life and dignity,” Obama said. At least 21 people — Christians and Muslims — were killed, according to reports.

The Nigerian attack killed more than 20 people. “Killing innocent civilians who were simply gathering — like so many around the world — to celebrate the beginning of the new year further demonstrates the bankrupt vision of those who carry out the attacks,” Obama said.

7th dies of injuries from New Year’s Eve tornadoes The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Shaken residents spent New Year’s Day sifting through the wreckage wrought by tornadoes that touched down in several states on the last day of 2010, killing seven people in two states and injuring dozens of others.

Six of the victims — three in Missouri and three in Arkansas — died Friday as tornadoes fueled by unusually warm air pummeled the South and Midwest. A seventh victim who was

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Southard said nothing was left of the trailer except for the frame and that the twister scattered debris 40 to 50 yards from where the trailer had sat.

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Dilma Rousseff receives the presidential sash Saturday from outgoing Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the Planalto palace in Brasilia, Brazil.

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FLEMINGTON, N.J. — Ever since Marie Corfield’s confrontation with Gov. Chris Christie this fall over the state’s education cuts became a YouTube classic, she has received a stream of vituperative e-mails and Facebook postings.

“People I don’t even know are calling me horrible names,” said Corfield, an art teacher who had pleaded the case of struggling teachers. “The mantra is that the problem is the unions, the unions, the unions.”

Across the nation, a rising ir-

ritation with public employee unions is palpable as a wounded economy has blown gaping holes in state, city and town budgets, and revealed that some public pension funds dangle perilously close to bankruptcy. In California, New York, Michigan and New Jersey, states where public unions wield much power and the culture historically tends to be pro-labor, even longtime liberal political leaders have demanded concessions — wage freezes, benefit cuts and tougher work rules.

It is an angry conversation.

Union chiefs, who sometimes persuaded members to take pen-

sion sweeteners in lieu of raises, are loath to surrender ground.

Taxpayers are split between those who want cuts and those who hope that rising tax receipts might bring easier choices.

And a growing cadre of political leaders and municipal finance experts argue that much of the edifice of municipal and state finance is jury-rigged and, without new revenue, perhaps unsustainable. Too many political leaders, they argue, acted too irresponsibly, failing to either raise taxes or cut spending.

A reckoning awaits, they say.

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N. Korea: War will bring ‘nuclear holocaust’

In conservative Utah, new focus on gay rights

By Erik Eckholm New York Times News Service

Words of support are written on the hand of Bethany Coyle, who describes herself as straight and a supporter of equal rights, at a Gay-Straight Alliance club meeting in St. George, Utah.

BETHESDA, Md. — Police in Maryland say a Suburban Hospital worker was killed at the facility, which was locked down for four hours while detectives investigated the slaying.

Montgomery County Police spokeswoman Lucille Baur says officers called to the Bethesda hospital Saturday morning found an employee suffering from trauma to his upper body. The worker was pronounced dead at the scene. Baur says the 40-yearold man was found in a part of the hospital not used for patient care. She says his death is being investigated

LOS ANGELES — Former Republican Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., the Obama administration’s ambassador to China, hinted in an interview with Newsweek that he is considering running for the GOP presidential nomination in 2012.

Sources close to Huntsman said he met with political advisers last month on a home visit to discuss the possibility of leaving the Obama administration to join the crowded GOP 2012 field, the magazine said.

When asked directly whether he planned to mount a challenge, Huntsman declined to comment, the magazine said in an article posted on its website Saturday.

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With the increase in alliances, Utah is joining a growing national movement to provide friendly meeting places in schools for students who have often felt like misfits, clubs where gay youths and their supporters can socialize, speak out against discrimination and sponsor events like the Day of Silence in honor of bullied students.

Since the first club was formed in Massachusetts in 1988, by a gay boy and a straight girl with same-sex parents who were tired of being stigmatized, the organizations have spread to most of the country, reaching more than 4,000 high schools and even a handful of middle schools by 2008. The clubs are surging anew after recent publicized suicides of gay teenagers, said Eliza Byard, director of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network in New York.

Publicity about the breakthrough in St. George, an isolated city in the red-bluff desert of southwest Utah, has inspired students in other parts of the state, and by last month at least 32 clubs were operating, said Eric Hamren of the Utah Pride Center in Salt Lake City. He spent last spring and summer locating and training student organizers, finding some of them at the annual Queer Prom that his organization puts on for gay

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But resistance continues. Some schools are still imposing legally shaky barriers, like requiring the unanimous approval of student officers or prohibiting activities that violate “community morals,” said Darcy Goddard, legal director of the ACLU of Utah.

As she did in St. George last year, Goddard has warned officials that such policies may violate the federal Equal Access Act — a law passed by Congress in the 1980s, mainly to protect Bible study groups in schools, that has become a prime tool for protecting Gay-Straight Alliances from arbitrary hurdles.

In 2007, conservative groups pushed through the state Student Clubs Act, still on the books, that was aimed at the alliances and reflected what rights groups called misleading stereotypes.

The law requires parental permission for participation in all school clubs and says organizations can be barred to “protect the physical, emotional, psychological or moral well-being of students and faculty.”

Students say the law reflects misconceptions about both homosexuality and the alliances, which in many cases are led by straight girls who want to support gay friends or siblings.

The club at Dixie High School here, for example, is led by Bethany Coyle, a senior who describes herself as straight and a supporter of equal rights. She said that one vice principal had asked if the club would recruit homosexuals and that students had scrawled epithets on a signup sheet, scaring off some potential members.

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ST. GEORGE, Utah — Some disapproving classmates called members of the new club “Satanists.” Another asked one of the girls involved, “Do you have a disease?”

But at three local high schools here this fall, dozens of gay students and their supporters finally convened the first Gay-Straight Alliances in the history of this conservative, largely Mormon city. It was a turning point here and for the state, where administrators, teachers and even the Legislature have tried for years to block support groups for gay youths, calling them everything from inappropriate to immoral.

The new alliances in St. George were part of a drastic rise this fall in the number of clubs statewide, reflecting new activism by gay and lesbian students, an organizing drive by a gayrights group and the intervention of the American Civil Liberties Union, which has threatened to sue districts that put up arbitrary hurdles. Last January, only nine high schools in Utah had active Gay-Straight Alliances; by last month, the number had reached 32.

The alliances must still work around a 2007 state law that was expressly intended to stifle them by requiring parental permission to join and barring any discussions of sexuality or contraception, even to prevent diseases.

Gayle Ruzicka, president of the Utah Eagle Forum, a conservative family group, promoted the law. Its authors expected, she said, that requiring parental permission would deter some children from joining the alliances and that restricting topics for discussion would mean that “there’s not a lot of purpose in being there, and the clubs end up being pretty small.”

“I just don’t think these clubs are appropriate in schools,” Ruzicka said. “You can talk about providing support, but you’re also creating a gay recruiting tool.”

But members of the new clubs said they were undaunted by the restrictions, which they said showed a misunderstanding of what the alliances meant for students who had often lived with fear and shame — at home and at school.

Kate Hanson, a 15-year-old bisexual sophomore at Snow Canyon High School, said that having the alliance “helps you

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MOSCOW — A Russian passenger jet carrying 124 people caught fire as it taxied down a snowy runway in Siberia and then exploded Saturday, killing three people and injuring 43, including six who were badly burned, officials said.

Most of the passengers and crew were evacuated before the explosion, though people on board described a chaotic scene as the burning plane filled with thick, black smoke and panicked passengers climbed over one another to rush through flames to escape.

Emergency services spokesman Vadim Grebennikov said the fire, which began in one of the engines as the plane taxied for takeoff, caused a powerful blast that destroyed the Tu154 aircraft and spread flames across 11,000 square feet.

Russian television showed video taken with a mobile telephone of the burning plane, its center a giant fireball. All that remained afterward was the tail section and part of a wing.

— From wire reports

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Students hug after gathering for a Gay-Straight Alliance club meeting last month in St. George, Utah. Students at three local high schools this fall created the first Gay-Straight Alliances in the history of St. George, a conservative, largely Mormon city, reflecting a growing national trend.

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A sheriff’s deputy investigating a report of gunfire at a trailer park was shot dead Saturday, and the shooting suspect was killed after a gun battle with police, authorities said. A police officer was wounded.

Deputy Suzanne Hopper, who was married last year and had two children, was shot as she tried to photograph a footprint in the Enon Beach mobile-home park in western Ohio, Clark County Sheriff Gene Kelly said.

“Our deputy never had the opportunity to return fire or take cover,” he said at a press conference.

Police officers were trying to talk to the shooting suspect when he fired on them from inside a trailer, and a German Township officer was wounded in a large exchange of gunfire, Kelly said. There were “many, many, many” shots fired by the suspect and eight officers, he said.

The wounded officer, Jeremy Blum, was hospitalized in fair condition, a hospital supervisor said.

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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea welcomed the new year Saturday with a call for better ties with rival South Korea, warning that war “will bring nothing but a nuclear holocaust.”

Despite calls in its annual New Year’s message for a Korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons, the communist North, which has conducted two nuclear tests since 2006, also said its military is ready for “prompt, merciless and annihilatory action” against its enemies.

South Korea’s Unification Ministry, which handles relations with the North, said the editorial carried in the official Korean Central News Agency, even with its tough rhetoric, showed the North’s interest in resuming talks with the South.

The annual holiday message is scrutinized by officials and analysts in neighboring countries for policy clues.

This year, it received special attention after the North’s Nov. 23 artillery shelling of a South Korean island near the countries’ disputed western sea border, the first attack on a civilian area since the 1950-53 Korean War.

officials and labor.

“Public unions have had no natural adversary; they give politicians political support and get good contracts back,” Siegel said.

“It’s uniquely dysfunctional.”

Even if that is so, this battle comes woven with complications.

Across the nation in the last two years, public workers have experienced furloughs and pay cuts.

Local governments shed 212,000 jobs last year.

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Rousseff sworn in as Brazil’s new president BRASILIA, Brazil — From torture in a dictatorship-era jail cell to the helm of Latin America’s largest nation, it’s been an unlikely political rise for President Dilma Rousseff, a former Marxist rebel turned career technocrat who claimed Brazil’s seat of power Saturday.

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How computers recognize expressions A facial-recognition system developed at the MIT Media Lab and commercialized by Affectiva, a Massachusetts company, is able to read human emotions by tracking face movements and crossing the information with a database of expressions.

Seeing a smile Below, video frames of a woman smiling and a related chart showing how the software rates it. The program tracks the distance traveled by the right and left corner of the lip, and the angle of the movement, in relation to a neutral face. The computer then calculates the chances that the expression is a smile. An increase over 50 percent often indicates of a smile.

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Angle The software uses the angle between the two inner eye corners to estimate a head roll.

Suppressing The woman is holding her smile, but a slight increase in the distance of her lip corners makes the system increase the probability she is smiling.

Smile The system is registering a 95 percent probability that this is a smile.

Unsure Here the woman is suppressing her smile again, and the computer can’t quite tell because the variation of the position of the lip corners is not significant.

Neutral The woman goes through a few seconds of neutral face that are accurately tracked by the computer.

Another smile As the system tracks another increase in distance between the lip corners, it raises the probability of a smile.

How the computer sees the shape of the mouth Shape A smile is calculated by the motion and the change in the angle of the points around the mouth.

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Sources: Rana el-Kaliouby, chief technology officer at Affectiva and research scientist at the MIT Media Lab

Computers Continued from A1 It can analyze a woman’s expressions as she watches a movie trailer or shops online, and help marketers tailor their offerings accordingly. Computer vision can also be used at shopping malls, schoolyards, subway platforms, office complexes and stadiums.

All of which could be helpful — or alarming.

“Machines will definitely be able to observe us and understand us better,” said Hartmut Neven, a computer scientist and vision expert at Google. “Where that leads is uncertain.”

Google has been both at the forefront of the technology’s development and a source of the anxiety surrounding it. Its Street View service, which lets Internet users zoom in from above on a particular location, faced privacy complaints. Google will blur out people’s homes at their request.

Google has also introduced an application called Goggles, which allows people to take a picture with a smart phone and search the Internet for matching images. The company’s executives decided to exclude a facial-recognition feature, which they feared might be used to find personal information on people who did not know that they were being photographed.

Despite such qualms, computer vision is moving into the mainstream. With this technological evolution, scientists predict, people will increasingly be surrounded by machines that can not only see but also reason about what they are seeing, in their own limited way.

The uses, noted Frances Scott, an expert in surveillance technologies at the National Institute of Justice, the Justice Department’s research agency, could allow the authorities to spot a terrorist, identify a lost child or locate an Alzheimer’s patient who has wandered off.

The future of law enforcement, national security and military operations will most likely rely on observant machines. A few months ago, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Pentagon’s research arm, awarded the first round of grants in a five-year research program called the Mind’s Eye. Its goal is to develop machines that can recognize, analyze and communicate what they see. Mounted on small robots or drones, these smart machines could replace human scouts.

“These things, in a sense, could be team members,” said James Donlon, the program’s manager.

Millions of people now use products that show the progress that has been made in computer vision. In the last two years, the major online photo-sharing services — Picasa by Google, Windows Live Photo Gallery by Microsoft, Flickr by Yahoo and iPhoto by Apple — have all started using face recognition. A user puts a name to a face, and the service finds matches in other photographs. It is a popular tool for finding and organizing pictures.

Kinect, an add-on to Microsoft’s Xbox 360 gaming console, is a striking advance for computer vision in the marketplace. It uses a digital camera and sensors to recognize people and gestures; it also understands voice commands.

Players control the computer with waves of the hand and then move to make their on-screen animated

stand-ins — known as avatars — run, jump, swing and dance.

Since Kinect was introduced in November, game reviewers have applauded, and sales are surging.

To Microsoft, Kinect is not just a game, but a step toward the future of computing.

“It’s a world where technology more fundamentally understands you, so you don’t have to understand it,” said Alex Kipman, an engineer on the team that designed Kinect.

look at store surveillance videos, which some retailers do.

The facial-analysis software, Ross said, could be used in store kiosks or with webcams. Shopper Sciences, he said, is testing Affectiva’s software with a major retailer and an online dating service, neither of which he would name.

The dating service, he said, was analyzing users’ expressions in search of “trigger words” in personal profiles that people found appealing or off-putting.

Mirror, mirror

Watching the watchers

Daniel McDuff, a graduate student, stood in front of a mirror at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab. After 20 seconds or so, a figure — 65, the number of times his heart was beating per minute — appeared at the mirror’s bottom. Behind the two-way mirror was a webcam, which fed images of McDuff to a computer whose software could track the blood flow in his face.

The software separates the video images into three channels — for the basic colors red, green and blue. Changes to the colors and to movements made by tiny contractions and expansions in blood vessels in the face are, of course, not apparent to the human eye, but the computer can see them.

“Your heart-rate signal is in your face,” said Ming-zher Poh, an MIT graduate student. Other vital signs, including breathing rate, blood-oxygen level and blood pressure, should leave similar color and movement clues.

The pulse-measuring project, described in research published in May by Poh, McDuff and Rosalind Picard, a professor at the lab, is just the beginning, Poh said. Computer vision and clever software, he said, make it possible to monitor humans’ vital signs at a digital glance. Daily measurements can be analyzed to reveal that, for example, a person’s risk of heart trouble is rising.

“This can happen, and in the future it will be in mirrors,” he said.

Faces can yield all sorts of information to watchful computers, and the MIT students’ adviser, Picard, is a pioneer in the field, especially in the use of computing to measure and communicate emotions. For years, she and a research scientist at the university, Rana el-Kaliouby, have applied facial-expression analysis software to help young people with autism better recognize the emotional signals from others that they have such a hard time understanding.

The two women are the cofounders of Affectiva, a company in Waltham, Mass., that is beginning to market its facial-expression analysis software to manufacturers of consumer products, retailers, marketers and movie studios. Its mission is to mine consumers’ emotional responses to improve the designs and marketing campaigns of products.

John Ross, chief executive of Shopper Sciences, a marketing research company that is part of the Interpublic Group, said Affectiva’s technology promises to give marketers an impartial reading of the sequence of emotions that leads to a purchase, in a way that focus groups and customer surveys cannot.

“You can see and analyze how people are reacting in real time, not what they are saying later, when they are often trying to be polite,” he said. The technology, he added, is more scientific and less costly than having humans

Maria Sonin, 33, an office worker in Waltham, Mass., sat in front of a notebook computer looking at a movie trailer while Affectiva’s software, through the PC’s webcam, calibrated her reaction. The trailer was for “Little Fockers,” starring Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller, which opened just before Christmas. The software measured her reactions by tracking movements on a couple of dozen points on her face — mostly along the eyes, eyebrows, nose and the perimeter of her lips.

To the human eye, Sonin appeared to be amused. The software agreed, said Kaliouby, though it used a finer-grained analysis, like recording that her smiles were symmetrical (signaling amusement, not embarrassment) and not smirks. The software, Kaliouby said, allows for continuous, objective measurement of viewers’ response to media, and in the future will do so in large numbers on the Web. Sonin, an unpaid volunteer, said later that she did not think about being recorded by the webcam.

“It wasn’t as if it was a big camera in front of you,” she said.

Christopher Hamilton, a technical director of visual effects, has used specialized software to analyze facial expressions and re-create them on the screen. The films he has worked on include “King Kong,” “Charlotte’s Web” and “The Matrix Revolutions.” Using facialexpression analysis technology to gauge the reaction of viewers, who agree to be watched, may well become a valuable tool for movie makers, said Hamilton, who is not involved with Affectiva.

Today, sampling audience reaction before a movie is released typically means gathering a couple of hundred people at a preview screening. The audience members then answer questions and fill out surveys. Yet viewers, marketing experts say, are often inarticulate and imprecise about their emotional reactions.

The software “makes it possible to measure audience response with a scene-by-scene granularity that the current survey-and-questionnaire approach cannot,” Hamilton said. A director, he added, could find out, for example, that although audience members liked a movie overall, they did not like two or three scenes. Or he could learn that a particular character did not inspire the intended emotional response.

Emotion-sensing software, Hamilton said, might become part of the entertainment experience — especially as more people watch movies and programs on Internetconnected televisions, computers and portable devices. Viewers could share their emotional responses with friends using recommendation systems based on what scene — say, the protagonists’ dancing or a car chase — delivered the biggest emotional jolt.

Affectiva, Picard said, intends

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to offer its technology as “opt-in only,” meaning consumers have to be notified and have to agree to be watched online or in stores.

Affectiva, she added, has turned down companies, which she declined to name, that wanted to use its software without notifying customers.

Darker possibilities Picard enunciates a principled stance, but one that could become problematic in other hands.

The challenge arises from the prospect of the rapid spread of less-expensive yet powerful computer-vision technologies.

At work or school, the technol-

ogy opens the door to a computerized supervisor that is always watching. Are you paying attention, goofing off or daydreaming?

In stores and shopping malls, smart surveillance could bring behavioral tracking into the physical world.

More subtle could be the effect of a person knowing that he is being watched — and how that awareness changes his thinking and actions. It could be beneficial: A person thinks twice and a crime goes uncommitted. But might it also lead to a society that is less spontaneous, less creative, less innovative?

“With every technology, there is a dark side,” said Hany Farid, a

computer scientist at Dartmouth.

“Sometimes you can predict it, but often you can’t.”

A decade ago, he noted, no one predicted that cell phones and text messaging would lead to traffic accidents caused by distracted drivers. And, he said, it was difficult to foresee that the rise of Facebook and Twitter and personal blogs would become troves of data to be collected and exploited in tracking people’s online behavior.

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1st death in Australia floods The Associated Press BRISBANE, Australia — A woman drowned after trying to cross a flooded causeway in Australia, becoming the first victim of relentless flooding that one official has described as reaching “biblical proportions,” police said early today.

Days of driving rain last week swamped northeastern Australia, with about 200,000 people affected by floodwaters in an area larger than France and Germany combined.

While the rain has stopped,

Kulongoski Continued from A1 But placing the review in the hands of an outsider showed that over his 36 years in state government, he’s learned a thing or two.

Following Attorney General John Kroger’s decision to not charge state officials with wrongdoing over the contract, Kulongoski’s decision ensured that his replacement, John Kitzhaber, isn’t too distracted by questions about his girlfriend, Hayes, as he tries to tackle an urgent budget crisis in 2011.

“I just don’t want John to be distracted by this, because he’s got his hands full coming in,” Kulongoski said.

Lessons and success Kulongoski, 70, said only the passage of time will determine which of his accomplishments were most significant.

But there are many that he’s proud of: reform of the stateemployee retirement system in 2003, several major transportation funding initiatives, passage of a health care initiative for uninsured children last year, and the first new state park in decades, thanks to a land purchase near Gilchrist, about 45 miles south of Bend, among others.

“It’s very hard to, after eight years, look at a record cumulatively,” he said.

Kulongoski proved to be a more low-profile governor than the man he replaced and who will replace him, Kitzhaber, a charismatic emergency room doctor who in his first two terms made headlines with his frequent vetoes and advocacy for the Oregon Health Plan.

Kulongoski, an orphan raised by nuns, served in the Marines and then went to college and law school. Initially, his goal was to make a lot of money and “be the best lawyer I could be,” he said. But over time he reverted to the teachings and lessons of his youth — to help others.

By the time he was elected governor, in 2002, he had served in the Legislature as well as on the state Supreme Court and as state attorney general.

But like any governor, he learned while on the job. And he said Bend helped with his political education.

In 2005, Kulongoski surprised observers by calling on the state Board of Higher Education to throw its weight behind putting a four-year university in Bend — rather than settling for the hybrid branch campus that had recently started up with the help of Central Oregon Community College.

His push proved to be wasted energy, as the Bend City Council had its own ideas about luring a private college to Juniper Ridge. Lacking unified local support, Kulongoski’s push fizzled out.

“It was a good idea ... that kind of fell apart,” said Bend’s former state senator, Neil Bryant, who has long worked on higher education issues for the region.

Kulongoski said the experience helped teach him to “set the process up,” building local support and momentum to make change.

At the time, he said, “What I did not know was there was no consensus over in the community of Bend.”

Kulongoski said he’s gratified that Bryant and others are still working on the issue of what higher education should look like in Central Oregon.

Meanwhile, other Kulongoski initiatives are just now starting to bear fruit.

In 2007, he introduced a Healthy Kids plan to use tobacco taxes to ensure all the state’s uninsured children receive health care. Lawmakers referred it to the ballot, where it failed, but another version of the plan was approved by the Legislature last year.

“I’m feeling very good be-

rivers are still surging to new heights and overflowing into low-lying towns as the water makes its way toward the ocean.

On Saturday night, two cars trying to cross a flooded causeway were swept into a river in Burketown, in western Queensland state, police said. A 41-year-old woman traveling in the second car disappeared in the rushing water, and her body was recovered today about 1.2 miles away, Queensland police said.

cause, you know, I went after that program for what, six years trying to get the Legislature to buy into it,” he said.

“We will cover 70,000 to 90,000 children.”

Deadliest year in Mexico’s drug war raises criticisms of the army

By Tracy Wilkinson and Ken Ellingwood Los Angeles Times

MEXICO CITY — Four years and 50,000 troops into President Felipe Calderon’s drug war, the fighting has exposed severe limitations in the Mexican army’s ability to wage unconventional warfare, tarnished its proud reputation and left the U.S. pointedly criticizing the force as “virtually blind” on the ground.

The army’s shortcomings have complicated the government’s struggle against the narcotics cartels, as the deadliest year of the war by far comes to a close.

Though long employed to destroy marijuana and poppy fields in the countryside, the army hadn’t

been trained for the type of operations needed to fight trafficking cocaine through border cities.

“The army has never worked in urban operations against drug trafficking, in urban cells,” said Raul Benitez, a national security specialist at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. “It’s the first time it is engaged in urban warfare. It has to learn.”

Instead, the army often relies on numerical superiority over intelligence and has frequently fallen back on time-worn tactics, such as highway checkpoints, that are of limited use against drug traffickers, especially in cities.

Checkpoints have also been the scene of serious human rights violations, including deadly shoot-

ings of civilians. Allegations of abuse at the hands of the army, one of the most respected institutions in the country, have soared.

Mexico’s human rights commission this year received nearly double the complaints of the previous three years combined.

The military has delivered important victories to the government by killing or capturing several senior cartel figures and confiscating large drug shipments.

And the decision to put retired and active army officers in charge of police departments around the country has helped bring relative quiet to some violence-plagued cities, such as Tijuana.

But in places such as Ciudad Juarez, where Calderon has staked

his political reputation, the death toll has skyrocketed since last year. Seven of every 10 stores have been forced to close as a result of extortion and threats, and nearly a quarter million people have fled the city in the last two years.

The failures have alarmed U.S. officials, who for more than a year have been training Mexican forces in counter-narcotics operations and who are footing a large part of the drug-war bill.

A series of secret diplomatic cables leaked recently revealed the United States’ profound unease over Mexico’s efforts, despite public assurances to the contrary, with stinging language criticizing the army as stymied by well-protected fugitive drug lords.

A changing Oregon Kulongoski says that as he tries to put his record in context, he’s concluded that Oregon has seen major changes in how government and politics work in the last several decades.

He said many of the initiatives credited to former Gov. Tom McCall, considered Oregon’s greatest governor in modern times, began with the Legislature.

Meanwhile, many of the accomplishments of recent Oregon Legislatures began with his administration — such as with marine reserves that ban fishing in certain coastal areas, as well as a law last year that raised the gas tax to increase transportation funding by $300 million a year.

He said politics today has become too focused on campaign realities such as campaign fundraising and partisan politics, at the expense of the common good.

Kulongoski won’t miss that kind of politics.

But as the end of his term draws nearer, he finds himself increasingly wishing it weren’t.

“It gets harder and harder to let go,” he said. “I actually like the governance process.”

Kulongoski spent much of 2009 warning lawmakers that the budget crisis was worse than it looked — a prediction that was proven true by subsequent economic forecasts.

And he spent much of the last year pushing for a “reset” of state government, such as by cutting prison sentences, reforming education and cutting state-employee compensation.

Outside observers How will Kulongoski be judged by history?

Jim Moore, a Pacific University political science professor who serves as director of the Tom McCall Center for Policy Innovation, says Kulongoski was a leader for whom early expectations proved too high.

“He had a lot of hopes pinned on him that didn’t necessarily come through,” Moore said.

Moore said Kulongoski’s priority of reforming Oregon’s tax structure and eliminating the kicker tax refund never came to fruition, in part because of politics, and in part because of his low-key, apolitical manner.

“He didn’t have the personality to push it through,” Moore said.

Meanwhile, Moore said, other Kulongoski victories are barely noticed because the governor is not a self-promoter.

“Under his eight years, the Oregon park system expanded for the first time in decades,” Moore said. “If I were sitting in the governor’s chair, man, I would have been ‘the parks guy’ from here to eternity.”

Asked to grade him, Bryant complimented Kulongoski on his efforts to promote renewable energy as well as other environmental initiatives.

“I’d give him an A minus on things like environmental issues and green energy and high-tech engineering. And on the fiscal financial things probably a B minus,” Bryant said.

“For candor and honesty, I’d give him an A.” Kulongoski hopes that part of his legacy will be that the Legislature makes real reforms in its upcoming session, rather than just massive cuts to services on which people depend.

“Unless the Legislature steps up to this, unless John (Kitzhaber) steps up to it, it’s not going to happen,” he said.

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Reading Continued from A1 Head of the ambitiously named Institute for the Future of the Book, Stein is one of a collection of programmers, philosophers and other deep thinkers who debate where things are heading in online venues such as a conference titled Books in Browsers and an online discussion group called Read 2.0.

“Bob’s ambition is really to change how people think about the book,” said Brian O’Leary, a founder of consulting firm Magellan Media.

Stein, 64, has a history tied to media innovation. In the early 1980s, he worked in Los Angeles on an effort to create a digital encyclopedia for home-computer maker Atari.

He then launched Criterion Collection, a video distributor that pioneered the use of interactive features, initially on laserdisc, a predecessor to the DVD. A company he started with some friends and his former wife published multimedia CD-ROMs, such as one on Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, using techniques that since have become commonplace on the Web. It’s in Stein’s nature “to challenge the existing order,” O’Leary said. “But when it comes to these issues, he has an incredible legacy of making it work.”

In the world imagined by Stein, readers and authors will be in such constant communication that the line between them will begin to disappear.

Stein cites some early examples, including book discussion site Goodreads.com and a setting on Amazon.com’s Kindle device that allows readers to highlight a poignant line in a book and share it with friends “We’re leaving the age of the individual,” he said in classic Delphic style. “We’re heading toward a much more collaborative culture.”

Congress Continued from A1 “Those are both parts of the pledge, so expect pretty quick action on those kinds of things.”

Whelan said.

National issues George Washington University political science professor Sarah Binder said President Barack Obama will probably have to strike a deal with Senate Republicans as well as more conservative Republicans in the House to prevent a government shutdown.

“My hunch is that we’ll see a similar dynamic as we saw on tax cuts, with the White House trying to come up with a solution acceptable to Senate Republicans,” Binder said. “The complication here, of course, is that House Republicans are likely to favor pretty draconian cuts, and it’s not clear what it would take to get them to compromise with the White House.”

Any deal will probably trade cuts in federal spending for an increase in the federal debt ceiling, Binder said.

“Democrats understand any leverage they have on making sure the debt ceiling gets increased is dependent on giving quite a bit in terms of spending cuts,” she said.

Incoming House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, had said he intends to try to repeal the massive Democratic health care overhaul bill early in the new Congress.

That will almost certainly happen, although what happens after that is unclear, said Mike Tanner,

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Bob Stein, creator of The Institute for the Future of the Book, sees readers “heading toward a much more collaborative culture.”

Stein could even pass for an oracle, with a shiny bald head, wiry glasses and a birdlike frame that he drapes with wispy scarves and shirts.

His 6-year-old institute has received funding from the MacArthur Foundation and is affiliated with the University of Southern California, but it resembles a scrappy startup. Stein founded it in his kitchen while he lived

in Manhattan, and it now has its offices in a garden apartment behind his house in Brooklyn.

For several years, the organization paid a bunch of young scholars to gather regularly, with their laptops, to hash out ideas and play with new software.

“It was really intellectually charged, really social,” said one of the brainstorming participants, Ben Vershbow, who works

a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank.

“The House will almost certainly pass a bill repealing Obamacare very early in the new year, probably January,” Tanner said. “Harry Reid will probably try to prevent a vote in the Senate, setting up a big fight if Republicans try to force it.”

Even if the Senate also repealed the health care bill — considered unlikely, given the Democratic majority there — Obama could veto such a measure.

Another route Republicans will likely pursue, Tanner said, is cutting off funding for the bill’s programs.

“Given that most big parts of the bill don’t take effect until 2014, Republicans may actually succeed, but without real impact,” Tanner said.

Neither Republicans nor Democrats seem eager to deal with the looming problems with entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare, Tanner said.

“There will be a lot of talk about entitlement reform, but little action,” he said. “Republicans don’t want to crawl out on a limb, and Dems are split between deficit hawks and defenders of the welfare state.”

protect land, or put it off limits, depending on your point of view — without a vote of Congress.

Walden also plans to try to solve a local problem that dates back to 1993: the designation of a portion of the Arthur Bowman Dam south of Prineville as a Wild and Scenic River. A clerical error most likely caused the Wild and Scenic River boundary for the Crooked River to be drawn through the middle of the Bowman Dam, but the designation has prevented power company Portland General Electric from retrofitting the dam with a small hydropower facility.

“He’s going to draft a bill that is passable in the House, which means it’s a straightforward, nocost, simple solution,” Whelan said. “It probably just involves moving the boundary line down the river a quarter mile or so.”

Spokeswomen for U.S. Sens.

Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, both Oregon Democrats, said they intend to pursue unfinished initiatives from 2010 early this year.

Jennifer Hoelzer, spokeswoman for Wyden, said his bill providing funding and increased legal authority to pursue sex-traffickers fell just short of getting a vote in 2010. He’ll also push for his wideranging tax reform bill (which would consolidate tax brackets, eliminate most deductions and decrease overall tax rates) and a bill mandating increased logging and old-growth protections in Central and Eastern Oregon.

Wyden is also hoping for a vote on a measure ending the Senate procedure known as secret holds. Not a hairspray or wrestling move, as Wyden often jokes,

Oregon Although Walden won’t sit on the Natural Resources Committee this year, he plans to stay active with those issues, Whelan said. He’ll likely reintroduce forest health bills that were ignored

by Democratic leaders over the past two years and take a look at the way presidents can designate national monuments — which

on digital technologies for the New York Public Library. “We’d sometimes stay there late, and it would segue into dinner.”

An early innovation from the institute was Commentpress, which is software that lets blog readers write comments in the margin instead of at the bottom of the page. The institute also published a book on a website where readers could help shape the final product by commenting while the author was still writing.

Stein’s vision is not a promising one for today’s publishing houses.

He predicts that electronic books will fall prey to the pirating that has severely damaged the music-recording industry.

The value of the text of a novel or biography will approach zero, he projects.

The best opportunity to make money, according to Stein, will come not in selling content but in hosting conversations around it, similar to the way that Facebook hosts social networks.

Not surprisingly, many people in the publishing industry label Stein, who in the 1960s and ’70s was a radical campus activist at Columbia and Harvard, as too far in the future.

“The general reaction is that he’s not commercial, so therefore he can be easily dismissed,” O’Leary said.

Stein now is focusing on a plan to start his own electronic publishing house.

That doesn’t mean he’s given up on the printed word. He still gets the Sunday newspaper delivered, and he recognizes the enduring social value of his countless physical books.

“When you go to somebody’s house, you go look at what’s on the shelves,” Stein said.

“When you have those conversations on a date or at someone’s home about a book, it’s as much about social glue as it is about the content of the book. It’s how you get to know someone.”

the practice lets a single senator block progress of a bill without revealing his or her identity. Secret holds can be overcome, but only with a time-consuming process that requires 60 votes.

“In addition to tax reform and his forestry bill, both of which we expect to both come up and push, we are really close to getting secret holds done as well as sex trafficking,” Hoelzer said.

Merkley also plans to resume work on measures that began in the last congress, said spokeswoman Julie Edwards. That includes several proposals to provide tax credits to homeowners, business owners and others who take steps to improve their energy efficiency. Another initiative will be an attempt to untangle the web of mortgage modifications and cut the number of foreclosures.

“The unstable housing market continues to be a drag on economic recovery, even as it creates hardship for millions of families,” Edwards said.

Aides to both Merkley and Walden said they plan to ask the Environmental Protection Agency to classify biomass power made from woody forest debris as a renewable energy. Currently, the EPA considers biomass power in the same category as coal and other fossil fuels.

“He is already pushing the administration — including some of the president’s top advisers — to address the problems with the EPA’s biomass ruling,” Edwards said.

Keith Chu can be reached at 202-662-7456 or at kchu@bendbulletin.com.

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Pain Continued from A1 The veterans say they have lived in silence for too long and believe the military will see more of these cases as injured soldiers seek medical care. Although there is no way to know how many vets suffer from the pain syndrome, the number of appeals for disability compensation that cite the illness rose to nearly 600 in 2009, up from 330 in 2005, according to the Board of Veterans’ Appeals. The board lists about 500 cases related to the syndrome for 2010.

“It’s hard for people like us to mobilize,” said Shear, 34, who added that he has passed out from the burning pain and can no longer work or care for his 2year-old son. “It’s hard to do anything. That’s why they call it the silent suffering.”

Pushing the VA Shear has joined a campaign to raise public awareness and push for the VA to update its coded list of disabilities. An Air Force Reserve colonel suffering from the syndrome has led the charge in seeking compensation for hundreds of other military personnel returning from service. Many complain they have found little support from a federal agency already besieged with head injuries and post-traumatic stress syndrome.

The VA compensates veterans for injuries related to complex regional pain syndrome, said Thomas Pamperin, the agency’s deputy undersecretary for disability assistance, based in Washington.

But he doesn’t believe it is necessary to assign a code to every disability, saying “our ratings schedule is flexible enough to evaluate any recognized condition.”

Most patients refer to the condition by its former name — reflex sympathetic dystrophy. It usually begins with a searing or stabbing pain that is disproportionate to the original injury and persists longer than the expected healing time. The first signs may include a hypersensitivity to touch, swelling and skin discoloration, altered temperature and abnormal sweating.

The pain ebbs and flows daily, causing anxiety when patients believe they have improved only to have it return, sometimes much later, said Dr. Timothy Lubenow, professor of anesthesiology at Rush University Medical Center.

No one is sure how many people suffer from the illness, which can be cured if caught early, Lubenow said. The Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association based in Milford, Conn., estimates there are 50,000 new American patients annually, based on Norwegian studies.

Few doctors understand it, and many don’t know how to best treat it, Lubenow said.

“It was initially ascribed to people in the Civil War who had gunshot injuries,” Lubenow said.

“It is not as infrequent as one would think. ... It isn’t always as readily recognized as it should be because early on it may present with relatively mild symptoms.”

Shear’s first sign of trouble began one year after he joined the Marines, when he sprained his right ankle in 1998.

His leg swelled for three months, and the pain remained long after the sprain healed, he said.

In 2001, he was diagnosed with the syndrome and got a series of injections to block the sympathetic nerves, which run along the spinal column and provide sensation to the legs. He immediately felt better. A neurologist at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego told him he was cured, he said.

His wife, Amy, said Kevin was fit and healthy when she met him in 2005, and they married a year later. The two joined a gym, took up ballroom dancing and had a son, Lincoln. Kevin Shear started a business, teaching guitar to more than 20 students.

Then one day in September 2009, the pain returned with a vengeance.

Shear sought help at the North Chicago VA Medical Center but said he was treated so badly there that he contacted Rep. Don Manzullo, R-Ill., to complain.

North Chicago VA’s spokesman declined to comment on Shear’s case because of privacy concerns but stated: “Any eligible patient who comes to us with pain will receive medical care and will be treated regardless of the medical condition.”

Shear now travels for treatment to the Milwaukee VA hospital, where a spinal cord stimulator was implanted in his back.

His condition has improved, he said, but he cannot walk for

more than 10 minutes or sit for longer than 45 minutes without severe pain. He takes a slew of medications, including painkillers and muscle relaxants, and grimaces at the touch of a blanket or brush of a hand.

‘Very much alone’ His mother recently drove him to a hospital’s emergency room in Woodstock when pain overwhelmed him — a trip he has made a half-dozen times over the

past year. There, doctors could do little but administer pain medication intravenously.

“It’s horrible to watch your son go downhill like this,” said his mother, Wendy Shear, who babysits the couple’s son at her home.

“People don’t believe me. Friends don’t believe me. They say it will get better. It’s hard, especially for him. He’s very much alone.”

Shear can no longer embrace his wife, pick up his son or play his guitar. He finds solace in art, music and writing poetry.

Some people with the syndrome suffer from much less pain and can hold jobs.

But if left untreated for too long, the nerve damage can spread to other parts of the body, said Air Force reservist Col. Doug Strand, 51, of Hampton, Va. He said he developed the syndrome after injuring his left leg in 2008, and now copes with problems affecting his lungs.

In October, Strand testified in Washington before a committee that is revamping the veterans

THE BULLETIN • Sunday, January 2, 2011 A7 disability-rating system. If the pain syndrome were assigned its own code, some veterans could see their monthly disability pay increase by hundreds of dollars, he said.

“You cannot survive on $300 per month,” Strand said. “That is what happens with so many veterans. They say, ‘what do I do now? I can’t stand, I can’t walk. I can’t work.’”

After living daily with pain, many patients experience depression and undergo personal-

ity changes, experts said. What exacerbates the problem is that people who aren’t familiar with the syndrome don’t understand its debilitating effects.

Jim Broatch, executive director of the Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Association, started a Web page devoted specifically to veterans after hearing complaints from returning soldiers.

“I always laugh when they say, ‘It’s in your head,’” Broatch said.

“I say, ‘Damn right.’”

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DEQ proposes stricter rules to guard those who eat fish

By Kate Ramsayer The Bulletin

Photo by Pete Erickson

A bracing tradition

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality could set new water quality standards — the strictest in the country — for the amount of toxic pollutants that businesses, cities and others can release into state waters. The new standards are based on a proposed tenfold increase in the agency’s estimate of how much fish and shellfish Oregonians eat.

“The higher the fish consumption rate, the more stringent the toxics criteria,” said Andrea Matzke, water quality standards specialist with DEQ. The state agency is taking comments on the proposed rule change, and will hold a public hearing on the issue in Bend on Feb. 1.

DEQ has different calculations it uses to determine how much of 114 different toxic pollutants that businesses and cities can release into the state’s waterways, Matzke said. And because the chemicals can build up in the flesh of fish that swim in those waterways, one common part of those calcu-

More information For more information on the proposed new water quality standards, visit www.deq.state.or.us/wq/ standards/docs/toxics/ humanhealth/rulemaking/ ProposedRuleAnnouncement .pdf.

To comment on the proposal, write to Andrea Matzke, Oregon DEQ, Water Quality Division, 811 S.W. 6th Ave., Portland, OR 97204; call 503229-5384 , or send an e-mail to ToxicsRuleMaking@deq .state.or.us.

lations is how much fish and shellfish people consume.

“If you eat a lot of it, you want less pollutants in the food,” Matzke said.

The cities of Bend and Redmond would not be affected by the new water quality standards, said Steve Prazak with the city of Bend, because both treat their water on land and don’t discharge it into waters of the state.

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BEND

Indoor market may close unless city relents on noncompliant use

By Jordan Novet The Bulletin

Photos by Ryan Brennecke / The Bulletin

Dan Davis, foreground, of Redmond, and dozens of other participants in the Polar Bear Plunge scramble to get out of the pool seconds after jumping in Saturday morning.

Crowd takes New Year’s polar plunge at Sunriver Resort

By Scott Hammers The Bulletin

SUNRIVER — Arriving nearly half an hour early to the Polar Plunge at Sunriver Resort on Saturday morning, 11-year-old Jacob Ganzer, of Bend, whipped off his shirt and began strutting around the pool deck in the 16-degree air.

As his mother shouted at him to put his clothes back on, Jacob said he was eager to get down to the day’s business — leaping into the swimming pool’s 38-degree water, and staying in for as long as possible.

“I c-c-c-can’t wait,” Jacob explained through chattering teeth.

A regular New Year’s Day event at Sunriver Resort for more than 10 years, the Polar Plunge attracts a sizable crowd of perennial plungers, people who come back year after

year for a bracing swim.

Jack Downer, Jacob’s friend, said they’ve done the plunge for three years running. Jack, 11, from Bend, said the challenge of gritting through the initial shock of the frigid water keeps them coming back.

Last year, Jack managed to jump in, get out and jump back in 21 times before retreating to the hot tubs.

“The first time we heard about it and thought we’d do it, and then we did it again, and it’s become a tradition,” Jack said.

Rob McGowan, Sunriver’s director of recreation, said the Polar Plunge is always a bit chaotic. No matter how much he and others try for an orderly plunge and discourage running on the deck, it all comes unwound when it’s time to jump.

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DEATH IN MADRAS

Police evacuate area after man fires gun

By Scott Hammers The Bulletin

A 19-year-old man who barricaded himself in a Madras home Friday was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to a report from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff’s Office deputies and Madras Police Department officers were dispatched

to the area of South Adams Drive and Dee Lane South at 1:43 p.m. Friday, responding to what the Sheriff’s Office described as an “unknown situation.”

Upon arrival, a Madras officer heard multiple gunshots, and neighboring homes were evacuated as deputies set up a perimeter and closed surrounding roads.

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Jacob Ganzer, 11, of Bend, reacts after testing the temperature of the pool prior to participating in the Polar Bear Plunge in Sunriver on Saturday.

After vowing recently to hang on, Bend Indoor Markets owner Steve White said Friday he could shut down the market after next weekend to avoid a possible court appearance and fines because of what the city says is a noncompliant use of the site.

City of Bend staffers believe the Bend Indoor Markets — where scores of small vendors have sold goods on Fridays and weekends since late September — is a retail use in an area zoned light industrial.

The market is located at 50 S.E. Scott St. White has said the use is acceptable because some vendors make their wares on-site, and the warehouse is used for storage when the market is not operating.

He planned to challenge the city’s position, but he had a change of heart in recent days.

Vendor numbers have declined, while costs of the market — gas, electric, advertising and legal bills — have increased so much that he’s decided not to operate past Jan. 9, unless the city, for some reason, relents and de-

cides not to fine him and send him to court. He faced that possibility if he didn’t seek a text amendment to the city code by Jan. 15, according to the city.

“Life’s been good to me, so I don’t mind doing it for a little while,” he said Friday, referring to his operating the market at a loss to give vendors a sales outlet in a rough economy. “But I’m not going to be the Don Quixote of Bend. You get tired of jousting (with) the windmills after awhile.”

He said he would rather pay to keep the market running than pay the city fines for a code violation or pay it for a text amendment.

Until recently, White said, he had been having his attorneys prepare a legal case of their own, to respond to a possible case from the city.

Now, though, he has told his lawyers to stop working on his case, he said.

In November, the Bend City Council expressed support for the idea of White submitting a text amendment to allow the use — and paying $12,000 to finance the process.

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Bank offers exclusive parking to ‘green’ cars

By Kate Ramsayer The Bulletin

In the parking lot of the new U.S. Bank branch on Southwest Century Drive in Bend, two of the prime spots near the door are reserved for people driving low-emitting or fuel-efficient vehicles.

The spaces set aside for drivers of more environmentally friendly cars is part of the building’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification, said branch manager Anne Little.

The bank had the building constructed to meet environ-

mental standards from top to bottom, with lights activated by motion sensors, efficient heating and cooling systems, lots of insulation and more, she said.

People in Central Oregon care about the environment, she noted, and the building reflects that philosophy.

“We want to be leaders and good stewards of our environment,” Little said.

The two spots reserved for the fuel-efficient and low-emitting cars are the best spaces after the handicapped parking spaces, she said.

It’s something that has caught

the eye of several customers, she said, some of whom are frustrated because they drive trucks or SUVs. But, she added, there are 30 or so other spots in the bank’s parking lot, and the reserved spots are based on an honor system, with no enforcement.

Reserved spots for fuel-efficient vehicles are included at several LEED buildings because they help contribute to the number of points needed for certification, said Mike Riley, executive director of the Environmental Center in Bend.

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Ryan Brennecke / The Bulletin

A sign at the U.S. Bank located on Century Drive reserves a parking spot for environmentally friendly vehicles.

B2 Sunday, January 2, 2011 • THE BULLETIN

Former state congressman fights charges

AS THE HERON FLIES

As gas price rises, state raises tax

By Paul Fattig Medford Mail Tribune

MEDFORD — A former congressman from Oregon who fought unsuccessfully to keep his seat in the mid-1990s after being caught lying about his military record is fighting to stay out of prison 16 years later.

Wester “Wes” Shadric Cooley, 78, a Republican from Powell Butte who served one term after being elected in 1994, was indicted by a California grand jury in 2009 on six counts of money laundering. He also faces one count of filing a false income tax return in 2002 to conceal more than $1.1 million in what Uncle Sam considers illicit income.

Cooley faces up to 38 years in federal prison if convicted.

His attorney maintains that Cooley, who suffered a stroke early in 2004 and has had subsequent heart problems, is incompetent to stand trial because of dementia related to his failing health, according to papers filed Dec. 3 in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.

However, U.S. Assistant Attorney Stephen Cazares in Los Angeles challenges that claim, saying that after four months of evaluation and treatment in the Federal Medical Center in Bunter, N.C., the defendant was found to be competent.

Moreover, the report found evidence of malingering by Cooley, Cazares said in court papers.

A court-ordered competency hearing for Cooley was scheduled Dec. 8 in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles but was continued to Jan. 11. If the defendant is found competent to stand trial, it will begin Feb. 8 in the Los Angeles court.

By Tim Fought The Associated Press

PORTLAND — Oregon’s gasoline tax rises this weekend by six cents a gallon, an increase many expect to show up quickly in pump prices that have already topped $3 a gallon.

Gasoline prices in Oregon have been rising steadily for two years, according to figures from AAA of Oregon’s weekly survey.

Dealers, who pay the tax, won’t take long to pass along the increase, said AAA spokeswoman Marie Dodds.

“That’s not something they’ll want to eat — six cents a gallon,” she said.

Assuming that’s the case, the tax increase would cost an Oregon driver using 522 gallons a year more than $31. That’s enough fuel to take a car getting 22 miles per gallon nearly 11,500 miles a year — figures close to national averages reported by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Gasoline prices generally reflect those of oil and often the direction of the economy. Forecasters say improving economies in the United States and worldwide will probably pressure prices upward this year.

The AAA statistics show gasoline in Oregon at nearly $4.30 a gallon in mid-2008. But as the Great Recession took hold, the price fell sharply and bottomed out at less than $1.75 during the holiday season that year.

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The tax increase effective with the beginning of 2011 makes the total levy on gasoline 30 cents a gallon. That’s up by 29 cents since 1919 when Oregon became the first state in the nation to impose a gasoline tax.

The most recent increase came in 1993, when the tax was set at 24 cents a gallon.

The six-cent increase was part of a tax-and-fee package

the Legislature said would raise $300 million a year for road work. The state gets half, and cities and counties get half.

Drivers have already been nicked. In October 2009, according to the state Transportation Department, title fees went up by $22, to $77, for example.

Two-year registration for passenger vehicles rose $32, to $86.

Fixing transportation The tax increase is the latest in a series of efforts in recent years to fix and build Oregon’s transportation system.

In his first term, Gov. Ted Kulongoski won approval of a $1 billion package to repair and replace bridges over a decade. The effort is “on time and on budget,” and the last projects are due to end in 2012, said Transportation Department spokesman Dave Thompson.

The Obama administration’s stimulus program fed $242 million in highway money to Oregon, and the work resulting from that is winding up, Thompson said.

The Legislature, in each of the last three sessions, has approved $100 million in spending for aviation, freight rail, marine and mass transit projects.

Oregon’s per-capita spending on highways appears to be rising, in comparison with other states, and the tax increase probably will continue that trend.

Studies cited by a staff member at the National Conference of State Legislatures show the state 30th among the states in 2004 and 20th in 2008.

“It’s been a fairly rare circumstance in the last couple of years to raise the gasoline tax,” said Jim Reed, transportation program manager for the organization.

In Oregon, majority Democrats and a number of Republicans backed the tax increase, which passed handily in the 2009 session.

Soviet space probe the first man-made object to fly past the moon, in 1959 The Associated Press Today is Sunday, Jan. 2, the second day of 2011. There are 363 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY On Jan. 2, 1811, Sen. Timothy Pickering, a Federalist from Massachusetts, became the first member of the U.S. Senate to be censured (the offense was improperly revealing the contents of an executive document).

ON THIS DATE In 1788, Georgia became the fourth state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

In 1900, Secretary of State John Hay announced the “Open Door Policy” to facilitate trade with China.

In 1921, religious services

were broadcast on radio for the first time as KDKA in Pittsburgh aired the regular Sunday service of the city’s Calvary Episcopal Church.

In 1935, Bruno Hauptmann went on trial in Flemington, N.J., on charges of kidnapping and murdering the 20-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh.

(Hauptmann was found guilty, and executed.)

In 1942, the Philippine capital of Manila was captured by Japanese forces during World War II. In 1959, the Soviet Union launched its space probe Luna 1, the first man-made object to fly past the moon, its apparent intended target.

In 1960, Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts launched his successful bid for the presidency.

In 1971, 66 people were killed

T O D AY I N H I S T O R Y in a pileup of spectators leaving a soccer match at Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland.

In 1981, police in Sheffield, England, arrested Peter Sutcliffe, who confessed to being the serial killer known as the “Yorkshire Ripper” who had slain 13 women.

In 1991, Sharon Pratt (Dixon) was sworn in as mayor of Washington, D.C., becoming the first black woman to head a city of Washington’s size and prominence.

ham to be Secretary of Energy and Linda Chavez to be Secretary of Labor. (However, Chavez ended up withdrawing after it was disclosed she had given money and shelter to an illegal immigrant who once did chores around Chavez’s house.) Ships made the first legal and direct crossing between China and Taiwan in more than half a century.

Former U.S. Attorney General and Secretary of State William P. Rogers died in Bethesda, Md., at age 87.

TEN YE ARS AGO President-elect George W. Bush tapped Democrat Norman Mineta to be his Secretary of Transportation, Spencer Abra-

FIVE YEARS AGO A methane gas explosion at the Sago Mine in West Virginia claimed the lives of 12 miners, but one miner, Randal McCloy

Jr., was eventually rescued. The roof of a skating rink collapsed in the German town of Bad Reichenhall, killing 15 people.

No. 4 Ohio State beat No. 5 Notre Dame 34-20 in the Fiesta Bowl.

ONE YEAR AGO President Barack Obama, in his weekly Internet and radio address, said an al-Qaida affiliate in Yemen apparently ordered the failed Christmas Day bombing plot against a U.S. airliner. Texas Tech rallied to beat Michigan State 41-31 in a shootout at the Alamo Bowl.

Wendy Phillips is 59. Actress Gabrielle Carteris is 50. Movie director Todd Haynes is 50. Retired MLB All-Star pitcher David Cone is 48. Actress Tia Carrere is 44. Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. is 43.

Model Christy Turlington is 42.

Actor Taye Diggs is 40. Musician Scott Underwood is 40. Rock singer Doug Robb (Hoobastank) is 36. Actor Dax Shepard is 36.

Actress Paz Vega is 35. Country musician Chris Hartman is 33.

Rock musician Jerry DePizzo Jr. (O.A.R.) is 32. Rhythm-and-blues singer Kelton Kessee (IMX) is 30.

Actress Kate Bosworth is 28.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Country musician Harold Bradley is 85. Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Dennis Hastert, is 69. TV host Jack Hanna is 64. Actress

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O Coos Bay men homeless after pre-Christmas fire Washington

By Jessica Musicar The (Coos Bay) World

COOS BAY — The Christmas holiday was shaping up to be a fine one for Jimmy McMahan and his roommate, Don Harvey.

The two planned to throw a Christmas Eve bash and a Christmas breakfast, and then spend the morning tearing open presents with their kids at their Eastside home.

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holiday, McMahan returned to find that their house on Coos River Highway had burned in a fire that had snuffed itself out.

He had moved into the home about three weeks before. Harvey had lived there for about a year.

“It’s lame because we have no place to stay, really,” McMahan said.

Since the fire, the two men have unsuccessfully searched for a home that can accommodate

themselves, Harvey’s dog and their visiting children. McMahan noted that he has no place to spend time with his son and daughter, whom he cares for several days a week.

The American Red Cross put the roommates up at the Red Lion Hotel for three days following the fire. Now they’re ‘couch surfing” at the homes of friends until they can find a three-bedroom house that fits their price range.

The Coos Bay Fire Department attributed the blaze to a malfunctioning space heater that had been turned off but left plugged in. McMahan and Harvey said they are considering suing the manufacturer.

Although they’ve received numerous calls from community members offering items, the one thing the men truly need is a roof. They did not have renter’s insurance.

SUSTAINABILITY

Albany house fire investigated as arson ALBANY — The Albany Fire Department says arson caused a house fire this week, but it hasn’t yet been determined whether it is connected to 10 other recent arsons in the Oregon city.

No one was hurt in the fire early Thursday, but damage to the home has been estimated at more than $200,000. Police are continuing to investigate that blaze and the string of other fires at homes and businesses since October.

Board suspends doctor’s license PORTLAND — The Oregon Medical Board has suspended the license of a Portland doctor after a patient died earlier this month following a late-night surgery at the doctor’s clinic.

The Oregonian reports that the board’s emergency order says Dr. Soraya Ann Abbassian began performing surgery without staff help at about 10 p.m.

Dec. 15 on a woman who was an employee and friend. The Thursday order says the 59-year-old patient, who was not identified, suffered a seizure and died four days later.

The order says Abbassian’s decision to perform a surgical procedure late at night without assistance shows poor medical judgment. It says her clinic was not equipped to handle a medical emergency, and that Abbassian didn’t respond in a competent manner when the patient showed distress.

Abbassian is entitled to a hearing before the board. The Oregonian says calls to the clinic Friday were answered with a recorded message, and a phone number listed for her has been disconnected.

BSC ticket scam costs man hundreds MEDFORD — A Medford man is out more than $900 after he bought what he thought were two tickets to the BCS National Championship game between the Oregon Ducks and the Auburn Tigers.

The wire transfer he sent to Florida was real, but the tickets weren’t.

The Mail Tribune reports the scam began when the man — whom police didn’t identify — contacted a seller on Craigslist who promised the tickets for $850 and a fee.

The man wired the money on Dec. 12, then waited for the tickets to arrive by mail the next day.

They never did.

Medford police detective Scott Clauson says he expects more such attempts at scams because of the importance of the game.

Oregon plays Auburn on Jan. 10.

Volunteers line coast for whale watching PORTLAND — Gray whales have started their winter migration from their feeding areas off Alaska to their calving and breeding waters along Baja California.

Volunteers will start staffing about two dozen parks and other sites along the Oregon coast for Whale Watch Week starting today. The locations are marked with signs saying, “Whale Watching Spoken Here.”

Dave Newton with the Depoe Bay Whale Watching Center says an estimated 18,000 whales are migrating.

— From wire reports

Benjamin Brayfi eld / The (Coos Bay) World

Andrew Blair, left, and John Richer, unload Dungeness crab from the Zorabelle at Hallmark Fisheries in Charleston on Dec. 22. Hallmark recently received an eco-label from Marine Stewardship Council, which certifies its product sustainable.

Fishery gets environmental distinction from marine group

By Nate Traylor The (Coos Bay) World

COOS BAY — Now that it’s christened a sustainable premium product, seafood dealers expect crab to crack new markets.

Oregon’s Dungeness crab earned the Marine Stewardship Council’s globally recognized eco-label this month, certifying it a well-managed fishery.

The label comes at a time when select retailers intend to primarily or strictly carry certified seafood.

“Oregon is positioned nicely to fulfill that demand,” said Nick Furman, executive director of the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission.

The state will enjoy the distinction as the only certified crab fishery in the U.S., at least for now.

“That will provide dividends to processors and the harvesters in the state, as well as the coastal communities,” Furman said.

But before it can reach shelves, retailers must know where product is coming from.

Earlier this week, Hallmark Seafood in Charleston received a chain-of-custody number from MSC, allowing buyers to trace a product’s point of sale.

“This is kind of a foolproof way to know you’re getting what you pay for,” said Hallmark manager Scott Adams.

“It’s a quality standard that will probably add value.”

Though maybe not immediately.

“The market side is a little slower in catching up,” said Brad Pettinger, executive director of the Oregon Trawl Commission.

MSC has approved the trawl commission’s pink shrimp in recent years, helping to assuage any doubt the fishery was not sustainable.

“It’s the toughest and the best,” Pettinger said.

“We’d be judged harshly if we did anything else.”

Furman said the commission began pursuing MSC’s blessing in 2003, after having been judged favorably by other seafood watchdogs, such as the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch.

Back then, he said, MSC’s seal of sustainability was relatively unknown in the United States.

“We figured if MSC gained

“We knew it was a sustainable fishery, but this takes it to the next level.”

— Mark Curran, senior seafood coordinator, Whole Foods Market

traction that it would it be a feather in our cap,” Furman said.

But proving that Oregon’s Dungeness crab was worthy of its label was difficult, partly because the fishery was “data deficient.”

“When it came time to prove our claims, there wasn’t a lot of current research,” he said.

Criteria audited Dungeness crab is managed by sex (only males are harvested), season (harvest occurs from December to August) and size (only adults 6.25 inches are caught).

Qualifying for the label meant auditing these three sets of criteria, not just the stock assessment required to certify other fisheries, Furman said.

Even though female crab aren’t harvested, the commission still was tasked with researching fertilization, among other painstaking steps.

It took years to document.

A historic landing of 33 million pounds off the Oregon Coast in the 2004-05 season wasn’t proof enough that the fishery was abun-

dant and healthy.

In order to receive certification, the commission also had to come up with an emergency backup plan in the event the fishery was declining, even though “in the 100 years we’ve been keeping records we’ve never seen a sign this fishery is going to crash,” Furman said.

In the end, Oregon’s Dungeness crab gets to boast being the nation’s only crab to earn the stewardship’s stamp of approval.

Its also the world’s only major MSC-certified crab fishery, Furman said.

Washington, California and Alaska may come on board later.

But the certification process can be long and arduous. In the meantime, the only MSC-approved crab is coming from Oregon.

“We knew it was a sustainable fishery, but this takes it to the next level,” said Mark Curran, senior seafood coordinator with Whole Foods Market.

More and more consumers, he said, expect seafood to be certified sustainable by a credible third-party.

Last summer, Whole Foods implemented a program whereby all its seafood products at least meet the standards of Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch. But “we consider MSC to be the gold standard,” Curran said.

Even Wal-Mart is getting in on the label game. The retail giant said in a news release it would purchase only MSC-certified fish for its domestic stores by the end of next year.

casino worries Oregon tribe The Associated Press PORTLAND — The news that the Cowlitz Tribe of Washington state has won federal approval for the land needed for a casino a few minutes’ drive from Portland has given the tribe with Oregon’s largest casino yet another source of competition.

And leaders of the Grande Ronde say they’re still going to fight the proposed casino just off Interstate 5 near La Center. The Grande Ronde run the Spirit Mountain casino about 60 miles southwest of Portland.

“It would clearly mean a significant economic impact for us and for Oregon,” said Grand Ronde spokesman Justin Martin. “This is not a done deal by any stretch.”

But, the Oregonian newspaper reports, the Cowlitz Tribe is confident it can lock in the last steps of a casino plan that has had to be scaled down during the recession.

Earning the land for its own reservation was a major step, said Cowlitz Tribe Chairman William Iyall.

“It’s just a huge lift for the Cowlitz people that they’ve been waiting patiently for,” Iyall said.

The Cowlitz have been landless since the U.S. government seized its property in the 1860s.

“Obviously the federal government doesn’t think that’s the case, or they wouldn’t have issued the decision,” Iyall said.

Measure 75 Oregon voters shot down a similar casino proposal in November. Measure 75, which would have allowed the construction of the state’s first nontribal casino in a suburb of Portland, lost by a margin of 2-1.

The Grande Ronde isn’t the only group opposed to the casino. Clark County, Wash., commissioners initially backed a memorandum of understanding with the Cowlitz, but withdrew their support in 2009, citing crime concerns.

“The decision has been made,” said Clark County Commissioner Marc Boldt. “We’ll live with it, we’ll deal with it, and we’ll deal with the tribe as we would any other developer.”

Partnered with Connecticut tribe The tribe has partnered with the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut, which runs East Coast gambling operations.

Iyall said the casino can be open within three years.

The plan for now is a 134,000-square-foot casino west of I-5. The first phase of the project would be a twostory casino with room for 135 gambling tables, 20 poker tables, and a 5,000-seat convention and meeting center that could double as a music venue.

Martin said the Grand Ronde believes the Cowlitz lack the legal authority to operate a casino at all. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that tribes recognized after 1934 can’t take land into trust. The Cowlitz Tribe was formally recognized in 2000.

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State contacts Bend concerning After 65 years, Deschutes River pollution in 1911 another milestone 100 YEARS AGO For the week ending Jan. 1, 1911 COUNCIL MEETS At the meeting of the Common Council held Friday evening, D.M. Davis presided as mayor pro tem, in the absence of Mayor Caldwell. A letter from C.S. White, State Health Officer, stating that complaints had been filed with the Health Board in regard to the pollution of the Deschutes River, was read. Recorder Ellis was instructed to acknowledge receipt of the letter, and state to Mr. White that as a new Council would be in office within a short time, the matter would be left for it to take up. It is probable that Mayor-elect Coe, who is now in Portland, will see Mr. White and take up with him the question of a sewerage system for Bend.

Upon motion of Triplett, seconded by Sellers, the Recorder was instructed to issue legal notices to be served on parties petitioning for saloon licenses that no licenses will be granted to bars having entrance on any street other than Bond, except in the cases of bona fide hotels.

This notice applies particularly to bars having entrance at a corner onto two streets.

A RETURN GAME The Prineville and Bend “All Star” football teams that played a 0-0 game on the Bend field a week ago Monday will meet again on the Prineville grounds next Saturday afternoon at two.

The Bend team will leave here Friday morning, and drive to Prineville in wagons returning Sunday afternoon.

Although the details of the game have not all been arranged, Arthur Seeley, of Bend, and J.M. Alexander, of Redmond, will probably officiate as referee and umpire. As each of them played on the team of the Multnomah Athletic Club of Portland two years ago, such unsatisfactory decisions as marred the recent game should not be given.

The lineup of the Bend team will be somewhat changed.

Captain Pringle, who strained a ligament in the last game, will go with the team and will play, at least until his leg gives way.

L. Main will play right tackle in place of Clinton Vandevert, who has returned to Salem. J.D. Rice will probably play a guard. Ray Deyarmond is practicing with the squad and will play in the game. If Dr. Coe returns from Portland in time for the game, he will go in at fullback. The lineup of the Prineville team will be practically the same as before.

75 YEARS AGO For the week ending Jan. 1, 1936 UNCLE SAM’S NEW YEAR TO BE HILARIOUS America is stepping out tonight, plans to eat a lot, drink a lot, shout a lot and isn’t count-

Y E S T E R D AY ing the cost. The new year will be greeted for the first time since 1919 with the combined influences to merriment of legal liquor and free-flowing money.

A survey of preparations for goodbyeing 1935 and helloing 1936 revealed that restaurants, night clubs, theaters, taxicab companies, liquor dealers and policemen expect a brand of joy unrestricted in the hours around midnight. The conclusion from adding together all the reported reservations for dining rooms, tables and theater seats at double and triple depression prices was that a mere handful of Americans would be at home tonight and that the bankrolls of those not at home would suffer terribly.

Restaurants and liquor purveyors in all major cities predicted revelers would spend more money tonight than on any other New Year’s Eve since the font of whoopee wealth dried up in 1929.

In New York City, where the granddaddy of all New Year’s Eve celebrations turns Times Square into a nuthouse, Police Commissioner Lewis Valentine ordered 1,700 patrolmen to Times Square and his whole force of 19,000 men to midnight duty throughout the city.

The Waldorf-Astoria, the Plaza, the Savoy Plaza and the RitzCarlton, all charging from $15 to $20 a couple for supper, dancing and assorted noisemakers and toy balloons, turned hundreds of applicants away. Other cities experienced the same.

Police in Chicago, New York, Kansas City, Denver and San Francisco announced that a minimum of interference and a maximum of safety would be the official objectives. Chicago abolished for one night the 2 a.m. closing hour for bars.

President Roosevelt will lead a quiet White House celebration, remaining up until midnight to welcome the new year and perhaps to wave a greeting from a White House porch to serenaders.

The same disregard for cash — a sort of “wasn’t the depression terrible” attitude — permeated survey cities west to the Pacific.

Hollywood, Los Angeles and San Francisco dive into uninhibited whoopee. A recent state court ruling that overthrew a 2 a.m. liquor curfew opened the gates to unlimited revelry.

50 YEARS AGO For the week ending Jan. 1, 1961 LONG SHADOWS OF WINTER HELP VISITORS INTERPRET HIGH DESERT’S ANCIENT STORY (Editorial) Central Oregon’s High Desert has its moods.

The plateau, rimmed by old volcanoes and tilted mountains, is impressive under an electrical storm in midsummer. It is

inspiring under its occasional coat of snow in winter. It is awesome at night when its rims are marked by starry skylines.

Moods of the desert vary from dawn to dusk, from day to day, from month to month.

There is a special mood in early winter when shadows are long and dusk comes early.

All are interpretative moods.

They make it possible for the motorist driving over U.S. Highway 20 from Bend to Burns to probe into the region’s recent past.

In evening shadows or when the rising sun tips snowy peaks, the story of the region unfolds.

Across this area long ago flowed a river, abundantly fed by runoff in Oregon’s pluvial days. Outlines of that old river bed are visible in the winter shadows.

In the Millican area of the present once existed a treefringed lake that mirrored the peaks of Pine Mountain. The faint outline of that old lake can be traced in the soft light of the morning sun.

Across Horse Ridge in distant days slashed a river that cut a gorge some 300 feet deep. The bed of that river viewed under the floodlight of a full moon is plainly visible.

Across the Millican-Brothers plains of ages ago flamed volcanoes, some of which sent streams of lava into the Dry River gorge. The old lava flows take on a spectacular appearance when evening shadows lengthen.

In some distant geological epoch, earth forces twisted horizons into serpentined ridges, visible even in midday.

Just west of high Hampton, close to Hampton Butte, a big lake once flooded the area. The basin once occupied by that lake is cast in striking relief when winter’s shadows creep across the plateau.

This high land, with its interpretative moods, is the region known as Oregon’s High Desert. On old maps it appears as a part of the Great Sandy Desert.

Early explorers called it the Artemisia Desert.

Some persons consider the High Desert to be a dreary land, monotonous, sage-covered and slashed by gulleys.

They are the people who fail to interpret the desert’s varying moods.

25 YEARS AGO For the week ending Jan. 1, 1986 IT’S NOT JUNK TO THESE MEN IN PRINEVILLE Old machinery lines the driveway leading to Gary Gumpert’s home that overlooks Ochoco Reservoir.

Lumber wagons, gas pumps, street lights, hay baling machines and ancient trucks decorate the landscape.

The yard in front of Lee Rhoden’s house also contains

Center trains seniors to re-enter work force

By Capi Lynn Salem Statesman Journal

SALEM — Don Sjolander drew a crowd several months ago while volunteering for Meals on Wheels as a greeter at Center 50+.

When people heard about his past work with Garten Services, which helps train and employ people with disabilities, their ears perked. Many of them were looking for work and would benefit from such a program designed for seniors.

That got Sjolander to thinking: “Why can’t we focus exclusive services with this population?”

And so began the groundwork for Career Center Staff Services, which operates out of Center 50+, Salem’s bustling senior center. The new program provides job readiness assessments and job-search skills training for a population that is dealing with the ironic prospect of longer yet crimped lives.

