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8,500-karat gem stolen in DelawareThe biggest ruby ever unearthed, found 50 years ago in Africa, isn’t just unique for its size — though it does weigh four pounds. It was carved into a replica of theLiberty Bell in 1976. The gem was on sale at a Wilmington jewelry store until twomonths ago, when armed robbers made off with the jewel worth an estimated $2 million. The FBI is now on the hunt for the “Liberty Bell Ruby.” {page 03}

Heist. World’s largest ruby

The 5-inch, 4-pound jewel is a patriotic homage that also includes 50 diamonds.

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While the Archdiocese ofPhiladelphia has said itsdecision to close 44 ele-mentary schools and fourhigh schools is final, offi-cials said yesterday theywill meet with affectedschool administrators thisweek to discuss next steps,including the reviewprocess.

Some reports yesterdayindicated that appealswould not be heard, andeven the archdiocesanwebsite www.faithinthefu-ture.com said the decisionsare final. Officials have leftthe door open, however,for some schools to maketheir case to stay open.

“We know everyone isvery anxious to reach a fi-nal resolution as soon aspossible and we are work-ing toward that end,”spokeswoman MeredithWilson said in an e-mail.

Discussions with affect-ed teachers, administra-tors and students aboutthe transition will happenfrom now until March 25,with the closings set forJune. Any appeals wouldlikely be concluded by

March 25, ArchbishopCharles Chaput said.Teachers at the affectedschools must reapply fortheir positions, and about200 are expected to losetheir jobs.

The announced closurestriggered immediate grass-roots organizing frommany parents, studentsand alumni, who have heldcandlelight vigils, organ-ized peaceful protests andstarted online petitions toprevent the closings. Stu-dents at St. HubertCatholic High School forGirls in the Northeastprotested outside theschool yesterday morning.

“We’re trying to doeverything we can. We’renot gonna give up,” a jun-ior said.

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Catholic closingsgo up for review

Archdiocese has hinted its closure list is final, but officials hedged a bityesterday Pressure mounting from parents, students to review decision

A student at St. Hubert’s in Northeast Philadelphia writes one of many messages left outside the school yesterday.

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New tool for crashvictimsPHILADELPHIA. City officialsannounced the launch of afree emergency identifica-tion service for motoristsinvolved in an accident.

Philadelphia is the firstcity in the United States toparticipate in YellowICEdot, which providesidentification, emergencycontact information andcritical health information.Motorists place a yellowsticker on their car thatalerts first responders topertinent information inthe glove compartment.

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Guiltypleas insheriff’sfraudCENTER CITY. Three mencharged in an allegedscheme to defraud thePhiladelphia sheriff ’s of-fice pleaded guilty todayto wire fraud.

Robert Rogers, 44, Jack-iem Wright, 29, and Regi-nald Berry, 29, all ofPhiladelphia, pleadedguilty before U.S. DistrictCourt Judge LegromeDavis. Authorities claimedco-defendant Richard Bell,a former employee in thesheriff’s office, wrotefraudulent checks to sev-eral individuals and com-panies and forwardedthem for deposit.

Bell admitted to cash-ing $400,000 in checksmade out to him, whileWright and Berry deposit-ed and tried to withdraw$147,000 in checks madeout to one company. Allfour allegedly shared theproceeds. METRO/SDL

Sad returnto class atSt. HubertIt was a somber firstday back for studentsat St. Hubert’s after thenews that their schoolwould close in June.Enrollment at the all-girls school hasdropped to 675.

“It was kind of de-pressing. We just sortof talked, we didn’t doa lot of work,” an 11thgrader said. “Thewounds are stillfresh.”

A freshman saidteachers were under-standing as many stu-dents expressed theirfrustration. SOLOMON D. LEACH

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150Teachers at four highschools slated forclosure that would beaffected by the down-sizing

400-500Grammar school teach-ers that would likely beaffected if 44 schoolsare closed and consoli-dated into other Arch-diocesan grade schools

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SWATteamarrestA woman barri-caded herself in-side a nearbyhome after al-legedly stabbinga man Sundaynight. SWAT re-sponded to the500 block ofNorth AllisonStreet aroundmidnight to talkdown the sus-pect. She wastaken into cus-tody at 1:40 a.m.