Many baby boomers are facing the need to find work, or work past the age of 65, at a time when there is less work to be had.

There are 37,617 people age 65 and older in Marion County, according to the latest American Community Survey from the

U.S. Census Bureau, and 11,973 in Polk County. That’s 12 percent of Marion residents and 16 percent of Polk residents.

Programs such as the career center are becoming invaluable resources for baby boomers, including Anita Boyston, of Salem.

“It is so needed,” Boyston said.

“You just don’t realize how many people 50 and over can’t find work. There’s age discrimination out there. It’s not blatant, but it’s there. And with the economy the way it is, we need extra money.

Our age group has a lot of experience, but we haven’t done our resumes in a long time.”

The career center helped Boyston, who just turned 68, update her resume. She’s now participating in a training program through the local branch of Experience Works, which also operates out of Salem’s senior center. Experience Works, formerly known as Green Thumb, is a Senior Community Service Employment Program funded by the U.S. Department of Labor. It helps low-income people 55 and older get the training they need to find jobs in their communities. Another local SCSEP is run

by Easter Seals.

Participants in both programs work an average of 20 hours per

week and are paid minimum wage. They are placed in a wide variety of nonprofit and government agencies. The programs are intended to serve as a bridge to unsubsidized employment opportunities. The career center at Center 50+ is designed to assist anyone 50 and older regardless of income. The services it provides are free.

The program operates under the umbrella of the not-for-profit Friends of the Salem Senior Center. Sjolander is the only member of the four-person staff on salary. The other three receive a $250 monthly stipend.

Sjolander said the career center demonstrated its potential by helping place more than 30 people in temporary jobs during the Oregon State Fair. The career center prescreened about 60 applicants, and 47 were interviewed and accepted by Personnel Source, which officially handled hiring for the fair.

Placement can be difficult because of the parameters for some seniors. “Many of them don’t want to work full time,” Sjolander said. “They’re looking for selective placement hours that are going to allow them to still be with their grandkids and do what they want to do.”

some of the machines early settlers used to farm land and log forests.

Inside Rhoden’s home are smaller mementos from the past — barbed wire, casino chips, ash trays, milk bottles and World War II memorabilia.

Gumpert also has a few small things, spark plugs, Coca Cola bottles, toy trucks and tractors.

Gumpert and Rhoden, friends since youth, are collectors. Rhoden has collected anything that looked interesting since he was 5 years old. Gumpert, a master at fixing engines, has more focused interests, collecting mostly machinery.

The men, both born and raised in Prineville, explain how they came to be interested in obtaining things. “It’s like collecting money,” says Rhoden.

Some people like to make money, he says. He enjoys collecting interesting objects. Gumpert is fascinated with acquiring machinery “as original and old as I can get the old thing.”

Finding a piece of equipment on the property where it was originally used is better than finding it at a swap meet, he adds, although he and Rhoden often travel to sales around the state.

The walls, beams and cabinets in two rooms of Rhoden’s home are covered with memorabilia dating from pioneer days.

One beam is hung with various cattle brands from the early ranches in the area. An adjacent beam features sheep brands.

In between each display is a hangman’s noose, a souvenir from the early wars between cattle and sheep ranchers.

A shelf holds a collection of Mickey Mouse statues. A trunk contains souvenirs from John F. Kennedy’s presidency.

Outside, wagon wheels line the pole fence; a searchlight from the battleship “Oregon” also is displayed.

A saddle mounted on a rail dates back at least 110 years. It has the words “Baker City,” the early name of Baker on it.

All of Gumpert’s machines work. “He can make anything run,” Rhoden says.

“I get them running at least once,” says Gumpert. One of his prizes, a 1927 General Motors truck, came from a friend of his grandfather. Another, a hay baler run by a steam engine, was purchased in Oregon City.

An old Signal Oil Co. gasoline pump is used to fill Gumpert’s trucks, and an old street light is used for lighting the yard.

A new arrival is an old motor, which attaches to a Maytag washing machine powered by gasoline just like his mom had.

Both men have talked about opening a museum where other people can see some of the things they have.

“We really got to talking on that (opening a museum) a couple of times,” Gumpert says.

Compiled by Don Hoiness from archived copies of The Bulletin at the Des Chutes Historical Museum.

for baby boomers

By Dan Barry New York Times News Service

In keeping with a generation’s fascination with itself, the time has come to note the passing of another milestone: On New Year’s Day, the oldest members of the Baby Boom Generation will turn 65, the age once linked to retirement, earlybird specials and gray Velcro shoes that go with everything.

Although other generations may mutter that it’s time to get over yourselves, this birthday actually matters. According to the Pew Research Center, for the next 19 years, about 10,000 people “will cross that threshold” every day — and many of them have no intention of ceding to others what they consider rightfully theirs: youth.

This means that the 79 million baby boomers, about 26 percent of U.S. population, will be redefining what it means to be older and placing greater demands on the social safety net.

They are living longer, working longer and, researchers say, nursing some disappointment about how their lives have turned out. The self-aware, or self-absorbed, feel less self-fulfilled and thus are racked with self-pity.

‘Diaper derby’ “The stork’s 1946 diaper derby left a controversy today that rocked the cradles from coast to coast,” The Associated Press reported 65 years ago.

After the travails and absences of the Depression and World War II flattened the birth rate, the promise and prosperity of the postwar years created a

sharp rise in births that lasted from 1946 until 1964, when the popularity of birth control pills helped stem the tide.

Ascribing personality traits to a bloc of 79 million people is a fool’s endeavor. For one thing, people born in 1964 wouldn’t know the once-ubiquitous television hero Sky King if he landed his trusty Songbird on their front lawns, just as people born in 1946 wouldn’t quite know what to make of one of Sky King’s successors, the hydrocephalic H.R. Pufnstuf.

Two mind sets For another, the never-ending celebration of the hippie contingent of boomers tends to overshadow the Young Americans for Freedom contingent.

After all, while some boomers were trying to “levitate” the Pentagon to protest the Vietnam War, other boomers were fighting in that war.

About 13 percent of the population today is 65 or older; by 2030, when the last of the baby boomers are 65, that will have grown to 18 percent. In addition to testing the sustainability of entitlement programs like Social Security, this wholesale redefinition of old age may also include a pervading sense that life has been what might technically be called a “bummer.”

This gloominess appears to be linked to the struggling economy, the demands of middle age and a general sense of lofty goals not met by the generation that once sang of teaching the world to sing in perfect harmony, and then buying it a Coke.

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Ronald Day Sept. 6, 1941 - Dec. 26, 2010 Ron went into the presence of his Lord on Dec. 26, 2010.

Ron was born on Sept. 6, 1941 in Petaluma, CA. Through hard work and determination, Ron had a very successful business career with Met Life and with Mass Mutual in both sales and executive positions earning the distinction of the youngest General Agent at the time. He retired to Sunriver in 1996 where he was very active in the Sunriver Home Owners’ Association, serving as president in 2008-2009 with all the determination a person could have to do whatever he could do for the Sunriver community.

He was passionate about learning and discovering how to do things.

He was and avid bike rider, both dirt and road, proudly completing the “Reach the Beach” ride in Oregon last May. He truly enjoyed the outdoor life in Central Oregon from hiking to skiing, to kayaking. He loved to travel in his RV and experience the wonders of our country, and treasured all the memories he built along the road of life.

There is so much more to be said about a man who so proudly walked through life striving always to be the best that he could be. Those who love him and know him, know of his strong character, thoughtful, caring spirit, and love of Jesus.

He is survived by his wife, Sheila, three wonderful daughters, Lisa, Tracy and Tiffany, all of Denver, CO; his brother, Kevin Day of Boise, ID; his former wife, Joan Day, also of Denver, CO. Ron spent the last three months of his life getting ready to meet his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. At the time of his returning home, Ron was interested in helping a young couple get to the mission field in Slovania.

Donations may be made in his memory to Josiah Ventures, Account #42180, PO Box 4317, Weaton, IL 60189.

A private service will be held at a later date. Please visit our guest book at www.niswonger-reynolds.com

Ronald L. Smith

Edward D. Dirks

June 10, 1948 - Dec. 25, 2010

Jan 20, 1921 - Dec. 28, 2010

Ronald L. Smith was born in Bend, OR and was a third generation "Bendite". Ron was in the Navy for four years in the Vietnam conflict.

He owned and operated Canndoo Masonry for 27 years, leaving his wonderful stone work all over Oregon. His motto was "Have Stone, Will Travel."

Ron was an Ron Smith avid hunter and deep sea fisherman, always keeping his freezer full. Special thanks to Rhomie Thompson, Allen Chambers, and Steve Perrault for helping Ron navigate down his long road with many special trips hunting and fishing.

Ron was preceded in death by his stepfather, Roy Cook, his mother, Estle (Howard) Cook, and his step-daughter, Debra Stafford. He leaves behind his wife, Dixie; step daughters, Dianne and Darlene; grandchildren Briona, David, and Charles; his brother, Tom; and sons-in-law, Paul and Austin.

We will celebrate Ron's life with a wake at Ron's home.

Family and friends will meet on January 8, 2011, at 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. "THE WORLD ACCORDING TO RON." Memorial donations can be made to Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Marrow Transplant Unit, 1660 S. Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 98108-1597, c/o Cathy Blanchard.

He's not gone, just gone ahead a little.

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Edward Dirks born on January 20, 1921, in Stewartville, MN, passed away at the age of 89, at St. Charles Medical Center in Bend.

Ed spent the first years of his life on a farm in Minnesota with his German immigrant parents, his brother and a sister. When he was old enough, he Edward D. Dirks enlisted in the Navy where he proudly served on a destroyer in World War II. After he was discharged he stayed in California, where he had a short career as an extra in the movie industry.

He met and married the love of his life, Dorothy (Dotty also a Navy veteran) on July 3, 1948, and together they started their lives together in Los Angeles.

He was employed at Rocketdyne for several years before the family moved to Thousand Oaks, California, where he began a career at Pt. Mugu Naval Air Station in Oxnard, California. He was a Quality Control Supervisor for the Missile Defense System program and retired from there in the early '80s.

After retirement, Ed and Dotty moved to Oroville, California, where they spent their days traveling in their motorhome, square dancing, visiting friends and relatives thoughout the United States, and traveling abroad.

Their lives were full, and those years were the foundation for many wonderful memories and stories that he loved to share with all of the new friends he gathered throughout the rest of his life.

In 2002, they moved again to Bend to be closer to their daughters. While their travels may have been less often, they did manage to spend the summers on the Oregon Coast with friends from California.

After Dotty passed away in 2005, Ed found a wonderful church home at Trinity Lutheran Church and there he spent every Sunday morning attending services and every Friday morning with his men's Bible Study Group. He met many friends there and they were a great source of comfort to him as was his hospice grief group.

He was preceded in death by a son, Bruce Edward Dirks who died in 1994. He is survived by daughter, Margaret Berg of Bend; son, Bill Dirks (Ini) of Sacramento, CA and the Fiji Islands; and daughter, Debra Simonson (Les) of Kailua-Kona, HI. Additional survivors include 12 grandchildren and numerous greatgrandchildren.

His request was to be cremated and buried at his family plot in Stewartville, MN. It was also his request that no services be held; however, a private family memorial service may be held at a later date.

Memorial contributions will be accepted in his name to Trinity Lutheran Church, 2550 NE Butler Market Road, Bend, OR 97701. Please sign our guest book at www.niswonger-reynolds.com.

Paul E. Shively Oct. 18, 1918 - Dec. 22, 2010 Paul E. Shively passed away at the age of 92 on December 22, 2010. Paul was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, in 1918.

He served in the United States Navy during WWII, where he met his wife of 62 years, Margaret Lambden, who passed in July of 2010.

Both Paul and Margaret were preceded in death by Paul Shively their only daughter, Linda Shively, who passed in April of 1992.

Paul is survived by four grandchildren, Kristin Jones, Justin Bronson, Brittany Bronson, and Brian Price; sister-in-law, Doris Knecht, and in-laws, Bill and Pam Bronson.

Paul graduated from Ohio State with a Chemistry Major, and worked 30+ years with DuPont Chemical Company.

At the time of his death, Paul was an active golfer with "The Duffers," at the Sunriver Resort, a group of his closest friends. He also played bridge weekly with his fellow community members at Touchmark.

All who had the pleasure of knowing Paul, valued his tender heart and sweet spirit.

Paul was a continuous support to his grandchildren, and was known at Touchmark for his politeness and sincere kindness.

He loved fishing, golf, travel, and spending time with his grandchildren.

A memorial will be held at New Hope Church, on Friday, January 7, at 2 p.m., to honor Paul's life. All who knew and loved Paul are welcomed by his family to join in this celebration of his life. Please sign our guest book at www.niswonger-reynolds.com

Plunge Continued from B1 “It’s like a sea of seals — someone just threw a fresh mackerel in the pool and they all go for it,” McGowan said.

Jack Grimsted, 8, from Vancouver, Wash., said he doesn’t remember his first Polar Plunge.

Market Prominent horse breeder Evans dies

it opened, he decided to try to sell his pieces at the market, to see if people would want to buy what he was making.

“I just needed money,” he said.

By Richard Rosenblatt

Shay Metzger, 31, has been running her wholesale and retail business, EarthSense Organic Herb Shop, at the market since the second weekend it has been open, she said. For eight months this year, she ran a store in downtown Bend to sell wares she and other local mothers had made, including clothes and other crocheted and patchwork fabric products. She shut down the store the week the market opened, so she could move her business there.

“I couldn’t afford to be downtown anymore, and I didn’t want to deal with the parking situation, and I just needed to be a mom during the week,” said Metzger, who said she is raising two children by herself.

She said she doesn’t want to open a store again, and putting goods online would take great effort. And she doesn’t want to put her children in child care, she added.

“I’d like to see this (market) keep going — it needs to,” she said.

The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Edward P. Evans, one of thoroughbred racing’s leading owners and breeders, has died after a brief illness. He was 68.

Evans died Friday night at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan, his personal secretary Catherine Moraetis said Saturday. She said the cause of death was acute myeloid leukemia.

Evans owned Spring Hill Farm in Casanova, Va., and his horses won more than 100 stakes races during his 30plus years as an owner.

Quality Road was among Evans’ best horses, earning more than $2.2 million with victories that included the Woodward Stakes and the Metropolitan Handicap in 2010. Other horses bred by Evans included 2005 Horse of the Year Saint Liam, Gygistar and Tap Dance.

“He was one of the last remaining old-style owners and breeders, and a very successful one at that,” said racing manager Chris Baker, who worked for Evans the past 10 years. “It’s a tremendous loss for all of us who worked for him and for the sport as well.

We will miss the man first, the sportsman second.”

Evans, a former chairman of publisher MacMillan Inc., was the son of Thomas Mellon Evans, also a breederowner whose Buckland Farm produced 1981 Kentucky Derby winner Pleasant Colony.

Evans recently donated $50 million to his alma mater, Yale University, to help with construction of a new campus for its school of management.

Fish Continued from B1 In 2004, DEQ proposed setting water quality standards based on a fish consumption rate of 17.5 grams a day, or about 0.6 ounces. In June, however, the federal Environmental Protection Agency said that number was too low.

“It doesn’t protect Oregonians who eat higher levels of fish and shellfish,” Matzke said.

DEQ had anticipated that, she said, and had been working on determining another number using studies examining things like how much fish tribal members ate.

And the state agency is now proposing to increase the fish consumption rate to 175 grams, or 6.2 ounces, a day.

“It’s 23 8-ounce fish meals a month, and it’s a lot,” Matzke said, but she added that it represents what some American Indian tribal members eat. “We kind of decided, as a policy, we wanted to protect at a very high level. We wanted to have a high level of protection for those people who eat high levels of fish.”

Consumption rate Although the fish consumption rate would go up tenfold, not all of the standards for pol-

He was 3, and was dunked in the pool by conspiring family members. Since then, he’s done it every year, along with several members of his extended family who come to Sunriver each winter.

Jack’s cousin, Sarah Reynolds, 18, said the water is far colder than the ocean in her hometown of Newport Beach, Calif., but not

Continued from B1 Because White disagreed with the city’s argument, he said he would not pay the city for that, nor would he take the city’s suggestion to pool money with other companies doing retail business in industrial zones on weekends and holidays to pay for a text amendment.

Further, White said he had paid $15,000 in 2008 for the city to make a ruling that ultimately allowed retail sales of cars at Freeman Motors, the former occupant at the market warehouse, and did not want to pay the city more money for what the city deemed code violations at the building.

Vendors As for the vendors, not every one of them The Bulletin spoke with early last month said they would find themselves in hard times financially when the market shuts down, but some could.

Lanny Cook, 53, who said he had been laid off from a Bend company in 2008, started building his own pieces of furniture for a house he moved into a few months ago. He said he started giving pieces — like wooden chairs — away to friends, and they encouraged him to start selling his creations. When he heard about the market a few weeks after

Parking Continued from B1 It’s a way to recognize people who use the most environmentally friendly forms of transportation, and to provide incentives as well, he said, although it could be hard for people to know what qualifies as fuel-ef-

lutants would become 10 times as strict, she said. Still, most would be more stringent, she said, and cities and businesses could have to make changes to the way they treat their discharge water.

“Overall, they’re more stringent criteria, so it could be more difficult for dischargers to meet them,” she said. “At this point, (the toxics criteria) would be the most stringent in the entire country. They’re very low, because it’s a high fish consumption rate.”

Tools for businesses DEQ is proposing to implement new tools to help cities and businesses that are affected, Matzke said. One proposed tool is a credit that accounts for naturally occurring toxins in the water, like arsenic, and states that industries don’t have to treat for that pollutant if they do not add any more. Another tool would provide short-term exemptions to the standards under certain conditions.

Because the draft standards are so strict, however, the DEQ would run into another problem if they were approved.

For about half the pollutants covered by the water quality standards, the current methods used to test water for those toxins are not sensitive enough to

cold enough to deter her.

“I always do it. Some come and go, but Jack and I and Uncle B, we always do it,” Reynolds said.

Brothers Josh and Jarrett Harrison, of Sunriver, made their third plunge this year.

Josh, 13, said it’s painful when you first hit the water, but you

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ficient or low-emitting.

And it draws attention to the green building concept, he said.

“It’s one more way of showing the building’s different,” Riley said.

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detect the new limits.

“We can’t even detect to where our criteria will be,” Matzke said. “So in some cases, we’ll just (state that) where you can detect, even if it’s higher than the criteria, that becomes the compliance point.”

Forest, land managers In addition to municipalities and businesses, forest and land managers could have to comply with the proposed water quality standards.

Bill Hoyt, president of the Oregon Cattlemen’s Association, said he wondered if making the fish consumption rate higher means that ranchers and farmers would have to be 10 times less efficient, raising a tenth the number of animals or a tenth the amount of hay.

He also questioned how the 175 grams/day figure was determined, and why those standards need to be applied the same over a state that can be very different from drainage to drainage.

“If there’s a problem, absolutely we should deal with it,” he said. “But just to make these standards arbitrarily is difficult.”

Kate Ramsayer can be reached at 541-617-7811 or at kramsayer@bendbulletin.com.

go numb quickly.

“And we’re also terrified,” said Jarrett, 10. “But we have to do it, because it’s become tradition.”

Scott Hammers can be reached at 541-383-0387 or at shammers@bendbulletin.com.

Niswonger-Reynolds Funeral Home Madras Continued from B1 A SWAT team from the Oregon State Police arrived at the scene and attempted to contact the man inside the home.

After several hours attempting to communicate with the man inside, officers obtained a search warrant and entered the home at about 8:30 p.m.,

where the subject was found dead.

The man’s family was notified, and nearby residents were allowed to return to their homes at around 11:30 p.m.

The Bulletin, in most cases, does not identify victims of apparent suicide.

The case remains open and under investigation, the Sheriff’s Office said in a news release, but investigators do not

believe any other persons were involved and say the public is safe.

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B6 Sunday, January 2, 2011 • THE BULLETIN

THE BULLETIN WEATHER FORECAST

Maps and national forecast provided by Weather Central LLC ©2011.

TODAY, JANUARY 2

MONDAY

Today: Partly cloudy.

Ben Burkel

Bob Shaw

FORECASTS: LOCAL

LOW

35

13

STATE Western

Willowdale

Warm Springs

Marion Forks

35/19

28/19

Mitchell

Madras

35/14

33/17

35/13

Oakridge Elk Lake

29/9

29/8

28/7

Hampton 27/9

Fort Rock

36/25

39/32

Missoula 5/-2

36/26

Helena Bend

20/-1

Boise

35/13

29/17

Idaho Falls 15/7

Elko

51/34

27/7

31/11

Silver Lake

28/6

Redding

Christmas Valley

Chemult

Seattle

Reno

27/13

Areas of freezing fog will give way to increasing sunshine.

Crater Lake 32/12

35/20

San Francisco

Salt Lake City

53/44

28/13

S

S

S

Vancouver 36/25

Yesterday’s U.S. extremes (in the 48 contiguous states):

S

Seattle 39/32

Boise 29/17

Big Piney, Wyo.

• 3.84” Grafton, N.D.

Las Vegas 43/30

Phoenix 56/38

Kansas City 39/22 Oklahoma City 44/24

Houston 60/40

Chihuahua 62/33

Juneau 38/34

S

S

To ronto 23/19

Green Bay 17/9

St. Louis 37/23 Little Rock 46/25

S S

Quebec 36/18

Des Moines 26/17 Chicago 24/18 Omaha 23/13

Dallas 50/33

Mazatlan 79/54

S

Thunder Bay 9/-8

St. Paul 10/5

Albuquerque 38/13

La Paz 73/50

S

Bismarck 18/8

Tijuana 62/46

Anchorage 34/27

S

Winnipeg 1/-15

Salt Lake City 28/13 Denver 38/10

Los Angeles 58/46 Honolulu 81/69

S

Rapid City 29/10 Cheyenne 31/14

Naples, Fla. San Francisco 54/46

S

Billings 26/11

Portland 36/26

• 80° • -31°

S

Saskatoon 5/-9

Calgary 28/14

Portland 45/31 Boston 48/25

Buffalo

Detroit 28/19

28/19

New York 45/29 Philadelphia 46/28 Washington, D. C. 50/29

Columbus 31/19 Louisville 37/23

Halifax 38/34

Charlotte 58/28

Nashville 41/21

Atlanta Birmingham 53/30 48/26 New Orleans 56/37

Orlando 80/58 Miami 80/63

Monterrey 66/45

FRONTS

4 children, 1 man killed in Seattle suburb fire

By Donna Gordon Blankinship The Associated Press

REDMOND, Wash. — A mother could only watch in agony as her four young children and a man were killed by an intense apartment fire that broke out a few hours into the new year, her neighbors in the apartment complex said Saturday.

Neighbor Jared Wilson said the 30-year-old woman was able to escape the two-bedroom groundfloor apartment and stood outside as heavy smoke and flames engulfed her home. All four children were 10 or younger, fire officials said.

“She couldn’t speak — she was just hysterically screaming,” said Wilson, 27, who lives on the building’s third floor.

A 32-year-old man in the same apartment also died, said police spokesman Officer Matt Peringer. The woman was taken to a hospital where she was reported in stable condition, said Fire Battalion Chief Ed Carolan.

The names of the victims and the relationship between the man and woman were not immediately available. No other injuries were reported, and the residents of all 12 apartments in the three-story wooden building were evacuated and found temporary housing.

By midday, police and fire officials were still trying to determine if the structure was stable enough to allow investigators inside to look for a possible cause, Peringer said.

Chris Champoux and his wife were sleeping in their apartment in the building across a driveway from the units that burned.

“The heat actually woke my wife up,” he said.

“It was an inferno — very horrific.”

Crews from six fire departments responded, and investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Washington State Patrol and a Seattle Fire Department canine arson detection unit were at the scene, though there were no immediate signs it was intentionally set, Peringer said.

Carolan said the fire was reported around 2:30 a.m. at the Sammamish Ridge Apartments and quickly burned the two units above it. All three were heav-

Yesterday Hi/Lo/Pcp

Moon phases New

First

Full

Last

Jan. 4

Jan. 12

Jan. 19

Jan. 26

Sunday Hi/Lo/W

LOW

HIGH

40 23

TEMPERATURE

Astoria . . . . . . . .39/29/trace . . . . . . 44/29/s. . . . . . 44/33/pc Baker City . . . . . .15/-11/0.00 . . . . . 23/10/pc. . . . . . 27/13/pc Brookings . . . . . . 51/41/0.21 . . . . . . 53/37/c. . . . . . 48/38/pc Burns. . . . . . . . . .13/-23/0.00 . . . . . . 16/8/pc. . . . . . 24/10/pc Eugene . . . . . . . . 38/30/0.01 . . . . . 39/26/pc. . . . . . 38/26/pc Klamath Falls . . . 29/14/0.05 . . . . . 33/13/pc. . . . . . 35/17/pc Lakeview. . . . . . . . 27/3/0.00 . . . . . . . 33/9/c. . . . . . 36/16/pc La Pine . . . . . . . . . 31/6/0.00 . . . . . . 30/8/pc. . . . . . 32/14/pc Medford . . . . . . . 48/28/0.02 . . . . . 44/26/pc. . . . . . 41/27/pc Newport . . . . . . .45/34/trace . . . . . . 47/33/s. . . . . . 47/35/pc North Bend . . . . . 54/39/0.00 . . . . . 49/34/pc. . . . . . 49/34/pc Ontario . . . . . . . . . 14/1/0.00 . . . . . 24/13/pc. . . . . . 25/13/pc Pendleton . . . . . . . 17/1/0.00 . . . . . 25/20/pc. . . . . . 25/17/pc Portland . . . . . . . 35/29/0.00 . . . . . . 36/26/s. . . . . . . 38/27/s Prineville . . . . . . . 25/12/0.00 . . . . . 34/13/pc. . . . . . 34/19/pc Redmond. . . . . . . 30/10/0.00 . . . . . 32/21/pc. . . . . . 31/19/pc Roseburg. . . . . . . 43/31/0.29 . . . . . 43/30/pc. . . . . . . 44/31/f Salem . . . . . . . . .36/29/trace . . . . . . 39/25/s. . . . . . 39/26/pc Sisters . . . . . . . . . . 29/3/0.00 . . . . . 30/11/pc. . . . . . 34/16/pc The Dalles . . . . . . 31/15/0.00 . . . . . 29/23/pc. . . . . . 31/23/pc

SKI REPORT

The higher the UV Index number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Index is for solar at noon.

1

LOW 0

MEDIUM 2

4

HIGH 6

V.HIGH 8

10

ROAD CONDITIONS Snow level and road conditions representing conditions at 5 p.m. yesterday. Key: T.T. = Traction Tires.

Pass Conditions I-5 at Siskiyou Summit . . . . . . . . . Carry chains or T. Tires I-84 at Cabbage Hill . . . . . . . . . . . Carry chains or T. Tires Hwy. 20 at Santiam Pass . . . . . . . Carry chains or T. Tires Hwy. 26 at Government Camp. . . Carry chains or T. Tires Hwy. 26 at Ochoco Divide . . . . . . Carry chains or T. Tires Hwy. 58 at Willamette Pass . . . Chains or T.T. all vehicles Hwy. 138 at Diamond Lake . . . . . . Chains > 10,000 lbs.

Hwy. 242 at McKenzie Pass . . . . . . . . .Closed for season For up-to-minute conditions turn to: www.tripcheck.com or call 511

PRECIPITATION

Yesterday’s weather through 4 p.m. in Bend High/Low . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29/12 24 hours ending 4 p.m.. . . . . . . . 0.00” Record high . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 in 1964 Month to date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00” Record low. . . . . . . . . . . . . -16 in 1979 Average month to date. . . . . . . . 0.06” Average high . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39 Year to date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.00” Average low. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 Average year to date. . . . . . . . . . 0.06” Barometric pressure at 4 p.m.. . . 30.10 Record 24 hours . . . . . . . 0.79 in 1948 *Melted liquid equivalent

Tomorrow Rise Set Mercury . . . . . .5:57 a.m. . . . . . .3:12 p.m.

Venus . . . . . . . .3:53 a.m. . . . . . .1:52 p.m.

Mars. . . . . . . . .8:15 a.m. . . . . . .5:10 p.m.

Jupiter. . . . . . .11:10 a.m. . . . . .10:56 p.m.

Saturn. . . . . . .12:34 a.m. . . . . .12:05 p.m.

Uranus . . . . . .11:07 a.m. . . . . .10:57 p.m.

ULTRAVIOLET INDEX Monday Hi/Lo/W

LOW

41 25

Ski report from around the state, representing conditions at 5 p.m. yesterday: Snow accumulation in inches Ski area Last 24 hours Base Depth Anthony Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 . . . . . . 36-52 Hoodoo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0 . . . . . . 48-79 Mt. Ashland. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . 65-109 Mt. Bachelor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 . . . . . 95-104 Mt. Hood Meadows . . . . . . . . 0.0 . . . . . . . . 90 Mt. Hood Ski Bowl . . . . . . . . .0-0 . . . . . . 52-59 Timberline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0 . . . . . . . 107 Warner Canyon . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0 . . . . . . 30-32 Willamette Pass . . . . . . . . . . .0-0 . . . . . . 29-54 Aspen, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mammoth Mtn., California . . .1-2 Park City, Utah . . . . . . . . . . . .0-0 Squaw Valley, California . . . . . . 2 Sun Valley, Idaho. . . . . . . . . . . 0.0 Taos, New Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Vail, Colorado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

. . . . . . 35-38 . . . . 134-220 . . . . . . . . 87 . . . . . . . 140 . . . . . . 45-62 . . . . . . 35-47 . . . . . . . . 46

For links to the latest ski conditions visit: www.skicentral.com/oregon.html

TRAVELERS’ FORECAST NATIONAL

Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are high for the day.

S

City

HIGH

Mostly cloudy, chance of rain showers.

Legend:W-weather, Pcp-precipitation, s-sun, pc-partial clouds, c-clouds, h-haze, sh-showers, r-rain, t-thunderstorms, sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice, rs-rain-snow mix, w-wind, f-fog, dr-drizzle, tr-trace

NATIONAL WEATHER SYSTEMS S

Sunrise today . . . . . . 7:40 a.m.

Sunset today . . . . . . 4:39 p.m.

Sunrise tomorrow . . 7:40 a.m.

Sunset tomorrow. . . 4:39 p.m.

Moonrise today . . . . 6:20 a.m.

Moonset today . . . . 3:13 p.m.

LOW

PLANET WATCH

OREGON CITIES

Calgary 28/14

31/10

23/2

Vancouver

Eugene Abundant sunshine is in 39/26 store today, but areas of Grants Pass fog will be possible early.

44/26 Eastern

30/10

30/8

Crescent

Crescent Lake

Yesterday’s regional extremes • 54° North Bend • -23° Burns

THURSDAY

Mostly cloudy.

37 17

BEND ALMANAC

Burns

HIGH

SUN AND MOON SCHEDULE

30/9

La Pine

LOW

34 13

NORTHWEST

Portland

Brothers

HIGH

Partly cloudy.

High pressure will promote partly to mostly sunny and chilly conditions today.

Paulina

30/10

Sunriver

20/0

Expect sunny to partly cloudy skies with patchy fog early.

Central

34/18

Camp Sherman 27/9 Redmond Prineville 32/12 Cascadia 34/13 31/23 Sisters 30/11 Bend Post

29/21

24/14

22/13

31/19

30/16

Ruggs

Condon

Maupin

Government Camp

WEDNESDAY

Partly cloudy.

Tonight: Partly cloudy.

HIGH

TUESDAY

Alan Berner / The Seattle Times

Firefighters gather outside Building 3 of the Sammamish Ridge apartment complex in Redmond, Wash., where five people died in a fire early Saturday morning. The two-alarm fire drew firefighters from Bellevue, Eastside Fire, Kirkland, Redmond and Woodinville. ily damaged, and the apartments next to them have smoke damage, he said.

Wilson said only about 30 seconds elapsed from the time he first heard shouting until his apartment was surrounded by heavy smoke and he was forced to flee. As he ran down the stairwell, he saw the woman, whose children he had often seen playing, screaming outside the building.

Wilson said he and another resident grabbed a fire extin-

guisher and the two tried to enter the smoke-filled apartment. “At that point, the whole place just went up,” and they were forced away by the flames.

“It’s tough thinking about the fact that she lost her whole family,” Wilson said The building is one of a complex of three-story buildings in a wooded area just northwest of downtown Redmond. It is about two miles north of the Microsoft Corp. campus and about 12 miles east of Seattle.

Yesterday Sunday Monday City Hi/Lo/Pcp Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Abilene, TX . . . . .43/25/0.00 . 50/32/pc . . 60/33/pc Akron . . . . . . . . .55/40/0.45 . . .28/17/c . . 31/23/pc Albany. . . . . . . . .50/36/0.00 . . .40/22/c . . . 34/19/c Albuquerque. . . . .26/8/0.00 . 38/13/pc . . 43/22/pc Anchorage . . . . .42/28/0.00 . . 34/27/rs . . . .33/27/r Atlanta . . . . . . . .62/56/0.92 . 53/30/pc . . . 52/33/s Atlantic City . . . .58/28/0.00 . .49/27/sh . . 39/29/pc Austin . . . . . . . . .59/47/0.00 . . .57/28/s . . 61/40/pc Baltimore . . . . . .59/29/0.00 . 49/27/pc . . 40/27/pc Billings. . . . . . . . . 12/-1/0.00 . .26/11/sn . . 27/13/pc Birmingham . . . .64/50/2.04 . . .48/26/s . . . 54/31/s Bismarck . . . . . . . . 6/-3/0.00 . . . .18/8/c . . .13/-5/pc Boise . . . . . . . . . . .24/9/0.00 . 29/17/pc . . 29/17/pc Boston. . . . . . . . .56/35/0.00 . .48/25/sh . . 34/23/pc Bridgeport, CT. . .49/30/0.00 . . .45/26/c . . 34/26/pc Buffalo . . . . . . . .56/41/0.50 . .28/19/sn . . 30/24/sn Burlington, VT. . .51/35/0.02 . . .39/22/c . . 32/19/sn Caribou, ME . . . .41/35/0.00 . .36/23/sh . . . 24/11/c Charleston, SC . .73/52/0.00 . . .70/41/t . . . 56/37/s Charlotte. . . . . . .61/39/0.27 . . .58/28/c . . . 50/28/s Chattanooga. . . .61/50/2.40 . . .47/24/s . . . 50/27/s Cheyenne . . . . . . .14/2/0.00 . .31/14/sn . . 32/13/pc Chicago. . . . . . . .41/16/0.00 . 24/18/pc . . 31/23/pc Cincinnati . . . . . .58/39/0.40 . . .31/20/s . . . 38/26/s Cleveland . . . . . .58/37/0.39 . . 28/20/sf . . 31/25/pc Colorado Springs 18/-8/0.00 . . .39/10/s . . . 36/9/pc Columbia, MO . .28/17/0.00 . . .37/20/s . . . 44/24/s Columbia, SC . . .71/48/0.13 . .64/34/sh . . . 54/29/s Columbus, GA. . .66/58/1.35 . 58/32/pc . . . 56/33/s Columbus, OH. . .58/39/0.42 . 31/19/pc . . . 35/24/s Concord, NH . . . .51/26/0.00 . . 43/18/rs . . 32/18/pc Corpus Christi. . .69/54/0.00 . . .65/44/s . . 64/52/pc Dallas Ft Worth. .45/30/0.00 . . .50/33/s . . . 58/38/s Dayton . . . . . . . .59/31/0.44 . 30/18/pc . . . 35/24/s Denver. . . . . . . . . .19/2/0.00 . . .38/10/s . . 37/12/pc Des Moines. . . . . .18/8/0.00 . 26/17/pc . . 32/17/pc Detroit. . . . . . . . .53/29/0.46 . 28/19/pc . . 33/25/pc Duluth . . . . . . . . . .26/0/0.02 . . . 8/-6/pc . . .12/-5/pc El Paso. . . . . . . . .40/25/0.00 . . .48/25/s . . 56/29/pc Fairbanks. . . . . . . 16/-5/0.00 . . 21/-3/pc . . . 15/2/pc Fargo. . . . . . . . . . . .7/1/0.07 . . . 4/-3/pc . . .8/-12/sn Flagstaff . . . . . . 31/-19/0.00 . . .33/9/pc . . . 34/10/c

Yesterday Sunday Monday City Hi/Lo/Pcp Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Grand Rapids . . .55/22/0.04 . 25/20/pc . . 32/20/sn Green Bay. . . . . .42/11/0.00 . . . 17/9/sf . . 24/14/sn Greensboro. . . . .56/37/0.19 . . .54/26/c . . . 45/27/s Harrisburg. . . . . .47/28/0.00 . 45/24/pc . . . 37/23/s Hartford, CT . . . .56/32/0.00 . . .46/21/c . . 34/21/pc Helena. . . . . . . . . . 6/-6/0.00 . . 20/-1/sn . . . 20/5/pc Honolulu . . . . . . .82/70/0.00 . . .81/69/s . . . 82/69/s Houston . . . . . . .64/53/0.00 . . .60/40/s . . 61/47/pc Huntsville . . . . . .61/46/3.68 . . .44/23/s . . . 48/29/s Indianapolis . . . .55/26/0.75 . . .29/20/s . . 38/26/pc Jackson, MS . . . .71/48/0.91 . . .53/27/s . . . 55/38/s Madison, WI . . . .36/10/0.00 . 20/14/pc . . 28/16/pc Jacksonville. . . . .76/46/0.00 . . .74/44/t . . . 62/41/s Juneau. . . . . . . . .36/35/0.02 . .38/34/sh . . . .38/36/r Kansas City. . . . .27/11/0.00 . . .39/22/s . . 41/23/pc Lansing . . . . . . . .54/22/0.11 . 24/19/pc . . 32/20/sn Las Vegas . . . . . .39/27/0.00 . . .43/30/c . . 46/33/sh Lexington . . . . . .59/39/0.40 . . .35/22/s . . . 42/26/s Lincoln. . . . . . . . . .20/6/0.00 . 26/13/pc . . . 28/11/c Little Rock. . . . . .50/35/0.00 . . .46/25/s . . . 50/31/s Los Angeles. . . . .60/44/0.00 . .58/46/sh . . 59/46/sh Louisville . . . . . . .59/34/0.52 . . .37/23/s . . . 43/28/s Memphis. . . . . . .55/33/0.31 . . .45/26/s . . . 50/32/s Miami . . . . . . . . .78/66/0.00 . 80/63/pc . . 78/64/pc Milwaukee . . . . .46/14/0.00 . 23/18/pc . . 32/21/pc Minneapolis . . . . . .9/1/0.00 . . .10/5/pc . . . 19/5/pc Nashville . . . . . . .61/42/0.79 . . .41/21/s . . . 46/28/s New Orleans. . . .73/55/0.18 . . .56/37/s . . . 57/47/s New York . . . . . .53/40/0.00 . 45/29/pc . . 38/27/pc Newark, NJ . . . . .51/33/0.00 . 46/28/pc . . . 38/26/s Norfolk, VA . . . . .63/36/0.00 . .57/30/sh . . . 43/26/s Oklahoma City . .36/15/0.00 . . .44/24/s . . . 49/23/s Omaha . . . . . . . . .19/6/0.00 . 23/13/pc . . . 28/11/c Orlando. . . . . . . .79/53/0.00 . 80/58/pc . . 74/54/pc Palm Springs. . . .52/35/0.00 . 53/40/pc . . . 55/41/c Peoria . . . . . . . . .35/18/0.00 . 29/19/pc . . . 35/21/s Philadelphia . . . .54/30/0.00 . . .46/28/c . . 38/26/pc Phoenix. . . . . . . .49/30/0.00 . . .56/38/s . . 61/41/pc Pittsburgh . . . . . .56/46/0.77 . . 34/21/sf . . 34/23/pc Portland, ME. . . .54/31/0.00 . .45/31/sh . . 34/30/pc Providence . . . . .54/29/0.00 . .47/25/sh . . 34/24/pc Raleigh . . . . . . . .63/39/0.10 . .56/28/sh . . . 46/27/s

Yesterday Sunday Monday Yesterday Sunday Monday City Hi/Lo/Pcp Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/Pcp Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W Rapid City . . . . . . 15/-1/0.00 . 29/10/pc . . . 24/7/pc Savannah . . . . . .75/50/0.00 . . .71/41/t . . . 58/37/s Reno . . . . . . . . . .32/21/0.07 . .35/20/sn . . 37/19/sn Seattle. . . . . . . . .40/26/0.00 . . .39/32/s . . . 42/34/s Richmond . . . . . .61/37/0.00 . .54/27/sh . . . 43/26/s Sioux Falls. . . . . . . 8/-4/0.00 . . .12/6/pc . . . . 21/2/c Rochester, NY . . .56/44/0.16 . .31/20/sn . . 31/24/sn Spokane . . . . . . . 14/-4/0.00 . . .19/2/pc . . . . 19/9/c Sacramento. . . . .46/41/0.23 . .49/38/sh . . 53/34/pc Springfield, MO. .28/17/0.00 . . .37/19/s . . . 46/23/s St. Louis. . . . . . . .40/24/0.00 . . .37/23/s . . 44/27/pc Tampa . . . . . . . . .78/61/0.00 . 76/59/pc . . 71/56/pc Salt Lake City . . . .21/5/0.00 . . .28/13/c . . 28/19/sn Tucson. . . . . . . . .47/21/0.00 . . .56/31/s . . 61/33/pc San Antonio . . . .62/47/0.00 . . .61/35/s . . 62/45/pc Tulsa . . . . . . . . . .36/18/0.00 . . .42/22/s . . . 51/22/s San Diego . . . . . .60/47/0.00 . .60/48/sh . . 61/48/sh Washington, DC .58/34/0.02 . 50/29/pc . . 41/27/pc San Francisco . . .52/47/0.08 . . .53/44/t . . 55/43/pc Wichita . . . . . . . . .31/5/0.00 . . .41/19/s . . 41/19/pc San Jose . . . . . . .51/47/0.01 . . .55/42/t . . 57/42/pc Yakima . . . . . . . . .26/6/0.00 . 22/16/pc . . 25/16/pc Santa Fe . . . . . . . 22/-2/0.00 . . .32/14/s . . 39/16/pc Yuma. . . . . . . . . .54/33/0.00 . 59/38/pc . . 61/42/pc

INTERNATIONAL Amsterdam. . . . .45/34/0.04 . 41/32/pc . . 39/31/pc Athens. . . . . . . . .51/37/0.00 . . .60/50/r . . 59/48/pc Auckland. . . . . . .70/64/0.00 . . .74/66/s . . . 75/64/s Baghdad . . . . . . .50/45/0.00 . . .61/41/s . . 64/42/pc Bangkok . . . . . . .86/66/0.00 . . .90/72/s . . . 91/73/s Beijing. . . . . . . . .30/10/0.00 . . .33/17/c . . 32/16/pc Beirut. . . . . . . . . .63/57/0.00 . . .66/47/s . . 67/50/pc Berlin. . . . . . . . . .37/34/0.00 . 32/21/pc . . 30/26/pc Bogota . . . . . . . .68/46/0.00 . .68/49/sh . . . 66/48/c Budapest. . . . . . .28/23/0.00 . 30/19/pc . . 26/15/pc Buenos Aires. . . .86/70/0.00 . . .87/70/s . . . 86/69/s Cabo San Lucas .72/59/0.00 . . .73/54/s . . 76/55/pc Cairo . . . . . . . . . .64/55/0.00 . . .69/53/s . . . 68/54/s Calgary . . . . . . . . .28/3/0.00 . . 28/14/sf . . . 25/13/s Cancun . . . . . . . .81/72/0.00 . 81/61/pc . . 79/60/pc Dublin . . . . . . . . .46/37/0.00 . 37/26/pc . . . 38/22/s Edinburgh . . . . . .43/34/0.00 . . .33/21/s . . 41/26/sh Geneva . . . . . . . .37/34/0.00 . 35/21/pc . . . 30/17/s Harare . . . . . . . . .81/64/0.00 . . .82/62/s . . 83/61/sh Hong Kong . . . . .64/55/0.00 . 65/56/pc . . 66/52/pc Istanbul. . . . . . . .46/30/0.00 . . .51/37/s . . 48/39/sh Jerusalem . . . . . .54/50/0.05 . . .57/42/s . . . 59/43/s Johannesburg . . .75/61/0.46 . .73/61/sh . . . .77/62/t Lima . . . . . . . . . .75/64/0.00 . 76/66/pc . . 74/65/pc Lisbon . . . . . . . . .61/52/0.00 . 59/46/pc . . 60/44/pc London . . . . . . . .45/39/0.01 . . .37/26/s . . . 38/33/s Madrid . . . . . . . .55/37/0.00 . . .53/33/s . . . 50/32/s Manila. . . . . . . . .86/73/0.00 . . .83/76/t . . . .84/73/t

Mecca . . . . . . . . .90/64/0.00 . . .86/66/s . . 83/65/pc Mexico City. . . . .72/45/0.00 . 72/41/pc . . . 74/42/s Montreal. . . . . . .45/36/0.11 . . .36/16/c . . . 27/15/s Moscow . . . . . . .21/16/0.07 . .30/12/sn . . . . 19/8/c Nairobi . . . . . . . .79/57/0.00 . . .80/58/s . . . 81/57/s Nassau . . . . . . . .79/68/0.00 . 75/62/pc . . 74/60/pc New Delhi. . . . . .48/46/0.00 . . .63/44/s . . . 66/45/s Osaka . . . . . . . . .45/32/0.00 . . .46/37/s . . 47/38/pc Oslo. . . . . . . . . . .36/30/0.00 . 30/12/pc . . . 17/4/pc Ottawa . . . . . . . .43/35/0.00 . 27/16/pc . . . 28/18/s Paris. . . . . . . . . . .36/30/0.00 . 37/26/pc . . 38/27/pc Rio de Janeiro. . .84/73/0.00 . . .84/74/t . . . .83/75/t Rome. . . . . . . . . .54/41/0.00 . 53/39/pc . . . 51/38/s Santiago . . . . . . .84/55/0.00 . .80/54/sh . . . 82/53/s Sao Paulo . . . . . .75/64/0.00 . . .73/67/r . . . .77/68/r Sapporo. . . . . . . .28/28/0.00 . . .31/26/c . . 33/24/sn Seoul . . . . . . . . . . .23/5/0.00 . . .30/14/s . . 29/16/pc Shanghai. . . . . . .37/27/0.00 . 46/37/pc . . 45/34/sh Singapore . . . . . .88/77/0.00 . . .86/75/t . . . .85/76/t Stockholm. . . . . .30/25/0.00 . 26/13/pc . . 17/12/pc Sydney. . . . . . . . .91/70/0.00 . 80/66/pc . . 70/65/sh Taipei. . . . . . . . . .55/48/0.00 . .63/56/sh . . 65/55/sh Tel Aviv . . . . . . . .63/57/0.01 . . .68/50/s . . . 69/51/s Tokyo. . . . . . . . . .50/36/0.00 . . .51/36/s . . . 50/37/c Toronto . . . . . . . .54/43/0.29 . 23/19/pc . . 28/23/pc Vancouver. . . . . .37/21/0.00 . . .36/25/s . . 37/28/pc Vienna. . . . . . . . .37/23/0.00 . 32/22/pc . . . 31/17/s Warsaw. . . . . . . .36/30/0.00 . . 28/19/sf . . 29/15/pc

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THE BULLETIN • SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2011

SLEEPING in SEATTLE

1,500 memorized names and 21 years later, Shari’s waitress to retire

By David Jasper The Bulletin

Millie Cummins has been slinging coffee on the morning shift for 21 years at the Shari’s Restaurant on U.S. Highway 97 on Bend’s south side.

The 71-year-old waitress, who will retire from the restaurant Wednesday, says she’s recently gotten an education in the meaning of the word “bittersweet.”

“It’s going to be kind of bitter when I leave, and sweet when I leave — a new journey in my life,” she says.

Accent on the sweet. Cummins is so excited about her upcoming plans that she can’t sleep at night, she says. A grandmother twice over, she plans to move to the Willamette Valley to be nearer to her daughters, Kimmi Laneé, 41, who lives in Lacey, Wash., and Shelli Raneé Hattan, 45, who lives in Dallas, Ore., with her husband.

She plans to live in a recently remodeled double-wide trailer on a large acreage purchased by Hattan and her husband, Troy, “where the wild turkeys and deer are,” says Cummins.

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“When this restaurant was this tall, I’d drive back and forth out there, and cry and plead and beg for a job here. And God got so sick of me begging that he got me my job.”

— Millie Cummins

Photos by John Gottberg Anderson / For The Bulletin

The largest city in the Pacific Northwest, with a population of about 600,000, Seattle is also a popular destination for travelers. Well over 100 hotels in its downtown core cater to visitors looking for lodging of all types, in different price ranges.

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For more information A colorful mural by noted artist Victor Ostrovsky adorns a lobby wall of the Maxwell Hotel, establishing a mood of fun and frivolity in this inn near the north gate to Seattle Center. The hotel also offers free bicycles for guests’ use.

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After 21 years with Shari’s Restaurant on Bend’s south side, Millie Cummins, 71, plans to retire and move to Dallas, Ore. Wednesday will mark her last morning shift.

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The motif is appropriate, as this is I have visited each of the two dozen the nearest inn to the north entrance of hotels in my following recommendathe flamboyant Seattle Center. The In- tion list. Every one of them has hightiman Theatre, Pacific Northwest Bal- speed Internet service; many also let, Seattle Repertory Theatre and oth- make provisions for pets. er performing-arts facilities are within See Seattle / C4

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Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau. 701 Pike St., Suite 800, Seattle; 206-461-5840, 866-732-2695, www.visitseattle.org

Grant allows Nature of Words to hire program director The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust has awarded a three-year grant to help fund a program director for The Nature of Words’ (NOW) creative writing programs.

The grant totals $76,000 and will allow the nonprofit to provide continuous management and oversight of its Youth Literary Arts Outreach project, according to a news release announcing the grant.

Jamie Houghton, a published poet and writer who has been involved in NOW’s creative writing programs since their inception, will assume the duties of program director. In addition to managing the in-school workshops and classes at the Storefront Project, Houghton will oversee NOW’s annual Rising Star Creative Writing Competition for emerging writers.

“The demand for creative writing programs has grown exponentially since we introduced Words Without Walls, our creative-writing-in-the-schools workshops. With the addition of the Storefront Project, where NOW offers creative writing classes for students and adults, weekend workshops, field trips and Make-A-Book classes, the need for full-time management of these programs was apparent,” said Ellen Waterston, NOW’s executive director. “This support is a significant step in making the literary arts available to young adults throughout Central Oregon and to help them reach their full potential in creative writing and the language arts.”

Contact: www.thenatureofwords.org, info@the natureofwords.org or 541-647-2233.

Seniors group to hold book sale The United Senior Citizens of Bend is hosting its Big Book Sale on Jan. 6-7 at the Bend Senior Center.

The sale features a selection of books, puzzles and books on tape, ranging from 50 cents to $1.

The sale runs 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. each day. The Bend Senior Center is located at 1600 S.E. Reed Market Road.

Contact: 541-388-1133.

— From staff reports

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Wife would prefer man dump 2 buds

‘Portlandia’ a Rose City valentine

By Dave Itzkoff New York Times News Service

Dear Abby: My husband “Larry” and I have been married three months. I adore him, his family and most of his friends. Two of them, however, I can barely tolerate. They show up at our house unannounced and stay for hours.

Larry is too nice to say anything to them about these drop-in visits. They also make disparaging comments about their wives, complaining constantly about their “nagging” and their “faults.”

One of them has repeatedly cheated on his wife.

I don’t want my husband around these men who obviously don’t like their wives. I’m afraid what they say will rub off on him.

I have explained the reasons I dislike his friends, but he says I have nothing to worry about. That doesn’t change the way I feel.

What can I do?

— Worried Wife in Arkansas Dear Worried Wife: Have a little patience and stop telling your husband you think his friends are a threat to your marriage. Instead, schedule as much social time as you can with other couples who have healthy relationships. It shouldn’t take long for your husband to realize what sad sacks those two are.

Not all friendships last forever.

Sometimes people outgrow them, and that’s what I’m hoping your husband will realize without you acting like his “keeper.”

Dear Abby: I am a longtime member of the U.S. Air Force who has three college-age sons and a 13-year-old daughter, “Carly.”

Their mother and I divorced eight years ago. I’ve done everything I can to stay a part of all their lives.

My sons and I get out for an occasional round of golf or to watch the game over dinner, but Carly and I have reached a disconnect. We were close until early last summer — swimming, shopping, vacationing or just hanging out. She and my wife have a good relationship.

But something has changed.

DEAR ABBY Now, when we make plans for a movie or dinner or whatever, Carly makes an excuse at the last minute to break it. I asked her what’s going on, but she won’t tell me. My wife says it’s just her age, but I don’t understand why I am the one who gets cut out.

Carly’s mother and I don’t have the best relationship, and she’s not interested in discussing these matters, but she says Carly is “just being Carly.”

— Still a Dad in the USAF Dear Still a Dad: Stop panicking and listen to the women. Your little girl may have been Daddy’s girl until last summer —- but she’s a teenager now. It’s normal for teens to disengage from their parents and develop interests of their own, so relax and don’t push. Let Carly know you’re there for her and eventually she’ll start coming around again. What you have described is not unusual.

Dear Abby: Do you think it’s appropriate to ask for credit on articles I write for our company newsletter? I don’t think it’s fair to write an article for the HR department and not receive credit for it.

It’s MY creation and I’d like to be recognized. Is this selfish, or is it a reasonable request?

— Unacknowledged in Madison, Ohio Dear Unacknowledged: It’s reasonable as long as other contributors also receive credit for their articles. In some — but not all — companies, that’s the case. You are certainly within your rights to make your preference known. No one may have asked before.

In the music video that kicks off “Portlandia,” a new comedy series making its debut Jan. 21 on IFC, Fred Armisen walks the streets of Portland, singing to a flat, synthesized soundtrack and praising the city as a flannel-clad slacker’s paradise where “young people go to retire.” As Armisen marches along the Willamette River waterfront, he is joined by stylish women wearing vintage eyeglasses, bearded men in leather jackets, circus clowns and finally by his co-star, Carrie Brownstein, who arrives with several facial piercings.

This is when Armisen halts the impromptu parade and warns Brownstein that her look is “a little San Francisco,” relieving her of a nose ring and a pair of earrings before allowing the march to proceed.

It is always a risky proposition when anyone tries to codify the spirit of a proudly independent, nonconformist scene. (And in this case Armisen, a nine-season veteran of “Saturday Night Live” and resident of New York, would seem to have less of a claim to it than Brownstein, a guitarist and singer from the Portland rock band Sleater-Kinney, which broke up in 2006.)

But together Armisen and Brownstein, two guileless if unlikely collaborators, hope they possess enough street cred to serve as ambassadors of Portland’s counterculture and to present their version of it, in “Portlandia,” to an audience beyond the Pacific Northwest.

“It’s not funny or that interesting to make a documentary about Portland,” Brownstein said in an interview alongside

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Carrie Brownstein rehearses a new track for “Portlandia,” an upcoming show on IFC. Brownstein, a guitarist and singer from the defunct Portland rock band Sleater-Kinney, stars in the new comedy, which she helped conceive.

Armisen as they worked on the postproduction of “Portlandia.”

“One’s interpretation of it is far more magical and curious than what actually exists there.”

Armisen, a former drummer in the Chicago rock band Trenchmouth, made his move to comedy several years ago, helped along by a satirical video he made at the 1998 South by Southwest music festival. Though he is now the resident impersonator of President Barack Obama at “SNL,” he has never lost his connection to the alternative scene.

In recent years he befriended Brownstein and often visited her in Portland, a city whose outsider appeal even he has trouble quantifying. “I liked that it wasn’t too sunny,” Armisen said. “I like wearing jackets. It was a place

I could walk around in my little jacket.”

Armisen and Brownstein also began experimenting with short videos that they posted online under the name ThunderAnt. An uncertainty about whether their partnership was essentially comedic or musical can be seen in some early efforts, like a video in which Brownstein interviews Saddam Hussein, portrayed by Armisen as an aging, British rock star with a Pete Townshend-esque accent. (“Which is obviously musical,” Brownstein said with some sarcasm.)

The goal of the ThunderAnt segments, Armisen said, wasn’t to “have any punch lines or jokes or anything — just weird, awkward moments, and not even awkward to be funny.” But as their video repertoire slowly grew, a shape and a voice began to emerge for a television series that Armisen proposed in late 2009 to Lorne Michaels, the creator and executive producer of “Saturday Night Live.”

For Brownstein, who does not come from a professional comedy background, making “Portlandia” meant overcoming a selfconsciousness about creating in a group setting, even if it occasionally reminded her of her rock ’n’ roll exploits in Sleater-Kinney.

“I did recall those slightly heartbreaking, embarrassing moments,” she said, “where you bring in a little bit of a song and you’re just met with stares, and you realize maybe you should have kept that idea at home.

With comedy writing, that’s happening 100 times as fast.”

Months later Brownstein still sometimes describes herself as “an imposter” on “Portlandia” and says her primary role on

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the show is to serve as “the rain stick, the didgeridoo — some little thing that’s just there so people remember it really is taking place in Portland.”

Armisen, meanwhile, recognized his involvement in a sketch-comedy side project would inevitably raise questions about whether he is leaving “Saturday Night Live,” a route he said he is not currently considering. For comparison, Armisen mentions Beck, a rock musician who walks a similarly erratic career path and whose major label contract allowed him to continue to release independent albums. “Both seemed to work well together,” he said. “I think they can coexist.”

The show’s creators are also bracing for reaction from the citizens of its namesake city. But Brownstein said that for sheer unpredictability the characters of “Portlandia” could never surpass Portland itself.

“The strange thing we all noticed,” she said, “is no matter how far out on a limb we went, we always ran into that person within two days.”

For example, Brownstein said, “the night we wrapped the pilot, the options were: Go out to dinner, or we could watch a completely naked bike ride through the city.”

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CALENDAR TODAY FIDDLERS JAM: Listen or dance at the Oregon Old Time Fiddlers Jam; donations accepted; 1-3 p.m.; Pine Forest Grange, 63214 N.E. Boyd Acres Road, Bend; 541-447-5451.

VIOLIN RECITAL: Morganne Aaberg performs selections from Mozart, Bach, Albeniz, Brahms and more; free; 4 p.m.; Holy Trinity Church, 18143 Cottonwood Road, Sunriver; 541-593-1084 or www.sunrivermusic.org.

MONDAY GOOD CHAIR, GREAT BOOKS: Read and discuss “Finding Nouf” by Zoe Ferraris; free; noon; Bend Public Library, Brooks Room, 601 N.W. Wall St.; 541-617-7085 or www .deschuteslibrary.org/calendar.

TUESDAY GREEN TEAM MOVIE NIGHT: Featuring a screening of “I AM BECAUSE WE ARE,” which explores Madonna’s journey to Malawi to see how AIDS and poverty affect children; free; 6:30-8 p.m.; First Presbyterian Church, 230 N.E. Ninth St., Bend; 541-815-6504.

WEDNESDAY “IT’S IN THE BAG” LECTURE SERIES: Hospitality management professor Sandy Chen presents the lecture “This Ain’t No Leisurely Bus Tour,” which will explore senior travel; free; noon-1 p.m.; OSUCascades Campus, Cascades Hall, 2600 N.W. College Way, Bend; 541322-3100 or www.OSUcascades .edu/lunchtime-lectures.

“THE METROPOLITAN OPERA, DON CARLO”: Starring Roberto Alagna, Marina Poplavskaya, Anna Smirnova, Simon Keenlyside and Ferruccio Furlanetto in an encore presentation of Verdi’s masterpiece; opera performance transmitted in high definition; $18; 6:30 p.m.; Regal Old Mill Stadium 16, 680 S.W. Powerhouse Drive, Bend; 541-3826347.

PAGAN JUG BAND: The Portlandbased acoustic band performs; free; 7 p.m.; McMenamins Old St. Francis School, 700 N.W. Bond St., Bend; 541-382-5174 or www.mcmenamins .com.

THURSDAY BIG BOOK SALE: A selection of books, puzzles and books on tape will be on sale; proceeds benefit the United Senior Citizens of Bend and the Bend Senior Center; 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Bend Senior Center, 1600 S.E. Reed Market Road; 541-388-1133.

BACKPACK EXPLORERS: Parents and children ages 3 and 4 explore nature and participate in activities; themed “Happenin’ Hibernation”; $15, $10 museum members; 10 a.m.; High Desert Museum, 59800 S. U.S. Highway 97, Bend; 541-3824754 or www .highdesertmuseum. org.

GOOD CHAIR, GREAT BOOKS: Read and discuss “The Zookeeper’s Wife”

by Diane Ackerman; bring a lunch; free; noon; Sunriver Area Public Library, 56855 Venture Lane; 541-312-1081 or www .deschuteslibrary.org/calendar.

“BOOMERS, XERS AND MILLENNIALS — CAN WE ALL GET ALONG?”: Explore characteristics, communications styles and more about different generations; free; 6 p.m.; Bend Public Library, Brooks Room, 601 N.W. Wall St.; 541-3121034 or www.deschuteslibrary .org/calendar.

PAGAN JUG BAND: The Portlandbased acoustic band performs; free; 7 p.m.; McMenamins Old St. Francis School, 700 N.W. Bond St., Bend; 541-382-5174 or www.mcmenamins

.com.

“LOVE, LAUGHTER AND LUCCI”: Preview night for the comedy

by Cricket Daniel about three generations of an Italian Catholic family living together; with a champagne and dessert reception; $10; 8 p.m.; 2nd Street Theater, 220 N.E. Lafayette Ave., Bend; 541-312-9626 or www.beattickets .org.

FRIDAY BIG BOOK SALE: A selection of books, puzzles and books on tape will be on sale; proceeds benefit the United Senior Citizens of Bend and the Bend Senior Center; 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Bend Senior Center, 1600 S.E. Reed Market Road; 541-388-1133.

BACKPACK EXPLORERS: Parents and children ages 3 and 4 explore nature and participate in activities; themed “Happenin’ Hibernation”; $15, $10 museum members; 10 a.m.; High Desert Museum, 59800 S. U.S. Highway 97, Bend; 541-382-4754 or www.highdesertmuseum.org.

“BOOMERS, XERS AND MILLENNIALS — CAN WE ALL GET ALONG?”: Explore characteristics, communications styles and more about different generations; free; 1 p.m.; Sisters Public Library, 110 N. Cedar St.; 541-312-1034 or www. deschuteslibrary.org/calendar.

FIRST FRIDAY GALLERY WALK: Event includes art exhibit openings, artist talks, live music, wine and food in downtown Bend, the Old Mill District and NorthWest Crossing; free; 5-9 p.m., and until 8 p.m. in NorthWest Crossing; throughout Bend.

“MURDER ON THE MENU”: Buckboard Mysteries presents an interactive murder mystery dinner theater event; $49, $45 seniors, $39 ages 2-12; 6:30 p.m.; Cascade Village Shopping Center, 63455 N. U.S. Highway 97, Bend; 541-350-0018 or www .buckboardmysteries.com.

“IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE”: Nine actors present a live-radio version of the classic holiday tale about George Bailey and his guardian angel; $5, free ages 5 and younger; 7 p.m.; Madras High School, 390 S.E. 10th St.; 541-475-7265 or dhayes@509J. net.

PAGAN JUG BAND: The Portlandbased acoustic band performs; free; 7 p.m.; McMenamins Old St. Francis School, 700 N.W. Bond St., Bend; 541-382-5174 or www.mcmenamins .com.

“THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES”: A screening of the R-rated 2009 film; free; 7:30 p.m.; Jefferson County Library, Rodriguez Annex, 134 S.E. E St., Madras; 541-475-3351 or www .jcld.org.

“LOVE, LAUGHTER AND LUCCI”: A presentation of the comedy

by Cricket Daniel about three generations of an Italian Catholic family living together; $20, $18 students and seniors; 8 p.m.; 2nd Street Theater, 220 N.E. Lafayette Ave., Bend; 541-3129626 or www .beattickets.org.

GRANT SABIN: The Colorado Springs, Colo.-based indiefolk act performs, with Empty Space Orchestra; $5 plus fees in advance, $7 at the door; 9 p.m.; Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom, 24 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541-388-8331.

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Stadium 16, 680 S.W. Powerhouse Drive, Bend; 541-382-6347.

WINTER TRAILS DAY: Try snowshoeing, with guided hikes and refreshments; wear weatherappropriate clothing and waterproof boots; free; 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Swampy Lake Sno-park, Cascade Lakes Highway 17 miles west of Bend, Bend; 541-385-0594 or www .rei.com/stores/events/96.

“MURDER ON THE MENU”: Buckboard Mysteries presents an interactive murder mystery dinner theater event; $49, $45 seniors, $39 ages 2-12; 6:30 p.m.; Cascade Village Shopping Center, 63455 N. U.S. Highway 97, Bend; 541-350-0018 or www.buckboardmysteries.com.

“IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE”: Nine actors present a live-radio version of the classic holiday tale about George Bailey and his guardian angel; $5, free ages 5 and younger; 7 p.m.; Madras High School, 390 S.E. 10th St.; 541-475-7265 or dhayes@509J. net.

BEND COMMUNITY CONTRADANCE: Featuring caller William Watson and music by the Tune Dawgs; $7; 7 p.m. beginner’s workshop, 7:30 p.m. dance; Boys & Girls Club of Bend, 500 N.W. Wall St.; 541-330-8943.

“LOVE, LAUGHTER AND LUCCI”: A presentation of the comedy

by Cricket Daniel about three generations of an Italian Catholic family living together; $20, $18 students and seniors; 8 p.m.; 2nd Street Theater, 220 N.E. Lafayette Ave., Bend; 541-312-9626 or www .beattickets.org.

“THE BIG LEBOWSKI”: A screening of the R-rated 1998 film, with a costume contest; $10; 8 p.m.; Tower Theatre, 835 N.W. Wall St., Bend; 541-317-0700 or www.towertheatre .org.

JON WAYNE & THE PAIN: The Minneapolis-based reggae rock act performs; $5 plus fees in advance, $7 at the door; 9 p.m.; Silver Moon Brewing & Taproom, 24 N.W. Greenwood Ave., Bend; 541388-8331 or www.bendticket.com.

SUNDAY Jan. 9 “LOVE, LAUGHTER AND LUCCI”: A presentation of the comedy

by Cricket Daniel about three generations of an Italian Catholic family living together; $20, $18 students and seniors; 2 p.m.; 2nd Street Theater, 220 N.E. Lafayette Ave., Bend; 541-312-9626 or www .beattickets.org.

SECOND SUNDAY: Suzanne Burns reads from a selection of her works; followed by an open mic; free; 2 p.m.; Bend Public Library, Brooks Room, 601 N.W. Wall St.; 541-312-1034 or www.deschuteslibrary.org/calendar.

“MURDER ON THE MENU”: Buckboard Mysteries presents an interactive murder mystery dinner theater event; $49, $45 seniors, $39 ages 2-12; 3:30 p.m.; Cascade Village Shopping Center, 63455 N. U.S. Highway 97, Bend; 541-350-0018 or www .buckboardmysteries. com.

CHAMPAGNE CHAMPAGNE: The Seattle hip-hop group performs, with Mad Rad, Cloaked Characters and Joanna Lee; $8; 8 p.m.; Old Mill Music Lounge, 360 S.W. Powerhouse Drive, #210, Bend; www.bendticket.com.

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“THE METROPOLITAN OPERA, LA FANCIULLA DEL WEST”: Starring Deborah Voigt, Marcello Giordani and Lucio Gallo in a presentation of Puccini’s masterpiece; opera performance transmitted live in high definition; $24, $22 seniors, $18 children; 10 a.m.; Regal Old Mill

Jan. 10 BOWL GAME SCREENING: Watch Auburn play Oregon in the BCS National Championship game; $10; 5:30 p.m.; Pine Theater, 214 N. Main St., Prineville; 541-416-1014.

TAILGATE AT THE TOWER: Watch

the Oregon Ducks play the Auburn Tigers, with a barbecue buffet; proceeds benefit the Oregon Club of Central Oregon and the Tower Theatre Foundation; $25; 5:30 p.m.; Tower Theatre, 835 N.W. Wall St., Bend; 541-317-0700 or www .towertheatre.org.

SISTERS FOLK FESTIVAL WINTER CONCERT SERIES: Featuring a performance by the North Carolina-based Steep Canyon Rangers; $15, $10 students in advance, $20, $12 students at the door; 8 p.m.; Sisters High School, 1700 W. McKinney Butte Road; 541-549-4979 or www .sistersfolkfestival.org.

TUESDAY Jan. 11 “THE AMERICAN CHARACTER”: Discuss how ideas of individualism and volunteerism are at odds within the American character; free; 6:30 p.m.; Bend Public Library, 601 N.W. Wall St.; 541-312-1032 or www .deschuteslibrary.org/calendar.

RECESS — BREAK TIME FOR GROWNUPS: A night of games or crafts for adults; free; 6:30 p.m.; Sunriver Area Public Library, 56855 Venture Lane; 541-312-1081 or www .deschuteslibrary.org/calendar.

WEDNESDAY Jan. 12 “THE BEAT GENERATION”: Turn on to the Beat generation with Steven Bidlake; free; 6:30 p.m.; Bend Public Library, 601 N.W. Wall St.; 541-3121032 or www.deschuteslibrary .org/calendar.

“LOVE, LAUGHTER AND LUCCI”: A presentation of the comedy

by Cricket Daniel about three generations of an Italian Catholic family living together; $20, $18 students and seniors; 8 p.m.; 2nd Street Theater, 220 N.E. Lafayette Ave., Bend; 541-312-9626 or www .beattickets.org.

THURSDAY Jan. 13 BACKPACK EXPLORERS: Parents and children ages 3 and 4 explore nature and participate in activities; themed “What’s the Matter?”; $15, $10 museum members; 10 a.m.; High Desert Museum, 59800 S. U.S. Highway 97, Bend; 541-3824754 or www.highdesertmuseum .org.

GOOD CHAIR, GREAT BOOKS: Read and discuss “Unaccustomed Earth”

by Jhumpa Lahiri; bring a lunch; free; noon; Redmond Public Library, 827 S.W. Deschutes Ave.; 541-312-1055 or www.deschuteslibrary .org/calendar.

COUNTERINSURGENCY IN AFGHANISTAN: Joseph A. L’Etoile talks about spending 10 months in Afghanistan advising the U.S. and allied governments on counterinsurgency operations; free; 6:30 p.m.; Central Oregon Community College, Hitchcock Auditorium, 2600 N.W. College Way, Bend; 541-383-7257.

“LOVE, LAUGHTER AND LUCCI”: A presentation of the comedy by Cricket Daniel about three generations of an Italian Catholic family living together; $20, $18 students and seniors; 8 p.m.; 2nd Street Theater, 220 N.E. Lafayette Ave., Bend; 541-312-9626 or www.beattickets.org.

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BLACK SWAN (R) 11:45 a.m., 2:20, 4:55, 7:35, 10:10 HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1 (PG-13) 11:20 a.m., 2:10, 5, 7:50 HOW DO YOU KNOW (PG-13) 11:30 a.m., 2, 4:40, 7:20, 9:55 THE KING’S SPEECH (R) 11:25 a.m., 2:05, 4:45, 7:25, 10:05 LITTLE FOCKERS (PG-13) 11:55 a.m., 2:30, 5:05, 7:45, 10:15 THE SOCIAL NETWORK (PG-13) 11:35 a.m., 2:15, 4:50, 7:30, 10

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UNSTOPPABLE (PG-13) 11:35 a.m., 2:05, 4:50, 7:30, 10 YOGI BEAR (PG) 2:20, 4:40, 7 YOGI BEAR 3-D (PG) 11:30 a.m., 1:55, 4:10, 6:30, 8:40 EDITOR’S NOTE: Movie times in bold are open-captioned showtimes.

EDITOR’S NOTE: There is an additional $3.50 fee for 3-D movies.

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Seattle Continued from C1

First Avenue A primary tourist artery in downtown Seattle is First Avenue, which runs north from the city’s sports stadiums, through Pioneer Square and past Pike Place Market, then on to the hip Belltown neighborhood and the Space Needle. Revitalized in recent decades, the street has many hotels in chicly renovated historic buildings.

The Alexis Hotel Pets are permitted; off-season rates begin at $169; 1007 First Ave. (at Madison Street), Seattle; 206-624-4844, 866-356-8894; www.alexishotel.com The Alexis Hotel is the crown jewel of the boutique Kimpton Hotels group in the Pacific Northwest. Like the Maxwell, it has an artistic theme, but here it’s because of its proximity to the Seattle Art Museum and Benaroya Concert Hall. Lodged in a century-old National Register of Historic Places building that underwent a $10 million renovation in 2008, the hotel has its own art expert who curates a rotating gallery of works by local artists. Guests in the 121 spacious rooms may dine each morning in the Library Bistro, book time in the day spa and enjoy a private steam room by appointment.

Hotel 1000 Pets are welcomed; winter rates run from $179; 1000 First Ave. (at Madison Street), Seattle; 206-957-1000, 877-315-1088; www.hotel1000seattle.com If you’re a techie, the privately owned Hotel 1000 may be for you.

Opened in 2006, this cutting-edge, 120-room hotel seemingly has every modern nuance, from heatsensing lights that turn off when guests are away, to weight-sensitive mini-bars that notify room service when a product requires replacement. Even the bathtubs are filled from the ceiling rather than from a tap. Earth tones, bamboo and Asia-in-the-Northwest decor carry through the spa and fitness center to a “virtual” golf club with 52 playable courses, including Pronghorn’s Fazio links. Boka Kitchen + Bar is classy and contemporary.

The Inn at Harbor Steps Seasonal rates start at $135; 1221 First Ave., Seattle (at University Street); 206-748-0973; 888-728-8910, www.innat harborsteps.com The Inn at Harbor Steps is an ideal overnight stop for visitors who want a central location without the noise of urban traffic. Most of its 28 rooms are on a hillside beneath the First Avenue lobby, facing a central garden courtyard shielded from the blare of automobile horns and truck brakes. Guests get a full (meatless) breakfast every morning, along with afternoon wine and snacks; they share an indoor pool, fitness center and full-size basketball court with the residents of 750 condo units in the buildings’ upper stories.

Four Seasons Hotel Seattle Seasonal rates go from $255; 99 Union St., Seattle; 206-749-7000; www.fourseasons.com/seattle Despite a reputation of extravagance in its parent international chain, Four Seasons Hotel Seattle has a distinctly boutique appeal. While sophistication and luxury are intact here, a sense of the casual extends from the 147 spacious rooms — many of which offer marvelous views across the Seattle waterfront — to ART, the hotel’s restaurant and lounge. Here, a highlight is the nightly cheese board, a selection of 30 gourmet cheeses from around the world for a flat price of $18. The Four Seasons is directly across First Avenue from the Seattle Art Museum, which is displaying a world-class exhibition of the life works of Picasso through January 17.

Inn at the Market Rates start at $175 in winter; 86 Pine St. (at First Avenue),

Photo courtesy Four Seasons Hotel Seattle

Overlooking the Seattle waterfront two blocks south of Pike Place Market, the Four Seasons Hotel Seattle offers big-hotel luxury in a boutique-sized (147-room) building.

John Gottberg Anderson / For The Bulletin

Happy-hour visitors relax in the Boka Kitchen + Bar in the high-tech Hotel 1000. The boutique hotel seems to have every modern nuance, from automatic room lights to a virtual golf course where visitors can play 52 different courses around the world.

At the Hotel Monaco, guests without pets may borrow goldfish for the night.

Courtesy Kimpton Hotels

Seattle; 206-443-3600, www.innatthemarket.com If you’re all about the Pike Place Market, you may want a room that is actually in the market — at the Inn at the Market. Sideby-side with Seattle’s famous hillside complex, this bright and contemporary European-style hotel has 70 rooms and suites (many with sweet sunset views).

Built in 1985 as a simple bed-andbreakfast inn, the discreet and independent lodge incorporates three restaurants, including wellknown Campagne for nouvelle French dinners. Fascinated with the market’s famous fishmongers? Ask about the “catch and release” package, which allows you to keep the fish you throw.

Financial district Seattle may not have a financial district per se, but many major banks and other institutions are located along several midtown blocks of Fourth and Fifth Avenues. Even at this, they are only a few blocks farther from leading downtown attractions than other urban locations.

Fairmont Olympic Hotel Small pets are permitted; offseason prices start as low as $149; 411 University St. (at Fourth Avenue), Seattle; 206621-1700, 888-363-5022; www.fairmont.com/seattle The grand-dame of Seattle hotels is the historic Fairmont Olympic Hotel, which takes up a full city block. Originally the site of the University of Washington, later rebuilt as the New York-style Metropolitan Theatre, the Italian Renaissance-style Olympic was erected in 1923-24 at a cost of $2.7 million. A 1980 restoration cost more than $62.5 million, including refitting the filigreed mezzanine that fully surrounds the main lobby. At various times a Westin and Four Seasons before the Fairmont group assumed management in 2003, the majestic 450-room hotel serves afternoon tea and elegant dinners in its famous Georgian Room.

Hotel Monaco Prices for the 189 rooms begin at $166 in winter; 1101 Fourth Ave., Seattle; 206-621-1770, 800-7156513; www.monaco-seattle.com Hotel Vintage Park Pets permitted; off-season prices start at $155; 1100 Fifth Ave., Seattle; 206-624-8000, 800-8533914; www.hotelvintagepark.com Though perhaps not as

grand as their sister hotel, the Alexis, Kimpton’s two financial district hotels — the Monaco and the Vintage Park, a block apart on Spring Street — have considerable character of their own.

Families love the colorful Hotel Monaco Seattle, which may have the most welcoming pet policy in the city, right down to a resident canine concierge; if you didn’t bring your own cat or dog, they’ll loan you a goldfish.

The more intimate Hotel Vintage Park, built around a winery theme (and offering hosted wine tastings each evening), has a European sensibility in its 125 rooms.

W Seattle Pets are OK here; off-season rates begin at $203; 1112 Fourth Ave. (at Spring Street), Seattle; 206-264-6103; www.whotels .com/seattle W Seattle is a favorite among the dot-com generation of business traveler: Expect to see numerous guests sitting around the lobby fireplace with laptops.

With 424 rooms in 26 stories, this is a decidedly urban hotel characterized by clean design lines, slate and chrome decor, and avant-garde artwork. The Earth and Ocean restaurant has gained acclaim as one of Seattle’s finest, and the sleek W Bar is popular after-work cocktail lounge.

Sorrento Hotel Pets are allowed; winter rates start at $145, and; 900 Madison St. (at Ninth Avenue), Seattle; 206-622-6400, 800-426-1265; www.hotelsorrento.com Strictly speaking, the Sorrento Hotel is not in the financial district. Rather, this charming 76room hotel is a couple of blocks

east of the Interstate 5 freeway on First Hill. Out of the mainstream of downtown life but just a few steps from the action, the hotel provides free towncar service to guests anywhere in downtown Seattle. Built for a world’s fair in 1909, the redbrick Sorrento still exudes oldfashioned charm from its gated garden courtyard to its romantic Hunt Club restaurant.

Convention Center At the heart of downtown Seattle is the sprawling Washington State Convention & Trade Center. Constructed around and over Interstate 5 between 1985 and 1988, it doubled in size with a new addition that opened in 2001. From its main entrance at Eighth Avenue and Pike Street, the convention center can accommodate groups as large as 3,500 in general session.

Sheraton Seattle Hotel Pets are allowed; rates run from $129; 1400 Sixth Ave. (at Pike Street), Seattle; 206-621-9000; 800-325-3535; www.sheraton seattle.com Probably no hotel is more suited to handling convention traffic than the cruise ship-sized Sheraton Seattle Hotel, which in 2006 added a $130 million second tower that increased its room count to 1,258. But despite its impersonal size, the Sheraton stays friendly.

Signed prints and photographs by famed glass artist Dale Chihuly are in every room. Diners enjoy the capacious Daily Grill, open early and late; a large fitness center, a swimming pool and an Internet cafe. Rooms in the original Pike Street Tower are a little larger than those in the new Union Street Tower.

Hyatt at Olive 8 Rooms start at $169; 1635 Eighth Ave. (at Olive Way), Seattle; 206-695-1234, 800-492-8804; www.olive8.hyatt.com Distinguished by its facade of blue and white glass, Seattle’s newest hotel is the Hyatt at Olive 8, which opened in 2009. The city’s first lodging property with LEED certification (for Leader-

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ship in Energy and Environmental Design), this sleek hotel has taken particular steps to save electricity and water in every one of its 346 rooms. Amenities include a luxurious spa, a fitness concierge and the farm-to-table Urbane Restaurant. The hotel occupies the first 17 floors of the 39-story building, with 22 floors of condo residences above.

Roosevelt Hotel Seasonal rates begin at $129; 1531 Seventh Ave. (at Pine Street), Seattle; 206-621-1200, 800-663-1144; www.roosevelthotel.com.

Decidedly more traditional and just around the corner is the Roosevelt Hotel. Built in 1929, this Seattle landmark — now owned by the Coast Hotels group — still boasts its original red neon sign and classic interior.

The 151 tidy guest rooms, many of which are suitable for pets, combine early-20th-century antiques with contemporary decor. If you like historic flair, this might be a good lodging option.

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From previous page Flanked to the east by Nordstrom’s flagship store, to the west by Macy’s, directly connected to Seattle Center by the city’s monorail line, this is a mecca for serious shoppers and bargain hunters.

Comfortable guest rooms in the Maxwell Hotel have either two queen beds or one king. The 139room hotel, which opened in March 2010, caters to visitors of an artistic bent.

Mayflower Park Hotel Seasonal rates begin at $135; 405 Olive Way (at Fourth Avenue), Seattle; 206-623-8700, 800-426-5100; www.may flowerpark.com Only one hostelry has a direct indoor connection to Westlake Center, and that is the historic Mayflower Park Hotel. Like a more intimate version of the Fairmont Olympic, the 161-room Mayflower Park exudes old-time class and elegance. Built in 1927, it has retained its fine architectural details and added beautiful antique furnishings to the gracious lobby area. Guest rooms reflect a similar spirit, as do Oliver’s Lounge — which could almost have been named after Dickens’ Oliver Twist — and the esteemed, Mediterranean-style Andaluca restaurant.

Hotel Andra Winter prices that start at $159; 2000 Fourth Ave. (at Virginia Street), Seattle; 206-694-7260, 877-448-8600; www.hotelandra.com Just north on Fourth Avenue, Hotel Andra is “Tom Douglas Central.” Seattle’s noted restaurateur has his original cafe, the Dahlia Lounge, directly across the street, and a second cafe, Lola — one of his five Seattle restaurants — is directly linked to the hotel lobby. Although the Andra occupies a historic building, its look is contemporary Scandinavian, with clean design lines, strong pastel colors, hardwood floors and track lighting.

It has 119 rooms.

Warwick Seattle Hotel Off-season prices start at $99; 401 Lenora St. (at Fourth Avenue), Seattle; 206-443-4300, 800-203-3232; www.warwickwa.com.

A block further is the European-style Warwick Seattle Hotel, a bright and tidy property now in the midst of an upgrade. Ask for a room on the 14th to 18th floors, to get northward views of the Space Needle across the monorail line. Although it feels small, the Warwick’s 230 rooms make it larger than many Seattle hotels; amenities include a restaurant, bar, indoor pool, sauna and fitness center.

Hotel Max Rates start at $116; 620 Stewart St. (at Seventh Avenue), Seattle; 206-728-6299, 866-833-6299; www.hotelmaxseattle.com The Hotel Max might be regarded as a “rock ’n’ roll” hotel.

The sound and rhythm of rock music runs through the lobby to the 163 guest rooms, while the paintings and photographs of Northwest artists — 39 in all — are displayed in every hallway.

Bold colors accent decor that has been honored with multiple interior-design awards, carrying into a hip Asian fusion restaurant and sushi bar, the Red Fin. The Max is a Provenance Hotel, a group that includes the Lucia and Deluxe in Portland and the Murano in Tacoma.

John Gottberg Anderson For The Bulletin

Fine ironwork marks a staircase connecting the grand lobby with the mezzanine level at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel. Many weddings are held in a ballroom at the top of the stairs, with the bride making her entrance from stairs just above these.

Courtesy Fairmont Olympic Hotel

Pan Pacific Hotel Seattle Pets are welcome; seasonal rates range upward from $187; 2125 Terry Ave. (at Denny Way), Seattle; 206-264-8111, 877-3244856; www.panpacific .com/seattle Slightly off the grid, but nearer to Westlake Center than it is to any other downtown precinct, is the Pan Pacific Hotel Seattle, the Northwest’s only entry in an internationally renowned hotel group. What the Pan Pacific offers is affordable luxury. Each of the 160 guest rooms is lavishly furnished, and the hotel complex includes both a top-notch spa, Vida, and an award-winning seafood eatery, Seastar Restaurant & Raw Bar.

Belltown Ace Hotel Rates that begin at $99 a night include a continental breakfast.

2423 First Ave., Seattle; 206448-4721; www.acehotel.com You might choose to stay at the Ace Hotel in the Belltown neighborhood if cost is a primary consideration — or if you’d rather spend your hard-earned dollars dining in Seattle’s hip gourmet ghetto just outside the door. Fusing clean minimalist design with the sensibility of a European pension (only 10 suites among the 30 rooms have private baths), it is located up a narrow staircase in a onetime sailors’ flophouse above the old Cyclops Cafe & Lounge. Opened in 1999, this was the original Ace; the concept has spread to Portland, Palm Springs and even New York.

Belltown Inn Rates start at $83 a night; 2301 Third Ave., Seattle; 206-529-

3700, www.belltown-inn.com A couple of blocks east, the surprising Belltown Inn would be my first pick for a truly budget stay. For rates starting at $83 a night — and much less for longterm stays — this neat little lodge has 174 studios with kitchenettes and working desks, a business center, a garden courtyard and a rooftop deck with views of Elliott Bay. Although local calls are free, there’s a surcharge for high-speed Internet service.

Waterfront Edgewater Hotel Pets allowed in some rooms; rates start at $159 in winter; 2411 Alaskan Way, Seattle; 206728-7000, 800-624-0670; www.edgewaterhotel.com.

There’s waterfront lodging — and there’s lodging on the water.

In the case of Seattle, they can be two different things, and the venerable Edgewater Hotel falls into the latter category. Built upon Pier 67 in 1962, it made its name two years later when the Beatles, seeking refuge from screaming fans, stayed in room 272 and were photographed fishing in Puget Sound from the window of their suite. Today a night in the Beatles Suite will set you back as much as $1,000. Once industrial chic, the Edgewater’s decor now reflects a Northwest theme, where Cascade forests reach the sea. Its Six Seven restaurant supports the motif with fine regional fare.

Seattle Center, literally a stone’s throw from the Key Arena, is the Mediterranean Inn. The colorful corner block, painted yellow and white, offers kitchenettes in every one of its 180 studios.

Prices begin at $99 nightly, with significantly reduced costs for extended stays.

Maxwell Hotel Rates start at $119 in winter; 300 Roy St., Seattle; 206-2860629, 877-298-9728; www.themaxwellhotel.com.

That that brings me back to the Maxwell Hotel.

Although the Maxwell doesn’t have a restaurant — sandwiches are sold from an espresso window, with other cafes down the block — it is a very comfortable

place for Seattle Center visitors to spend a couple of nights. And if you didn’t bring your car to Seattle, the Maxwell offers complimentary bicycles to guests for city touring.

During the Seattle Art Museum’s Picasso exhibition, which continues for another two weeks, the Maxwell is offering a special lodging package that includes two passes to the show and two round-trip monorail passes to Westlake Center. At any other time this winter, rack rates start at $119, a very moderate price for any well-kept hotel this close to downtown Seattle.

John Gottberg Anderson can be reached at janderson@ bendbulletin.com.

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Playing with your child: How much is enough? Too much?

By Heidi Stevens Chicago Tribune

Sabine, left, and Perry Atkinson

Atkinson Perry and Sabine (DeVore) Atkinson will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary with a trip to Maui, Hawaii.

The couple were married Jan. 4, 1986, in Portland. They have four children, Trevor, Monica,

Philip and Seth, all of Bend.

The Atkinsons are owners of 4A Landscape and Irrigation Inc. They are members of the Athletic Club of Bend and enjoy traveling and attending church at The Fellowship at Bend.

They have lived in Central Oregon for 11 years.

Ralph, left, and Alice France

France Ralph and Alice (Luhde) France, of Redmond, will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary with an open house hosted by their children from 2 to 4 p.m. today at 1608 S.W. Parkway Drive in Redmond.

The couple were married Jan. 4, 1986, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in

Redmond. They have nine children, 11 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.

Mr. France worked for Morrison Knudson Corp. on the Alyeska pipeline project for 20 years until his retirement in 1984. Mrs. France was an elementary school teacher in Redmond schools for 26 years, retiring in 1977.

They have lived in Central Oregon for 25 years.

Kimberly Dzielski worries she doesn’t play enough with her 5-year-old daughter.

“I read to her. We play games.

We play make-believe,” Dzielski says. “I even try to make housework into a fun thing.”

But she worries it’s not enough. Except when she’s worrying that it’s too much.

“I worry if she’s just by herself she’ll be lonely, and I don’t want her to just be in front of the TV,” says Dzielski, who lives in a Chicago suburb.

“Then part of me thinks she’d be more independent if I wasn’t doing everything with her all the time.”

Dzielski is not alone in her dilemma. Countless parents of young children are finding themselves navigating a world in which books, blogs, parenting magazines and researchers extol the virtues of parent-child play, even as an equal number of resources warn that we’re raising a generation of spoiled, entitled children accustomed to viewing their parents as pals — and struggling to deal with teachers, bosses and other authority figures as a result.

The issue is a fairly modern one. “My mother never played with me,” Dzielski says, echoing a common sentiment among the over-30 set. “I don’t have any example to go on. I don’t know what’s normal.”

Parenting experts say a happy medium does exist. And there’s even time to throw together dinner or, dare we say, relax with a (nonparenting) book on occasion.

“Set aside a period of time that’s bounded,” advises Julianne Idleman, communications director for Hand in Hand Parenting, a California-based group that conducts parenting workshops and support groups.

“It needs to have a beginning and an end so the child understands they’re going to have you to themselves and you are fully devoted to them.”

No distractions

Lynn, left, and Dick Lee

Lee Dick and Lynn (Robinson) Lee, of Bend, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with dinner parties with family and friends.

The couple were married Dec. 9, 1950, in Yuma, Ariz. They have three children, Richard, of Bend, Nancy (and Dan) Clancy, of Jackson, Wyo., and Karen (and Dale) Kent, of Bend; and three grandchildren.

Mr. Lee served in the United States Marine Corps for 29 years, retiring in 1975. Mrs. Lee is a homemaker. The couple are members of Bend Genealogical Society. He is a member of the Central Oregon chapter of Military Officers Association of America. She is active in P.E.O. and Daughters of the American Revolution.

They have lived in Central Oregon for 21 years.

Set you r family on a path for adventure during 2011 The Dallas Morning News As you look to the new year, consider how travel will mix into your family’s plans and priorities.

Ponder these ideas.

1. Embrace the arts.

Consider giving art, music and theater a front seat in your travel planning. Introduce your children to the tunes from your youth or that of your parents. Choose an art gallery or festival in a neighboring city or state and make it the cornerstone of a long weekend.

Contact: www.nea.gov/resources/disciplines/index.html; www. discoveramerica.com/ca/activities.html.

2. Seek adventure.

Talk with your family about what adventure means to them.

For some, pitching a tent in a nearby campground will be pushing the envelope. Others will want

to explore Alaska’s backcountry.

Have a look at the Traveler’s Century Club list of countries and set a goal for visiting a faraway place.

Do something different.

Contact: www.travelalaska. com; adventure.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/; www. travelerscenturyclub.org.

3. Take a bite of the Big Apple.

This will be a special year to visit New York City. Focus on art, music, historic sites, theater, shopping, dining or nature. This year, the Statue of Liberty marks its 125th birthday. And the nation and world will share in recognizing the 10th anniversary of one life-altering event: The National September 11 Memorial at Ground Zero will open on that day.

Contact: www.national911memorial.org; www.nycgo.com.

Clear-cut start and stop times allow both parent and child to settle immediately into play mode.

“The child can’t really relax knowing every minute is negotiable,” says Idleman. “You make a special gate for special time, and if the phone rings, you don’t answer it.”

Likewise with the buzzing dryer, the barking dog and the beeping BlackBerry.

The allotted time might be five minutes or 30 minutes, Idleman says. But it’s protected.

“The kids (who) are constantly demanding attention never feel full,” she says. “It’s like eating junk food and never getting satisfied. They never know they’ve got your full attention or your full cooperation.”

And when the time is up, you shouldn’t feel guilty about moving on.

“Simply say, ‘I love spending special time with you, and we’ll do it again tomorrow. Right now it’s time for ...’” says Idle-

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Parenting experts say it’s key to set aside time to play with your child, but it’s equally key to set aside time apart. And play time should have clear boundaries. “It needs to have a beginning and an end so the child understands they’re going to have you to themselves and you are fully devoted to them,” says Julianne Idleman of Hand in Hand Parenting, a California-based group that conducts parenting workshops and support groups.

The case against tickling Tickling is a sure way to get your child to giggle, but it shouldn’t be your main method of play, says Hand in Hand Parenting’s Julianne Idleman.

“Tickling is often to gratify the adult’s wish to hear a child’s laughter,” she says. “You have to be a little more creative to really be funny.”

In an article on handinhandparenting.org, founder Patty Wipfler says tickling can even be problematic.

“Laughter is an automatic response to being touched by a tickler — it’s not a response that the child can opt out of,” she writes. “This puts the tickler in charge of how much or how long the child laughs. Most of us remember unpleasant or frightening times when we wanted a tickler to stop, but were laughing so hard we couldn’t say it, or worse, we said, ‘Stop!’ or tried to escape, and the tickler continued.

“Thoughtfulness about play with our children doesn’t mean being extremely careful,” writes Wipfler. “It does mean putting in just a few guidelines that help us to balance the power between our children and ourselves while play proceeds.”

— Ch ic ago Tribune man. “It doesn’t take playing with them all day long. It takes playing with them well.”

“Different kinds of play are important in different ways,” says renowned parenting expert Penelope Leach, author of “Your Baby and Child” (A.A. Knopf). “Free play is anything a child thinks of for himself, does because it’s fun and goes on doing until it stops being fun. Imaginative play, where a toddler whizzes around the room being a truck, or a preschool child sits talking to dolls, is of that kind. And that’s the kind of play where parents have the least to offer — and trying to join in may even be interfering.”

Other times, a parent makes a perfect playmate.

“A 3-year-old who wants to make a den won’t get far enough to satisfy himself unless someone helps him,” says Leach. “A 5-year-old who enjoys puzzles won’t be able to get from 50 pieces to a daunting 100 unless an adult will help him go patiently on.”

Parents can use this time to model behavior they would like their children to mirror.

Learning to play “Children who enjoy ball games early are often frustrated by trying to play with peers because they can’t yet catch or hit the ball or abide by the rules,” Leach explains.

“Likewise board and card games. It’s hard enough for a grade-school child to manage his own competitiveness and be a good loser, but if he’s playing with another child who’s in similar difficulties the

game often stops being fun. A grown-up player can keep it enjoyable.”

“It’s a little space we carve out for them to learn to be a leader, to learn to direct things, to learn to work with other people,” says Idleman.

“After the age of about 4, parents shouldn’t try to join in when two or more children are playing together — unless they need an assistant,” says Leach. “But there may still be times when a lot of playing together is appropriate and hugely enjoyable, whatever the child’s age. On a vacation, for example, where nobody in the family has their usual outsidefamily companions.”

Don’t be afraid to prod your children to entertain themselves as well.

“Sometimes you have to be more boring than the boredom,” says Kim John Payne, author of “Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier and More Secure Kids” (Ballantine, $15).

“You don’t want to become an unpaid performer where you’re offering them option after option after option. They can take that for hours.

“That’s when you answer, ‘I’m bored,’ with, ‘Oh, that’s too bad.

I’m sorry to hear that,’ ” Payne says. “The payoff for parents is, when kids learn to get creative on their own, we can finally sit down and read that magazine.”

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2010 concert numbers drop sharply The Washington Post It’s official. The concert business had a lousy 2010.

On Wednesday, Pollstar, a trade magazine that tracks the vital signs of the concert industry, released its annual ranking of the top 50 concert tours for the 2010 calendar year.

And it’s ugly. The top tours in North America grossed 15 percent less than in 2009, dropping from $1.99 billion to $1.69 billion.

Ticket sales fell 12 percent. And

Cummins Continued from C1 “They’re going to build, and I’m just going to help them build their house.”

But first she must say goodbye to the job, the one she still feels lucky to have gotten, and gives credit to God for.

She gives similar thanks for the job she landed 38 years ago in Cresswell, about 13 miles south of Eugene.

“My ex-husband left when my younger daughter was 3 years old, and I got a job at this poultry plant, and I plucked chickens for 13 years. The good Lord gave me that job,” Cummins said on Tuesday of last week, taking time to be interviewed when she wasn’t seating and serving patrons.

When she was in her early 50s, she says, a relationship led her to the dry side of the Cascades.

“He took off and left, and I got my job at Shari’s, and it’s been my godsend ever since,” she says. “The good Lord got me my job here.”

During her career at Shari’s, Cummins has remained single, a life she enjoys.

“People say, ‘How come you’re not married?’ and I say, ‘Because I’m in charge of five remote controls.’”

Cummins recalls that, back when she’d been in need of a job two decades ago, she would drive by the under-construction restaurant.

“When this restaurant was this tall,” she says, motioning about knee-high, “I’d drive back and forth out there, and cry and plead and beg for a job here. And God got so sick of me begging that he got me my job.”

the total number of concerts was down about 3 percent. Oof, ouch and bummer.

But heading into the new year, the industry’s pain could turn into the fans’ gain. “Hopefully, there will be some more reasonable ticket prices in 2011,” says Pollstar editor-in-chief Gary Bongiovanni.

“I would expect that we’ll see lower-priced seats on the low end.”

That could mean cheaper nosebleed and lawn seats for many concert tours, but probably not

for big-name acts such as Justin Bieber, Michael Buble or Lady Gaga — each of which enjoyed a very lucrative 2010 and are expected to continue filling venues at ballooning ticket prices.

But Biebers and Gagas notwithstanding, the concert biz still took a bruising last year.

Ignoring that pesky economic recession, artists often refused to drop prices, opting instead to cancel underselling shows, or even entire tours.

Cummins is active at Nativity Lutheran Church on Brosterhous Road, and she’s active in other ways too, frequently hiking the Deschutes River Trail, crosscountry skiing or participating in water aerobics at Juniper Swim & Fitness Center.

She gets up at 4:30 a.m. and works out before her morning shift, which starts at 6. Last year, the company gave Cummins a diamond ring for 20 years of service.

Over the years, she’s earned a reputation within Shari’s and among her customers, for her ability to remember names.

Shari’s offers employees $25 for every 100 names they recognize, Cummins says. “They give us a form with (100 lines) and we have to say what we know about them and what they do, and we get tested.”

A plaque in the entrance area commemorates their total number of names recognized. Cummins is by far the frontrunner, with 1,500 names under her belt.

“They can walk in and she remembers them from years and years ago,” says General Manager Melissa Erickson. “She can remember a customer from six years ago.”

Her trick for recognizing customers is recalling, perhaps, their salt-and-pepper hair, birthmarks or moles, she confesses.

“But they have to come in at least twice a week,” she says.

Erickson says Cummins is also known for her service. “Oh my god, you don’t even know. She’s gotten so many guest comments.

Every day, I get comments on how great she is.”

Plenty of regulars stop in to see her. When a customer tells Cummins that she’ll have to become a Beaver if she’s going to

live in Dallas, Cummins tells her that her family’s connection to the Ducks is too deeply rooted.

She even has relatives buried in a cemetery directly across from the University of Oregon campus.

Cummins doesn’t know how many generations back her family dates in Oregon, but her mother’s family came from Kansas, her father’s from Oklahoma.

Her mother and father had a green bean farm for many years in Jasper, Oregon, near Eugene.

“I picked green beans until I was 20 years old,” she says.

When she was 16, she developed polio in her legs. “When I was in the hospital, I was feeling sorry for myself, and these nurses took me up to the polio ward, and these kids were in iron lungs and everything,” she says.

“I was very fortunate; I came out of it,” she says. “I still have little problems, but I keep really busy.”

Cummins says to put her down as a “maybe,” as far as employment on the wet side of the mountains. She’ll probably work a couple of days a week, perhaps as a Costco demonstrator.

“Because I need to be around people,” she says.

And when Wednesday, her last day at Shari’s, arrives, what will Cummins do?

“I’m going to probably cry all day,” she says.

“We, as Shari’s Restaurant, appreciate all her years of dedicated service,” says manager Erickson. “She was like a grand ambassador for us. She brought the guests in, just to see Millie.”

David Jasper can be reached at 541-383-0349 or at djasper@bendbulletin.com.

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BY JACQUELINE BIGAR HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011: This year, many people find that you are more grounded but also more withdrawn. It is true you will tend to keep your own counsel and not be quite so verbal. You have a good sense about money and which risks to take. Listen to that inner voice. Curb a tendency to overthink things and go over the same story again and again. You will tend to make mountains out of molehills. If you are single, check out a new suitor, and date for a while to make sure that he or she is emotionally available. If you are attached, the two of you benefit from weekends away together.

SAGIITTARIUS reads you cold.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHHH Keep reaching out for those at a distance who, perhaps, you have not spoken to in the past week. It is never too late to wish others a happy new year.

Friends surround you, especially if you’re at a game or some other type of entertainment event.

Tonight: Follow your instincts.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Be sensitive to what is happening with a parent or older friend. In some cases, key people could make demands that take you aback somewhat. Be aware of where others are coming from.

Tonight: Share with a key partner.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHH You could be far more of a challenge than you are aware.

How you handle a changing situation could vary. Certainly there isn’t only one way. Discussions prove to be enlightening, to say the least. Tonight: Follow another person’s lead.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH You have been putting such an enormous effort into the holidays, nurturing those who are less fortunate or less content.

Perhaps the time has come to finally take a break. Go where your mind will wander. Tonight: Escape needs to be the theme.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHH You might be right about letting go and simply enjoying yourself with those around you.

Someone who is too serious could make you very uncomfortable.

You also might be starting to get a clearer vision of another person. Tonight: Someone close knows how to surprise you!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Stay close to home, and honor your feelings. You might want to stop and do something just for you. A walk by water could be just what the doctor ordered. Others start demanding more attention.

Tonight: Let spontaneity rule.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHHH Keep talking and reaching out to others. A long conversation could be inevitable, but it is important. A neighbor has a way of unintentionally messing up your plans. Tonight:

The unexpected occurs.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH You have a unique quality of being able to put yourself 100 percent into what you are doing.

To some, you look overindulgent.

Let them think what they want. Go off and enjoy. Tonight: Your treat.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHHH You are in your element. Still, you have a hurdle or two to jump, especially with a friend. Innovative thinking might help. Use your incredible sixth sense. Tonight: Whatever knocks your socks off.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Assume you don’t have all the answers. You listen to someone you respect and discover how much you have to learn and incorporate into your thinking. What is great about you is you see that need. Tonight: Vanish while and if you can.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH You are a sign that naturally gravitates toward friends.

This Sunday demonstrates just how important your pals are.

News from someone might be unclear. Don’t worry. Tonight: Accept an invitation, and don’t worry about the cost so much.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH You might be causing a stronger reaction than you intended. In fact, you could be pushing someone away whom you never intended to. Stop and take inventory. Look at your actions. Tonight: Could be late. © 2011 by King Features Syndicate

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V O LU N T EER SE A RC H EDITOR’S NOTE: The organizations listed below are seeking volunteers for a variety of tasks. For additional information on the types of help they need, see a more detailed listing at www.bendbulletin.com/volunteer.

106.7 KPOV, BEND’S COMMUNITY RADIO STATION: info@kpov. org or 541-322-0863.

AARP: www.aarp.org/money/ taxaide or 888-687-2277.

ADULT BASIC EDUCATION LITERACY PROGRAM: 541-318-3788.

ALYCE HATCH CENTER: Andy Kizans, 541-383-1980.

ALZHEIMER’S ASSOCIATION: Carol Norton or Angie Kooistra, 541-548-7074.

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY: Nicole Fowler, 877-221-3072 or 541-434-3114.

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY ROAD TO RECOVERY: Lynda Calvi, acslynda@ gmail.com or 541-617-0222.

AMERICAN RED CROSS: 541-749-4111.

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Philip Randall, 541-388-1793.

ART COMMITTEE OF THE REDMOND FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY: Linda Barker, 541-312-1064.

ARTS CENTRAL STATION: 541-617-1317.

ASPEN RIDGE ALZHEIMER’S ASSISTED LIVING AND RETIREMENT COMMUNITY: 541-385-8500, Tuesday through Saturday.

ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF BEND: 541-389-2075.

BEND AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: 541-385-5387.

BEND LIBRARY FRIENDS: Clairece, 541-388-5632 or Joyce, 541-388-1334.

BEND PARK & RECREATION DISTRICT: Kim, 541-706-6127.

BEND’S COMMUNITY CENTER: Taffy, 541-312-2069.

BEND SENIOR CENTER: Kim, 541-706-6127.

BEND SPAY & NEUTER PROJECT: 541-617-1010.

BETHLEHEM INN: www.bethleheminn. org or 541-322-8768.

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF CENTRAL OREGON: 541-312-6047 (Bend), 541-447-3851, ext. 333 (Prineville) or 541-325-5603 (Madras).

BLISSFUL ACRES RESCUE RESERVE (BARR): 541-388-0922.

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: Paul Abbott, paulabbott@scouting.org or 541-382-4647.

CAMP FIRE USA CENTRAL OREGON : campfire@bendcable. com or 541-382-4682.

CASCADES THEATRICAL COMPANY: 541-389-0803.

CASCADE VIEW NURSING AND ALZHEIMER’S CARE CENTER: 541-382-7161.

CAT RESCUE, ADOPTION & FOSTER TEAM (CRAFT): www. craftcats.org or 541-389-8420.

EAST CASCADES AUDUBON SOCIETY: 541-388-1770.

CENTRAL OREGON COUNCIL ON AGING (COCOA): 541-475-6494.

CENTRAL OREGON COUNCIL ON AGING (COCOA) — BEND: 541-382-3008.

CENTRAL OREGON COUNCIL ON AGING (COCOA) — LA PINE: 541-536-3207.

CENTRAL OREGON COUNCIL ON AGING (COCOA) — MADRAS: 541-475-6494.

CENTRAL OREGON COUNCIL ON AGING (COCOA) — REDMOND: 541-548-6325.

CENTRAL OREGON LOCAVORE: www.centraloregonlocavore.com or Niki at info@centraloregonlocavore. com or 541-633-0674.

CENTRAL OREGON RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING: 541-617-5878.

CENTRAL OREGON VETERANS OUTREACH: Chuck Hemingway, 541-383-2793.

CHILDREN’S VISION FOUNDATION: Julie Bibler, 541-330-3907.

CHIMPS, INC.: www.chimpsinc.org or 541-385-3372.

THE CITIZEN REVIEW BOARD (CRB): crb.volunteer.resources@ ojd.state.or.us or 888-530-8999.

CITY OF BEND: Patty Stell, pstell@ ci.bend.or.us or 541-388-5517.

COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE (CASA): www.casaofcentraloregon. org or 541-389-1618.

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES/VOLUNTEER SERVICES: Lin Gardner, 541-693-8988.

DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES/ VOLUNTEER SERVICES CROOK COUNTY: Valerie Dean, 541-447-3851, ext. 427.

DESCHUTES LAND TRUST: www. deschuteslandtrust.org or 541-330-0017.

DESCHUTES COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT: Tuesday Johnson, Tuesday_Johnson@co.deschutes. or.us or 541-322-7425.

DESCHUTES COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE — CENTRAL OREGON PARTNERSHIPS FOR YOUTH: www.deschutes.org/copy, COPY@deschutes.org or 541-388-6651.

DESCHUTES COUNTY VICTIMS’ ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: Anna, 541-388-6525.

DES CHUTES HISTORICAL MUSEUM: 541-389-1813, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday through Saturday.

DESCHUTES NATIONAL FOREST:

Jean Nelson-Dean, 541-383-5576.

DESCHUTES PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM: 541-312-1032.

DESCHUTES RIVER WOODS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: www.drwna.org or Misha at info@ drwna.org or 541-382-0561.

DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS (DAV): Don Lang, 541-647-1002.

THE ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER: 541-385-6908.

EQUINE OUTREACH HORSE RESCUE OF BEND: www.equineoutreach.com or Cathi at catz66@gmail.com.

FAMILY KITCHEN: Cindy Tidball, cindyt@ bendcable.com or 541-610-6511.

FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER: 541-389-5468.

FOSTER GRANDPARENTS PROGRAM: Steve Guzanskis, 541-548-8817.

FRIENDS OF THE BEND LIBRARY: www.fobl.org or Meredith Shadrach at 541-617-7047.

FRIENDS WITH FLOWERS OF OREGON: www.friendswithflowersoforegon. com or 541-317-9808.

GIRL SCOUTS: 541-389-8146.

GIRLS ON THE RUN OF DESCHUTES COUNTY: www.deschutescountygotr. org or info@deschutescountygotr.org.

GRANDMA’S HOUSE: 541-383-3515.

HABITAT RESTORE: Di Crocker, 541-312-6709.

HEALING REINS THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER: Sarah Smith, 541-382-9410.

HEALTHY BEGINNINGS: www. myhb.org or 541-383-6357.

HIGH DESERT INTERCULTURAL FESTIVAL: Barb, bonitodia@ msn.com or 541-447-0732.

HIGH DESERT MUSEUM: 541-382-4754.

HIGH DESERT SPECIAL OLYMPICS: 541-749-6517.

HIGH DESERT TEENS VOLUNTEER PROGRAM: www.highdesertmuseum. org or 541-382-4757.

HOSPICECENTER: Sarah, 541-383-3910.

HOSPICE OF REDMOND-SISTERS: www.redmondhospice.org or Pat at 541-548-7483 or 541-549-6558.

HUMAN DIGNITY COALITION: 541-385-3320.

HUMANE SOCIETY OF CENTRAL OREGON: Wendy, 541-382-3537.

HUMANE SOCIETY OF CENTRAL OREGON THRIFT STORE: Liz, 541-388-3448.

HUMANE SOCIETY OF THE OCHOCOS: 541-447-7178.

HUMANE SOCIETY OF REDMOND: volunteer@redmondhumane. org or 541-923-0882.

HUNGER PREVENTION COALITION: Marie, info@hungerpreventioncoalition. org or 541-385-9227.

IEP PARTNERS: Carmelle Campbell at the Oregon Parent Training and Information Center, 888-505-2673.

INTERFAITH VOLUNTEER CAREGIVERS: 541-385-9460.

JEFFERSON COUNTY CRIME VICTIMS’ ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: Tina Farrester, 541-475-4452, ext. 4108.

JEFFERSON COUNTY VOLUNTEER SERVICES: Therese Helton, 541-475-6131, ext. 208.

JUNIPER GROUP SIERRA CLUB: 541-389-9115.

JUNIPER SWIM & FITNESS CENTER: Kim, 541-706-6127.

KIDS CENTER: Vale Muggia, 541-383-5958, ext. 248.

LA PINE COMMUNITY KITCHEN: 541-536-1312.

LA PINE HIGH SCHOOL: Debbi Mason, debbi.mason@bend. k12.or.us or 541-355-8501.

LA PINE PUBLIC LIBRARY: Cindylu, 541-317-1097.

LA PINE RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT: Volunteer Coordinator, 541-536-2935.

LA PINE SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTER: Cathy, 541-536-3207.

LA PINE YOUTH DIVERSION SERVICES: Mary, 541-536-5002.

LATINO COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: Brad, volunteer@ latca.org or 541-382-4366.

LONG-TERM CARE OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM: Nancy Allen, 541-312-2488.

MEALS ON WHEELS: Dee Reed, 541-382-3008.

MEADOWLARK MANOR: Peggy Kastberg, 541-382-7025.

MOUNTAINSTAR FAMILY RELIEF NURSERY: 541-322-6820.

MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL (MADRAS): JoDee Tittle, 541-475-3882, ext. 5097.

THE NATURE OF WORDS: www .thenatureofwords.org or 541-330-4381.

NEAT REPEAT THRIFT SHOP: Peg, 541-447-6429.

NEIGHBORIMPACT: Elaines@ neighborimpact.org or 541548-2380, ext. 115.

NEWBERRY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: 541-593-5005.

NEWBERRY HOSPICE: 541-536-7399.

OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION THRIFT STORE OF BEND: 541-389-0129.

OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION THRIFT STORE OF REDMOND: 541-548-5288.

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OREGON ADAPTIVE SPORTS: www.oregonadaptivesports.org or Kendall Cook at 541-848-9390.

OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION SERVICE: 541-548-6088, 541-447-6228 or 541-475-3808.

OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY MASTER GARDENER VOLUNTEER PROGRAM: http://extension.oregonstate. edu/deschutes or 541-548-6088.

PARTNERS IN CARE: www.partnersbend. org or Stephanie at 541-382-5882.

PARTNERSHIP TO END POVERTY: Sarah, sarah@partnershiptoendpoverty. org or 541-504-1389.

PEACE CENTER OF CENTRAL OREGON: www.pcoco.org or 541-923-6677.

PFLAG CENTRAL OREGON: www. pflagcentraloregon.org or 541-317-2334.

PILOT BUTTE REHABILITATION CENTER: 541-382-5531.

PRINEVILLE SOROPTIMIST SENIOR CENTER: Judy, 541-447-6844.

READ TOGETHER: 541-388-7746.

REDMOND FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY: 541-312-1060.

REDMOND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: Scott or Warren, 541-548-1406.

REDMOND HABITAT RESTORE:

Roy, 541-548-1406.

REDMOND HIGH SCHOOL: 541-923-4807.

REDMOND INTERCULTURAL EXCHANGE (R.I.C.E.): Barb, bonitodia@ msn.com or 541-447-0732.

REDMOND YOUNG LIFE: 541-923-8530.

RELAY FOR LIFE: Stefan Myers, 541-504-4920.

RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM (RSVP): Marie Phillis, 541-548-8817.

RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: Mardi, 541-318-4950.

SACRED ART OF LIVING CENTER: 541-383-4179.

ST. CHARLES IN BEND AND ST. CHARLES IN REDMOND: 541-706-6354.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIAL SERVICES: 541-389-6643.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL — LA PINE: 541-536-1956.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL — REDMOND: 541-923-5264.

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIAL SERVICES: 541-389-6643.

SAVING GRACE: 541-3829227 or 541-504-2550.

SCHOOL-TO-CAREER PARTNERSHIP:

Kent Child, 541-322-3261.

SENIOR COMPANION PROGRAM: John Brenne, 800-541-5116.

SISTERS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: 541-549-1193.

SMART (START MAKING A READER TODAY): www.getsmartoregon. org or 541-355-5600.

SOROPTIMIST OF PRINEVILLE: 541-447-6844.

SUNRIVER AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: 541-593-8149.

SUNRIVER NATURE CENTER & OBSERVATORY: Susan, 541-593-4442.

TOUCHMARK AT MT. BACHELOR VILLAGE: 541-383-1414 TOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION: 541-317-0700.

TRILLIUM FAMILY SERVICES: 503-205-0194.

TUMALO LANGLAUF CLUB: Tom Carroll, 541-385-7981.

UNITED WAY OF DESCHUTES COUNTY: www.liveunitedco.org or 541-389-6507.

VIMA LUPWA HOMES: www. lupwahomes.org or 541-420-6775.

VISIT BEND: www.visitbend .com or 541-382-8048.

VOLUNTEER CAMPGROUND HOST POSITIONS: Tom Mottl, 541-416-6859.

VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE: Kristi, 541-585-9008.

VOLUNTEER CONNECT: www. volunteerconnectnow.org or 541-385-8977.

WINNING OVER ANGER & VIOLENCE: www.winningover.org or 541-382-1943.

WOMEN’S RESOURCE CENTER OF CENTRAL OREGON: 541-385-0750.

YOUTH CHOIR OF CENTRAL OREGON: 541-385-0470.

S ubm issions Volunteer Search is compiled by the Department of Human Services Volunteer Services, 1300 N.W. Wall St., Suite 103, Bend 97701. It is usually published in The Bulletin the first Sunday of the month. Changes, additions or deletions should be sent to the above address, e-mail Lin.H.Gardner@state.or.us or call 541-693-8992.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL Pitt fires new coach after arrest for domestic violence SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Pittsburgh fired new football coach Mike Haywood on Saturday, a day after he was arrested at his home on a domestic violence charge.

Haywood was released Saturday from St. Joseph County Jail on $1,000 cash bond, said an officer at the at the jail who declined to give her name, after the charge was upgraded from a misdemeanor to felony Mike domestic Haywood battery in the presence of a minor.

Within hours of his release, Pittsburgh put out a statement from Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg saying Haywood had been dismissed, “effective immediately.”

Pittsburgh hired Haywood away from Miami (Ohio) on Dec. 16 to replace Dave Wannstedt, who resigned under pressure. Before his firing was announced, Haywood told the Pittsburgh TribuneReview, “It isn’t fair. The truth will eventually come out.”

Haywood was arrested about 3 p.m. Friday after a custody issue developed with a woman with whom Haywood has a child, police said.

The unidentified woman told police that Haywood grabbed her by the arm and neck and pushed her as she tried to leave. Ñ he Associate d Press

INSIDE COLLEGE FOOTBALL

LOCAL SPORTS

Mark your calendar Pole Pedal Paddle

A schedule of some of the most notable Central Oregon sporting events for the year ahead:

The Central Oregon multisport race takes place on May 14 this year.

GATOR BOWL No. 21 Mississippi State ............ 52 Michigan..................................... 14 ROSE BOWL No. 3 Texas Christian ................. 21 No. 4 Wisconsin ......................... 19

July

7-8: Sunnyside Pursuit Nordic Ski Races at Mount Bachelor

1-3: Central Oregon Big Blast BMX Races at High Desert BMX, Bend, and Smith Rock BMX, Redmond

February 22-27: Sun Cup Alpine Ski Race, Mount Bachelor 25-27: Oregon Special Olympics Winter Games (Snow Sports), Mount Bachelor 25-27: BMX Great Northwest Nationals at Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center, Redmond

Bend Elks 2011 season

March

The local collegiate summer baseball team in the West Coast League plays its home opener on June 10.

11-16: Pacific NW Golf Association Men’s Amateur at Tetherow Golf Club, Bend 13-16: Crooked River Roundup Horse Races at Crook County Fairgrounds, Prineville 16: Tour des Chutes Cycling Event, Bend 16-17: Deschutes Dash Weekend Sports Festival 19-24: Cascade Cycling Classic

12: Grin and Bear It 5K/10K Races, Bend

25: U.S. Amateur Qualifier Golf Tournament at Juniper Golf Course, Redmond

April

27-31: Oregon High Desert Classics Hunter-Jumper Competition, Week II, Bend

10: Peterson Ridge Rumble 40-Mile and 20-Mile Trail Run, Sisters 29-30-May 1: Central Oregon Shootout Golf Tournament at Black Butte Ranch; Aspen Lakes, Sisters; and Eagle Crest Resort, Redmond

The 72nd edition of the local rodeo takes place on June 10-12 this year.

9: Smith Rock Sunrise Summer Classic 5K, 10K and Half Marathon, Terrebonne

20-24: Oregon High Desert Classics Hunter-Jumper Competition, Week I, Bend

3: Horse Butte 10-Mile Trail Run, Bend

Sisters Rodeo

4: Spark Your Heart 5K Run/Walk, Bend

10-13: Central Oregon Sportsmen’s Show at Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center, Redmond

2: Great Nordeen Nordic Ski Races at Mount Bachelor

29-31: Cascade Lakes Swim Series and Festival, Elk Lake 30-31: Oregon Mid-Amateur Championship Golf Tournament at Brasada Ranch

August

30: Salmon Run 5K & 10K, Bend

5-6: Cascade Lakes Relay (Diamond Lake to Bend)

May

7: Haulin’ Aspen Full and Half Trail Marathons, Bend

8: Cascade Chainbreaker Mountain Bike Race, Bend

29-Sept. 2: Pacific Amateur Golf Classic

14: Pole Pedal Paddle Multisport Race, Bend

31-Sept. 4: USA Cycling Masters Road Nationals, Bend

15: Kids’ Mini Pole Pedal Paddle, Bend 19-22: Oregon High School Equestrian Teams State Championships at Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center, Redmond

September

29: Happy Girls Half Marathon and 5K Run, Bend

3: Sunrise to Summit/Bend to Bachelor Duathlon, Mount Bachelor

June

TICKETCITY BOWL Texas Tech .................................. 45 Northwestern .............................. 38

OUTBACK BOWL Florida ........................................ 37 Penn State .................................. 24

January 14-16: Oregon Wrestling Classic at Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center, Redmond

Saturday’s bowl games

CAPITAL ONE BOWL No. 15 Alabama .......................... 49 No. 7 Michigan State .................... 7

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5: Heaven Can Wait 5K Walk/Run, Bend 7-9: Pacific NW Golf Association Senior Men’s Amateur and Super Senior Men’s Amateur at Black Butte Ranch

Oregon High Desert Classics

10: Bend Elks West Coast League Baseball Home Opener at Genna Stadium, Bend 10-12: Sisters Rodeo 12: Dirty Half Marathon, Bend

The equestrian competition is back in Bend for two weeks in summer: July 20-24 and July 27-31

14-16: Oregon Open Invitational Golf Tournament at Awbrey Glen Golf Club, Bend 15-18: Oregon High School Rodeo Finals at Crook County Fairgrounds, Prineville 24-26: Pacific Crest Weekend Sports Festival, Sunriver 24-26: Crooked River Roundup Rodeo at Crook County Fairgrounds, Prineville

FIESTA BOWL No. 9 Oklahoma .......................... 48 No. 25 Connecticut .................... 20

TBA: Bigfoot 10K/Littlefoot Run, Bend TBA: Pilot Butte Challenge, Bend

17: USA Cycling Marathon Mountain Bike Nationals, Bend 24: Flagline 50K USA Track & Field National Trail Championships at Mount Bachelor

October 1-2: Oregon Golf Association Men’s Team Championship at Brasada Ranch 2: Dirty 2nd Half, Half Marathon Trail Run, Bend 29-30: Halloween Cross Crusades Cyclocross Races, Bend

November 10-12: Columbia River Circuit Finals Pro Rodeo at Deschutes County Fair & Expo Center, Redmond Note: Schedules are subject to change

26: Pickett’s Charge! Mountain Bike Race, Bend

Roundup, see Page D4

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Oregon, Auburn players swear by ’crazy’ rituals

By John Zenor The Associated Press

TCU’s Andy Dalton walked away with the Rose Bowl offensive MVP award.

INDEX Scoreboard ................................D2 Basketball ..................................D3 College football ........................ D4 NHL ...........................................D5 NFL ............................................D5 Baseball .....................................D5

AUBURN, Ala. — Some believe the national championship game might come down to superstitions being observed or neglected.

Sounds a bit farfetched, but several players and coaches from Auburn and Oregon would rather not chance it.

So one will have to win two hands of Solitaire on the bus ride to the game, another will eat the same game-day breakfast — there’s even a pants-swapping ritual.

Auburn left tackle Lee Ziemba and Ducks linebacker Spencer Paysinger have long lists they follow. Ziemba’s includes placing his helmet on the ground in a certain way; Paysinger

wears the same socks.

No, whimsical rituals won’t determine who wins on Jan. 10 in Glendale, Ariz., but Ziemba plans to observe them anyway — just in case.

He admits his many ritualistic habits are “crazy” and he’s close to being in a realm of his own: The Ziemba Zone.

The 6-foot-8, 318-pound senior was panicking before the Southeastern Conference championship game even kicked off. He couldn’t find his headband.

“My whole mindset was just way off.

Oh man,” Ziemba said. “I was screaming at the top of my lungs for a headband.”

Ziemba likes everything just so before games. And during them.

See Rituals / D4

Wade Payne / AP ile

It seems doubtful that the BCS championship game between Auburn and Oregon on Jan. 10 in Glendale, Ariz., will come down to simple superstition, a ritual that does or doesn’t get observed. But some players and coaches would rather not chance it.

Oregon linebacker Spencer Paysinger’s (above) list includes wearing the same socks.

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Tuesday Girls basketball: Mountain View at Redmond, 7 p.m.; La Pine at Burns, 6:30 p.m.; Summit at Sisters, 5:30 p.m.; Bend at Crook County, 7 p.m.; Culver at Central Linn, 6:30 p.m.

Boys basketball: Redmond at Mountain View, 7 p.m.; Burns at La Pine, 6:30 p.m.; Stayton at Sisters, 7 p.m.; Crook County at Bend, 7 p.m.; Culver at Central Linn, 8 p.m.

10 a.m. — NFL, Oakland Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs, CBS. 10 a.m. — NFL, Tampa Bay Buccaneers at New Orleans Saints, Fox. 1 p.m. — NFL, Tennessee Titans at Indianapolis Colts, CBS. 1 p.m. — NFL, Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers, Fox. 5:15 p.m. — NFL, St. Louis Rams at Seattle Seahawks, NBC.

BASKETBALL 10 a.m. — Men’s college, Gonzaga at Wake Forest, FSNW. 12:30 p.m. — Women’s college, Stanford at California, FSNW. 4:30 p.m. — Men’s college, Miami at Duke, FSNW. 6 p.m. — NBA, Houston Rockets at Portland Trail Blazers, Comcast SportsNet Northwest.

7 p.m. — Men’s college, Arizona at Oregon State, FSNW.

GOLF 1 p.m. — Skills Challenge, day 2 (taped), NBC.

MONDAY SOCCER 2 p.m. — English Permier League, Chelsea vs. Aston Villa, FSNW.

BASKETBALL 4 p.m. — Men’s college, Georgetown vs. St Johns, ESPN2.

FOOTBALL 5:30 p.m. — College, Orange Bowl, Stanford vs. Virginia Tech, ESPN.

HOCKEY 6 p.m. — NHL, Chicago Blackhawks at Los Angeles Kings, VS. network.

RADIO TODAY FOOTBALL 5:15 p.m. — NFL, St. Louis Rams at Seattle Seahawks, KBNW-FM 96.5.

BASKETBALL 6 p.m. — NBA, Houston Rockets at Portland Trail Blazers, KBND-AM 1110.

7 p.m. — Men’s college, Arizona at Oregon State, KICE-AM 940.

MONDAY FOOTBALL 5:30 p.m. — College, Orange Bowl, Stanford vs. Virginia Tech, KICE-AM 940.

Listings are the most accurate available. The Bulletin is not responsible for late changes made by TV or radio stations.

S B Football • AP source: Florida hires Weis as coordinator: A person familiar with the decision says Florida has hired former Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis as offensive coordinator. The person, who spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the move has not been formally announced, says it will be made public Monday. The Sporting News first reported Weis accepted the job Saturday. Weis, hired at Notre Dame five years ago when Urban Meyer turned the Irish down to come to Gainesville, is currently the offensive coordinator for the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs.

• Michigan AD plans to talk with Rodriguez soon: Michigan athletic director Dave Brandon plans to talk to coach Rich Rodriguez about his future soon after both are back on campus. Brandon says he probably won’t have more to say until the back half of next week. Rodriguez could not have helped his chances of returning for a fourth season with the Wolverines on Saturday when Mississippi State routed his team 52-14. It was Michigan’s worst bowl loss ever. He told reporters in Jacksonville, Fla., the speculation about his job has been “the elephant in the room.”

• QB at Minnesota community college shot, killed in Indiana: Dominique Corder, a standout quarterback at Central Lakes Community College in Brainerd, Minn., was shot and killed in his hometown of Indianapolis. Police say the 20-year-old Corder was shot about 12:40 a.m.

Saturday after being seen talking to someone in an SUV. Corder, who was shot in the abdomen, died at a hospital.

The vehicle fled, and police say they have no suspects.

Tennis • Nadal beats Federer in Abu Dhabi final: Top-ranked Rafael Nadal started 2011 with a win over rival Roger Federer, beating the Swiss 7-6 (4), 7-6 (3) Saturday to defend his title at the World Tennis Championships exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Both players held serve throughout the match, and Federer had the early momentum in the first tiebreaker, hitting a couple of blistering forehand winners to go up 3-0. But Nadal won the next five points and clinched the set when the Swiss hit a forehand long. In the second tiebreaker, Nadal went up 3-1 with a drop volley and Federer sent his return long on the next point. The Spaniard then set up match point with a crosscourt forehand winner and converted it when Federer hit a forehand long.

Soccer • Tottenham trying to bring Beckham back to England: David Beckham could be on his way back to England’s Premier League — for a little while. Tottenham, where Beckham trained as a schoolboy before signing for Manchester United, wants to sign the former England captain on loan from Los Angeles Galaxy until the Major League Soccer season starts in March. Beckham has said he would like to return to the Premier League after more than seven years away and Spurs manager Harry Redknapp thinks the 35-year-old midfielder’s experience could be invaluable for a team challenging for a second straight topfour finish and doing well in its Champions League season.

Auto racing • Dakar Rally kicks off from Obelisk: The Dakar Rally roared out of Buenos Aires with a ceremonial parade of hundreds of vehicles departing from its famed Obelisk on Saturday. The 16-day trek will take drivers 5,903 miles across northern Argentina, through the Andes, the Atacama Desert of Chile and back to the Argentine capital. The first leg is a ceremonial 230-mile cruise northwest to Victoria, where competitors will prepare for today’s first full race day.

Defending champions Carlos Sainz in the cars category and Cyril Despres on a motorcycle return to defend their titles. he Associated Pre ss

Wednesday Wrestling: Summit at Crook County, 7 p.m.; Redmond at Mountain View, 6 p.m.

Thursday Girls basketball: Madras at Crook County, 7 p.m.

Boys basketball: Crook County at Madras, 7 p.m.

Wrestling: Junction City and Sweet Home at La Pine, 5 p.m.; Sisters at Elmira, 5 p.m.

Friday Girls basketball: Gilchrist at Hosanna, TBA, Crook County at La Pine, 7 p.m.; Sisters at Molalla, 5:30 p.m.; Summit at Bend, 7 p.m.; Culver at Scio, 6:30 p.m.

Boys basketball: La Pine at Crook County, 7 p.m.; Sisters at Molalla, 7 p.m.; La Pine at Crook County, 7 p.m.; Bend at Summit, 7 p.m.; Culver at Scio, 8 p.m.; Gilchrist at Hosanna, TBA Wrestling: Redmond at Rollie Lane in Boise, TBA; Culver at Jo-Hi Tournament in Joseph, 11 a.m.

Saturday Girls basketball: Triad at Gilchrist, TBA; Lakeview at Culver; 2:30 p.m.

Boys basketball: Lakeview at Culver, 4 p.m.; Triad at Gilchrist, TBA Wrestling: Summit, Madras, Mountain View, La Pine, Gilchrist at Bend High Invitational, 10 a.m.; Redmond at Rollie Lane Tournament in Boise, TBA; Crook County at Lebanon, 7 p.m.; Culver at Jo-Hi Tournament in Joseph, TBA Swimming: Redmond, Mountain View, Madras at Jay Rowan Invitational in Redmond, 9 a.m.

Nordic skiing: OISRA skate and classic race at Diamond Lake, noon

FOOTBALL NFL NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE All Times PST ——— AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF y-New England 13 2 0 .867 480 x-N.Y. Jets 10 5 0 .667 329 Miami 7 8 0 .467 266 Buffalo 4 11 0 .267 276 South W L T Pct PF Indianapolis 9 6 0 .600 412 Jacksonville 8 7 0 .533 336 Tennessee 6 9 0 .400 336 Houston 5 10 0 .333 356 North W L T Pct PF x-Pittsburgh 11 4 0 .733 334 x-Baltimore 11 4 0 .733 344 Cleveland 5 10 0 .333 262 Cincinnati 4 11 0 .267 315 West W L T Pct PF y-Kansas City 10 5 0 .667 356 San Diego 8 7 0 .533 408 Oakland 7 8 0 .467 379 Denver 4 11 0 .267 316 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF y-Philadelphia 10 5 0 .667 426 N.Y. Giants 9 6 0 .600 377 Washington 6 9 0 .400 288 Dallas 5 10 0 .333 380 South W L T Pct PF x-Atlanta 12 3 0 .800 383 x-New Orleans 11 4 0 .733 371 Tampa Bay 9 6 0 .600 318 Carolina 2 13 0 .133 186 North W L T Pct PF y-Chicago 11 4 0 .733 331 Green Bay 9 6 0 .600 378 Minnesota 6 9 0 .400 268 Detroit 5 10 0 .333 342 West W L T Pct PF St. Louis 7 8 0 .467 283 Seattle 6 9 0 .400 294 San Francisco 5 10 0 .333 267 Arizona 5 10 0 .333 282 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division Today’s Games Oakland at Kansas City, 10 a.m.

Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 10 a.m.

Miami at New England, 10 a.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 10 a.m.

Carolina at Atlanta, 10 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

Cincinnati at Baltimore, 10 a.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 1:15 p.m.

San Diego at Denver, 1:15 p.m.

Chicago at Green Bay, 1:15 p.m.

Jacksonville at Houston, 1:15 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Washington, 1:15 p.m.

Dallas at Philadelphia, 1:15 p.m.

Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1:15 p.m.

St. Louis at Seattle, 5:20 p.m.

——— End of regular season

PA 306 297 295 387 PA 368 385 316 410 PA 223 263 291 382 PA 295 294 361 438 PA 363 333 360 423 PA 278 284 305 377 PA 276 237 328 356 PA 312 401 339 396

NFL PLAYOFF SCENARIOS AFC CLINCHED: New England, AFC East and homefield advantage; Kansas City, AFC West; Baltimore, playoff spot; N.Y. Jets, playoff spot; Pittsburgh, playoff spot.

ELIMINATED: Buffalo, Cincinnati, Denver, Cleveland, Houston, Miami, Oakland, San Diego, Tennessee.

PITTSBURGH — Clinches AFC North and a first-round bye with: 1) Win OR 2) Tie and Baltimore loss or tie OR 3) Baltimore loss BALTIMORE — Clinches AFC North and a first-round bye with: 1) Win and Pittsburgh loss or tie OR 2) Tie and Pittsburgh loss INDIANAPOLIS — Clinches AFC South with: 1) Win or tie OR 2) Jacksonvile loss or tie JACKSONVILLE — Clinches AFC South with: 1) Win and Indianapolis loss NFC CLINCHED: Chicago, NFC North and a first-round bye Philadelphia, NFC East; Atlanta, playoff spot; New Orleans, playoff spot.

ELIMINATED: Arizona, Carolina, Dallas, Detroit, Minnesota, San Francisco, Washington.

ATLANTA — Clinches NFC South and a first-round bye with: 1) Win or tie OR 2) New Orleans loss or tie — Clinches homefield advantage with: 1) Win or tie OR 2) New Orleans loss or tie and Chicago loss or tie CHICAGO — Clinched the NFC North and a first-round bye and clinches homefield advantage with: 1) Win and Atlanta loss and New Orleans loss or tie NEW ORLEANS — Clinches the NFC South and homefield advantage with: 1) Win and Atlanta loss GREEN BAY — Clinches a playoff spot with: 1) Win OR 2) Tie and N.Y. Giants loss or tie and Tampa Bay loss or tie OR 3) N.Y. Giants loss and Tampa Bay loss NEW YORK GIANTS — Clinch a playoff spot with: 1) Win and Green Bay loss or tie OR 3) Tie and Green Bay loss and Tampa Bay loss or tie TAMPA BAY — Clinches a playoff spot with: 3) Win and N.Y. Giants loss or tie and Green Bay loss or tie OR 4) Tie and N.Y. Giants loss and Green Bay loss ST. LOUIS — Clinches NFC West with: 1) Win or tie SEATTLE — Clinches NFC West with: 1) Win NFL INJURY REPORT

NEW YORK — The National Football League injury report, as provided by the league (OUT - Definitely will not play; DNP - Did not practice; LIMITED - Limited participation in practice; FULL - Full participation in practice): SUNDAY CHICAGO BEARS at GREEN BAY PACKERS — BEARS: QUESTIONABLE: WR Earl Bennett (ankle). PACKERS: OUT: S Atari Bigby (groin), RB Korey Hall (knee), DE Cullen Jenkins (calf), LB Frank Zombo (knee). PROBABLE: LB Diyral Briggs (ankle), T Chad Clifton (knees), S Nick Collins (ribs), LB Clay Matthews (shin), DE Ryan Pickett (ankle), CB Sam Shields (knee), LB Erik Walden (quadriceps), C Scott Wells (back), CB Charles Woodson (toe).

MIAMI DOLPHINS at NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — DOLPHINS: OUT: LB Karlos Dansby (toe), TE Anthony Fasano (knee), T Lydon Murtha (head).

QUESTIONABLE: CB Nolan Carroll (head). PATRIOTS: DOUBTFUL: DT Ron Brace (elbow), C Dan Connolly (concussion), DT Mike Wright (concussion). QUESTIONABLE: LB Tully Banta-Cain (groin), WR Deion Branch (knee), DE Jermaine Cunningham (calf), TE Aaron Hernandez (hip), DT Myron Pryor (back). PROBABLE: CB Kyle Arrington (elbow), QB Tom Brady (right shoulder, foot), CB Devin McCourty (rib), WR Wes Welker (not injury related).

MINNESOTA VIKINGS at DETROIT LIONS — VIKINGS: OUT: S Madieu Williams (concussion).

DOUBTFUL: QB Brett Favre (concussion, neck, right shoulder), S Tyrell Johnson (knee), WR Sidney Rice (concussion). QUESTIONABLE: CB Asher Allen (abdomen), LB Erin Henderson (concussion), RB Naufahu Tahi (ankle). PROBABLE: RB Adrian Peterson (knee). LIONS: DOUBTFUL: CB Chris Houston (shoulder). QUESTIONABLE: WR Calvin Johnson (ankle). PROBABLE: RB Jahvid Best (toe), DE Lawrence Jackson (groin), QB Drew Stanton (left shoulder).

CAROLINA PANTHERS at ATLANTA FALCONS — PANTHERS: OUT: RB Tony Fiammetta (ankle), CB Chris Gamble (ankle), DT Ed Johnson (knee). QUESTIONABLE: WR Steve Smith (calf). PROBABLE: LB Nic Harris (ankle), DT Nick Hayden (head), C Ryan Kalil (not injury related), RB Jonathan Stewart (foot). FALCONS: QUESTIONABLE: DT Jonathan Babineaux (shoulder), DE Kroy Biermann (calf), LB Curtis Lofton (knee), C Todd McClure (ankle). PROBABLE: DE John Abraham (groin), WR Roddy White (knee).

NEW YORK GIANTS at WASHINGTON REDSKINS — GIANTS: OUT: WR Hakeem Nicks (toe), C Shaun O’Hara (foot, Achilles), DE Dave Tollefson (knee).

QUESTIONABLE: DT Chris Canty (neck), CB Brian Jackson (knee), CB Corey Webster (ribs). PROBABLE: RB Ahmad Bradshaw (ankle), S Antrel Rolle (ankle), DE Justin Tuck (chest), DE Osi Umenyiora (knee). REDSKINS: QUESTIONABLE: WR Brandon Banks (knee), DT Anthony Bryant (elbow), S Reed Doughty (head), S Macho Harris (hip), LB Brian Orakpo (groin), C Casey Rabach (shoulder, knee), CB Carlos Rogers (calf), RB Ryan Torain (ribs).