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Sports bettinggets OK in NJLegislation allowingsports betting in 10to 12 locationsthroughout New Jer-sey was approved 35-2 by the state Senateand expected to getpassage in the stateHouse late last night.The bill would stillface a court fight tooverturn federalbans. METRO

$3.45Average price for a gallon of gas in thePhiladelphia region, upalready 17 cents fromJan. 1. The price of$3.28 for a gallon thatopened 2012 was thehighest ever for the be-ginning of a calendaryear, according tofigures by AAA.

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Jeweler Jim Stein hoped tomake an 8,500-carat ruby— the largest ever minedand which had been carvedinto an replica of the Liber-ty Bell — into a centerpiecefor a large foundation ormuseum when he took itinto his Wilmington, Del.,store in 2010.

But perhaps the 4-poundjewel-turned-sculpture iscursed. About a year after itarrived from a West Coastjewelry family’s cache toStein’s Stuart Kingston Jew-elers, the ruby was at thecenter of what Stein nowbelieves was a heist target-ing the unusually massiverock.

Two months ago, fourarmed robbers burst in andstole the ruby sculpturevalued at roughly $2 mil-lion, among other valu-ables from a safe inside thestore.

“They knew what wasgoing on because they leftbehind other stuff,” Steinsaid yesterday. “They knewwhat they were doing.”

The case, which FBIagents in Baltimore arenow investigating, will befeatured on “America’sMost Wanted” next month.Video of the robbery showsthe four minutes it took tomake off with the high-priced jewel.

Known as the “LibertyBell Ruby,” it was foundabout half a century ago atthe foot of Mount Kiliman-jaro in Africa and wassculpted in the mid-1970s.Stein said he had hoped tosell it to an area philan-thropist, who could thendonate the patriotic pieceto a Philadelphia museum.

School’sout forNeshaminy

NESHAMINY. More than 900students in the NeshaminySchool District are off fromclasses after teachers wenton strike this morning.

Teachers have beenwithout a contract since2008 and talks with a me-diator did not lead to adeal. The union represent-ing 654 teachers, said ithas made concessions, butthe district has refused tocompromise. METRO/SDL

World’sbiggestruby heist

510 poundsof frozenmeatballsstolenSPRING GARDEN. Ravenousrobbers stole 17 cases offrozen meatballs from asleeping trucker Mondaynight.

The driver pulled into a

lot on Columbus Boulevardfor some shuteye andawoke to find someonehad broken into his trailerand made away with themeaty merchandise.

A bystander interruptedtwo men as they were un-loading the culinary cargoand saw the foodie felonsflee in a brown late 90smodel Ford Windstar vanwith about 510 pounds ofbeef. METRO/AW

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Stein, pictured here last year before the heist, now believes his Wilmington, Del., store was cased.

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Advocates have long beenworking to aid the hard-to-reach chronically homeless,who often do not seek outservices like shelter hous-ing. Project H.O.M.E. has de-veloped a solution: bringingservices like housing op-tions and medical care tothe homeless.

“A huge benefit of beingdown here is that we’reright where they live,” proj-ect coordinator MelissaBeamer said.

“Down here” refers tothe Suburban Station con-course, where ProjectH.O.M.E. — with the help ofSEPTA and the city — hasopened up a small center in

a storefront formerly hometo a business called ProfilesHair Design.

Hub of Hope, a winter pi-lot initiative that startedlast Tuesday and will rununtil April, services the 200-plus homeless — who callSuburban Station home —

by operating right in theirproverbial backyard.

The Hub’s biggest lurefor one longtime homelessman, Anthony Logan, 49,who also volunteers at thecenter, is education. “Differ-ent people here are going tohelp me as far as going backto school to get my GED so Ican do what I want to do —give back to the homeless,”he said. Under the servicecenter’s guidance, heagreed to move to emer-gency housing at the ArchStreet United MethodistChurch.

Homeless hub nowinside a transit hub

Project HOME has opened a service center inside Suburban Station One advocate says some 200 homeless spend most of their time there

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Homeless man Anthony Logan also volunteers at the new Hub of Hope.ALEX WIGGLESWORTH

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Miles from home

Mayor Michael Nutter announced his 10-yearPlan to End Homelessnessin May 2008. Its goals included:

Creating “low-demand”housing for the chronicallyhomeless Limiting shelter size andspecializing servicesCultivating civic support,private resources and stan-dardized cross-departmen-tal social servicesProviding more trainingprograms and living wagejobs

20Number of homelesspeople who visited theHub of Hope yesterdayduring its morninghours, between 7 a.m.and 9 a.m.

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Swiss central bankchief quits overwife’s currency dealSwiss National Bank Chair-man Philipp Hildebrand re-signed with immediate ef-fect yesterday, saying hecould not prove he hadbeen unaware of a currencytrade made by his wife andwanted to protect the in-tegrity of the central bank.

Hildebrand's decision torelinquish one of theworld's top central bank-ing jobs after just twoyears came as Swiss parlia-mentarians met to discussthe scandal, which eruptedlast week after Sarasinbank sacked an employeewho leaked details of thetrade to a political oppo-nent of the central banker.

Hildebrand's wifeKashya, a former hedgefund trader who now runsa Zurich art gallery, bought

400,000 Swiss francs($418,000) worth of dollarson Aug. 15, three weeks be-fore her husband oversawsteps to cap the rise of thesafe-haven franc. She latersold the dollars at a higherrate. REUTERS

Lee Bandy knows moreabout politics in South Car-olina than just about any-body. For 40 years, Bandyhas been among the bestpolitical prophets in a statewhose primary has correct-ly picked every Republicancandidate for U.S. Presi-dent since 1980.

In just over a week, onJan. 21, the state’s, andBandy’s, powers of prog-nostication will be testedonce more, in a Republicanprimary season whose un-predictable twists andturns have made fools of

many prophets.Right now Bandy, a vet-

eran columnist with TheState newspaper in Colum-bia, is betting on Mitt Rom-ney to win the South Car-olina primary — and smallwonder.

No Republican candi-date has ever followed awin at the Iowa caucus,which Romney securednarrowly last week, withvictory in the New Hamp-shire primary, and virtual-ly everyone but his oppo-nents expects that he willdo just that on Tuesday

night.“A lot of Republicans

down here don’t like Rom-ney,” Bandy said of SouthCarolina voters. He was re-ferring especially to thetwo-thirds of Republican

primary voters in the Pal-metto State who are evan-gelical Christians. Theyare leery not only of Rom-ney’s Mormon faith butalso of his earlier moder-ate positions on abortionand gay marriage, amongother social conservativeapostasies.

“But many have decidedto vote for him becausethey think he’s going toget the nomination. Theaim here is to unseat Oba-ma, and there’s no realmovement toward any oth-er candidate.” REUTERS

Latest polls show him with a 20-point lead over nearest rival in New Hampshire Recent polls in South Carolina show him havingleapfrogged more conservative opponents into first place there

A Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romneyaddresses a town hall meeting in Manchester, N.H., last week.

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Romney’s rivalsrunning out of time before NH

Iran has switched on auranium enrichmentplant inside a mountainand sentenced AmericanAmir Mirza Hekmati, 28,an Arizona-born formerU.S. military translator

with dual nationality, todeath for spying — actionssure to provoke Westernanger and underminediplomacy aimed at avert-ing further sanctions orwar. REUTERS

Iran starts nuclear work,condemns American to die“The aim here is to

unseat Obama, andthere’s no realmovement towardany othercandidate.” LEE BANDY, VETERAN COLUMNISTWITH THE STATE NEWSPAPER

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Lagerfeldand Metroto partnerKarl Lagerfeld, thelegendary fashion iconwho has never shiedaway from aninterestingcollabora-tion, willbecomeglobal editor-in-chief ofMetro Internationalnewspapers on Feb. 7.

“I’ve never done thisbefore, and thechallenge of Metro issomething I canimagine. Metro is verymuch in the mood of to-day,” Lagerfeld says. Hewill guest-edit all Metro

editions around theworld. As part of theproject, he will create aseries of collectiblesketches, illustrationsand columns, as well aschoose the stories forthe newspaper and givehis notoriously provoca-tive comments on thenews of the day.

The issue will also in-clude a series of guestappearances by celebri-ties and fashion person-alities from his world.

The collaboration isjust one of severalmoves the creative direc-tor of Chanel and Fendihas made towardfashion democracy. Thespecial issue will comejust weeks afterLagerfeld launches anew lower-priced linecalled “Karl.” METRO

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THEWORDMetro’s Dorothy Robinson shares her take on the world of gossip @dorothyatmetro [email protected]

Jillian Michaels, the trainerwe would least like to crosspaths with in a dark alley,made a splash when shejoined the hit syndicatedshow “The Doctors” thisyear as a co-host. But lastweek, after only half theseason, she left the show.The split, she told Metro,had to do with cankles.