OAKLAND RAIDERS at KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — RAIDERS: QUESTIONABLE: WR Johnnie Lee Higgins (ankle), RB Darren McFadden (toe), WR Nick Miller (ankle), DE Richard Seymour (hamstring), T Langston Walker (concussion). PROBABLE: CB Nnamdi Asomugha (ankle), T Mario Henderson (ankle), CB Chris Johnson (groin), TE Zach Miller (foot), S Mike Mitchell (shoulder, ribs). CHIEFS: DOUBTFUL: S Donald Washington (ankle).

PITTSBURGH STEELERS at CLEVELAND BROWNS — STEELERS: OUT: RB Mewelde Moore (knee), DE Aaron Smith (triceps). QUESTIONABLE: S Troy Polamalu (ankle), LB Jason Worilds (knee). PROBABLE: LB LaMarr Woodley (knee). BROWNS: QUESTIONABLE: DE Kenyon Coleman (knee), RB Peyton Hillis (ribs), DT Shaun Rogers (ankle, hip), G Floyd Womack (knee).

PROBABLE: LB Eric Alexander (groin), LB Marcus Benard (shoulder), CB Sheldon Brown (shoulder), LB Matt Roth (thumb), TE Robert Royal (shoulder), DT Brian Schaefering (shoulder), T John St. Clair (ankle), TE Benjamin Watson (ankle).

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS at HOUSTON TEXANS — JAGUARS: OUT: LB Justin Durant (groin), RB Maurice Jones-Drew (knee), TE Zach Miller (concussion).

QUESTIONABLE: S Courtney Greene (shoulder). PROBABLE: RB Greg Jones (back), WR Mike Sims-Walker (ankle). TEXANS: OUT: CB Sherrick McManis (hamstring). DOUBTFUL: TE Garrett Graham (hamstring), WR Andre Johnson (ankle). QUESTIONABLE: DT Shaun Cody (knee), DT Earl Mitchell (ankle), S Bernard Pollard (shoulder). PROBABLE: C Antoine Caldwell (shoulder), LB Brian Cushing (knee, foot), TE Owen Daniels (knee), K Neil Rackers (right hamstring).

BUFFALO BILLS at NEW YORK JETS — BILLS: OUT: WR Donald Jones (head), WR David Nelson (ribs).

QUESTIONABLE: QB Ryan Fitzpatrick (knee). PROBABLE: LB Mike Balogun (illness), T Demetrius Bell (knee), S Jon Corto (illness), LB Chris Kelsay (knee), CB Terrence McGee (head), NT Torell Troup (back), NT Kyle Williams (hip). JETS: OUT: S James Ihedigbo (knee, ankle), T Damien Woody (knee). DOUBTFUL: S Eric Smith (concussion). QUESTIONABLE: CB Antonio Cromartie (groin), DE Shaun Ellis (back), DT Sione Pouha (back), DE Trevor Pryce (hip), CB Darrelle Revis (hamstring). PROBABLE: WR Santonio Holmes (quadriceps), C Nick Mangold (shoulder), QB Mark Sanchez (right shoulder), G Matt Slauson (not injury related), WR Brad Smith (hand), LB Bryan Thomas (ankle).

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS at NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — BUCCANEERS: OUT: RB Earnest Graham (neck). QUESTIONABLE: WR Sammie Stroughter (hamstring). PROBABLE: T James Lee (ankle), TE Kellen Winslow (knee). SAINTS: QUESTIONABLE: WR Marques Colston (knee), DE Anthony Hargrove (knee), TE Jeremy Shockey (groin), TE David Thomas (knee), RB Pierre Thomas (ankle), LB Anthony Waters (ankle). PROBABLE: NT Remi Ayodele (ankle), DE Alex Brown (shoulder), RB Reggie Bush (chest), RB Christopher Ivory (hamstring), WR Robert Meachem (toe), DE Jimmy Wilkerson (foot).

DALLAS COWBOYS at PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — COWBOYS: OUT: WR Sam Hurd (head). QUESTIONABLE: QB Jon Kitna (abdomen). PROBABLE: LB Keith Brooking (foot), WR Jesse Holley (knee), LB Bradie James (knee), LB Sean Lee (shoulder), WR Roy Williams (groin).

EAGLES: OUT: LB Stewart Bradley (elbow). QUESTIONABLE: WR DeSean Jackson (foot), T Winston Justice (knee), DT Trevor Laws (shoulder, chest), CB Asante Samuel (knee), QB Michael Vick (quadriceps). PROBABLE: LB Keenan Clayton (hamstring), G Nick Cole (knee), TE Clay Harbor (abdomen), DT Mike Patterson (knee).

CINCINNATI BENGALS at BALTIMORE RAVENS — BENGALS: OUT: WR Chad Ochocinco (ankle).

DOUBTFUL: TE Jermaine Gresham (knee). QUESTIONABLE: CB Johnathan Joseph (ankle), LB Dan Skuta (back). PROBABLE: DE Carlos Dunlap (shoulder), RB Bernard Scott (toe). RAVENS: OUT: LB Tavares Gooden (shoulder), S Tom Zbikowski (back). QUESTIONABLE: TE Todd Heap (thigh), WR David Reed (wrist, head). PROBABLE: C Matt Birk (knee), LB Prescott Burgess (illness), WR Derrick Mason (ankle, abs), TE Dennis Pitta (head), S Ed Reed (neck), CB Fabian Washington (back).

TENNESSEE TITANS at INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — TITANS: QUESTIONABLE: C Fernando Velasco (knee).

PROBABLE: DE Jason Babin (shoulder), K Rob Bironas (right groin), S Michael Griffin (knee), DE William Hayes (concussion), P Brett Kern (right foot). COLTS: QUESTIONABLE: S Al Afalava (ankle), DT Eric Foster (biceps), RB Mike Hart (ankle), CB Kelvin Hayden (neck), T Charlie Johnson (groin), DT Daniel Muir (chest), C Jeff Saturday (hip), LB Clint Session (elbow), G Jaimie Thomas (ankle).

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS at DENVER BRONCOS — CHARGERS: DOUBTFUL: WR Patrick Crayton (wrist), LB Larry English (foot), RB Jacob Hester (knee).

QUESTIONABLE: C Scott Mruczkowski (ankle). PROBABLE: LB Antwan Applewhite (ankle), WR Malcom Floyd (hamstring), LB Brandon Siler (ribs). BRONCOS: QUESTIONABLE: CB Champ Bailey (ankle), S David Bruton (ribs), S Brian Dawkins (knee), LB Mario Haggan (quadriceps), S Darcel McBath (quadriceps), RB Knowshon Moreno (ribs), QB Kyle Orton (ribs), WR Eddie Royal (groin). PROBABLE: WR Eric Decker (ankle), QB Tim Tebow (ankle), WR Demaryius Thomas (ankle).

ARIZONA CARDINALS at SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — CARDINALS: DOUBTFUL: LB Joey Porter (tricep). QUESTIONABLE: LB Clark Haggans (groin), TE Ben Patrick (hamstring), RB LaRod Stephens-Howling (hamstring). 49ERS: OUT: CB Phillip Adams (ankle), TE Nate Byham (heel), LB Keaton Kristick (concussion), T Joe Staley (fibula), LB Patrick Willis (hand). PROBABLE: G David Baas (ribs), TE Vernon Davis (thumb), RB Anthony Dixon (ankle), DE Justin Smith (illness), LB Takeo Spikes (hand), RB Brian Westbrook (not injury related).

ST. LOUIS RAMS at SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — RAMS: QUESTIONABLE: TE Michael Hoomanawanui (ankle). PROBABLE: CB Jerome Murphy (finger). SEAHAWKS: QUESTIONABLE: QB Matt Hasselbeck (hip), WR Brandon Stokley (head). PROBABLE: K Olindo Mare (back), LB Lofa Tatupu (knee).

NFL TEAM STATISTICS Week 16 ——— TOTAL YARDAGE AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE OFFENSE Yards Rush Pass San Diego 5882 1646 4236 Indianapolis 5734 1382 4352 Houston 5689 1798 3891 Kansas City 5394 2512 2882 Oakland 5330 2285 3045 New England 5318 1792 3526 Denver 5245 1398 3847 N.Y. Jets 5228 2098 3130 Jacksonville 5138 2197 2941 Pittsburgh 5107 1824 3283 Baltimore 4967 1733 3234 Miami 4920 1599 3321 Cincinnati 4894 1432 3462 Buffalo 4716 1683 3033 Tennessee 4493 1676 2817 Cleveland 4410 1603 2807

DEFENSE Yards Rush Pass San Diego 4008 1354 2654 Pittsburgh 4204 961 3243 Miami 4447 1420 3027 N.Y. Jets 4502 1417 3085 Baltimore 4707 1413 3294 Kansas City 4939 1555 3384 Oakland 4964 2023 2941 Cincinnati 5113 1745 3368 Indianapolis 5124 1981 3143 Cleveland 5183 1970 3213 Buffalo 5398 2438 2960 Jacksonville 5452 1701 3751 Tennessee 5525 1750 3775 New England 5614 1684 3930 Houston 5709 1553 4156 Denver 5806 2309 3497 NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE OFFENSE Yards Rush Pass Philadelphia 5986 2203 3783 N.Y. Giants 5760 2118 3642 New Orleans 5655 1413 4242 Dallas 5556 1627 3929 Green Bay 5446 1546 3900 Atlanta 5106 1792 3314 Detroit 5066 1506 3560 Tampa Bay 5045 1917 3128 Washington 4989 1394 3595 Minnesota 4828 1868 2960 St. Louis 4662 1531 3131 San Francisco 4651 1557 3094 Seattle 4432 1283 3149 Chicago 4404 1506 2898 Arizona 4030 1310 2720 Carolina 3844 1709 2135 DEFENSE Yards Rush Pass New Orleans 4583 1713 2870 N.Y. Giants 4587 1553 3034 Minnesota 4645 1528 3117 Green Bay 4718 1728 2990 Chicago 4745 1381 3364 Philadelphia 4963 1607 3356 San Francisco 4965 1469 3496 Tampa Bay 5018 2001 3017 Carolina 5022 1882 3140 Atlanta 5028 1557 3471 St. Louis 5055 1669 3386 Detroit 5286 1925 3361 Dallas 5384 1613 3771 Arizona 5615 2223 3392 Seattle 5713 1856 3857 Washington 5903 1959 3944 AVERAGE PER GAME AMERICAN FOOTBALL CONFERENCE OFFENSE Yards Rush Pass San Diego 392.1 109.7 282.4 Indianapolis 382.3 92.1 290.1 Houston 379.3 119.9 259.4 Kansas City 359.6 167.5 192.1 Oakland 355.3 152.3 203.0 New England 354.5 119.5 235.1 Denver 349.7 93.2 256.5 N.Y. Jets 348.5 139.9 208.7 Jacksonville 342.5 146.5 196.1 Pittsburgh 340.5 121.6 218.9 Baltimore 331.1 115.5 215.6 Miami 328.0 106.6 221.4 Cincinnati 326.3 95.5 230.8 Buffalo 314.4 112.2 202.2 Tennessee 299.5 111.7 187.8 Cleveland 294.0 106.9 187.1 DEFENSE Yards Rush Pass San Diego 267.2 90.3 176.9 Pittsburgh 280.3 64.1 216.2 Miami 296.5 94.7 201.8 N.Y. Jets 300.1 94.5 205.7 Baltimore 313.8 94.2 219.6 Kansas City 329.3 103.7 225.6 Oakland 330.9 134.9 196.1 Cincinnati 340.9 116.3 224.5 Indianapolis 341.6 132.1 209.5 Cleveland 345.5 131.3 214.2 Buffalo 359.9 162.5 197.3 Jacksonville 363.5 113.4 250.1 Tennessee 368.3 116.7 251.7 New England 374.3 112.3 262.0 Houston 380.6 103.5 277.1 Denver 387.1 153.9 233.1 NATIONAL FOOTBALL CONFERENCE OFFENSE Yards Rush Pass Philadelphia 399.1 146.9 252.2 N.Y. Giants 384.0 141.2 242.8 New Orleans 377.0 94.2 282.8 Dallas 370.4 108.5 261.9 Green Bay 363.1 103.1 260.0 Atlanta 340.4 119.5 220.9 Detroit 337.7 100.4 237.3 Tampa Bay 336.3 127.8 208.5 Washington 332.6 92.9 239.7 Minnesota 321.9 124.5 197.3 St. Louis 310.8 102.1 208.7 San Francisco 310.1 103.8 206.3 Seattle 295.5 85.5 209.9 Chicago 293.6 100.4 193.2 Arizona 268.7 87.3 181.3 Carolina 256.3 113.9 142.3 DEFENSE Yards Rush Pass New Orleans 305.5 114.2 191.3 N.Y. Giants 305.8 103.5 202.3 Minnesota 309.7 101.9 207.8 Green Bay 314.5 115.2 199.3 Chicago 316.3 92.1 224.3 Philadelphia 330.9 107.1 223.7 San Francisco 331.0 97.9 233.1 Tampa Bay 334.5 133.4 201.1 Carolina 334.8 125.5 209.3 Atlanta 335.2 103.8 231.4 St. Louis 337.0 111.3 225.7 Detroit 352.4 128.3 224.1 Dallas 358.9 107.5 251.4 Arizona 374.3 148.2 226.1 Seattle 380.9 123.7 257.1 Washington 393.5 130.6 262.9

College NCAA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SUBDIVISION All Times PST ——— Championship Friday, Jan. 7 At Pizza Hut Park Frisco, Texas Eastern Washington (12-2) vs. Delaware (12-2), 4 p.m.

BOWLS Subject to Change All Times PST ——— Saturday, Jan. 1 TicketCity Bowl: Texas Tech 45, Northwestern 38 Capital One Bowl: Alabama 49, Michigan State 7 Outback Bowl: Florida 37, Penn State 24 Gator Bowl: Mississippi State 52, Michigan 14 Rose Bowl: TCU 21, Wisconsin 19 Fiesta Bowl: Oklahoma 48, Connecticut 20 Monday, Jan. 3 Orange Bowl: Stanford (11-1) vs. Virginia Tech (112), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Jan. 4 Sugar Bowl: Ohio State (11-1) vs. Arkansas (10-2), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Jan. 6 GoDaddy.com Bowl: Miami (Ohio) (9-4) vs. Middle Tennessee (6-6), 5 p.m. (ESPN) Friday, Jan. 7 Cotton Bowl: Texas A&M (9-3) vs. LSU (10-2), 5 p.m. (Fox) Saturday, Jan. 8 BBVA Compass Bowl: Pittsburgh (7-5) vs. Kentucky (6-6), 9 a.m. (ESPN) Sunday, Jan. 9 Fight Hunger Bowl: Boston College (7-5) vs. Nevada (12-1), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 10 BCS National Championship: Auburn (13-0) vs.

Oregon (12-0), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday’s Summaries ——— ROSE BOWL No. 3 TCU 21, No. 4 WISCONSIN 19 Wisconsin 10 3 0 6 — 19 TCU 14 0 7 0 — 21 First Quarter Wis—FG Welch 30, 10:39.

TCU—B.Johnson 23 pass from Dalton (Evans kick), 6:15.

Wis—Clay 1 run (Welch kick), 3:14.

TCU—Dalton 4 run (Evans kick), :36.

Second Quarter Wis—FG Welch 37, :00.

Third Quarter TCU—Shivers 1 run (Evans kick), 11:56.

Fourth Quarter Wis—Ball 4 run (pass failed), 2:00.

A—94,118.

——— Wis TCU First downs 20 18 Rushes-yards 46-226 26-82 Passing 159 219 Comp-Att-Int 12-21-0 15-23-0 Return Yards 13 0 Punts-Avg. 3-42.0 4-36.5 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 6-41 4-20 Time of Possession 36:35 23:25 ——— INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Wisconsin: Ball 22-132, Clay 11-76, White 8-23, Nortman 1-11, Tolzien 4-(minus 16). TCU: Dalton 9-28, James 4-24, Tucker 4-15, Wesley 4-13, Kerley 2-5, Shivers 1-1, Team 2-(minus 4).

PASSING—Wisconsin: Tolzien 12-21-0-159.

TCU: Dalton 15-23-0-219.

RECEIVING—Wisconsin: Kendricks 4-36, Toon 3-46, Gilreath 2-23, Ewing 1-28, Abbrederis 1-16, Anderson 1-10. TCU: Kerley 6-58, Young 5-57, Boyce 1-44, Wesley 1-33, B.Johnson 1-23, Hicks 1-4.

FIESTA BOWL No. 9 OKLAHOMA 48, No. 25 CONNECTICUT 20 Connecticut 0 10 10 0 — 20 Oklahoma 14 6 14 14 — 48 First Quarter Okl—Hanna 8 pass from L.Jones (Stevens kick), 10:09.

Okl—Murray 3 run (Stevens kick), :24.

Second Quarter Conn—Gratz 46 interception return (Teggart kick), 12:58.

Okl—FG Stevens 41, 9:57.

Okl—FG Stevens 24, 2:05.

Conn—FG Teggart 37, :26.

Third Quarter Okl—Kenney 59 pass from L.Jones (Stevens kick), 10:55.

Okl—Fleming 55 interception return (Stevens kick), 9:44.

Conn—Frey 95 kickoff return (Teggart kick), 9:30.

Conn—FG Teggart 38, 5:04.

Fourth Quarter Okl—Broyles 5 pass from L.Jones (Stevens kick), 7:49.

Okl—Jefferson 22 interception return (Stevens kick), 2:40.

A—67,232.

——— Conn Okl First downs 19 27 Rushes-yards 41-112 30-95 Passing 223 429 Comp-Att-Int 19-39-2 34-50-1 Return Yards 45 169 Punts-Avg. 7-46.9 4-40.8 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 3-1 Penalties-Yards 3-25 1-3 Time of Possession 31:49 28:11 ——— INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Connecticut: Todman 32-121, Frey 5-8, Frazer 4-(minus 17). Oklahoma: Murray 25-93, Franks 1-4, Madu 1-3, Team 2-(minus 2), L.Jones 1(minus 3).

PASSING—Connecticut: Frazer 19-39-2-223.

Oklahoma: L.Jones 34-49-1-429, Nimmo 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING—Connecticut: K.Moore 4-62, Griffin 4-48, Smith 4-20, Sherman 3-63, I.Moore 2-27, Todman 1-3, Frey 1-0. Oklahoma: Broyles 13-170, Stills 8-73, Kenney 7-154, Franks 3-25, Murray 2-(minus 1), Hanna 1-8.

ROSE BOWL WINNERS Jan. 1, 2011—TCU 21, Wisconsin 19 Jan. 1, 2010—Ohio State 26, Oregon 17 Jan. 1, 2009—Southern Cal 38, Penn State 24 Jan. 1, 2008—Southern Cal 49, Illinois 17 Jan. 1, 2007—Southern Cal 32, Michigan 18 Jan. 4, 2006—Texas 41, Southern Cal 38 Jan. 1, 2005—Texas 38, Michigan 37 Jan. 1, 2004—Southern Cal 28, Michigan 14 Jan. 1, 2003—Oklahoma 34, Washington State 14 Jan. 3, 2002—Miami 37, Nebraska 14 Jan. 1, 2001—Washington 34, Purdue 24 Jan. 1, 2000—Wisconsin 17, Stanford 9 Jan. 1, 1999—Wisconsin 38, UCLA 31 Jan. 1, 1998—Michigan 21, Washington State 17 Jan. 1, 1997—Ohio State 20, Arizona State 17 Jan. 1, 1996—Southern Cal 41, Northwestern 32 Jan. 2, 1995—Penn State 38, Oregon 20 Jan. 1, 1994—Wisconsin 21, UCLA 16 Jan. 1, 1993—Michigan 38, Washington 31 Jan. 1, 1992—Washington 34, Michigan 14 Jan. 1, 1991—Washington 46, Iowa 34 Jan. 1, 1990—Southern Cal 17, Michigan 10 Jan. 2, 1989—Michigan 22, Southern Cal 14 Jan. 1, 1988—Michigan State 20, Southern Cal 17 Jan. 1, 1987—Arizona State 22, Michigan 15 Jan. 1, 1986—UCLA 45, Iowa 28 Jan. 1, 1985—Southern Cal 20, Ohio State 17 Jan. 2, 1984—UCLA 45, Illinois 9 Jan. 1, 1983—UCLA 24, Michigan 14 Jan. 1, 1982—Washington 28, Iowa 0 Jan. 1, 1981—Michigan 23, Washington 6 Jan. 1, 1980—Southern Cal 17, Ohio State 16 Jan. 1, 1979—Southern Cal 17, Michigan 10 Jan. 2, 1978—Washington 27, Michigan 20 Jan. 1, 1977—Southern Cal 14, Michigan 6 Jan. 1, 1976—UCLA 23, Ohio State 10 Jan. 1, 1975—Southern Cal 18, Ohio State 17 Jan. 1, 1974—Ohio State 42, Southern Cal 21 Jan. 1, 1973—Southern Cal 42, Ohio State 17 Jan. 1, 1972—Stanford 13, Michigan 12 Jan. 1, 1971—Stanford 27, Ohio State 17 Jan. 1, 1970—Southern Cal 10, Michigan 3 Jan. 1, 1969—Ohio State 27, Southern Cal 16 Jan. 1, 1968—Southern Cal 14, Indiana 3 Jan. 2, 1967—Purdue 14, Southern Cal 13 Jan. 1, 1966—UCLA 14, Michigan State 12 Jan. 1, 1965—Michigan 34, Oregon State 7 Jan. 1, 1964—Illinois 17, Washington 7 Jan. 1, 1963—Southern Cal 42, Wisconsin 37 Jan. 1, 1962—Minnesota 21, UCLA 3 Jan. 2, 1961—Washington 17, Minnesota 7 Jan. 1, 1960—Washington 44, Wisconsin 8

Betting Line Favorite CHIEFS PATRIOTS COLTS TEXANS Steelers RAVENS LIONS Giants PACKERS EAGLES JETS FALCONS SAINTS Rams 49ERS Chargers Note: The favorite.

NFL (Home teams in Caps) Opening Current Underdog Today 4 3.5 Raiders 5 5 Dolphins 9 9.5 Titans 2.5 (J) 3 Jaguars 6 5.5 BROWNS 10 9.5 Bengals 3.5 3 Vikings 3.5 4 REDSKINS 5 9.5 Bears 7 3 Cowboys 3 1.5 Bills 14.5 14 Panthers 8 7 Bucs 1.5 3 SEAHAWKS 6.5 6 Cardinals 3.5 3 BRONCOS J denotes that Jacksonville opened as a

Stanford

College January 3 Orange Bowl 3 3

Virginia Tech

Ohio State

January 4 Sugar Bowl 3.5 3.5

Arkansas

Miami (Ohio)

January 6 GMAC Bowl 1.5 1

Mid. Tenn. St.

Lsu

January 7 Cotton Bowl PK 1

Texas A&M

Pitt

January 8 BBVA Compass Bowl 2.5 3

Kentucky

Nevada

January 9 Fight Hunger Bowl 9 8 Boston College

Auburn

January 10 BCS National Championship 2.5 2.5 Oregon

BASKETBALL Men’s college Saturday’s Games ——— EAST Georgetown 86, DePaul 75 St. John’s 67, Providence 65

Syracuse 70, Notre Dame 58 SOUTH Boston College 85, South Carolina 70 N.C. State 76, San Diego 54 MIDWEST Bowling Green 67, Saint Louis 61 Butler 76, Valparaiso 59 Cleveland St. 83, Ill.-Chicago 59 Creighton 73, Drake 57 Dayton 76, New Mexico 73, 2OT Evansville 64, Indiana St. 59 Loyola of Chicago 83, Youngstown St. 53 Marquette 79, West Virginia 74 Missouri St. 82, Illinois St. 71 S. Illinois 57, N. Iowa 55 W. Illinois 59, Purdue-Calumet 56 Wichita St. 79, Bradley 63 Wis.-Milwaukee 84, Detroit 81, OT Wright St. 67, Wis.-Green Bay 64 SOUTHWEST Arkansas St. 81, W. Kentucky 73 North Texas 80, Louisiana-Lafayette 63 SMU 82, Dallas Christian 49 FAR WEST Arizona St. 60, Oregon 55 BYU 93, Fresno Pacific 57 Hampton 77, Colorado St. 75 S. Dakota St. 105, S. Utah 95 San Francisco 68, Dominican, Calif. 47 PAC-10 STANDINGS All Times PST ——— Conference All Games W L PCT W L PCT Washington 2 0 1.000 10 3 .769 Oregon St. 1 0 1.000 6 6 .500 Arizona 1 0 1.000 12 2 .857 Stanford 0 0 .000 7 4 .636 California 0 0 .000 7 5 .583 Southern Cal 1 1 .500 9 6 .600 UCLA 1 1 .500 9 5 .642 Arizona St. 1 1 .500 8 5 .615 Oregon 0 2 .000 7 7 .500 Washington St. 0 2 .000 10 4 .714 ——— Saturday’s Game Arizona State 60, Oregon 55 Today’s Games California at Stanford, 5 p.m.

Arizona at Oregon State, 7 p.m.

Saturday’s Summary ——— ARIZONA ST. 60, OREGON 55 ARIZONA ST. (8-5) Felix 6-12 7-8 19, Kuksiks 2-7 0-0 6, Cain 1-2 0-0 2, Abbott 2-7 0-1 4, McMillan 0-1 0-0 0, Hawkins 1-3 0-0 3, Dunson 5-8 2-3 14, Bachynski 0-0 0-0 0, Creekmur 0-1 2-2 2, King 0-0 0-2 0, Pateev 5-8 0-1 10. Totals 22-49 11-17 60.

OREGON (7-7) Armstead 2-8 0-1 4, Singler 5-13 8-8 19, Catron 3-6 5-7 11, Loyd 0-2 0-0 0, Strowbridge 2-7 0-0 4, Fearn 0-0 0-0 0, Sim 1-6 2-2 5, Williams 3-4 0-0 8, Jacob 1-7 0-2 2, Nared 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 17-53 17-22 55.

Halftime—Arizona St. 28-24. 3-Point Goals—Arizona St. 5-15 (Dunson 2-4, Kuksiks 2-5, Hawkins 1-2, Abbott 0-1, McMillan 0-1, Felix 0-2), Oregon 4-16 (Williams 22, Sim 1-4, Singler 1-4, Armstead 0-2, Strowbridge 0-4).

Fouled Out—Cain. Rebounds—Arizona St. 33 (Hawkins 7), Oregon 36 (Singler 9). Assists—Arizona St. 13 (Felix 4), Oregon 9 (Armstead 4). Total Fouls—Arizona St. 20, Oregon 19. Technical—Cain. A—7,165.

Women’s college Saturday’s Games ——— EAST Cornell 58, Ithaca 55 New Hampshire 88, Rhode Island 74, 3OT Syracuse 91, Ark.-Pine Bluff 56 SOUTH Delaware St. 90, Wesley 58 Miami 91, Lipscomb 52 MIDWEST Illinois St. 69, N. Iowa 60 Indiana St. 84, Bradley 68 Toledo 71, North Dakota 55 FAR WEST Idaho St. 84, Montana Tech 51 Montana St. 79, Utah Valley 70 Nevada 57, BYU 53 Utah 73, Utah St. 61

HOCKEY NHL NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE All Times PST ——— EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 40 25 12 3 53 127 94 Philadelphia 38 23 10 5 51 128 102 N.Y. Rangers 39 22 14 3 47 119 100 N.Y. Islanders 36 11 19 6 28 84 118 New Jersey 38 10 26 2 22 68 122 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 37 20 11 6 46 108 84 Montreal 39 21 16 2 44 97 92 Ottawa 40 16 19 5 37 90 121 Buffalo 38 16 18 4 36 105 114 Toronto 37 14 19 4 32 89 111 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 39 23 11 5 51 121 122 Washington 40 23 12 5 51 120 106 Atlanta 41 20 15 6 46 127 122 Carolina 37 18 15 4 40 108 111 Florida 35 16 17 2 34 95 92 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Detroit 38 24 9 5 53 131 107 St. Louis 37 20 12 5 45 99 100 Columbus 38 20 15 3 43 100 110 Chicago 39 20 16 3 43 123 113 Nashville 37 18 13 6 42 91 92 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 36 23 8 5 51 125 91 Colorado 38 20 13 5 45 131 123 Minnesota 37 17 15 5 39 92 107 Calgary 39 18 18 3 39 105 110 Edmonton 37 12 18 7 31 95 126 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 39 22 13 4 48 110 109 San Jose 39 21 13 5 47 115 108 Los Angeles 38 22 15 1 45 113 92 Anaheim 41 20 17 4 44 107 118 Phoenix 37 17 13 7 41 101 107 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Saturday’s Games Buffalo 7, Boston 6, SO Toronto 5, Ottawa 1 Carolina 6, New Jersey 3 Tampa Bay 2, N.Y. Rangers 1, OT Washington 3, Pittsburgh 1 San Jose 1, Los Angeles 0 Calgary 2, Edmonton 1 Today’s Games Atlanta at Montreal, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Florida, 2 p.m.

Philadelphia at Detroit, 2 p.m.

Dallas at St. Louis, 3 p.m.

Columbus at Nashville, 3 p.m.

Phoenix at Minnesota, 3 p.m.

Vancouver at Colorado, 5 p.m.

Chicago at Anaheim, 5 p.m.

Monday’s Games Boston at Toronto, 4 p.m.

Florida at Carolina, 4 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Calgary, 6 p.m.

Chicago at Los Angeles, 6 p.m.

Vancouver at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

DEALS Transactions BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA—Fined Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy $35,000 for public comments about the officiating following a Dec. 30 game against New York. Fined Boston G-F Paul Pierce $15,000 for throwing an object into the stands during a Dec. 28 game at Indiana.

FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS—Re-signed LB Shawne Merriman.

CAROLINA PANTHERS—Placed FB Tony Fiammetta on injured reserve. Signed LB Tommy Williams from the practice squad.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Signed D Dylan Olsen to a three-year contract.

MONTREAL CANADIENS—Assigned D Brett Festerling to Hamilton (AHL).

COLLEGE PITTSBURGH—Fired football coach Mike Haywood.

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THE BULLETIN • Sunday, January 2, 2011 D3

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Oregon falls to Arizona State MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

The Associated Press EUGENE — It wasn’t the farewell that the Ducks had hoped for venerable McArthur Court.

Carrick Felix had 19 points and Arizona State held off Oregon 60-55 Saturday night in the final men’s game at the Ducks’ home since 1927.

Felix hit a layup with 33 seconds left and added a pair of free throws down the stretch for the Sun Devils (8-5, 1-1 Pac10). Brandon Dunson added 14 points.

Mac Court, as it is affectionately known, is the second oldest active on-campus arena in Division I, just two years younger than Fordham’s Rose Hill Gym. Oregon’s Matthew Knight Arena, named after the late son of booster and Nike co-founder Phil Knight, will host its first game on Jan. 13, when the Ducks play Southern California.

The Sun Devils were without leading scorer Trent Lockett for the second straight game be-

cause of an injured big toe on his left foot. Lockett, averaging 14.7 points, also was absent for Thursday’s 80-58 loss at Oregon State in the Pac-10 opener on Thursday.

E.J. Singler finished with 19 points and nine rebounds for Oregon (7-7, 0-2).

“For me personally, Mac Court has been a really special place for me and I wanted to come out with a big bang in the last big game here at Mac,” Singler said.

The first men’s game at Mac Court was played on Jan. 14, 1927, when Oregon defeated Willamette 38-10. The building was later home to the Oregon’s famed “Tall Firs” team, which beat Ohio State 46-33 to win the first NCAA basketball championship in 1939.

A banner recognizing the feat hangs from the rafters and one of the team’s players, forward

John Dick, was at Saturday night’s game. He fist-pumped for the crowd at halftime.

Arizona State jumped out 11-3 early on Dunson’s tip-in.

The Ducks closed to 21-20 on Singler’s basket and free throw with 4:24 left in the first half. But Oregon was unable to get any closer and the Sun Devils led 2824 at the half.

Malcolm Armstead’s layup early in the second half gave the Ducks a 32-30 lead that put the crowd on its feet. Oregon held it until Dunson made a layup and a free throw to put Arizona State up 43-42 with 11:20 left. Rihard Kuksik’s 3-pointer extended it to 46-42.

The two teams wrestled with the lead until Corey Hakins’ 3pointer made it 56-51 with 5:56 left and it appeared the Sun Devils were pulling away.

Also on Saturday:

No. 5 Syracuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 No. 15 Notre Dame . . . . . . . . . . 58 SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Kris Joseph had 18 points, Scoop Jardine had 15 points and nine assists, and Syracuse beat Notre Dame.

The Orange (15-0, 2-0 Big East) broke open a tight game with a 17-3 run that started with a jumper from the top of the key by Joseph. That snapped a 44-44 tie with 13:02 left as the Irish (12-2, 11) began losing the ball too often.

No. 9 Georgetown. . . . . . . . . . . 86 DePaul. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 WASHINGTON — Austin Freeman and Jason Clark scored 21 points apiece, and Georgetown survived a second-half scare before pulling away for a win over DePaul. Chris Wright added 17 points — all in the second half — as Georgetown (12-2, 1-1 Big East) rebounded from a loss to Notre Dame in its conference opener.

Don Ryan / The Associated Press

Oregon forward Joevan Catron, right, drives to the basket against Arizona State center Joran Bachynski during the first half of Saturday’s Pac-10 game in Eugene.

NBA ROUNDUP

NBA SCOREBOARD

Injury-plagued Mavericks suffer 99-87 loss to Bucks The Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Injuries are starting to catch up to the Dallas Mavericks.

Caron Butler went down with a knee injury in the first quarter, and Milwaukee’s Earl Boykins returned after a one-game suspension to score a season-high 26 points in the Bucks’ 99-87 victory Saturday night. The short-handed Mavericks have lost three straight.

The extent of Caron’s injury wasn’t known after the game, but the Mavericks were preparing to play an extended time without the 6-foot7 forward who entered the night averaging 15.4 points.

“We’re afraid that it’s potentially serious,” Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said. “We’ll find out (Sunday) where things are at, probably later in the day.”

Butler was to stay in Milwaukee overnight and return to Dallas today to be further examined.

Missing Dirk Nowitzki for the third consecutive game because of a sprained right knee and Shawn Marion with a thigh injury, the Mavericks suffered another blow when Butler was hurt. He stayed on the floor for a couple of minutes before limping off the court to the locker room with 2:47 left in the first quarter.

The trio averages just over 50 points a game.

“Look, with Dirk out and Shawn out, it’s a game we had to win and we won,” Milwaukee coach Scott Skiles said. “That’s great.”

With all those injured players, Dallas turned to reserve guard Jose Barea, who scored a careerhigh 29 points in 35 minutes. Dallas has lost all three games with Nowitzki out of the lineup.

In other games on Saturday: Heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Warriors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107 MIAMI — LeBron James had 25 points and 10 assists, Dwyane Wade also scored 25 points and Miami overcame a 20-point deficit to beat Golden State for its 17th victory in 18 games. Chris Bosh added 20 points and 11 rebounds to help Miami pull into a virtual tie with Boston atop the Eastern Conference.

Spurs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 Thunder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 SAN ANTONIO — Tim Duncan scored 21 points, George Hill had 16 and NBA-best San Antonio won its fourth in a row, handing Oklahoma City its most-lopsided loss of the season. Coming off wins over the Los Angeles Lakers and Dallas, the Spurs again beat one of the West’s top teams to improve to 29-4 — one of the 10 best starts in NBA history. San Antonio has won 14 of 15.

Bulls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 Cavaliers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 CHICAGO — Derrick Rose had 28 points and 11 assists and Chicago won for the 13th time in 15 games. Luol Deng had 23 points for Chicago, and Carlos Boozer added 20 points and 11 rebounds.

SUMMARIES

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Saturday’s Games

Atlantic Division

Bucks 99, Mavericks 87 DALLAS (87) Butler 2-6 0-0 5, Cardinal 1-6 4-4 7, Chandler 4-5 3-3 11, Kidd 5-12 2-2 14, Stevenson 3-9 0-1 8, Barea 11-21 6-6 29, Haywood 0-1 1-4 1, Terry 3-15 0-0 7, Novak 1-3 0-0 3, Ajinca 0-2 0-0 0, Mahinmi 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 30-80 18-22 87.

MILWAUKEE (99) Mbah a Moute 1-4 0-0 2, Ilyasova 5-11 6-6 16, Bogut 4-9 0-0 8, Dooling 3-7 0-1 7, Salmons 9-15 1-2 21, Boykins 9-16 7-8 26, Maggette 27 5-6 9, Brockman 2-2 0-0 4, Douglas-Roberts 3-6 0-2 6, Skinner 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 38-77 19-25 99.

Dallas 18 32 21 16 — 87 Milwaukee 25 27 21 26 — 99 3-Point Goals—Dallas 9-32 (Kidd 2-5, Stevenson 2-8, Novak 1-1, Butler 1-2, Barea 1-4, Cardinal 1-5, Terry 1-6, Ajinca 0-1), Milwaukee 4-16 (Salmons 2-4, Dooling 1-3, Boykins 1-5, Douglas-Roberts 0-2, Ilyasova 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Dallas 38 (Kidd 7), Milwaukee 61 (Ilyasova 17). Assists—Dallas 16 (Kidd 9), Milwaukee 24 (Boykins 6). Total Fouls—Dallas 23, Milwaukee 18. Technicals— Cardinal, Haywood. A—13,194 (18,717).

Boston New York Philadelphia Toronto New Jersey

W 24 18 13 11 9

Miami Orlando Atlanta Charlotte Washington

W 26 21 21 11 8

L 9 12 14 20 24

Chicago Indiana Milwaukee Detroit Cleveland

W 22 14 13 11 8

L 10 17 18 22 25

Jeffrey Phelps / The Associated Press

Dallas Mavericks’ Brian Cardinal (35) drives against Milwaukee Bucks’ Andrew Bogut (6) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Saturday in Milwaukee.

Timberwolves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 Nets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88 MINNEAPOLIS — Kevin Love had 23 points and 10 rebounds to lead Minnesota. Darko Milicic scored 16 points on eight-for-nine shooting and the defensively porous Wolves held the Nets to nine points in the third quarter to win for the third time in four games.

Hornets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 Wizards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 WASHINGTON — Trevor Ariza scored a season-high 22 points, Emeka Okafor had 17 points and a season-high 15 rebounds and Chris Paul added 13 points and 11 assists for New Orleans.

Paul also had seven steals and one turnover.

Jazz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98 Grizzlies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 SALT LAKE CITY — Paul Millsap scored 22 points on eight-of-11 shooting and Deron Williams had 10 points in the fourth quarter to help short-handed Utah beat Memphis. It was Utah’s eighth straight home win against the Grizzlies.

Nuggets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104 Grizzlies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 DENVER — Carmelo Anthony was rusty in his return to the Denver lineup after a two-week absence following the death of his sister, and his teammates picked up the slack in the Nuggets’ victory over Sacramento. Anthony missed 15 of his first 18 shots and finished with 16 points and 10 rebounds in 31 minutes.

Spurs 101, Thunder 74 OKLAHOMA CITY (74) Durant 7-15 2-4 16, Green 2-9 3-4 7, Krstic 2-5 2-2 6, Westbrook 3-11 2-2 8, Sefolosha 02 0-0 0, Ibaka 5-13 4-6 14, Collison 0-2 0-0 0, Harden 4-11 3-4 12, Maynor 2-7 0-0 4, White 0-3 0-0 0, Mullens 1-4 1-2 3, Ivey 2-3 0-0 4. Totals 28-85 17-24 74.

SAN ANTONIO (101) Jefferson 3-7 1-1 8, Duncan 10-15 1-3 21, Blair 6-13 0-0 12, Parker 7-10 0-0 14, Ginobili 2-11 3-4 9, Hill 6-10 4-4 16, Bonner 2-3 0-0 5, Udoka 0-0 1-2 1, Splitter 2-7 2-2 6, Neal 2-10 0-0 5, Quinn 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 42-90 12-16 101.

Oklahoma City 17 19 17 21 — 74 San Antonio 31 18 28 24 — 101 3-Point Goals—Oklahoma City 1-7 (Harden 1-1, Durant 0-1, Green 0-2, Maynor 0-3), San Antonio 5-16 (Ginobili 2-7, Jefferson 1-2, Bonner 1-2, Neal 1-3, Quinn 0-1, Hill 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Oklahoma City 58 (Ibaka 13), San Antonio 58 (Duncan, Blair 9).

Assists—Oklahoma City 10 (Sefolosha 3), San Antonio 23 (Parker 10). Total Fouls—Oklahoma City 17, San Antonio 20. Technicals—San Antonio defensive three second. A—18,581 (18,797).

T’wolves 103, Nets 88 NEW JERSEY (88) Outlaw 6-14 3-4 17, Humphries 5-7 2-4 12, Lopez 3-7 0-2 6, Harris 3-13 10-13 16, Graham

Pct .774 .563 .394 .344 .265

GB — 6½ 12 13½ 16½

L10 7-3 5-5 5-5 3-7 3-7

Str L-2 L-2 L-1 L-1 L-5

Home 13-2 8-7 8-6 7-9 6-9

Away 11-5 10-7 5-14 4-12 3-16

Conf 20-4 11-9 8-14 8-12 5-16

Away 12-5 9-7 9-9 3-12 0-16

Conf 16-4 16-6 16-8 7-13 5-17

Away 8-7 5-9 5-11 3-14 3-15

Conf 11-5 9-10 7-7 7-11 7-17

Southeast Division Pct .743 .636 .600 .355 .250

GB — 4 5 13 16½

L10 9-1 6-4 5-5 3-7 2-8

Str W-5 W-5 L-1 L-1 L-2

Home 14-4 12-5 12-5 8-8 8-8

Central Division Pct .688 .452 .419 .333 .242

GB — 7½ 8½ 11½ 14½

L10 8-2 3-7 5-5 4-6 1-9

Str W-4 W-1 W-1 L-1 L-6

Home 14-3 9-8 8-7 8-8 5-10

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

Nuggets 104, Kings 86 SACRAMENTO (86) Garcia 4-10 1-2 10, Thompson 8-9 1-3 17, Cousins 7-13 2-4 16, Udrih 2-10 0-0 5, Evans 6-17 0-2 12, Dalembert 1-3 0-0 2, Landry 6-9 1-2 13, Casspi 1-6 0-0 3, Jeter 0-4 0-0 0, Taylor 1-6 1-2 4, Greene 0-1 0-0 0, Jackson 2-2 0-0 4.

Totals 38-90 6-15 86.

DENVER (104) Anthony 6-22 4-4 16, Martin 1-4 0-0 2, Nene 6-8 4-7 16, Billups 7-11 5-5 22, Afflalo 0-4 0-0 0, Andersen 2-4 3-3 7, Smith 7-12 0-1 17, Lawson 3-7 1-2 7, Williams 3-5 0-0 6, Forbes 4-8 3-4 11.

Totals 39-85 20-26 104.

Sacramento 23 16 21 26 — 86 Denver 23 28 18 35 — 104 3-Point Goals—Sacramento 4-15 (Udrih 1-1, Casspi 1-2, Taylor 1-2, Garcia 1-6, Jeter 0-1, Evans 0-3), Denver 6-14 (Billups 3-4, Smith 3-5, Lawson 0-1, Afflalo 0-2, Anthony 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Sacramento 45 (Cousins 8), Denver 68 (Nene 14).

Assists—Sacramento 23 (Evans 5), Denver 22 (Billups 5). Total Fouls—Sacramento 22, Denver 18. Technicals—Cousins. A—17,466 (19,155).

L 7 14 20 21 25

San Antonio Dallas New Orleans Houston Memphis

W 29 24 20 16 14

L 4 8 14 16 19

Utah Oklahoma City Denver Portland Minnesota

W 23 23 19 17 9

L 11 12 13 16 25

L.A. Lakers Phoenix Golden State L.A. Clippers Sacramento

W 23 14 13 10 6

L 10 17 20 23 24

Pct .879 .750 .588 .500 .424

GB — 4½ 9½ 12½ 15

L10 9-1 6-4 6-4 8-2 5-5

Str W-4 L-3 W-2 W-1 L-2

Home 19-2 13-6 13-4 10-5 9-6

Away 10-2 11-2 7-10 6-11 5-13

Conf 20-3 15-4 10-9 10-9 9-12

Away 11-5 10-6 5-10 6-13 2-17

Conf 12-10 12-8 13-7 11-11 3-18

GB — ½ 3 5½ 14

L10 6-4 6-4 5-5 5-5 3-7

Str W-1 L-1 W-3 W-1 W-1

Home 12-6 13-6 14-3 11-3 7-8

Away 12-6 6-10 5-14 3-11 2-10

Conf 12-6 10-11 8-13 8-17 2-17

Paciic Division Pct .697 .452 .394 .303 .200

GB — 8 10 13 15½

L10 Str 7-3 W-2 3-7 W-1 5-5 L-1 5-5 L-1 1-9 L-1 ——— Saturday’s Games

Home 11-4 8-7 8-6 7-12 4-14

Chicago 100, Cleveland 91 Miami 114, Golden State 107 San Antonio 101, Oklahoma City 74 Utah 98, Memphis 92

New Orleans 92, Washington 81 Minnesota 103, New Jersey 88 Denver 104, Sacramento 86 Milwaukee 99, Dallas 87 Today’s Games

Indiana at New York, 10 a.m.

Boston at Toronto, 3 p.m.

Houston at Portland, 6 p.m.

Memphis at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m.

Atlanta at L.A. Clippers, 12:30 p.m.

Dallas at Cleveland, 4 p.m.

Phoenix at Sacramento, 6 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Miami at Charlotte, 4 p.m.

Minnesota at Boston, 4:30 p.m.

Houston at Denver, 6 p.m.

Golden State at Orlando, 4 p.m.

Philadelphia at New Orleans, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Utah, 6 p.m.

All Times PST

2-3 0-0 4, Petro 3-8 0-0 6, Vujacic 9-16 1-2 22, Favors 2-2 0-1 4, Uzoh 0-3 1-2 1, Ross 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-73 17-28 88.

MINNESOTA (103) Beasley 4-10 2-2 10, Love 7-12 7-8 23, Milicic 8-9 0-0 16, Ridnour 3-8 2-2 9, Johnson 2-8 3-4 7, Pekovic 2-5 4-4 8, Brewer 2-7 2-2 7, Webster 3-5 1-2 10, Telfair 4-7 0-0 8, Koufos 22 1-2 5, Ellington 0-0 0-0 0, Gaines 0-0 0-2 0.

Totals 37-73 22-28 103.

New Jersey 29 26 9 24 — 88 Minnesota 36 18 23 26 — 103 3-Point Goals—New Jersey 5-15 (Vujacic 3-7, Outlaw 2-6, Harris 0-2), Minnesota 7-16 (Webster 3-4, Love 2-3, Brewer 1-3, Ridnour 1-3, Johnson 0-3). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—New Jersey 49 (Humphries 14), Minnesota 44 (Love 10). Assists—New Jersey 22 (Harris 8), Minnesota 19 (Ridnour 6). Total

Bulls 100, Cavaliers 91 CLEVELAND (91) Parker 3-14 0-0 7, Jamison 5-16 7-8 19, Powe 6-13 2-4 14, Harris 4-10 2-2 11, Sessions 5-9 3-3 13, Gee 1-4 4-4 6, Hickson 9-16 3-4 21, Moon 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-82 21-25 91.

CHICAGO (100) Deng 9-17 4-5 23, Boozer 6-14 8-10 20, Thomas 2-4 1-2 5, Bogans 0-1 0-0 0, Rose 9-21 8-10 28, T.Gibson 2-6 2-2 6, Brewer 3-4 2-2 8, Asik 2-4 0-0 4, Watson 1-6 0-0 3, Korver 1-3 0-1 3. Totals 35-80 25-32 100.

Cleveland 28 33 9 21 — 91 Chicago 24 29 32 15 — 100 3-Point Goals—Cleveland 4-18 (Jamison 2-8, Harris 1-2, Parker 1-6, Gee 0-1, Sessions 0-1), Chicago 5-17 (Rose 2-6, Korver 1-2, Watson 1-4, Deng 1-4, Bogans 0-1). Fouled Out— None. Rebounds—Cleveland 50 (Jamison 9), Chicago 55 (Thomas 13). Assists—Cleveland 19 (Parker 8), Chicago 21 (Rose 11). Total Fouls—Cleveland 21, Chicago 20. A—21,416 (20,917).

Hornets 92, Wizards 81

Northwest Division Pct .676 .657 .594 .515 .265

Golden State 36 36 12 23 — 107 Miami 28 30 25 31 — 114 3-Point Goals—Golden State 13-27 (D.Wright 6-13, Ellis 3-5, Carney 1-1, Law 12, Curry 1-2, Radmanovic 1-3, Williams 0-1), Miami 9-21 (Jones 4-7, Arroyo 3-4, Chalmers 2-5, Wade 0-2, James 0-3). Fouled Out—None.

Rebounds—Golden State 46 (Lee 12), Miami 52 (Bosh 11). Assists—Golden State 19 (Ellis 7), Miami 24 (James 10). Total Fouls—Golden State 31, Miami 12. Technicals—Golden State defensive three second, Bosh, Miami defensive three second. A—20,254 (19,600).

Fouls—New Jersey 22, Minnesota 28. Technicals—Minnesota defensive three second.

A—12,665 (19,356).

Heat 114, Warriors 107 GOLDEN STATE (107) D.Wright 12-21 0-0 30, Radmanovic 2-7 1-2 6, Lee 6-14 1-2 13, Curry 7-12 0-0 15, Ellis 7-16 8-10 25, Law 3-6 0-0 7, Udoh 1-2 2-2 4, Carney 1-4 0-0 3, Amundson 2-4 0-0 4, Williams 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 41-87 12-16 107.

MIAMI (114) James 7-15 11-17 25, Bosh 6-10 8-9 20, Ilgauskas 2-3 0-0 4, Arroyo 4-7 0-0 11, Wade 7-18 11-16 25, Anthony 0-1 4-4 4, Jones 4-7 1-1 13, Howard 2-3 0-0 4, Chalmers 3-7 0-0 8. Totals 35-71 35-47 114.

NEW ORLEANS (92) Ariza 10-16 0-1 22, West 5-12 0-0 10, Okafor 7-8 3-5 17, Paul 6-12 1-2 13, Belinelli 3-7 3-4 11, M.Thornton 0-3 2-2 2, Smith 0-2 0-0 0, Jack 3-8 6-7 12, Green 2-8 0-0 5, Gray 0-1 0-0 0, Pondexter 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 36-78 15-21 92.

WASHINGTON (81) Lewis 6-12 1-1 14, Blatche 4-12 0-0 8, McGee 6-9 0-0 12, Wall 4-10 2-2 12, Young 9-20 5-5 24, Hudson 1-4 0-1 3, Armstrong 0-1 2-2 2, A.Thornton 1-5 0-0 2, Martin 2-4 0-0 4. Totals 33-77 10-11 81.

New Orleans 24 18 26 24 — 92 Washington 23 24 15 19 — 81 3-Point Goals—New Orleans 5-16 (Belinelli 2-3, Ariza 2-6, Green 1-4, M.Thornton 0-1, Paul 0-2), Washington 5-19 (Wall 2-5, Hudson 12, Lewis 1-5, Young 1-5, Martin 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—New Orleans 51 (Okafor 15), Washington 42 (McGee 13). Assists—New Orleans 22 (Paul 11), Washington 21 (Wall 10).

Total Fouls—New Orleans 14, Washington 20.

Technicals—New Orleans defensive three second. A—16,026 (20,173).

Jazz 98, Grizzlies 92 MEMPHIS (92) Young 4-11 0-0 8, Randolph 10-18 7-10 27, Gasol 4-8 7-9 16, Conley 6-14 4-4 17, Mayo 618 3-4 18, Allen 0-3 0-0 0, Vasquez 2-2 0-0 4, Haddadi 1-1 0-0 2, Arthur 0-1 0-0 0, Thabeet 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 33-77 21-27 92.

UTAH (98) Kirilenko 2-7 0-0 4, Millsap 8-11 6-6 22, Jefferson 3-12 5-10 11, Williams 5-10 8-11 19, Bell 4-8 0-0 10, Hayward 6-10 1-2 13, Fesenko 2-5 1-2 5, Watson 0-0 1-4 1, Elson 2-3 0-0 4, Price 3-7 0-0 7, Evans 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 36-74 22-35 98.

Memphis 21 17 31 23 — 92 Utah 21 27 23 27 — 98 3-Point Goals—Memphis 5-18 (Mayo 3-9, Gasol 1-1, Conley 1-7, Allen 0-1), Utah 4-11 (Bell 2-3, Price 1-2, Williams 1-4, Hayward 0-1, Kirilenko 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Memphis 52 (Randolph 16), Utah 49 (Millsap 10). Assists—Memphis 18 (Conley 7), Utah 27 (Watson 6). Total Fouls—Memphis 27, Utah 19. Technicals—Allen, Memphis Bench, Elson 2. Ejected— Elson. A—19,732 (19,911).

Former WNBA president happy with league’s current position WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

By Doug Feinberg The Associated Press

NEW YORK — Donna Orender is proud of what she accomplished during her time as president of the WNBA. From acquiring corporate jersey sponsorships to increasing exposure to having a team turn a profit for the first time, the league was in a better position when her tenure ended Friday than it was when she took the job six years ago.

“I think what I’m most happy about is that from the time I arrived to the time I’m departing there’s just a tremendous growth in every sector of the league,” Orender said by phone last week. “When I got there, there wasn’t a whole lot of enthusiasm. As I depart I am buoyed by the amount of interest, quality of play, and quality of ownership.”

Orender decided in early December to step down and spend more time with her family. From the day she took the job after working at the PGA for 17 years, she always had the league’s fans in the forefront of her mind.

From responding directly to their emails, sharing her thoughts with them

Carlos Osorio / AP ile

WNBA President Donna Orender is proud of what she’s accomplished during her time in the WNBA. on a blog, or just talking to them whenever she walked into any WNBA arena, the league’s president knew that the fan base was the league’s lifeblood.

“Perhaps there’s a part of me that’s a fan,” she said. “As much energy as I put in, I got my energy back from the fans.

They know me, they e-mail me on a regular basis, send me comments, write me letters. I made it a goal to be as responsive to each and every one as I could.”

The league has made strides since Orender succeeded Val Ackerman as president in 2005. Four teams now have marquee jersey sponsorships, attendance at games has risen, and the WNBA is in the midst of an eight-year deal with ESPN. “During Donna’s tenure, the WNBA continued its growth and further solidified its position as an icon for social change, providing great role models for young women who want to achieve in sports, business and life,” NBA commissioner David Stern said. “Donna’s passion and dedication underscored everything she did and we look forward to building upon the success she helped sustain.”

Despite the deep recession, the Connecticut Sun this past season became the first WNBA team to turn a profit.

“The best way to look at what Donna’s meant to the league is to look at things before,” said Connecticut Sun President and CEO Mitchell Etess. “You look at

how many independent teams there were before and it was just us. Now you look at independent ownership and there are a bunch of teams. Look at the more broad acceptance of the women’s game as a whole, Donna was a huge ambassador for women’s basketball.”

In the past year alone Orender has helped the league secure new marketing deals with Coca-Cola, Pirate’s Booty and Jamba Juice.

“Donna has been great for the league because of her ‘just do it’ attitude and thinking outside the box for ideas to pull in sponsors and continued support for the league,” Indiana Fever star Tamika Catchings wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press.

“Her charisma and down-to-earth attitude allowed people to get close to her and while everyone has ideas suggestions she did her best to try to use those and turn them into realities for the WNBA.” Besides the growth of the league, Orender was proud of developing a women’s luncheon that has honored some of the nation’s female leaders, including former Secretaries of State

Condoleezza Rice and Madeleine Albright, as well as TV personality Robin Roberts.

NBA senior vice president Chris Granger will oversee the league’s operations until a new president is found.

“I guess we would be endeavoring to get someone before the season starts,” Etess said. “Reality is, this is a position I wouldn’t want to rush to fill. It’s more important to get the right person who has the combination of sales, enthusiasm and basketball.”

Orender’s departure has prompted some to question the league’s viability.

The WNBA has seen three franchises fold in the last four years, and another sold and moved.

Etess has a different view.

“If you looked at where the WNBA stands after 15 years to where other major professional sports leagues were in their first 15 years it compares very favorably,” he said. “People are looking for reasons the league will fail.

“How many teams move in other sports? I think Donna’s departure has nothing to do with the way the league is.”

C OL L EGE F OO T BA L L

D4 Sunday, January 2, 2011 • THE BULLETIN

Rituals

ROSE BOWL

TCU stops Wisconsin to stay unbeaten

By Greg Beacham The Associated Press

PASADENA, Calif. — When Tank Carder leaped with perfect timing and swatted Wisconsin’s final pass to the turf, the TCU linebacker felt as if he got a boost from every player at every school that never even imagined playing in the Rose Bowl.

Sure, these unbeaten Horned Frogs realized they couldn’t win the national title. They still celebrated their perfection on the hallowed Pasadena turf in the name of all the little guys outside the monolithic powers of major college football.

Andy Dalton threw a touchdown pass and ran for a score, Carder batted down a 2-point conversion pass attempt with 2 minutes to play, and third-ranked TCU hung on to beat No. 4 Wisconsin 21-19 on Saturday.

Bart Johnson caught an early TD pass and recovered a late onside kick for the Mountain West champion Horned Frogs (13-0), who followed up their second straight unbeaten regular season with their first BCS victory.

TCU is the first school from a nonautomatic qualifying conference to play in the Rose Bowl since the advent of the BCS, and the Frogs were right at home.

“All the critics don’t feel like the non-AQ teams should have a shot,” said Carder, the defensive MVP. “But I feel that TCU has proven that we can play with the best of them. Definitely taking this win back to Fort Worth ... I feel like we came in here and made a statement today.”

Marcio Sanchez / The Associated Press

TCU linebacker Tank Carder (43) sacks Wisconsin quarterback Scott Tolzien (16) during the second half of the Rose Bowl on Saturday in Pasadena, Calif. TCU took a 21-19 win over Wisconsin.

Either Auburn or Oregon will win the national title after they meet in the BCS championship game in eight days. These ferocious Frogs still proved they can play with anybody on college football’s biggest stages.

“The way the system is, it didn’t give us the opportunity to play in the (title) game, but we did everything we were capable of doing,” said Dalton, who passed for 219 yards. “All we could do is control what we could

control. I guess it’s just the way the system is, but in my time here at TCU, we never thought we would have a chance to play in the Rose Bowl, and we got that opportunity today, and got a big win.”

TCU lost last year’s Fiesta Bowl to Boise State by a touchdown, but that’s still the only loss of the past two seasons for the improbable power built deep in the heart of football-crazy Texas by coach Gary Patterson.

The non-AQ schools improved to 5-2 in BCS bowls with the Frogs’ triumph — 4-1 vs. the leagues with automatic bids. Fans can debate where TCU’s win in Pasadena ranks with Boise State’s thrilling one-point win over Oklahoma in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl or Utah’s upset of Alabama in the 2009 Sugar Bowl, but the Frogs will always be the first back-to-back BCS busters — even after they head to the Big East in 2012.

“I’ve been saying for a while that parity in college football is here,” Patterson said. “I got texts from everybody across the nation, from Boise State and schools all over. ...

Today we played for us, and for all the schools that wanted a chance.”

Montee Ball rushed for 132 yards and a late score for the Big Ten cochampion Badgers (11-2), whose loss capped a nightmare New Year’s Day for their conference. The Big Ten went 0-5 in bowl games Saturday, and the Badgers fell just short of a late rally when Carder made a defensive play that will live forever in TCU lore.

Oklahoma ends bowl skid, beats Connecticut The Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — No more BCS losing streak for the Oklahoma Sooners. They busted it up in a big way.

Landry Jones threw for a school bowl-record 429 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 9 Oklahoma ended a five-game BCS bowl losing streak with a 48-20 win over Connecticut in the Fiesta Bowl on Saturday night.

Oklahoma (12-2) carried plenty of BCS baggage after losing three straight title games and two Fiesta Bowls. The Sooners avoided the setback six pack behind Jones and Ryan Broyles, who had team records of 13 catches and 170 yards to go with the sealing touchdown.

“Coming out here and winning a bowl game, especially a BCS bowl with our past and losing so many of them, to win one for the program, for coach (Bob) Stoops and all those guys, it’s just a great feeling right now,” Jones said. “It motivated us. We came into the same situation a couple of times and came out with some losses, and to win a game after those, it’s just a great feeling.”

Connecticut (8-5) at least kept close for a while in its first BCS bowl.

The hopeful Huskies steadied themselves after an initial barrage from Oklahoma and avoided a complete New Year’s Day desert disaster with hard-nosed running by Jordan Todman and a handful of big plays.

Todman had 121 yards on 32 carries and Robbie Frey returned a kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown, helping UConn provide at least a glimmer of hope that it’s not just a basketball school anymore.

“Our kids did a great job and now know what to strive for so they can do it each and every year,” UConn coach Randy Edsall said.

Oklahoma had been down this road before.

The Sooners played in the 2007 and 2008 Fiesta

COLLEGE FOOTBALL ROUNDUP Bowls, so they know the town, the stadium, the routine.

They also know disappointment.

In both games, Oklahoma came into the desert favorites and left embarrassed; first to trick-playing, BCS-busting Boise State, then in lopsided fashion to West Virginia.

To shake up their mojo, the Sooners switched hotels, practice sites, everything possible to keep from getting that here-we-go-again Fiesta feeling.

It worked.

In other games on Saturday: OUTBACK BOWL Florida. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Penn State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 TAMPA, Fla. — Omarius Hines and Mike Gillislee ran for touchdowns, Chas Henry kicked three second-half field goals, and Ahmad Black sealed the Outback Bowl win with an 80-yard interception return TD to help Florida (8-5) send coach Urban Meyer out with a smile.

GATOR BOWL No. 21 Mississippi State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Michigan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Chris Relf threw three touchdown passes, Vick Ballard ran for three scores and the Bulldogs overwhelmed the Wolverines.

CAPITAL ONE BOWL No. 15 Alabama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 No. 7 Michigan State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 ORLANDO, Fla. — Mark Ingram ran for two scores to break the Alabama career touchdown record, and the Crimson Tide rolled to the most lopsided victory in Capital One Bowl history.

TICKETCITY BOWL

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Oklahoma wide receiver Trey Franks (2) is upended by Connecticut linebacker Martin Hyppolite (45) during the third quarter of the Fiesta Bowl on Saturday in Glendale, Ariz.

Texas Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Northwestern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 DALLAS — Taylor Potts threw four touchdown passes and scored another on a trick play, and Eric Stephens ran 86 yards for a score to carry Texas Tech.

Continued from D1 If he doesn’t win two games of Solitaire on the bus to the game? Trouble.

Drink water on the sideline without throwing some of it to the right? Uh oh.

Lose a headband? Disaster. A knee pad? Well, that’s a must because that’s a superstition in its own right.

The shaggy-haired Ziemba did eventually find a headband, and the top-ranked Tigers managed to beat South Carolina despite that harrowing pregame incident.

Paysinger, an oustanding 6-foot-3, 231-pound senior linebacker for second-ranked Oregon, can relate. He’s probably the most superstitious Duck.

Like Ziemba, Paysinger needs things to be the same way each week.

“I wear the same socks, after I wash them, and I like to eat the same meal the morning before a game,” Paysinger said. “I did that first three years ago before (the season opener with Washington).

I’m a simple man, I like to stick to what I know.”

His breakfast menu is a bagel and egg sandwich with fruit and cranberry juice.

He had his own stressful break with ritual before last season’s game against rival Oregon State.

“Last year against Oregon State we stayed at a different hotel the night before and it really bugged him,” teammate Casey Matthews said.

The Ducks still managed a 37-33 victory and went on to play in their first Rose Bowl since 1995.

“I think (superstitions) are pretty funny, but if it works for you, keep doing them,” Matthews said.

Auburn receivers coach Trooper Taylor said the Tigers have “quite a few superstitions,” mostly little things.

“There’s some guys that will sit in the same chair,” Taylor said. “When we get on the bus, there’s some guys who refuse to not sit in the exact same spot, listen to the exact same music that they listened to for the first 13 ball games.

“With switching socks or switching wristbands, there’s so many. It’s really ridiculous. At the same time, we’re not going to buck the system. If it’s been working, keep doing what you’ve been doing.”

There’s no doubt Ziemba will, with plenty of help. He even enlists team physical therapist David Walsh during games.

“It’s not his job to pass out water, but me and him have a system,” Ziemba said. “It’s kind of a superstition. Every time we come off the field, he’s sitting right behind my seat. He has a cup of Gatorade and a cup of water. I always take the water cup first. I drink half of it, and I throw the rest of it on the right side of my seat. Every time.”

He always puts everything in the same spot in his locker. When he’s stretching, “I flip my helmet with my fingers in the earholes, set it down, put my left glove and my right glove on top of the helmet. And if I accidentally knock my gloves over, it throws me all off. It’s crazy. I’m telling you, it’s crazy. It’s bad.”

No argument from Auburn guard Mike Berry.

“One that’s been consistent since he got here is that he doesn’t put his own jersey on,” Berry said.

“He always gets help putting it on. Most guys put their jerseys on and then put the pads on? He always has to put his pads on first and get somebody to help him get his jersey over his pads. He feels like if he doesn’t do that, he’ll get hurt.”

Berry is a partner in one ritual, the knee pad thing. That one started last year when Berry began swiping that piece of Ziemba’s gear before games.

“He’d take them and wear them,” Ziemba said.

“I caught him one day and he put them back. He made me turn around to where I couldn’t see him do it and then he snatched ’em. I read where he said he’s not superstitious. He’s superstitious, too. It’s bad for him, too. Don’t let him fool you.”

Berry tells it differently. Once that tradition started, he said, Ziemba “made sure I got them at the beginning of each game.”

The coaches aren’t immune to the comfort of faithfully observing a superstition. Before the Tigers’ opener, running backs coach Curtis Luper couldn’t find his pants. Turns out, Taylor was wearing them. And a new tradition was born.

“The next week, coach (Jay) Boulware said, ‘Troop, you’ve got to put Loop’s pants on again,’ ” Luper said. “I reluctantly gave him my pants. That’s been for 13 consecutive (games). It’ll be 14 on Jan. 10. I’ve got to give my pants to Troop. He parades around in them and then I put them on.”

Now, he said, “14-0 is the goal.”

Stanford coach Harbaugh coy as options multiply

By Karen Crouse

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who believe that this season’s team is bumping up against an • Orange Bowl, ivory-towered ceiling.

MIAMI SHORES, Fla. Stanford vs.

— Emblazoned on the sides of Harbaugh has been offered Virginia Tech a new contract to stay at Stanthe buses ferrying the Stanford football team to its Orange • W h en: ford and try to mold a program Bowl activities this week is the limited by rigorous academic Monday, oversize image of its coach, Jim standards into a perennial BCS 5:30 p.m.

Harbaugh. He is depicted on power. But nobody would be the run, charging ahead of his • TV: ESPN surprised to see him bolt, eiplayers. But where is he going? • Radio: KICEther to Michigan, whose coach, The question gains dimenRich Rodriguez, is said to be on AM 940 sion with each new rumor shaky ground, or to the NFL, coming down Florida’s Turnwhere his older brother, John, pike. After four seasons at Stanford, is coach of the Baltimore Ravens.

Harbaugh is at a professional cross“It really is a philosophical decision,” roads, the direction he takes hinging on John Harbaugh said in a telephone his personal signpost of success. interview.

Is it staying put and making football As much as he would love to see his matter at a university focused on aca- brother in the NFL, ideally with an NFC demic excellence? Is it feeding the foot- franchise so that their head-to-head ball frenzy at his alma mater, Michigan? meetings would be infrequent, John Or is it taking his coaching talents to the Harbaugh added, “In the end I think he’s NFL? going to go with his heart, which might On the topic of his future, Harbaugh be a good thing for Stanford.” has been uncharacteristically circumIf anybody is capable of reading Harspect. After leading the fifth-ranked baugh’s mind as he mulls his options, it Cardinal through a spirited practice is John L. Smith, who remade a one-vicat Barry University on Wednesday, he tory Louisville team into an 11-win proinsisted that his focus was firmly on gram in four years in the early 2000s.

Stanford’s game against Virginia Tech Faced with some of the same frustraon Monday. tions gnawing at Harbaugh, including When pressed about the speculation an inability to sell out home games dethat he would leave the Farm for greener spite the team’s success, Smith left Loupastures, Harbaugh offered this: “I just isville for Michigan State. He was fired love to compete and I like challenges.” after four seasons and is now the speAt Stanford, Harbaugh has taken a cial-teams coach at Arkansas. program that won one game in 2006, the Speaking by telephone from New season before he arrived, and guided it Orleans, where the Razorbacks are preto an 11-1 record this season. The Car- paring for the Sugar Bowl, Smith said: dinal last competed in a major bowl af- “Really, to be honest with you, I felt like ter the 1999 season, and there are those I backed myself into a corner I couldn’t New York Times News Service

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Stanford head coach Jim Harbaugh talks with quarterback Andrew Luck during practice at Barry University in Miami Shores, Fla., Wednesday. get out of when I made the decision to leave. In hindsight, I wish I would have been open enough to suck it up and sit down with the A.D. and say, ‘I don’t want to leave, but this is what I need.’ ” The Cardinal is making its first appearance in the Orange Bowl, but Harbaugh has been here before. His father, Jack, was an assistant coach under Bo Schembechler at Michigan when the Wolverines lost to Oklahoma, the eventual national champion, in the 1976 Orange Bowl. The week was memorable, Harbaugh’s father recalled, for a side trip to Disney World that Schembechler

arranged for the Wolverines’ traveling party.