“It was like the relation-ship that looks perfect onpaper — and when you gotthere it just was all wrong,”she told us over the phone.

“They wanted me to do seg-ments on cankles, and Iwanted to segments on fooddeserts. I wanted to do ex-posés on how prisonershave better food than ourchildren at public schools. Itwasn’t anybody’s fault, it re-ally wasn’t. There’s no hardfeelings.” Michaels said shecalled one of the producersshe was close to in order toend things.

“I said, ‘Listen, I knowthat this isn’t working foryou guys, because you

know I’m not happy and Idon’t feel happy doing it,and my fans don’t like medoing it and your fans don’tlike me doing what I wannado. And, you know, let’sjust walk away amicably.’”

Food deserts? Publicschool cafeteria exposés?What is she doing? Tryingto reposition herself as anew Lisa Ling — but withbiceps?

—With additional reporting by Meredith Engel

First name Blue, middlename IvySolange Knowles has takento Twitter to officially de-clare Blue Ivy Carter, thenewborn daughter of sisterBeyonce Knowles and Jay-Z,“the most beautiful girl inthe world.” Of course, shemay be a bit biased. Amother herself, Solange isexcited about being anaunt. “I don’t need any ad-vice,” she previously toldUs Weekly. “Because [Bey-once] has been a phenome-nal aunt to my son, soshe’s set the tone as anaunt. I’ve set the tone as amom, so we’re learningfrom each other.”

For Depp:Paradis lost? It may be trouble in para-dise for Johnny Depp, asthe relationship betweenthe “Pirates of theCaribbean” star and Vanes-sa Paradis is reportedly onthe rocks, according toRadar Online. “Johnnyisn’t handling anythingwell right now,” a sourcesays. “People around himare worried about how

Johnny is doing becausehe and Vanessa seem sofractured right now. Theirrelationship is heading to-ward the end.”

Perry keeps it private When it comes to her sep-aration from Russell Brand,Katy Perry doesn’t wantothers speaking for her.“Concerning the gossip, Iwant to be clear that noone speaks for me. Not ablog, magazine, ‘closesources’ or my family,”she posted on Twitter. Shealso took the opportunityto thank her fans for sup-porting her, writing, “Iam so grateful for all thelove and support I’ve hadfrom people around theworld. You guys havemade my heart happyagain.”

Checking in withsome of Hollywood’sbiggest names to seewhat they’ve beenup to — in their ownwords, in 140 characters or fewer.

Today, Jeffrey Rossisn’t feeling it, EllenPage is getting recog-nized, Sarah Silvermanis thinking of otherroutes to peace andAlbert Brooks is break-ing the rules.

@realjeffreyrossI’m kinda sick of 2012already.

@EllenPageA first: someone cameup to me and said: “Iknow you! You werethat girl in Going ForBroke with DeltaBurke.”

@sarahksilvermanPossible ways to bringPalestinians & Jews to-gether: 1) Ecstasy inthe water 2) Alien at-tack

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Aguilera: Back off,haters!Christina Aguilera has re-ceived a lot of criticismand scrutiny for herweight over the past year,but she insists it’s noth-ing she can’t handle.“I’ve been on allspectrums,” she says, ac-cording to Us Weekly.“You can never be tooperfect, too thin, toocurvy, voluptuous.” As forAguilera herself, she saysshe knows what’s reallyimportant: “As long asI’m happy in my ownskin, that’s all I need,”she says. “I’m happy withwhere I’m at. I have aboyfriend that loves mybody. I love my body. Myson is healthy and happy.

That’s all that matters.”Look, I’m all for

healthy body image andlord knows we needmore curvy superstars —but judging from this pic-ture, it does seem likesomeone need to tip offAguilera that one morething that should matterto her is a good bra.

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Michaels on leaving ‘The Doctors’

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Michaels says she left “The Doctors” on good terms.

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Happy 90thbirthday to you,Betty White!1. Julie Bowan, Jesse TylerFerguson and Zoe Saldanaattended the Kick Off forGolden Globes Week 2012hosted by Audi and MartinKatz at Cecconi’s Restaurant onSunday in Los Angeles.