At the end of the day, Harbaugh, then 12, and his brother begged their father to let them go on one more ride, which caused them to be a few minutes late getting back to the bus for the ride to the airport and the return flight to Miami.

Jack Harbaugh, whose coaching career spanned more than 40 years and who led Western Kentucky to the Division 1-AA national title in 2002, said: “I remember thinking, ‘That’s it, my job’s gone,’ because Bo Schembechler waits for no one. We sprinted to the bus and got on, and Bo was in the first seat. He looked down as we walked past, and then I was sure I was going to be fired. A few minutes later, Bo’s wife and younger son get on the bus, the doors closed behind them, and we took off.”

Harbaugh’s father laughed and said, “Bo’s kid saved my job.”

On a day when the Florida sun was giving off less heat than usual, Jack Harbaugh was warmed by the sight of his son conducting practice.

“When I see John and Jim, I see what I wish I could have been as a coach,” he said. “They have a passion. And the thing I enjoy about watching them is how they both can be tough and demanding but how their players also seem to rally around them. I came up in an era where you coached by fear and intimidation. I envy them a little for the relationships they have with their players.”

Members of this year’s Stanford team speak of Harbaugh’s infectious energy and enthusiasm and his compulsion to win, which they say is also catching. He can make them gasp with his high-in-

tensity practices, but he can also make them laugh, as he did while delivering his postpractice comments Wednesday.

“It is hard not to be fired up with him,” Richard Sherman, a senior cornerback, said, adding, “He made people believe that winning is possible anywhere, and don’t let the academic standards or anything bring you down or make you think you can’t win.”

Harbaugh, 47, was a star quarterback at Michigan and played 15 seasons in the NFL. His resume, which includes a stint coaching the Oakland Raiders’ quarterbacks in 2002 and 2003, makes him an attractive candidate to replace Mike Singletary, who was fired Sunday, as the San Francisco 49ers’ next coach.

When Singletary’s ouster was made public, John Harbaugh said: “I thought to myself, I can’t imagine Jim not being mentioned for that job. I think it would be a great fit.”

Others apparently feel the same way.

In an online survey, readers of The San Jose Mercury News website favored Harbaugh over Jon Gruden and Mike Holmgren as Singletary’s replacement.

Harbaugh’s name has also surfaced in North Carolina, where the Panthers have announced that John Fox will not return and where Andrew Luck, Stanford’s junior quarterback, could be headed as the No. 1 overall draft pick if he decides to turn pro.

The speculation about his future, Harbaugh said, has not been a distraction.

“I just concentrate on doing a good job at what I’m doing,” he said. “I’m just very superficial in that way. I’m as transparent as a baggie. There’s nothing deep.

You can’t peel back the onion.”

THE BULLETIN • Sunday, January 2, 2011 D5

NHL ROUNDUP

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From 50 yard s or two, the favored route to six is by air

By Judy Battista New York Times News Service

Keith Srakocic / The Associated Press

Washington Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin (8) exchanges blows with Pittsburgh Penguins’ Chris Kunitz (14) at the end of the third period of the NHL Winter Classic outdoor hockey game in Pittsburgh on Saturday. The Capitals won 3-1.

Capitals beat Penguins in rainy Winter Classic The Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Eric Fehr upstaged stars Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin by scoring twice and the Washington Capitals waded through rain drops to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-1 in a wet Winter Classic on Saturday night.

It was the NHL’s first nighttime Winter Classic, and the first played in occasional rain, but the Capitals handled the elements — and a scoreless Crosby — just fine.

Fehr gave Washington its first lead at 2-1 in the second period after Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury abandoned the net, then sealed it with a breakaway goal in the third.

Washington goalie Semyon Varlamov, starting because of Michal Neuvirth’s thigh injury, gave up Evgeni Malkin’s goal in the second period but turned aside the other 32 shots.

The game was originally scheduled for 10 a.m. PST, before the NHL moved the start because of the rain threat.

After a scoreless first period in which the two teams adjusted to playing outdoors at night — many never had at any organized level — and the choppy ice, the Penguins took a 1-0 lead. Malkin took Kris Letang’s

banked pass off the boards to beat Varlamov inside the near post at 2:15.

Malkin’s 14th goal caused a never-before-seen sight at Heinz Field: fans in the crowd of 68,111 twirling Terrible Towels to salute a Penguins goal rather than a Steelers touchdown.

Pittsburgh couldn’t maintain the momentum, though, as the Capitals held down Crosby, who went scoreless for a second successive game after posting at least one point in 25 consecutive games. He had five shots.

“In the third period, weather became a problem,” Ovechkin said. “But we handled it.”

Also on Saturday: Lightning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Range rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 TAMPA, Fla. — Nate Thompson scored 19 seconds into overtime to help Tampa Bay beat the New York Rangers. Thompson scored from in-close off a pass from the left wing boards by Dana Tyrell.

Sabres. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Bruins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 BUFFALO, N.Y. — Drew Stafford scored three times and Tyler Ennis netted the decisive shootout goal in rallying Buffalo to a win over Boston. Jason Pominville had two goals and two assists and Thomas Vanek had a

goal and an assist.

Hurricanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Devils . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 RALEIGH, N.C. — Sergei Samsonov and rookie Jeff Skinner scored two goals apiece, and Carolina beat struggling New Jersey for its third straight win.

Tuomo Ruutu added a goal and three assists.

Maple Leafs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Senators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 OTTAWA — Tyler Bozak scored two goals, rookie James Reimer made 32 saves in his first NHL start, and Toronto beat Ottawa. Darryl Boyce scored his first NHL goal and Clarke MacArthur and Luke Schenn also tallied for Toronto, which led 5-0 just over 5 minutes into the second.

Sharks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Kings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 LOS ANGELES — Antti Niemi posted his ninth NHL shutout with 29 saves, and Devin Setoguchi scored on his 24th birthday to lead San Jose to a victory over Los Angeles.

Flames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Oilers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 EDMONTON, Alberta — Mark Giordano’s second-period goal stood up as the winner as Calgary extended its winning streak to a season-best four games with a victory over Edmonton.

One statistic may slam door on Palmeiro Hall of Fame bid

By Michael S. Schmidt New York Times News Service

Three baseball milestones have traditionally guaranteed a player’s entry into the Hall of Fame.

Smack more than 500 home runs, pile up more than 3,000 hits or win more than 300 games, and Cooperstown beckons.

Of the 203 players in the Hall, 56 have accomplished at least one of those three feats. Two others do not have plaques. One is Pete Rose, who has the most hits in the history of Major League Baseball but is ineligible because of his lifetime ban for betting on games. The other is Mark McGwire, who briefly held the singleseason home run mark, with 70, and hit 583 home runs in his career, but has drawn little support in his first four years on the ballot because of his links to performance-enhancing drugs.

Now comes a third candidate who is likely to find himself shunned by baseball writers when the results of the Hall balloting are announced on Wednesday, even though he has two of the three major milestones on his resume.

Over his 20-year career, Rafael Palmeiro hit 569 home runs and compiled 3,020 hits. Only three others — Willie Mays, Hank Aaron and Eddie Murray — surpassed 500 home runs and 3,000 hits, and each was elected to the Hall the first time he was on the ballot.

But standing in Palmeiro’s way in his first year of eligibility are that his numbers speak more to longevity than to dominance as a player and, more important, that his image suffered greatly in 2005, when he was suspended for

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a positive steroid test five months after pointing his finger at members of Congress and insisting he never used steroids.

Palmeiro’s dramatic gesture came during a nationally televised hearing, the same one in which McGwire did great damage to his Hall of Fame candidacy by continually declining to answer questions about steroid use. Years later, McGwire finally admitted that he had used performance enhancers while an active player; Palmeiro, however, continues to maintain that his positive steroid test was an accident, a result of a tainted B12 vitamin shot given to him by Miguel Tejada, then his Baltimore Orioles teammate.

But that denial seems unlikely to carry much weight within the world of baseball, where he remains guilty as charged. Interviews last week with a halfdozen writers and commentators — some of whom cast Hall of Fame ballots — revealed an informal consensus that Palmeiro would be a Hall of Famer, although hardly an imposing one, if not for the stain of steroids.

“It’s kind of an unusual Hall of Fame career,” said Bob Costas, the longtime television commentator and baseball historian, who is not a Hall voter. “While he was an excellent player for years, the consensus among people in baseball would never have said that he was one of the best players in the game.”

In fact, Palmeiro made only four All-Star teams in his career and never finished higher than fifth in balloting for the Most

Valuable Player award in either league. And he was never on a World Series winner.

Still, Costas said, he would have voted for Palmeiro if he had a vote but for the positive drug test.

Henry Schulman, a longtime baseball writer for The San Francisco Chronicle, said that if Palmeiro had not tested positive, he would have been a borderline first-ballot player.

“I’m a voter who believes the first ballot should be reserved for players whose names instantaneously scream ‘Hall of Fame!’ when they are mentioned,” he said. “I’m not sure he is one.”

Tim Brown, the national baseball writer for Yahoo Sports, said, “Putting the steroid issue aside, I believe he is probably a first-ballot Hall of Famer by the numbers.”

He added, “I sort of cast a wary eye on players who accumulated great stats over a long career, but I think he was dominant enough to be strongly considered the first time he’s on the ballot.”

But like Costas, both Schulman and Brown said the steroid issue had made Palmeiro an unsupportable candidate, this year or in the foreseeable future.

Ross Newhan, a former national baseball writer for The Los Angeles Times, said he was not turned off by the fact that Palmeiro had accumulated his statistics over so many years and had few truly dominant ones.

“I’m turned off by the fact that of all of these guys who have come up, the evidence is stronger in his case that he used performance-enhancing drugs than anybody else,” he said.

It is a staple of the New Orleans Saints’ game plan, a simple formation that puts Reggie Bush in motion and leaves tight end Jimmy Graham in a mismatch with an opposing cornerback near the goal line. But the play that produced the Saints’ winning touchdown against the Atlanta Falcons last Monday — and generated a touchdown pass in the Super Bowl last February — helps explain a startling statistical leap the NFL will take this season.

The empty backfield, the freakishly athletic tight end, the pinpoint pass: They all add up to the league being on pace to smash its season record for touchdown passes. With 16 games to be played today, there have been 714 passing touchdowns this season, almost three per game. That is 18 short of the record, 732, set in 2004. If the average holds up, the record will be broken by 30 touchdowns.

Football has unmistakably tilted toward the passing game for two decades, with rules to protect quarterbacks and downfield receivers generating fast-break points that appeal to the short-attention-span set. But the eruption in passing touchdowns — 714 is four more than were scored in all of 2009, and a whopping 68 more than in 2008 — may signal a sea change in strategy rather than a one-year statistical spike.

The drastic rise in passing touchdowns is not being accompanied by similar jumps in passing attempts or points. Rather, coaches seem to be skipping right over the running plays on their color-coded play cards.

There have been 377 rushing touchdowns, putting the league on pace for 402. That would be the second-lowest total since 2002, when the league expanded to its current 32 teams.

“You see teams at first-andgoal from the 2, and they’re in the shotgun,” said Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman, a Fox analyst. “I don’t think I did that one time in my career.”

Aikman retired after the 2000 season, before the spread offense swallowed football. But when Aikman watches youth football games, he said, he notices the one trend that has unmistakably altered the calculus of play-calling all the way up the football ranks. Even in Texas, the birthplace of the runintensive wishbone formation, junior high school teams use no-huddle, spread-out offenses.

That, inevitably, means quarterbacks throw better because they have been throwing more, for as long as they have played football. By the time elite quarterbacks reach the NFL, they are better prepared to play immediately, flattening the learning curve that used to accompany even the most talented college quarterbacks during the transition to the league.

Now, the professional game looks more like the college game and, for the quarterbacks who have entered the league most recently, the high school game.

The NFL has been flooded by game-ready throwers — the St. Louis Rams’ Sam Bradford, the most recent example. Even for a team with a rookie quarterback, a short draw up the middle from near the goal line is no longer a higher-percentage play than a timing pattern into the end zone.

Howie Long, a Hall of Fame defensive lineman and “Fox NFL Sunday” analyst, said that about 10 years ago, he and some

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New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady (12) leads the league in touchdown passes with 34 this season. Depending on today’s NFL games, the league record for passing touchdowns is expected to be broken. colleagues identified five “quarterbacks on the face of the earth who are really good.” That number, Long said, would be nearly triple now and would include young quarterbacks like Bradford, Josh Freeman, Joe Flacco and Matt Ryan, in addition to stalwarts like Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees.

“What you are seeing now is a lot of really good play from the quarterback position,” said Brees, who has 32 touchdown passes this season, second only to Brady’s 34. “You could say that the rules protect the players down the field, and certainly the quarterbacks, from taking unnecessarily rough hits, but you still have to have the time to get back there, make the right decisions and deliver the ball into pretty tight areas, and that’s something that I have noticed throughout the season.”

The command and accuracy are facilitated by intensified offseason programs. Spring workouts have proliferated, although most of them are conducted without pads. There are only a few weeks of the off-season in which no football activity takes place. (Off-season workouts are likely to be limited by a new collective bargaining agreement.) That lends itself to more time spent on the intricate ballet of the passing game than the bruising battles of the run.

“Many teams spend a great deal of time on red-zone passing,” said the former Colts coach Tony Dungy, NBC’s “Football Night in America” analyst.

“More creative thinking down there now by offenses.”

The near extinction of the true fullback and big running backs — colleges running spread offenses do not use them, so there are few in the pipeline — means offenses have many more players available for the passing game.

Brady’s season has been a clinic in the short passing game, and two of his primary touchdown targets were the passcatching tight ends Aaron Hernandez (six touchdowns) and Rob Gronkowski (nine).

The Kansas City Chiefs lead the league with 2,512 rushing yards, but have 27 passing touchdowns compared with 12 rushing ones. Indianapolis is an even starker example: Peyton Manning has thrown 31 touchdown passes, and the Colts have run for just 13 scores.

“Teams used to try to spread the field and run in the red zone; now they’re throwing more,” Chiefs Coach Todd Haley said.

“You’re seeing extra guys in the

box, and this year, we’ve seen a lot of blitz on third downs close to the goal line. Teams are getting one-on-one matchups, and receivers are continuing to get bigger and better every year.”

That is the crux of the Saints’ touchdown play, which last Monday had the 6-foot-6, 260pound Graham, who played four years of college basketball but just one year of football, matched up on a cornerback.

A cornerback has no chance in that situation. The longer-range question is whether defenders will have even less chance of bringing a receiver down in the open field because of the recent crackdown on hits to the head.

When the NFL announced that it would heavily fine, and perhaps suspend, players for such hits, Dungy predicted big plays and more yards after the catch would follow because defenders would pull up slightly to avoid drawing a penalty.

After half a season of uneven enforcement and compliance, it is difficult to determine how much impact the crackdown has had on touchdown passes. Long, though, said that he was convinced that receivers were no longer intimidated by the potential of big hits when they went across the middle of the field.

Dungy noted that the previous high mark for touchdown passes was set in 2004, the season immediately after the highly physical AFC championship game between the Colts and the Patriots led to an emphasis on penalizing downfield contact.

“It only stands to reason that if you make it tougher to hit quarterbacks and receivers, their output will go up,” Dungy said.

It is likely to keep going up. If Stanford’s Andrew Luck enters the draft, he will almost certainly be the No. 1 pick and will probably start immediately.

NFL coaches are known for their conservative nature, but each touchdown pass ordered up this season by the game’s most aggressive thinkers — Bill Belichick, Sean Payton, Haley, Manning — has carried with it a message.

“I still hear people say, ‘We’ve got to run the ball and stop the run,’ ” Aikman said. “No, you don’t. I don’t know when that cliche is going to die. If you’re playing the Giants or Steelers, that’s pretty important. When you’re playing the other teams, you can stop the run all you want and they’ll still score 40 on you. If I had my choice, I’d rather be able to stop the pass.”

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2010: A look back at the world in sports January Jan. 6 — Andre Dawson was the lone player elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Dawson, in a career that spanned from 1976-96, was voted NL Rookie of the Year in 1977 with Montreal and NL Most Valuable Player in 1987 with the Chicago Cubs, the first member of a last-place team to earn the honor. He had a .279 career average, hit 438 homers with 1,591 RBIs and 314 steals, playing through 12 knee operations.

Jan. 6 — Gilbert Arenas of the Washington Wizards was suspended indefinitely by NBA commissioner David Stern a day after joking about his gun trouble.

Arenas, under investigation after admittedly bringing guns to the Wizards’ locker room, was photographed before a game in Philadelphia pointing his index fingers, as if they were guns, at his teammates.

Jan. 30 — Serena Williams ended Justine Henin’s hopes of a Grand Slam title in her return from retirement with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 victory in the Australian Open final. Williams won her second straight and fifth Australian Open title overall. It was Williams’ 12th Grand Slam singles championship.

Jan. 31 — Roger Federer easily beat Andy Murray 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (11) for a fourth Australian Open championship and his 16th Grand Slam title overall. Federer was in his 22nd Grand Slam final — 18 of the last 19.

February Feb. 6 — Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith led a class of seven new members in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The NFL’s career receiving and rushing leaders were joined in the Hall by John Randle, Russ Grimm, Rickey Jackson, Floyd Little and Dick LeBeau. Rice and Smith both made it in their first year of eligibility. Little and LeBeau were picked as senior committee nominees.

Feb. 7 — Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints rallied to beat Peyton Manning and the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 in the Super Bowl. Brees tied a Super Bowl record with 32 completions, the last a 2-yard slant to Jeremy Shockey for the winning points with 5:42 remaining.

Feb. 12 — Nodar Kumaritashvili, men’s Olympic luger from the country of Georgia, died after a crash during training. The 21-year-old Kumaritashvili lost control of his sled, went over the track wall and struck an unpadded steel pole near the finish line at Whistler Sliding Center.

Feb. 13 — Hannah Kearney won the women’s moguls for the first U.S. gold medal in the Olympic Games. Apolo Anton Ohno won the silver medal in the short-track 1,500-meter speedskating final, to tie Bonnie Blair as the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian. Ohno won six medals in three Olympics, the most of any short-track skater.

Feb. 14 — The Americans broke through the nordic combined barrier, winning their first Olympic medal in the sport dominated since its inception by the Europeans. Jason Lamy Chappuis of France overtook American Johnny Spillane on the final straightaway for the gold medal, winning the individual race in 25 minutes, 47.1 seconds, four-tenths of a second ahead of Spillane.

Feb. 14 — Jamie McMurray won the Daytona 500, holding off a hard-charging Dale Earnhardt Jr. over a wild, two-lap sprint to the finish. The race was stopped twice and delayed for more than two hours because of a pothole at Daytona International Speedway.

Feb. 17 — Americans Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso captured gold and silver, respectively, in the women’s Olympic downhill. It was the first time since 1984 that the United States occupied the top two steps of the podium in a women’s alpine skiing event. The second multipodium performance of the day went to Shani Davis who took the gold and Chad Hedrick who grabbed bronze in men’s 1,000meter speedskating. Davis was the first U.S. male speedskater to successfully defend his Olympic title. Shaun White won gold in the snowboard halfpipe to become the third American male to successfully defend an Olympic gold medal, joining Dick Button (figure skating, 1948 and 1952) and Davis.

Feb. 18 — Evan Lysacek became the first U.S. man to win the Olympic gold medal in figure skating since Brian Boitano in 1988, shocking everyone by

upsetting defending champion Evgeni Plushenko.

Feb. 28 — Sidney Crosby scored the winning goal in overtime to give Canada a 3-2 victory over the United States in the final event of the Vancouver Olympics. Canada earned its 14th gold medal, the most by any country at any Winter Olympics.

The American silver was the 37th medal won by the United States at these games, also the most by any country at any Winter Olympics. The U.S. won the medals race for the first time since 1932.

March March 12 — Lindsey Vonn capped a historic season with her third straight overall World Cup title. Vonn won the final super-G race of the season for her 33rd World Cup win, eclipsing Bode Miller as the most decorated American skier. Vonn became the first woman to win three straight overall titles since Petra Kronberger of Austria in 1990-92.

April April 5 — Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced the Enshrinement Class of 2010. The inductees were NBA stars Karl Malone, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Johnson, Gus Johnson and international star Maciel “Ubiratan” Pereira, Los Angele Laker owner Jerry Buss, WNBA star Cynthia Cooper, and high school coach Bob Hurley, Sr. Two celebrated teams: the 1960 USA Men’s Olympic team and the 1992 USA Basketball “Dream Team” were also elected.

April 5 — Duke won its fourth national men’s basketball championship, holding off Butler 61-59.

Butler’s Gordon Hayward gave the Blue Devils a scare when he rebounded Brian Zoubek’s intentional miss and threw up a desperation heave at the buzzer, that hit glass, bounced off the rim and out.

April 6 — Maya Moore scored 23 points and helped Connecticut rally from a horrible first half to beat Stanford 53-47 for its second straight undefeated championship season. The Huskies trailed 20-12 at the break and bounced back and played like champs to claim their seventh national title.

April 11 — Phil Mickelson won his third Masters title, shooting a 5-under 67 to pull away for a three-stroke win over Lee Westwood. Mickelson wrapped it up with a birdie at the 18th for a 16-under 272, the lowest by a Masters champion since Tiger Woods in 2001.

May May 1 — Jockey Calvin Borel steered Super Saver through the mud to win his third Kentucky Derby in four years, beating Lookin At Lucky by 2 1⁄2 lengths. The win ended trainer Todd Pletcher’s Derby drought.

Pletcher, who had four horses in the race, came into the race zero for 24 since 2000.

May 9 — Dallas Braden pitched the 19th perfect game in major league history, a dazzling performance for the Oakland Athletics in a 4-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays. He struck out

six in the 109-pitch performance, throwing 77 strikes in his 53rd career start.

May 29 — Philadelphia’s Roy Halladay threw the 20th perfect game in major league history, beating the Florida Marlins 1-0. It was the first time in the modern era that there were a pair of perfect games in the same season.

Halladay struck out 11 and went to either 3-1 or 3-2 counts seven times, twice in the game’s first three batters alone.

May 30 — Dario Franchitti drove 199 nearly flawless laps, then got a huge break from a spectacular crash on the last lap to climb back on top of the open-wheel world with a win at the Indianapolis 500. Franchitti’s second Brickyard victory in four years helped his boss, Chip Ganassi, become the first owner to win Indy and NASCAR’s Daytona 500 in the same year.

June June 2 — Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers lost his bid for a perfect game with two outs in the ninth inning on a call that first base umpire Jim Joyce later admitted he blew. First baseman Miguel Cabrera cleanly fielded Jason Donald’s grounder to his right and made an accurate throw to Galarraga covering the bag.

The ball was there in time, and all of Comerica Park was ready to celebrate the 3-0 win over Cleveland, until Joyce emphatically signaled safe.

June 6 — Rafael Nadal won his fifth French Open title and avenged his lone Roland Garros defeat, beating Robin Soderling 6-4, 6-2, 6-4. Nadal improved to 38-1 at Roland Garros, with the only loss to Soderling in the fourth round a year ago.

June 9 — Chicago’s Patrick Kane sneaked the puck past Michael Leighton 4:10 into overtime and stunned Philadelphia with a 4-3 overtime win in Game 6 for their first Stanley Cup championship since 1961. Blackhawks team captain Jonathan Toews was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. June 13 — Zenyatta won her 17th consecutive race, giving her the longest winning streak by a modern day thoroughbred in unrestricted races. The 6year-old mare, ridden by Hall of Famer Mike Smith, won the $200,000 Vanity Handicap by a half-length at Hollywood Park.

Zenyatta surpassed the 16-race winning streaks of Cigar, 1948 Triple Crown winner Citation, and Mister Frisky.

June 17 — The Los Angeles Lakers beat Boston for the first time in a Game 7 to repeat as NBA champions. The Lakers won their 16th NBA championship, dramatically rallying from a fourth-quarter 13-point deficit to beat the Boston Celtics 83-79 in Game 7 of the NBA finals.

June 24 — John Isner outlasted Nicolas Mahut in the longest match in tennis history. Isner hit a backhand winner to win the last of the match’s 980 points, and he took the fifth set against Mahut, 70-68. The first-round Wimbledon match took 11 hours, 5 minutes over three days, lasting so long it was suspended because of darkness — two nights in a row. Play resumed at 59-all and

continued for more than an hour before Isner won 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (7), 7-6 (3), 70-68.

June 27 — Cristie Kerr cruised to a 12-stroke victory in the LPGA Championship in one of the most lopsided wins at a major. Kerr closed with a 6-under 66 for a 19-under 269 total. Kerr broke the tournament record for victory margin of 11 set by Betsy King in 1992 and matched the secondbiggest victory in a major.

July July 3 — Serena Williams won her fourth Wimbledon title and 13th Grand Slam championship by sweeping Vera Zvonareva in straight sets in the women’s final. Williams, who finished the tournament without dropping a set, took 67 minutes to win 6-3, 6-2. It was the first time Williams defeated someone other than her sister Venus in the final. The Williams sisters have won nine of the last 11 Wimbledon titles.

July 4 — Rafael Nadal swept Tomas Berdych in straight sets to win his second Wimbledon title and eighth Grand Slam championship. The top-ranked Spaniard beat the 12th-seeded Czech 6-3, 7-5, 6-4.

July 8 — LeBron James announced he would join the Miami Heat and leave the Cleveland Cavaliers after an unsuccessful seven-year quest for a championship. The Heat got commitments from Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh the day before.

July 11 — Paula Creamer won her first major tournament, never giving up the lead during a steady final round of the U.S. Women’s Open. Creamer shot a finalround 2-under 69 for a 3-under 281 for the tournament. Na Yeon Choi of South Korea and Suzann Pettersen of Norway tied for second at 1-over 285.

July 11 — Spain won soccer’s World Cup after an exhausting 1-0 victory in extra time over the Netherlands. A finals-record 11 yellow cards were handed out and the Dutch finished with 10 men. In the end, it was Andres Iniesta breaking free and scoring a right-footed shot from 8 yards just past the outstretched arms of goalkeeper Maarten Stekelenburg.

July 25 — Alberto Contador won the Tour de France for the third time in four years. Contador held off a next-to-last day challenge from Andy Schleck of Luxembourg, his runner-up for a second consecutive year, draining much of the drama from the 20th and final stage.

August Aug. 4 — Alex Rodriguez hit his 600th home run and became the youngest player to attain the milestone. His two-run, first-inning drive off Toronto’s Shaun Marcum put New York ahead, and the Yankees coasted to a 5-1 victory over the Blue Jays. Remarkably, he did it exactly three years to the day after his 500th homer.

Aug. 15 — Martin Kaymer won the PGA Championship in a three-hole playoff that did not include Dustin Johnson, who was penalized two strokes for grounding his club in a bunker on the last hole. Johnson had a one-

shot lead playing the final hole at Whistling Straits when he drove into one, a tiny patch of sand where the gallery had been walking all week. Johnson grounded his club, unaware he was in the sand. He missed a 7-foot par putt to seemingly slip into a threeman playoff with Kaymer and Bubba Watson. But the two-shot penalty sent him into a tie for fifth.

Aug. 21 — Kyle Busch made NASCAR history with an unprecedented sweep of three national races in one week, completing the trifecta with a victory in the Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Busch won the Nationwide race a day earlier and took the Trucks race on Aug, 18 to become the first driver to complete the sweep since NASCAR expanded to three national series in 1995.

September Sept. 11 — Kim Clijsters won a second consecutive U.S. Open championship and third overall, easily beating Vera Zvonareva 62, 6-1 in a final that lasted exactly one hour. Clijsters became the first woman since Venus Williams in 2000-01 to win the title in Flushing Meadows two years in a row.

Sept. 13 — Rafael Nadal won his first U.S. Open title to complete a career Grand Slam, beating Novak Djokovic 6-4, 57, 6-4, 6-2. Nadal stretched his Grand Slam winning streak to 21 matches by adding the U.S. Open to his titles at the French Open in June, then Wimbledon in July. No man had won those three tournaments in the same year since Rod Laver won a true Grand Slam in 1969.

Sept. 14 — Reggie Bush announced he was forfeiting his Heisman Trophy. It was the first time college football’s top award was returned by a recipient.

Sept. 29 — Three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador tested positive for a banned steroid during this year’s race and was suspended by cycling’s governing body. The banned substance clenbuterol was found in Contador’s urine sample on July 21 at the Tour, according to the International Cycling Union.

October Oct. 4 — The Europeans reclaimed the Ryder Cup, winning 14½-13½. The Americans rallied from a three-point deficit to tie the score, but Graeme McDowell beat Hunter Mahan in the final singles match.

Oct. 6 — Roy Halladay pitched the second no-hitter in postseason history, leading the Philadelphia Phillies over the Cincinnati Reds 4-0 in Game 1 of the NL division series. Halladay allowed one runner, a walk to Jay Bruce with two outs in the fifth, and struck out eight. Halladay, who threw a perfect game at Florida on May 29, became the fifth pitcher to throw two no-hitters in the same year. The Reds led the NL in average (.272), homers (188) and runs (790).

November Nov. 1 — The San Francisco Giants beat the Texas Rangers 3-1 in a tense Game 5 to bring

a World Series title to the city by the Bay for the first time. Tim Lincecum and Edgar Renteria gave the Giants their first crown since 1954, four years before they moved West. Lincecum outdueled Cliff Lee in a matchup that was scoreless until Renteria earned the Series MVP award by hitting a stunning three-run homer with two outs in the seventh inning.

Nov. 6 — Joe Paterno became the first major college coach with 400 career wins as Penn State rallied from a 21-0 deficit behind backup quarterback Matt McGloin to defeat Northwestern 35-21.

Nov. 12 — Kevin Love grabbed a franchise-record 31 rebounds and scored 31 points, the NBA’s first 30-30 game in 28 years, and the Minnesota Timberwolves rallied from a 21-point, third-quarter deficit to stun the New York Knicks 112-103.

Nov. 21 — Jimmie Johnson became the first driver in the seven-year history of the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship to overcome a points deficit in the season finale, finishing second to Ford 400 winner Carl Edwards while winning his record fifth consecutive title. He became only the third driver to overcome a points deficit in the season’s final race and win the championship since 1975. The final margin was 39 points over Hamlin, and 41 over Harvick, who finished third in the race.

December Dec. 11 — Auburn quarterback Cam Newton won the Heisman Trophy after a season in which he played brilliantly but was also the focus of an NCAA investigation. Newton won in a landslide vote with 729 first-place votes and outpointed runner-up Andrew Luck of Stanford by 1,184 points. He received the sixth most first-place votes. Though 105 voters chose not to list him among their three selections.

Dec. 11 — Trevor Brazile added team and tie-down roping world titles to his all-around crown in the National Finals Rodeo to become the third Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association competitor to win multiple triple crowns. Brazile completed his other triple in 2007 and became the first multiple triple crown champion since Jim Shoulders (1956-58).

Dec. 12 — The inflatable roof of the Minneapolis Metrodome, where the Minnesota Vikings play, collapsed overnight following a snow storm that dumped 17 inches on the city. The Vikings’ Sunday NFL football game against the New York Giants had already been pushed to Monday.

The NFL was forced to shift the Giants-Vikings game to Detroit’s Ford Field on Monday night.

Dec. 21 — The No. 1-ranked Connecticut women’s basketball team topped the 88-game winning streak by John Wooden’s UCLA men’s team from 1971-74, beating No. 22 Florida State 9362. Maya Moore had a doubledouble with a career-high 41 points and 10 rebounds and Bria Hartley added 21 points for the Huskies, who hold the record for the longest winning streak in all of college basketball history.

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d CAMPING GEAR of any sort: d Used tents, sleeping bags, tarps, blankets.

d WARM CLOTHING d Rain Gear, Boots

Crafts and Hobbies

Please drop off your donations at the BEND COMMUNITY CENTER 1036 NE FIFTH STREET (312-2069)

Alpaca Yarn, various colors/ blends/sparkle. 175yds/skein $7.50-8.50 ea. 541-385-4989

Questions: Call Ken Boyer, 389-3296, or Don Auxier, 383-0448 PLEASE HELP. YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

Bluegrass Straw mid-size 3x3, $25/bale; Orchard grass hay mid-size 3x3 $45/bale. Volume discounts; delivery available. 541-480-8648.

What are you looking for? You’ll find it in The Bulletin Classifieds

541-385-5809 First cutting Alfalfa, $155/ton.

Orchard grass, $165/ton.

Feeder hay, $115/ton. Small bales, Madras area. Phone 541-390-2678 Wheat Straw: Certified & Bedding Straw & Garden Straw; Kentucky Bluegrass; Compost; 541-546-6171.

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Prices Reduced: Quarterhorses, females $300, males & geldings $500, 541-382-7995

Place an ad in The Bulletin for your garage sale and receive a Garage Sale Kit FREE!

SPLIT, DRY LODGEPOLE DELIVERY INCLUDED! $175/CORD. Call for half-cord prices!

Leave message, 541-923-6987

SUPER TOP SOIL www.hersheysoilandbark.com Screened, soil & compost mixed, no rocks/clods. High humus level, exc. for flower beds, lawns, gardens, straight screened top soil.

Bark. Clean fill. Deliver/you haul. 541-548-3949.

Tractor, Case 22 hp., fewer than 50 hrs. 48 in. mower deck, bucket, auger, blade, move forces sale $11,800. 541-325-1508.

HH FREE HH Garage Sale Kit

Dry Lodgepole For Sale $150 per cord rounds; $170 per cord split.

35 years’ service to Central Oregon. Call 541-480-5601

BarkTurfSoil.com

Tractor, Allis Chalmers, diesel, 4X4, loader, rear blade, PTO new tires, $6500 OBO, 541-536-3889,541-420-6215

Sales Northeast Bend

PICK UP YOUR GARAGE SALE KIT AT: 1777 SW Chandler Ave. Bend, OR 97702

Instant Landscaping Co. PROMPT DELIVERY 541-389-9663

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200 ACRES BOARDING Indoor/outdoor arenas, stalls, & pastures, lessons & kid’s programs. 541-923-6372 www.clinefallsranch.com

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Barn stored Alfalfa $9 per bale. In Culver.

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Coins & Stamps US & Foreign Coin & Currency collections, accum. Pre-1964 silver coins, bars, rounds, sterling flatware. Gold coins, bars, jewelry, scrap & dental gold. Diamonds, Rolex & vintage watches. No collection too large or small. Bedrock Rare Coins 541-549-1658

Found Jack Russell Terrier mix, female 5-8 yrs? Powell Butte Hwy, 12/26. 541-280-5823

• A cord is 128 cu. ft.

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Bend Habitat RESTORE Building Supply Resale Quality at LOW PRICES 740 NE 1st 312-6709 Open to the public .

Heating and Stoves

FOUND Diabetes Testing Kit, SE Bend 12/25. Call to identify, 541-390-7368.

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Found around December 20 at the Redmond Airport Terminal Secure Hold area, one Ipod in case and accessories, call to identify. Gail Bloom, Airport Office Assistant, Roberts Field, 541-504-3497.

WHEN BUYING FIREWOOD...

Chainsaw: Husqvarna 18” like new, $200.

541-383-8528

Building Materials

THE BULLETIN requires computer advertisers with multiple ad schedules or those selling multiple systems/ software, to disclose the name of the business or the term "dealer" in their ads.

Private party advertisers are defined as those who sell one computer.

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WANTED: Reel to reel tape recorder, in excellent cond only, to $75. 541-318-5294

Computers

NOTICE TO ADVERTISER Since September 29, 1991, advertising for used woodstoves has been limited to models which have been certified by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as having met smoke emission standards. A certified woodstove can be identified by its certification label, which is permanently attached to the stove. The Bulletin will not knowingly accept advertising for the sale of uncertified woodstoves.

GENERATE SOME excitement in your neigborhood. Plan a garage sale and don't forget to advertise in classified!

385-5809.

TV, Stereo and Video

!Appliances! A-1 Quality & Honesty!

Visit our HUGE home decor consignment store. New items arrive daily! 930 SE Textron & 1060 SE 3rd St., Bend • 541-318-1501 www.redeuxbend.com

BUYING Lionel/American Flyer trains, accessories. 541-408-2191.

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160 Burton Snowboard, good cond; size 10 boots + bindings. $125 all. 541-388-1533

Welsh Corgi, 7 wks, very cute & playful, 1st shot, dewclaws, tail done $350. 541.350-3981

Full size pillowtop mattress, exc cond, stored in plastic, $150. 503-933-0814, Bend

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Appliances, new & reconditioned, guaranteed. Overstock sale. Lance & Sandy’s LAB PUPS AKC, titled parents, Maytag, 541-385-5418 FC/AFC, Blackwater Rudy is

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Shih-poo puppy, 1 adorable female left. This sweet girl is hypo-allergenic, family raised. $350. Kelly, 541-489-3237 Siamese Kittens (4) purebred, M/F, Seal & Lilac point, $125 ea. 541-318-3396

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ROTTWEILLER PUPPIES 5 male, 1 female. $400. Won’t last long! 541-777-9392 Frenchie/Pug puppy. Last one.

Adorable, smart, stout male. $700.

541-548-0747 or 541-279-3250.

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http://rightwayranch.spaces.live.com

grand sire. Deep pedigreed performance/titles, OFA hips & elbows. 541-771-2330 www.royalflushretrievers.com

Cavalier King Charles Spaniels males $1200; females $1500 AKC reg. 541-382-7614 ww.companioncavaliers.com

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Maremma Guard Dog pups, purebred, great dogs, $300 each, 541-546-6171.

PEOPLE giving pets away are advised to be selective about the new owners. For the Dachshunds, AKC, mini’s, (4) feprotection of the animal, a males: 1 black & silver; 3 choc personal visit to the animal's & tan. $375. Pics available. new home is recommended.

541-420-6044, 541-447-3060

PAYING CASH FOR OLD WATCHES WORKING OR NOT Call 541-706-0891

The Bulletin recommends extra caution when purchasing products or services from out of the area. Sending cash, checks, or credit information may be subjected to fraud. For more information about an advertiser, you may call the Oregon State Attorney General’s Office Consumer Protection hotline at 1-877-877-9392.

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MOVING SALE: leather couch, & chair set, ping-pong table brand new fridge, tables & chairs, drafting table, secretary. Low prices! Sun. Jan. 2, 9-4. 21476 Hyde Lane.

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READY FOR A CHANGE? Don't just sit there, let the Classified Help Wanted column find a new challenging job for you. www.bendbulletin.com

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Meat & Animal Processing 4 Black Angus Steers, 1000 lbs. left. Buy it by the 1/4, 1/2 or whole. 1 was butchered last week. 3 will be butchered this week. Fed alfalfa for over 2 mo. and grain for over 2 mo. Great shape. Great tasting meat. 541-382-6983

Angus Beef, 1/2 or whole, grain fed, no hormones $3.44/lb., hanging weight, cut & wrap included, please call 541-383-2523.

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A Payment Drop Box is available at Bend City Hall. CLASSIFICATIONS BELOW MARKED WITH AN (*) REQUIRE PREPAYMENT as well as any out-of-area ads. The Bulletin reserves the right to reject any ad at any time

CLASSIFIED OFFICE HOURS: MON.-FRI. 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

SATURDAY by telephone 10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

is located at: 1777 S.W. Chandler Ave., Bend, Oregon 97702

PLEASE NOTE; Check your ad for accuracy the first day it appears. Please call us immediately if a correction is needed. We will gladly accept responsibility for one incorrect insertion. The publisher reserves the right to accept or reject any ad at anytime, classify and index any advertising based on the policies of these newspapers. The publisher shall not be liable for any advertisement omitted for any reason. Private Party Classified ads running 7 or more days will publish in the Central Oregon Marketplace each Tuesday.

FINANCE AND BUSINESS 507 - Real Estate Contracts 514 - Insurance 528 - Loans and Mortgages 543 - Stocks and Bonds 558 - Business Investments 573 - Business Opportunities

EMPLOYMENT 410 - Private Instruction 421 - Schools and Training 454 - Looking for Employment 470 - Domestic & In-Home Positions 476 - Employment Opportunities 486 - Independent Positions

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Schools and Training Advertise in 30 Daily newspapers! $525/25-words, 3days. Reach 3 million classified readers in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Washington & Utah. (916) 288-6019 email: elizabeth@cnpa.com for the Pacific Northwest Daily Connection. (PNDC)

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ATTEND COLLEGE ONLINE from Home. *Medical, *Business, *Paralegal, *Accounting, *Criminal Justice. Job placement assistance. Computer available. Financial Aid if qualified.

Call 866-688-7078 www.CenturaOnline.com (PNDC) Oregon Contractor License Education Home Study Format. $169 Includes ALL Course Materials Call COBA (541) 389-1058 Oregon Medical Training PCS

Phlebotomy classes begin Jan 3rd. Registration now open, www.oregonmedicaltraining.com 541-343-3100

AIRLINES ARE HIRING - Train for high paying Aviation Maintenance Career. FAA approved program. Financial aid if qualified - Housing available. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance.

1-877-804-5293. (PNDC)

TRUCK SCHOOL www.IITR.net Redmond Campus Student Loans/Job Waiting Toll Free 1-888-438-2235

470 Area VII Plumbers JATC MA 7005 will be accepting applications for the plumbing apprenticeship applicant pool list. Please submit request for an application packet to apprenticeshipservices@ gmail.com

Domestic & In-Home Positions Live-in house/dog keeper.

Mature, full-time. $1000/mo. + room/board. Valid ODL. Sisters area. 541-815-8855

Contractors

Sub-Contractors

Needed

Subcontracting firms to build wireless sites/radio towers statewide in Oregon "Oregon Wireless Interoperability Network" (OWIN) http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/OWIN/ (Prevailing wage rates apply) Scope includes: Tree Cutting, Access Roads, Grading, Concrete Foundations, Fencing, Electrical Subsystems, Utility Line Installation, Tower Erection and Heavy Equipment Operators.

Experience in wireless construction is preferred.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and request sub-bids from all interested subcontractors including Minority/Women/Emerging Small Business Enterprises.

To apply to become a subcontractor to General Dynamics, please contact: Bernadette.Simons@gdc4s.com 781-455-4837 • OR CCB# 182401

Advertise and Reach over 3 million readers in the Pacific Northwest! 30 daily newspapers, six states. 25-word classified $525 for a 3-day ad. Call (916) 288-6010; (916) 288-6019 or visit www.pnna.com/advertising_ pndc.cfm for the Pacific Northwest Daily Connection.

(PNDC) CAREGIVERS NEEDED In-home care agency presently has openings for Caregivers in Redmond, and 24-hr caregivers in Bend. Must have ODL/Insurance, and pass criminal background check.

Call Kim for more info, 541-923-4041, 9am-6pm, Monday-Friday.

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Central Oregon Community College has openings listed below. Go to https://jobs.cocc.edu to view details & apply online.

Human Resources, Metolius Hall, 2600 NW College Way, Bend OR 97701; (541)383 7216. For hearing/speech impaired, Oregon Relay Services number is 7-1-1. COCC is an AA/EO employer.

MIS Sr. Business Systems Programmer Responsible for programming & maintaining COCC's SunGardHE Banner enterprise resource planning system & related systems. See web for requirements. $46,817 $55-734. Open Until Filled

All COCC positions include an exceptional benefits package, including health, paid retirement, tuition waiver and plenty of paid time off.

Crew Leader needed to ensure the safety, productivity, and cohesion of Heart of Oregon young adult crews. Experience in crew supervision and operating equipment with technical skills in forestry and environmental conservation required. Drug test, reference, ODL, and background check required. FT, year-round position with benefits. To apply, send cover letter and resume to katie.condit@heartoforegon. org by 5p.m. Jan 10th. No calls please.

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Dental -Front Office 4 Days a week, dental assistant preferred. Drop off resume at 2078 NE Professional Ct., Bend.

541-382-2281.

Jack Miller, DMD Branden Ferguson, DDS

Executive Director

Food Service: Quick Service Restaurant, Exp. Required, Independent worker, & capable in all positions including: Cook, counter, prepping.

Wage DOE, Box 16303658, c/o The Bulletin, PO Box 6020, Bend, OR 97708

Glazier -- Residential: Must have 5 years experience & clean driving record, Shower doors & mirrors a plus. Pay DOE. Call 541-382-2500.

Maintenance Person Part-time

CRUISE THROUGH Classified when you're in the market for a new or used car.

Driver Need Help?

We Can Help!

REACH THOUSANDS OF POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES EVERY DAY! Call the Classified Department for more information: 541-385-5809 CUSTOMER SERVICE

Manager / Supervisor Contents Division Full service restoration company located in Eugene, OR, has an immediate opening for a Contents Division Manager with previous management experience and demonstrated success in leading employees. Salary DOE, includes benefits. Send resume via email along with your salary history to: cr_wilson@comcast.net

Regional CDL Drivers Needed!!!

Current Openings on our 97 Fleet Home Weekly Available!

Consistent Miles & Time Off Full Benefits, 401k.

Run 90% along Hwy 97.

Late Model Equipment.

Call 888-832-6484 www.TEAMGTI.com EOE

Need Seasonal help?

Need Part-time help?

Need Full-time help?

Advertise your open positions.

The Bulletin Classifieds

Independent Contractor

Juniper Junction Community Council

Responsible for developing, planning, directing, and reviewing the activities and operations of the administration of the Juniper Junction Community Council, LOOKING FOR managing the Relief Nursery A JOB? program in accordance with FREE Job Search the policies set forth by the Assistance JJCC board of directors. DuOur experienced ties include supervising proEmployment Specialists fessional and support staff, can assist in your search! fundraising and grant writing, Serving all of Central Oregon. developing and managing Call or come see us at: budgets and maintaining compliance with all relevant standards and licensing requirements. Job requirements include BS and five www.meetgoodwill.org years of increasingly respon322-7222 or 617-8946 sible administrative and 61315 S. Hwy 97 Bend, OR managerial experience in a social service agency; driver’s license. Salary range General DOE. Central For complete job description, Oregon please contact Kelly Kerbow Community or Tryna Muilenburg, College 541-325-5040. To apply please send resume and cover letter to: JJCC, PO Box has openings listed below. Go to https://jobs.cocc.edu to 940, Madras, OR 97741. view details & apply online.

Closes January 14, 2011.

Human Resources, Metolius Hall, 2600 NW College Way, Bend OR 97701; (541)383 7216. For hearing/speech impaired, Oregon Relay Services number is 7-1-1. COCC is an AA/EO employer.

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Must have reliable, insured vehicle.

Please call 541.385.5800 or 800.503.3933 during business hours apply via email at online@bendbulletin.com

Library Specialist Interlibrary Loan Coordinator Responsible for coordinating daily work of the Interlibrary Loan (ILL) Department, utilizing multiple software applications & customer service skills. Requires AA + exp. $2,402-$2,860/mo.

Deadline 1/10/11.

MIS Sr. Business Systems Programmer See ad under "Computers."

Open Until Filled.

Part-Time Instructors Instructors needed for Winter/Spring terms. $496 per load unit (load unit ~= class credit): • Biology • Developmental Reading & Writing • College Level Writing • Nursing • Computerized Accounting • Lodging and Food Service Mgmt.

• Human Resources Mgmt.

• Event Planning

General DO YOU NEED A GREAT EMPLOYEE RIGHT NOW? Call The Bulletin before noon and get an ad in to publish the next day!

385-5809.

VIEW the Classifieds at: www.bendbulletin.com

MACHINIST Established Bend tech manufacturer seeks old school MACHINIST. The ability, willingness and flexibility to work in manufacturing/assembly as needed is reqd.

Min 3-5 yrs MACHINIST exp reqd; Expert, verifiable, skills working on a Bridgeport (or similar) milling machine. Experience using a metal lathe, brake shear, band saw & drill press reqd. Read and manufacture parts from blueprints. temp-to-hire position through BBSI. Benefited position, day shift, 32 to 40 hours per week, M - F schedule.

HOW TO APPLY: email cover letter and resume to nancy.gm@bbsihq.com EEO/drug free employer.

The Bulletin Classifieds is your Employment Marketplace Call 541-385-5809 today!

Salary: $10.00 to $12.00/hr., DOE. Aspen Ridge Retirement Community is seeking a part-time maintenance person to join our team in providing superior services and customer care to our senior population.

Must enjoy working with senior citizens, as well as exhibit proficiency in and routinely performing a wide variety of building maintenance and mechanical work, to include: minor carpentry, plumbing, small appliance and equipment repair and troubleshooting, with a major emphasis on interior painting.

Must be able to pass a criminal history background check.

Aspen Ridge is a drug-free workplace. Please apply in person to: Aspen Ridge Retirement Community. 1010 NE Purcell Blvd. Bend, OR.

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Sales - NOW HIRING! THR & Associates a multi-national company has hundreds of salaried positions, many that offer bonuses. Local and national positions. Looking for professional, friendly, self motivated individuals. Customer service oriented with sales experience. Many salaries starting at $45,000. To learn more & apply visit: www.thrassociates.com (PNDC)

The Bulletin Recommends extra caution when purchasing products or services from out of the area. Sending cash, checks, or credit information may be subjected to F R A U D. For more information about an advertiser, you may call the Oregon State Attorney General’s Office Consumer Protection hotline at 1-877-877-9392.

Maintenance Supervisor. Sal- Remember.... ary DOE. Please send reAdd your web address to sume to: Precision Lumber your ad and readers on Co., 3800 Crates Way, The The Bulletin's web site will Dalles, OR 97058. be able to click through automatically to your site.

MEDICAL

Surgery

Scheduler

The Center seeks a positive, detail-oriented person to join our Surgery Scheduling team. This position requires knowledge of medical terminology and excellent written and verbal communication skills. Must be detail oriented and able to multi-task.

Prior exp in medical environment required. Position is Full time with benefits, compensation DOE. Application available online at www.thecenteroregon.com or e-mail resume to hr@thecenteroregon.com or may fax to 541-322-2286 Night Auditor

CAUTION

READERS:

Ads published in "Employment Opportunities" include employee and independent positions. Ads for positions that require a fee or upfront investment must be stated.

With any independent job opportunity, please investigate thoroughly.

Use extra caution when applying for jobs online and never provide personal information to any source you may not have researched and deemed to be reputable.

Use extreme caution when responding to ANY online employment ad from out-of-state.

We suggest you call the State of Oregon Consumer Hotline at 1-503-378-4320

The Ranch is accepting applications for Night Auditors.

Accounting background, computer skills, 10-key and basic math computation preferred. This dependable individual must be enthusiastic, customer service oriented, with a positive attitude . Duties include reconciling department ledgers and running daily reports. May be required to perform front desk duties including taking reservations and checking people in/out of the Ranch. Benefits include swimming, golf, food and merchandise discounts.

Apply on-line at www.blackbutteranch.com.

BBR is a drug free work place. EOE

Production Director - Experienced Production Director needed for The Herald and News, in Klamath Falls, OR. A 16,000 circulation, 6-day community newspaper. For complete job description visit www.heraldandnews.com/cl assifieds Select "Help Wanted".

ATTENTION: Recruiters and Businesses The Bulletin's classified ads include publication on our Internet site. Our site is currently receiving over 1,500,000 page views every month. Place your employment ad with The Bulletin and reach a world of potential applicants through the Internet....at no extra cost!

SALES / FINANCE

Sales

Big Country RV, Central Oregon’s largest RV dealer, seeks candidates for the following openings:

• RV Sales Now expanding our RV Sales team! Product & sales training provided. Progressive commission plan to 35%, bonus plan, vac pay & benefits. Unlimited earning potential.

• RV F&I Manager 2 years’ industry experience required. Full-time; Saturdays required.

Exceptional pay and benefits.

NEED A JOB? If You Can Answer YES To These Questions, WE WANT YOU 1. Do you talk too much?

2. Do you like to have fun?

3. Do you want to make a lot of $$?

4. Are you available Wed.-Fri., 4pm-9pm & all day Sat. & Sun.?

Work part time with full time pay!

• RV Sales Manager Industry experience required. Full-time, weekends required. Exceptional pay and benefits.

DON'T LAG, CALL NOW! 541-306-6346

For consideration, please email your resume to bcrvinfo@yahoo.com

541-383-0386 Sales

ATTENTION WORK PART TIME HOURS, FULL TIME PAY

Wanna Make Bank???

AND HAVE FUN? No Experience Necessary No Car, No Problem, Only 30 Hours Per Week PM Shifts & Weekends Available

Call Right Now 541-306-6346 Independent Contractor

Looking for your next employee?

Place a Bulletin help wanted ad today and reach over 60,000 readers each week.

Your classified ad will also appear on bendbulletin.com which currently receives over 1.5 million page views every month at no extra cost.

Bulletin Classifieds Get Results!

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Medical

Mountain View Hospital Madras, Oregon has the following Career Opportunities available.

For more Information please visit our website at www.mvhd.org or email jtittle@mvhd.org • RN Team Leader, OB - Full Time Position, Day Shift.

• RN Team Leader, Acute Care - Full Time Position, Day Shift.

• RN Surgical Services - Per Diem Position, Various Shifts • RN Home Health and Hospice - Full Time Position, Day Shift.

• Med Tech - Full Time Position, Night Shift • Aide, Home Health and Hospice - Per Diem Position, Various Shifts • Physical Therapist Home Health/Inpatient Full Time Position, Day Shift.

• Physical Therapist - Per Diem Position, Day Shifts • Ultra Sound Technologist - Per Diem Position, Various Shifts • CT X-ray Technologist - Per Diem Position, Various Shifts • Coder, .3 position - Various shifts • Hospice Volunteer Coordinator - Full Time Position, Day Shift.

Kitchen Aide - Per Diem Position, Various Shifts • Housekeeper - Per Diem Position, Various Shifts Mountain View Hospital is an EOE

DESCHUTES COUNTY CAREER OPPORTUNITIES MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST I (164-10) – Behavioral Health Division. Temporary, full-time position $3,320 - $4,544 per month. Deadline: OPEN UNTIL FILLED. MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST II (168-10) – Behavioral Health Division. Temporary, full-time position $3,942 - $5,397 per month for a 172.67 hour work month. Deadline: OPEN UNTIL FILLED WITH FIRST REVIEW OF APPLICATIONS ON FRIDAY, 01/14/11.

PSYCHIATRIC NURSE PRACTITIONER (145-10) – Adult Treatment Program, Behavioral Health Division. Half-time position $2,804 - $3,838 per month for an 86.34 hour work month. Deadline: OPEN UNTIL FILLED. SENIOR MEDICAL OFFICE ASSISTANT (166-10) – Public Health Division, Immunization Program. Full-time position $2,476 - $3,385 per month. Deadline: FRIDAY, 01/07/11.

SUMMER INTERN (165-10) – District Attorney’s Office. Two temporary, full-time positions available, not to exceed 3 ½ months. $12.00 per hour for a 40hour work week. Deadline: FRIDAY, 01/28/11.

TO OBTAIN APPLICATIONS FOR THE ABOVE LISTED POSITIONS APPLY TO: Deschutes County Personnel Dept., 1300 NW Wall Street, Suite 201, Bend, OR 97701 (541) 388-6553.

Application and Supplemental Questionnaire (if applicable) required and accepted until 5:00 p.m. on above listed deadline dates. Visit our website at www.co.deschutes.or.us.

Deschutes County provides reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities. This material will be furnished in alternative format if needed. For hearing impaired, please call TTY/TDD 711.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Responsibilities: Implement and maintain systems running on Linux/UNIX, Mac, and Windows workstations and servers, Experience in cloud hosting a plus. Manage web, file, storage, DNS, DB & version control servers.

Will respond to helpdesk support requests from end users. Work on project-related tasks to deploy new systems or conduct maintenance. Handle day-to-day data backup and recovery practices. Support 802.11 networks including rollout, access control, security assessment, intrusion detention, packet capturing, and space planning. Continually investigate new technology for securing hosts on the network and monitoring activity. Participate in software development/design tasks. Participate in an on-call rotation after hours and weekends. Must be able to routinely lift 50 pounds or more.

Non-Technical: We're a social bunch at Western Communications and like to keep work fun and lighthearted. The ideal applicant is a good communicator, enjoys a challenge and likes to laugh.

Please send resume to resume@bendbulletin.com

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541-322-7253

System Administrator

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VOLUNTEERS WANTED Deschutes County Sheriff's Office Search and Rescue is seeking volunteers, age 21 and over. While no prior experience is required, applicants must be team-oriented, comfortable in the back country in al types of weather, willing to learn and improve their outdoor skills, have the physical conditioning to be a contributing team member on missions, and have the time available to contribute. Must commit to 80-hour general training academy in March/April and complete medical and other search and rescue certifications. Applicants must have the flexibility to respond to emergencies at any time, day or night.

Candidates must complete and submit application, complete an in-depth questionnaire and personal interview, pass a criminal and driving history background check and meet certain physical requirements. Volunteers will be expected to devote time each month to training, demonstrate good teamwork and be able to handle rugged conditions in the backcountry.

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Real Estate Contracts LOCAL MONEY We buy secured trust deeds & note, some hard money loans. Call Pat Kelley 541-382-3099 extension 13.

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Application packets are available at the main Sheriff's Office reception window in Bend, or at any of the Sheriff's Office's substations in La Pine, Sisters or Terrebonne, during normal business hours, Monday through Friday, January 3 - 28, 2010.

You can also download the application online at www.Sheriff.deschutes.org.

WARNING The Bulletin recommends you use caution when you provide personal information to companies offering loans or credit, especially those asking for advance loan fees or companies from out of state.

If you have concerns or questions, we suggest you consult your attorney or call CONSUMER HOTLINE, 1-877-877-9392.

APPLICATION REQUIRED AND ACCEPTED UNTIL 5:00 P.M. ON FRIDAY, January 28, 2010 (Postmark accepted). Completed applications should be returned to any Deschutes County Sheriff's Office reception window or via mail to: Deputy Mike Bondi, SAR Recruitment Coordinator, 63333 West Highway 20, Bend, OR 97701.

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NICE 2 & 3 BDRM CONDO APTS! Subsidized Low Rent. All utilities paid except phone & cable. Equal Opportunity Housing. Call Taylor RE & Mgmt at: 503-581-1813 TTY 711

Condo / Townhomes For Rent Long term townhomes/homes for rent in Eagle Crest. Appl. included, Spacious 2 & 3 bdrm., with garages, 541-504-7755.

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Apt./Multiplex NW Bend 1225 NW Stannium 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath, all appliances, w/d hookup, gas fireplace, w/s/g paid, garage, cat OK. $695.

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1544 NW Juniper Ave. $625 – 2 Bdrm ground floor apt with large rooms, fireplace, patio, off street parking. Full sized W/D, new carpet. Very near COCC. Easy access to Newport and downtown.

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Fully furnished loft apt. on Wall Street in Bend. All utilities paid and parking. Call 541-389-2389 for appt.

Nice, quiet 2 bdrm, new windows, W/G/S & cable paid, laundry on-site, cat OK, $575/mo, $500 dep. Call 541-389-9867; 541-383-2430

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Apt./Multiplex NE Bend RIVER FALLS APARTMENTS LIVE ON THE RIVER WALK DOWNTOWN

62045 NE Nates Place

1 bdrm. apt. fully furnished in fine 50s style. 1546 NW 1st St., $780 + $680 dep.

Nice pets welcomed.

541-382-0117

3 bedroom 2.5 bath four-plex with garage, full laundry room with full size washer and dryer. Easy access to Greenwood and 27th.

New carpet and paint.

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River & Mountain Views!

930 NW Carlon St., 2 bdrm., 1.5 bath, W/S/G paid, W/D hook-up, $650/mo. $600 dep. No pets. 541-280-7188.

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Roommate Wanted Share 3 Bdrm 2 bath Prineville home. $350/mo + ½ electricity; $200 dep. Everything else paid including satellite TV. Pets/smokers OK upon approval. 541-233-6615 Share House in DRW, $400/mo incl. utils, $200 dep., 541-420-5546.

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Vacation Rentals and Exchanges

Steens Mountain Home Lodgings See Bend Craigslist for more info, 541-589-1982.

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Rooms for Rent STUDIOS & KITCHENETTES Furnished room, TV w/ cable, micro. & fridge. Util. & linens.

New owners, $145-$165/wk.

541-382-1885

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Condo / Townhomes For Rent 2 Bdrm townhouse, 2.5 bath, office, fenced yard w/deck, garage. 1244 “B” NE Dawson. $750 dep. $775/mo., W/S/G paid, pets possible.

541-617-8643,541-598-4932 A Westside Condo at Fireside Lodge, 2 bdrm, 1 bath, $595/mo.

Wood stove, W/S/G paid. W/D hookup 541-480-3393,541-610-7803 Long term townhomes/homes for rent in Eagle Crest. Appl. included, Spacious 2 & 3 bdrm., with garages, 541-504-7755.

$795/mo. + $945 sec.

20076 Beth. 541-382-3813

OK. $695. 541-382-7727 BEND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

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Apt./Multiplex NE Bend 1 & 2 bdrms Available starting at $575. Reserve Now! Limited Availability.

Alpine Meadows 541-330-0719 Professionally managed by Norris & Stevens, Inc.

1042 NE Rambling Ln. #2 2 bdrm, all appliances +micro, w/d hook-up, gas heat/ fireplace, garage, landscaping included, small pet ok. $695 541-382-7727

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20940 Royal Oak Circl. Unit B 1 bdrm/ 1 bath attached apt.

Furnished or unfurnished avail. kitchen, private ent. all utlts pd. no pets. $595+dep.

CR Property Management 541-318-1414

2508 NE Conners "C" 2 bdrm, 1½ bath, all appliances, utility rm., 1300 sq. ft., garage, w/s paid. $695 541-382-7727

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Enjoy living at 179 SW Hayes Ave. Spacious 2 Bdrm townhouses, 1.5 baths, W/D hookups, fenced yard. NO PETS. W/S/G pd. Rent starts at $525 mo. 541-382-0162; 541-420-2133;541-420-0133 Happy holidays! Enjoy living at 179 SW Hayes Ave. Spacious 2 Bdrm townhouses, 1.5 baths, W/D hookups, fenced yard. NO PETS. W/S/G pd.

Rent starts at $525 mo.

541-382-0162; 541-420-2133 541-420-0133

Bend's Finest One Month FREE with 1 yr. lease on select apts.

2Bdrm 1 Bath $700 2Bdrm 2 Bath $750

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Apt./Multiplex Redmond 1104 NW 7th St., #22 1 bdrm., 1 bath, $425 No credit checks. 1st & last only. Available now.

Please call 541-788-3480.

2960 SW 24th Ct. 2 bdrm, 2 bath, all appl., gas heat, w/d hookup, fireplace, fenced yard, garage. $625.

541-382-7727

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Close to schools & shopping 1 bdrm, appliances, on-site coin-op laundry, carport, w/s/g paid. $465.

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Country Terrace 61550 Brosterhous Rd. 1 Bdrm $425 • 2 Bdrm $495 All appliances, storage, on-site coin-op laundry BEND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 541-382-7727

Carports & Heat Pumps.

Pet Friendly & No App. Fee!

Fox Hollow Apts.

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$99 MOVES YOU IN !!!

STONE CREEK APARTMENTS

Limited numbers available 1, 2 and 3 bdrms w/d hookups, patios or decks, Mountain Glen, 541-383-9313 Professionally managed by Norris & Stevens, Inc.

2 bdrm., 2 bath apartments W/D included, gas fireplaces 339 SE Reed Met. Rd., Bend Call about Move-In Specials 541-312-4222

Lovely 2 bdrm, private patio, small, quiet complex, W/S/G paid, no smoking, $525+ dep, 1000 NE Butler Mkt. Rd. Call 541-633-7533.

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438 NW 19th St #59 $895 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath, 2 car garage, large decks, stainless steel appl., gas stove, fireplace.

W/S/L pd. 541-526-1700 www.FirstRatePM.com ASK ABOUT OUR New Year Special!

2 bdrm., 1 bath, $550 mo. includes storage unit & carport.

Close to schools, parks & shopping. On-site laundry, non-smoking units, dog run.

Pet Friendly.

OBSIDIAN APARTMENTS 541-923-1907 www.redmondrents.com

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Studios to 3 bedroom units from $395 to $550 • Lots of amenities.

• Pet friendly • W/S/G paid THE BLUFFS APTS. 340 Rimrock Way, Redmond 541-548-8735 managed by

RENT-A-DAUGHTER Connecting caregivers with clients. Caregivers avail.

4 hours $45. Call office for scheduling. 541-350-7391.

Kelly Kerfoot Construction: 28 years experience in Central Oregon Quality & Honesty From carpentry & handyman jobs, To quality wall covering installations & removal.

Senior discounts Licenced, Bonded, Insured, CCB#47120

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NOTICE: OREGON Landscape Contractors Law (ORS 671) requires all businesses that advertise to perform Land scape Construction which in cludes: planting, decks, fences, arbors, water-fea tures, and installation, repair of irrigation systems to be li censed with the Landscape Contractors Board. This 4-digit number is to be in cluded in all advertisements which indicate the business has a bond, insurance and workers compensation for their employees. For your protection call 503-378-5909 or use our website: www.lcb.state.or.us to check license status before con tracting with the business.

Persons doing landscape maintenance do not require a LCB license.

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1124 NE Ulysses MOVE IN SPECIAL $200 off first month 3 bdrm, 2 bath, all appl., w/d hookup, fenced yard, extra storage, garage, pet considered. $795. 541-382-7727 BEND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

1435 NE Boston 3 bdrm/ 2 bath, private yard, gas frplce, all kitchen appl incld small pet neg. $895+dep.

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or call 503-378-4621. The Bulletin recommends checking with the CCB prior to contracting with anyone.

Some other trades also require additional licenses and certifications.

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Reliable 24 Hour Service • Driveways • Walkways • Parking Lots • Roof tops • De-icing Have plow & shovel crew awaiting your call!

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VILLAGE PROPERTIES Sunriver, Three Rivers, La Pine. Great Selection.

Prices range from $425 - $2000/mo. View our full inventory online at Village-Properties.com 1-866-931-1061

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21183 Copperfield Ave

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$995 - 3 Bdrm 2 bath single story home with large yard, 2-car garage, full size laundry, in great SE neighborhood. Easy access to 27th.

ABOVE & BEYOND PROP MGMT - 541-389-8558

Houses for Rent La Pine

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429 SE Roosevelt $795 – 3 Bdrm 2 Bath single story with yard, newer carpet. Cute little place, easy access to everything. Off street parking, full size W/D, lots of sunlight. Ready to go!

ABOVE & BEYOND PROP MGMT - 541-389-8558

3 Bdrm., 2 bath, 1500 sq.ft. on 1.1 acre, attached & detached garage, huge dog run, heat pump, A/C, dishwasher, fridge, micro, W/D, secluded, quiet, $900, refs, credit, background checks req., 541-815-9893.

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$695 2/1 Move in special! $100 off 1st month rent, double garage w/opener, W/D, covered patio, bay window, fenced. 795 NE Ochoco Ave.

541-923-8222 www.MarrManagement.com

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60171 Agate

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New 3 bdrm, 2 bath, all appliances + micro, utility rm., dbl. garage, deck, pet cons. $895. 541-382-7727 BEND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

Country Quiet, 6 mi. SE. of Bend, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, wood fireplace, large yard, no pets/ smoking, $550/mo.+dep., avail. now, 541-317-8744.

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ROMAINE VILLAGE MOBILES 61004 Chuckanut.

1900 sq.ft. 2 bdrm, 2 bath, 1/2 acre, $850. Pet OK. Call Jim, 541-388-3209.

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On 10 acres, between Sisters & Bend, 3 Bdrm., 2 bath, 1484 sq.ft., mfd., family room w/ wood stove, all new carpet & paint, + 1800 sq.ft. shop, fenced for horses, $1295.

541-480-3393, 541-610-7803

Houses for Rent Redmond

1934 SW 29th St $850 Charming 3 bdrm, 2 bath, 2 car garage, 1279 sq ft, spacious kitchen, bay window, w/d, large yard, nice neighborhood. 541-526-1700 www.FirstRatePM.com

On 10 acres, between Sisters & Bend, 3 Bdrm., 2 bath, 1484 sq.ft., mfd., family room w/ wood stove, all new carpet & paint, + 1800 sq.ft. shop, fenced for horses, $1295.

541-480-3393, 541-610-7803

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Clean 3 Bdrm 2 Bath, new paint/carpet, 1262 sq ft, $900/mo. Near hosp; must see! No pets/smoking. 3023 NE Byers Ct. 541-410-0794

NOTICE: All real estate advertised here in is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or intention to make any such preferences, limitations or discrimination. We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of this law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

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3 Bdrm., 2 bath, dbl. garage, Summerfield location, near 97, fresh interior paint, new Pergo, fully fenced. 1st & dep., $850. 503-997-7870.

4/2 Mfd 1605 sq.ft., family room, w/woodstove, new carpet/paint, single garage w/opener. $795/mo.

541-480-3393,541-610-7803 4/2 Mfd 1605 sq.ft., family room, w/woodstove, new carpet/paint, single garage w/opener. $795/mo.

541-480-3393,541-610-7803

$750 3/2, w/d hookups, family room, fenced, deck, sheds 3125 SW Pumice Ave. $695 3/1.5, new paint, single garage, w/d hookup, oil heat.

915 SW Dogwood Ave. $795 3/2, double garage w/ opener, w/d hookups, new carpet, patio, fenced.

1748 SW Kalama Ave. $795 3/2.5, $40 monthly water/sewer double garage w/opener, w/d, gas fireplace, fenced.

2885 SW Indian Cir. $825 3/2 double garage w/opener, W/D, vaulted, fenced, sprinkler system .

1425 SW 31st St. $875 3/2 double garage w/Opener, breakfast bar, w/d hookups, gas forced air heat, fenced.

735 NE Negus Pl. $895 4/2 single garage, w/d hookups, wood fireplace, formal dining, deck, fenced 458 SW 12th St. $995 4/2.5 new carpet! double garage, w/d hookups, gas forced air, fenced.