2. Anne Heche and JamesTupper also attended the KickOff for Golden Globes Week2012 on Sunday.

3. It’s the birthday girl! ActressBetty White attended NBC’staping of “Betty White’s 90thBirthday: A Tribute toAmerica’s Golden Girl” atMillennium Biltmore Hotel onSunday in Los Angeles.

4. Food Network’s Ted Allenwas one of the celebrities whostopped by Philly’s HotelPalomar in Center City lastweek to film a PSA for DiningOut For Life 2012.

5. Can we give ashout-out toCee Lo’sawesometrack suit?The singerperformedduring the2012 AllstateFan Fest atthe AllstateBCS NationalChampionship inthe Jax BreweryParking Lot on Sundayin New Orleans.

6. Rihanna attended the LosAngeles Lakers vs. MemphisGrizzlies game at StaplesCenter on Sunday in LosAngeles, California.

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Fox President of Entertain-ment Kevin Reilly deliveredbig news during his net-work’s presentation at theTelevision Critics Associa-tion press tour in Pasadena,Calif., on Sunday — but itwas not the word fans of“House,” “Fringe” and “Ter-ra Nova” were hoping for.

Expanding upon its suc-cessful slate of animatedcomedies, Fox announcedthe creation of a new unitthat will produce “alterna-tive animated content.”Think: Adult Swim. Theprogramming will run late-night on Saturdays startingJanuary 2013, as well as on-line; former Adult Swim de-velopment head Nick Wei-denfeld and producer HendBaghdady are in charge ofthe division.

Reilly was less straight-forward about current pro-gramming. When askedabout the fate of “House,”he bluntly stated, “I thinkwe’ve just been avoiding[making the decision].” Hetold journalists that Fox ex-ecutives “haven’t had thebig meeting of what we’regoing to do,” but promises

that he will give creatorDavid Shore plenty of no-tice when cancellation isimminent.

Reilly had the sameshoulder shrug answer forthe renewal of “Fringe” and“Terra Nova,” but the out-look for both is not sound-

ing very good. Regarding“Terra Nova,” Reilly saidthat he was satisfied withits performance in the fall— understandable, consid-ering it made money for thenetwork, despite being oneof the priciest series to pro-duce. The dagger camewhen Reilly said, “creative-ly, [‘Terra Nova’] was hunt-ing.”

Conversely, Reilly admit-ted that with “Fringe,”though a “point of pride”for the network, Fox loses“a lot of money” making it.“We’re not in the businessof losing money,” he said.

TCA recap: Fox‘avoiding’ renewaldecision on ‘House,’‘Fringe,’ ‘Terra Nova’

The fate of “House” has yet to be decided.

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“American Idol” was first onthe reality singing competi-tion scene, and its judgesand producers don’t wantyou — or any of those simi-lar shows — to forget it.

“‘Idol’ is still the best TVshow of its kind anywhere,”judge Randy Jackson saidwhile promoting Season 11at the Television Critics As-sociation press tour inPasadena, Calif., on Sunday.“We are the original. Wekind of invented this wholegame that everybody is nowcopying.”

Jackson was referring inlarge part to “The X Factor,”the vocal competition for-mer “Idol” judge SimonCowell brought to Fox (andthen enlisted fellow “Idol”alum Paula Abdul to joinhim). Before its premiere,Cowell boasted that “The XFactor” would topple “Idol”from its perch as the most-watched series in America.In reality, it drew about halfthe audience of “Idol.”

Why the lopsided suc-cess? “This is the show thatproduces the stars,” says“Idol” executive producerKen Warwick. “There’s no

other series … over theyears that has producedanything like the numberof stars that we have.”

Jackson saved evenharsher words for the con-testants of “The Voice,”which proved to be a hit forNBC over the summer, bycalling them “second-chance people” since the2011 winner, Javier Colon,had a failed contract withCapitol Records before ap-pearing on the contest.Adding to the forced ani-

mosity, Jackson made thiscomparison: “We will defi-nitely never ever rip off‘Star Trek’ like ‘The Voice’did with spinning chairs.We won’t do that,” he said.

But not everyone associ-ated with “Idol” views thecrowded field of singingcompetitions as a bad thing.“It’s a more competitivemarketplace, but in the endcompetition is good,” said“Idol” executive producerCecile Frot Coutaz. In thatspirit, “Idol” will change theformat for this season, butonly slightly, featuring per-formance challenges thatinclude a song from the late1950s and a round strippingsongs down to one voice,one instrument.

That still might not beenough for the show to sus-tain its unbeatable trackrecord. “I expect ‘Idol’ willbe down [in ratings] this sea-son,” Fox President of Enter-tainment Kevin Reilly said,“but mostly due to the factit’s going to be an 11-year-old show.”

‘American Idol’: ‘This is theshow that produces stars’

‘The Voice’ may be making noise over on NBC, butthose involved with the Fox hit aren’t concerned

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From left: Steven Tyler, Jennifer Lopez, Randy Jackson and Ryan Seacrest return for the 11th season of “American Idol,” premiering Jan. 18 at 8 p.m. on Fox.

Seacrest out?Rumors have beencirculating that RyanSeacrest, in the last year ofhis “American Idol”contract, may ditch thehosting gig to move over tothe “Today” show on NBC(he already has a deal withNBC Universal). But Seacrestsaid he “can’t imagine lifewithout the show.” “At thispoint, honestly, I only seemyself as hosting ‘AmericanIdol,’” he said. “I’m focusedon that for this season.”

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Just how will 2012 bringchanges to what andhow we’re reading? Weasked Jason Boog, the

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1A push toward readinglocally: Boog hopes the

trend toward eating locallywill extend to consumerssupporting another localmovement: their neighbor-hood bookstore. “People arereally upset about Amazontaking away business fromlocal bookstores; I see a lotof backlash. I hope thistranslates into people sup-porting them,” he says.Boog doesn’t see a bright fu-ture for them if we don’t. “Idon’t think local bookstoreshave much of a chance [ifnot], especially as digitalbooks become more popu-

lar,” he says.

2Amazon will take overyour life: “On the other

side of that ‘reading locally’coin,” counters Boog, “isthere is going to be a hugeAmazon blitz this year.” Hepoints to their host of in-house imprints currently inthe works: “They’re launch-ing a romance imprint, sci-ence fiction, fantasy — thelist goes on,” he says.“They’ve also spent time ac-quiring a great team of edi-tors. Although we don’tknow the outcome yet [ofthese changes], it’s going tobe fascinating to watch.”

3Digital is still on the rise:“We’re going to see a lot

more attention focused onself-published authors,”says Boog. He points to thecareers of self-publishedwriters like Amanda Hock-ing and John Locke as evi-dence. “They got big bookdeals which, in turn, in-spired a whole new wave ofpeople to get into self-pub-lishing.” Boog says thatmany established authorsare looking toward e-booksto publish their back list —or if they get a book dealthey aren’t happy with it.“The stigma of self-publish-ing is receding.”

4The year of OccupyWriters: “My hope is that

the kind of moment thatstarted with Occupy WallStreet extends to writers.Writers deserve a fair wage,jobs that are stable,” he en-visions. “I really hope this isthe year writers organize.”

What’s in store for books in 2012We asked Jason Boog, publishing editor at GalleyCat,

about trends he sees overtaking our bookshelves — ande-readers — this year ‘Tis the time for reading locally

More on Occupy WritersOn top of his duties at Galley-Cat, Boog is also writing thebook “Will Write for Change:

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Twin birthsrapidlyincreasingLocation of study: U.S.Results: A new report fromthe CDC claims that there aremore twins being born inthe United States than everbefore. The study found thatin 2009, one out of every 30U.S.-born babies was a twin,compared with one out ofevery 53 babies in 1980.Significance: The increase islikely due to more olderwomen having children, andthe burgeoning use of fertili-ty drugs. LINDA CLARKE

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Who to blamefor our woes?RE: “YOUR TIME IS OVER,OBAMA”: Messrs Dixonand Holbrook, you haveboth proven my worstfears to be true: theRepublicans’ lack ofresponsibility and theirshortsightedness. Yourpresident, G. W. Bush,drove this country intothe ground. Instead of ad-mitting to their complici-ty in this act and trying tohelp this country comeout of this mess, Republi-cans continue to doeverything they can tomake sure that PresidentObama fails. This is trea-son, as President Obama’s

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Philadelphia’s MartinLuther King Jr. Day of Serv-ice, now in its 17th year, isthe largest celebration inthe country. The host sitethis year will be Girard Col-lege. In addition to opportu-nities to volunteer, therewill be a kids’ carnival,health and wellness fair anda civic engagement expo.