730 NE Negus Pl.

541-923-8222 www.MarrManagement.com Adorable duplex in Canyon Rim Village, 3 bdrm, 2.5 bath. all appl., includes gardener. Reduced to $749/mo.

541-408-0877.

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PUBLISHER'S NOTICE All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise "any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, marital status or national origin, or an intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination." Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women, and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD toll-free at 1-800-877-0246. The toll free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275. ***

CHECK YOUR AD Please check your ad on the first day it runs to make sure it is correct. Sometimes instructions over the phone are misunderstood and an error can occur in your ad. If this happens to your ad, please contact us the first day your ad appears and we will be happy to fix it as soon as we can. Deadlines are: Weekdays 12:00 noon for next day, Sat. 11:00 a.m. for Sunday; Sat. 12:00 for Monday.

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Redmond

4628 SW 21st St., Redmond - 2250 sq ft office & warehouse. 15¢/sq ft for 1st 6 mos., + $300 cleaning dep.

Avail Jan 15. 541-480-9041

817 NW Canyon Drive 4 bdrm., 2.5 bath, 3567 sq.ft.

Sale Date: Sat. Jan. 22nd, 1 pm FREE COLOR BROCHURE 800-229-9793 www.AuctionServicesIntl.com Danny Hill, OR: 890100056

Light Industrial, various sizes, North and South Bend locations, office w/bath from $400/mo. 541-317-8717

Office / Warehouse space • 1792 sq ft 827 Business Way, Bend 30¢/sq ft; 1st mo + $200 dep Paula, 541-678-1404

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Office / Warehouse space • 1792 sq ft 827 Business Way, Bend 30¢/sq ft; 1st mo + $200 dep Paula, 541-678-1404 Office/Warehouse Space, 6400 sq.ft., (3) 12x14 doors, on Boyd Acres Rd, 541-382-8998.

The Bulletin offers a LOWER, MORE AFFORDABLE Rental rate! If you have a home to rent, call a Bulletin Classified Rep. to get the new rates and get your ad started ASAP! 541-385-5809

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Sunriver/La Pine Homes 3 Bdrm, 2 bath, built in ‘03; (2) ½-acre lots, 1 buildable w/ well, south of Sunriver. Possible trade for Bend sgl. level of same value. 509-585-9050

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Homes with Acreage Sisters, turnkey horse setup, 4 acres, great barn, 3 pastures, updated house, 2 bdrm, 2 bath, pond,irrigation, RV pad w/hook ups, $575,000, 541-549-9945.

335 NE Greenwood Ave. Prime retail/office space, Greenwood frontage, 1147 sq. ft., ample parking, includes w/s. $1200 mo.

541-382-7727

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3 bdrm 3 bath 3500+ sq. ft. Adorable duplex in Canyon 347 NE Greenwood Ave. home, all appliances, family Rim Village, 3 bdrm, 2.5 400 sq. ft. office space, private room, office, triple garage, 2 bath. all appl., includes garentrance & restroom, 3 small woodstoves, sunroom, lrg. dener. Reduced to $749/mo. offices + reception area, utility room including w/d, 541-408-0877. ample parking, includes wapantry, landscaping incl, pet ter/sewer/ electric. $500!

OK. $3000 mo. 541-382-7727 541-382-7727

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Houses for Rent SW Bend

½ off first month 3 bdrm, 2 bath, 1152 sq. ft., w/d hookup, carport, storage, 1 acre lot that backs up to canal. $575 mo.

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$1000 Mo. Newer immaculate 3/2.5, 1560 sq.ft., dbl. garage 1st & last, pet neg. 19827 Powers Road.

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20371 Rocca Way 3 bdrm, 2½ bath, 1675 sq. ft. gas fireplace, fenced yard, pets ok! $950 541-382-7727

$900 – 3 bedroom 2 bath, newly remodeled, new carpet, linoleum & fresh paint; large yard and garage.

Heaters and wood stove.

Available soon!

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An active license means the contractor is bonded and insured.

Verify the contractor’s CCB license through the CCB Consumer Website

A newer 3/2 mfd. home, 1755 sq.ft., living room, family room, new paint, private .5 acre lot near Sunriver, $795.

541-480-3393, 541-610-7803.

3 Bdrm, 2.5 bath, 2 car garage, bonus room, deck, fridge, gas DUPLEX SW Redmond 2 bdrm stove, new paint, carpet & 2 bath, garage w/opener. vinyl. $975/mo. Pets neg. 1 Bdrm, 1 bath, 547 1/2 NW 7th, 1300 sq ft, w/d hkup, fenced $550; 2 bdrm, 1 bath, 626 1/2 Mike 541-408-8330. yard, deck, w/s/g pd. $700 SW 8th, $595; 2 bdrm, 1 bath, mo + dep. 541-604-0338 CLEAN 2 bdrm/1bath, new car135 NW 10th St., $650, pets, hardwood floors, gas 541-815-1709, CopperDog PM. Like New Duplex. Nice neighheat & water, finished gaborhood. 2 Bdrm 2 bath, rage, storage shed, $775 mo. FIND IT! 1-car garage, fenced, central BUY IT! See at 1230 NE Viking. heat & AC. Fully landscaped, $700+dep. 541-545-1825.

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1/1 cottage, woodstove, garage, deck, yard w/trees, private end of cul-de-sac, Bear Creek/15th. Avail. now. $650 1st/last/dep. 541-330-0053

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Westside Townhouse 2 bdrm, 1½ bath, water and garbage removal included.

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541-480-2092.

1459 NW Albany d 1 bdrm $495 d d 3 bdrm $610 d Coin-op laundry. W/S/G paid, cat or small dog OK with dep.

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An Office with bath, various sizes and locations from $250 per month, including utilities. 541-317-8717

A Newly Remodeled 1+1, vaulted ceilings, hardwood floors, small yard, w/fruit trees, dog area/garden, $750 util. incl. 541-350-3110.

Downtown Redmond Retail/Office space, 947 sq ft. $650/mo + utils; $650 security deposit. 425 SW Sixth St. Call Norb, 541-420-9848

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Malibu Skier 1988, w/center pylon, low hours, always garaged, new upholstery, great fun. $9500.

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2 Wet-Jet personal water crafts, new batteries & covers, “SHORE“ trailer, incl spare & lights, $1995 for all. Bill 541-480-7930.

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Wabco 666 Grader - New tires, clean, runs good -$8,500.

Austin Western Super 500 Grader - All wheel drive, low hours on engine - $10,500.

1986 Autocar cement truck Cat engine, 10 yd mixer $10,000. Call 541-771-4980

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Aircraft, Parts and Service

1/3 interest in Columbia 400, located at Sunriver. $150,000. Call 541-647-3718 Beechcraft A36 BDN 1978 3000TT, 1300 SRMAN, 100 TOP, Garmins, Sandel HSI, 55X A/P, WX 500, Leather, Bose, 1/3 share - $40,000 OBO/terms, 541-948-2126.

Harley Davidson Police Bike 2001, low mi., custom bike very nice.Stage 1, new tires & brakes, too much to list!

A Must See Bike $10,500 OBO. 541-383-1782

Harley Davidson Screamin’ Eagle Electric-Glide 2005, 103” motor, 2-tone, candy teal, 18,000 miles, exc. cond. $19,999 OBO, please call 541-480-8080.

Harley Davidson Ultra Classic 2008, clean, lots of upgrades, custom exhaust, dual control heated gloves & vest, luggage access. 15K, $17,000 OBO 541-693-3975.

Honda Shadow Deluxe American Classic Edition.

2002, black, perfect, garaged, 5,200 mi. $3495.

541-610-5799.

KTM 400 EXC Enduro 2006, like new cond, low miles, street legal, hvy duty receiver hitch basket. $4500. 541-385-4975

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Cedar Creek 2006, RDQF. Loaded, 4 slides, 37.5’, king bed, W/D, 5500W gen., fireplace, Corian countertops, skylight shower, central vac, much more, like new, $43,000, please call 541-330-9149.

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POLARIS PHOENIX 2005, 2X4, 200cc, new rear end, new tires, runs excellent, $1800 OBO, 541-932-4919.

YAMAHA 1998 230CC motor, 4WD, used as utility vehicle. excellent running condition. $2000 OBO. 541-923-4161 541-788-3896

Beaver Patriot 2000, Walnut cabinets, solar, Bose, Corian, tile, 4 door fridge., 1 slide, w/d, $99,000. 541-215-0077

27’ 5th wheel Bounder 34’ 1994, only DUTCHMAN 1998, slide-out, gen. & more.

18K miles, 1 owner, ga$7750. 541-504-9651. rage kept, rear walk round queen island bed, TV’s,leveling hyd. jacks, backup camera, awnings, non smoker, no pets, must see to appreciate, too many options to list, won’t last long, $18,950, 541-389-3921,503-789-1202

Dodge Brougham Motorhome, 1977, Needs TLC, $1995, Pilgrim Camper 1981, Self contained, Cab-over, needs TLC, $595, 541-382-2335 or 503-585-3240.

Everest 32’ 2004, 3 slides, island kitchen, air, surround sound, micro., full oven, more, in exc. cond., 2 trips on it, 1 owner, like new, REDUCED NOW $26,000. 541-228-5944 Fleetwood Wilderness 2004 36½’, 4 slide-outs, fireplace, A/C, TV, used 3 times. Like new! List $52,000, sell $22,950.

541-390-2678, Madras

Hitchhiker II 2000 32’ 2 slides, very clean Dutch Star DP 39 ft. 2001, 2 slides, Cat engine, many options, very clean, PRICE REDUCED! 541-388-7552.

Gulfstream Scenic Cruiser 36 ft. 1999, Cummins 330 hp. diesel, 42K, 1 owner, 13 in. kitchen slide out, new tires, under cover, hwy. miles only, 4 door fridge/freezer icemaker, W/D combo, Interbath tub & shower, 50 amp. propane gen & more! $55,000. 541-948-2310.

Houseboat 38X10, w/triple axle trailer, incl. private moorage w/24/7 security at Prinville resort. PRICE REDUCED, $21,500. 541-788-4844.

Yamaha YFZ450 2006, very low hrs., exc. cond., reduced to $3000, also boots, helmet, tires, avail., 541-410-0429

and in excellent condition.

Only $18,000!

(541) 410-9423, (541) 536-6116.

Hitchiker II 32’ 1998 w/solar system, awnings, Arizona rm. great shape! $15,500 541-589-0767, in Burns.

KOMFORT 27’ 5th wheel 2000 trailer: fiberglass with 12’ slide, stored inside, in excellent condition.

Only $13,500 firm.

Call 541-536-3916.

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Marathon V.I.P. Prevost H3-40 Luxury Coach. Like new after $132,000 purchase & $130,000 in renovations. Only 129k orig. mi. 541-601-6350.

Rare bargain at just $122,000.

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Travel Queen 34’ 1987 65K miles, oak cabi-

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nets, exc interior. Great extra bdrm! Reduced to $5000. 541-480-3286

17½’ 2006 BAYLINER 175 XT Ski Boat, 3.0L Merc, mint condition, includes ski tower w/2 racks - everything we have, ski jackets adult and kids several, water skis, wakeboard, gloves, ropes and many other boating items. $11,300 OBO . 541-417-0829

Winnebago Class C 28’ 2003, Ford V10, 2

19’ Blue Water Executive Overnighter 1988, very low hours, been in dry storage for 12 years, new camper top, 185HP I/O Merc engine, all new tires on trailer, $7995 OBO, 541-447-8664.

slides, 44k mi., A/C, awning, good cond., 1 owner. $37,000. 541-815-4121

Mobile Suites, 2007, 36TK3 with 3 slide-outs, king bed, ultimate living comfort, large kitchen, fully loaded, well insulated, hydraulic jacks and so much more. Priced to sell at $59,500! 541-317-9185

MONTANA 2000 36’ 3 slides, washer and dryer, new A/C. Very nice & livable! $12,500. 541-923-7351.

Winnebago Itasca Horizon 2002, 330 Cat, 2 slides, loaded with leather. 4x4 Chevy Tracker w/tow bar available, exc. cond. $65,000 OBO. 509-552-6013.

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Travel Trailers 20.5’ 2004 Bayliner 205 Run About, 220 HP, V8, open bow, exc. cond., very fast w/very low hours, lots of extras incl. tower, Bimini & custom trailer, $19,500. 541-389-1413

TERRY 27’ 5th wheel 1995 with big slide-out, generator and extras. Great condition and hunting rig, $9,900 OBO. 541-923-0231 days.

Gearbox 30’ 2005, all the bells & whistles, sleeps 8, 4 queen beds, reduced to $17,000, 541-536-8105

20.5’ Seaswirl Spyder 1989 H.O. 302, 285 hrs., exc. cond., stored indoors for life $11,900 OBO. 541-379-3530 Ads published in the "Boats" classification include: Speed, fishing, drift, canoe, house and sail boats. For all other types of watercraft, please see Class 875. 541-385-5809

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JAYCO 31 ft. 1998 slideout, upgraded model, exc. cond. $10,500. 1-541-454-0437.

Fleetwood Elkhorn 9.5’ 1999,

extended overhead cab, stereo, self-contained,outdoor shower, TV, 2nd owner, exc. cond., non smoker, $8900 541-815-1523.

Springdale 29’ 2007, slide, Bunkhouse style, sleeps 7-8, exc. cond., $13,900 or take over payments, 541-390-2504

Weekend Warrior Toy Hauler 28’ 2007, Gen, fuel station,exc.

cond. sleeps 8, black/gray interior, used 3X, $29,900.

541-389-9188.

2, 4 barrel, 225 hp.

Matching numbers $62,500, 541-280-1227.

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Case 780 CK Extend-a-hoe, 120 HP, 90% tires, cab & extras, 11,500 OBO, 541-420-3277

Chevy Suburban 1969, classic 3-door, very clean, all original good condition, $5500, call 541-536-2792.

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Trucks and Heavy Equipment

Chevrolet Nova, 1976 2-door, 20,200 mi. New tires, seat covers, windshield & more. $5800. 541-330-0852.

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152K mi. on chassis, 4 spd. transmission, 250 6 cyl. engine w/60K, new brakes & master cylinder, $2500.

Please call 503-551-7406 or 541-367-0800.

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FIAT 1800 1978 5-spd., door panels w/flowers & hummingbirds, white soft top & hard top, Reduced to $5,500, 541-317-9319,541-647-8483

Mercury Monterrey 1965, Exc. All original, 4-dr. sedan, in storage last 15 yrs., 390 High Compression engine, new tires & license, reduced to $4850, 541-410-3425.

Find exactly what you are looking for in the CLASSIFIEDS MUST SELL due to death.

1970 Monte Carlo, all original, many extras. Sacrifice $6000. 541-593-3072

OLDS 98 1969 2 door hardtop, $1600.

541-389-5355

Ford Mustang Coupe 1966, original owner, V8, automatic, great shape, $9000 OBO. 530-515-8199 Porsche 914, 1974 Always garaged, family owned.

Runs good. $5500.

541-550-8256

Chevy 1/2 Ton 1995, 4X4, 350 engine, auto, cold A/C, new tires, brakes, shocks, & muffler, w/ camper shell, runs great. $4000.

541-706-1568

VW Super Beetle 1974 Ford T-Bird 1955, White soft & hard tops, new paint, carpet, upholstery, rechromed, nice! $32,000. 541-912-1833 Mercedes 380SL 1983, Convertible, blue color, new tires, cloth top & fuel pump, call for details 541-536-3962

New: 1776 CC engine, dual Dularto Carbs, trans, studded tires, brakes, shocks, struts, exhaust, windshield, tags & plates; has sheepskin seatcovers, Alpine stereo w/ subs, black on black, 25 mpg, extra tires. Only $3750 541-388-4302. Partial Trade.

Chevy Colorado 2004, LS, 4x4, 5 cyl., 4 spd., auto, A/C, ps, pl, pw, CD, 60K mi., $8395 541-598-5111.

4-dr., complete, $15,000 OBO, trades, please call 541-420-5453.

Chrysler 300 Coupe 1967, 440 engine, auto. trans, ps, air, frame on rebuild, repainted original blue, original blue interior, original hub caps, exc. chrome, asking $10,000 or make offer. 541-385-9350.

Mercedes-Benz 280c 1975 145k, good body & mechanical, fair interior, can email pics. $2950. 541-548-3628

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Chevy Silverado 1500 1988, 4x4, step side, tow pkg., low mi. at 98K, A/C, great tries, brakes, new rear end, runs extra super, $3250 OBO, 541-548-7396

COLLINS 18’ 1981, gooseneck hitch, sleeps 4, good condition, $1950. Leave message.

541-325-6934

Yamaha 350 Big Bear 1999, 4X4, 4 stroke, racks front & rear, strong machine, excellent condition. $2,200 541-382-4115,541-280-7024

(4) Studded Snows 215/45R17, like new, $375. (were $700 new). 503-747-9170

Motorhomes

Motorcycle Trailer Kendon stand-up motorcycle trailer, torsion bar suspension, easy load and unload, used seldom and only locally. $1700 OBO. Call 541-306-3010.

Big Tex Landscaping/ ATV Trailer, dual axle flatbed, 7’x16’, 7000 lb.

GVW, all steel, $1400.

541-382-4115, or 541-280-7024.

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Grumman AA-5 Traveler, 1/4 interest, beautiful, clean plane, $9500, 619-822-8036 www.carymathis.blogspot.com Alpha “See Ya” 30’ 1996, 2 slides, A/C, heat pump, exc. cond. for Snowbirds, solid oak cabs day & night shades, Corian, tile, hardwood. $14,900. 541-923-3417.

Corvette 1956, rebuilt 2006, 3 spd.,

14X6 UTILITY TRAILER $1200.

Call Jimmy, 541-771-0789

Fifth Wheels

Waverider Trailer, 2-place, new paint, rail covers, & wiring, good cond., $495, 541-923-3490.

real nice inside & out, low mileage, $2500, please call 541-383-3888 for more information.

Utility Trailers

882 Harley Davidson Heritage Soft Tail 2009, 400 mi., extras incl. pipes, lowering kit, chrome pkg., $16,900 OBO. 541-944-9753

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Cadillac El Dorado 1977, very beautiful blue,

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2003 Lance 1030 Deluxe Model Camper, loaded, phenomenal condition. $17,500.

2007 Dodge 6.7 Cummins Diesel 3500 4x4 long bed, 58K mi, $34,900. Or buy as unit, $48,500. 541-331-1160

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the points of diversion, at a LEGAL NOTICE maximum of 1.61 CFS, to the NOTICE OF REASON FOR SEITRUSTEE'S NOTICE OF SALE mouth of Whychus Creek.

ZURE FOR FORFEITURE: The The Water Resources Deproperty described in this The Trust Deed to be foreclosed pursuant to Oregon law is referred to as follows (the "Trust Deed"): Three positions with partment has concluded that notice was seized for forfei- 1.TRUST DEED INFORMATION: incumbents running for the proposed transfer apture because it: (1) Constire-election on the Board of Grantor: Barry Michael Seaton pears to be consistent with tutes the proceeds of the Directors at Central Electric Beneficiary: Columbia State Bank, successor in interest to Columbia River Bank the requirements of ORS violation of, solicitation to Cooperative, Inc. are up for Trustee:Amerititle Chapter 540, OAR 690 violate, attempt to violate, or election. They are: Successor Trustee: Heather J. Hepburn, 360 SW Bond St., Ste. 400, Bend, OR 97702, 380-5000, and OAR conspiracy to violate, the (541) 749-4044 690-077-0075. criminal laws of the State of District #2 Recording Date:April 26, 2004 Any person may file, jointly or Oregon regarding the manuTumalo Recording Reference:Document No. 2004-23650 severally, with the Departfacture, distribution, or posCounty of Recording:Deschutes County, Oregon ment a protest or standing session of controlled sub- 2.LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY (the "Property"): District #3 statement within 30 days stances (ORS Chapter 475); Madras Lot Seven (7), Block Seven (7), KENWOOD GARDENS, Deschutes County, Oregon after the date of final publiand/or (2) Was used or in- 3.DEFAULT: The Grantor or any other person owing an obligation, the performance of which is secation of notice in the tended for use in commitDistrict #5 cured by the Trust Deed, is in default and the Beneficiary seeks to foreclose the Trust Deed. The Department's weekly notice ting or facilitating the violaTerrebonne default for which foreclosure is made is Grantor's failure to do the following: or of this newspaper notice, tion of, solicitation to violate, Failure to make monthly interest payments due January 23, 2010; February 23, 2010 and March whichever is later. A protest attempt to violate, or conPursuant to the By-Laws of the 23, 2010, failure to pay the entire amount due under the note and trust deed on April 23, 2010, form and additional informaspiracy to violate the crimico-op, other members that live the maturity date and failure to pay real property taxes for the years 2006-07, 2007-08 and tion on filing protests may be nal laws of the State of Orin that district are eligible to 2008-09, plus interest and penalties when due. obtained by calling (503) egon regarding the 4.AMOUNT DUE: By reason of the default just described, the Beneficiary has declared all sums owrun for election. Petitions and 986-0883. The last date of manufacture, distribution or information for candidates, ing on the obligation secured by the Trust Deed immediately due and payable, those sums being newspaper publication is Jan. possession of controlled subincluding district boundaries the following: Principal balance of $59,216.37, together with unpaid interest of $6,330.20 9, 2011. If no protests are stances (ORS Chapter 475). and eligibility requirements, through August 17, 2010,Late Charges and fees of $3,577.78, Trustee's fees, attorney's fees, costs filed, the Department will isare available at the of foreclosure and any sums advanced by the Beneficiary pursuant to the terms of the Trust Deed. sue a final order consistent PROPERTY SEIZED FOR FORCooperative’s office at 2098 Interest continues to accrue on the unpaid principal balance at the rate of 18.00% per annum with the preliminary deterFEITURE: $33,120.00 North Highway 97, Redmond, from August 18, 2010, until paid. mination.

OR. Petitions will be accepted 5.ELECTION TO SELL: The Beneficiary hereby elects to foreclose the Trust Deed by advertisement DATE PROPERTY SEIZED: at the co-op office until 5:00 and sale as provided under ORS 86.705 to 86.795, and to cause the property to be sold at public 10/19/10 PM, February 4, 2011.

LEGAL NOTICE auction to the highest bidder for cash, the Grantor's interest in the described property which the NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Grantor had, or had the power to convey, at the time of the execution by the Grantor of the Trust LEGAL NOTICE PERSON FROM WHOM Deed, together with any interest the Grantor or Grantor's successor in interest acquired after the IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF PROPERTY SEIZED: Gregory The Deschutes County Hearexecution of the Trust Deed, to satisfy the obligations secured by the Trust Deed, including the THE STATE OF OREGON FOR Donofiro and Ticmil Ashley ings Officer will hold a Public expenses of the sale, compensation of the Trustee as provided by law and the reasonable fees of THE COUNTY OF DESCHUTES Hearing on Tuesday, January the Trustee's attorneys.

25, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. in the For further information con- 6.DATE AND TIME OF SALE: In the Matter of the Estate of: cerning the seizure and forBarnes and Sawyer Rooms of Date: February 17, 2011 Michael D. McKinnon, feiture of the property dethe Deschutes Services CenTime: 10:00 A.M. (in accord with the standard of time established by ORS 187.110) Deceased. scribed in this notice contact: ter, located at 1300 NW Wall Location: Bond Street Entrance to the Deschutes County Justice Building Street in Bend, to consider (brick building) 1100 NW Bond Street, Bend, Or 97701 Case No. 10PB0141MS Oregon State Police the following request: FILE 7.RIGHT TO REINSTATE: Any person named in ORS 86.753 has the right, at any time prior to five Drug Enforcement Section, NUMBERS: CU-10-27, days before the Trustee conducts the sale, to have this foreclosure dismissed and the Trust Deed NOTICE TO INTERESTED Asset Forfeiture Unit SP-10-13. SUBJECT: Applicareinstated by doing all of the following: PERSONS 255 Capitol St. NE, 4th Floor; tions for a Conditional Use a. payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then due, other than such portion of the principal Salem, OR 97310 Permit for adjunct activities as would not then be due had no default occurred; NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Phone: (503) 934-0161 as part of a guest lodge on a b.curing any other default that is capable of being cured, by tendering the performance required that the undersigned has 9.7-acre property in a Mulunder the obligation or Trust Deed; and been appointed as Personal tiple Use Agricultural zone, c.paying all costs and expenses actually incurred in enforcing the obligation and Trust Deed, LEGAL NOTICE Representative. All persons and a Site Plan for the guest together with the Trustee's and attorney's fees not exceeding the amount provided in ORS 86.753.

NOTICE TO INTERESTED having claims against the lodge facility. The applicant PERSONS IN THE CIRCUIT 8.NOTICE FOR PROPERTIES INCLUDING ONE OR MORE DWELLING UNITS: NOTICE TO estate are required to is requesting a Similar Use RESIDENTIAL TENANTS. The property in which you are living is in foreclosure. A foreclosure sale COURT OF THE STATE OF present them, with proper Ruling as part of the condiis scheduled for February 17, 2011. Unless the lender who is foreclosing on this property is paid, OREGON FOR THE COUNTY vouchers attached, to the tional use permit, to allow a the foreclosure will go through and someone new will own this property. The following OF DESCHUTES. In the matundersigned Personal Repre"retreat center" in conjuncinformation applies to you only if you occupy and rent this property as a residential dwelling ter of the Estate of JAMES H. sentative in care of Max Mertion with the guest lodge faunder a legitimate rental agreement. The information does not apply to you if you own this JACKSON, Deceased, Case rill of Merrill, O'Sullivan, LLP, cility. APPLICANTS: Henry property or if you are not a residential tenant. If the foreclosure goes through, the business or No. 09PB0160BH. NOTICE TO 805 SW Industrial Way, Suite and Karen Queen. LOCAindividual who buys this property at the foreclosure sale has the right to require you to move out.

INTERESTED PERSONS no5, Bend, OR 97702, within TION: 67155 Sunburst The buyer must first give you an eviction notice in writing that specifies the date by which you tice is HEREBY GIVEN that four months after the date of Street, Bend; County must move out. The buyer may not give you this notice until after the foreclosure sale happens.

MONTY J. JACKSON has first publication of this noAssessor's Maps 15-11-32, If you do not leave before the move-out date, the buyer can have the sheriff remove you from the been appointed Administratice, or they may be barred.

Tax Lot 200. STAFF CONproperty after a court hearing. You will receive notice of the court hearing. FEDERAL LAW REtor. All persons having claims TACT: Paul Blikstad, Senior QUIRES YOU TO BE NOTIFIED IF YOU ARE OCCUPYING AND RENTING THIS PROPERTY AS A against the estate are reAll persons whose rights may Planner (541) 388-6554.

RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNDER A LEGITIMATE RENTAL AGREEMENT, FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES quired to present them with be affected by the proceedCopies of the staff report, THE proper voucher attached to ings may obtain additional application, all documents UYER TO GIVE YOU NOTICE IN WRITING A CERTAIN NUMBER OF DAYS BEFORE THE BUYER CAN the administrator MONTY J. information from the records and evidence submitted by or REQUIRE YOU TO MOVE OUT. THE FEDERAL LAW THAT REQUIRES THE BUYER TO GIVE YOU JACKSON in care of David W. of the court, the Personal on behalf of the applicant THIS NOTICE IS EFFECTIVE UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2014. Under federal law, the buyer must give Smiley, 70 SW Century Drive, Representative, or the attorand applicable criteria are you at least 90 days' notice in writing before requiring you to move out. If you are renting this Suite 100-333, Bend, OR ney for the Personal Repreavailable for inspection at the property under a fixed-term lease (for example, a six-month or one-year lease), you may stay until 97702 within four months sentative at the address Planning Division at no cost the end of your lease term. If the buyer wants to move in and use this property as the buyer's after the date of first publishown below. and can be purchased for 25 primary residence, the buyer can give you written notice and require you to move out after 90 cation of this notice or the cents a page. The staff redays, even if you have a fixed-term lease with more than 90 days left. STATE LAW NOTIFICATION claims may be barred. All Dated and first published port should be made availREQUIREMENTS IF THE FEDERAL LAW DOES NOT APPLY, STATE LAW STILL REQUIRES THE persons whose rights may be December 29, 2010. able seven days prior to the BUYER TO GIVE YOU NOTICE IN WRITING BEFORE REQUIRING YOU TO MOVE OUT IF YOU ARE effected by the proceedings date set for the hearing.

OCCUPYING AND RENTING THE PROPERTY AS A TENANT IN GOOD FAITH. EVEN IF THE may obtain additional inforTeri L. McKinnon Documents are also availFEDERAL LAW REQUIREMENT IS NO LONGER EFFECTIVE AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2012, THE mation from the records of Personal Representative able online at: www.co.desREQUIREMENT UNDER STATE LAW STILL APPLIES TO YOUR SITUATION. Under state law, if you the court, the personal repchutes.or.us/cdd/. have a fixed-term lease (for example, a six-month or one-year lease), the buyer must give you at resentative or the attorneys PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: least 60 days' notice in writing before requiring you to move out. If the buyer wants to move in for the Administrator MONTY Teri L. McKinnon and use this property as the buyer's primary residence, the buyer can give you written notice and LEGAL NOTICE J. JACKSON; David W. Smi3542 NW Mesa Verde Court require you to move out after 30 days, even if you have a fixed-term lease with more than 30 days NOTICE OF SEIZURE FOR ley.

Dated and first pubBend, Oregon 97701 left. If you are renting under a month-to-month or week-to-week rental agreement, the buyer FORFEITURE lished Sunday, December 19, Phone: (541) 382-1255 must give you at least 30 days' notice in writing before requiring you to move out. IMPORTANT: Notice to Potential Claimant 2010, DAVID W. SMILEY, For the buyer to be required to give you notice under state law, you must prove to the business or Read Carefully ! !

OSB #954164, 70 SW CenATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL individual who is handling the foreclosure sale that you are occupying and renting this property as tury Drive, Suite 100-333, REPRESENTATIVE: a residential dwelling under a legitimate rental agreement. The name and address of the business If you have any interest in the Bend, OR 97702 Tel: Max Merrill, OSB #71002 or individual who is handling the foreclosure sale is shown on this notice under the heading seized property described in 541-318-1288 Fax: Merrill O’Sullivan, LLP "TRUSTEE". You must mail or deliver your proof not later than January 18, 2011 (30 days before this notice, you must claim 541-318-1289 E-mail: 805 SW Industrial Way, Suite 5 the date first set for the foreclosure that interest or you will audavid@dwsmiley.com Bend, OR 97702 ale). Your proof must be in writing and should be a copy of your rental agreement or lease. If tomatically lose that interest.

Phone: (541) 389-1770 you do not have a written rental agreement or lease, you can provide other proof, such as receipts If you do not file a claim for Fax: (541) 389-1777 Check out the for rent you paid. ABOUT YOUR SECURITY DEPOSIT Under state law, you may apply your security the property, the property Email: classiieds online deposit and any rent you paid in advance against the current rent you owe your landlord. To do may be forfeited even if you max@merrill-osullivan.com this, you must notify your landlord in writing that you want to subtract the amount of your are not convicted of any www.bendbulletin.com security deposit or prepaid rent from your rent payment. You may do this only for the rent you LEGAL NOTICE crime. To claim an interest, Updated daily owe your current landlord. If you do this, you must do so before the foreclosure sale. The Notice of Preliminary you must file a written claim business or individual who buys this property at the foreclosure sale is not responsible to you for Determination for with the forfeiture counsel any deposit or prepaid rent you paid to your landlord. ABOUT YOUR TENANCY AFTER THE PUBLIC NOTICE Water Right Transfer named below. The written The Bend Park & Recreation FORECLOSURE SALE The business or individual who buys this property at the foreclosure sale may T-10952 claim must be signed by you, be willing to allow you to stay as a tenant instead of requiring you to move out. You should District Board of Directors sworn to under penalty of will meet in a work session at contact the buyer to discuss that possibility if you would like to stay. Under state law, if the buyer perjury before a notary pub5:30 pm, Tuesday, January 4, accepts rent from you, signs a new residential rental agreement with you or does not notify you in T-10952 filed by the Deslic, and state: (a) Your true writing within 30 days after the date of the foreclosure sale that you must move out, the buyer 2011, at the district adminchutes River Conservancy name; (b) The address at istrative offices, 799 SW Cobecomes your new landlord and must maintain the property. Otherwise, the buyer is not your (700 NW Hill St., Bend, OR which you will accept future landlord and is not responsible for maintaining the property on your behalf and you must move lumbia, Bend, Oregon.

97701) proposes a change in mailings from the court and Agenda items includes an out by the date the buyer specifies in a notice to you. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO PAY RENT TO place of use and a change in forfeiture counsel; and (3) A update from the district’s InYOUR LANDLORD UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS SOLD TO ANOTHER BUSINESS OR INDIVIDUAL OR character of use under Cerstatement that you have an surance Agent of Record, an UNTIL A COURT OR A LENDER TELLS YOU OTHERWISE. IF YOU DO NOT PAY RENT, YOU CAN BE tificates 85384, 85385, and interest in the seized propupdate of the district’s acEVICTED. AS EXPLAINED ABOVE, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO APPLY A DEPOSIT YOU MADE OR 85390 to instream use. Cererty. Your deadline for filing PREPAID RENT YOU PAID AGAINST YOUR CURRENT RENT OBLIGATION. BE SURE TO KEEP creditation process and pretificate 85384 allows the use the claim document with the sentation of the System DePROOF OF ANY PAYMENTS YOU MAKE AND OF ANY NOTICE YOU GIVE OR RECEIVE of 0.15 Cubic Foot per Secforfeiture counsel named velopment Charges (SDC) CONCERNING THE APPLICATION OF YOUR DEPOSIT OR YOUR PREPAID RENT. IT IS UNLAWFUL ond (CFS) (priority date below is 21 days from the fund information and long FOR ANY PERSON TO TRY TO FORCE YOU TO LEAVE YOUR HOME WITHOUT FIRST GOING TO 1880) from Whychus Creek, last publication date of this term financial forecast. The COURT TO EVICT YOU. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS, YOU MAY WISH TO tributary to the Deschutes notice. This notice will be board will conduct a regular CONSULT A LAWYER. If you believe you need legal assistance, contact the Oregon State Bar and River, in T15S, R10E, Sec 21, published on four successive business meeting beginning ask for the lawyer referral service. Contact information for the Oregon State Bar is included with W.M., for Irrigation in T15S, weeks, beginning and endthis notice. If you do not have enough money to pay a lawyer and are otherwise eligible, you may at 7:00 p.m. Agenda items R10E, Sec 10, W.M. Certifiing . If you have any quesinclude contract awards for be able to receive legal assistance for free. Information about whom to contact for free legal cate 85385 allows the use of tions, you should see an atColumbia Neighborhood Park assistance is included with this notice. If you believe you need legal assistance with this matter, 0.51 CFS (priority date 1881) torney immediately. construction and Old Bend you may contact the Oregon State Bar and ask for the lawyer referral service. Contact information from Whychus Creek, tribuGym Architectural Services. for the Oregon State Bar is 503-684-3763 or toll-free in Oregon at 800-452-7636 or you may visit tary to the Deschutes River, FORFEITURE COUNSEL:Asset its website at: www.osbar.org. If you have a low income and meet federal poverty guidelines, you The board will also consider in T15S, R10E, Sec 21 W.M., Forfeiture Counsel, Oregon of approval the 2009-10 Fimay be eligible for free legal assistance. Contact information and a directory of legal aid programs for Irrigation in T15S, R10E, Department of Justice for where you can obtain free legal assistance is available at http://www.oregonlawhelp.org. In nancial Statement Audit and Sec 10, W.M. Certificate 610 Hawthorne Avenue, S.E., approval of a revised conconstruing this notice, the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter, the singular 83590 allows the use of 0.95 Suite 210, Salem, OR 97301 tract for the purchase of includes the plural, the word "Grantor" includes any successor in interest to the Grantor as well as CFS (priority date 1880) from Phone: (503) 378-6347 Miller’s Landing. The agenda any other person owing an obligation, the performance of which is secured by the Trust Deed, and Whychus Creek, tributary to and supplementary reports the words "Trustee" and "Beneficiary" include their respective successors in interest, if any. the Deschutes River, in T15S SEIZING AGENCY:Oregon State may be viewed on the R10E, Sec 21, W.M., for IrriPolice CASE #: 10-407950 district’s website www.bend- DATED: September 23, 2010. gation in T15S, R10E, Sec 10, parkandrec.org. For more W.M. The applicant proAddress 255 Capitol St. NE, information call /s/ Heather J. Hepburn poses to create an instream 4th floor, Salem, OR 97310 541-389-7275.

Heather J. Hepburn, Successor Trustee use in Whychus Creek from Phone: 503-378-3720 LEGAL NOTICE Directors’ Positions

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A look back and ahead to economic challenges

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wo years ago at this time, we were roughly a year and a half into the economic downturn that has nearly brought the nation to its knees.

And the prospect looking ahead was scary, even by the chilling standards of the previous 18 months.

Asked whether he thought the new year would bring any relief from the terrible recession, an editor friend said perhaps, but then added that he also feared it could get so much worse that we would look back nostalgically on 2008.

Two years later, I think it is fair to say that we are not worse off than we have been in the recent past, and perhaps just a little bit better.

That same editor I referred to — a very cautious man by nature — now believes the economy has bottomed out and is improving steadily, though very, very slowly. And he runs a newspaper in an area hit far harder than ours.

That’s not bad news heading into a new year. By most measures, a boat not sinking is floating. The challenge is picking up a little headway.

Banks need to lend money, companies need to hire, people need to gain confidence and start buying homes. That said, if you look back over 2010, you can see some very good news.

Facebook announced it was locating a new data center in Prineville. That is terrific news in and of itself, but it also suggests that Central Oregon could be attractive to any number of cuttingedge, technologically centered companies. Adding to the corporate profile of our area would be a breakthrough of significant proportions.

If there was a single communitywide sigh of relief, it was over the success of the Bank of the Cascades to find new investors to help it meet capitalization requirements at a time when banks and other lending institutions were regularly seized by the federal government.

It’s hard to overestimate the importance of BOTC to Central Oregon as a principle underwriter of commerce and as a community citizen; its benefit to all of us has been extraordinary.

And, as with Facebook, the new investors also suggest better times ahead.

They put their money in the bank for a reason. They think Central Oregon, and therefore the bank, has a great future.

That great future depends on a number of factors, but probably none greater than the continued expansion of higher education.

Voters made a farsighted decision at the end of 2009 by approving a $41 million construction bond for Central Oregon Community College, which allows it to expand its presence in Jefferson and Crook counties and to build new facilities at the Bend campus. The construction of a new culinary center is already under way on the campus, and none too soon.

COCC, as well as the local branch of Oregon State University, is booming with students. In fact, they are both stretched to the limit, but to their great credit, they are finding ways in difficult times to offer new programs and new learning opportunities to thousands of students who form the very basis of a renewed local economy. Just imagine if Central Oregon did not have those two.

All of that said, there is a significant threat. Central Oregon’s prosperity before the recession was dependent — perhaps overly so — on soaring real estate values. It made a lot of people and companies very rich in the short run. But the crashing economy brought with it swift corrective measures called bankruptcy — personal and business — foreclosures, layoffs and salary reductions.

The boom times also made the government richer in taxes, which led to expansions that require ever-increasing revenue every year, regardless of economic realities.

The result is government shortfalls across the state that are measured in billions of dollars and very few corrective options except spending cuts.

How well our political leadership handles this incredible challenge — preserving only the crucial programs while slashing the simply beneficial ones, and building a private economy — will determine the future of Oregon.

Happy New Year, and Go Ducks!

John Costa is editor-in-chief of The Bulletin.

A QUEST TO EXPLAIN what

GRADES really mean Colleges taking action against grade inflation

By Tamar Lewin New York Times News Service

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t could be a Zen koan: If everybody in the class gets an A, what does an A mean?

The answer: not what it should, says Andrew Per-

rin, a sociologist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. “An A should mean outstanding work; it should not be the default grade,” Perrin said. “If everyone gets an A for adequate completion of tasks, it cripples our ability to recognize exemplary scholarship.”

As part of the university’s long effort to clarify what grades really mean, Perrin now leads a committee that is working with the registrar on plans to add extra information — probably median grades, and perhaps more — to transcripts. In addition, they expect to post further statistics providing context online and give instructors data on how their grading compares with their colleagues’.

“It’s going to be modest and nowhere near enough to correct the problems,” Perrin said. “But it’s our judgment that it’s the best we can do now.”

With college grades creeping ever higher, a few universities have taken direct action against

grade inflation. Most notably, Princeton adopted guidelines in 2004 providing that no more than 35 percent of undergraduate grades should be A’s, a policy that remains controversial on campus.

Others have taken a less direct approach, leaving instructors free to award whatever grades they like but expanding their transcripts to include information giving graduate schools and employers a fuller picture of what the grades mean.

Dartmouth transcripts include median grades, along with the number of courses in which the student exceeded, equaled or came in lower than those medians. Columbia transcripts show the percentage of students in the course who earned an A.

At Reed College, transcripts are accompanied by an explanatory card. Last year’s graduating class had an average GPA of 3.20, it says, and only 10 percent of the class graduated with a GPA of 3.67 or higher.

“We also tell them that in 26 years, only 10 students have graduated with a perfect 4.0 average — and three of them were transfers who didn’t get all those grades at Reed,” said Nora McLaughlin, the registrar at Reed. “We wanted to put the grades at Reed in context to be sure that graduate schools, particularly professional schools where GPA is very much an im-

portant factor, understand how capable our students are.”

Especially in hard economic times, students worry that professors who are stingy with the A’s will leave them at a disadvantage in graduate school admissions and employment. No wonder, then, that many students visit websites like RateMyProfessors.com when registering, perhaps to help them avoid tough graders.

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Stuart Goldenberg New York Times News Service

Andrew Perrin, a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sociologist, is working to fight grade inflation. UNC is planning to add extra information, probably median grades to transcripts, among other measures.

“It’s generally recognized that an A by itself is not very meaningful. Giving statisticalcontext to assist recipients of a transcript in understanding the grades is definitely helpful.”

— Barmak Nassirian, American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers

Travis Dove New York Times News Service

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t’s clear that Oregon’s so-called transportation planning rule has serious flaws. The question is, can the state and its communities find a workable middle ground on the rule or will

lawmakers have to get into the act? We hope not.

The transportation planning rule has an element of logic to it. The Oregon Department of Transportation and the Department of Land Conservation and Development agreed that before the state would sign off on development, the parties involved would have to correct any traffic problems the development might create. In that respect the rule is akin to a state systems development charge: Improvements must be paid for before development can proceed.

Also like SDCs, the rule has its problems, and Bend’s troubles with the intersection of U.S. Highway 97 and Cooley Road illustrate them well.

In the city’s case the development held at bay is Juniper Ridge. The state told the city several years ago it would have to make dramatic multimilliondollar improvements at that intersection if it hoped to develop what still may become a tax-generating jewel in the city’s crown. The city could not come up with the $50 million necessary to make the changes, and there things sat until recently.

The state is not completely off base, however, in its rule. A more heavily used intersection at Cooley Road and 97 surely will worsen traffic problems in all directions, for one thing, and the state bears the responsibility of keeping things flowing on its major highway in the region. If it can require preemptive road improvements, some of those problems can be avoided.

In reality, it wouldn’t be just those who work at Juniper Ridge or those who drive on U.S. 97 who would benefit from a better intersection, but a host of other businesses and neighborhoods nearby and not so nearby.

They’re already part of the reason the intersection needs work, yet in theory they might not have to cough up a cent to have that work done.

Meanwhile, if the U.S. 97-Cooley Road intersection offers an example of just what’s wrong with the transportation planning rule, it also offers a vision of what can be done, if only all sides will agree to work on the problem.

Bend and ODOT earlier this year worked out an agreement that will allow development to begin before the intersection is improved. Improvement itself will come in stages, each one triggered by an increase in traffic in the area. Bend can begin selling property in Juniper Ridge sooner rather than later, even as it continues to plan for necessary road improvements in the future.

That solution, one in which the various parties come together to create something all can live with, is far better than either of the alternatives. Doing nothing would continue the state’s stranglehold on development, something both communities and the state itself need. Leaving changes up to lawmakers puts political clout, not need, in the forefront and any solution thus created might well be worse than the current problem.

Two east-side lawmakers, state Sen. Chris Telfer, R-Bend, and Rep. John Huffman, R-The Dalles, plan to offer changes to the transportation planning rule when the Legislature meets next year. We hope they’ll hold off, at least for a time. State officials already are working to make changes to the rule, and they should be given time to do so before lawmakers step in.

Results are what count

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f U.S. Rep. Greg Walden, R-Hood River, has his way, the U.S. House of Representatives will be a more open place next year. Walden is chief architect of the rules expected to govern that body when Republicans gain control after the first of the year. He’s promised the place will be more open and more accountable to the public.

Why, he’s even promising members of the House will have time to read legislation before they vote on it.

That’s good, to be sure. The requirement that bills be available for three days before a vote seems like a no-brainer, though history says it is not. The nearly $1 trillion stimulus bill of 2009, for example, was available to House members only 12 hours before it was voted upon. Other legislation in the session just ended got a similarly short time on the public stage before a vote, and the problem did not begin in the last couple of years. Walden’s new rules, which are expected to be adopted in the first week of the new year, do other things as well. They’ll require members of the House to identify the

constitutional underpinning for what they propose. And, with a nod to a reality of life in the 21st century, members will be able to use their smart phones on the House floor.

While Walden’s 33 pages of rules may well make the House of Representatives more accessible to constituents, they do not guarantee a successful session, however. There’s no assurance that even with 333 pages of rules senators and representatives will truly begin to tackle the serious financial problems the federal government faces, after all. No, that takes fortitude and a willingness not yet demonstrated by most in Congress to buck pressure to do what’s easy rather than what is right.

Walden surely knows that, and we hope other members of the House, new to the job or not, recognize it as well.

Rules are fine, and good rules are especially fine. In the end, however, the 112th Congress will be judged not by its rules, but by what its members do, most critically what they do to put the nation’s financial house in order.

My Nickel’s Worth Harassment is painfully wrong

No dogs at Swampy Lake Sno-park

Prineville got it right on religious displays

I am a junior in high school, and I have Asperger’s syndrome. I have experienced psychological harassment since middle school, and in my opinion harassment is cruel and evil. Harassment can have many forms. The schools are trying to stop harassment but are in a difficult position to catch it all.

There are also many types of harassment. Some are: bullying, psychological, racial, religious, sexual.

Harassment can lead to suicide, depression, murder or theft. (Note: Not all of the effects of harassment are listed.)

One way I was harassed was people asking me for a dollar. Alone it isn’t harassment, but when the same sentence is repeated over a hundred times, yes, it is harassment. The effects and the different types of harassment can cause people to become depressed and suicidal.

Just because people are different is no excuse to harass them.

Dan Erkenbeck Bend

Much as I understand some people’s desire to ski with their dogs, I strongly disagree with the concept of allowing dogs on any of the trails at Swampy.

Dog skiing is not compatible with other cross-country skiing as skiers heading downhill at speed would have to contend with dogs that don’t understand they need to get out of the way or risk collisions that could be injurious to both dog and skier.

We already have excellent facilities at Wanoga for dog skiing. While the area may be a bit busy at times, there is plenty of room for expansion to give the dog skiers more trails and terrain.

The current restrictions work very well and are easy to understand: Dog skiing on one side of Century Drive, no dogs on the other. I very much dislike the way DogPac is trying to bully the United States Forest Service and local skiers on this issue. They strike me as a childish group of selfish whiners with entitlement issues.

Pat Carr Bend

In these times of politically correct absurdness, it was gratifying to see the way the Prineville City Council responded to the letter from Freedom From Religion Foundation.

Apparently the FFRF does not see the hypocrisy in its writings: Not allowing a Nativity scene, or any other holiday scene, would simply suggest that the government supports atheism, which presumably is what the Freedom From Religion Foundation wants the government to support.

I for one have grown very weary of micro-minority people using the separation of church and state, not to mention the First Amendment, to push governments and schools around.

My call to all such people is this: Hey! If what we do here offends you, pack your belongings and go find a place that does not!

Al Phillips Prineville

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It’s essential for kids to learn Spanish first, then Chinese A NICHOLAS

quiz: If a person who speaks three languages is trilingual, and one who speaks four languages is quadrilingual, what is someone called who speaks no foreign languages at all?

Answer: an American.

Yet these days, we’re seeing Americans engaged in a headlong and ambitious rush to learn Chinese — or, more precisely, to get their kids to learn Chinese. Everywhere I turn, people are asking me the best way for their children to learn Chinese.

Partly that’s because Chinese classes have replaced violin classes as the latest in competitive parenting, and partly because my wife and I speak Chinese and I have tortured our three kids by trying to raise them bilingual. Chinese is still far less common in schools or universities than Spanish or French, but it is surging and has the “cool factor” behind it — so public and private schools alike are hastening to add Chinese to the curriculum.

In New York City alone, about 80 schools offer Chinese, with some programs beginning in kindergarten. And let’s be frank: If your child hasn’t start-

ed Mandarin classes by third grade, he or she will never amount to anything.

Just kidding. In fact, I think the rush to Chinese is missing something closer to home: the paramount importance for our children of learning Spanish.

Look, I’m a fervent believer in more American kids learning Chinese. But the language that will be essential for Americans and has far more day-to-day applications is Spanish. Every child in the United States should learn Spanish, beginning in elementary school; Chinese makes a terrific addition to Spanish, but not a substitute.

Spanish may not be as prestigious as Mandarin, but it’s an everyday presence in the United States — and will become even more so. Hispanics made up 16 percent of America’s population in 2009, but that is forecast to surge to 29 percent by 2050, according to estimates by the Pew Research Center.

As the United States increasingly integrates economically with Latin America, Spanish will become more crucial in our lives. More Americans will take vacations in Latin America, do business

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in Spanish, and eventually move south to retire in countries where the cost of living is far cheaper.

We’re already seeing growing numbers of Americans retire in Costa Rica, drawn by weather and lifestyle as well as low costs and good health care. We’ll also see more and more little bits of Florida that just happen to be located in Mexico, Panama or the Dominican Republic.

Another reason to bet on Spanish is that Latin America is, finally, getting its act together. Of all regions of the world, it was arguably Latin America that rode the recent economic crisis most comfortably. That means that Spanish study does more than facilitate pina coladas on the beach at Cozumel. It’ll be a lan-

guage of business opportunity in the coming decades. We need to turn our competitive minds not only east, but also south.

Moreover, Spanish is easy enough that kids really can emerge from high school with a very useful command of the language that they will retain for life, while Mandarin takes about four times as long to make the same progress. Chinese has negligible grammar — no singular or plural, no verb conjugations, no pesky masculine and feminine nouns — but there are thousands of characters to memorize as well as the landmines of any tonal language.

The standard way to ask somebody a question in Chinese is “qing wen,” with the “wen” in a falling tone. That means roughly: May I ask something? But ask the same “qing wen” with the “wen” first falling and then rising, and it means roughly: May I have a kiss?

That’s probably why trade relations are so strained between our countries.

Our negotiators think they’re asking questions about tariffs, and the Chinese respond indignantly that kissing would

be inappropriate. Leaving both sides confused.

In effect, Chinese is typically a career.

Spanish is a practical add-on to your daily life, meshing with whatever career you choose. If you become a mechanic, you’ll be able to communicate better with some customers. If you’re the president, you’ll campaign more effectively in Texas and Florida.

China will probably be the world’s largest economy within our children’s lifetimes and a monumental force in every dimension of life. Studying Chinese gives you insight into one of the world’s great civilizations and creates a wealth of opportunities — plus, it’ll be a godsend if you’re ever called upon to pronounce a name like, say, Qin Qiuxue.

So, by all means, have your kids dive into the glamorous world of Mandarin.

But don’t forget the language that will likely be far more important in their lives: El idioma mas importante es Espanol!

Nicholas Kristof is a columnist for The New York Times.

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he current debt, recession, wars and political infighting have depressed Americans into thinking they soon will be supplanted by more vigorous rivals abroad. Yet this is an American fear as old as it is improbable.

In the 1930s, the Great Depression supposedly marked the end of freewheeling American capitalism. The 1950s were caricatured as a period of mindless American conformity, McCarthyism and obsequious company men.

By the late 1960s, the assassinations of John and Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr., along with the Vietnam War, had prompted a hippie counterculture that purportedly was going to replace a toxic American establishment. Oil shocks, gas lines, Watergate and new rust belts were said to be symptomatic of a post-industrial, has-been America of the 1970s.

At the same time, other nations, we were typically told, were doing far better.

In the late 1940s, with the rise of a postwar Soviet Union that had crushed Hitler’s Wehrmacht on the eastern front during World War II, communism promised a New Man as it swept through Eastern Europe.

Mao Zedong took power in China and inspired communist revolutions from North Korea to Cuba. Statist central planning was going to replace the unfairness and inefficiency of Western-style

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON capitalism. Yet just a half-century later, communism had either imploded or had been superseded in most of the world.

By the early 1980s, Japan’s state capitalism and emphasis on the group rather than the individual was being touted as the ideal balance between the public and private sectors. Japan Inc. continually outpaced the growth of the American economy. Then, in the 1990s, a real estate bubble and a lack of fiscal transparency led to a collapse of property prices and a general recession. A shrinking and aging Japanese population, led by a secretive government, has been struggling ever since to recover the old magic.

At the beginning of the 21st century, the European Union was hailed as the proper Western paradigm of the future.

The euro soared over the dollar. Europe practiced a sophisticated “soft power,” while American cowboyism was derided for getting us into wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Civilized cradle-to-grave benefits were contrasted with the frontier, every-man-for-himself American system.

Now Europe limps from crisis to

crisis. Its undemocratic union, when coupled with socialist entitlements, is proving unsustainable. Symptoms of the ossified European system appear in everything from a shrinking population and a growing atheism to an inability to integrate Muslim immigrants or field a credible military.

As we enter this new decade, we are currently being lectured that China is soon to be the global colossus. Its economy is now second only to America’s, but with a far faster rate of growth and budget surpluses rather than debt. Few seem to mention that China’s mounting social tensions, mercantilism, environmental degradation and state bosses belong more to a 19th than 21st century nation.

Two symptoms of all this doom and gloom are constant over the decades.

First, America typically goes through periodic bouts of neurotic self-doubt, only to wake up and snap out of it. Indeed, indebted Americans are already bracing for fiscal restraint and parsimony as an antidote to past profligacy.

Second, decline is relative and does not occur in a vacuum. As Western economic and scientific values ripple out from Europe and the United States, it is understandable that developing countries like China, India or Brazil can catapult right into the 21st century.

But that said, national strength is still found in the underlying hardiness of the patient — its demography, culture

and institutions — rather than occasional symptoms of ill health.

In that regard, America integrates immigrants and assimilates races and ethnicities in a way Europe cannot. Russia, China and Japan are simply not culturally equipped to deal with millions who do not look Slavic, Chinese or Japanese.

The Islamic world cannot ensure religious parity to Christians, Jews or Hindus — or political equality to women.

The American Constitution has been tested over 223 years. In contrast, China, the European Union, India, Japan, Russia and South Korea do not have constitutional pedigrees of much more than 60 years. The last time Americans killed each other in large numbers was nearly a century and a half ago; most of our rivals have seen millions of their own destroyed in civil strife and internecine warring just in the 20th century.

In short, a nation’s health is not gauged by bouts of recession and selfdoubt, but by its time-honored political, economic, military and social foundations. A temporarily ill-seeming America is nevertheless still growing, stable, multiethnic, transparent, individualistic, self-critical and meritocratic; almost all of its apparently healthy rivals in fact are not.

at civil rights rallies from the whooshing others felt at Nazi rallies.

But Dreyfus and Kelly might help invert the way we see the world. We have official stories we tell about our culture: Each individual is the captain of his own ship; we are all children of God. But in practice, willy-nilly, the way we actually live is at odds with the official story. Our most vibrant institutions are collective, not individual or religious.

They are there to create that group whoosh: the sports stadium, the concert hall, the political rally, the theater, the museum and the gourmet restaurant.

Even church is often more about the ecstatic whoosh than the theology.

We can either rebel against this superficial drift, or like Dreyfus and Kelly, go with the flow, acknowledging that the autonomous life is impossible, not seeking totalistic theologies, but instead becoming sensitive participants in the collective whooshings that life offers.

This book is also a rejection of the excessive individualism of the past several decades, the emphasis on maximum spiritual freedom. In this, it’s a harbinger of future philosophies to come. Our culture is defined by arenas. Our selfconception just hasn’t caught up.

David Brooks is a columnist for The New York Times.

Thomas L. Friedman is a columnist for The New York Times.

Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist and historian at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University.

HERBERT the dire shape of the unemployed.”

Nearly two-thirds of the unemployed workers who were surveyed have been out of work for a year or more. More than a third have been jobless for two years. With their savings exhausted, many have borrowed money from relatives or friends, sold possessions to make ends meet and decided against medical examinations or treatments they previously would have considered essential.

Older workers who are jobless are caught in a particularly precarious state of affairs. As the report put it: “We are witnessing the birth of a new class — the involuntarily retired.

Many of those over age 50 believe they will not work again at a full-time ‘real’ job commensurate with their education and training. More than one-quarter say they expect to retire earlier than they want, which has long-term consequences for themselves and society.

Many will file for Social Security as soon as they are eligible, despite the fact that they would receive greater benefits if they were able to delay retiring for a few years.”

There is a fundamental disconnect between economic indicators pointing in a positive direction and the experience of millions of American families fighting desperately to fend off destitution. Some three out of every four Americans have been personally touched by the recession — either they’ve lost a job or a rela-

tive or close friend has. And the outlook, despite the spin being put on the latest data, is not promising.

No one is forecasting a substantial reduction in unemployment rates next year. And, as Motoko Rich reported in The Times this month, temporary workers accounted for 80 percent of the 50,000 jobs added by private sector employers in November.

Carl Van Horn, the director of the Heldrich Center and one of the two professors (the other is Cliff Zukin) conducting the survey, said he was struck by how pessimistic some of the respondents have become — not just about their own situation but about the nation’s future.

The survey found that workers in general are increasingly accepting the notion that the effects of the recession will be permanent, that they are the result of fundamental changes in the national economy.

“They’re losing the idea that if you are

determined and work hard, you can get ahead,” said Van Horn. “They’re losing that sense of optimism. They don’t think that they or their children are going to fare particularly well.”

The fact that so many Americans are out of work, or working at jobs that don’t pay well, undermines the prospects for a robust recovery. Jobless people don’t buy a lot of flat-screen TVs. What we’re really seeing is an erosion of standards of living for an enormous portion of the population, including a substantial segment of the once solid middle class.

Not only is this not being addressed, but the self-serving, rightward lurch in Washington is all but guaranteed to make matters worse for working people.

The zealots reading the economic tea leaves see brighter days ahead. They can afford to be sanguine. They’re working.

Bob Herbert is a columnist for The New York Times.

Arena culture offers a series of magical moments

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cademic life encourages specialization and technical thinking, and, oddly, there are few fields in which this is more true than philosophy. The discipline that should be of interest to everybody is often the most impenetrable.

But occasionally brave philosophers do leap out of their professional lanes and illuminate things for the wider public. Hubert Dreyfus of Berkeley and Sean Dorrance Kelly of Harvard have just done this with their new book, “All Things Shining.” They take a smart, sweeping run through the history of Western philosophy. But their book is important for the way it illuminates life today and for the controversial advice it offers on how to live.

Dreyfus and Kelly start with Vico’s old idea that each age has its own lens through which people see the world. In the Middle Ages, for example, “people could not help but experience themselves as determined or created by God.” They assumed that God’s plans encompassed their lives the way we assume the laws of physics do.

For the past hundred years or so, we have lived in a secular age. That does not mean that people aren’t religious. It means there is no shared set of values we all absorb as preconscious assumptions. In our world, individuals have to

DAVID BROOKS find or create their own meaning.

This, Dreyfus and Kelly argue, has led to a pervasive sadness. Individuals are usually not capable of creating their own lives from the ground up. So modern life is marked by frequent feelings of indecision and anxiety. People often lack the foundations upon which to make the most important choices.

Dreyfus and Kelly suffer from the usual Cambridge/Berkeley parochialism. They assume that nobody believes in eternal truth anymore. But they are onto something important when they describe the way — far more than in past ages — sports has risen up to fill a spiritual void.

Spiritually unmoored, many people nonetheless experience intense elevation during the magical moments that sport often affords. Dreyfus and Kelly mention the mood that swept through the crowd at Yankee Stadium when Lou Gehrig delivered his “Luckiest Man Alive” speech, or the mood that swept

through Wimbledon as Roger Federer completed one of his greatest matches.

The most real things in life, they write, well up and take us over. They call this experience “whooshing up.”

We get whooshed up at a sports arena, at a political rally or even at magical moments while woodworking or walking through nature.

Dreyfus and Kelly say that we should have the courage not to look for some unitary, totalistic explanation for the universe. Instead, we should live perceptively at the surface, receptive to the moments of transcendent whooshes that we can feel in, say, a concert crowd, or while engaging in a meaningful activity, like making a perfect cup of coffee with a well-crafted pot and cup.

We should not expect these experiences to cohere into a single “meaning of life.” Transcendent experiences are plural and incompatible. We should instead cultivate a spirit of gratitude and wonder for the many excellent things the world supplies.

I’m not sure this way of living will ever prove satisfying to most readers.

Most people have a powerful sense that there is a Supreme Being over us, attached to eternal truths. Though they try, Dreyfus and Kelly don’t give us a satisfying basis upon which to distinguish the whooshing some people felt

Leaders must cut and invest ATLANTA — s I’m about to start a four-month book leave, I need to get a few things off my chest: President Barack Obama understood, rightly, that our economy needed more stimulus, so, given the GOP’s insistence on extending the Bush tax cuts for all, he struck the best deal he could. The country, we are told, is now in a better mood, seeing our two parties work together. I, alas, am not in a better mood.

I’ll be in a better mood when I see our two parties cooperating to do something hard. Borrowing billions more from China to give ourselves more tax cuts does not qualify. Make no mistake, Obama has enacted an enormous amount in two years. It’s impressive.

But the really hard stuff lies ahead: taking things away. We are leaving an era where to be a mayor, governor, senator or president was, on balance, to give things away to people. And we are entering an era where to be a leader will mean, on balance, to take things away from people. It is the only way we’ll get our fiscal house in order before the market, brutally, does it for us.

In my book, the leaders who will deserve praise in this new era are those who develop a hybrid politics that persuades a majority of voters to cut where we must so we can invest where we must. To survive in the 21st century, America can no longer afford a politics of irresponsible profligacy. But to thrive in the 21st century — to invest in education, infrastructure and innovation — America cannot afford a politics of mindless austerity either.

The politicians we need are what I’d call “pay-as-you-go progressives” — those who combine fiscal prudence with growth initiatives to make their cities, their states or our country great again.

Everyone knows the first rule of holes: When you’re in one, stop digging. But people often forget the second rule of holes: You can only grow your way out.

You can’t borrow your way out.

One of the best of this new breed of leaders is Atlanta’s inspiring mayor, 41year-old Kasim Reed. A former Georgia state senator, Reed won Atlanta’s mayoral race in December 2009 by 714 votes.

The day he took office, Atlanta had $7.4 million in reserves, an out-of-control budget and was laying off so many firefighters there were only three personnel on a truck, below national standards. A year later, it has $58 million in reserves, and Reed has a 70 percent approval rating — which he earned the hard way.

Reed started his reforms by enlisting two professionals, not cronies, to help run the city: Peter Aman, a partner at Bain & Company, a consultancy, to be his chief operating officer; and John Mellott, a former publisher of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, to lead a pension review panel. Atlanta has 7,000 city employees, but today, says Reed, “you can’t hire a receptionist” without it “personally being approved by Aman.”

Then Reed tackled the city’s biggest problem: runaway pensions, which were eating up 20 percent of tax revenues.

Reed couldn’t cut existing pensions without lawsuits, but he cut back pensions for all new employees and raised the vesting period. When union picketers swarmed City Hall to protest, Reed invited them all into his office — in shifts — where he patiently explained, with charts, that without pension reform everyone’s pensions would go bust.

Reed then had some money to invest in more police officers and, what he wanted most, to reopen the 16 recreation centers and swimming pools in the city’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods. Local businesses have now offered to finance after-school job-skills programs in the reopened centers. Cut here. Invest there.

Reed combines a soft touch with a hard head. I like how he talks about both Atlanta and America: “We are not going to be what we have been for the last 50 years if we don’t change, … because the time we have to make the adjustments is running out.”

In a recent address, Reed elaborated: “The bottom line is that for the country to do and to be what we have been ... there must be a generation tough enough to stick out its chin and take the hit.... It is time to begin having the types of mature and honest conversations necessary to deal effectively with the new economic realities we are facing as a nation. We simply cannot keep kicking the can down the road.”

The data vs. the reality of today’s economy I BOB keep hearing from the data zealots that holiday sales were impressive and the outlook for the economy in 2011 is not bad.

Maybe they’ve stumbled onto something in their windowless rooms. Maybe the economy really is gathering steam.

But in the rough and tumble of the real world, where families have to feed themselves and pay their bills, there are an awful lot of Americans being left behind.

A continuing national survey of workers who lost their jobs during the Great Recession, conducted by two professors at Rutgers University, offers anything but a rosy view of the economic prospects for ordinary Americans. It paints, instead, a portrait filled with gloom.

More than 15 million Americans are officially classified as jobless. The professors, at the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers, have been following their representative sample of workers since the summer of 2009. The report on their latest survey, just out this month, is titled: “The Shattered American Dream: Unemployed Workers Lose Ground, Hope, and Faith in Their Futures.”

Over the 15 months that the surveys have been conducted, just one-quarter of the workers have found full-time jobs, nearly all of them for less pay and with fewer or no benefits. “For those who remain unemployed,” the report says, “the cupboard has long been bare.”

These were not the folks being coldly and precisely monitored, classified and quantified as they made their way to the malls to kick-start the economy. These were among the many millions of Americans who spent the holidays hurting.

As the report states: “The recession has been a cataclysm that will have an enduring effect. It is hard to overstate

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B B E S T- S E L L E R S Publishers Weekly ranks best-sellers for the week ending Dec. 25

HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “Dead or Alive” by Tom Clancy with Grant Blackwood (Putnam) 2. “The Confession” by John Grisham (Doubleday) 3. “Cross Fire” by James Patterson (Little, Brown) 4. “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” by Stieg Larsson (Knopf) 5. “Full Dark, No Stars” by Stephen King (Scribner)

Tracing kids’ illnesses to months in the womb “Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives”

by Annie Murphy Paul (Free Press, 320 pgs., $26)

6. “Freedom” by Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

By Randi Hutter Epstein, M.D.

7. “Port Mortuary” by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam)

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — When medical journalist Annie Murphy Paul’s first son was a toddler, she started wondering how personality traits are passed from one generation to the next.

So she did what any reporter would do: She delved into the scientific literature and talked to investigators.

Then, in the course of her research, she became pregnant herself.

“I originally wanted to write about the transmission of characteristics and behaviors in families,” Paul, 38, said in an interview over tea and a brownie at a cafe near her home here. “That definitely came out of having my first child and thinking about what I’d want to pass on from my family and from my husband’s family.”

But then, she continued, she became intrigued with the idea that some important characteristics might be passed down in the womb, during gestation. “That struck me as an amazing idea,” she said. “Something between nature or nurture, or really both.”

The idea led to her acclaimed new book, “Origins: How the Nine Months Before Birth Shape the Rest of Our Lives.” Divided into nine chapters that mirror the nine months of Paul’s own pregnancies, it explores the notion that heart disease, diabetes and perhaps other illnesses may have their origins during pregnancy.

This hypothesis is supported by a succession of studies. Some scientists have a hunch that a pregnant woman’s diet and her exposure to various chemicals turn on some fetal genes and turn off others. These switches play a vital role in the life of the adult-to-be, making the child more or less susceptible to disease, including mental illness.

The ultimate goals of such research are twofold: to be able to fine-tune advice to pregnant women and to spot high-risk individuals early on, even at birth.

That said, the field is still in its fetal stages.

8. “Fall of Giants” by Ken Follett (Dutton) 9. “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett (Putnam/Amy Einhorn) 10. “Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk” by David Sedaris (Little, Brown) 11. “Hell’s Corner” by David Baldacci (Grand Central) 12. “Safe Haven” by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central) 13. “An Object of Beauty” by Steve Martin (Grand Central) 14. “Crescent Dawn” by Clive Cussler & Dirk Cussler (Putnam)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. “Decision Points” by George W. Bush (Crown) 2. “Earth (The Book)” by Jon Stewart (Grand Central) 3. “Unbroken” by Laura Hillenbrand (Random House) 4. “Life” by Keith Richards (Little, Brown) 5. “Autobiography of Mark Twain” Edited by Harriet Elinor Smith (University of California Press) 6. “Decoded” by Jay-Z (Spiegel & Grau) 7. “Barefoot Contessa How Easy Is That?” by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter) 8. “Cleopatra” by Stacy Schiff (Little, Brown) 9. “Sh*t My Dad Says” by Justin Halpern (It Books) 10. “America by Heart” by Sarah Palin (Harper) 11. “Broke” by Glenn Beck (Threshold) 12. “The Last Boy” by Jane Leavy (Harper) 13. “I Remember Nothing” by Nora Ephron (Knopf) 14. “Pinheads and Patriots” by Bill O’Reilly (Morrow)

MASS MARKET 1. “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”

by Stieg Larsson (Vintage) 2. “The Girl Who Played with Fire” by Stieg Larsson (Vintage) 3. “The Lost Symbol” by Dan Brown (Anchor) 4. “U Is for Undertow” by Sue Grafton (Berkley) 5. “The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary” by Merriam-Webster 6. “Alex Cross’s Trial” by James Patterson & Richard DiLallo (Vision) 7. “Breathless” by Dean Koontz (Bantam) 8. “I, Alex Cross” by James Patterson (Vision) 9. “The Christmas Sweater” by Glenn Beck (Pocket Star) 10. “Lucid Intervals” by Stuart Woods (Signet) 11. “61 Hours” by Lee Child (Dell)

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A little knowledge Still, Paul found the research reassuring. “People often ask me, ‘Did your research make you more anxious about your pregnancy?’ ” she said, “but I found just the opposite.” The first time, she added, she did not know what to believe, how seriously to take the warnings that every pregnant woman confronts.

It’s worse “to have a little bit of knowledge, just enough to know to feel that you are always doing

“Witch & Wizard: The Gift”

by James Patterson and Ned Rust (Little, Brown, 342 pgs., $17.99)

By Susan Carpenter Los Angeles Times

Photos by Christopher Capozziello / New York Times News Service

Annie Murphy Paul, a medical journalist, center, with her two children Teddy, 5, left, and Gus, 1, play in the yard at their home in New Haven, Conn., on Nov. 20. In her new book, Paul says that heart disease, and perhaps other illnesses and personality traits, may originate during pregnancy.

Barker’s observations and the more recent experiments on gestational mechanisms are “a terrific combination of medical science coming together from two different directions,” said Dr. Alfred Sommer, emeritus dean of the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins. His team has found that malnourished Nepalese women given vitamin A during pregnancy had babies with greater lung development, perhaps preventing disease later on.

Mercury in fish?

Annie Murphy Paul reads a book with her two children, Teddy, left, and Gus, at their home in New Haven, Conn. something wrong.”

“When I delved into the research and talked to scientists,” she said, “I was able to put these findings into context and see the big picture. So that’s what I wanted to do for readers.” (Her sons are now 5 and 1.)

Paul devotes each chapter to an environmental influence that can arise during the corresponding month of pregnancy. For example, she writes about findings that babies born to obese women used insulin less effectively than those whose mothers had weightloss surgery before pregnancy.

The findings hint that environment in the womb may play a part in diabetes that goes beyond genetics — as does a study finding that rats that binged on junk food were 95 percent more likely than others to have offspring that were disposed to overeat.

Paul also describes methylation, the process by which a cluster of chemicals (a methyl group) sticks to genes and controls whether they turn on or off. Some foods act as methylators; a study of a species of fat mice prone to diabetes and cancer found that when they were put on a diet rich in methylators, their offspring grew up thin and without an increased risk of disease.

This type of research has its origins in the work of Dr. David Barker, a professor at the University of Southampton in England, who connected malnutrition in women with an increased risk of heart disease and diabetes among their adult offspring. His ideas, developed in the 1980s, were widely dismissed at first, but now many of his critics have become colleagues and consider him the father of the field.

Paul said that during her first pregnancy, she was scared to eat fish because of potential toxic effects of mercury. During her second pregnancy, she read about a study that found that women who ate little seafood during pregnancy were more likely to have children who scored low on tests of verbal IQ. She started eating sardines — low mercury, high omega-3 fatty acids.

Her biggest critics, she said, have not been scientists but “ordinary women who say that this is going to make women more anxious and that you’re adding to the burden that pregnant women already feel.”

“My answer to them is that the research is real, it’s happening and we are going to keep hearing about it,” Paul said. “We are in a kind of ‘worst of all worlds’ now, with women bombarded by these sensationalized messages from the media. If we can learn more about it and see the big picture, that is better than the other options: Ignoring it or dismissing it or letting scare tactics drive us crazy.”

12. “O’Hurley’s Return” by Nora Roberts (Silhouette) 13. “A Game of Thrones” by George R.R. Martin (Bantam) 14. “Pirate Latitudes” by Michael Crichton (Harper)

TRADE 1. “Inside of a Dog” by Alexandra Horowitz (Scribner) 2. “Eat, Pray, Love” by Elizabeth Gilbert (Penguin) 3. “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”

by Stieg Larsson (Vintage) 4. “The Art of Racing in the Rain” by Garth Stein (Harper) 5. “The Girl Who Played with Fire” by Stieg Larsson (Vintage) 6. “House Rules” by Jodi Picoult (Washington Square Press) 7. “The Book of Awakening” by Mark Nepo (Conari Press) 8. “Cutting for Stone” by Abraham Verghese (Vintage) 9. “Just Kids” by Patti Smith (Ecco) 10. “What the Dog Saw” by Malcolm Gladwell (LB/Back Bay) 11. “Little Bee” by Chris Cleave (Simon & Schuster) 12. “True Grit” by Charles Portis (Overlook) 13. “The Zombie Survival Guide”

by Max Brooks (Three Rivers Press) 14. “Rachael Ray’s Look + Cook” by Rachael Ray (Clarkson Potter) — McClatchy-Tribune News Service

‘Bird Cloud’ is about a place – and a special house “Bird Cloud: A Memoir”

by Annie Proulx (Scribner; 234 pgs., $26)

By Tim Gautreaux San Francisco Chronicle

I could say that Annie Proulx’s “Bird Cloud” is a fascinating book written in razor-sharp prose that doesn’t waste the reader’s time and that it will draw in anyone who has ever thought about building their dream house, or has actually lived in their dream house, or just lived in any kind of house at all. But that would be only a piece of the story.

This book is about place, and no American author tops Proulx at setting the reader down in unfamiliar territory, whether it be her postcard re-creation of Newfoundland in “The Shipping News,” or the dried-up Texas Panhandle in “That Old Ace in the Hole.” “Bird Cloud” shows the Pulitzer Prize-winning author at her best.

Several years ago, Proulx purchased a square mile of property on the high plains of Wyoming that included a rolling ribbon of the North Platte River. On one side

Witch, wizard battling the evil One

of this stream she chose a building site facing a vast 400-foot rise of blond rock shaped something like a cake that fell in the oven.

This cliff across the river provides habitat for just about any type of animal found in Wyoming. Bird Cloud is what she named the place she built on this wind-scoured and lonely tract, and the book is the elaborate and engaging tale of bringing about her wonderful house.

Proulx gives the many reasons she wanted to move from her existing Wyoming home and then carefully paints the Bird Cloud property’s history, geology, and then its physical nature, telling what one would see while peering into its crannies.

She tells us about its animal life and projects what the land will look like in the future after she fences out the ordinary cows, which do their best to eat away all of the indigenous plants.

She ladles out a dollop of personal information regarding her family, and even some facts about its history. She tells of her French Canadian father who, always striving to move up in the world,

transplanted his kids once a year or more, so that by the time she was 15 she had lived in more than 20 houses.

She tells how she lived for a time in a log cabin and then in a former gas station, and I wondered for a bit what this history had to do with Bird Cloud. But I soon understood something: Who would want a special home that she would fit into like a key into a complex lock other than someone who’d moved dozens of times in her childhood, never having had the time to connect to one place, always leaving bits and pieces of life behind? Bird Cloud was to be, maybe, the complete and perfect consolidation of everything she liked about a dwelling and the exclusion of everything she disliked.

The book entertains wonderfully as she tells how she made out on both fronts.

Most of the narrative deals with making the house itself, built painstakingly by a group of expert contractors she eventually relates to better than blood relatives because she works with them so hard for so long. She takes the reader through permits, rights

of way, foundations, machinery rooms, siding, molding, furniture, a quest for a floor color that would discourage Odysseus, and she makes it all fascinating.

It would be giving too much away to mention specifics of the house other than to say that every nail and tile, hue and texture was selected with the care a great writer uses to choose an adjective for the final sentence of a novel.

The earnestness that went into Bird Cloud’s construction mimics Proulx’s incisive story-writing technique.

Reading about Proulx’s vision of home building, I am reminded of Flannery O’Connor’s term, the “habit of art,” which refers to the way a good writer approaches everything he or she is responsible for making. It is a process of intuitive selection informed by experience. And just being picky as hell about everything.

“Bird Cloud” is part personal memoir, part construction adventure, part diary about noble animals, but all of it comes together like the ingredients of a glorious meal. The reader is lucky to be invited to her table.

Books and movies have been banned. Music, art — they too have been outlawed by an evil regime known as the New Order and its hateful leader, The One Who Is The One. Gone are the days of individualism and integrity, and with it the easy availability of cheeseburgers and rock ’n’ roll.

Such is the world inhabited by teen siblings Wisty and Whit Allgood as they attempt to evade capture in “The Gift,” the second installment of James Patterson’s bestselling “Witch & Wizard” series for young adults. Armed only with a blank journal and a single drumstick, a wicked sense of humor and an awful ineptitude with timing, it’s up to the Allgoods to cast off the shackles of oppression.

Story continues “The Gift” picks up exactly where the first book ended: With Wisty and Whit waiting to be hung by a fiend in black robes who has them shackled and onstage in a stadium crowded with thousands.

A witch and wizard, respectively, the teens had been plucked from their parents’ house in the middle of the night and slammed behind bars for possessing the gift of dark arts — talents to which they were oblivious until Wisty burst into flames in a fit of rage while being taken into custody.

The teens managed to escape and join a group of underage resistance fighters, only to be recaptured. And their necks were going to be snapped and broadcast live on TV. “Crazy is the new sane,” Whit writes in an early chapter of “The Gift,” which, like the series opener, tag teams between Whit’s and Wisty’s points of view and occasional third-person narratives to fill in any details the brother and sister haven’t experienced firsthand.

Shadowland Masters of evasion, though challenged by talents they can’t fully control, Whit and Wisty travel between the department store where they sleep on demo beds and dine on caramel popcorn in the Freeland with other rebellious teens and the New Order Controlled Territory that’s shaped suspiciously like the U.S. of A., occasionally pushing through hard walls into an otherworldly Shadowland populated with fetid creatures who drool.

The One wants the Allgoods’ gifts. He needs them.

For what purpose is unclear.

All that’s certain is whatever predicament they land in will be short-lived, outlandish and rife with comedy.

“Trust me, you don’t know pain until you know what it feels like to wake up after getting nailed by a New Order tranquilizer dart. Or three.

Or twelve,” Wisty writes with characteristic sass.

Dialogue-heavy and actionpacked, the writing throughout is inventive and colorfully detailed. Written in a conversational tone by Patterson and co-author Ned Rust, it’s as if the reader’s craziest best friend were recounting a wildly apocryphal tale, and doing so for about four hours, which is about how long it takes to read the book.

It’s easy to visualize the story, which may explain why movie rights to this series have already been snatched up.

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2010: A Book Odyssey – 10 of the year’s best reads

By Katie Aberbach, Rudi Greenberg, Holly J. Morris, Sara Schwartz and Fiona Zublin

Everyone from Jonathan Franzen to Justin Bieber published a book in 2010, but an embarrassment of reading riches doesn’t always lead to bookworm bliss

The Washington Post

In a year in which everyone from Jonathan Franzen to Justin Bieber published a book, it was easy to overload our shelves.

But an embarrassment of reading riches doesn’t always lead to bookworm bliss (we’re looking at you, Jodi Picoult). Express staffers skimmed the fat of the bloated literary world to identify 10 of the year’s best reads.

“Union Atlantic”

by Adam Haslett (Nan A. Talese, 320 pgs., $26)

This fictional account of the financial crisis calls back to Fitzgerald in its elegance, without drowning in banking jargon.

“How to Read the Air”

by Dinaw Mengestu (Riverhead Hardcover, 320 pgs., $26)

Mengestu’s second novel demolishes the American dream with characters who are incredibly relatable, yet only sometimes reliable.

“How Did You Get This Number”

by Sloane Crosley ($26, Riverhead Hardcover, 288 pgs., $26)

Crosley’s second book of essays explains what’s it’s like to be a 20-something without whining, oversharing or using the phrase “I couldn’t help but wonder.”

“Juliet, Naked”

by Nick Hornby (Riverhead Trade, 416 pgs., $15)

Hornby’s latest novel examines relationships, regret and infatuation through the eyes of an unhappy woman, a reclusive musician and an obsessed fan.

Grades Continued from F1 Cornell’s experience shows the impact — and the unintended consequences — that grading information can bring.

In 1996, Cornell’s faculty adopted a “truth in grading” policy, and median grades were posted online starting in 1998. The policy called for median grades to be shown on transcripts as soon as student-records technology made that possible, but that did not happen until a full decade later.

And while the median grades were available only online, a study by three Cornell economists found a large increase in enrollment in courses with a median grade of A — further driving grade inflation.

“At least when the grades were only online, the main users of the information seemed to be students shopping around for easier classes,” said Talia Bar, one of the three economists.

Bar said there is no consensus on the right way to grade.

“I might see a course of 200 people with a median grade of A as not right, but others might see it as good,” she said.

But at least in the realm of theory, there is widespread agreement that providing extra context on transcripts is a good thing.

“It’s generally recognized that an A by itself is not very meaningful,” said Barmak Nassirian, associate executive director of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. “Giving statistical context to assist recipients of a transcript in understanding the grades is definitely helpful.”

But as a practical matter, it is not so easy.

“It’s complicated, it’s controversial, and it runs into campus political opposition from all sorts of directions you might not anticipate,” Nassirian said, adding that transcripts with too much extra information can become unwieldy.

Studies of grade inflation have found that private universities generally give higher grades than public ones, and that humanities courses award higher grades than science and math classes.

Perrin’s concern with grading standards began 15 years ago, when he was a teaching assistant

Allison Ghaman Washington Post

“Half Empty”

by David Rakoff (Doubleday, 240 pgs., $25)

Rakoff is no rose-colored glasses kind of a writer, and in a suitable follow-up to “Fraud” and “Don’t Get Too Comfortable,” he reminds us that a healthy dose of realistic pessimism is often the best medicine.

“Medium Raw”

by Anthony Bourdain (Riverhead Hardcover, 304 pgs., $26)

Bourdain shows a softer side in his follow-up to “Kitchen Confidential,” giving us another glimpse at what makes the globe-trotting chef tick.

“Monsters of Men”

by Patrick Ness (Candlewick, 608 pgs., $19)

Aliens, talking horses, telepathy, bombs, moral gray areas, gender issues and more make this trilogy-concluder 2010’s most insane young adult/sci-fi novel.

“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”

by Rebecca Skloot (Crown, 384 pgs., $26)

Immortality because a sample of your tumor, taken by doctors without asking before you died,

at the University of California, Berkeley.

“I would grade papers, run the grades by the professor and then give them out, and long lines of students would appear outside my office to say I graded too hard,” Perrin said. Now, at North Carolina, Perrin is convinced that grading problems are pervasive.

“Anything that uses GPA is unfair, because a given student can be penalized or rewarded in grading just because of the mix of professors or the strength of the schedule,” Perrin said.

“Some instructors grade harder than others. Some courses are harder than others, and some departments are harder than others.”

The pending changes at North Carolina are the university’s latest effort to improve its grading system.

Since 1967, when the average GPA was 2.49, grade inflation at the university has been welldocumented. In 2000, the faculty council heard a proposal to adopt a target average GPA of 2.6 to 2.7, but the idea was dropped. A few years later, the faculty narrowly voted down an ambitious proposal for an adjusted GPA, called the “Achievement Index,” that would reflect not only the students’ performance in their courses, but also the rigor of those courses.

At UNC, the average GPA was 3.21 in the fall of 2008, up from 2.99 in 1995. A’s have become the most frequent grade, and together, A’s and B’s accounted for 82 percent of the 2008 grades.

Last spring, the faculty called for the creation of Perrin’s committee to help the registrar give context to undergraduate grades by providing statistics on what percentage of students got each letter grade, what percentage are majors in the department and what percentage are seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen.

“We seem to have a pretty good consensus here now,” said Holden Thorp, the chancellor.

“What I like about this approach is that it allows faculty who have a certain philosophy of grading to stick with it, as long as they’re OK with having it be shown. If somebody gets an A in a class with a lot of A’s and that’s put out there, that’s good. If the chemists are willing to tell everybody that they grade harshly, that’s good too.”

produced medical science’s most popular cell line isn’t as romantic as being turned into a vampire, but it’s sure interesting.

“The Emperor of All Maladies”

by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Scribner, 592 pgs., $30)

Cancer is hard to stop, multiplies fast and eats people. It’s basically a zombie, but it actually exists. Thus, this history of attempts to eradicate the scourge of humanity is pants-off scary.

“The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet”

by David Mitchell (Random House, 496 pgs., $26)

Other than an evildoer who eats — let’s just say it’s an unusual choice — and an entire chapter that rhymes, this is a totally normal masterpiece of contemporary literature.

••• WORST BOOK OF 2010 “An Amish Christmas”

by Cynthia Keller (Ballantine, 256 pgs., $16)

A selfish yuppie family goes broke, wrecks its car and is taken in by everyone’s favorite blank slate for authors to project saintly qualities onto.

Paul Kitagaki Jr. / Sacramento Bee

Novelist John Lescroart’s newest novel, “Damage” follows a rapist-murderer. The author appears here in Davis, Calif., on Sept. 18.

John Lescroart takes a step to the dark side “Damage”

by John Lescroart (Dutton, 416 pgs., $26.95)

By Allen Pierleoni McClatchy Newspapers

John Lescroart writes his New York Times best-selling legal thrillers in a second-floor office near downtown Davis, Calif. That’s where he pieced together his 22nd title, “Damage,” on sale Jan. 4.

Lescroart talked about his latest tale.

Q.

“Damage” is a much darker story than you usually tell, involving a psychotic rapist-murderer who’s free on bail.

It’s based on a real case.

A.

I’ve avoided writing about those topics, but I had to go there because (the story) had to get serious with everybody. Once things got moving (as I was writ-

ing), I realized there’s nothing like a threat to raise the stakes.

When (the murderer) goes to (San Francisco homicide chief) Abe Glitsky’s house and talks to his wife, it gets very personal.

Q.

Two of the characters are the husband and wife who own the sensational San Francisco Courier newspaper.

A.

Yes, and I’ve got a great new character, a columnist for the Courier, Sheila “Heinous” Marrenas, somebody you’re going to love to hate. She (personifies) the way the media get misused. I really wanted to kill her and didn’t, but I scare the hell out of her. It may be the most pleasing moment in any book of mine.

Q.

San Francisco is your favorite setting. Ever feel you might run into one of your

own characters there?

A.

I feel weirded out by how closely connected I am to my characters. (In the city) I certainly pass by real locations where I go, “Oh, that’s where So-and-So lived,” and, “There’s the place where that murder occurred.” I was with my son, passing by Maiden Lane, when he said, “This is where Elaine Wager was killed in ‘The Hearing.’ ” It feels like it all really happened.

Q. A.

Why are legal thrillers so popular?

(The courtroom) is today’s formal battlefield. It’s dramatic and conflict-driven, and the reader feels he is inside something that’s outside his regular life. War stories have always been popular. “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey” by Homer — that’s where it all began.

A recasting of Henry James’ ‘The Ambassadors’ “Foreign Bodies”

by Cynthia Ozick (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 272 pgs., $26)

By Rhonda Dickey The Philadelphia Inquirer

Cynthia Ozick takes Henry James’ “The Ambassadors” and turns it upside down.

Then she turns it inside out and shakes it, violently.

Foreign Bodies retells the James masterpiece of New World vs. Old World, but reverses its results. The recasting is raucous, funny, ferocious, and tragic. A literary master, as James was, Ozick makes all those qualities fit together seamlessly, and with heartbreaking effect.

It isn’t necessary to have read “The Ambassadors” to make sense of “Foreign Bodies,” although a familiarity with it sharpens the contrast with the new novel (and “The Ambassadors’ is well worth reading, in any event).

Readers of “The Ambassadors” will recall that the fiancee of the middle-aged Lambert Strether sent him to Paris to retrieve her son, Chad, from Europe and from the clutches of a Frenchwoman who is assumed to be unsavory. Chad was to be brought home to Massachusetts to run the family business. Assumptions turned out to be wrong, and, while many of the characters found happy endings, Strether didn’t. He was a martyr to his sense of decency.

Bea Nightingale, on the other hand, will be a martyr to no one. She, too, has been sent on a mission in Paris to retrieve a wayward son who has become involved with an older European woman.

It’s the summer of 1952, and Bea, long divorced and 48, is mightily peeved at her brother, Marvin Nachtigall, who demands that she bring back his son, Julian.

As the novel opens, Bea is on vacation in Paris in a brutal heat wave, and she is steamed: Marvin has hijacked her vacation in service of finding the nephew she has never met. Postwar Eu-

rope isn’t so great either: “Retrograde Europe, where you had to ask bluntly for a toilet whenever you wanted a ladies’ room, and where it seemed nothing, nothing was air-conditioned — at home in New York, everything was air-conditioned, it was the middle of the 20th century, for God’s sake!”

Bea anglicized her name, but nothing else about her life as a New York schoolteacher and a child of Jewish immigrants.

Marvin, his mother’s favorite and now a wealthy resident of sunny California, kept his name, but anglicized everything else.

That includes marriage to an East Coast WASP from a prominent family.

But events are handing Bea the means to even things up. Her niece, Iris, whom she knows little better than Julian, is dispatched

by Marvin to New York upon Bea’s return home to “brief” Bea on Julian. Bea will return to Paris, Marvin’s plan goes, and bring Julian back. But Iris, Marvin’s

brilliant, favored child, has other plans and heads to Paris herself — with Bea’s complicity.

“It came to Bea that the two of them, Iris and Marvin, had ceded to her the means to punish: the father for his tyranny, the daughter for her evasions.” (The pun on Bea’s name is a subtle Ozick touch.)

Bea’s deceptions and evasion even draw in her ex-husband, Leo, now a well-to-do movie composer who lives near Marvin. Leo’s piano, left in Bea’s tiny apartment all those years ago, represents all the unfinished business of their marriage.

Bea is a nightingale who delivers a song to Leo, after a fashion, and discordance to her family.

As summer’s heat fades, the novel’s tone chills, from angrily comic to somber. Ozick executes the transformation flawlessly during a scene in which Bea visits (secretly, of course) her sister-inlaw, Margaret, at a tony sanatorium: Margaret’s face “was one of those perfected faces, geometri-

cally proportioned and aligned, that are beautiful on a girl of eighteen but wear badly: Too much symmetry, like good manners early inculcated, turns flat.”

It’s a subtly brilliant mixture of pity, dignity, and dispassion.

Julian, meanwhile, who has seemed insubstantial and a bit laughable, has ventured deeper into the heart of Europe’s dark soul by marrying Lili, who fled Romania and the war that murdered her family: “Something of Lili was creeping into Julian. ...

He had married a woman who was teaching him the knowledge of death.”

Iris learns something of that, too. In Paris and after, all of her promise, her chances for happiness, unravel. She becomes a martyr like Lambert Strether.

Marvin’s family sinks into hollowness and despair.

And Bea Nightingale, the agent of so much chaos, now settled back into her school, prepares to take up the teaching of “King Lear.”

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UNEMPLOYED IN CENTRAL OREGON JOHN STEARNS

“They taught us that people with good attitudes will get the job over people with bad attitudes, so no matter how bad things get, I try to keep a good attitude.”

— Michael Simon, sharing what he learned at an interviewing class at WorkSource Oregon employment office

Generating some buzz at airport

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he nonstop jet service to San Francisco, Denver, Las Vegas, etc. — all great.

The beautiful new airport expansion — wonderful.

The coffee situation at Redmond Airport — terrible outside security, limited inside. But that’s about to change.

Coffee hasn’t been as easy to get, or offered in its many forms (think nonfat half-pump sugar-free vanilla latte — my wife’s favorite) since the expansion was mostly completed in fall 2009. It’s not that coffee hasn’t been available, the Coyote Ranch Pub on the second floor inside security has offered self-serve coffee starting at about 5 a.m. since the pub opened Sept. 27. Thank goodness for that because when you get to the airport pre-sunrise, caffeine is critical for staving off a TSA-level threat to one’s disposition.

But in the coffee-crazed Northwest, we take our coffee drinks seriously, which is where Daniel Brawn comes in.

Brawn hopes by about Jan. 15 to open Dancing River Cafe, complete with baristas making coffee drinks to order.

It will be located across from Gate B and the first floor passenger waiting area inside security. Brawn was working on the cafe Wednesday when I met him.

The cafe will open an hour before the first flight, sometime in the 4 o’clock hour. Among its many options, it will serve Sisters Coffee Co. products and locally baked goodies.

How important is a full coffee bar in the morning? Huge for many, I bet.

“We board more people before 8 a.m. than in two full days when I first got here” in 1990, said Carrie Novick, airport manager.

My guess is a good share of those people are coffee aficionados. Just look at the lines at most airport coffee bars.

Outside security — for people not traveling or waiting before they go through security — Brawn plans to open the larger Dancing River Marketplace, which will be typical of the news, gift and snack stores you see in airports, but with self-serve coffee. While he’s keeping open the option of converting that space for barista-made drinks, he said most of the coffee business occurs inside security, in fact, most of the business in general. He knows this from his experience operating two similar stores in Eugene’s airport since 2003.

Dancing River Marketplace is the first space on your right after going through the airport’s main entrance. It, too, is targeted to open about Jan. 15.

Each of Brawn’s locations will offer magazines, books, souvenirs, sodas, water, etc., but with more selection in the larger store outside security. There he’ll offer travel pillows, luggage, T-shirts, hats, snacks, “all the airport stuff,” Brawn said. That includes Oregon-made products like those from baggallini Inc., which makes women’s totes and other bags that sell well in the Eugene stores.

The entity running the shops, Aviano RDM LLC, owned by Brawn and his wife, Carolyn, of Albany, is spending about $150,000 getting the two stores built out, excluding inventory. Aviano has a 10-year contract for the sites, with a five-year option. Brawn’s already hired nine people to run the stores.

“I’m not a guy that just writes checks,” Brawn said last week while helping to get the space inside security ready, adding that he sweats design details, too.

“There’s just so many little things” to consider for such spaces, where limited square footage has to be well used. “We try to look like the big boys” who operate stores in big airports, but “we’re not, we’re just trying to make a good show.”

Make good coffee drinks and I’m guessing people will like the show.

David Shurtleff, who owns Coyote Pub and the Redmond steakhouse Coyote Ranch, said his pub will open later in the morning after Brawn launches Dancing River. Coyote Pub’s emphasis is its bar and food business, which includes meals that Shurtleff said won’t compete with the grab-and-go items Brawn will sell. Everything on Coyote Pub’s menu can be prepared to go, though, he noted.

Shurtleff sees the businesses as complementary, not competitive.

The other key space to be filled at the airport is next to Dancing River Marketplace, outside security. Pizza Schmizza will open there in spring, Novick said.

John Stearns business editor, can be reached at 541-617-7822 or at jstearns@bendbulletin.com.

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Pizza chains compete for bigger slice of consumer pie

By Zlati Meyer Detroit Free Press

Photos by Ed Merriman / The Bulletin

After 18 months of unemployment with only temporary, part-time cook jobs, Michael Simon, 36, considers himself lucky to have an interview Monday for a chef’s position at a Bend restaurant. He’s also looking forward to playing semi-pro football in his second season with the High Desert Lightning, starting in February.

Remaining

optimistic “It is very discouraging, but you don’t feel so bad when you come in to the employment office and see there are a lot of other good people just like you who don’t have a job.”

— Elizabeth Burum, visits the employment office several days a week

Elizabeth Burum, 32, has a degree in graphic design and had television companies competing for her job skills in Oklahoma City before she moved to Bend five years ago for the art culture and outdoor lifestyle, but with the economic collapse, she wound up bouncing between unemployment and minimum-wage jobs.

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espite being unemployed, Michael Simon, 36, beams when he talks about his life’s ambitions of becoming a professional football player, and advancing his career as a chef.

Simon has a reason to be in good spirits.

“I have an interview Monday with Anthony’s,” Simon said of the restaurant in the Old Mill District. “I’ve been looking for a long time. I’m real excited about it.”

He’s one of three unemployed job seekers The Bulletin spoke with last week to gauge their spirits and their game plans as they prepared to try to find work in a new year. They continue their searches optimistically, despite living in an area with some of the state’s highest unemployment. At the state employment office in Bend, there are about 77 active job seekers for every job posted in the state’s iMatchSkills system, which matches workers’ skills to the skills sought by employers.

For the past 18 months, Simon said, he has been coming into the WorkSource Oregon employment office in Bend about four days a week.

See Unemployed / G5

William Archie / Detroit Free Press

West Lopez, 40, makes a custom pizza at Domino’s Pizza in Farmington Hills, Mich., on Dec. 2. The national chain revamping its recipe seems to have triggered competition among fast-food-pizza chains.

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FLEA MARKET FAKES:

Authorities aim to exterminate counterfeit retail

By Roy Furchgott New York Times News Service

By Beth Defalco The Associated Press

TRENTON, N.J. — Used to be, if you wanted a knockoff handbag or fake fragrance, Lower Manhattan’s Canal Street was a mecca.

But with flea markets across the country now carrying the same kind of counterfeit products with poser trademarks, authorities warn that shoppers may get more than they bargain for in poor quality and safety risks while helping fund criminal syndicates in some cases.

“If the price is too good, you have to think about it,” said Lt. Mike McDonnell with the New Jersey State Police cargo theft unit. “If you see it at a flea market and it’s half the price of normal, you have to think there’s something wrong.”

See Flea / G3

DETROIT — To some, it may have been a cheesy ad.

The underlying theme of Domino’s Pizza’s recent national marketing campaign was that people disliked the company’s old pizza recipe. The advertisements announcing an improved pizza taste worked — and were the first volley in the latest round of pizza marketing battles.

In what some might view as a response Inside — though they When pizza themselves prices are do not — Litcut, toppings tle Caesars may be brought its Piztrimmed, too, za! Pizza! campaign back.

Page G5 Other major pizza players also unveiled new products and approaches this past year.

“This will remain a competitive category,” said Janney Capital Markets research analyst Mark Kalinowski. “Pizza’s probably held its own in terms of total market share as compared to the rest of the restaurant industry. ... All in all, pizza’s not in a bad place at all.”

A tastier sauce, a better cheese combination, flavored crust, olive oil, a new crust thickness.

Those are some of the ingredients needed for an improved pizza recipe — and for an epic pizza battle.

America’s largest pizzeria chains are duking it out across counters and doorsteps, as everbudget-conscious people, still recovering from the recession, continue to look for cheap fast food.

But most notably, in this pizza war, the doughboys are fighting not only across the country, but across town, as two of the country’s biggest chains — Domino’s at No. 2 and Little Caesars at No. 4 — are Detroit-area companies.

See Pizza / G2

Illustration by Scott Roberts New York Times News Service

When most people buy a television, they measure the wall where they want to put it and then pick the largest screen that will fit. That is exactly the right way to buy a big TV, but it misses the point if you want the right TV. The good news is picture quality has improved radically in the last five years, even as prices have plummeted. The bad news is there are a bewildering number of specifications and features to consider. Many of them will matter only to hard-core videophiles, but some are critical to everyone.

One of the basic features is the type of set. Although projection and tube televisions are still available, most people choose either a plasma set or one of the two types of liquid-crystal dis-

play televisions.

Most of the professional installers I consulted prefer plasma televisions. And if you want a flat-screen model that is wider than 50 inches, there are few other choices.

The installers say that plasma sets have the smoothest motion, the truest blacks — more on that later — and are more easily watched from side angles than the liquid-crystal variety. Moreover, “plasma is generally cheaper,” said Shawn DuBravac, director of research for the Consumer Electronics Association.

But plasmas also use more energy than liquid-crystal sets — making them more expensive to run — and LCD sets can work better in bright rooms because they have higher bright settings than plasmas.

See TV / G5

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Pizza Continued from G1 Their weapons? Domino’s has a revamped pizza recipe, introduced last December in a much-discussed ad campaign, that has translated into higher sales; for example, its 2010 thirdquarter same-store sales were up 11.7 percent over the comparable period in 2009.

Little Caesars’ spear is the Nov. 1 introduction of Pizza! Pizza! Pantastic: Two Hot-n-Ready pizzas, one supreme and one pepperoni, for $9.99. The company is privately held and declined to share sales information but said it was reaching its goals.

“It’s going to remain a very competitive sector, in part, because you have multiple national players and you have a lot of strong regional players and on top of that, a lot of very good mom-and-pop operators,” said Kalinowski.

“In the aggregate, we have multiple industry sources saying smaller players are losing a lot of market share this year.

That suggests their sales trends have not been nearly as good as Pizza Hut or Domino’s. It’s doing a lit bit better than the average restaurant sector, but again that’s through the strength of Pizza Hut, of Domino’s. This is not a case of a rising tide lifting all boats.”

Last year, Americans spent close to $36.3 billion on pizza, according to PMQ Pizza Magazine, an industry trade magazine. More than 8 percent of that went to Domino’s coffers and 3.11 percent to Little Caesars. Of the 64,951 pizzerias open in this country as of March 2010, 42 percent are owned by the top 50 chains and control 48 percent of the sales.

Pizza Hut, based in Dallas and a subsidiary of Yum! Brands, ranks highest, but three other Michigan pizzeria chains are in the Top 50, Hungry Howie’s, Jet’s and Bellacino’s.

“It’s definitely the latest installment; they were already warring with one another over price,” said Jeremy White, editor of Pizza Today, another trade publication. “Domino’s obviously changed the game. They came out and said, ‘We’re making a massive overhaul to our core product. We don’t think it’s as good as it could be or should be, and the public doesn’t think so either.’ It earned them so much goodwill and credibility that’s now paying off. That was a risk and it’s paying off. You haven’t seen other companies doing as much.”

Nancy Childs, a professor of food marketing at St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, sees the fight as part of a larger trend.

“They are intensive competitive marketers; they’re going to try to mimic each other and one up each other’s offerings, whether they’re competing on quality of ingredients and formulation and the latest deals,” she said.

“To the degree they’re going to go national, they’re going to be competitive. You see that with Pepsi and Coke. You see that with the car manufacturers.”

When pizza prices are cut, toppings may be trimmed, too

William Archie / Detroit Free Press

West Lopez, 40, of Farmington Hills, Mich., takes a chicken customized pineapple pizza from the oven at Domino’s Pizza on Dec. 2. The national chain’s revamped recipe has resulted in 11.7 percent increase in sales.

Little Caesars customer Rukalya Webster, 38, of Harper Woods, examines her pizza carry out before leaving the Grosse Pointe, Mich., location on Dec. 7. As pizza chain promotions compete, Little Caesars brought its Pizza! Pizza! campaign back.

Gary Malerba Detroit Free Press

The real dough Both Little Caesars and Domino’s declined to say how much they spent on advertising.

Kantar Media, a marketing and analysis firm, calculated that Little Caesars spent close to $11.9 million on advertising in 2009 and an estimated $12 million between January and September of this year, while Domino’s spent more than $171 million last year and approximately $121.1 million during the first nine months of 2010.

The U.S. pizza restaurants and delivery services industry, as a whole, spent more than $545 million on advertising last year, according to the same report.

Brandon Solano, Domino’s vice president of innovation, called the bad economy a headwind in Domino’s gains, but also stressed that his company’s marketing campaign about its updated flavor profile impressed customers with its honesty. After all, thousands of products are improved every year, but without fanfare.

“The pizza industry has seen a lot of competitors following one another. If they’re successful, you see them follow one anoth-

For-profits offer cost-savings ideas for community colleges

By John Lauerman Bloomberg News

As community colleges struggle to meet the demands of an expanding student population, they might learn from techniques that have helped for-profit colleges grow, said Tom Snyder, president of Ivy Tech Community College, the Indianapolis-based statewide system for Indiana.

Snyder said he’s using more online courses to have the flexibility of colleges such as the University of Phoenix, which can add students and allow them to pursue classes, whenever and wherever they like, on the Internet.

About 75 percent of Ivy Tech’s 200,000 students are adult learners who are changing professions or trying to improve job prospects, Snyder said. Such students need flexibility to juggle job and family expectations, he said.

“It’s very similar to the population targeted by the for-profits,” Snyder said. “Many of them have the option of 24/7 scheduling, and that’s what we want to give

our students.”

Community colleges must learn to help students stay in school until they obtain degrees or professional credentials, Snyder said.

The budgets at community colleges are unlikely to resume growing until states’ finances improve, and both Democrats and Republicans in Congress are suggesting that, to meet demand for training and education, forprofit colleges will need to retain access to student-aid programs.

The Education Department is proposing to measure the quality of for-profit colleges by tracking former students’ incomes and ability to repay loans. Colleges that fail to hit benchmarks risk losing eligibility for student financial aid.

Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., who will become chairman of the House education committee this month, said all colleges, including for-profits, should be required to disclose accurately how much their programs cost, how much debt students are likely to take on, and job-placement results.

er,” he said. “Coming out with a new recipe speaks to leadership not followship. ... There were a lot of people who were looking for something better, and we gave it to them.”

According to Solano, Domino’s menus have changed 80 percent in the last year and half, thanks to new products and tweaks, though the new recipe — the result of 45 different trials — marks the first major overhaul since the company launched 50 years ago. The business was once pizza and a Coke and he said company legend includes a story about Domino’s reluctance to even introduce Diet Coke to the menu, afraid it would complicate operations.

“Consumers’ tastes have changed,” he said. “There’s more diversification of food. You’re seeing third-graders bringing sushi to school. They’re more demanding.”

But Little Caesars sees it as they’re getting it right the first time.

“We like to think our product is perfect the way it is,” said Brian Pattison, Little Caesars’ vice president of the Midwest zone company operations. “We’ve

held fast to what our product is.

Our customers seem to be telling us (they like it) just the way it is.”

The company’s seeing the positive response to its new deal, which offers pizza said to be 46 percent larger than competitors’.

“We’ve been looking at a way to provide more variety for our customers for a while,” Pattison said. “Hot-n-Ready is doing well, but customers were kind of telling us they need more variety, and we thought this was the perfect time to bring back Pizza!

Pizza! and offer it Hot-n-Ready. ...

Our coping mechanism is always to focus on what our customers want and focus on value.”

The sluggish economy also means the pizza is appealing to a wider variety of potential consumers, not just the traditional three C’s — college students, cheapskates and Cub Scouts.

“This is a good value meal, and people are looking for that,” Childs said. “If people can’t afford a restaurant out, they can still afford the pizza to take them out of the kitchen. This is the time when you’re looking to expand your market share to get more customers, so it makes it even more intense.”

No matter how you slice it, competition is fierce in the crowded pizza business.

With an estimated 64,000 pizzerias in the United States — not counting all the bars, bowling alleys and warehouse clubs that also sell pizza — every place wants a bigger piece of the market, and one way to increase sales is to offer better deals than the competitor down the street.

But what’s happening behind the scenes when pizza-makers cut prices or offer what appear to be almost unbelievably good deals?

Some pizza chains known for low prices simply use fewer toppings than competitors, says Steve Green, publisher of the trade journal PMQ Pizza Magazine and a former Domino’s franchisee.

He says there’s an inescapable connection between prices and food costs (the percentage of every dollar that is used to pay for ingredients). On average, he says, most pizzerias have food costs of 25 to 30 percent and labor costs of 20 percent, leaving the 50 percent or so as gross profits.

“But everybody has to run those food costs,” he said. “There is no beating the market. If you have generous toppings and expensive cheese, you will have a high-costing pizza.”

Brandon Solano, Domino’s vice president for brand innovation and head chef, says some of his competitors have reduced the usual amounts of toppings they use when they’ve cut prices.

He knows that, he says, because his company buys other chains’ pizzas and analyzes the ingredients. It was Solano who headed the re-engineering of Domino’s core pizza recipe, resulting in double-digit sales increases this year. (Little Caesars representatives declined to discuss product-development issues, and Pizza Hut officials did not return calls.)

One thing pizza makers usually don’t do in a price war is tamper with key items such as cheese, says Liz Barrett, PMQ’s editor in chief. That’s because “they’ve based their reputations on a certain kind of pizza” and flavor profile.

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“We go to a great extent to produce a quality product that will last a long time for consumers. The damage to a brand can be if consumers think it’s genuine and have a bad experience.”

Flea Co n tinued from G1 The unit seized more than 5,000 pieces of counterfeit product at a flea market in Springfield, N.J., this month, including fake Estee Lauder and MAC cosmetics that retail for more than $300,000.

Four vendors were arrested on charges of possessing counterfeit trademark items, an offense that can carry jail time if more than 1,000 items are confiscated.

The safety risks of buying fake goods are real, experts say.

Counterfeit goods, or knockoffs, are different from the cheaper imitation versions found at major retailers, like Walmart or Target, in that those retailers sell items that follow Consumer Safety Product Commission guidelines.

Fakes usually are smuggled into the country unregulated; nearly 80 percent come from China, according to U.S. customs officials.

Safety risks include fake batteries that contain mercury, electrical products that don’t meet safety standards, perfumes found to contain urine and high alcohol content, and clothing made with toxic dyes and flammable materials.

While cosmetics are generally not subject to pre-market approval, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration restricts the use of certain ingredients and requires warning labels. Legitimate manufactures can be fined or face other enforcement action if they don’t comply.

And if the potential health risks don’t scare buyers, the economic risks and potential terror funding should, said Robert Barchiesi, president of the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition.

“You support organized crime, gang activity, and terrorist organizations that use this as a funding mechanism,” he said.

Barchiesi estimates the U.S. economy loses out on at least $200 billion in revenue and 750,000 jobs a year from counterfeit sales.

“This isn’t a victimless crime,” Barchiesi said.

The sentiment is echoed by local and federal law enforcement, who have been stepping up enforcement of flea markets and other counterfeit clearing houses.

This month alone, customs agents seized $250,000 worth of items at a swap-meet in New Orleans, $350,000 worth of goods at a flea market in Las Vegas, and $150,000 worth of merchandise at one in Solebury, Pa., that in-

— Leah Evert-Burks, of Deckers Outdoor Corp.

Photos by Mel Evans / The Associated Press

New Jersey State Police Lt. Michael E. McDonnell stands near boxes of fake name-brand clothing in Columbus, N.J., on Dec. 9 that police seized from a vendor at the Columbus Flea Market. “If you see it at a flea market and it’s half the price of normal, you have to think there’s something wrong.” cluded fake trademarks for Nike, Polo Ralph Lauren, Oakley, RayBan, Coach, Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana, and UGG boots.

“We’re looking where that money is going and what crimes it could be funding,” said Pat Reilly with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency in Washington, D.C., a division of the Department of Homeland Security.

ICE cites cases in Philadelphia and Miami in which counterfeit traffickers were linked to terrorist groups, including supporters of Hezbollah, the Lebanese militant group.

“We have traced some of the money out to countries where the link to terrorism is tangential, if not solid. It’s a global problem,” Reilly said.

The National Flea Market Association did not return an e-mail seeking comment.

At Rice’s Market in Solebury counterfeit UGG boots sold Dec. 12 for $50 while the authentic sheepskin classics retail elsewhere for as much as $180. Federal agents who seized the boots said that the boxes for the counterfeits “Made in China,” which

Skype iPhone service may boost mobile video calling

By Olga Kharif and Joseph Galante Bloomberg News

PORTLAND — Skype Technology, the biggest provider of international calls, is introducing video calling for Apple’s wireless devices, a move that may broaden the appeal of mobile videoconferencing.

The newest version of Skype’s application lets users of the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch make or receive video calls via 3G or Wi-Fi connections, the company said Thursday in a statement.

The company had previously offered its free mobile videocall app only for Nokia’s N900 smart phone. Luxembourgbased Skype is seeking to increase the number of subscribers who may eventually buy its premium services. The new app will compete with existing iPhone and iPod calling services offered by Apple, Fringland and Tango.

“Skype has significant scale,” said wireless consultant Chetan Sharma, founder of Chetan Sharma Consulting in Issaquah, Wash. “Whatever they introduce has the opportunity to make significant impact.”

In June, Skype had 560 million global users of its mobile and desktop software, according to an August regulatory filing. In the first half of 2010, video calls accounted for 40 percent of all Skype-to-Skype call minutes, the company said.

The app may help bolster Skype’s brand as the company prepares for an initial public offering. Skype, which filed for an IPO in August, hasn’t set a date for the share sale.

“They become incrementally more valuable, Sharma said.

In two years, as many as 20 percent of wireless subscribers may use video calling, if carriers don’t jack up prices, Sharma said. The increase would come as more phones are equipped

with front-facing cameras, a feature needed to run the app.

Apple, HTC Corp., Nokia and Dell Inc. have released mobile devices with front-facing cameras.

Internet-connected devices are proliferating, from tablet computers to TVs. Skype wants subscribers to be able to access its full set of services regardless of the platform they’re using, especially as consumers increasingly rely on personal phones for business, Chief Executive Officer Tony Bates said.

“You should have the same experience,” Bates, 43, said in an interview. “It shouldn’t be different. We should have the same quality and same expectations across devices.”

Apple hasn’t released usage statistics for FaceTime, its IPhone 4 and IPod touch videocalling service that’s also being tested for the Macintosh computer. Fringland’s Fring service has already connected 100 million video calls, about 40 percent of them among U.S. users, said Jake Levant, vice president of marketing at Fring.

Until now, most mobile video calls have happened via Wi-Fi connections at homes and coffee shops. Some carriers don’t offer video calling over 3G networks. That could change as companies like Skype release apps that run on the networks.

The growing popularity of video calling may lead carriers to charge consumers more for data access. Heavy users of mobile video calls may need to switch to more expensive data plans. An average video call consumes five to 10 times more bandwidth than a voice call, according to Sharma.

“We are giving the operators the next growth curve,” Fring’s Levant said. “There’s certainly a lot more money there.”

should have tipped off consumers that the boots weren’t real.

Manufacturers of the authentic merchandise have an interest in stopping the counterfeit business and often team with police to help tip them off and verify authenticity.

“We go to a great extent to produce a quality product that will last a long time for consumers,” said Leah Evert-Burks, director of brand protection at Deckers Outdoor Corp., the high-end Australian shoe company that holds the trademark on UGG boots.

“The damage to a brand can be if consumers think it’s genuine and have a bad experience.”

Jill Marvin, a spokeswoman for MAC and Estee Lauder, said consumers can be assured they are getting the genuine product by shopping at a reputable retailer.

To help consumers and to protect their brand, companies like Estee Lauder and UGG have also started listing authorized retailers on their websites.

Consumer’s perspective But many shoppers still look for a great deal with high-fash-

A fake The North Face jacket rests in one of many boxes full of the fake name-brand clothing that police seized from a vendor at the Columbus Flea Market in Columbus, N.J.

ion cachet.

Sally Sessoms, of Upper Dublin, Pa., didn’t let the recent raid at Rice’s Market get in the way of her annual Christmastime visit there on a recent Saturday morning.

Most people know the products are fake, she told The Intelligencer newspaper in Doylestown, Pa. “But who cares?”

Someone given a fake as a gift might care if they unknowingly try to return it to a retailer. Security experts say fakes are easily apparent to retailers.

Kevin Dougherty, who has been investigating counterfeits since 1986 through his Manhattan-based company, Counter Tech, said retailers have sophisticated security measures in place to verify their products.

“Fragrance companies can track the fragrance back to the hour and minute it was made and the plant that it was manufactured at,” Dougherty said.

And, Dougherty said, consumers have a lower-tech way to figure out if a product is real: Common sense.

“Generally, your best guide for a counterfeit handbag is a woman,” he said.

Stacks of boxes full of fake name-brand clothing at the Columbus Flea Market are among the thousands of dollars of counterfeit goods seized in the United States. U.S. customs officials say 80 percent of fakes smuggled into the country come from China.

Champagne’s sparkle comes back

By Clementine Fletcher Bloomberg News

LONDON — The makers of the most expensive champagnes are celebrating a return to favor after two years of decline while cheaper brands continue to battle on price.

“The market is polarizing,” said Andrew Hawes, managing director of Mentzendorff, the British distributor of Bollinger, and chairman of the British Champagne Agents’ Association. After discounting across the board in 2009, “we’re seeing this year that certain brands aren’t involved in it. We’re seeing a parting of the ways, and that trend is going to continue.”

Sales of the most expensive wines including those made by LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton are bucking the industry trend as the wealthiest drinkers shell out more than $133 a pop for a bottle of champagne again amid a revival in luxury spending after the credit crunch. Sales

dropped in 2008 and 2009, when conspicuous consumption was “seen as virtually socially unacceptable,” Hawes said.

Champagne sales as a whole are set to post a decline of 0.9 percent by value this year, the third straight drop, according to Euromonitor research. Volume of the highest-priced champagne segment will continue to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 1.8 percent from 2009 to 2015, according to a report by market researcher International Wine and Spirit Record.

The fall in sales “can pretty much be traced back to Lehman,” Hawes said, referring to the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holding. “At the back end of 2008, if you were going to be drinking a premium brand of champagne you’d better have been doing it on your own in the garden shed.”

Champagne is produced from grapes grown only in the Champagne region of northeast France.

The drink is made from three pri-

Economics professors mull ethics code

By Timothy R. Homan Bloomberg News

WASHINGTON — A professional association of U.S. economists is considering establishment of an ethics code, a move that could require members to disclose their ties to financial firms and potential conflicts of interest.

The American Economic Association, the world’s largest organization for economists, is set to take up a proposal Jan. 6 that would attempt to codify ethics guidelines for economists. The group says about half of its 18,000 members are academic economists.

“The topic is on the agenda for the executive committee meeting next Thursday,” Robert Hall, AEA president and an economics professor at Stanford University, said in an e-mail. “More info may be available after the meeting.”

Criticism of the dual role of economists came to the fore after the October release of “Inside Job,” a documentary that features economists being interviewed about their ties to financial firms.

“We are urging the AEA to adopt a code of ethics that specifically addresses potential conflicts of interest that can arise between economists’ roles as economic experts and as paid consultants, principles or agents for private firms,” Gerald Epstein, a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, wrote in a blog post.

“While passing this proposal might not spread a lot of holiday cheer to the economists as they gather in Denver, it might help them get out of the dog house with the American people,” Epstein wrote.

mary grapes: Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier, and gained favor with French kings including Louis XIV, according to Laurent-Perrier’s website, giving it the cachet of being an exclusive, luxury drink.

Paris-based LVMH, the world’s biggest maker of champagne, reported a 22 percent increase in sales in the first nine months of 2010 at its spirits and wine unit and said there was a “good return” of consumer demand for the drink in the third quarter.

The company generates about half of revenue at the unit from sales of champagne brands including bottles of Moet & Chandon and Veuve Clicquot, the bestselling champagnes in the world, according to Euromonitor.

The drinks range from about $46 for a bottle of Moet & Chandon’s Brut Imperial non-vintage to $346 for Veuve Clicquot’s 1998 vintage rose “La Grande Dame,” according to thedrinkshop.com.

Pernod Ricard’s champagne

unit expected to have a “pretty good Christmas” season after a revival in demand in the third quarter, said Lionel Breton, chief executive officer of the Parisbased maker’s Martell Mumm Perrier-Jouet division. Sales of Perrier-Jouet soared 36 percent in the three months to Sept. 30.

“We took a decision not to discount during the crisis,” Breton said in an interview. “We consider ourselves as brand builders and not volume pushers.”

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TAWexUSCr n 9.68 +.14 TAUSCorEq2 8.92 -.01 TM USSm 22.94 -.14 USVectrEq n 10.87 -.01 USLgVa n 20.12 +.11 USLgVa3 n 15.41 +.09 US Micro n 13.77 -.08 US TgdVal 16.63 -.04 US Small n 21.36 -.13 US SmVal 25.57 -.09 IntlSmCo n 17.18 +.37 GlbEqInst 13.49 +.07 EmgMktSCp n24.06 +.56 EmgMkt n 30.66 +.66 Fixd n 10.32 ...

Govt n 10.79 +.04 IntGvFxIn n 12.29 +.08 IntlREst 5.02 +.10 IntVa n 18.38 +.13 IntVa3 n 17.19 +.12 InflProSecs 11.30 +.05 Glb5FxInc 10.88 +.04 LrgCapInt n 19.91 +.14 TM USTgtV 21.47 -.07 TM IntlValue 15.05 +.10 TMMktwdeV 15.04 +.07 TMUSEq 13.56 -.01 2YGlFxd n 10.15 +.01 DFARlEst n 21.56 +.40 Dodge&Cox: Balanced n 70.22 +.02 GblStock 8.90 +.02 IncomeFd 13.23 +.05 Intl Stk 35.71 +.20 Stock 107.76 -.07 DoubleLine Funds: TRBd I x 10.93 -.07 TRBd N px 10.93 -.07 Dreyfus: Aprec 38.20 -.39 BasicS&P x 25.67 -.08 BondMktInv p10.55 +.05 CalAMTMuZ 13.83 -.02 Dreyfus 8.99 -.01 DreyMid rx 27.88 -.71 Drey500In tx 34.58 -1.24 IntmTIncA 13.08 +.06 Interm nr 13.19 -.02 MidcpVal A 34.18 -.01 MunBd r 10.84 -.01 NY Tax nr 14.30 -.02 SmlCpStk rx 20.42 -.75 DreihsAcInc 11.05 +.01 Dupree Mutual: KYTF 7.47 -.01 EVPTxMEmI x 51.12 -.09 Eaton Vance A: GblMacAbR p 10.28 +.01 FloatRate x 9.26 ...

IncBosA 5.84 +.01 LgCpVal x 18.22 +.01 NatlMunInc 8.92 -.03 Strat Income Cl A 8.21 +22.8 TMG1.1 x 23.82 -.22 DivBldrA x 10.05 -.02 Eaton Vance C: NatlMunInc 8.92 -.03 Eaton Vance I: FltgRt x 8.96 ...

GblMacAbR 10.27 +.01 LgCapVal x 18.27 ...

ParStEmMkt x15.89 +.08 TaxMgdVal 16.87 +.05 FMI Funds: CommonStk e 25.08 -.15 LargeCap px 15.61 -.01 FPA Funds: Capit 41.20 +.22 NewInc 10.85 +.01 FPACres n 26.79 +.02 Fairholme x 35.58 +.68 Federated A: KaufmSCA p 26.19 +.26 PrudBear p 4.73 +.02 CapAppA x 19.02 -.09 KaufmA px 5.49 +.04 MuniUltshA 10.01 -.01 TtlRtBd pe 11.15 +.06 Federated Instl: AdjRtSecIS 9.81 +.01 KaufmanK x 5.50 +.04 MdCpI InSvc x21.61 -.14 MunULA p 10.01 -.01 TotRetBond e 11.15 +.06 TtlRtnBdS e 11.15 +.06 StaValDivIS x 4.40 -.02 Fidelity Advisor A: DivrIntlA rx 16.04 +.04 FltRateA r 9.80 +.01 FF2030A px 12.19 -.15 LevCoStA p 34.41 +.15 MidCapA p 20.03 -.05 MidCpIIA p 17.90 -.04 NwInsghts pe 19.96 ...

SmallCapA p 25.21 -.02 StrInA 12.38 +.07 TotalBdA r 10.72 +.05 Fidelity Advisor C: NwInsghts tn 19.03 -.01 StratIncC nt 12.36 +.08 Fidelity Advisor I: DivIntl nx 16.28 +.04 EqGrI n 57.43 -.08 FltRateI n 9.79 +.02 GroIncI 17.26 +.01 HiIncAdvI 9.44 +.05 LgCapI n 18.70 +.03 MidCpII I n 18.12 -.03 NewInsightI e 20.14 -.01 SmallCapI 26.35 -.03 StrInI 12.52 +.08

3 yr %rt

+6.4 +9.0 +3.7 +15.2 +17.2 +0.8 +12.3 -13.7 +12.0 -14.3 +14.8 -20.4 +27.6 +11.1 +27.1 +10.5 NA NA +25.6 +14.4 +16.1 +7.9 +16.9 +18.5 +15.1 +17.0 +19.4 +26.0 +22.9 +22.7 +13.1 +24.1 +10.7 +10.0 +1.8 +15.3

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Name

NAV

1 yr Chg %rt

Fidelity Advisor T: EqGrT p 53.76 -.08 EqInT 23.21 +.06 GrOppT 34.42 -.21 MidCapT p 20.22 -.05 NwInsghts pe 19.74 -.01 SmlCapT p 24.37 -.02 StrInT 12.38 +.08 Fidelity Freedom: FF2000 nx 11.94 -.19 FF2005 nx 10.81 -.16 FF2010 nx 13.59 -.22 FF2010K x 12.68 -.18 FF2015 nx 11.34 -.18 FF2015A x 11.49 -.15 FF2015K x 12.72 -.19 FF2020 nx 13.79 -.21 FF2020A x 12.00 -.16 FF2020K x 13.19 -.19 FF2025 nx 11.52 -.17 FF2025A x 11.60 -.15 FF2025K x 13.40 -.19 FF2030 nx 13.77 -.20 FF2030K x 13.60 -.19 FF2035 nx 11.47 -.15 FF2035K x 13.78 -.18 FF2040 nx 8.01 -.11 FF2040K x 13.86 -.17 FF2045 nx 9.49 -.13 FF2050 nx 9.38 -.11 IncomeFd nx 11.28 -.06 Fidelity Invest: AllSectEq 12.67 +.02 AMgr50 nx 15.42 +.06 AMgr70 nrx 16.33 +.06 AMgr20 nr 12.79 +.05 Balanc x 18.23 +.04 BalancedK x 18.23 +.05 BlueChipGr 45.35 -.05 BluChpGrK 45.34 -.05 CA Mun n 11.63 -.02 Canada nx 58.15 +.97 CapApp n 25.34 +.09 CapDevelO 10.69 +.02 CapInco nr 9.43 +.04 ChinaReg r 32.51 +.39 Contra n 67.73 -.02 ContraK 67.70 -.02 CnvSec 25.45 +.20 DisEq n 22.53 -.02 DiscEqF 22.50 -.03 DiverIntl nx 30.15 +.11 DiversIntK rx 30.12 +.11 DivStkO n 14.96 +.01 DivGth n 28.43 +.08 Emerg Asia r 30.62 +.66 EmrgMkt n 26.35 +.48

+23.4 +13.1 +23.4 +23.7 +15.8 +17.6 +9.6

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+8.1 +3.1 +4.1 NS +2.3 +1.7 NS -1.2 -2.4 NS -1.8 -3.0 NS -6.1 NS -6.5 NS -7.7 NS -7.8 -9.6 +9.8

+16.6 +13.5 +15.8 +8.9 +13.8 +13.9 +19.6 +19.8 +3.2 +21.8 +18.3 +20.2 +17.1 +18.0 +16.9 +17.1 +20.9 +8.3 +8.5 +9.7 +9.9 +19.7 +21.2 +22.8 +18.2

NS +7.3 +2.2 +11.7 +0.1 NS +6.4 NS +8.7 -2.4 -4.0 -12.1 +37.3 +7.7 -5.1 NS +3.6 -20.9 NS -20.8 NS -6.7 +4.4 -17.8 -18.5

Name

NAV

1 yr Chg %rt

MdCpGrOp 43.77 -.33 RealEst npx 18.19 +.22 First Eagle: GlobalA 46.36 +.28 OverseasA 22.66 +.23 SoGenGold p 33.95 +.90 Forum Funds: AbsolStratI rx 10.84 -.02 Frank/Temp Frnk A: AdjUS px 8.86 ...

AZ TFA p 10.37 -.03 BalInv p 47.23 -.15 CAHYBd p 9.01 -.02 CalInsA p 11.52 -.02 CalTFrA p 6.74 -.01 FedInterm p 11.38 -.01 FedTxFrA p 11.37 -.01 FlexCapGrA 48.20 -.07 FlRtDA px 9.16 +.01 FL TFA p 11.12 -.02 FoundFAl px 10.46 -.22 GoldPrM A x 51.07 +1.32 GrowthA p 44.64 -.03 HY TFA p 9.64 -.02 HiIncoA 2.00 +.01 IncoSerA p 2.18 +.01 InsTFA p 11.38 -.02 MichTFA p 11.46 -.03 MO TFA p 11.55 -.02 NJTFA p 11.60 -.01 NY TFA p 11.23 -.02 NC TFA p 11.73 -.01 OhioITFA p 11.93 -.03 ORTFA p 11.46 -.03 PA TFA p 9.89 -.03 RisDivA p 32.85 -.10 SMCpGrA 37.31 -.16 StratInc px 10.42 +.02 TotlRtnA px 10.07 -.02 USGovA p 6.76 +.03 UtilitiesA p 11.60 -.03 Frank/Tmp Frnk Adv: FdTF Adv 11.38 -.01 GlbBdAdv p ...

IncomeAdv 2.17 +.01 TtlRtAdv x 10.09 -.02 USGovAdv p 6.78 +.04 Frank/Temp Frnk B: IncomeB t 2.17 +.01 Frank/Temp Frnk C: AdjUS C tx 8.86 ...

CalTFC t 6.73 ...

FdTxFC t 11.36 -.01 FoundFAl px 10.32 -.19 HY TFC t 9.77 -.03 IncomeC t 2.20 +.01

3 yr %rt

+27.9 +1.3 +30.6 +11.1 +17.6 +14.1 +19.2 +13.7 +34.6 +60.7 +4.2

+6.7

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+9.5 +8.9 -4.4 +7.7 +5.4 +8.2 +11.9 +9.0 -0.6 +8.3 +9.8 -9.6 +74.9 +2.7 +8.7 +26.5 +5.9 +7.0 +7.8 +8.9 +10.2 +10.6 +10.2 +8.1 +10.9 +9.5 +1.4 +5.7 +24.0 +19.1 +18.8 -9.5

+0.9 +13.0 +13.1 +9.5 +6.2

+9.3 +43.4 +6.9 +20.1 +19.4

+12.0 +3.3 +1.0 +1.4 +0.3 +9.7 +2.3 +12.2

+8.3 +6.4 +7.2 -11.6 +6.9 +4.7

Name

NAV

1 yr Chg %rt

Hartford Fds A: CapAppA p 34.63 +.13 Chks&Bal p 9.54 +.03 DivGthA p 19.00 +.05 FltRateA px 8.87 +.01 MidCapA p 22.01 -.07 Hartford Fds C: CapAppC t 30.74 +.12 FltRateC tx 8.86 +.01 Hartford Fds I: DivGthI n 18.94 +.05 Hartford Fds Y: CapAppY n 37.58 +.15 CapAppI n 34.64 +.14 DivGrowthY n 19.26 +.04 FltRateI x 8.88 +.01 TotRetBdY nx 10.63 +.05 Hartford HLS IA : CapApp x 42.36 -.11 DiscplEqty 11.79 -.01 Div&Grwth 19.50 +.05 GrwthOpp 25.86 +.06 Advisers 19.32 +.07 Stock 40.98 +.12 IntlOpp 12.46 +.10 MidCap 26.01 -.09 TotalRetBd 10.90 +.06 USGovSecs 10.46 +.03 Hartford HLS IB: CapApprec px 42.00 -.01 Heartland Fds: ValueInv e 43.82 +.34 ValPlusInv px 29.82 -.34 Henderson Glbl Fds: IntlOppA px 21.09 -.09 Hotchkis & Wiley: MidCpVal 23.98 +.13 Hussman Funds: StrTotRet rx 12.13 -.02 StrGrowth x 12.29 -.10 ICM SmlCo x 30.29 -.18 ING Funds Cl A: GlbR E px 16.28 -.02 IVA Funds: Intl I r 16.13 +.10 WorldwideA t 16.72 +.03 WorldwideC t 16.64 +.03 Worldwide I r 16.72 +.03 Invesco Fds Instl: IntlGrow 27.90 +.24 Invesco Fds Invest: DivrsDiv p 12.26 -.01 Invesco Funds A: CapGro 13.49 +.06 Chart p 16.17 +.03 CmstkA 15.73 +.03

+12.9 +11.1 +12.6 +10.4 +23.0

3 yr %rt -13.1 +0.1 -5.2 +10.2 +2.5

+12.1 -14.9 +9.6 +7.8 +13.0

-4.3

+13.4 +13.2 +13.1 +10.8 +7.2

-11.9 -12.3 -4.0 +11.1 +14.9

+16.5 +14.0 +13.2 +17.6 +12.1 +14.8 +14.5 +23.4 +7.6 +3.8

-7.7 -10.1 -4.6 -17.2 -0.1 -7.6 -11.8 +4.5 +14.3 +6.7

+16.2

-8.4

+21.3 +6.0 +28.5 +33.4 +5.7 -15.7 +34.4 +19.8 +7.0 +20.5 -3.6 -8.2 +22.7 +7.1 +14.8 -10.5 +16.8 +18.5 +17.6 +18.8

NS NS NS NS

+12.8

-9.0

+15.2 +4.3 +20.1 +1.3 +8.1 +0.7 +15.6 -4.1

Name

NAV

1 yr Chg %rt

SmCpValA p 24.97 -.12 LSV ValEq nx 13.56 -.20 Laudus Funds: IntlMsterS r 19.24 +.22 Lazard Instl: EmgMktI x 21.78 +.15 Lazard Open: EmgMktOp px 22.19 +.23 Legg Mason A: CBEqBldrA x 12.76 -.10 CBAggGr p 110.87 +.51 CBAppr px 13.71 -.18 CBFdAllCV A x13.69 -.10 WAIntTmMu 6.16 ...

WAMgMuA p 15.10 -.03 Legg Mason C: WAIntTMuC 6.16 -.01 WAMgMuC 15.11 -.03 CMOppor t 11.02 -.07 CMSpecInv p 31.68 ...

CMValTr p 38.87 +.04 Legg Mason Instl: CMValTr I 45.55 +.05 Legg Mason 1: CBDivStr1 x 16.50 -.06 Longleaf Partners: Partners x 28.26 -.14 Intl nx 15.34 -.09 SmCap x 26.52 -.20 Loomis Sayles: GlbBdR t 16.46 +.23 LSBondI 14.27 +.17 LSGlblBdI 16.61 +.24 StrInc C 14.87 +.17 LSBondR 14.22 +.17 StrIncA 14.79 +.17 ValueY nx 18.61 -.23 Loomis Sayles Inv: InvGrBdA px 12.13 -.17 InvGrBdC px 12.04 -.17 InvGrBdY x 12.13 -.18 Lord Abbett A: FloatRt p 9.33 +.01 IntrTaxFr 10.06 -.02 ShDurTxFr 15.62 ...

AffiliatdA p 11.58 +.05 FundlEq 12.92 +.06 BalanStratA x 10.64 +.02 BondDebA p 7.81 +.03 HYMunBd p 11.02 -.05 ShDurIncoA p 4.60 +.01 MidCapA p 16.44 +.01 RsSmCpA 31.43 -.21 TaxFrA p 10.08 -.03 CapStruct p 11.77 +.01 Lord Abbett C:

3 yr %rt

+26.0 -8.3 +13.2 -15.0 +21.7

-4.6

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+7.5 +10.1 -26.3 -2.8 -32.6

+7.7 -30.6 +11.7

-2.5

+17.9 -10.5 +13.7 -15.4 +22.3 +2.5 +7.7 +13.6 +8.0 +12.7 +13.3 +13.5 +11.9

+20.1 +21.8 +21.2 +18.8 +20.7 +21.5 -10.3

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+12.6 +15.5 NS -14.2 +6.9 +5.4 +21.9 -5.4 +23.0 -3.7 +13.0 +7.9 +2.8

Name

NAV

1 yr Chg %rt

Neuberger&Berm Inv: Genesis n 33.22 -.15 +21.4 GenesInstl 45.96 -.20 +21.7 Guardn n 14.83 -.03 +19.5 Partner n 27.56 +.19 +15.4 Neuberger&Berm Tr: Genesis n 47.64 -.21 +21.4 Nicholas Group: Nichol nx 45.15 -2.17 +20.9 Northern Funds: BondIdx 10.52 +.05 +6.2 EmgMEqIdx 12.84 +.27 NA FixIn n 10.13 +.06 NA HiYFxInc n 7.30 +.03 +13.6 HiYldMuni 7.90 -.01 +2.3 IntTaxEx n 9.97 -.01 +1.0 IntlEqIdx r ... NA MMEmMkt r 22.98 +.40 +22.9 MMIntlEq r 9.94 +.11 +12.1 MMMidCap 11.65 -.04 +24.3 ShIntTaxFr 10.48 -.01 +1.2 ShIntUSGv n 10.33 +.03 +3.3 SmlCapVal n 15.21 -.07 +24.6 StockIdx n 15.57 +.01 +14.8 TxExpt n 10.01 -.01 +0.2 Nuveen Cl A: HYldMuBd p 14.54 -.04 +3.5 TWValOpp x 35.07 -.23 +23.8 LtdMBA p 10.78 -.01 +2.6 Nuveen Cl C: HYMunBd t 14.53 -.04 +3.0 Nuveen Cl R: IntmDurMuBd 8.83 -.01 +2.9 HYMuniBd 14.54 -.04 +3.8 TWValOpp x 35.17 -.31 +24.1 Oakmark Funds I: EqtyInc r 27.74 +.01 +9.5 GlobalI r 22.48 -.02 +15.7 Intl I r 19.41 -.04 +16.2 IntlSmCp r 14.37 +.27 +21.5 Oakmark r 41.30 -.04 +12.2 Select r 27.45 -.06 +13.2 Old Westbury Fds: GlobOpp 7.71 +.04 +16.2 GlbSMdCap 15.47 +.07 +24.1 NonUSLgC p 10.62 +.01 +15.1 RealReturn 10.90 +.21 +15.8 Oppenheimer A: AMTFrMuA x 5.96 ... +0.3 AMTFrNY x 10.84 +.01 +2.4 ActiveAllA x 9.59 -.04 +14.7 CAMuniA px 7.49 ... +2.8 CapAppA p 43.58 -.02 +9.1 CapIncA px 8.52 -.16 +11.6 DevMktA p 36.47 +.78 +27.0 Equity A 8.83 ... +12.0

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Name

NAV

1 yr Chg %rt

PIMCO Funds P: AstAllAuthP x 10.56 -.31 CommdtyRR x 9.29 +.05 RealRtnP x 11.36 +.06 TotRtnP 10.85 +.08 Parnassus Funds: EqtyInco nx 26.31 -.10 Pax World: Balanced 22.36 +.01 Paydenfunds: HiInc x 7.24 -.01 Perm Port Funds: Permanent 45.81 +.70 Pioneer Funds A: CullenVal 18.15 +.03 GlbHiYld p 10.55 +.03 HighYldA p 10.16 -.04 MdCpVaA p 21.13 +.01 PionFdA p 40.96 +.05 StratIncA p 10.94 +.03 ValueA p 11.39 +.01 Pioneer Funds C: PioneerFdY 41.09 +.05 StratIncC t 10.71 +.03 Pioneer Fds Y: CullenVal Y 18.20 +.03 GlbHiYld 10.37 +.03 StratIncY p 10.94 +.02 Price Funds Adv: EqtyInc n 23.64 +.06 Growth pn 31.90 -.02 HiYld nx 6.77 +.01 MidCapGro n 57.47 -.12 R2020A p 16.35 +.06 R2030Adv np 17.18 +.06 R2040A pn 17.31 +.05 SmCpValA n 35.92 -.14 TF Income pnx 9.57 -.01 Price Funds R Cl: Ret2020R p 16.25 +.06 Ret2030R n 17.10 +.06 Price Funds: Balance n 19.30 +.06 BlueChipG n 38.13 -.07 CapApr n 20.31 +.01 DivGro n 22.88 +.03 EmMktB nx 13.28 +.04 EmMktS n 35.28 +.48 EqInc n 23.69 +.06 EqIdx n 33.86 +.03 GNM nx 9.94 +.06 Growth n 32.15 -.02 GwthIn n 20.18 +.01 HlthSci n 30.28 -.31 HiYld nx 6.78 ...