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Some students will be vol-unteering at the GirardCollege location. Otherswill be participating nearcampus. One organizationthat will benefit from Owlefforts is Treehouse Books,a group dedicated to help-ing kids become readers,writers and thinkers(www.treehousebooks.org).

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Burma(Myanmar)A travel boycott to thisSoutheast Asia country end-ed over a year ago. It’s a fas-cinating, friendly place, yetstill gets only a trickle of thevisitors as its neighbor, Thai-land. One of the best mainattractions is Bagan — aplain filled of hundreds ofcenturies-old pagodasalong the Ayeyarwady Riv-er. You can reach them bybike or horse cart on dirttrails — search out hiddenstairways to reach upper-level platforms with unrealviews.

Coastal WalesAll eyes will be on Londonin 2012 — with summerOlympics set for summer —but Wales’ coast is quietlyturning into a prime-timeattraction of itself. It’s beau-tiful. A new All CoastalWales Path is set to be fin-ished, a 1,000-mile trail sys-tem along the craggy shore-line, where you can findfishing towns to stay in ormanors or castles rentedout by the National Trust.Zero in on Pembrokeshire inthe south, with BarrafundleBay and St. David’s beingparticular standouts.

Ruta MayaSo, it’s a bit of a tongue-in-cheek concern that dooms-day may come as the Mayanlong-count calendar endsthis Dec. 21, but that makesfor a good case for divingdeeper into the still thrivingMayan culture in southernMexico, Guatemala,Honduras and Belize. But awarning: You will behooked the more youknow. An easy way to expe-rience it is by planning on afew days in Merida, Mexico— a real Spanish colonialcity a few hours in from theCancun beach.

Orlando, Fla.Orlando is trying to breakthe 50 million mark of visi-tors this year. Most, nearlyall, go for the amusementparks — but I challenge visi-tors to give the city a day.On its leafy streets you’llwish you had a home on,you can walk to lakes andparks. Loch Haven Park is acomplex of museums onlovely grounds, includingthe Mennello Museum ofArt. The emerging Milk Dis-trict is a bohemian spotwith bookstores, bars andrestaurants serving veganpizza and beer collections.

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Fans who have filled every seat of Lin-coln Financial Field since it opened in2003 — and have made Lurie a billion-aire in the process — are sick of wait-ing for a championship, sick of the

smug attitude of Andy Reid and sick of the dis-honesty that has enveloped the organization.

I can make these statements with completeconfidence because I felt the wrath of the fansmyself when I had the audacity to suggest af-ter Lurie’s memorable news conference thatthe owner had performed effectively. After all,Lurie had made it clear that he was appalledby the failure of the current team, so much sothat Reid will be coaching for his job in 2012.Wasn’t that enough?

No, it wasn’t enough. In fact, all of the fanswho called into my WIP radio show after thenews conference said Lurie had taken analready bad situation and made it worse. Theyfound Lurie’s damnation of the season insin-cere, his decision to give Reid one morechance illogical and his defense of Reid’s pub-lic demeanor infuriating.

This is the exact quote that most enragedthe fan base: “I don’t think you’re ever goingto meet a coach who is less arrogant thanAndy Reid.” Lurie’s words came exactly twodays after Reid had refused to answer all ques-tions about his job status and, when pressed,snarled: “I’ll think about it when I want tothink about it.”

When Jeff Lurie finally broke his silence, weall expected the owner of our football teamto shed some light on a dark season. Whatwe got instead is a new insight into the ragespreading across the Eagles landscape.

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ANGELOCATALDITHE VOICE OF THE PHILLY SPORTS FAN

Instead of appeasing the fans with some con-soling words, Lurie tapped into a deeper senseof resentment than any in his 17 years as own-er of the Eagles. The fans believe don’t believeanything from Eagles management. Not the

weekly insults thathave become Reid’snews conferences, notthe grandioseproclamations of presi-dent Joe Banner andnot the empathetic ef-forts of Lurie himself.

Jeff Lurie believedwhat he was saying last

week. He really was disgusted by hisunderachieving 2011 team. He truly is gettingtired of defending Reid’s indefensible behavior.He genuinely wants to win as badly as the fansof his team. All of those conclusions are fairand reasonable in the aftermath of Lurie’s honest and candid news conference.

And none of it matters anymore. Eagles fanshave finally become spin-proof. Words nolonger have any effect. The lesson of last weekwas a simple one for the Eagles. If they reallywant to make peace with their angry fans,there’s only one thing left for them to do.