InstlCpGr n 16.38 -.03

+10.5 +24.0 +7.6 +8.7

3 yr %rt NS NS NS NS

+8.9

+8.0

+11.9

-5.9

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-10.8 +23.5 +19.5 -2.6 -5.7 +29.0 -21.7

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-7.6 -3.9 +27.6 +11.6 +1.6 -1.1 -1.7 +12.8 +10.2

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-9.8

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-1.3 -24.4 +9.3 +24.1 +11.8 +20.0

+15.0

-8.5

+4.3

+9.7

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+20.2 -5.8 +8.8 -10.4 +12.4

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-9.2

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-6.9 +11.8 +18.5 -14.9 -0.8 -16.2

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Name

NAV

1 yr Chg %rt

TxExA px 8.20 -.01 TFHYA x 11.29 -.01 USGvA p 14.16 +.09 VoyA p 23.71 -.01 Putnam Funds C: DivInc t 7.99 +.04 RS Funds: CoreEqVIP 38.03 +.07 EmgMktA 26.74 +.71 RSNatRes np 37.58 +.45 RSPartners 33.09 +.03 Value Fd 25.91 +.05 Rainier Inv Mgt: LgCapEqI 25.17 -.02 SmMCap 32.66 -.17 SmMCpInst 33.46 -.17 RidgeWorth Funds: GScUltShBdI 10.07 +.01 HighYldI 9.83 +.04 IntmBondI 10.38 +.02 InvGrTEBI n 11.69 -.01 LgCpValEqI 12.84 +.01 MdCValEqI 11.87 ...

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Sound Shore: SoundShore x 31.82 +.11 St FarmAssoc: Balan n 54.09 +.09 Gwth n 53.06 ...

Sun Capital Adv: GSShDurItl 10.31 +.02 IbbotsBalSv p 12.35 +.05 TCW Funds: TotlRetBdI x 9.92 -.29 TCW Funds N: TotRtBdN px 10.26 -.30 TFSMktNeutrl r14.72 +.01 TIAA-CREF Funds: BdIdxInst 10.28 +.05 BondInst 10.38 +.05 EqIdxInst 9.54 ...

IntlEqIInst 16.48 +.05 IntlEqInst 9.91 +.11 IntlEqRet 10.22 +.12 LC2040Ret 10.94 +.02 MdCVlRet 16.98 +.06 Templeton Instit: EmMS px 16.70 +.04 ForEqS x 20.05 -.34 Third Avenue Fds: IntlValInst r 16.93 +.36 REValInst r 23.16 +.24 SmCapInst 20.92 +.06 ValueInst 51.76 +.49 Thornburg Fds C: IntValuC t 26.41 +.07 Thornburg Fds: IntlValA px 28.03 +.07 IncBuildA t 19.02 +.03 IncBuildC p 19.02 +.02 IntlValue I x 28.64 +.04 LtdMunA p 13.95 -.01 LtTMuniI 13.95 -.01 ValueA t 33.85 +.12 ValueI 34.45 +.12 Thrivent Fds A: LgCapStock x 22.23 -.09 MuniBd x 10.83 -.01 Tocqueville Fds: Delafield 29.39 -.08 Gold t 86.50 +2.40 Touchstone Family: SandsCapGrI 14.04 -.07 Transamerica A: AsAlMod p 11.66 +.05 AsAlModGr p 11.90 +.06 Transamerica C: AsAlModGr t 11.87 +.05 TA IDEX C: AsAlMod t 11.63 +.05 Tweedy Browne: GblValue x 23.82 -.43 USAA Group: AgsvGth n 32.99 -.01 CornstStr nx 22.61 -.49 Gr&Inc nx 15.03 -.04 HYldOpp n 8.41 +.04 IncStk n 11.95 +.01 Income n 12.75 +.07 IntTerBd n 10.31 +.04 Intl n 24.32 +.12 PrecMM 42.89 +1.03 S&P Idx n 18.86 +.02 S&P Rewrd 18.86 +.02 ShtTBnd n 9.18 +.01 TxEIT n 12.61 ...

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-1.7

-3.8

-0.1

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-9.9 -8.4 +2.0 -20.0 -7.1 -8.2 +12.3 +5.8 -4.6

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-5.0

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-8.8

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-8.5

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1 yr Chg %rt

3 yr %rt

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-8.6 -10.8

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THE BULLETIN • Sunday, January 2, 2011 G5

TV

An evolving technology

Continued from G1 “The electricity cost of powering the TV, even for the largest models, amounts to less than $2 a week,” DuBravac said. “That’s if you watch TV five hours a day, seven days a week.” The cost may not bother every customer.

A 50-inch Panasonic 3-D plasma TV bundled with a Bluray player and glasses. A 3-D television costs nearly double the cost of a comparable 2-D set. The TV does not come with the pricey 3-D glasses, which can run $100-$300.

who use the sets only for 2-D viewing.

Unfortunately, the televisions’ computers are complex, and appraising them is not easy. Be sure to pay attention to the refresh rate. That is the speed at which the set can put up new pictures, and it affects how fluidly images move on the screen.

Video purists prefer a refresh rate of 60 hertz because it is “true” — the same rate as that of broadcast television. But on either kind of LCD set, that slow a rate can blur the motion in sports broadcasts and action movies. (“Motion blurring is not an issue” on plasma TVs, said Bill Schindler, a television engineer and researcher.)

To minimize blurring on LCD sets, many people prefer a 120-hertz refresh rate. When broadcast television sends out its 60 pictures a second, a 120hertz set must fill in twice as many frames, guessing what a picture between the two broadcast images would look like and then creating it. Most sets can handle a 120 rate effectively — but a 240-hertz rate can mean problems.

“There is an awful lot of interpolation going on at these higher frame rates,” Schindler said. “In the case of 240 you have to make up three pictures” for every real one received.

Moreover, the more processing required, the greater the likelihood of “artifacts” — processing mistakes that show up on the screen. A classic artifact: spokes that “appear to be going backward” on a stagecoach in a Western, said Joe Kane, a video display consultant. “If the processing isn’t very good, they appear to be go-

ing backward even worse.”

More and more televisions can be linked to the Internet, but if you plan on buying one, keep two things in mind. First, apart from the set itself, the quality of what you get will depend on your Internet speed.

That may mean one more thing to upgrade. Second, as you browse, realize that the sites and services available on a Web-enabled television may change after your purchase.

If a film service — Hulu or Vudu, for example — becomes more widely used, a TV maker may add it to the menu of links available. The shifting array of features makes comparison shopping difficult.

“If something is popular,” DuBravac said, “it’s going to be developed for multiple devices.”

“I’ve been looking at jobs all over the country. It’s tight everywhere. I am lucky because I can afford to move to get a job, if I have to, but there’s other people who have been out of work so long they don’t have the money to move. They are basically stuck here until the economy improves.”

in other cities, but it seems like the employers are really picky.

Most of the jobs are things that I’ve done or know I could do, but they have so many people to choose from, they aren’t willing to do any on-the-job training,” Davis said.

That, he said, is a big change from the 1970s, when he entered the work force.

“In those days, employers hired people with the expectation that they’d have to train them. The employers invested in training with the anticipation that the employees would be good, loyal workers who would stick with them,” Davis said. “Nowadays, the employers tell you they can’t afford to train you. They tell you to go to school to get the training, and then come back and talk to them about a job.

“I’ve been looking at jobs all over the country. It’s tight everywhere,” Grant said. “I am lucky because I can afford to move to get a job, if I have to, but there’s other people who have been out of work so long they don’t have the money to move. They are basically stuck here until the economy improves,” Davis said.

Fitzsimmons, of WorkSource Oregon, said with the number of workers far exceeding the available jobs, it is definitely an employer’s market, but workers who are willing to take the free classes available at the WorkSource offices can improve their chances of getting hired.

“What we are seeing is that the people who are flexible and are willing to take a job that may be in a different line of work or a lower rate of pay have a better chance of getting a job in this economy than someone else who isn’t willing to accept change,” Fitzsimmons said.

LCD, LED and plasma There are also big differences among LCD sets. One technical distinction is that older LCD sets are backlighted by a fluorescent lamp, while the newer sort are lighted by hundreds of LEDs. These models can be brighter and have a higher contrast than their older cousins, and they are thinner, too — less than an inch compared to three or so inches.

LED screens tend to have better black levels than the older LCDs. The reason: Regular LCD sets create black by closing off a crystal, but light can still leak through — think of a cloth draped over a lamp. The LED variety, with its hundreds of individual lamps, can effectively turn off the light source — that is, click off the light rather than drape a cloth over it. But even that is not perfect. Although there are hundreds of lamps, there are millions of the pixels that make up the set’s picture, so a “black” area will still have a few lighted pixels. In plasma sets, however, the cells that make up the picture are lighted individually, making its blacks better still.

Resolution — the sharpness of the picture — is a second major factor for buyers. A few years ago, there was a complex variety of choices, but there are now

Unemployed Continued from G1 He’s been taking classes to hone his résumé-writing and job-interviewing skills, and combing through job postings listed by the Oregon Employment Department and a variety of websites such as Craigslist, Monster.com and Indeed.com.

“I got my start in food service when I was 14 years old as a dietary aide in a hospital,” which Simon said was his first job, arranged with the help and encouragement of his mother.

“My mother said if you learn how to cook, you will always be able to find a job somewhere,” Simon said.

Simon moved to Central Oregon from California, where he said he played college football from 2000 to 2002 and later for a semi-pro team.

“To become a professional football player — that was a big dream of mine for a number of years,” Simon said. “It’s still a dream, but I have to realize I am almost 37 and there’s a lot of younger guys in their 20s who are in a lot better shape and can run faster and jump higher.”

He typed a Web address on the computer keyboard at the employment office Wednesday and the Pizza Hut website he had been studying disappeared, replaced by a photo of Simon wearing his blue and white High Desert Lightning football uniform with No. 78 on the jersey.

“I love that game. I will keep playing football until I can’t walk no more,” Simon said.

He said cooking and football have gone hand in hand all of his life.

“I’m lucky to have two things I enjoy doing,” Simon said.

During his high school and college years, Simon worked part time as a cook in pizza parlors, fast-food hamburger

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just two — 720p or 1080p. (These terms refer to the number of lines on the screen, with anything higher than 720 considered high definition.)

Generally, 1080 offers finer resolution at a higher price, but that is not the end of the story because television broadcasts, DVDs and Blu-ray all enter the set at different resolutions. To make the number of lines from the source match the number of lines on the set, the television must use its computing power to scale the picture, and its ultimate quality will depend on how well the set’s computer and software do their jobs.

There is no measurement for computing power. You have to rely on your eyes at the store, and maybe on experts’ and owners’ reviews. In one case, though, the 1080 is inarguably better, and that is for Blu-ray DVDs. They have 1080 lines of resolution, so they can match any television bearing the same measure. To get the most from Blu-ray, however, dig deep into the owner’s manual to make sure the television set accepts a “24p” signal (look under “allowable” or “supported” input signals). If not, even with the 1080 match, the set will need to do more processing to convert the signal properly.

chains and other types of restaurants where he learned to cook all kinds of foods, ranging from Philly steak sandwiches and southern barbecue to Creole specialities like gumbo and jambalaya.

Since moving to Bend in February 2008 to escape what he called the “California rat race” and play semi-pro football for High Desert Lightning, Simon said the only jobs he’s had included a temporary holiday position cooking Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners at the Third Street Pub, and a parttime position cooking at Burger King.

“Cooking at Burger King is not really a chef’s job, but it is a job,” Simon said.

One of the things he learned in the interviewing skills class is that in this tight job market, it takes more than good skills and a good work history to get the job you want, Simon said.

“They taught us that people with good attitudes will get the job over people with bad attitudes, so no matter how bad things get, I try to keep a good attitude,” Simon said.

“If I get that chef’s job Monday, I’m going to come in here wearing my (work) uniform to show people, even though the job outlook is not real good, with a lot of hard work, people can find the jobs that they deserve,” Simon said.

office falls far below the number of people who are actively looking for work through the Employment Department’s iMatchSkills.

“We have 9,914 people registered with iMatchSkills who are actively looking for work in Bend,” Fitzsimmons said, adding that just 129 job openings are currently listed with the Bend employment office, a roughly 77-to-1 ratio of workers to jobs.

Fitzsimmons said the 9,914 people registered with iMatchSkills includes those currently receiving unemployment benefits and others whose unemployment benefits expired, are working part time but want fulltime work, are underemployed or seeking a career change.

The current unemployment rate is 15.4 percent in Deschutes County, according to the Employment Department.

In Deschutes County during the month of November, 1,239 people filed new unemployment claims, and 1,804 people renewed existing claims after going off unemployment to take temporary jobs, such as census workers, according to Janet Orton, unemployment reports coordinator for the Employment Department.

An uptick in jobs Katy Fitzsimmons, manager of the WorkSource Oregon office in Bend, said the number of job orders has been slowly picking up for a variety of jobs, from minimum-wage positions such as waitresses, housekeepers and laborers, to higher-paying jobs such as production workers and salesmen.

However, the current number of job orders at the Bend

Elizabeth Burum Elizabeth Burum, 32, has a degree in graphic design from The Art Institute of Dallas and had a good career as a graphic designer with television news stations in Oklahoma City until she fell in love with Bend on a vacation and moved here five years ago in pursuit of what seemed like the ideal Bend lifestyle.

Unfortunately, ever since her arrival in Bend, she’s been bouncing back and forth between unemployment and minimum-wage jobs, mostly parttime or temporary positions do-

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What about 3-D televisions?

One downside is that the number of 3-D programs and films is sharply limited. A 3-D set is also nearly double the cost of a comparable 2-D set, and that does not include the cost of 3-D glasses, which are weightier than the old cardboard versions and cost $100 to $300.

As with many television tech issues, there is yet another twist: Because 3-D requires so much processing power, the sets tend to have excellent computer processing. That capability means better pictures — even for people

— Greg Davis, 45, moved to Bend in 2003 ing housekeeping and waitressing, along with the occasional freelance or charity art project.

“I never really had to struggle to find a job before. In Oklahoma City, it was like the stations were competing for my graphic design skills, and I went from one station to another to make more money. Here, there are only two television stations, and you rarely see a job listing for a graphic artist,” Burum said.

“It seems like the employment situation has turned upside down. There’s more workers than jobs, so it is an employer’s market,” Burum said.

“The other day I went for an interview for a waitress job at the Olive Garden, and more than 100 people were lined up at the door. I waited in line for four hours. I think it’s a sign of how bad things are when a person with a degree and a good work history is willing to wait in line for hours to apply for a minimum-wage job,” Burum said.

“The interviewer asked, ‘Why do you want to be a waitress?’ I said, ‘Well, because there are no other jobs,’” Burum said.

“It affects your self-confidence when you spend all that time looking for a job day after day, then when you get called in for an interview, they tell you you are overqualified,” Burum said.

“It is very discouraging, but you don’t feel so bad when you come in to the employment office and see there are a lot of other good people just like you

who don’t have a job,” she said.

On Wednesday morning, Burum attended a group planning workshop at the office with 40 to 50 other people looking for jobs.

“You feel a kind of camaraderie being with a group of people who are out of work and looking for jobs, just like you,” she said.

Burum said she comes into the employment office at least three days a week to attend workshops, do Internet job searches, and use the computer and printer to print out résumés.

“Money’s tight, so I can’t afford Internet at home anymore,” Burum said.

Greg Davis Greg Davis, 45, has a commercial truck driver’s license and had 17 years of experience driving trucks, mostly for foodprocessing plants, farms and nurseries in the Willamette Valley before he moved to Bend seven years ago.

“I just like the Bend area and wanted to live here, so I packed up and moved here in 2003. The economy was really humming along then. I found a job the first day at a golf course, and I moved into an apartment the second day,” Davis said.

He’s still working part time cleaning up around the golf course, so he’s been looking for a full-time job for more than a year, with no luck.

“I have sent résumés and applications to employers here and

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Finally, what about the size of the set — the feature that many people deem all-important? Buyers may think they know the proper size, said Sy Paulson, a manager at the Best Buy store at Union Square in Manhattan, but their calculations are frequently “hit or miss.”

The critical factor is the distance between the viewer and the set. The rule of thumb is to take that distance — say, 60 inches — and divide by three, and the result — 20 inches — is the ideal height of the screen.

(Screen height is usually about half the screen’s diagonal measure.)

With high definition, the picture will look good even close up.

But if you get too close, you risk whiplash just trying to follow the action.

Ed Merriman can be reached at 541-617-7820 or emerriman@bendbulletin.com.

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What to do when your battery starts showing its age

By Paul Brand (Minneapolis) Star Tribune

Q:

I have a 2003 BMW Z4.

The battery died twice without warning because of old age. I’ve been advised to check the battery regularly, especially after one year. I bought a $50 battery tester so I can check it myself every other week. Is this a good plan in terms of battery reliability?

I admire your willingness to test the battery on a regular basis, but how is testing the battery going to prolong its life? It’s not, but it may give you an idea of when the battery is starting to fail.

Battery life is somewhat unpredictable. Most automotive batteries seem to survive three to five years — nicely in line with their warranties. I don’t think a car owner can extend the life of a battery, but I do believe a car owner can shorten it.

The major factors in battery life seem to be environmental/ ambient temperatures, state of charge, level of electrolyte, quality of terminal connections and security of battery mount.

Car owners can’t keep it from getting cold outside, but they can influence the other factors.

If you absolutely do not want to deal with a dead battery, there’s a relatively simple answer: Replace the battery every two or three years. Is this potentially wasteful? Yes, but unless you accidentally discharge the battery by leaving the lights on or something similar, the car will always start.

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Ford via McClatchy-Tribune News Service

The 2011 Ford Explorer reaches out to families with fuel efficiency, safety features, and seating.

The 2011 Explorer — more suited to on-road adventures

By Susan Carpenter Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES — Confronted with rock-strewn hills, or pavement that is flat, straight and most likely located in Illinois, drivers of vehicles that easily switch between twoR E V I E W and fourwheel drive should know which button to choose.

But with its completely redesigned 2011 Explorer, Ford has simplified the translation of 4x4 settings with a knob.

Conveniently located near the driver’s right elbow and outfitted with symbols for snow, mud and sand that require absolutely no understanding of the English language, this knob is emblematic of Ford’s entirely updated sport utility vehicle.

The Explorer’s new Terrain Management System exemplifies a new Explorer philosophy that is sophisticated and technology-oriented — one that is off-road capable but ultimately biased toward the street.

Powered by a 3.5-liter V-6, the new version comes with a 25 percent improvement in fuel economy over the 2010 version, up to 25 miles per gallon on the highway.

Seven seats are now standard instead of being offered as a factory option and at additional expense.

And there are innovative safety features, including two industry firsts: inflatable seatbelts for the middle row of passengers, and a system that corrects course on this large utility vehicle should it careen into a curve at too high a speed and start an unintended detour off-road.

Still, for all its advancements, I found the Explorer slightly wanting.

Driving the Explorer for a day last week between the paved urban sprawl of San Diego and the dirt trails of the Lions, Tigers and Bears animal sanctuary in near-

2011 Ford Explorer Limited 4WD Base price: $39,190 As tested: $45,415 Type: Seven-seat sport utility vehicle.

Engine: Sequential multiport fuel injection, 3.5-liter, Ti-VCT V-6, DOHC, four valves per cylinder, six-speed automatic.

Mileage: 17 mpg city, 25 mpg highway.

by Alpine, I saw Ford’s intentions clearly. The utility of its new Explorer is more street-oriented than its predecessor, the better to meet customers’ demand for a less trucklike driving experience.

Ford’s research showed that only 17 percent of Explorer drivers ever wheel their rides into the wild. And for those who do, Ford has made things Neanderthal easy. Driver see snow: Turn terrain management knob to snow.

Keep wheels on road. Driver see sand: Turn terrain management knob to sand. Keep wheels moving. Driver see cliff: Press hill descent control button in center of terrain management knob. Pray for safe landing.

Terrain and handling The Explorer can travel up hill and down dale, as long as the terrain isn’t radically steep or gnarly.

It can still ford a stream, if the water doesn’t wash up much higher than its nine inches of ground clearance. And it can tow as much as 5,000 pounds of refrigerators, dirt bikes or just plain dirt, but it is no longer capable of climbing rocks. For that, the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee is a better bet.

The 2011 Explorer lost 95 pounds in its redesign, with key areas in its unibody construction made from light-weight boron steel. Still, the Limited version that I was testing weighs almost 4,700 pounds.

Considering it also has almost enough seating for a soccer team, its handling wasn’t like helming a bus. Using the Audi Q7 as

its guide, the Explorer has a quieter, more refined ride feel than its predecessor, with a light touch for steering and chassis dynamics that weren’t exactly nimble though they certainly defied its hulk.

Aesthetically, the interior is simple without being finished to a state of true elegance. Its dashboard is trimmed in soft “pleather” with rounded edges, and its center console is shiny piano black that’s pretty until it’s smeared with fingerprints. At least it is uncluttered, since many of the controls for the Explorer are operated through a touch screen or by voice.

With its Explorer, as with many of the models it’s released in the last year, Ford demonstrates an embrace of technology, not only in the driving dynamics of the vehicle but its cockpit.

The 2011 version marks the debut of several Silicon Valley tricks, including the introduction of Wi-Fi capability and an improved voice command system.

Drivers who possess a USB mobile broadband card for their laptops can plug it in to the car’s media hub, enabling Internet access akin to that at a Starbucks.

Using one of the vehicle’s two USB ports, five individual handhelds can connect to the cloud at the same time. So much for family time. Gone are the days of getting carsick doing crossword puzzles, or staring out the window, repeatedly asking, “Are we there yet?”

Nuance, a software program that operates the navigation, stereo, phone and climate controls with voice commands, can in-

How often is wheel balancing necessary over the life of tires?

By Brad Bergholdt McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Q:

My tire shop keeps trying to sell me wheel balancing each time I have my tires rotated.

Is this really necessary?

Proper wheel balance ensures a shake-free ride, optimum tire tread wear, and long-lasting suspension/steering components. New tires should be balanced at the time of installation. This involves spinning each wheel/tire assembly on a machine that indicates where and how much weight should be added to the wheel rim in order to achieve proper balance.

Lead weights are either clipped/ pounded on to the wheel edges or attached with adhesive just behind the wheel’s spokes to bring balance into specs. Typically a

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wheel/tire may need between a quarter ounce to one ounce of weight added to a particular spot on the front rim lip, and another weight added to a certain spot on the back rim lip. Larger, heavier wheels and tires may require more weight to be added. In theory, the balance job should last the life of the tire, but things can go awry.

Over the life of the tire, tread loss, particularly flat-spotting due to a skid, can adversely affect wheel/tire balance. Also, due to the many shapes and thicknesses of wheel rim lips, it’s possible a similar appearing but incorrect wheel weight may become loose and leave the wheel. One may also scrub off a weight due to contact with a curb. For these reasons, some in the industry

recommend checking/balancing tires each time they are rotated, while others say rebalancing is only needed if a tire is repaired (removed and patched), a weight falls off, or vibration is noticed.

My personal belief is to check/ rebalance (requires close to the same effort/time) at about the halfway point of tire tread life, if tread cupping (irregular choppy wear) is noticed, or if vibration occurs. An imbalance in a front wheel/tire typically causes a shake in the steering wheel, at 40 mph and up. A shaking rear wheel/tire is less noticeable.

Brad Bergholdt is an automotive technology instructor at Evergreen Valley College in San Jose. E-mail questions to under-the-hood@earthlink.net.

terpret impolite orders like “I’m hungry” and even decipher — and adapt to — different accents.

Operated by touch or voice, Ford’s LCD-screen communications system worked flawlessly during demonstrations and for the first half of my drive. On a return to San Diego after mild offroading, however, this high-tech wizardry temporarily failed.

After I fired up the SUV with its push-button ignition, the centerconsole screen didn’t immediately go to Nav but displayed a message that said its Microsoft-powered SYNC program was updating software — something it continued to do for several minutes.

Once I was able to program in my destination, it stalled halfway into computing the route — until the Explorer was powered down, and I exited the vehicle, shut the door, re-entered and started it back up, at which point it worked just fine.

Ultimately, the greatest outdoor adventure in the new Ford Explorer is light off-roading and inside its four doors.

Q:

My 1998 Grand Marquis has 117,000 miles on it, and it runs like the day I drove it out of the dealership, with one exception. Since about 105,000 miles, the alternator light will come on and off at irregular times. I have a voltmeter I plug into the cigarette lighter, and with the car off it reads 12.1 volts; while running the car during the day it reads 13.8 to 14.1. At night when the lights are on, it reads 13.3 to 13.4. At night the battery light comes on and off more often.

The shop could not help because, of course, the light was off. Any suggestions would be appreciated. My guess is the voltage regulator inside the alternator, but I hate to spend the money for a new alternator and still have the same problem.

See above: Install a new battery. A fully charged automotive battery at room temperature should develop 12.6 volts, give or take a tenth or two. Double-check the battery voltage at the battery itself with a digital voltmeter. If it confirms the 12.1-volt reading, the battery is weak. I suspect you’ll see a bit more voltage at the battery, but if it’s not above 12.3, the battery is suspect.

You can have both the battery and alternator load tested to confirm their performance, but the readings you see with the engine running indicate the alternator is performing normally.

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Q:

I need to purchase a new battery charger. I want one that will charge batteries across the board — motorcycles, cars, etc. Some have a 50-amp starting feature, but someone told me that 50 amps isn’t enough to start a car. Right or wrong?

Most of my collection of battery chargers have come from garage sales. Some are 6/12 volt, most are in the 6-to-10 amp charge range and fully automatic, one is just a “float” or maintenance charger, and one has the 50-amp boost.

Buy an inexpensive battery maintainer to keep infrequently used batteries properly charged, and buy a 2/10/50 automatic charger. While 50 amps may not start the car, that level will recharge the car’s battery quickly and provide a boost to crank the engine.

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Paul Brand, author of “How to Repair Your Car,” is an automotive troubleshooter, driving instructor and former race car driver. E-mail questions to paulbrand@startribune.com.

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Stan Lee created my favorite superhero, Spider-Man. If he could have a superpower himself, what would it be?— Chuck Mason, Denver, Colo.

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I hear Angelina Jolie does many of her own stunts in films like Salt and The Tourist. How does she prepare?—Patricia Papero, Culver City, Calif.

A “I just push myself as hard as I can,” Jolie, 35, tells us. “I had one night sitting in the tub with my bruises and Jolie: No pain, no gain a little cut, crying and thinking, What am I doing? But the worst that can happen is that you get an injury. I’m fearless to a fault—I don’t know where it comes from.” See photos of Angelina in action at Parade.com/jolie .com/j nQ Where do they get the money to finance all those weddings on My Fair Wedding with David Tutera?—Jacqui Howard, Pasadena, Calif.

A “Vendors in cities we visit provide their services to promote their businesses on TV and to Tutera: For love help make the bride’s dream a re- and money ality,” Tutera, 44, reveals. “The couples pay nothing.

It’s a fantasy. By the time I’m done, their weddings are valued at three-, four-, five-hundred thousand dollars. But the experience, honestly, is priceless.”

Q Flicka, The Blind Side, Country Strong—is Tim McGraw giving up his singing career for acting?— A. Higgins, Detroit, Mich.

A Not a chance. “I’m working on a new album that I hope will be out next spring,” says McGraw: Building the country crooner, 43. “But a killer career I’m going to keep acting, too.

I’ve got bills to pay and three daughters”—with wife Faith Hill—“which means buying a lot of fancy shoes. In March, I start Safe House with Denzel Washington and Ryan Reynolds. It’s sort of a CIA thriller. I’m looking forward to killing somebody.”

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Watching a sad movie the other day, I wondered: Is it difficult for performers to see themselves or their spouses in dangerous or tragic situations onscreen?—C. Holt, Atlanta, Ga.

A It can be. “When we saw Rabbit Hole together, Keith [Urban] wept,” says Nicole Kidman, 43, who plays a woman mourning the loss of her young son.

“He was totally in shock. He said, ‘It broke my heart.’ Later, he just wanted to talk and talk about it. But I love being able to go to those dark places—I didn’t become an actress justt to play the girl next door.”

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Now that Dakota Fanning is 16,, is she driving yet? If so, what kind off car does she own (or want)?—Rob b Gil, Oklahoma City, Okla.

A “I have my permit, but I don’t have my license,” the actress tells us. And as far as wheels go, a safe ride is more important than a swanky one. “II want a normal car that I won’t crash,” h,”” she adds. “I don’t have specifics. I just ust want something I can Fanning: In handle. I’m pretty terri- the driver’s fied of the roads.” seat (sort of) f)

A “I’d want to fly. I think that’d be helpful, given Lee: Flights of fancy L Lee the price of gasoline olli these days,” says the 88-year-old comic-book legend, lg le who also co-created Iron Man, X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, and the Incredible Hulk. “I could call myself Eagleman— or, if I want to be a villain, Vultureman.”

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I recently saw the 2001 movie Captain Corelli’s Mandolin on TV. Did Nicolas Cage really play the mandolin in it?—Charlotte Seiple, S Hicksville, Ohio

A In fact, he did. “The mandolin was a challenge,” he admits. “I had to attack and conquer it.” Less diffi d cult? Opening his mind to the paranormal for di Season Se of the Witch, out Jan. 7—the actor’s 47th birthday. bi “Superstition is everywhere,” Cage says of its subject matter. “I think anything’s possible.”

Walter Scott asks…Alex Trebek Host of Jeopardy!

WS How has the show changed from its first episode

27 seasons ago to its 6000th, which aired in October?

AT At the beginning, it was the intellectual elite who tried out.

Now people with limited formal education are going, “Hey, I know this stuff—I’m smart, too.” And they succeed! It’s great.

WS How have you changed?

AT I looked at one of my early shows, and I was going a hundred miles an hour. I’m not pushing as hard these days.

Fans used to challenge me because I was supposed to know everything. Now they just want to get to know me. I like that.

WS Do you think you could win Jeopardy!?

AT I would do all right in a contest against my peers. [ Trebek is 70.] But a good 30-year-old would clean my clock.

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Reboot for the NewYear!

Ten fun ideas, smart strategies, and useful nuggets to help you make 2011 your best year yet ( BY VICTORIA BALFOUR )

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Go back to bed.

Jan. 3 is Festival of Sleep Day, and, boy, do we all need a solid night of rest! Scientists now know that sleep is essential to memory—your brain uses those hours to arrange memories so you can better recall key emotional moments. Other good reasons to put in the pillow time: People who skimp on sleep show elevated levels of

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inflammation (a risk factor for heart disease and stroke) and crave highercalorie foods because of hormone imbalances.

“Good sleep equals good health,” says Dr. Stuart Quan of Harvard Medical School’s Division of Sleep Medicine.

Track down your forefathers. After seeing our families over the holidays and hearing stories of long ago, some of us want to learn more. That’s why January is such a popular month for researching relatives on ancestry.com, the largest source of online family histories, with 6 billion records. “Everybody wants to know whose shoulders they stand on and where they came from,” says Anastasia Harman, an ancestry.com genealogist.

Among its newest offerings are over 2000 oral histories from immigrants who entered the U.S. via Ellis Island; written applications to West Point from 1805 to 1908; and World War II draft cards for the “old man’s registration”—the 230,000 men between the ages of 45 and 64 who joined up in 1942.

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Purge and do some good.

Once you’ve gathered your unwanted belongings, hook up with reputable charities and services to figure out where to send your stuff: Excessaccess.com matches your giveaways with nonprofits in your area that not only need them but can pick them up; careergear.org is looking for suits and ties to distribute to disadvantaged men trying to get jobs; soles4souls.org sends gently used shoes to those in need, including people in disaster zones; and Lions Clubs International volunteers (lionsclubs.org) collect, clean, repair, and redistribute old eyeglasses.

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Trivialize your time.

Thirty-one years after the invention of Trivial Pursuit, games that revolve around knowledge of minutiae are hotter than ever.

According to the Toy Industry Association, grown-ups are going mad for board games like Bezzerwizzer (from the German besserwisser, which means “know-it-all”). The game has 20 categories and combines trivia with tactics.

Another way to keep your mind sharp and forget about that office inbox: Head to a local bar or restaurant for a game of Team Trivia, a live-points game waged by rival groups. Typically, teams are given the time it takes to play a song to come up with their answers. Never has your knowledge of the cast of Eight Is Enough or the ’86 New York Mets lineup been more useful.

(For participating locations, go to teamtrivia.com.)

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Double-date. Think you and your spouse are just too busy to hang out with other couples? A new study has found that those who go on regular double dates with another pair feel much better about their own relationship, according to Richard Slatcher, assistant professor of psychology at Wayne State University and co-author of the study. “One thing that drives commitment is how much the lives of husbands and wives intersect. When you have a good experience with another couple, it makes you happier, adds something fresh, and reinforces the continued

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healthy aspect of being a twosome.” The more time you clock with other couples, the better. “You’re rooting for the other relationship to succeed— and by extension, yours, too,” Slatcher says.

Look to the stars.

There’s been a worldwide spike of interest in astronomy, thanks in part to the spectacular photos of distant galaxies coming in from the Hubble Space Telescope.

People are flocking to observatories in Hawaii, New Mexico, Arizona, and California—or taking advantage of free stargazing nights at local colleges and planetariums. But really, “you don’t have to drive anywhere to stargaze,” says Rick Fienberg of the American Astronomical Society. “There is plenty you can see from your front yard with a pair of

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binoculars: Jupiter’s moons, craters on our moon, and star clusters.” (To get started, go to space.com/nightsky.)

Catch up with high school pals. More and more people are having virtual high school reunions on Facebook. All it takes is one person to scan in all those 30-year-old yearbook photos, create a group, and send invites.

In no time, word will spread, and people who’ve been out of touch since graduation will be sharing updates on kids and jobs—and admitting to some long-ago crush on that quiet girl in trigonometry. Using the photouploading and note-writing functions on the group page, you can enjoy the pleasures of catching up with high school buddies without the cost and hassle of attending a real-life reunion. Let’s face continued

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Ready to Rethink your treatment for osteoporosis?

Ariadne W., Cadillac, MI Novartis spokesperson and actual patient since 2007

I did.

I asked about Reclast.

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Think Reclast

What to Expect

Reclast is a bisphosphonate like Fosamax,® Actonel® and Boniva.® With oral bisphosphonate treatments, only a fraction of the medicine gets to the bone with each dose, so you have to take them more frequently.

The benefits of Reclast last for a year.

Most common side effects don’t. The most common side effects include flu-like symptoms, fever, muscle or joint pain and headache. Most occur within 1–3 days of treatment and can last up to 7–14 days. If you’ve taken oral bisphosphonates in the past, you are less likely to experience side effects.

Taking a mild pain reliever like acetaminophen up to 3 days after treatment may reduce these symptoms.

With Reclast, it’s possible to significantly increase your bone mass without taking weekly or monthly osteoporosis pills. Reclast is the only once-yearly osteoporosis treatment, and is given through an IV by a doctor or nurse for at least 15 minutes.

How It Works One annual dose, along with daily calcium and vitamin D, helps to increase bone density, protecting and strengthening your bones.

Reclast is given through an IV. It bypasses your stomach to go directly through the bloodstream to the bones, fortifying them and making them stronger for an entire year.

The Cost The average cost of a Reclast treatment is under $60 if you’ve already paid your yearly deductible. That’s less than the annual cost of other drugs — including generics! As Reclast is an infusion, costs are covered by Medicare Part B, not Medicare Part D.

Talk to Your Doctor Only your doctor can determine if Reclast is right for you. Ask your doctor about Reclast today.

Please see next page for a brief summary of Important Product Information.

Prescription Reclast is approved to treat postmenopausal osteoporosis.

Important Safety Information: You should not take Reclast if you’re on Zometa® (zoledronic acid) Injection because it contains the same active ingredient. Additionally, you should not take Reclast if you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant, you are nursing, have low blood calcium, kidney problems, or are allergic to Reclast.

It’s important to drink fluids before getting Reclast to help prevent kidney problems. Tell your doctor if you have dental problems because rarely, problems with the jaw have been reported with Reclast. Discuss all medicines you are taking, including prescription and non-prescription drugs, vitamins and herbal supplements. If you develop severe bone, joint, or muscle pain, numbness, tingling or muscle spasms, contact your doctor.

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it: Who wants to slow-dance to “Always and Forever” again?

you, ACE suggests going to ideafit.com/fitness-boot-camps.

Create your own life coach. New phone and computer apps can help you get on top of what most needs doing.

There are great ones for going on a diet (Lose It!); organizing your bills (Pageonce); getting nutritional info (My Family Food); avoiding rush-hour delays (Beat the Traffic); finding the freshest local produce (locavore); and getting the best coupon deals (GeoQpons).

Plan a getaway.

In recent years, taking a “staycation” seemed to many of us like a smart (and frugal) way to use vacation time. Now another trend is gaining traction: the “togethering” trip, a convening of extended family or old friends in one spot. Meet up with your favorite cousins for a week of shows in Branson, Mo.; book a long weekend with your softball league in Cooperstown, N.Y., to tour the National Baseball Hall of Fame; or recruit your college sorority sisters to join you at a yoga retreat. Have little ones?

Indoor-water-park hotels are a popular winter destination.

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Work out like a grunt. Atten-shun!

Fitness boot camp is the new exercise of choice for people wary of gimmicks and expensive gym fees. Led by certified trainers, boot-camp groups meet (anywhere from 55 to 90 minutes) in gyms,

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parks, or on basketball courts for a mixture of cardio and strengthtraining moves. For best results, “campers” work out three times a week for six weeks (total cost: $99 to $499). You may remember many of the exercises—jumping jacks, push-ups, running drills, climbing

ladders—from P.E., but that doesn’t mean they’re easy. “There’s a sense of pride for people in these camps because you’re doing the same things as athletes,” says Pete McCall, an exercise physiologist at the American Council on Exercise (ACE). To find a boot camp near

Important Patient Information WHAT IS RECLAST? Reclast is a prescription medication used to treat osteoporosis in women after menopause.

If your doctor prescribes Reclast, you will be given one intravenous (IV) treatment of Reclast for at least 15 minutes to help reduce the risk of osteoporosis-related fractures for twelve months.

WHO SHOULD NOT USE RECLAST? Anyone who has low blood calcium, is allergic to Reclast, or takes Zometa® (zoledronic acid) Injection should not take Reclast.

WHAT SHOULD I BE AWARE OF BEFORE TAKING RECLAST? Reclast contains the same active ingredient found in Zometa. Therefore, if you are being treated with Zometa, you should not take Reclast.

You should take calcium and vitamin D daily as directed by your doctor.

WHAT SHOULD I BE AWARE OF BEFORE TAKING RECLAST? (continued) Rarely, jaw bone problems have been reported in patients treated with drugs in this class, including Reclast. Your doctor should give you a routine oral exam prior to prescribing Reclast.

If you are pregnant, Reclast may cause harm to your baby. Therefore, you should not take Reclast if you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant or are nursing.

Infrequently, severe incapacitating bone, joint, or muscle pain may occur. Tell your doctor if you experience any of these symptoms.

WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON SIDE EFFECTS OF RECLAST? The most common side effects include: flu-like illness fever muscle or joint pain headache

If you have low blood calcium, have had parathyroid, thyroid, or intestinal surgery, or have malabsorption syndrome, talk to your doctor.

Most occur in the days following treatment.

A mild pain reliever such as acetaminophen may reduce these symptoms.

Patients with kidney problems should not take Reclast. Your doctor may perform a simple blood test to check your kidney function before administering Reclast.

For a complete list of Reclast’s possible side effects, ask your doctor.

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WHAT SHOULD I KNOW ABOUT TAKING RECLAST WITH OTHER MEDICATION? You should not take Reclast if you are taking Zometa.

Tell your doctor about any antibiotics that you are currently taking. Certain antibiotics called aminoglycosides may lower your blood calcium for a long period of time.

You should tell your doctor if you take diuretics.

STILL HAVE QUESTIONS? This is only a summary of important information.

Ask your doctor for more complete product information, or Call 1-866-RECLAST, or Visit www.reclast.com.

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Queen Latifah

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The star shares a few of the life lessons that have made her so fierce and fabulous m BY MARGY ROCHLIN

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didn’t begin 2011 by whipping up a New Year’s resolution list. There was no piece of paper scribbled with hopeful reminders like “Exercise more!” and “Eat six helpings of fruits and vegetables.” Fifteen years ago, she decided that resolutions only set you up to stumble, so she came up with a new plan: Every year, in early December, she starts identifying “pre-resolutions,” things she hopes to achieve by her birthday on March 18. “If I want to trim down or something, I do a little bit here and there,” she says. “That way I don’t have to go cold turkey on New Year’s Day.” This is vintage Latifah. The immensely popular star—who grew up Dana Owens in Newark, N.J., the daughter of a policeman and a teacher—is known for keeping her own clock, often running hours behind schedule yet still managing to get everything accomplished.

At 40, she has made her mark in almost every medium: as an award-winning rapper, singer, Oscar-nominated actress, producer, author of two memoirs, and the driving force behind the Queen Collection, her own line of CoverGirl cosmetics. As she puts it, “My mom raised me not to put all of my eggs in one basket.”

Fans will see her next on Wednesday night, when she hosts the 37th annual People’s Choice Awards on CBS. “The thing I like most about it is that it’s about the fans and their favorites,” says Latifah, who has emceed the show four times before. “It’s the top of the year, so it continued

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The Many Roles of a Role Model

Clockwise from top left: Latifah rapping in 1993; as Mama Morton in 2002’s Chicago; with Common in the 2010 romance Just Wright, which she produced; hosting the People’s Choice Awards in January 2010; and in Ron Howard’s new film, The Dilemma, with Kevin James (left) and Vince Vaughn. “Some of the big laughs she generates are improvs,” says Howard.

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has a different energy. It kicks things off in a very entertaining way.”

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markets, Latifah has thought of herself as both a person and a commodity; she even sometimes refers to herself in the third person (as in “Latifah starred in a number-one movie, and Hollywood realized

Latifah makes money”). Integral to the Latifah brand are her quiet confidence and her aura of unflappable, regular-gal calm. “She’s very easy and fun to talk to, a person you never feel awkward around,” says

FAMILY VALUES + HUSTLE = SUCCESS

Latifah took her early cues as a businesswoman from her family.

“My grandfather owned a hardware store in Newark,” she says. “Just seeing him become successful and

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Dakota Fanning, who co-starred with her in The Secret Life of Bees.

But when the two were on set, Fanning wondered how she should address a woman who answers to everything from Day to Latifah to Yo. “I’d hear so many names that I actually asked the director, ‘What am I supposed to call her? What does she prefer?’ ” Fanning recalls.

“I settled on La.” Faced with the same predicament, Ron Howard, who directed Latifah in the buddy comedy The Dilemma (in theaters Jan. 14), gives royalty its due. “Queen works hard and makes it fun. People love her,” he says of early reactions to the film. He also marvels at how Latifah turned in a key performance as a business-savvy consultant for the auto industry while keeping all of her other enterprises going. “She’s spinning a lot of plates, and she’s fascinated with them all,” he adds.

“She gives off this casual vibe, yet there’s all this productivity coming out of her world.”

Latifah, who splits her time between New Jersey, Miami, and Los Angeles, says that in 10 years, she hopes to be “on cruise control, with a couple of kids under my belt.” Is she making a move in that direction? “It’s in the Lord’s hands.”

Meanwhile, her overarching goal right now “is just to enjoy life more.

I work a lot. I want to make sure I’m living life to the fullest and checking in with me.” Here, she shares her insights about some of the lessons life has already taught her.

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how it became a family business was always interesting to me. And if my brother and I wanted money in our pockets, we had to get jobs—my first was at 15, at Burger King. We had to come up with ways to create an income.” She avoided the routes that some neighborhood kids took. “Unfortunately, some of the brightest minds use that hustler spirit and apply it to becoming drug dealers. I didn’t want to be that person. It wasn’t a positive way to make money, and we all knew that it led to death or jail.”

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longtime business partner in Flavor Unit Entertainment] and I were like sponges. We listened and we observed people who were more successful than us.”

ADMIT WHEN YOU’RE IN OVER YOUR HEAD

“Our record label didn’t fly. I think we were loyal to a fault— we signed all these really talented artists who hadn’t made records yet, we were paying salaries for people working in our office, we were paying all the bills. We sank millions into our company, and we shouldn’t have done that.” Complicating matters, she was personally hit with a huge, unexpected bill from the I.R.S. “We had to say, ‘Enough is enough. This isn’t working right now.’ ”

SILENCE CAN BE GOLDEN

“I’m not one of those people who wake up chatting. I usually don’t want to speak for the first 10 or 20 minutes. And I don’t really want you to talk to me either! Making that little peaceful time at the beginning of my day really helps me gear up. I got the idea from doing a talk show, when you’ve gotta talk all day. I realized that I enjoyed the silence.”

FORGING YOUR OWN PATH CAN BE LONELY

“My parents raised me to stand up for myself. If there was something I believed in, I had to fight for it. As a pioneer, sometimes I had to stand alone. You just have to believe in your own ideas.”

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LOVE THE STATE YOU’RE FROM

“ There’s something about growing up in New Jersey that prepares you for whatever you might encounter around the world. We’re not afraid to go places. I met Mike ‘The Situation’ [from Jersey Shore] because we were both on Jay Leno. He lives maybe 15 minutes from me. He was like, ‘If you ever get a flat tire, call me and I’ll hook you up.’ I love Jersey.”

gotten so much accomplished behind the scenes in the last year—in film, music, television, Web content, food and beverage, and clothing—that I can’t wait to see things come

to fruition. The good thing about doing what I do is that if it’s not already there, hopefully I can create it. Maybe I’ll even make [my own drink]— Queen La-tea-fah!”

OPENING UP HELPS OTHERS COPE

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“I don’t have to take a trip around the world or be on a yacht in the Mediterranean to have happiness. I can find it in the little things, like looking out into my backyard and seeing deer in the fields.”

IN CRISIS THERE IS OPPORTUNITY

“I’ve watched a lot of people in this business kind of freak out looking at the economy. I guess if you’re used to having all the money in the world, you don’t see how to make things work in bad times. But if you built things from the ground up, you’re used to creating with less. We saw it coming and looked at it as a time to be creative. We’ve Visit us at PARADE.COM

including being sexually abused as a child by a babysitter and losing h e r b e l ov e d o l d e r brother in a 1992 motorcycle accident—to share with others how she got through the dark times. “I think people can feel when you’re saying something from the heart, something truthful,” she says.

“I don’t know how to do it any differently.

Sometimes it ’s just knowing what someone else has been through that strikes a chord, that helps other people get through their lives in a more full way.”

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Finally, Latifah has some advice for Kate Midd leton, as one queen to a future royal: “Make sure you have a sanctuary, because everybody in the world is going to be in your business. He happened to be born a prince; you happened to go to college and meet him.

You’re two kids who fell in love. I just hope you have a happy life.

And don’t take anything personally.”

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You wrote a blistering piece on Politico about Sarah Palin in November. Did you hear from her?

No. I will say I flinched when I wrote it, because I know the personal impact words can have on candidates’ kids and spouses.

But I just know she’s not qualified to be president. By the way, I don’t think she’s going to run.

I don’t think it was a coincidence that a lot of that presidential talk came when she was releasing her book. As Newt Gingrich said, “Tell people you’re going to run for president—it helps move books!”

Joe Scarborough

The Morning Joe host on Obama, Palin, what’s in his coffee cup, and who makes him tongue-tied (hint: it’s not anyone in politics) INE YEARS AGO, JOE SCARBOROUGH WALKED AWAY

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from politics—he was a Republican representative from Florida—and crossed over to the other side: the media.

Since then, he has happily confounded expectations.

He’s a die-hard conservative who has hosted the Morning Joe show on liberal-minded MSNBC for more than three years.

He’s openly critical of both President Obama and his own party. He’s an avid fan of the Beatles but prefers their more experimental period, not their clean-cut early days. In his office at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, surrounded

by Beatles posters and a guitar (he’s also a songwriter), Scarborough, 47, revealed to David Browne why’s he’s anything but a regular Joe. PARADE Do you get to sleep in

on Sundays?

Unfortunately, I’ve gotten so conditioned, it’s hard to sleep past 4 a.m. When I’m in town on Sundays, I sometimes go down to the Central Bar in the East Village to watch English football.

But my natural inclination now is to get in the car with my wife and kids and get out of town.

I’m like a dog—I look out the window and I’m mesmerized: “Trees!” I guess I’m becoming more of a New Yorker.

What’s in that cup in front of you on Morning Joe? That’s an iced latte, skinny. I have a couple of those. Mika [Brzezinski, his co-host] is a little more addicted—she has a supersized caffeinated drink. The caffeine leaves my system around 4, and I struggle to stay up till 9 each night.

At 6, my wife will say, “Don’t leave me! Stay awake!”

What traits does Mika share with your wife, Susan?

T They’re both tough. They both think I talk too much. And they both plot and scheme against me at all times! There’s a steady sstream of text messages between tthem while we’re on the air. Mika

What advice do you have for the incoming Tea Party members?

In 1994 we were elected because of [dissatisfaction with] Bill Clinton, and we were seen as overreaching and shrill, so we effectively re-elected Clinton in 1996! If Republicans overreach in 2011, they will re-elect Barack Obama in 2012. They need to focus but make sure they don’t scare little kids and pets. This is the Republican Party’s last chance—not just for me but for the American voters. They will either mean what they say or be swept aside.

In your 2009 book, The Last Best Hope, you favorably compared Barack Obama to Ronald Reagan. Would you still make that comparison today?

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No, I wouldn’t. Ronald Reagan knew who he was. Barack Obama is still working through that equation politically.

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What Democrat do you admire most?

Hillary Clinton. She’s doing a great job as secretary of state.

I was surprised that the woman we were deriding as an out-of-touch left-wing elitist in 1993 became the hero of working-class Americans in 2008. It was a remarkable transformation.

What Beatles songs did you download on iTunes?

It was so embarrassing. I have the records and CDs, and yet I went click, click, click and probably downloaded 40 songs. I was so swept away that I downloaded “And Your Bird Can Sing” twice.

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Who’s on your wish list of guests who haven’t been on Morning Joe? I want Paul McCartney and Pete Townshend. In Washington, I found myself as a 31-year-old in a room with the president, vice president, and secretaries of state and defense, and I was unfazed by it. But get me around a rock star I grew up with and I have trouble completing sentences.

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of existing tuberculosis, fungal, bacterial, viral, or parasitic • Do not use ADVAIR to treat sudden, severe symptoms of infections, or ocular herpes simplex may occur COPD. Always have a rescue inhaler medicine with you to treat sudden symptoms.

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BRIEF SUMMARY This summary does not take the place of talking to your healthcare provider about your medical condition or treatment. See full Prescribing Information for complete product information.

What is the most important information I should know about ADVAIR DISKUS? ADVAIR DISKUS can cause serious side effects, including: 1. People with asthma who take long-acting beta 2 adrenergic agonist (LABA) medicines, such as salmeterol (one of the medicines in ADVAIR DISKUS), have an increased risk of death from asthma problems. It is not known whether fluticasone propionate, the other medicine in ADVAIR DISKUS, reduces the risk of death from asthma problems seen with salmeterol.

• Call your healthcare provider if breathing problems worsen over time while using ADVAIR DISKUS. You may need different treatment.

• Get emergency medical care if: - breathing problems worsen quickly and - you use your rescue inhaler medicine, but it does not relieve your breathing problems.

2. ADVAIR DISKUS should be used only if your healthcare provider decides that your asthma is not well controlled with a long-term asthma control medicine, such as inhaled corticosteroids.

3. When your asthma is well controlled, your healthcare provider may tell you to stop taking ADVAIR DISKUS. Your healthcare provider will decide if you can stop ADVAIR DISKUS without loss of asthma control. Your healthcare provider may prescribe a different asthma control medicine for you, such as an inhaled corticosteroid.

4. Children and adolescents who take LABA medicines may have an increased risk of being hospitalized for asthma problems.

What is ADVAIR DISKUS? • ADVAIR DISKUS combines an inhaled corticosteroid medicine, fluticasone propionate (the same medicine found in FLOVENT®), and a LABA medicine, salmeterol (the same medicine found in SEREVENT®).

- Inhaled corticosteroids help to decrease inflammation in the lungs. Inflammation in the lungs can lead to asthma symptoms.

- LABA medicines are used in people with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). LABA medicines help the muscles around the airways in your lungs stay relaxed to prevent symptoms, such as wheezing and shortness of breath. These symptoms can happen when the muscles around the airways tighten. This makes it hard to breathe. In severe cases, wheezing can stop your breathing and cause death if not treated right away.

• ADVAIR DISKUS is used for asthma and COPD as follows: Asthma ADVAIR DISKUS is used to control symptoms of asthma and to prevent symptoms such as wheezing in adults and children aged 4 years and older.

ADVAIR DISKUS contains salmeterol (the same medicine found in SEREVENT). LABA medicines, such as salmeterol, increase the risk of death from asthma problems.

ADVAIR DISKUS is not for adults and children with asthma who: - are well controlled with another asthma control medicine, such as a low to medium dose of an inhaled corticosteroid medicine - have sudden asthma symptoms.

COPD COPD is a chronic lung disease that includes chronic bronchitis, emphysema, or both. ADVAIR DISKUS 250/50 is used long term, 2 times each day to help improve lung function for better breathing in adults with COPD. ADVAIR DISKUS 250/50 has been shown to decrease the number of flare-ups and worsening of COPD symptoms (exacerbations).

What should I tell my healthcare provider before using ADVAIR DISKUS? Tell your healthcare provider about all of your health conditions, including if you: • have heart problems • have high blood pressure • have seizures • have thyroid problems • have diabetes • have liver problems • have osteoporosis • have an immune system problem • are pregnant or planning to become pregnant. It is not known if ADVAIR DISKUS may harm your unborn baby.

• are breastfeeding. It is not known if ADVAIR DISKUS passes into your milk and if it can harm your baby.

• are allergic to any of the ingredients in ADVAIR DISKUS, any other medicines, or food products • are exposed to chickenpox or measles Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take including prescription and non-prescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. ADVAIR DISKUS and certain other medicines may interact with each other.

This may cause serious side effects. Especially, tell your healthcare provider if you take ritonavir. The anti-HIV medicines NORVIR ® (ritonavir capsules) Soft Gelatin, NORVIR (ritonavir oral solution), and KALETRA ® (lopinavir/ ritonavir) Tablets contain ritonavir.

Know the medicines you take. Keep a list and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist each time you get a new medicine.

How do I use ADVAIR DISKUS? Do not use ADVAIR DISKUS unless your healthcare provider has taught you and you understand everything.

Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist if you have any questions.

• Children should use ADVAIR DISKUS with an adult’s help, as instructed by the child’s healthcare provider.

• Use ADVAIR DISKUS exactly as prescribed. Do not use ADVAIR DISKUS more often than prescribed. ADVAIR DISKUS comes in 3 strengths. Your healthcare provider has prescribed the one that is best for your condition.

• The usual dosage of ADVAIR DISKUS is 1 inhalation 2 times each day (morning and evening). The 2 doses should be about 12 hours apart. Rinse your mouth with water after using ADVAIR DISKUS. • If you take more ADVAIR DISKUS than your doctor has prescribed, get medical help right away if you have any unusual symptoms, such as worsening shortness of breath, chest pain, increased heart rate, or shakiness.

• If you miss a dose of ADVAIR DISKUS, just skip that dose.

Take your next dose at your usual time. Do not take 2 doses at one time.

• Do not use a spacer device with ADVAIR DISKUS. • Do not breathe into ADVAIR DISKUS. • While you are using ADVAIR DISKUS 2 times each day, do not use other medicines that contain a LABA for any reason. Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist if any of your other medicines are LABA medicines.

• Do not stop using ADVAIR DISKUS or other asthma medicines unless told to do so by your healthcare provider because your symptoms might get worse. Your healthcare provider will change your medicines as needed.

• ADVAIR DISKUS does not relieve sudden symptoms.

Always have a rescue inhaler medicine with you to treat sudden symptoms. If you do not have an inhaled, shortacting bronchodilator, call your healthcare provider to have one prescribed for you.

• you use 1 whole canister of your rescue inhaler medicine in 8 weeks’ time • your peak flow meter results decrease. Your healthcare provider will tell you the numbers that are right for you.

• you have asthma and your symptoms do not improve after using ADVAIR DISKUS regularly for 1 week What are the possible side effects with ADVAIR DISKUS? • ADVAIR DISKUS can cause serious side effects, including: • See “What is the most important information I should know about ADVAIR DISKUS?” • serious allergic reactions. Call your healthcare provider or get emergency medical care if you get any of the following symptoms of a serious allergic reaction: - rash - hives - swelling of the face, mouth, and tongue - breathing problems • sudden breathing problems immediately after inhaling your medicine • effects on heart - increased blood pressure - a fast and irregular heartbeat - chest pain • effects on nervous system - tremor - nervousness • reduced adrenal function (may result in loss of energy) • changes in blood (sugar, potassium, certain types of white blood cells) • weakened immune system and a higher chance of infections • lower bone mineral density. This may be a problem for people who already have a higher chance of low bone density (osteoporosis).

• eye problems including glaucoma and cataracts. You should have regular eye exams while using ADVAIR DISKUS. • slowed growth in children. A child’s growth should be checked often.

• pneumonia. People with COPD have a higher chance of getting pneumonia. ADVAIR DISKUS may increase the chance of getting pneumonia. Call your healthcare provider if you notice any of the following symptoms: - increase in mucus (sputum) production - change in mucus color - fever - chills - increased cough - increased breathing problems Common side effects of ADVAIR DISKUS include: Asthma: • upper respiratory tract infection • throat irritation • hoarseness and voice changes • thrush in the mouth and throat • bronchitis • cough • headache • nausea and vomiting

COPD: • thrush in the mouth and throat • throat irritation • hoarseness and voice changes • viral respiratory infections • headache • muscle and bone pain

Do not use ADVAIR DISKUS: • to treat sudden, severe symptoms of asthma or COPD

• your breathing problems worsen with ADVAIR DISKUS • you need to use your rescue inhaler medicine more often than usual • your rescue inhaler medicine does not work as well for you at relieving symptoms • you need to use 4 or more inhalations of your rescue inhaler medicine for 2 or more days in a row

In children with asthma, infections in the ear, nose, and throat are common.

Tell your healthcare provider about any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away.

These are not all the side effects with ADVAIR DISKUS. Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for more information.

Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to the FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

Ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for additional information about ADVAIR DISKUS. You can also contact the company that makes ADVAIR DISKUS (toll free) at 1-888-825-5249 or at www.advair.com.

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“Exercise increases the amount of blood going to the brain,” says lead study author Kirk Erickson, a University of Pittsburgh professor. “This means that more of the important nutrients necessary for the brain to Exercise function are increases distributed.”

Researchers blood found that the flow to more particithe brain. pants walked, the more gray matter they retained (though exceeding nine miles a week provided no additional benefits). Those who walked the most had half the risk of developing memory problems as those who walked the least. “Some loss of brain matter is normal with age,” Erickson says. “But with increased exercise, the parts of the brain that support memory function—the prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus—are spared.

The earlier you start exercising, the better, but it’s never too late,” he adds. “Any amount you do will help.”

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SundayDinner Cooking Tips

P “For a diabeticfriendly lasagna, I use lowcarbohydrate pasta, which is better for postmeal glucose levels,” Paul says.

Fun by the Slice For actors Paul & Mira Sorvino, sticking to a healthy diet is a family affair

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Mira My dad’s a type-2 diabetic, and

he used to not be in control of his blood sugar. One time he had a big bowl of pasta fagioli—pasta with beans, a Neapolitan delicacy—and his blood sugar got extremely high. He turned a different color and got very faint. That was a wake-up call for me: that I needed to help him stick to his treatment plan.

Paul So she makes a salad as big as the Bronx!

Cooking is a huge part of our lives, but now we do things differently, like this lasagna.

Mira Dad always sings Neapolitan songs while he cooks, and it’s really fun.

Paul “O Marenariello,” which means “the little sailor boy,” is good for singing while making marinara sauce. It’s really a sailor’s sauce. It was created in Naples on little fishing boats.

Mira Speaking of songs, “O Sole Mio” was actually written about Dad’s aunt when she was a little girl.

Paul The family Sorvino lived next to the lyricist Giovanni Capurro. After a rainstorm, he saw my aunt sitting in a window with beautiful long blond hair and big blue eyes, and he said, “The sun comes from this child’s face.” “O Sole Mio” means “my sun.”

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“New Style” Lasagna “Normally, a proper lasagna is not made with a garlic sauce.

But this is really quite delicious,” Paul says.

Servings: 10

Serving size: 1 slice

Cooking spray 12 low-carbohydrate lasagna noodles, such as Dreamfields 5 cups Paul Sorvino Foods marinara sauce, or preferred brand 1 15-oz. container fat-free ricotta 2 cups shredded, part-skim mozzarella (packaged, not fresh) 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Coat a 13 x 9 x 2-inch glass baking dish with cooking spray.

2. Cook noodles according to package instructions.

3. Spread 1 cup of pasta sauce on bottom of baking dish.

Arrange three cooked noodles side by side on top of sauce, overlapping slightly. Spread about 1/2 cup of ricotta and 1/2 cup of mozzarella on top of noodles.

4. Repeat layering with pasta sauce, noodles, and cheeses 3 more times.

5. Top with 1 cup of sauce. Cover with foil and bake 20 minutes.

Uncover, top with remaining mozzarella, and bake 25 to 30 more minutes, or until cheese is golden brown.

Per serving: 270 calories, 8g fat, 15mg cholesterol, 430mg sodium, 16g protein, 33g carbs

P “The best food foods to have around for diabetic family members are veggies, beans, and lean proteins like fish or chicken,” Mira says. “And it’s healthier for everyone to eat that way anyway.” She and her dad recently partnered with Sanofi-Aventis US on its Diabetes CoStars awareness campaign. Watch the Sorvinos cook this dish and others on diabetescostars .com

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Some of my readers’ questions would confound the Oracle of Delphi! Here’s a selection of recent unanswerable ones worth pondering anyway: As I travel the highways, I notice signs that read “Deer Crossing.”

How do the deer know to cross at those signs?

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Did you know osteoporosis runs in families? My mother and I both have it. I tried to keep my bones strong, but it wasn’t enough. Now, once-monthly BONIVA is helping me do more. Studies show, after a year † on BONIVA, 9 out of 10 women stopped and reversed their bone loss.

BONIVA is a prescription medication to treat and prevent postmenopausal osteoporosis.

Ask your doctor if BONIVA is right for you.

Important Safety Information: You should not take BONIVA if you have certain problems with your esophagus (the tube that connects your mouth and stomach), low blood calcium, cannot sit or stand for at least 60 minutes, have severe kidney disease, or are allergic to BONIVA. Stop taking BONIVA and tell your doctor right away if you experience difficult or painful swallowing, chest pain, or severe or continuing heartburn, as these may be signs of serious upper digestive problems. Follow the dosing instructions for once-monthly BONIVA carefully to lower the chance of these events occurring. Side effects may include diarrhea, pain in the arms or legs, or upset stomach. Tell your doctor and dentist about all the medicines you take. Tell them if you develop jaw problems (especially following a dental procedure) or severe bone, joint, and/or muscle pain. Your doctor may also recommend a calcium and vitamin D supplement.

You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

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What is BONIVA?

BONIVA, a bisphosphonate, is a prescription medicine used to treat and prevent osteoporosis in postmenopausal women, characterized by weakening of the bone.

Taken once a month in tablet form, BONIVA may stop and reverse bone loss in most women. It has been clinically proven to help build and maintain bone density, which can help reduce fractures.

EDITOR Maggie Murphy EXECUTIVE EDITOR Alison Gwinn CREATIVE DIRECTOR Richard Baker MANAGING EDITOR Erin Hollaway PHOTO EDITOR Miriam Lorentzen

What is the most important information about BONIVA?

ART DIRECTOR Katherine Bigelow ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Katherine Heintzelman

BONIVA may cause serious problems in the stomach and the esophagus (the tube that connects your mouth and stomach) such as trouble swallowing, heartburn, and ulcers.

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Nancy Bilyeau, Emily Listfield

Who should not take BONIVA?

FEATURES EDITOR Daryl Chen

Before you start BONIVA.

WEST COAST EDITOR Jeanne Wolf

Do not take BONIVA if you:

Tell your health care provider if you:

• have abnormalities with your esophagus, such as restriction or difficulty swallowing • have low blood calcium (hypocalcemia) • cannot sit or stand for at least 60 minutes • have kidneys that work very poorly • are allergic to BONIVA or any of its ingredients See Patient Information for complete list.

• are pregnant or plan to become pregnant • are breast-feeding • have trouble swallowing or other problems with your esophagus • have kidney problems • are planning a dental procedure such as tooth extraction Tell your health care provider and dentist about all medications you’re taking, including vitamins, antacids, and supplements.

SENIOR EDITOR Joanna Prisco (food) SENIOR COPY EDITOR Kerry Fried DEPUTY ART DIRECTOR Manuel Cartagena DEPUTY PHOTO EDITOR Maria Collazo EDITORIAL PRODUCTION MANAGER Deborah De Ascentiis SENIOR DESIGNERS Yelena Guller, Yuko Miyake ASSOCIATE EDITORS Emmet Sullivan, Mary Margaret (entertainment) SENIOR RESEARCH LIBRARIAN Mireille De Vidas RESEARCHERS Sharon Cappelson, Lou Leventhal

How should you take BONIVA?

ASSOCIATE PHOTO EDITOR Karla Pope ASSISTANT COPY EDITOR Allison Takeda

You must take BONIVA exactly as instructed by your health care provider.

ASSISTANT TO THE EDITOR Patricia Vento EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Megan Gagnon

• If you miss a monthly dose and your next scheduled BONIVA day is more • Take first thing in the morning, on the same day each month. than 7 days away, take one BONIVA 150 mg tablet in the morning following • Swallow whole (do not chew or suck) with a full glass (6 to 8 oz) of the day that you remember. Do not take two 150 mg tablets within the same plain water (not sparkling or mineral). Do not take with tea, coffee, week. If your scheduled BONIVA day is only 1 to 7 days away, wait until your juice, or milk. next scheduled BONIVA day to take your tablet. Then return to taking one • After you take BONIVA, remain standing or sitting for at least BONIVA 150 mg tablet every month in the morning of your chosen day, 60 minutes before you eat, drink, lie down, or take any other oral according to your original schedule. If you are not sure what to do if you medications, including calcium, vitamins, and antacids. Some miss a dose, contact your health care provider, who will be able to advise you. medicines can stop BONIVA from getting to your bones.

• If you take too much BONIVA, drink a full glass of milk and call your local poison control center or emergency room right away.

Do not make yourself vomit. Do not lie down.

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What are the possible side effects of BONIVA? PRESIDENT & CEO Jack Haire

Stop taking BONIVA and call your health care provider right away if you have pain or trouble swallowing, chest pain, or very bad heartburn or heartburn that does not get better. Follow dosing instructions carefully to decrease the risk of these effects.

PUBLISHER Brett Wilson CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER Jerry Campbell EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENTS

BONIVA may cause:

Common side effects are:

Less common side effects are:

• Pain or trouble swallowing • Heartburn • Ulcers in stomach or esophagus

• Diarrhea • Pain in extremities (arms or legs) • Upset stomach

• Short-term, mild flu-like symptoms, which usually improve after the first dose

Dave Barber, Mike DeBartolo NEWSPAPER RELATIONS Jack Findley, Joseph Haggerty, Fred Johnson, Alan Wolfgang SENIOR VICE PRESIDENTS

Rarely, patients have reported allergic and skin reactions. Contact your health care provider if you develop any symptoms of an allergic reaction including skin rash (with or without blisters), hives, wheezing, or swelling of the face, lips, tongue, or throat. Get medical help right away if you have trouble breathing, swallowing, or feel light-headed.

Rarely, patients have reported severe bone, joint, and/or muscle pain starting within one day to several months after beginning to take oral bisphosphonate drugs. Contact your health care provider if you develop these symptoms after starting BONIVA. Rarely, patients have reported serious jaw problems associated with delayed healing and infection, often following dental procedures such as tooth extraction.

If you experience jaw problems, contact your health care provider and dentist.

Jim Hackett/Marketing, Marie Tassini/Advertising,

This summary is not a complete list of side effects. For a complete list, consult your health care provider or pharmacist.

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Visit myboniva.com or call 1-888-MyBONIVA for the complete Prescribing Information, which includes the Patient Information.

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