They have to win a championship.

– Angelo Cataldi is the host of 610 WIP’s MorningShow, which airs weekdays 5:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Clap yourhands,everybodyLess than three monthsinto their first year, thenew Sixers owners havealready accomplishedtheir first goal. Theirteam is relevant again.

Joshua Harris andAdam Aron are theanswer to a prayer forbasketball fans here — accessible, enthusiasticand creative. Thanks tothem, it is impossible notto root for the Sixers.

Their first game at theWells Fargo Center lastFriday night provided allthe bells and whistles ex-pected of a new era, andmore. The new guys madean instant connectionwith the glorious past ofthe franchise by inviting

back Julius Erving, MosesMalone and, yes, even Andrew Toney.

This team is a long wayfrom the exalted status ofthat unit, but the best wayto measure the franchise

is from its more recentlow point. Twenty-onemonths ago the team wasdoomed by a three-Ed-edmonster: disinterestedchairman Ed Snider,incompetent GM Ed Ste-fanski and Professor Clue-less, coach Eddie Jordan.

Now we have Harris, acommitted business wiz-ard from Wall Street;Aron, a relentless Harvardidea machine withextraordinary peopleskills; and Rod Thorn, aproven roster manipula-tor. More importantly, wehave people running theteam who understand us.One of the first calls theymade for advice was toPat Croce. They get it.

Nobody knows whereall of this leads. But thismuch we can say now:When it comes to first im-pressions, the new Sixersare winners already.

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Idle thoughts from Cataldi ...1Starting with a bad slate.

New Penn State coach BillO’Brien spent an entire week-end talking about the uniquechallenges of the job, and henever once publiclymentioned the scandal or Jer-ry Sandusky. In other words,O’Brien is off to a very badstart replacing Joe Paterno.

2Blame Johnnie. Well, atleast we know who was re-

sponsible for the Eagles’ disap-pointing 8-8 season. JohnnieLynn, the secondary coach, gotthe pink slip over the weekend.All this time we thought it wasAndy Reid or Juan Castillo ...and the big problem was Johnnie Lynn. Who knew?

3Still unemployed. The backend of the 2008 Phillies

bullpen (Ryan Madson, BradLidge) is still unemployed, andit’s only a month until springtraining. These guys won aworld championship a littlemore than three years ago,and now they can’t find a job.Fame really is fleeting, isn’t it?

Metro does not endorse the opinions of the author, or any opinions expressed on its pages. Opposing viewpoints are welcome. Send submissions to [email protected].

Must loveBryzMy favorite Flyer is an un-dependable, eccentric,outspoken Russian whoisn’t worth the moneyhe’s being paid and mayultimately prove to bethe undoing of his team.

Ilya Bryzgalov is an ab-solute mess, and themost intriguing Flyer tocome along in years.

Bryzgalov was the starof the “24/7” reality showthat took us inside theWinter Classic, as heshared his philosophy onthe creation of theuniverse, the importanceof free speech andannounced that he wouldnot be playing in thegame. Later, in the samepress gathering, Bryz saidhe had just wasted 30minutes of the media’s

time saying nothing andthen proclaimed thatsports hasn’t changedsince the Roman Empire.People want “gladiatorsand bread.”

The only time not toembrace Bryzgalov iswhen he’s on the ice,botching easy saves anddriving coach Peter Lavio-lette crazy. Even there,Bryzgalov is totallyunpredictable. He strug-gled for two weeks andthen saved Saturday’swin with a couple of daz-zling plays in the finalmoments. One day later,he blew a two-goal leadin a 6-4 Ottawa disaster.

Bryzgalov isunbalanced, divisive andmoody. But I love the guy,and you should, too. It’srare in any sport that weencounter a player sowilling to share himselfwith us, warts and all.

Bryzgalov has been an interesting figure this season.

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WoodstargetsPro-AmTiger Woods willmake his 2012season debut atthe AT&T PebbleBeach NationalPro-Am, which isslated for Feb.9-12. He will playwith an amateurplayer for thefirst three days.Woods hasn’tplayed at Pro-Amsince 2002.

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Larkin electedto Hall of FameFormer Reds greatand ESPN analystBarry Larkin wasvoted into theBaseball Hall of Fameyesterday aftergetting 86.4 percentof the writers’ votes.The shortstop was a12-time All-Star andNL MVP in 1995.

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